12-31-2022, 09:05 PM
(12-31-2022, 07:01 PM)Haxus Wrote: Patents Nerf
Patents have been removed entirely. I didn't like them. Found them to be a nuisance more than anything, especially in a solo game where time sinks aren't needed.
The flow of the game is much nicer now. The only roadblocks tend to be the availability of materials.
Warp and Wormhole FTL Drive Modules
Warp FTL drive modules no longer come in 9 warp factors. There is only one warp FTL drive module. Capacitor size determines maximum warp factor.
Similarly, there is now only one wormhole drive module. Polarity when engaged does not change the amount of energy consumed so all polarities are available to all wormhole drives.
As I said in the other thread. I don't mind patents being gone. But it still had that one useful function of hiding advanced technology before it could be created. So a simpler version of patents that are more milestone based and don't limit quality might be a good idea to think of in the future.
(12-31-2022, 07:01 PM)Haxus Wrote: Starmap XML Export
Starmap XML export was restored. It was removed because the information could reveal the location of new players in the game, which was heavily exploited.
This could be somewhat useful if shared between players. Currently every solo game generates the same exact universe.
I feel silly for having spend all day making an alternative method of parsing surveys now. But this is good to hear!
I don't think the star map XML export was used to find new players though. At least it would only work for new players that spawned in a solar system you had already explored, so this would have been a bad method of locating new players. Unless there was a bug there to exploit that I didn't know about? Whatever though.