02-28-2020, 04:07 PM
Universe Restarted
Sorry for posting this a bit late. It was a busy day yesterday.
The game universe was restarted yesterday. That required some work to finalize and post all of the building and spacecraft designs for the public exchanges and for the pirate empires.
Then of course I had to get busy building a new civilization. Who could resist? I got kind of a crumby starting location but they all work; I'm playing it out. My homeworld is one huge continent and a couple of little islands. I started on the larger of the two islands. When I next log in, I should be ready to build my first space rocket. Then I can find out why Gagarin is not appearing for people. It seems the rocket training mission is temporarily out-of-order.
The solar system map shows an asteroid belt between me and the sun, quite visible in the daytime sky, and another habitable planet co-orbiting with mine, opposite the sun. Maybe it is nicer. Can't wait to go there and see.
Some people reported their initial spawn location was on an airless moon. They suffocated and died. Spawned somewhere else. Lost their knife.
That bug is my first priority to fix this morning. The rocket trip will have to wait.
If that happens to you, I recommend restarting with a new guy. Nothing is invested yet in the one who died. If you choose to continue after the initial death, your new homeworld will not be targetted by an asteroid. If you want to experience that scenario, your only choice is to restart.
Here are some last-minute things that got done before the restart.
Gravel in Rings
The gravel in space should increase in density when in or close to a planetary ring.
Gravel density increases in rings now.
Spacecraft Recovery
Spacecraft that are recovered from destruction used to get minimal repairs to hold orbit and seek further repairs. They are no longer fixed when recovered.
Spacecraft recovered from destruction now get minimal repairs. Repairs are hit points only. Broken parts are not repaired.
A bunch of old stuff to support old versions of data can be removed.
Old deprecated stuff removed. This housekeeping seems to have broken the server status page on the web. Something is out of sync.
Star System Map Loses Selection
Star system map loses selection after a few seconds. It can be annoying.
Fixed star system map selection loss.
Paper Mill Button
Paper mill button needs a better location.
Paper mill button moved to the next page where there was an empty spot.
Demiavatar Bug
New demiavatar was born. Would not remain in the scene, vanished instantly after switching avatars.
Fixed demiavatar scene presence bug. Demi was there, just not visible.
Arena Crash
A server crashed last night when someone entered an arena.
The crash is fixed pending the next server restart. Please do not attempt to enter an arena before the next server restart. I'd like to find/fix the deadly world spawn bug before restarting.
Sorry for posting this a bit late. It was a busy day yesterday.
The game universe was restarted yesterday. That required some work to finalize and post all of the building and spacecraft designs for the public exchanges and for the pirate empires.
Then of course I had to get busy building a new civilization. Who could resist? I got kind of a crumby starting location but they all work; I'm playing it out. My homeworld is one huge continent and a couple of little islands. I started on the larger of the two islands. When I next log in, I should be ready to build my first space rocket. Then I can find out why Gagarin is not appearing for people. It seems the rocket training mission is temporarily out-of-order.
The solar system map shows an asteroid belt between me and the sun, quite visible in the daytime sky, and another habitable planet co-orbiting with mine, opposite the sun. Maybe it is nicer. Can't wait to go there and see.
Some people reported their initial spawn location was on an airless moon. They suffocated and died. Spawned somewhere else. Lost their knife.
That bug is my first priority to fix this morning. The rocket trip will have to wait.
If that happens to you, I recommend restarting with a new guy. Nothing is invested yet in the one who died. If you choose to continue after the initial death, your new homeworld will not be targetted by an asteroid. If you want to experience that scenario, your only choice is to restart.
Here are some last-minute things that got done before the restart.
Gravel in Rings
The gravel in space should increase in density when in or close to a planetary ring.
Gravel density increases in rings now.
Spacecraft Recovery
Spacecraft that are recovered from destruction used to get minimal repairs to hold orbit and seek further repairs. They are no longer fixed when recovered.
Spacecraft recovered from destruction now get minimal repairs. Repairs are hit points only. Broken parts are not repaired.
- All control stations are repaired.
- Maneuver drive repaired up to 5%.
- Power plant repaired up to 5%.
- Life support repaired up to 5%.
A bunch of old stuff to support old versions of data can be removed.
Old deprecated stuff removed. This housekeeping seems to have broken the server status page on the web. Something is out of sync.
Star System Map Loses Selection
Star system map loses selection after a few seconds. It can be annoying.
Fixed star system map selection loss.
Paper Mill Button
Paper mill button needs a better location.
Paper mill button moved to the next page where there was an empty spot.
Demiavatar Bug
New demiavatar was born. Would not remain in the scene, vanished instantly after switching avatars.
Fixed demiavatar scene presence bug. Demi was there, just not visible.
Arena Crash
A server crashed last night when someone entered an arena.
The crash is fixed pending the next server restart. Please do not attempt to enter an arena before the next server restart. I'd like to find/fix the deadly world spawn bug before restarting.