2022-02-03 Hazeron Starship

[Haxus]

I have done a lot of work recently that will affect the Hazeron Starship game.

Changes to resource distribution will affect every world. Natural resources like stone, metal, minerals, gold ore, etc. will be entirely scrambled from where they are now. However, buildings that are already running manufacturing processes will be unaffected. So a mine that is mining ore will continue to do so, even if ore is no longer present at that location after the change.

Changes to solar system generation might affect all systems. System survey information might no longer match what you see in a system. Systems that decay and get recreated will be recreated differently, according to what the new survey scan looks like.

Some wormholes will change.

Load time was fixed but it requires you to wait one last time for the long load time. Then some information is cached that makes loading go MUCH faster from that point forward.

This is a heads up, more than anything. When I am ready to bring the servers back up on line, I will also be ready to post an update to Hazeron Starship.

[Pulsar]

Is there still a chance to get a beta key for starship or is it closed development now?

[SailorJerrys]

I know typically this leads to the opposite, but I'm certainly interested in getting involved in the beta as well. So I second that!

[pip12345]

Ditto, jumping in the key request wagon.
Anyways, can't wait for the MMO to come back online in a few weeks.
The changelog so far seems great, keep it up.

[Revan]

Load time was fixed but it requires you to wait one last time for the long load time. Then some information is cached that makes loading go MUCH faster from that point forward.

This is a heads up, more than anything. When I am ready to bring the servers back up on line, I will also be ready to post an update to Hazeron Starship.

What about mod support and steam workshop for blueprints?

[Pelagius XVII]

Is there still a chance to get a beta key for starship or is it closed development now?

Same, I could only dream of getting a key one day

[Duane]

Definitely dreaming of getting a beta key. I've been hyped since Starship was announced.

I hope a proper Steam release gives this game the audience it deserves. :)

[Rockinsince87]

However, buildings that are already running manufacturing processes will be unaffected. So a mine that is mining ore will continue to do so, even if ore is no longer present at that location after the change.

Awesome! Glad you found a way for to preserve what you could to let players keep their existing infrastructure and rebuild accordingly.

[GaelicVigil]

I PMd last year, but I'd be interested in a Beta key too. Super excited to buy this when it comes to Steam.

[jakbruce2012]

Can we get a version of Starship that does not have to contact the servers on every startup? I occasionally have to play while offline and having to connect to check hashes or whetever it's doing on every load prevents that. Perhaps cache a session key for a few days at a time? Steam offline mode exists for a reason, would be nice to have support for it here.