Spacecraft Update

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Historical Event

Spacecraft Update
Start Date
2016-11-07
End Date
2017-??-??

The "spacecraft update" had been in planning stage for a very long time before the development started 2016-11-07.[1]

The new designer is a simplified 3D modeling environment. The new designs can have almost any shape and look desired. Anything from exterior to interior to furniture is defined purely by the player.

Old Spacecraft Designs

The current plan is to keep the old spacecraft alongside the new spacecraft designs, until the new designs can do everything (and more) than the old designs can.

Old OpenCASCADE Designer Attempt

There was an earlier attempt at a new designer using OpenCASCADE back in 2014.[2] But this was scrapped as it was too complicated to use.[3]

Changes

• Spacecraft
• Spacecraft Design

Links

Development start

• 2016-11-07 Update Status Only
• 2016-11-11 Update - Designer Screen Shots
• Update 2016-11-19 Designer Status
• 2016-12-03 Designer Status w/Pics
• 2016-12-10 Designer Status w/Ships

Designer release

• Update 2016-12-19 Designer Alpha
• Update 2016-12-22
• Update 2017-01-02 Designer Textures
• Update 2017-01-09 Designer Paths, Modules
• Update 2017-01-11 Celarius' Ship Design
• Update 2017-01-17 Design Analysis
• Update 2017-01-24 Design Online, Library and Exchange
• Status Report 2017-01-30
• Update 2017-02-07 Designer Saga Continues
• Update 2017-02-10
• Update 2017-02-22
• Update 2017-02-23

Manufacture-able in-game release

• Update Update 2017-02-28 Spacecraft Factory
• Update 2017-03-03 Designer
• Update 2017-03-04 Finalize and Manufacture
• Update 2017-03-09 FTL Drive and Warp Drives
• Update 2017-03-31 Designer
• 2017-04-07 Doors and Turbo Lifts
• 2017-04-14 Pirates and Turbo Lifts
• 2017-04-17 Designer
• 2017-04-21 Space Vehicle Launch and Recovery Systems
• 2017-04-27 Sync, Space Rockets, Autoparking
• 2017-05-05 Access Policy
• 2017-05-12 Designer Preview
• 2017-06-09 Integrated Control Stations
• 2017-06-16 Integrated Stations and Turrets
• 2017-06-21 Turrets
• 2017-07-05 Turrets
• 2017-07-07 Guard Posts and Sick Bay
• 2017-07-14 Status Displays, Service Panels, and Lights
• 2017-07-21 Surface Effects
• 2017-07-29 Light Bug and Servers
• 2017-07-31 Crash Rendering New Designs
• 2017-08-03 Room Lighting and Door Access