Empyrion – 8.0 Release details, First Hotfix Build Candidate (Build 1681)

Greetings explorers! Over the weekend we received some information regarding the release of 8.0. After six weeks of intense Experimental updates, the build is almost there! The developers have been hard at work, and have a date for you for the upcoming public release of Alpha 8.0:

• Alpha 8.0 release planned for June 12, 2018

For the remaining days leading up to the release, the developers will continue to polish and smash bugs. A full list of the changes and fixes in Hotfix Build 1681:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed: Not able to join a server with more than one starter planet
• Fixed: Problem that sometimes billboards of deco were visible instead of 3d model from close distance
• Fixed: Problem that deco disappeared sometimes
• Fixed: Terrain deco vanishing on game resume or coming back to a site
• Fixed: When “reclaiming” a landing pad on HV, you got SV blocks back
• Fixed: Problem that up-to-date SV Constructors displayed as “old – please replace”
• Fixed: Hitting sand did not play impact sound
• Fixed: Problem that some old stock HV used SV landing pads
• Fixed: Containers with a power switch (e.g. fridges) didn’t always show the correct power state
• Fixed: Problem that preview images of starter planets did not appear properly in new game window.

Changes:

• Improved flickering in Sky/Clouds on planet and in Nebula in space when flying around
• Update particles and flares on all thrusters to better fit their size
• Updated colliders on several bushes to facilitate cutting down with chainsaw
• Tweaked new SV jet thruster positions so they fit better to hull blocks
• Implemented: New Playfield Ops “DeviceUnlockMulti” and “DevicePowerMulti” which operate on all matching devices in all matching structures
• Updated gameoptions.yaml with note that some parameters are taken from UI in local Coop
• Added missing Neodymium Asteroids to random space playfields
• Added regeneration to all asteroids in playfield TradingStation
• Added regeneration to Sathium Asteroids in space playfield SpaceOrbit
• Sector Map: Adjusted map selection frames. Adjusted placement and scale of moons in sector map. Added Toggle orbit lines button
• Removed drone spawning info from drone base in playfield.yamls (it is now only given in POI itself)
• Tweaked size of Survival Constructor (no scaling anymore)
• Updated snow planet: better mountain cliff
• Updated Localization.csv
• Texture update to new format: Holo screen 01, 04
• Removed log outputs on planet generation

Source

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