Space Engineers

[Jhessail]

Wow that looks very cool.

Dom13, are you the developer?

In case any of you guys who like this haven't tried "Distant Worlds" (now on Steam lo-and-behold!) I recommend it. It is at a level one order of magnitude higher in scale than this: meaning you control individual ships not individual astronauts. Also civilian ships are automated and the focus is 4x in the tradition of Space Empires or Galactic Civilizations. It was originally a one-man show, some fellow from NZ, though he may have paid staff now.

The way the vastness of empty space between solar systems is conveyed and the way the map zoom works are best I've seen.

An integration of an engine like this with an engine like DW  . . . oh wow, nerdgasm.

Distant Worlds is **** once you get over the initial WHOA-factor. The AI is totally inept, the special bonuses from ancient wrecks are very overpowered, and features are lacking when compared to Space Empires or Aurora.

 

[Anthropoid]

Wow that looks very cool.

Dom13, are you the developer?

In case any of you guys who like this haven't tried "Distant Worlds" (now on Steam lo-and-behold!) I recommend it. It is at a level one order of magnitude higher in scale than this: meaning you control individual ships not individual astronauts. Also civilian ships are automated and the focus is 4x in the tradition of Space Empires or Galactic Civilizations. It was originally a one-man show, some fellow from NZ, though he may have paid staff now.

The way the vastness of empty space between solar systems is conveyed and the way the map zoom works are best I've seen.

An integration of an engine like this with an engine like DW  . . . oh wow, nerdgasm.

Distant Worlds is **** once you get over the initial WHOA-factor. The AI is totally inept, the special bonuses from ancient wrecks are very overpowered, and features are lacking when compared to Space Empires or Aurora.

Do you have all the expansions? I found the game much better with the final expansion, than the vanilla game. Well, not this latest one but the one just before that. Agree the AI is predictable, though if you can point-out an AI in any 4x game that is "ept" I'd love to know.

The space monsters are idiotic, but luckily you can turn those off. The wrecks . . . meh, they are nice to find, but you can actually turn down or off how common they are if memory serves. Certainly a lot of other settings can be changed before you generate a new galaxy.

When you say Space Empires you mean the one that went to like version V that is now $5 on Steam or a different one. Never heard of Aurora.

 

[Swadius 2.0]

Aurora is a sadomasochistic trap masquerading as a video game made with little more than a spreadsheet program.

 

[Dom13]

Update 01.037





Features
- factions
- ownership of blocks
- hacking/take-over of hostile objects
- block sharing
- looting dead engineer
- copy/paste: rotate object before pasting

Fixes
- fixed mirroring planes not visible
- fixed extreme lag issues in some worlds
- fixed issue with having access to control panel from passenger seat
- fixed wrong highlight on door model
- fixed missing dialog box in main menu and pause screen
- fixed dedicated server issue: clean exit with save not working
- fixed issue with NPC ships not de-spawning
- fixed world name file folders aren't updating with "Save As" feature
- fixed crashes and asteroid physics
- fixed issue when connecting via connector deletes grouping
- fixed copy+paste option for dedicated server setup
- fixed missing thruster effect
- fixed weird character animations with tools & cube placement

IMPORTANT NOTE: Factions are still Work-in-Progress and this is only the first update. There are still many things to be added during the next weeks (eg. chat and communication) and some bugs/issues are yet to be fixed. We decided to release it now so we can get the best feedback possible from the players.

 

[Vovolov]

That's nice and all, but if the game still lags terribly whenever someone mines an asteroid, how is multiplayer with factions ever going to be fun?

 

[K-64]

Public multiplayer will never be fun unless they properly manage to figure out a way to stop griefers effectively

 

[Anthropoid]

Public multiplayer will never be fun unless they properly manage to figure out a way to stop griefers effectively

Don't 'stop' them; just build the game around them! EVE Online.

 

[K-64]

But even EVE has methods of ensuring griefers are kept out of certain areas.

 

[Dom13]

remember  this is very early alpha   

 

[Ringwraith #5]

Public multiplayer will never be fun unless they properly manage to figure out a way to stop griefers effectively

Don't 'stop' them; just build the game around them! EVE Online.

And how exactly would you do that in a Minecraft clone in space with a tiny number of players per server?

 

[Dom13]

Update 01.038



Features
- steering wheels (sounds are placeholders – wheels in multi-player are still WIP)
- wheel controls (WSAD)
- adjustable welder and grinder speed (in world settings)
- name and location of blocks visible in terminal can be shown on HUD
- new inventory filter (hide empty inventories)
- join game search box
- hacking computers is a bit slower (grinding block of non-friend is slower by factor of 3)

Fixes
- fixed some Factions issues (turrets shooting on it's own ship, non-changeable ownership)
- reduced network bandwidth during line/plane building
- fixed beacon range and visibility
- fixed issue when beacon broadcast was killing the server
- fixed issue when antenna was working without power
- fixed red circle after re-spawn
- fixed beacon broadcast distance does not save
- fixed old save files have no ownership

 

[Scully]

We already had steerable cars, you just had to be a little inventive. They should focus on giving us better tools instead imo, and/or improve the engine/physics.

 

[Dom13]

Update 01.039




Features
- battery block for small and large grids
- solar panels are now little cheaper and much more efficient
- communications relay (signal can travel through multiple antennas; you can receive a signal from any distance, broadcasting can be limited by player or by power of the antenna)
- small ship antenna has now max. range of 5000 m
- copy-paste into existing ships 
- new world setting: enable/disable client-side saving
- new world setting: permanent death can be turned off (client still owns his stuff after respawning in the rescue ship)
- pressing 'K' can be now used for looting character
- added antenna to prefab ships

Fixes
- improved network performance when removing larger amount of blocks at once
- fixed crash when creating faction
- fixed crash when leaving faction
- fixed mission join request icon
- fixed turret attacking its own ship
- fixed issues with respawn
- fixed turrets fire at ships in junk yard
- fixed inventory listing as same for all containers
- fixed 1x1 wheel falls off after loading a save
- fixed antenna/beacons too power hungry
- fixed passenger seat alignment
- fixed death loops when spawning in tight places
- fixed no 3rd person view for rescue ship
- fixed player tag not showing properly when joining dedicated server
- fixed ownership not remembered by dedicated server after logout
- fixed memory leaks when app was minimized
- fixed spectator mode when loading workshop world
- fixed spotlight symmetry

 

[Dom13]

Update 1.040





Features
- pistons
- factions: enabled/disabled member auto-approval
- hacking/breach HUD notification
- thrusters can work without cockpit - through terminal
- blast door blocks (4 types, durability will be balanced in the next updates)
- rotor height adjustment
- semi-auto mode for battery

Fixes
- fixed issue when player could not leave respawn screen
- fixed large antenna texture bug
- fixed steering wheels losing sync
- fixed lags with batteries turned to charging mode
- fixed few instances of death-loop
- fixed multiplayer filter issues
- fixed visible aiming rectangle when turret is of after loading new world
- fixed issue when placing a new landing gear/station block without resources in survival mode was fully built
- fixed missing permanent death configuration when starting DS
- fixed issue with block preview when in 3rd person view

 

[Alphα]

I hesitate to buy it
Not enought money :p

 

[SkyTime]

Don't buy it just yet.

there's not much to do from what I gathered, and our online experience was rather buggy at times. Like ships started vibrating and I saw AI ships that weren't there for other people, and vice versa. I hosted the server on my own computer.

Still a nice game though, can't wait until they add more stuff.

 

[QuailLover]

The whole ships vibrating and AI ships not there bugs are relatively new. I was hoping that they would have fixed it, this patch.

 

[SkyTime]

After the last patch the game became rather unplayable, I get odd freezes and crashes so often now >.>

 

[Dom13]

Update 1.041




Features
- control blocks through toolbar
- fire weapons which are attached with rotors and pistons
- multiple toolbars (switching by dot and comma)
- re-enabled the save confirmation on leave for autosave worlds

Fixes
- reduced network bandwidth for all moving objects
- reduced idle network bandwidth (when player sits in ship and doing nothing)
- fixed VSync crash
- fixed few spelling errors
- fixed too fragile piston
- fixed piston copy/paste glitch
- fixed issue when piston was pasted without top part
- fixed issue with piston physics
- fixed pistons functioning without power
- fixed issue when piston was not working on converted platform
- fixed crash while adding cargo container under the piston
- fixed issue when piston’s top part gets separated when platform is merged with ship
- fixed crash when retracting a chain of pistons at once
- fixed spamming reverse breaking pistons
- fixed issue when pressing "No" on exit the world was saved anyway
- fixed overriding thruster force causes all thrusters facing the same way to fire
- fixed custom color was not saved after exiting the world
- fixed cost of recharging battery is called "Sprint"
- fixed 1x1 wheels popping out after merge
- fixed explosives not doing damage after explosion on dedicated server
- fixed rotors floating in the air after client merges two grids
- fixed turret rectangle is visible when weapons are not enabled in world
- fixed issue when control panel items were clickable even when they were invisible
- fixed delete block sound volume was too loud when deleting many blocks with symmetry
- fixed full batteries still using energy
- fixed crash when ":" was written into search-box
- fixed turrets target stuff on when moving

 

[Dom13]

Sorry im late 

Update 01.042

New Modding Guide






Features
- steam workshop mod support and integration
- automatic mod download when joining multiplayer game
- moddable thruster glow
- added new character animations playable from toolbar
- added control panel access block
- added gyro override
- added more types of catwalk blocks
- added mod debug screen (F11 in single player)

Fixes
- fixed invisible and invulnerable cargo ships
- fixed not hidden HUD tag after switching to third person
- fixed autosave on dedicated servers
- fixed player loses ownership one death,save/reload
- fixed respawn in owned medbay results in permadeath anyway
- fixed bugged ownership menu
- fixed toolbar hotkeys (missing options/too many options)
- fixed disabling "control thrusters" from one cockpit disables the thrusters completely
- fixed block not available message
- fixed rotor displacement issues
- fixed trapped in cockpit, crash on exit
- fixed cannot create "new ship/station"
- fixed error when loading a saved world
- fixed pistons with a drill attached refusing to extend after reload
- fixed turret sound playing even if turret is OFF
- fixed overflowing menu for various blocks (turrets, rotors)