Posted January 13, 2023 by Slice Bar
Patch / Build 1.1 is now live. This patch constituted some functionality and graphical changes, and stability improvements.
New Features
Save and Load Functionality
Two new commands to both save and restore progress.
Starchart
A new screen showing a, not to scale, map of all celestial bodies and space stations that have been discovered.
Auto-pilot ETA
The navigation screen will show an estimated value of the time remaining to reach the target destination.
TAB to auto-complete commands
Pressing the TAB key will auto-complete and allow the user to cycle through commands and their sub-commands.
SHUTDOWN command
Entering the SHUTDOWN command will prompt the user whether they want to exit and will close the terminal if Y is selected.. This is in addition to the Alt-F4 functionality.
Stars
Cut from the initial release, Stars have been re-implemented.
User Manual Nudge
To help point users towards the user manual, an appropriate flavour text is displayed in the command window on boot.
Reduced noise
The amount of noise generated based on ship speed has been reduced.
Save Config
The user config (enabled via a command line argument) now has the option to save between sessions.
User Manual Updates
The user manual has been updated to reflect the above.
Graphical Changes
Separate command window
The command input window is now separate to the command log due to a change in how this was implemented.
Equaliser Bars
The signal strength display in the science module now has additional equaliser bars to help determine signal strength.
Sizing bars
Additional size markers have been added to the expanded details screen
Bug Fixes
Enemy Ship Component Damage
Enemy ships now take damage to their components similar to the player.
Fighter distance
Fighters are reported as lost if they get too far from the player's ship.
Abort Self Destruct
Aborting a self destruct that is not active will not display the message that it cannot be cancelled.
AI ship behaviour
Fixes to some circumstances where a ship's behaviour could get stuck.