Release 0.0.1800.0

I’m super excited to show off version 0.0.1800! 1800 is Project 4’s biggest major version yet. The next major version of Project 4 should be feature-complete, after which I will focus on polishing the game and making an art pass.

This release also comes with a new tool, the Item Editor. Simply drop the vanilla data/items.json file into it (or your own mod’s) and start adding, removing, or tweaking items.

Added:

• Stations hangar image is now deterimed by system economy type.
• The fabrication menu is now finished, allowing the player to craft items
• The purchase menus now show descriptions of the selected items
• Some systems are now populated with AI ships that fly along trade routes
• Several new ships have been added to the game, purchasable from the shipyard
  • The hangar menu allows you to switch between owned ships
• There are now several types of PDC
• A new preset system (Tau Ceti) has been added to the game
• All transactions are now logged in the wallet
• Expanded name pool for all proceedural generators
• Added tank style controls to the game
• The splash screen now shows loading progress
• Systems now have a chance to spawn with asteroid belts
• Your distance to your target is now shown alongside your ETA.
• Added many new trade goods

Changed:

• You can now switch between 8-direction and tank controls
• Station tabs now have more readable colours
• Bonetree now has support for paragraph rendering
• The default HYDAR has had its range buffed
• PDCs can now only target a finite amount of ships at a time
• PDCs have had their default fire rate buffed
• Warp speed is now calculated logarithmically
• Cheat commands no longer get bundled with public releases
• The ship shown on the main menu is now chosen randomly from the ship pool
• Focus panels now have limited mouse support
• Holding CTRL and SHIFT modifies the amount of items moved in inventory panels
• Clicking the system name in flight now opens the map
• All header bar items now have tooltips
• Pause menu has been migrated to the new UI framework, bringing with it several fixes
• The window icon is now the ATS insignia
• It is now possible to theme more elements with the custom theming system
• The tutorial has been updated
• All save file related error messages are now more human-friendly
• Reduced the jumpgate cooldown from 40 seconds to 10 seconds
• Save files now store playtime
• Finished the emergency stop, so it no longer acts as a catapult
• Preset systems now have preset economy types

Fixed:

• Fixed HYDAR not detecting certain entities
• Fixed Focus panel appearing in pause menu
• Fixed map panel appearing in the pause menu
• Fixed double-highlighting in the focus panel
• Fixed the station map not closing properly
• Fixed the station map incorrectly handling mouse clicks
• Fixed pause menu causing the game to crash
• Fixed the navball pointing in the wrong direction
• Fixed warp effect sometimes rendering incorrectly
• Fixed volume getting corrupted due to incorrect saving
• Fixed inventories containing stacks of 0 items
• Fixed “Toggle Point Defense” keybind being labeled incorrectly
• Fixed VSync config flag being ignored
• Fixed map incorrectly rendering stars

Removed:

• Removed some unused assets from the game files