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Thanks

Great job!

Noobeater 6 years ago updated by Tyler Owen (Lead Developer) 6 years ago 1

I think the game has a bright and sunny future! The game looks amazing. Also the gameplay quality got improved alot since release. You've done a great job, Tyler. Keep up the good work and the game will be known ald loved by thousands of people. So keep it up!

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Completed

A new Discord server has been created. (Official). Link: vvvvvvv

Noobeater 6 years ago updated by Tyler Owen (Lead Developer) 6 years ago 1

Browser: https://discord.gg/wYkcVt5
Desktop App:
 wYkcVt5

P.S. And this forum needs a community topic btw.

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Completed

Reduced charge rate of Portable Solar Panel

Mr. Fusion 6 years ago updated by Tyler Owen (Lead Developer) 6 years ago 3

I'm really not sure about this change, since it means that it's no longer possible to be power positive during EVAs at all, you will only lose charge and thus have to use backup batteries if you want to stay out for longer than about a sol (if even that). And then you might as well not bother with the portable panel at all: it will not charge the suit anyway, but it will make you unable to run, so what's the point?


I agree with that the previous rate which allowed several recharges during the daytime and constantly dumping the excess into the hab battery was cheaty, but the reduction is way too much. I'd say it should be able to restore at least 50% of the suit capacity over a full daytime period when using the scanner only sparingly in that time. This would greatly reduce the cheaty part (since the suit capacity is much smaller than the hab battery, standing around for 30 real time minutes to gain a small amount of extra for the hab is all but efficient) while still keeping the panel useful for actually, if slowly, charging the suit and not just slowing down the depletion during the day.


50% recharged would still barely cover the power use during the night even when scanner and suit light is used very sparingly, and not at all if the light is used through most of the night, so it would still likely promote using a backup battery or two, which on the other hand is not a bad thing.

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Planned

Charging backup battery gives "filling canister" sound

Mr. Fusion 6 years ago updated by Tyler Owen (Lead Developer) 6 years ago 1

This may be just a placeholder effect for now, actually, but currently when charging a backup battery (via crafting), the same sound is played as when filling an oxygen canister. Maybe something along the lines of some low electrical humming would work and possibly not too difficult to find/create?

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Fixed

Repairing broken slots may yield intact components

Mr. Fusion 6 years ago updated by Tyler Owen (Lead Developer) 6 years ago 8

When I repaired a failed tank slot on a Water Reclaimer which was filled with the large canister (the metal one, not the bladder type, can't remember the exact name at the moment), I got the good version of it which I could immediately put back.


When I repaired a failed fuse slot with a broken fuse in it, however, I got a broken fuse as expected.


Since testing all slots/components in game would be difficult, maybe a thorough review of the functionality would be better to catch any similar mistakes.

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Fixed

Displayed repair time doesn't match actual time taken

Mr. Fusion 6 years ago updated by Tyler Owen (Lead Developer) 6 years ago 4

The game time that goes by while repairing system slots appears to be about 4 times as much as the repair message says, eg. 10 minutes being displayed will result about 40 minutes passing.


On a related note, maybe now with the changed time scale there'd be more headroom to set different (maximum) times for repairing different slots, some being simpler (such as fuse slots) while others likely more complex (eg. circuit board slots, RTG cradles etc.), maybe in the 10-60 minutes range or so?

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Fixed

fell thru the map after leaving pop up tent...sol 10 too!

busyend 6 years ago updated by Tyler Owen (Lead Developer) 6 years ago 3

leaving pop up tent the graphics crashed then I fell through the floor!

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PRT! I Don't Know About Anyone Else But....

MarsWalker 6 years ago updated by Tyler Owen (Lead Developer) 6 years ago 10

This game just got SUPER MORE FUN!! I love the PRT! I love it! Perfect speed too! You can use an RTGenerator in them too. Just AWESOME! As soon as I'm better situated I can't wait to take it for a ride around the perimeter. See how long that takes me, and if electrical will be problematic. I've been airborne a few times I know, even though it's hard to tell because of the limited view to the immediate ground, but I had to be! And it never tips over! I LOVE THAT! I hope you never change it. I like it just the way it is. It's a blast, hahaha. I <3 You!

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Under review

Photo Suggestion

MarsWalker 6 years ago updated by Tyler Owen (Lead Developer) 6 years ago 1

It would be great if we could take a photo of our Hab's inventory, or a storage container's content, but we can't. Whenever I'm at another hab I forget which items I left at another one. I've taken to taking screenshots of the inventories so I can look at it that way but I have to x out of the game to look at the screenshots and I have to organize outside of the game. It's not a big deal I know. Would just save some time. I'm not going to walk back to another hab just to see if it has what I need only to find out it doesn't, lol. Also, I'm not sure if we can label in-game photos, but I can't figure out how.