Patch notes for Interstellar Rift 0.2.15.00

FEATURES

• Added new building blocks to the editor:

  • Hexagon Wall (25 Iron)

  • Hexagon Floor (25 Iron)

  • Hexagon Ceiling (25 Iron)

  • Hexagon Wall Light (25 Iron, 5 Copper)

  • Hexagon Ceiling Light (25 Iron, 5 Copper)

  • DecoBlock Wall (25 Iron)

  • DecoBlock Wall Light (25 Iron, 5 Copper)

• Tutorials now unlock in order

• Removed the Guide

• Moved damaged device markers from guide to Repair Gun (Toggleable, by default they show when a Repair Gun is equipped)

BALANCE

• Changed tier of Torpedo Launchers to tier 0, resource cost:

  • 500 Steel

  • 125 Copper

  • 1500 Iron

• Rebalanced torpedo damage and resource cost, and added improved torpedo.

  • Standard torpedo damage increased from 2500 to 3000, recipe changed, is now:

    • 40 Iron

    • 30 Steel

    • 60 Nitrous Oxide

  • Improved torpedo damage 4500, recipe:

    • 40 Brass

    • 30 Steel

    • 60 Nitrous Oxide

  • Advanced torpedo base damage increased from 2500 to 5000, recipe unchanged.

• Changed recipe and damage of rail gun ammo:

  • Standard Rail Gun Ammo damage from 200 per tick for 20 ticks to 250, recipe:

    • 40 Tungsten

    • 60 Carbon

  • Advanced Rail Gun Ammo damage from 2000 per tick for 20 ticks to 2500, recipe:

    • 75 Tungsten

    • 5 Titanium

    • 60 Carbon

• Repair Gun now uses Carbon instead of Silicon in its recipe

UI

• Reworked mission UI

  • Missions can now be found on your GRIP

  • Missions can be individually toggled to be active

  • The HUD only shows bullet points and direct objectives

• Added new pop up system to cover mission updates and advancements

• Tweaked color and borders of GRIP screen to increase readability of content

• Reworked options and server options menu

• Reworked in-game options menu

• Options can now be reset to defaults

• Added advancements tab to the GRIP, gives credits & reputation as reward for small objectives that are completed. (Popups can be disabled)

• Markers now fade out when you are close to them

• Added ability to highlight UI buttons

• Tutorials now start with a popup with a short description

• Players are now prompted to complete at least one tutorial if they haven't done so

• New hover labels when players look at devices, these show the device name, the interaction key, and in some cases a key to go to the encyclopedia case, more to be added. (Parts of this can be disabled)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed mail sound being in the "SFX" group instead of the "UI" group

• Fixed some sounds being queued play while in the editor

• Bullet materials no longer update every frame (Performance)

• Cache some components in bullets so we don't need to request them every frame (Performance)

• Fixed colored text not working in loading screen

• Fixed a server side login error that could occur when reconnecting after disconnecting before finishing the previous login attempt

• Fixed a client crash that could occur when opening the map on a terminal just when the ship was destroyed (This was worked around a while ago, but the added logging has now resulted in us being able to properly fix it)

• Fixed a client crash that could occur when pressing the ship stats firewall overview button at the exact moment the ship was destroyed

• Fixed a crash when an offline player would be sent a mail.

• Removed corrupt textures that would still try to load but were unused

• Fixed a crash when upgrading ships

• Fixed a bug where upgraded ships would not be send to clients correctly

NOTES

• Servers need to be updated.

• If your preferred server has not updated yet, you can switch to the 'previous' branch until it has updated

• Please report failed rifts or duplicated ships on our Discord or on the bug reporting subforum, and include at least the following details:

  • what server you were on

  • The name of your ship

  • The system you were rifting from

  • The system you were rifting to