v6.0.0
Patch NotesPower, research, dungeon rolling, machine effects, new buildings, and major automation changes
HistoryRevision from Updated 13 days ago - Ategon
Starground v6.0.0 was released on March 30, 2024 as a stable release in the Alpha v6 update series.
Overview
- Introduced the power system, with machines connected through Tesla Coil
- Fully implemented Research and technology unlocks
- Added rolling to dungeon movement
- Gave machines unique sounds and particle effects
Additions
- Added breakable dungeon decorations that can drop hearts
- Added rolling with Space and Starground Energy as the power unit
- Added the power section to the building menu
- Added Tesla Coils, Fuel Cell, Coal, and coal-ore
- Added sounds and effects to the Crafter, Furnace, Shredder, Researcher, and Burner
- Added power-use indicators and research unlocks
- Added the Treadmill, inventory sorting, boss-room doors, and updated conveyor sprites
Changes
- Improved building-menu text wrapping, localization fonts, and item-name presentation
- Limited the Tool Bench to stacks of one while enabling custom inventory stack sizes
- Redesigned Splitter and allowed direct transfers among splitters and Mover
- Darkened dungeon backgrounds and updated Biofuel art
- Set energy requirements for crafters, shredders, collectors, lamps, and researchers
- Set the Burner to generate 20 energy while fueled
- Reworked weighted resource spawning
- Reduced Splitter durability and revised several building descriptions
- Made bees carry mined items and lowered item-pickup volume
- Redesigned the research menu, updated the day indicator, hid occupied-slot placeholders, and locked progression content behind research
- Allowed players to walk on Splitters
Fixes And Optimization
- Preserved FPS, language, and large-UI settings correctly
- Corrected inventory layering, item-slot sizing, and long item-name layouts
- Prevented building, mover, and crafter crashes
- Restored Splitter pickup, Burner multiplayer inventories, and dungeon-room activation for clients
- Prevented the research menu from overlapping machine inventories
- Optimized item slots, conveyor tiling, conveyor performance, and multiplayer building synchronization
Official announcement
https://steamcommunity.com/games/2793380/announcements/detail/4174347361785474116
