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Power, research, dungeon rolling, machine effects, new buildings, and major automation changes

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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

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