Starground v7.0.0 was released on June 28, 2024 as a stable release in the Alpha v7 update series.

Additions

• Introduced a button to hide UI elements
• Introduced the Space Hub
• Introduced procedurally generated terrain
• Introduced rebindable keys
• Introduced underground Conveyor belts
• Introduced a chatbox that displays player's messages above their head
• Introduced oil rigs
• Introduced oil deposits
• Introduced the ability to pick up items by mining them with the mining-laser
• Introduced the ability to hide chat
• Introduced player movement interpolation for multiplayer (makes players move way more smoothly)
• Introduced Blmutea and (퉁퉁)사람 to the list of translators for Korean (huge thanks to them!)
• Introduced Eugene301 to the list of translators for Russian (big thanks!)
• Introduced falling leaf particles to the Tree of Wisdom
• Introduced god rays to the tree of wisdom
• Introduced the track Bygone Timber that plays for the Tree of Wisdom (fun fact: made by Jesse and not ace this time)
• Introduced a scroll bar to the building menu
• Introduced the ability to quick select a building by middle clicking on it
• Introduced a resource shop keeper to the space hub
• Introduced the refiner
• Introduced a game version variable to saves to keep track of
• Introduced an item slot info popup for fuel items
• Introduced a fuel icon to buildings that use fuel in the building menu
• Introduced the ability to replace conveyors with other conveyors
• Introduced the oil processing Research
• Introduced rotors
• Introduced track Lounge to the space hub
• Introduced track Rewind to the space hub
• Introduced track Grass Roots to Veridian
• Introduced Electric Furnace
• Introduced Max Schramm to the special thanks section for creating weapon components
• Introduced the snail general store shopkeeper to the space hub
• Introduced support for Linux

Changes

• Refreshed the appearance of Collector
• Adjusted and improved Veridian's tileset (thanks Z3NN3!)
• Refreshed the theme of toggle buttons to make more sense and be more consistent
• Refreshed the theme of the option button
• Refreshed the theme of all sliders to match with the rest of the UI
• Moved all building info into the global buildings table (behind the scenes, but will be great for modding support)
• Changed the game so buildings rotate clockwise by default
• Changed the game so Fuel Cell are now crafted in the refiner
• Adjusted the fuel cell recipe to use 1 oil and 1 Copper Ingot
• Adjusted the fuel cell sprite to reflect its use of copper instead of iron now
• Took out the power usage label in the building menu for batteries
• Adjusted the order of research
• Took out the Advanced Fuel research since it now requires oil
• Lowered the cost of the Better Automation research
• Raised the mining range so that its the same as the building and interaction range
• Changed the game so the guide no longer shows up when you start a new game

Fixes

• Corrected a problem where player roll particles would not appear for other players on multiplayer
• Corrected a problem where V2 conveyor items would be underneath V1 conveyors
• Corrected a problem where the regular font looked strange
• Corrected a problem where the pixel font would be slightly blurry on edges
• Corrected a problem where long unlock names in the research menu would cause the menu to expand
• Corrected a problem where the tooltips would keep repeating the success sound over and over
• Corrected a problem where Treadmill were unusable by clients
• Corrected depth sorting issues with the starlauncher
• Corrected a performance issue where the main menu would continue processing when in-game
• Corrected an issue with the tooltips tutorial where it would try and keep running when disabled
• Corrected a problem where walls were not correctly updated when being broken

Optimizations

• Optimized the performance of buildable objects
• Optimized the performance of hit bar indicators
• Enhanced performance of all conveyors
• Significantly improved the performance of collectors
• Significantly improved performance of Tesla Coil

Official announcement

https://steamcommunity.com/games/2793380/announcements/detail/4229524700810029982