Empyrion – Galactic Survival

**nova** · 17. August 2015

CHANGELOG FOR PRE-ALPHA 2.2.0

Features:
- Added Creative Empty mode: same as normal Creative mode but without
capital ships and bases. This mode is for those of you who want to start
in an empty world.
- Workaround to be able to load corrupted save games
- Added slimmer version of Male model

Improvements / Changes:
- Reduced crafting times
- Reduced Head-Bobbing
- Control Panel now shows damage of essential blocks
- Added Rocket Launcher (replaced old launcher)
- Hyperion crashed better defended
- First version of hover texts for resources and created objects (BA, SV, GV) on 3D Map
- Repair & Remove Tool has bonus to remove cockpit and other high-armored objects
- Less armor on Constructor
- Updated Main Menu Button Colors
- Made some more keys configurable (Show FPS, Save Screenshot, HUD on/off)
- Outputting system data in outputlog now
- Shrinked radius of drill

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed bug that appeared at transition from planet to space and that corrupted save games
- Fixed bug on LaserRifle (before it exploded directly at weapon for male)
- Fixed quick cargo box close/open: no longer reports 'Occupied by me'
- Fixed error message for connecting to other game that has not same version
- Fixed exploit that you could drop SV weapons.
- Fixed scope bug on Pulse Rifle
- Fixed bug when exiting turret
- Possible fix for bug when quiting game during explosion
- Possible fix for bug during eating
- Fixed clipping issue with weapons (weapon mesh could not be seen sometimes in multiplayer)
- Fixed bug on symmetry plane
- Fixed animation of other player when connecting

Known issues:
- Jetpack particle effect on male not working

Moreover, we added a shiny new rocket launcher and replaced the old Tier 1 rocket launcher:

Quelle: http://empyriononline.com/thre…-resumed.1283/#post-13189

**nova** · 4. September 2015

es wird mal wieder Zeit bei Empyrion reinzuschauen ... sind nen paar schöne Änderungen dabei, die wir uns gewünscht haben

Changelog for Pre-Alpha 3.0.0:

Features:
- Added fully procedural planets: Added random distribution of resources and POIs and random terrain generation (controllable via Seed)
- Added new starting planet Akua with breathable atmosphere (temperate planet with vast oceans)
- Added male / female character without helmet and possibility to remove helmet
- Added swimming
- Added 2 new creatures on Akua
- Added a first (2D) Minimap
- Added door for SV and GV (to build dropships)
- Added emergency O2 bottle (can be used to refill O2 without Oxygen Station)
- Added work light that illuminates an area (not just a spotlight). Increased spot angle of old work ight.
- Neodymium is now used in templates (can be found on e.g. Omicron)
- Added size of resource deposit to HUD / Map object text
- Prepared automatic email when user quits on an 'Internal Error'
- Added "Rename Game" option
- POIs need now to be discovered and are then marked on map (similar to resources) in setting with Seed>0
- Added flare block (no light source just flare) for SV and GV
- Added bunk bed
- Added several community builds (dropship SV, SV, alien tower, GV): Thanks to Arturius1967, Boan929, Dead8Eye, Fabrizio and Glorfinnin

Changes:
- Improved New Game menu
- Improved Constructor and Food Processor GUI: now showing more items simultaneously (thanks to Kane for the idea)
- Better ship controls: Increased sensitivity (faster turning)
- GV now hovers certain distance over ground when powered. Added “Hover Distance” in info panel of GV
- Temporarily deactivated orbital gravity. Reason: Exiting a game while
in the gravity zone of a planet caused the disparition of your ship
after resuming game (the ship was pulled to the planet and was lost).
- Moved Dinos from Omicron to Akua
- Now player is dying faster (again) if running out of Oxygen or Food
- For resource detection height now matters
- Slightly changed location of planets in Orbit
- More detailed in-game message when block cannot be placed
- Adapted color of Silicon Ore (to better differentiate from Crushed Stone)
- Adapted prefab of Crushed Stone
- Increased rate of fire for Pulse Laser SV
- Radar turret are now placeable also on SV and GV
- Attack distance of turrets reduced to 250m on planets (but still 500m in space)
- Balanced space drones (less hitpoints)
- Tweaked sound of Desert Worm on Omicron
- Slightly increased amount of starting resources in Escape Pod
- Templates change: Laser ammo does not use advanced CPU anymore
- Small generator cannot be placed in CV anymore
- 3D Map: Hover texts now exactly match the better positioned icons
- Changed icon for base on map and added icon for GV on map
- Decreased damage inflicted by sentry guns
- Gravity unit is now g (instead of m/s²)
- Reduced fire range of Laser Rifle and Laser Pistol
- Better ground blast particle colors. Added special particle effect for ground blast on water
- HUD: Moved message boxes to top (left of MiniMap)
- Video Options: aspect ratios < 16:10 are marked as not supported. Increased minimum resolution.
- Slightly different preview icons for window transparent/non-transparent
- Pulse laser SV now shoots blue plasma (similar to turret GV)
- Adapted new WIKI links (Gamepedia)
- Tweaked sound of fridge
- Changed sun color on Omicron Moon in evening/morning
- Renamed GV as HV (Hover Vessel) to better differentiate (the letters ‘G’ and ‘C’ look too similar)

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed problem with drill that caused the creation of additional terrain around the player while mining
- Fix for turret bug: sometimes after resuming a game the turrets did not attack anymore
- Fixed texture bug with several creatures (Desert Worm, Desert Golem, Otyugh, etc)
- Fixed bug with line/plane tool
- Fixed another save game corruption bug
- Fixed clipping issue in multiplayer with Assault Rifle
- Fixed bug that Durian sprout showed up in Control Panel
- Fixed bug that gravity display did not show on first entering GV
- Fixed problem with jetpack thruster of male character
- Fixed perish time display
- Fixed landing gear position
- Fixed wrong emissive texture in map view of planet (e.g. Aestus)
- Enabled quick-fill of O2 / Water Generator with fuel packs
- Fixed wrong normal maps in 3D map view
- Fixed bug with Undo function

Quelle: http://empyriononline.com/thre…t-swimming-and-much.1783/

**nova** · 9. September 2015

Changelog 3.1.0:

Features:
- Changed New Game Survival: Now you can choose between Akua and Omicron as Starting Location
- Added manual save button to in-game menu. This can fix the problem that sometimes players lost their builds after a crash
- Added first version of German localization (not all texts are translated yet). More languages to come

Changes:
- Seed field in New Game now accepts only numbers
- Added possibility to select Server Port in Options / Misc. This should
fix problem for people that could not start the game when an other
windows service was using port 30000
- Tweaked Misc Options menu: select language English/German and set Server Port
- Changed font: new font supports other languages
- Template change: Small emergency oxygen bottle now only needs 1 oxygen bottle
- Increased fuel consumption on planets
- Flare Block + Window Blocks are now placeable also on Base and CV
- Improved ship controls -> slightly faster turning of SV/CV (less torque for RCS HV)
- Increased speed and range of rockets for turrets
- Tweaked template of Turret Minigun for HV
- Reduced spawn rate of PlantMonster and Slime. Increased Spawn rate of small dino.
- Added different plants to Akua
- Added new dinosaur to Akua
- Tweaked loot for Plant Monster
- Changed position of manually placed resources on Akua and Omicron
- Added community builds: Orbital Station (thanks to Luna) and 2 SVs (Akua and Orbit - thanks to Arturius1967)

Bug Fixes:
- Fix so that most corrupted save games can now be resumed
- Possible fix for HV and turrets bug
- Fixed minimap in orbit (still 2D) so that map shows correct position even after rotation (3D map still in preparation)
- Fixed bug that booster HV did not work reliable
- Removed "ghost terrain" in orbit (before you could see a semi-transparent version of a terrain in the orbit)
- Fixed colliders for creatures (Nightmare, PlantMonster, Desert Golem)

**nova** · 12. Oktober 2015

Changelog for Pre-Alpha 3.3.0:

Features:
- Added advanced constructor that allows automatic crafting (i.e., it
crafts complex devices with one click if necessary base items /
resources are in inventory)
- Added new NPC alien race that defends bases and that can shoot
- Added new NPC alien creature (Crawler)

- Added new NPC turret robot
- Added different sets of POIs specific to each planet (thanks to Dead8Eye)
- Added Mining Complex on Omicron that has a multi-floor basement (a
real - labyrinth) - it is well defended and has a lot of loot (thanks to
Dead8Eye)
- Added 2 new cockpits
- Added new windows with real reflection
- Added new elevator block
- Improved water shader and ground fog
- Added community build Icarus Base in Orbit Creative (thanks to Arturius1967)
- Added new crashed capital vessel (separated into 3 parts - front, mid, back) on Akua (thanks Arturius1967)
- Added alien interior blocks

Changes:
- Overall more promethium deposits
- Changed behavior of O2 Stations -> now activated via ‘T’
- Passenger can now rotate camera in third-person view
- Illuminated Block is now also triggered with Power On/Off
- Increased damage of drone weapons on devices (before e.g. minigun drone could not destroy turret)
- No drones are spawned near start location if you begin on Omicron (Survival)
- Tweaked sound minigun SV and changed animation speed
- Updated Radar Map icons for HV and Base

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed problem that later connected client did not see server's already discovered POIs.
- Fixed bug that sometimes player did not get above water surface in first-person view
- Fixed clipping with certain particle effects (in particular ground fog)
- Fixed bug that 'You are dead' message remained visible when quitting game
- Fixed flare on ION Cannon. Changed explosion
- Fixed bug that map markers were not at correct position in 3d map
- Fixed optical flaw with cut long item descriptions in scrolling item grids
- Fixed optical flaw with wrong initial item grid scroll position in Food Processor
- Fixed orientation of Radar Map regardless of cockpit direction
- Fixed texture on Truss Block

NEXT STEPS:
We are currently working on the dedicated servers and the solar system.
So there is something to look forward to in the next update(s).

Quelle: http://empyriononline.com/thre…s-bugfixes-and-more.2416/

**nova** · 13. November 2015

Inzwischen hat sich in der Entwicklung von Empyrion einiges getan. Dedicated Server soll es ab Version 4.0 geben. Anbei die wichtigsten Änderungen der letzten Changelogs.

CHANGELOG Pre-Alpha 3.4.0

Features:
- Drones attack player bases from time to time

CHANGELOG Pre-Alpha 3.5.0

Features:

- Added 4 new community builds (with subterranean complex)
- Added new drone model
- Added new AI behavior: if a creature looses view contact with player, it will go to the position where it has last seen the player
- Added thin hull blocks: new wall and corner wall blocks

CHANGELOG Pre-Alpha 3.6.0

Features:
- Integrated first version of Experience Points, Player Level Progression and Tech Trees
- Added new asteroid field in Orbit
- Added 7 new turrets to replace old turrets for base and capital vessel
- Added 7 new ship weapons (SV, GV, CV) to replace old weapons
- Added 3 new POIs with subterranean complex (thanks again to Dead8Eye)
- Added Oxygen/Hydrogen Generator that produces oxygen and hydrogen bottles.
- Added Tier 2 Pistol

CHANGELOG Pre-Alpha 3.7.0

Features:
- New Start setting: you start in an Escape Pod in the sky and crash land on the planet
- Added Troop Transport
- Added Survival Constructor
- Added new insect NPC on Akua
- Added large Asteroid field
- Better player customization for skin, hair and armor
- Added new fuel tank models
- Added new core block model

**nova** · 19. November 2015

Dedicated Server out now ...

FULL CHANGELOG Pre-Alpha 4.0

Main Feature:

- Dedicated Server

Other Features:

- Added Steam authentication

- Added emergency flip for HV: if HV is lying upside down, an
emergency flip can be activated via "Left Shift" to get back to its
upright position

- Added fog in asteroid field in Orbit

- Added new POI on Omicron ("Walker Base" by J0BA2)

- Added new passenger seat

- Added map marker for Escape Pod

- HV does not collide anymore with plants

Changes / Improvements:

- Improved ship controller

- Updated shader of player character to physically-based rendering

- Balanced tech tree: now HV is available already at Level 2. Reduced levels for selected HV equipments (turrets, etc)

- Moved "Time til Sunrise/Sunset" back to Main HUD

- Reduced range for which explosions are audible

- No drones anymore near start position

- Changed sound of alien bug on Akua

- Increased time after which Escape Pod disappears when it is empty

- Increases time after which dropped ores disappear

- Increased starting Cobalt ingots

- Re-balanced SV / GV / CV weapons

- Level, Died, Killed, Ping is now shown correctly in MP games via info board (default key: B)

- Further improved chat window

- Balanced drone amount on planets

- Troop transport improvements (increase speed and flying altitude, better landing)

- Message: drone base attack, troop transport and de-activate core on drone base is now shown also on Client in MP games

- Added "Decoration Blocks" category to constructors and creative menu

- Increased hardness of survival constructor

- Added random +/-150m to player entry in multiplayer

- Lowered sound of fridges and fuel tanks

- Added new sound for Insect on Akua

- Added more visible flare on Survival Constructor

- Added "Available Unlock Points" to Inventory Window

- Overall increased size of ore deposits

- Ore deposits are now less deep buried on planets

- Changed sound effect of destroyed (white) drone

- Added sound effect to other destroyed drones

- Added water impact sound

- Added sound effects to generators

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed problem that filler & flatten tool or drill also removed
other blocks like survival constructor, oxygen generator etc.

- Fixed problem that POIs were sometimes buried under ground

- Fixed drone explosion not showing on Client

- Fixed animals not showing death animation

- Fixed escape pod sound being heard by every player on multiplayer games

- Fixed problem that destroyed Troop Transport caused a crash

- Fixed problem that some turrets shoot into own collider (reduced vertical rotation limits)

- Fixed bug that exiting the escape pod before landing kept the camera shaking

- Fixed problem that (wild) Kavae Plant disappeared after a while when harvested

- Fixed wrong Preview Image of Shotgun (Tier 1)

**nova** · 20. November 2015

Einge von euch haben es bereits bemerkt, dank MPCOM gibt es seit Kurzem einen Empyrion Linebackers Server.

**boggler** · 1. Dezember 2015

Zitat

Hey Galactic Survivalists,

We are very excited to present you our newest and feature-packed update: Pre-Alpha 4.1!

Without further ado: we added the first iteration of a faction/ownership
module AND playfield settings for PvE and PvP to the game! The latter
can be set individually for each playfield (e.g. each planet can be PvE
or PvP). Read on below for more details.

We also added early customization toys to play around with: want to
change the color of the sky or have a lower or higher sea level for your
lakes and oceans? These are only two examples of the customization
options, so go ahead, give it a try and show us your favorites!

With an easy tweak in the config file, you can change the sky color so that Omicron will look like that:

You can also easily change the water level. This screenshot shows Akua with a lower water level:

In addition, we added a slew of changes, improvements and bugfixes. Read
on below for the full changelog. Among others, you won't run out of
resources any more: watch out for meteorites bringing in new sources of
ore!

One of the resource meteorites that drop if your resource deposits get depleted:

A message will notify you about the meteorit. Open the planetary map (M)
and look for a new resource icon (A) that has a "meteorit" in its name.
As for now: meteorits can be found hovering a few dozend meters above
the ground. Approach the meteroit and it will descend the last meters
down to the surface. (This is a temporary solution!)

As always, all the new features we are adding to the game with this
update, are early versions or prototypes - not the final product! Thanks
a lot in advance for your understanding and for submitting any issue to
our bug forums

One of the new alien plants on Akua:

Next steps:
- Offline/Log-out protection of structures on PvP playfields
- Adding possibility for a "fresh start" on a server if you are stuck
- Better admin tools for dedicated servers: kick, ban, etc
- Force field for hangars
- Solar system

….and last but not least: we can't give an exact ETA (yet), but we can
already say with all certainty, that the Solar System will move planets
further away and your capital vessel will finally have its purpose

How does PvP, PvE, Factions and Ownership work?

PvE vs. PvP playfields:
- In PvE playfields, you cannot do any damage to other players or
player-built blocks. However, you can do damage to alien buildings as
long as they have an alien core (if
you destroy the alien core, they are considered as "no faction" and
further weapon fire will do no damage to any blocks. From then on, you
can only remove blocks with removal & repair tool - see below)
- In PvP playfields, you can do damage to other players and blocks like in the previous version

Removal & Repair tool:
- The removal & repair tool can only remove blocks of your own faction, public faction and the no-faction structures.
- As a result, you cannot use it to break into "alien faction"
structures anymore. At least as long as they still have an alien core

Ownership / Factions (Overview):
- You can only access cargo boxes, constructors, cockpits, etc if they belong to your own faction.
- In addition, you can access any block that belongs to the public faction, of course.
- You can only access the control panel of structures if they belong to your own faction or to the public faction
- Doors open only on structures if they belong to your faction or to the public faction
- If you have not created or joined a faction, you can change your bases
and vehicles between "private" or "public" use. Private has the same
rules as if you were in a one-player-faction.
- IMPORTANT: If you are a member of a faction and change a base or
vessel from public or private use to "only by your faction" in the
Control Panel dropdown, this can NOT be reverted back to "public" (yet).
- If you are not a member of a faction, you can switch from public to private back and forth.

Join a faction:
To join or create a faction, open your inventory and click the FACTIONS button.
- Regardless of whether there are factions available or not on the top left screen, you can always create a new one.
- If there are factions available on your server, you can APPLY to join a
faction. The creator of this faction needs to approve your
applications. You won't auto-join ANY faction.

Here is the full Changelog of Pre-Alpha 4.1:

Main Features:
- Added PvP, PvE, Factions and Ownership
(Per default, Akua and Orbit are PvE playfields, the other playfields are PvP - however, you can change this setting, see below)

Other Features:
- Added faction internal chat: press "," to open it
- Added playfield config files for basic customization: now you can
configure e.g. sky color, water color, gravity, playmode (PvP, PvE), and
also biome type of a playfield (to switch biomes you MUST change also
the name of the save game - otherwise the map will not be correctly
displayed)
- Added resource count for deposits. Resource deposits that are nearly
empty (<10%) are no longer shown on the map, i.e., map marker is
removed (you have to start a New Game to correctly enable resource
counter)
- Added resource re-generation: if resource A is depleted on a planet then resource meteorites of type A will fall on planet
- Dedicated server now auto saves every 60 seconds
- Added dedicated server command line parameter "-dedicated
<file>" to allow custom config files (.yaml extension must not be
changed)
Example: Make a batch file with the following content: "start
EmpyrionDedicated.exe -batchmode -nographics -logFile
Logs\DedicatedServer.log -dedicated MyCustomDediConfig.yaml"

Changes / Improvements:
- Added server password caching (now you only have to enter the password once)
- Improved ship controller: rolling Q / E is now more accurate
- Added simple clean up algorithm: Bases/HV/SV/CV will be removed if one of the following conditions is fulfilled:
(i) a player did not visit structure for 24 game hours AND structure has no core
(ii) a player did not visit structure for 24 game hours AND the structure is smaller than 25 blocks.
This clean up algorithm will guarantee that there are not too many
unused structures in a playfield which reduces performance (especially
on dedicated servers this is a problem)
- Added 30 Unlock Points for players that have reached max level to unlock new blocks
- Added food category to Survival Constructor
- Added planet overview list to map window
- Added sentry gun for Bases and Capital Vessels in survival mode
- Added new constructor 3d models for Large and Advanced Constructor (to replace old constructors)
- Tweaked texture for thrusters to prepare for color masks
- Tweaked texture for Core Block, Fuel Tank and Passenger Seat (less scratches)
- Added new spotlight for SV / HV
- Added several new explosions
- Added "Back to inventory" button to Tech Tree window and improved visuals of Tech Tree window (larger icons)
- All doors in POIs are now closed per default
- Set culling of windows to a much higher distance
- Removed color overlay for sniper scopes
- Player list (Scoreboard) now scrollable
- Added 2 new plants on Akua (Moved plant to Omicron that grows Alien Plasma ZR1 - replaced with Alien Tentacle plant)
- Driller / filler can now also remove grass
- Increased overall range of CV weapons
- Removing Alien turrets now also give resources
- Reduced number of turrets and sentry guns on some POIs (for performance improvements)
- Added Sathium ore deposits on Ningues

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed problem with floating POIs (you have to start a New Game to benefit from this fix)
- Fixed problem that player could peek through door by standing close to door frame
- Fixed problem that some turrets did not shoot accurately
- Fixed problem that food did not decay in multiplayer
- Fixed problem that clients of a multiplayer game could not set names of BA, SV, CV, HV
- Fixed problem that O2 / water generator did not produce at the bottom of very deep lakes
- Fixed problem when SV with 2 or more cockpits (player inside) left playfield
- Fixed problem that game crashed in some cases when troop transport was destroyed
- Fixed problem that warning message "troop transport is approaching" was played several times
- Fixed problem that entering cockpit on crashed CV caused problems
- Fixed problem that drones appeared sometimes near the player starting position on all planets on a dedicated server
- Fixed "plant sprout exploit" (before player obtained template inputs
by removing sprout and could thus duplicate plant in food processor)
- Fixed collider on turret radar
- Fixed wrong quality setting text, possible fix for full screen resolution switch bug

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next update

Empyrion Dev Crew

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Alpha 1.0: Out Now!

Quelle: Steam