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Are you tired of survival crafting games that limit to you a single small map with the same guys with rocks? Ever wanted to build a Small Vessel [SV] and then dock it with a Capital Vessel [CV], and warp both to a different system? Do you like building with your friends, raiding things, and basically everything that No Man's Sky promised but failed to deliver?

This is why you need Empyrion Online. It is like a cross between Minecraft and Space Engineers plus templates and planets and GREAT PVP.

Empyrion Online is currently Early Access on steam for $20$10! [Disclaimer: I am not associated with them in any way.] When you launch, you are given a choice between single player or multiplayer, similar to the minecraft system. You join from a list of servers in multiplayer to play with your friends or you go it alone. Their version of 'hard' is actually hard as they give you little equipment, but you can easily start on easier mode, which gives you more equipment.


Make ships shaped like anything!


Details:

Each area is split into a planet and a moon, with space in between.
Tech tree that you build up, easy to level to 20, can easily do this in a few minutes with an SV.
Can import ship designs from other people, if you have the materials.
Completely deformable terrain.
Allow small ships to dock with big ships, allowing you to travel together.
Hostiles (drones and dinosaurs and spiders etc) that can be difficult if you are under prepared.
'Faction's that you join, aka your guild mates, allowing you to share resources/ships/bases.
Largest server is 170 people, can scale higher.
Biggest failing for me right now is the lack of waypoint placement! Fixed in 4.1!



Some Jargon:
BA = Base, where you store all your stuff. Note that some systems start out with a heavy drone prescence that can kill your base, easily.
HV = Hover Vehicles. These are a land-only based system
SV = Small Vehicle. These are the first ships you will build to get up and fly around the planet. They use little fuel to fly and you can leave the planet.
CV = Capital Vehicle. You need one of these to go between systems, with appropriate fuel from blue crystals.
Starter Planet = You start out here, it is PvE, so player versus environment. You need someone from your faction to come pick you up in a capital ship if you're joining a group that is off planet.

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Hi Galactic Survivalists!

Today, we are very excited to announce the release of the first EXPERIMENTAL version of Alpha 8!

You’ve been patiently waiting for this day, following nearly half a dozen dev blogs and various teasers about the new features coming with Alpha 8.0. Now it is your turn to play and give us feedback!

Be aware that this is still a very rough version - so expect bugs and unpolished features. We wanted to release Alpha EXP 8.0 as early as possible to get your feedback!

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CHANGELOG: Alpha Experimental 8.0.0 (Build 1591)

MAIN FEATURES:

Instead of detailing all the features, we just highlight the main Alpha 8 features and recommend reading the feedback threads below for more details.

1. Larger Planets:
Increased size from the current 8x4km (32km²) up to 64x32km (2048km²) playfields, i.e. the planets in Alpha 8 will be up to 64x larger than in Alpha 7!

We would like to give you an idea of how big these planets are. Do you see the spire base on the other side?


It looks quite far away - right? However, if you look at the map, it seems to be just in front of you:

- Actual size of a planet will also be reflected in the orbit
- Tilted planet axis so that the day/night ratio depends where you are on the planet (eg longer days and shorter nights on the northern hemisphere and vice versa on the southern hemisphere)
- Improved outside view of the planets in the orbit


2. Random Generation of Solar System:
- Each time you start a new game, a new solar system is generated with a different amount of planets and POIs
- You can control the generation process via a configuration file (number and type of planets, POIs, extension of solar system etc)

The above screenshot shows the new 3d sector map of a random solar system

3. Procedural Terrain Generation:
Procedural terrain generation is back - no fixed heightmap planets anymore


4. More Diverse Biomes:
Realistic biome distribution based on humidity and temperature:
[tmg]https://i.imgur.com/0PZqdil.jpg[/tmg]

By changing Temperature, Humidity and the Seed, we obtain a very varied biome distribution:


5. Underground Layers and Voxel Mining:
- The 'underground layers' are back. You will have the possibility to set up to 7 different consecutive layers for your planetary playfields
- In addition, the old Voxel mining is back as well

(depending on the resource, a playfield creator can decide whether to use the Alpha 7-style sub-surface rocks or the pre-Alpha 7 Voxel spheres)

6. Removal of Red and Green Wall:
We finally removed the red pole colliders and the green wall so that you can now cross the poles and you do not have to be afraid when you cross the green wall (the current version is still WIP and will be further improved during the EXP phase)
[tmg]https://i.imgur.com/CpDw6WA.jpg[/timg]
In the above screenshot, we are in the far north (actually the sun never sets here) beyond the former red wall and we are looking north. Pre-Alpha 8, this area was blocked. If you continue in this direction you will actually cross the north pole.

7. Updated Terrain Textures:
We improved the visuals on a planet by replacing almost all terrain textures


8. New Decoration Placement and Rendering System:
We integrated a new system for the placement and rendering of the decoration objects on a planet which allows for a dense vegetation that is rendered very far with little performance impact

9. Own Editor to Generate your Planets and Solar System:
- We developed our own Solar System Generator (SSG) to generate your planetary terrain and whole solar system
- The SSG editor will be distributed with the game on Steam

The editor features a full preview for planets, orbits and the solar system


For example, you will be able to preview the POI and resource distribution in the SSG as well as the NPC spawn points:

Note: You will now also have the possibility to place POIs and Ore Deposits by BIOME

10. New Suit and Survival Mechanics:
- We tried to have a more survival-style game start by giving the player only very basic equipment
- We integrated a very limited "Suit Constructor" (slow, can craft only very basic items like a food item, bandages etc) and a Survival Tent
- Added new Survival Tool for basic defense, rock drilling and deconstruction
- Sleeping in Escape Pod, Survival Tent and Beds in Single Player

11. Improved AI Behavior:
- More realistic behavior of the ground AI (vision sensor, noise system, alert level, fear sensor)


- Added AI bomber drone (it is part of the AI drone waves > currently used on Desert planet)
- New controller for AI Planet Vessel - it now more like a large and heavy ship
- New controller for space drones

12. Repair-to-Template:
Restore your ship to a previously saved Repair Template (feature is still WIP and will be refined during EXP)


13. New Status Effects / Diseases:
Fully revamped Status Effects, medicals and diseases mechanic


14. New Food and Food-item Drop System:
Fully revamped Food templates and Ingredients drop mechanic


15. Updated Models and Consistent Texturing of Old Models
We updated the textures on almost all 3d models to a new unified coloring and metallic workflow in order to have a more consistent look. In addition, we replaced some models such as the thrusters for CV. Here is the M Thruster CV:


... and as a teaser, here is a preview of the XL Thruster CV:


....and much more. For the full changelog, see below.

DISCLAIMER:
When you play Alpha 8.0 the first time, please note that it is now a quite DIFFERENT experience in many game-start related aspects, compared to version 7.6! The distances are bigger, the drops are different, the mechanics got changed, new possibilities added and a lot of stuff got moved around.

This is also relevant for all our server owners and scenario builders: the changes to the planets resulted in a new file structure and a few new definitions, so that most of the playfields you have set up and are using right now, might not work with Alpha 8.0 without making the necessary changes. Please check the SSG Documentation for more details!

Said that, as always with an EXP version, we do NOT recommend to start building scenarios or playfields based on the new version right away, but possibly wait until Phase 2 or 3 when most initial feedback changes might have been integrated. If you want to set up a new savegame for your server for the duration of EXP, we strongly recommend using the Default MP scenarios - as this would also help us to get the maximum feedback out of the new settings.

As a PLAYER, we absolutely RECOMMEND to first read through ALL of the feedback threads posted below to get yourself up to date on the new and changed game mechanics BEFORE starting any new game!

This is true for the new game start in particular, as, due to all the changes on planets, playfields and features, we are basically back at the drawing board in terms of game start balance. Alpha 8.0 is literally throwing a lot (not all!) of the old methods, that worked the same and were never really changed since approx version 2.0 (or even v1.0) and a few things you might have gotten accustomed to, in terms of what happens when and what you get for game start, out of the window in favor of the game now living up to the "Survival" tag in its name a little bit more again.

Changing the game start and trying to give it a improved "Survival Experience" in that early game stage actually IS intentional!

Said that, this will possibly make or let some game elements feel harder in this first Experimental version, until they are fully balanced out and all new features are polished again!

We will do this together in the coming weeks of Empyrion Alpha 8.0 Experimental and, as always, iterate on your feedback for the upcoming 8.x updates!

Both, as a player, creator or server owner, please keep the aforementioned in mind when playing AND while giving feedback.

Thanks in advance for your dedicated help, improving Empyrion Galactic Survival!

Let’s roll!
Empyrion Dev Team

P.S. Please note that we do not support DX9 anymore with the release of Alpha EXP 8. However, we will leave the last Alpha 7.6 on a separate Steam branch when we officially release Alpha 8.

P.P.S If you are using a custom config.yaml, we recommend removing it before you start Alpha EXP 8.0
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Shadowlz posted:

This is a good game if you like flying and placing blocks.

Pound_Coin posted:

Add this blueprint: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=823517094

Build one.

swap out the drills for mining lasers.

ricochet around deposits firing lasers like a discoball collecting a billion ore.

Rutibex posted:

There isn't 50 billion zillion gillion like No Mans Sky, but thats a dumb gimmick anyway.

Rutibex posted:

Every time I try to use one of those mining drill things I end up stuck in the earth. I have abandoned two so far in deep holes. I mostly gave up on them and use the T2 Drill. Is there some kind of trick to not being stuck in holes?

Pound_Coin posted:

There's keys to adjust ride height on HVs, bind them to something, max height is like 3m, point at a wall, drag your mouse down to tilt the whole thing back, then floor it. You'll bounce around like mad, but you can go up practically vertical walls, you can tunnel to the surface or you can wall of death your way out with enough speed, they're hilarious vehicles.

Edit: I would advise replacing all of the outer plate blocks with heavy plate though, you can outrun most turret's tracking, but one bad missile drone spawn and you're done.

Earwicker posted:

yeah No Mans Sky is more like 4 different planets with 50 billion zillion slightly different color palettes

this game looks great, just the kind of thing I would become addicted to so I'm sad/glad its windows only and I cant play it yet

Poil posted:

I started playing this game multiplayer with a friend on a private LAN server. We had a hell of a time until he figured out how to cheat us some starting equipment because you start with almost nothing compared to singleplayer. Having to slowly explore on foot with no cover and minimal biofuel is NOT fun.

Playing alone is more fun, until I started building an insanely oversized capital ship and got burned out. I even recycled two of the three broken titan bits into blocks and I was still running low. The digging is way too slow for exploring wrecks to be any fun at all (yes the upgraded drill). Other than that it's a cool game.

Rutibex posted:

Radio Free Kobold posted:

This looks like a fun and I think I've got it sitting in my library untouched. The question is, singleplayer or multiplayer?

Bedevere posted:

Hey I love this game and want to see this thread grow. I have been hanging out on the "Rentech" server. It's pretty well maintained and has 20-30 people on most nights. PVE and PVP galaxy sections, etc. Decently chill community adn active discord channels with support. If people would stop depleting the zascosium in PVE planets that would be nice but the chase for the meteorites is kind of fun. Besides living 100% off auto-miners is kind dull.

The ladybug is OK but the Lady Big is better: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=823650868 - when you get stuck just hold down the O key until you get loose. Also press space, shift and up to shoot out of the holes. I add an extra S engine to the front and back just because. Hover boosters rule.

Also look at jrandalls stuff (https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971586119/myworkshopfiles/?appid=383120). He makes some seriously good ships and bases. His lvl 3 hovercraft is probably the only good hovercraft though - Doesn't seem to be his strong suit. The Chimera HAV-B and Cerberus PSV are really incredible ships.

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Road to Alpha 8: Development 4

Hi Galactic Survivalists!

The Experimental version is nearly around the corner! We have already started to refine some of the features that should be playable in the first iteration of the Alpha 8.0 public testing version. In addition, we are currently fixing the remaining major bugs to get the Experimental version ready for release.

1. Planet Update
In the current public version, when you dig into the ground, the textures do not change a lot. This was one of the downsides of the fixed heightmaps as the terrain shader was not very flexible with respect to textures.
In Alpha 8, the 'underground layers' are coming back. Creators will have the possibility to set up to 7 different consecutive layers for their planetary playfields.

2. AI Behavior Update
For the upcoming Experimental phase, we are developing a new AI technology, which will be used mainly for the AI of animals on the planets. We will be primarily using it on few animals on the starter planet.

2.1. Technology
We will be using a new Behaviour Tree technology for the animals. It is a visual tool, in which we can design the behaviour from small AI modules. This helps us to easily create prototypes and reuse the modules between animals.


To make the animal behaviour more natural we are using some new tools.
- Vision sensor - it will simulate vision of the animal. If you get in range and field of view, it will inform other systems of your presence
- Noise system - similar to vision sensor. This system is gathering some of the noises in game and feeding them in to the AI
- Alert level - If the animal can hear or see you, it can get alerted - it can be just a slight disturbance or a strong rage, depends on the alert source strength, was it just a rustle, or a shot in the back? You can now try to go stealthy, slowly and not using items. You can see the animals react by changing their behaviour. Learn to read the posture ;-)

- Fear sensor - similar to alert level, animal has also a fear level. The fear is increased with noises or damage, and decreased by time (as time heals everything) and friends. So if you see aggressive creature in big group, be careful!

2.2. New behaviours

Friendly herbivore:
A friendly herbivore will be eating grass (or maybe rocks, depends on their taste) and roam around the world...

Road to Alpha 8: Development 3
1. Solar System Generator
The "SSG" is making good progress. The most recent version now includes a full preview for planets, orbits and the solar system!
For planets and orbits, we not only added indicators of ore deposits/asteroids and POIs, but you can now also see all NPC spawn points as well!
(each little dot represents a spawn point and the red area is the new starter biome)

2. Planets
In the past week we made three major improvements:
2.1 New terrain with considerably increased view distance
We still have to decide about the actual view distance from a gameplay perspective. As you can see, the new terrain would allow for a VERY huge view distance)

2.2 Red and green wall removal
We improved the removal of the red and green walls (still needs testing). In the below screenshot, we are in the far north (actually the sun never sets here) beyond the former red wall and we are looking north. Pre-Alpha 8, this area was blocked. If you continue in this direction you will actually cross the north pole.


2.3 The outside view of the planets in the orbit now looks much better
...and also the 3d planet map has better visuals:

3. New food and item drop system
As promised, we can now have a more closer look on the new food and item-drop system, you will test in the upcoming Experimental version.

3a. New item drop groups
As explained in the last dev blog we changed the single-purpose food & item drops system into a basic set of groups.
- PlantProtein
- NaturalSweetener
- Grain
- Berries
- Fruit
- Mushroom
- NaturalStimulant
- Vegetables
- Spice
Each harvestable plant in the game, that is relevant to a food item or meal, will drop an item that is named like one of these groups. For example: Corn and Wheat plants will get you GRAIN.
There are other plants, that did not see a change yet, like Varon Root still drops Varon Roots, but this might change as we explore categories and new food groups in the future! We are of course open to any...

Road to Alpha 8: Development 2
We are still working full throttle on our Alpha 8.0 main topic "larger planets", but we can now say that the finish line is already visible. Said that, it might take still some time until the first Experimental version will hit. One of the reasons is, that the new planet generation leads to the need of rebuilding a major portion of all the adjacent mechanics, from placing plants down to temperature scaling - which needs to be readjusted from the ground up again. Same applies to the SolarSystemGenerator (SSG-editor), as these two topics are closely entangled with each other.

While the new planets become more and more tangible, we made progress in a lot of other areas as well.

1. New Game start
In the last dev Blog, you had a lot of questions about the new game start, suit constructor and sleeping. We will try to answer some of those, although this is still a work-in-progress topic.

- Sleeping -

Q: Are there limitations, like not being able to sleep when I am followed by enemies?
A: We are currently working on the details - especially on those conditionals what will or will not work or happen while you sleep. We'll update the details in a dev blog as soon as they are set in stone.

Q: How does sleeping work and where can I sleep?
A: For now only the Escape Pod has this feature. If this mechanic works, we can (and will) add the feature to other devices, like beds.

Q: Does sleeping work in Multiplayer or Coop as well?
A: No, this will remain an exclusive feature for single player in the near future. As a side note: To make this feature work in Multiplayer, ALL player would need to go to "bed" at the same time, as we cannot advance time if a player is still "active". We might possibly find a solution for this in the future, maybe for small-groups MP like Coop, but until then, this will remain a single player only feature

Q: When forwarding time aka 'sleeping' in MP does not work, what about having a 'save logoff' instead?
A: Yes, we already considered 'saving' your re-entry by using a Clone Chamber or similar. This is already on the list for future updates, but not in the scope for the initial Alpha 8.0 as a lot of side-effects that result from this need to be taken into account (like what happens if the ship is destroyed or captured or the device is...

Road to Alpha 8: Development 1
Hi Galactic Survivalists!

We are a bit behind schedule with our blog post about the new Solar System Generator because we are currently reworking parts of it. Thus, we thought it does not make sense to reveal info which is already outdated in the very moment we post it.
However, don't worry - more info about the new tool for easily creating your very personal solar system will be published in the near future. For example on how to utilize the new "planet tilt" setting, which will allow for different day/night cycle length on the northern and southern hemisphere of a planet!
Instead of a walk-through of the "SSG" (Solar System Generator), we want to provide you with some quick info about our progress on some of the other, more gameplay-relevant features!
Let's roll

1. Game Start

If you start a new default game, the new SSG system will randomly pick names from a database of around 600 playfield names. So if you start a new game with a different seed, your planets will have different names!
You will be able to "sleep" in your escape pod to forward time and it will not despawn (SP only)
You will have a very limited "Suit Constructor" at your disposal (slow, only the very basic items like a food item, bandages etc)
We are planning to provide you with a much better survival experience as a game start. More details to come...

2. For Scenario Creators

You can still use the system with a fixed sectors.yaml and fixed planet names!
You will now have the possibility to place POIs and Ore Deposits BY BIOME![​IMG]
You will be able to preview the POI and resource distribution in the SSG [​IMG]
The PDA system now offers repeatable missions!

3. For Builders

You can now set Hotkeys for console commands. Having SI turned to off, godmode on, teleport and more can be activated at the same time with a simple hotkey click!
Automated doors now have an override priority for Sensors: if you add a sensor/signal to a door, the door-integrated auto-opening will not be triggered.
Devices with Sensor Input and Output fields can now send and receive signals. Before, SEND did not work as long as the device was set to listen/receive signals at the same time. Note: you cannot create blink-lights this way, because of an integrated...

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Hi Galactic Survivalists!

Today, we are very excited to announce the release of the first EXPERIMENTAL version of Alpha 8!

You’ve been patiently waiting for this day, following nearly half a dozen dev blogs and various teasers about the new features coming with Alpha 8.0. Now it is your turn to play and give us feedback!

Be aware that this is still a very rough version - so expect bugs and unpolished features. We wanted to release Alpha EXP 8.0 as early as possible to get your feedback!

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CHANGELOG: Alpha Experimental 8.0.0 (Build 1591)

MAIN FEATURES:

Instead of detailing all the features, we just highlight the main Alpha 8 features and recommend reading the feedback threads below for more details.

1. Larger Planets:
Increased size from the current 8x4km (32km²) up to 64x32km (2048km²) playfields, i.e. the planets in Alpha 8 will be up to 64x larger than in Alpha 7!

We would like to give you an idea of how big these planets are. Do you see the spire base on the other side?


It looks quite far away - right? However, if you look at the map, it seems to be just in front of you:

- Actual size of a planet will also be reflected in the orbit
- Tilted planet axis so that the day/night ratio depends where you are on the planet (eg longer days and shorter nights on the northern hemisphere and vice versa on the southern hemisphere)
- Improved outside view of the planets in the orbit


2. Random Generation of Solar System:
- Each time you start a new game, a new solar system is generated with a different amount of planets and POIs
- You can control the generation process via a configuration file (number and type of planets, POIs, extension of solar system etc)

The above screenshot shows the new 3d sector map of a random solar system

3. Procedural Terrain Generation:
Procedural terrain generation is back - no fixed heightmap planets anymore


4. More Diverse Biomes:
Realistic biome distribution based on humidity and temperature:
[tmg]https://i.imgur.com/0PZqdil.jpg[/tmg]

By changing Temperature, Humidity and the Seed, we obtain a very varied biome distribution:


5. Underground Layers and Voxel Mining:
- The 'underground layers' are back. You will have the possibility to set up to 7 different consecutive layers for your planetary playfields
- In addition, the old Voxel mining is back as well

(depending on the resource, a playfield creator can decide whether to use the Alpha 7-style sub-surface rocks or the pre-Alpha 7 Voxel spheres)

6. Removal of Red and Green Wall:
We finally removed the red pole colliders and the green wall so that you can now cross the poles and you do not have to be afraid when you cross the green wall (the current version is still WIP and will be further improved during the EXP phase)
[tmg]https://i.imgur.com/CpDw6WA.jpg[/timg]
In the above screenshot, we are in the far north (actually the sun never sets here) beyond the former red wall and we are looking north. Pre-Alpha 8, this area was blocked. If you continue in this direction you will actually cross the north pole.

7. Updated Terrain Textures:
We improved the visuals on a planet by replacing almost all terrain textures


8. New Decoration Placement and Rendering System:
We integrated a new system for the placement and rendering of the decoration objects on a planet which allows for a dense vegetation that is rendered very far with little performance impact

9. Own Editor to Generate your Planets and Solar System:
- We developed our own Solar System Generator (SSG) to generate your planetary terrain and whole solar system
- The SSG editor will be distributed with the game on Steam

The editor features a full preview for planets, orbits and the solar system


For example, you will be able to preview the POI and resource distribution in the SSG as well as the NPC spawn points:

Note: You will now also have the possibility to place POIs and Ore Deposits by BIOME

10. New Suit and Survival Mechanics:
- We tried to have a more survival-style game start by giving the player only very basic equipment
- We integrated a very limited "Suit Constructor" (slow, can craft only very basic items like a food item, bandages etc) and a Survival Tent
- Added new Survival Tool for basic defense, rock drilling and deconstruction
- Sleeping in Escape Pod, Survival Tent and Beds in Single Player

11. Improved AI Behavior:
- More realistic behavior of the ground AI (vision sensor, noise system, alert level, fear sensor)


- Added AI bomber drone (it is part of the AI drone waves > currently used on Desert planet)
- New controller for AI Planet Vessel - it now more like a large and heavy ship
- New controller for space drones

12. Repair-to-Template:
Restore your ship to a previously saved Repair Template (feature is still WIP and will be refined during EXP)


13. New Status Effects / Diseases:
Fully revamped Status Effects, medicals and diseases mechanic


14. New Food and Food-item Drop System:
Fully revamped Food templates and Ingredients drop mechanic


15. Updated Models and Consistent Texturing of Old Models
We updated the textures on almost all 3d models to a new unified coloring and metallic workflow in order to have a more consistent look. In addition, we replaced some models such as the thrusters for CV. Here is the M Thruster CV:


... and as a teaser, here is a preview of the XL Thruster CV:


....and much more. For the full changelog, see below.

DISCLAIMER:
When you play Alpha 8.0 the first time, please note that it is now a quite DIFFERENT experience in many game-start related aspects, compared to version 7.6! The distances are bigger, the drops are different, the mechanics got changed, new possibilities added and a lot of stuff got moved around.

This is also relevant for all our server owners and scenario builders: the changes to the planets resulted in a new file structure and a few new definitions, so that most of the playfields you have set up and are using right now, might not work with Alpha 8.0 without making the necessary changes. Please check the SSG Documentation for more details!

Said that, as always with an EXP version, we do NOT recommend to start building scenarios or playfields based on the new version right away, but possibly wait until Phase 2 or 3 when most initial feedback changes might have been integrated. If you want to set up a new savegame for your server for the duration of EXP, we strongly recommend using the Default MP scenarios - as this would also help us to get the maximum feedback out of the new settings.

As a PLAYER, we absolutely RECOMMEND to first read through ALL of the feedback threads posted below to get yourself up to date on the new and changed game mechanics BEFORE starting any new game!

This is true for the new game start in particular, as, due to all the changes on planets, playfields and features, we are basically back at the drawing board in terms of game start balance. Alpha 8.0 is literally throwing a lot (not all!) of the old methods, that worked the same and were never really changed since approx version 2.0 (or even v1.0) and a few things you might have gotten accustomed to, in terms of what happens when and what you get for game start, out of the window in favor of the game now living up to the "Survival" tag in its name a little bit more again.

Changing the game start and trying to give it a improved "Survival Experience" in that early game stage actually IS intentional!

Said that, this will possibly make or let some game elements feel harder in this first Experimental version, until they are fully balanced out and all new features are polished again!

We will do this together in the coming weeks of Empyrion Alpha 8.0 Experimental and, as always, iterate on your feedback for the upcoming 8.x updates!

Both, as a player, creator or server owner, please keep the aforementioned in mind when playing AND while giving feedback.

Thanks in advance for your dedicated help, improving Empyrion Galactic Survival!

Let’s roll!
Empyrion Dev Team

P.S. Please note that we do not support DX9 anymore with the release of Alpha EXP 8. However, we will leave the last Alpha 7.6 on a separate Steam branch when we officially release Alpha 8.

P.P.S If you are using a custom config.yaml, we recommend removing it before you start Alpha EXP 8.0
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Givin posted:

I tried this a long while ago and setting up a private game was a pain in the rear end. Has that changed?

Rutibex posted:

Thanks for bumping the thread before it become lost to the void! I might check out that server. It would be good to get a Goonswarm together on one of these and do some epic space violence against the pubbies.

Bedevere posted:

Been playing Alpha 8 and its way tougher. Cold and hunger be real! No need to go screwing around with YAML files in Alpha 8 they have a nice buggy editor which will randomly generate systems which you can then tweak. I like some of the changes a lot, others are confusing but still seems consistent. Getting stone in the early game seems unnecessarily hard, while getting ores has been made easier. The in suit crafter an the last resort tools are nice.

Bedevere posted:

I'm this idiot: http://steamcommunity.com/id/RJR on steam. Shoot me an invite and I'll send you the discord channel for the server.

OgNar posted:

Also, I find Spanjs videos to be fairly useful for things I didnt know, like building ships and whatnot.

counterfeitsaint posted:

I tried some experimental 8. It's kinda funny that we've regressed out of Greek letters to show how unfinished stuff is, since Beta means finished product now. Anyways, a lot of the changes were fun and I was enjoying the storyline thing, but then on the return from my second trip to the moon (Didn't realize I'd need magnesium for rockets on the first trip) game crashed and corrupted my save. Guess I'll wait for the alpha.

Goodchild posted:

I've only ever played this in Single Player and that was some time ago. I should check out the MP this time around.
Are public servers running experimental 8(successfully) or is it too buggy for now?

Goodchild posted:

I've only ever played this in Single Player and that was some time ago. I should check out the MP this time around.
Are public servers running experimental 8(successfully) or is it too buggy for now?

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Step 1: Put random stuff on your hotbar.
Step 2: Open the survival constructor GUI
Step 3: Move stuff from the hotbar to inventory or the constructor / vice versa
Step 4: Press Tab or whatever key 'inventory' is bound to
Step 5: Watch the hotbar contents get reset to how they were when you opened the survival constructor GUI

Pressing F closes the constructor GUI and keeps hotbar contents intact.