I've been recently motivated by our community to make improvements regarding utility networks and multiplayer achievements.
I took my time to write new systems to calculate all in-game networks - electricity, water, gas, and signals. This should not only allow you to go big with a water tank, but also remove hitches when a big network is created.
Please check the details below:
NEW UTILITIES CALCULATION
The new system for utilities is 5x faster, thanks to the fact that only constructed elements are checking new neighbors.
This makes it possible to quickly assign a new network to a list of neighboring nodes.
Because calculations are not anymore using recursion, it is now possible to go bigger than just 60k.
MULTIPLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS ARE BACK
Many of you play Astro Colony in multiplayer mode and would love to earn Steam achievements.
With this update, that finally becomes a reality: all achievements can now be unlocked by the Player Host and all other players.
LINUX SERVER
Previously I've always been relying on a Dedicated Windows Server, but this time I also looked into a Linux Server.
Turns out that configuration file wasn't automatically created, so now it is.
There is new documentation clarifying how to correctly setup Linux server:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11sC1F2HdSymO44Hklg3nfrO5D66YIs7rEUrGV1GjpDM
NEW MODS
Thanks to Our Discord member (MtyShack) we have two new useful MODS:
Colony Rotation
It is finally possible to rotate a Colony with all docked planets and voxels.
Blueprint Creation
It converts selection into blueprint as usual but is adding all attachments.
IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES
- Achievements are now triggered for both Player Host and clients
- Fixed Arithmetic generated signal OUT not updated when cable is removed
- Fixed Arithmetic generated signal OUT not updated when inventory sensor is rotated
- Fixed the multiplayer problem where a school would not show a trained astronaut
- Fixed the multiplayer problem where an upgrader would not show an upgraded bot
- Fixed Linux configuration to create default config file in the correct directory, LinuxServer/
- Syncing is now also checking if all players have valid Steam IDs that should ensure that progress is always loaded
- 24.10 Fixed Player Host world origin problem when rejoining, which could lead to players being unable to interact with Rocks/Trees/Deposits
- 25.10 Fixed the Blackhole achievement to not be triggered when starting the game
SALES
The game is currently discounted, so please use this opportunity if you still haven't played it!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1614550/Astro_Colony/
Thank you, guys, for supporting the project!
Kind regards,
Tefel (Terad Games)
