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Mar 29, 2013

Build 0.007 Deployed

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Upon ship death (hull at 0% or destruction of all cockpits), the player will be returned to the shipyard. NPC ships should also be destroyed if one of these conditions is met.
Adjusted planetary rendering FOV so that the player no longer notices any stretching when at the edge of the screen.
Adjusted the warp particle effect so that it doesn’t turn with the ship as you exit warp.
Adjusted MWD travel speed for better framerate.
UI change: For compatibility reasons, we have begun a UI overhaul. The splash screen has been changed to a new framework.
UI: the Splash scene’s Load screen now allows for deletion of saved galaxies
UI: the Splash scene’s New Game scene will now ask for confirmation before overwriting saved galaxies

Mar 29, 2013

Build 0.007 Deployed

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0.007

Upon ship death (hull at 0% or destruction of all cockpits), the player will be returned to the shipyard. NPC ships should also be destroyed if one of these conditions is met.
Adjusted planetary rendering FOV so that the player no longer notices any stretching when at the edge of the screen.
Adjusted the warp particle effect so that it doesn’t turn with the ship as you exit warp.
Adjusted MWD travel speed for better framerate.
UI change: For compatibility reasons, we have begun a UI overhaul. The splash screen has been changed to a new framework.
UI: the Splash scene’s Load screen now allows for deletion of saved galaxies
UI: the Splash scene’s New Game scene will now ask for confirmation before overwriting saved galaxies

Mar 26, 2013

Build 0.006 Deployed

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Holding shift in the shipyard will allow repeat placement of a part.
The AI ships were feeling a bit sluggish before, they will now go about their business.
Asteroids can now be destroyed.
Fixed planetary proximity warning distance.
Some ship spawns will now be hostile. Reminder: Hit tab to quickly target hostile contacts, or use micro-warp (shift-T) to flee.
Ships now have engine effects, these are still a work in progress
Micro warp drive improvements: Upon toggling the warp drive (default shift-T), the warp drive will charge for a few seconds before initiating. It will then remain on until you toggle it again. After shutting down, the warp drive must charge for 20 seconds before it is used again. The new warp drive has accompanying sound effects for charge up, travel, and exiting warp.
Adjusted transparency for space fog and space dust so it's easier to notice movement.
Adjusted planet spawn axis for more variety - Will only affect newly generated galaxies
Fixed stock ships not having any subsystems equipped

Mar 26, 2013

Build 0.006 Deployed

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Holding shift in the shipyard will allow repeat placement of a part.
The AI ships were feeling a bit sluggish before, they will now go about their business.
Asteroids can now be destroyed.
Fixed planetary proximity warning distance.
Some ship spawns will now be hostile. Reminder: Hit tab to quickly target hostile contacts, or use micro-warp (shift-T) to flee.
Ships now have engine effects, these are still a work in progress
Micro warp drive improvements: Upon toggling the warp drive (default shift-T), the warp drive will charge for a few seconds before initiating. It will then remain on until you toggle it again. After shutting down, the warp drive must charge for 20 seconds before it is used again. The new warp drive has accompanying sound effects for charge up, travel, and exiting warp.
Adjusted transparency for space fog and space dust so it's easier to notice movement.
Adjusted planet spawn axis for more variety - Will only affect newly generated galaxies
Fixed stock ships not having any subsystems equipped

Mar 23, 2013

Build 0.005a Hotfix Deployed

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Fixed issue with saving and loading ship files
Added new ship to stock selection the "Mule"

You should be able to use previous build ship designs, if they cause any problems please delete them and create new ones.

Edit: Slight delay Steam Partner site is down for Mantenace will push build as soon as its up.
Edit 2: The site is still down, I am checking it every half an hour - 2:00PM CST
Edit 3: Just pushed the patch live - 4:32PM CST

Mar 23, 2013

Build 0.005a Hotfix Deployed

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Fixed issue with saving and loading ship files
Added new ship to stock selection the "Mule"

Mar 22, 2013

Build 0.005 Deployed

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Optimized all hull colliders
Optimized all engine colliders
Optimized all C&C colliders
Optimized all weapon Colliders
Removed light source from projectiles for testing
Adjusted speed readout to properly relay speed to scale
Major shipyard update: By popular demand, the old node based part placing has been re-enabled as a toggle. The shipyard will start in node based placement, press tab or use the button below the part list to switch between freeform and node placement.
Added an Exit to Desktop button to the splash screen
Changed the part rotation increment to 15 degrees instead of 45
Adjusted camera depth in splash scene to hopefully negate the UI only issue some users are getting.

This change has broken all previously built ships, sorry about that. When we make changes to the shipyard this is bound to happen. I will post a small update tomorrow replacing the stock ships with some new designs.

Mar 22, 2013

Build 0.005 Deployed

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0.005

Optimized all hull colliders
Optimized all engine colliders
Optimized all C&C colliders
Optimized all weapon Colliders
Removed light source from projectiles for testing
Adjusted speed readout to properly relay speed to scale
Major shipyard update: By popular demand, the old node based part placing has been re-enabled as a toggle. The shipyard will start in node based placement, press tab or use the button below the part list to switch between freeform and node placement.
Added an Exit to Desktop button to the splash screen
Changed the part rotation increment to 15 degrees instead of 45
Adjusted camera depth in splash scene to hopefully negate the UI only issue some users are getting.

Mar 22, 2013

Thank You from Badland Studio!

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I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has purchased Kinetic Void over the last couple days.

Because of you, we are hiring on another programmer and he will start in April. This should means that our work will be better, and we can do more at once.

Thanks again everyone.

~Badland Studio Team

Mar 22, 2013

Thank You from Badland Studio!

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