• rewrote a lot of the rifting logic to make it more robust
  
  
• allow most server settings to be set from the "Host Game" tab
  
  
• added ability to queue ship modifications without having all the resources
  
  
• removed teleporter warning if the large teleporter is in the small teleporter range
  
  
• ships now wait for upgrade while there are insufficient resources to do so. Ship will be upgraded once everyone has left the ship, when the resource requirement is fulfilled. An overview of the resources needed can be seen when the ship is clicked on at the ship editor terminal
  
  
• backport system update logic from our system update multithreading effort, we now determine what systems need to be updated before updating them all. This allows us to be more specific under what conditions a system should update
  
  
• added ship tool manifest
  
  
• updated cargo manifest to include more cargo from more locations
  
  
• insurance can now be taken on every ship you own in the system instead of only nearby ships
  
  
• protected entities now summon protection drones instead of security drones. Protection drones do not cause wanted increase or faction standing loss on hit
  
  
• small repair drones now automatically switch between resource gathering and repair
  
  
• made whisper command work on the server console
  
  
• added new /server command to send to server console
  
  
• improved server command argument ambiguity resolving
  
  
• added ability to follow reparse points in the file browser window (folders like "My Documents")

• fixed being able to dupe cargo by picking it up during rifting
  
  
• fixed flak turret animations
  
  
• fixed an exploit to regen armor by disallowing modify and salvage operations on a ship with (more than 10%) damaged armor generators
  
  
• fixed an issue where rich asteroids would be removed too soon
  
  
• fixed backups when hosting multiple servers from the same machine
  
  
• fixed last saved location used by the file browser
  
  
• file listing is now constructed when the dialog is opened, instead of when you open the editor
  
  
• we now always use the entered filename if it is different from the currently selected filename
  
  
• fixed a memory leak that could occur when trying to load ships when we break compatibility
  
  
• /invokeEventRule now also notifies the user if the event rule id is out of range
  
  
• fixed disconnecting players on rebuild
  
  
• fixed shield decaying when it wasn't supposed to
  
  
• release the escape button lease on sittable unload only if we actually have a lease
  
  
• fixed an issue with repairing devices on invulnerable ships (includes station shields)
  
  
• added logging to find a potential bug with Focusing Crystals
  
  
• fixed double clicking on Store-o-Tron repair ship list
  
  
• fixed calculation of warp speed
  
  
• fixed a client crash when calculating the remaining warp time
  
  
• fixed calculation of warp assist icon (whether to increase or decrease warp level)
  
  
• fixed a client crash relating to server ping duration
  
  
• fixed a client crash relating to converting colors

• damaged devices no longer return their full cost on salvage or modify
  
  
• increased small repair drone resource gather range from 50 to 100
  
  
• increased small repair drone repair speed

• added visual for the trade stats cartridge
  
  
• added editor input and screen indicators to various devices
  
  
• fixed drone lasers

• re-placed armor generators for all starter ships
  
  
• saved all starter ships as created by user
  
  
• assigned devices to the weapon CPU in Small Ship

• server owners need to update their servers
  
  
• the game.db was changed in this patch

With this Experimental update, we’re introducing some much needed under-the-hood changes to the rifting system. We’ve reworked how the rift code works entirely. Rifts should now be more reliable and should no longer duplicate ships.
We now determine what systems need to be updated before updating them all. This allows us to be more specific in under what conditions a system should update, and should speed up the experience.

We’ve also introduced some changes to ship modification. A modification can now always be accepted, and the ship will go into “waiting for resources” while there are insufficient resources to upgrade. Resources can be provided from the current ship’s cargo (or the target ship), and any of the vaults (personal, crew or fleet).

In the last patch, we’ve added a whole bunch of server options, in this one we’ve added them to the “host game” menu as well, no more fiddling with commands!

We’ve also changed some details about drones. Protected ships and stations now spawn drones that don’t take away reputation with S3 when fired upon. This punished people from retaliating when another ship having protection attacked them. We’ve also updated the small repair drones so they are less tedious, and repair faster.

Furthermore, op top of the cargo manifest, we’ve also added a tool manifest. This will list all tools on board your ship, making them easier to find.

For more detailed patch notes:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/363360/discussions/4/1629664606983201861/


To enable the experimental branch, right click on Interstellar Rift in Steam, go to the beta tab, and select the "experimental IR beta patches" option

Please note that galaxy files opened in the experimental build, may turn out to be broken when going back to the regular build. It is recommended to start a new save file when trying the experimental build.

And of course, thank you all for playing and we’ll see you starside!

-The Split Polygon Team

• fixed a desync that could occur on system join because we didn't send over currently loading ships
  
  
• fixed a client crash involving the ram scoop
  
  
• fixed a client crash in the Store-o-Tron GUI during ship destruction
  
  
• fixed an occasional crash during system unload

• servers need to be updated

• more logging during rifting
  
  
• log player death reasons
  
  
• clean up some unnecessary logging
  
  
• improve logging of players, ships and systems
  
  
• add logging on teleporting and system moving

• fix players with invalid positions on teleport and login
  
  
• fixed the system generate thread crashing under certain circumstances

• servers only need to be updated if they want to take advantage of the new logging

• Logbox now shows its device ID on its screen when no visual data is set
  
  
• added extra logging for ship duping
  
  
• combat drones now only warp disrupt their target instead of everything around them

• fixed locker access settings
  
  
• fixed the name and description for the Logbox in the editor
  
  
• salvager and extractor now have a default mining speed of 1 for resources that don't have a mining speed
  
  
• players are now correctly unregistered from their previous ship when teleporting cross-system
  
  
• removed current ship from ship modify menu to avoid confusion and potential bug leading to resource loss
  
  
• suppress loading screen while in editor
  
  
• fixed being able to have multiple ship interiors loaded at once
  
  
• 3D printer will no longer allow teleportation from it's automation slot
  
  
• fixed positioning of exterior part of strip miner
  
  
• fixed the save command when autosaves were turned off
  
  
• fixed an occasional server crash when handling save data requests
  
  
• fixed a server crash when generating certain tools (Local Artifact & Star Map among others)
  
  
• fixed a server & client crash involving cargo teleporter automation
  
  
• fixed a client crash involving pivot turrets

• increased how much wanted is gained from contraband
  
  
• ships no longer lose wanted right after they get hit
  
  
• teleporters can now teleport to respawners on hacked ships
  
  
• on PvE, ships are now protected from collision damage and faction reputation loss for 1 second after colliding with another ship
  
  
• on PvE, illegal activity is now only checked for the ship owner, and their crew and fleet members
  
  
• adjust focusing crystal durability from 4, 12, and 38.4 days down to 4, 7, and 10 days

• Server config and console / chat commands documentation will now automatically be updated when a new patch is released.

• when players dupe their ship on the official server, please notify us so we can take a look at the logs
  
  
• server owners will need to apply the focusing crystal durability changes themselves, as we currently don't have a way to overwrite individual server config options (correct values are: 6912000 (Tier 1), 12096000 (Tier 2), and 17280000 (Tier 3). Default values for everything can be found on the wiki)
  
  
• servers need to be updated

• a lot of new server settings were added, see summary below and details in this document
  
  • Skrill spawn settings
    
  • NPC station spawn settings
    
  • drone spawn settings
    
  • combat CPU settings
    
  • fine settings
    
  • power settings
    
  • production settings
    
  • tool durability settings
    
  • vaultron pass settings
    
  • miscellaneous server settings
    
    • rift cartridges
      
    • ship storage limit
      
    • warp speed scale
      
    • crew disband time
      
    • resource price stats
      
    • tool price stats
  • ghost client settings (Described here)
  
  
• a lot of new console commands were added and old ones were renamed, a list of all commands can be found here
  
  
• implemented system save data caching, requested system save data will be cached for 100 ticks after it was received, this should reduce rifting times and login times when multiple players connect in a short timespan
  
  
• added logging customization
  
  "MaxLogSize": "500KB", "MaxLogRollover": 10, "MaxChatLogSize": "10MB", "MaxChatLogRollover": 5,
  • server logs are now named "RollingFileLog.Server[serverAddition].txt"
    
  • ghost client logs are now named "RollingFileLog.GhostClient[processId].txt"
  
  
• ACTR and player store can now use event resources
  
  
• new admin device Logbox, can be used for handing in resources for custom events
  
  
• ghost clients will now be requested to send a heartbeat every 5 seconds and will be disconnected if they don't reply within 30 seconds
  
  
• let players know when they are conducting illegal activity on their ship
  
  
• player stores can now buy and sell tools from and to ships
  
  
• removed InactiveGhostClientLifetime and BackupDbPath server settings

• lowered tool tier of the trade stats cartridge from 3 to 1, will now also be available in stores
  
  
• revamped tool and resource spawning for derelicts
  
  
• launching missiles now decloaks ships
  
  
• can now only have 1 activating or active station shield at a times
  
  
• station shield focus crystal now also loses durability when the system is not loaded or the server is down
  
  
• change focusing crystal durability to 4, 6, and 8 days

• fixed missing ceiling tiles in the Hurles Co Freighter teleporter room
  
  
• fixed inaccessible foot locker in the Cobold
  
  
• fixed missing exterior tiles in the HSC Excavator Mk II
  
  
• fixed power generation in the Reaper Mk II
  
  
• fixed fences in the S3 Weapon Production Plant
  
  
• fixed inaccessible armor generator in the HSC Mining Station TIII
  
  
• S3 Reaper Mk II can now be opened by players in the editor

• fix small refinery input hatch animation and material state when full

• removed log spam during AI targeting

• fixed indestructible ships being autostored
  
  
• fixed shield generator sounds playing at the wrong position
  
  
• fixed duping of resources and tools in inventory on death
  
  
• fixed bug where warp could not be hacked when shields were up
  
  
• improved how we handle escape and enter input to attempt to fix escape bugs
  
  
• player stores now return their money when getting removed by modifying or salvaging
  
  
• ram scoop will now return containing resources when getting removed by modifying or salvaging
  
  
• fixed power group analysis stats only showing stats for the first power group
  
  
• fixed wildly swinging camera when enabling F3 camera
  
  
• fixed power transfer box permissions
  
  
• fixed infinite power drain on portable battery charger because they could have eggnites
  
  
• fixed lithium being considered a construction resource
  
  
• fixed resetting display mode when not in full screen
  
  
• fixed a server crash when removing entities from a system
  
  
• fixed a server crash when trying to match speed with a ship without engines
  
  
• fixed a server crash when trying to launch a non-existing drone
  
  
• fixed a crash in giveResInv command on invalid input
  
  
• fixed a client crash involving strobe lights
  
  
• fixed a client crash involving drone bay automation
  
  
• fixed a client crash involving a null tool in the tool vault
  
  
• fixed a client crash involving a strip miner
  
  
• fixed a client crash in the audio engine
  
  
• fixed a client crash when rendering inventory
  
  
• fixed a one frame desync involving the power system
  
  
• fixed a desync involving server settings and flags that were sent to the player too late
  
  
• ensured AlunaCrashHandler has finished starting before connecting to it, fixes it sometimes not shutting down after the game has shut down
  
  
• fixed serverAddition argument syntax. Databases and server.json are automatically suffixed with the addition. New syntax:
  
  -serverAddition [number between 1 and 99]
  
  
• *.crashed files are now always removed on startup, not only on profiling builds
  
  
• profiling logs are kept for 7 days instead of 4 when running a profiling build

• updated MediaWiki to 1.31.3
  
  
• added server config documentation to the wiki
  
  
• added server commands documentation to the wiki

• servers need to be updated
  
  
• please report technical issues you encounter when browsing / updating the wiki to us

After a healthy period on the experimental branch we are happy to release version 0.2.10 into the wild. It contains a smorgasbord of new settings to customize your galaxies and tweak your existing systems.

First off, we updated the wiki to show all the available commands and settings, we tried to streamline some existing ones and have added descriptions to make it a little more clear what some of the more advanced ones do.

You can find the new commands here!

And the new config options can be found here!

With these new commands you’ll have the power to rename planets, asteroid belts and even solar systems. There’s commands to change prices, spawn asteroid fields, call in a bunch of skrill for a good time, and to teleport your ship to any ship or station in the solar system. In case the skrill party gets out of hand.



ACTRs and Player Stores are now able to interact with the custom resources we added a couple of patches ago. And we added a new “admin” device that has the model of a dropbox which logs all the resources you feed it. This device is built with server events in mind.

The new server config settings work a little different and some of them will require rebuilds if you try to edit them after a server is already up and running.

But these allow you to change a lot properties from devices tools and generation settings. They give you the ability to set the CPU drain for combat devices for example, or the durability of most tools, as well as the extra capacity Vaultron Cartridges give you, and even how fast warp is.

So go out there, and change the world.

And of course, thank you all for playing and we’ll see you starside!

-The Split Polygon Team

Patch Notes for IR Beta 0.2.10.00

Feedback thread

IR Discord Channel

- fixed a client crash when rendering on ship mission markers

- fixed a server crash when trying to disconnect an already disconnected ghost client


- servers only need to be updated if they experience the server crash

Happy summer holidays everyone! We’re back with a new experimental update for Interstellar Rift. As you might know if you’ve been following our Dev Streams, patch 0.2.10 will focus mostly on adding more settings for servers and server admins. Opening up a whole variety of new ways to customize the game to your play style.

We won’t go through all of the settings here, but we’ve listed all of them (including all existing commands for reference), on the wiki, and they are linked in the patch notes.

The new commands will allow you to, for example, tweak spawn rates of resources, rename systems and celestial bodies, create new asteroid fields and spawn in Skrill.

Besides all the new commands, we’ve also added a new version of the dropbox for server owners, which tracks what resources have been deposited into it, and writes the output to a file. To give an example of its functionality, it can be used in combination with the custom resources introduced a couple of patches ago to create capture the flag minigames, or as a way to have players hand in resources for special rewards.

We’ve also updated the A.C.T.R. and the Player store so they can also interact with the custom resources. If you’re not familiar with them, these commands are also on the wiki.

In addition to the new commands, we’ve also added new server settings. Be aware that some of these can’t be changed on the fly and will need server rebuilds if you want to change them after starting a server. New server settings include options like; tweaking Skrill spawn rates, initial NPC station spawn rates, CPU settings, power settings, tool durability settings and more.

During the experimental phase of this patch we’ll update and tweak some of these for improved usability, and add the server settings to the menu when you start a new game.

For full patch notes, and to leave feedback, see here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/363360/discussions/4/1640919103669383108/

Instructions on how to join the experimental branch can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/363360/discussions/4/350542145693906320/

Thank you all for playing and see you star-side!

-The Split Polygon Team

- fixed a client crash when starting a solo game

- fixed a client crash related to ram scoops

- fixed a client crash related to gimbal turrets

- fixed command handling from stdin


- servers only need to be updated if they want to take advantage of the command handling from stdin