[PANCAKE UPDATE] - Beta 6

Scoob · Post by **Scoob** » Wed, 3. Dec 14, 01:24

It's a bit late, but I just got home so I'm downloading the update now.

Had an whole large Dominos pizza to myself earlier, so will likely skip the pancakes this evening

Scoob.

wwdragon · Post by **wwdragon** » Wed, 3. Dec 14, 05:11

I've actually got pancake mix and cornsyrup here. Not used em yet.

ThommoHawk · Post by **ThommoHawk** » Wed, 3. Dec 14, 10:53

ok, haven't played for a bit and am not able to update anything atm. can anyone tell me if the skunk still stops dead when on manual pilot mode whenever getting the map up? This is something I detest. I am beginning to think they can't do it ever, and has something to do with not being able to display the skunk's position on the map in actual flight, so it stops every time or something like that.

Post by **Aken_Bosch** » Wed, 3. Dec 14, 11:09

Seems you haven't played for more than a bit then

, the option to keep the Skunk moving has been added already in 2.5 at least as far as I remember

Would not make much sense anyway to not being able to update the map, since you could open the map and see the Skunk flying around the cluster while in a highway, already in 1.0...

Take it as a rule of thumb, don't think there's anything that can't be done ever...it would take an entire release note of its own to list the things people sentenced as "not possible to change ever" a year ago, and where actually changed/added/removed

ThommoHawk · Post by **ThommoHawk** » Wed, 3. Dec 14, 11:35

Aken_Bosch wrote:Seems you haven't played for more than a bit then , the option to keep the Skunk moving has been added already in 2.5 at least as far as I remember
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Yeah, hi there Aken, thanks, and you are right as I have not played since 2.5.1 or something, but is this option you mention, is it enabled through the options menu?

from memory I know the ship continues flying during auto pilot, but I'm talking about the ship still stopping while on manual flight mode, by which I mean when it is not on auto pilot "fly to". (Sorry, I can't confirm, as I don't have access to my gaming PC atm, due to being away from home for the last month or so).

but if that's been fixed then great to hear.

Post by **Sparky Sparkycorp** » Wed, 3. Dec 14, 11:44

The Skunk will continue to fly in space or highways, with or without autopilot, when we open menus and the map.

Leafcutter · Post by **Leafcutter** » Wed, 3. Dec 14, 11:44

Thanks for the update... particularly the entry one above the pancake addition

-LC-

vukica · Post by **vukica** » Wed, 3. Dec 14, 11:50

Sparky Sparkycorp wrote:The Skunk will continue to fly in space or highways, with or without autopilot, when we open menus and the map.

and then it will pancake it self against the nearest station.

Trucifere · Post by **Trucifere** » Thu, 4. Dec 14, 15:28

vukica wrote:and then it will pancake it self against the nearest station.

The figure is very well-known among the pilot as "the Otani'cake"

vukica · Post by **vukica** » Thu, 4. Dec 14, 19:22

Trucifere wrote:
vukica wrote:and then it will pancake it self against the nearest station.
The figure is very well-known among the pilot as "the Otani'cake"

The Yisha-is-talking-and-can't-do-anything maneuver.

I think Yisha is an attention whore.

She even managed to secretly install robotic parts to Ren's neck so he has to turn his head when she's yappin'.

pref · Post by **pref** » Thu, 4. Dec 14, 20:07

Furthermore Ren dies instantly when Yisha does, they might have some mystical stuff going on..

Earth Ultimatum IV. · Post by **Earth Ultimatum IV.** » Thu, 4. Dec 14, 20:18

We usually die at the same time...
I remember chilling at the back of Skunk, talking to crew, without noticing a giant Xenon warship coming.

pref · Post by **pref** » Thu, 4. Dec 14, 20:20

Or chilling in a bar peacefully, while someone fries Yisha in the cocpit and..
game over.

Earth Ultimatum IV. · Post by **Earth Ultimatum IV.** » Thu, 4. Dec 14, 20:22

Never died while docked in my career of 410 hours.
Well, only if I was docked at a capship, and it got destroyed with me aboard.

pref · Post by **pref** » Thu, 4. Dec 14, 20:27

Don't mind, you never hear her screaming anyway

VincentTH · Post by **VincentTH** » Thu, 4. Dec 14, 20:32

Earth ultimatum IV. wrote:Never died while docked in my career of 410 hours.
Well, only if I was docked at a capship, and it got destroyed with me aboard.

In previous versions, the Skunk can be destroyed when you are inside a station.

spankahontis · Post by **spankahontis** » Fri, 5. Dec 14, 17:14

• Beta 7 Added ability to target docks, info points, trade offers, and mission offers using Shift-F (improves new feature in 3.0).
• Beta 7 Added Attack action to interact menu for non-player-owned ships and objects (replaces Hail).
• Beta 7 Added event and reputation loss when player-owned ship is scanned and has to drop illegal cargo.
• Beta 7 Added crafting mission for rare and unique items throughout the universe (improves new feature in 3.0).
• Beta 7 Added voice feedback if Broadcast command wasn't possible (improves new feature in 3.0).
• Beta 7 Improved effect of game difficulty level on difficulty of opening lockboxes (improves new feature in 3.0).
• Beta 7 Improved flight movement of boosting capital ships.
• Beta 7 Improved fight music so that it now also plays if a nearby player-owned object is attacked or attacks an enemy.
• Beta 7 Improved NPC trade ship distribution to address supply/demand inconsistencies in the default universe
• Beta 7 Improved NPC mining ship behaviour for better resource distribution.
• Beta 7 Improved balancing of ware price ranges for more interesting trade opportunities.
• Beta 7 Improved balancing of resources required for drone and small/medium ship construction.
• Beta 7 Improved balancing of boarding gameplay.
• Beta 7 Fixed engineer repairing first item after a pause almost instantly.
• Beta 7 Fixed stations not attacking enemies in some situations.
• Beta 7 Fixed rare case of player ship being invulnerable after using remote control.
• Beta 7 Fixed "ghost" cargo in storage that is wrecked and later repaired when player not present.
• Beta 7 Fixed boarding sometimes being missing from the interact menu.
• Beta 7 Fixed ability menu showing wrong reason for drones being unavailable during highway flight.
• Beta 7 Fixed UI-animation issues when capturing videos.
• Beta 7 Fixed 'Transfer Wares' command in several situations involving small and capital ships.
• Beta 7 Fixed cancelling intro conversations not cancelling the rest of the intro properly.
• Beta 7 Fixed lipsynch in certain conversations.
• Beta 7 Fixed transport drone arm pickup animation.
• Beta 7 Fixed another case of multiple ship dealers on one platform.
• Beta 7 Fixed stations sometimes offering to buy missiles for their turrets even though their ammo storage is full.
• Beta 7 Fixed possible rare case of some station component rotations not having been corrected in a previous update.
• Beta 7 Fixed NPC distribution on DLC stations when loading savegames from very old versions.
• Beta 7 Fixed case where mass traffic networks could get stuck forever.
• Beta 7 Fixed case where mission could get stuck if the player hit Escape during the mission briefing.
• Beta 7 Fixed case where mission could fail when giving crafted item to client.
• Beta 7 Fixed case of incorrect view after conversation ending.
• Beta 7 Fixed externally triggered music playing over fight music.
• Beta 7 Fixed missing option to clear shopping list.
• Beta 7 Fixed several more causes of crashes and improved crash reporting.

MegaJohnny · Post by **MegaJohnny** » Fri, 5. Dec 14, 17:23

• Beta 7 Improved balancing of boarding gameplay.

Very interesting. I really didn't like how boarding was big money for little investment and risk. Factoring hull percent into sale price also helped, so I hope it's properly balanced now.

Scoob · Post by **Scoob** » Fri, 5. Dec 14, 17:38

Must admit, I have hoped that they'd eventually introduce marine attrition during boarding ops. I.e. the play WILL always lose one or two marines per attempt, experience of each marine and the controlling Marine Officer being a factor of course.

Still, in my now 200+ hr game, I capture for fun rather than needing to to save money, so will test out boarding in B7 as soon as I am able.

Scoob.

hourheroyes · Post by **hourheroyes** » Fri, 5. Dec 14, 18:54

Incredible work on this 3.0 patch. Every new changelog iteration is almost a full patch unto itself. I hope people go back and re-review this game with an open mind come full release.

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[PANCAKE UPDATE] - Beta 6