3.0 Public Beta is now available

[Cyron43]

The new engine sounds in Beta 7 are totally annoying! I hope they are still subject to change.

Really? I find the opposite, it sounds like the old jet engine ear-melting has stopped - so yeh im very happy with what ive heard so far.

There's loud engine noise in travel mode which was calm before, the big ships just emit a deep humming noise in normal mode and the sound loops are too short in general.
Let an NPC fly the ship as the sounds are different from flying on your own (I wonder why).

[Sachsendorfer]

Graphic error: If you are standing in a destroyer, not even at the wheel, but have previously hidden the console, it can happen that you suddenly stand on the roof when changing the map view. If you fade the console back in, you will be back in the ship.
Second blunder is more annoying, after some playing time, the mouse cannot be fixed on the world map any longer. In and out of the map helps for a short time.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Sorry my english needs help

[Alan Phipps]

Please report beta game issues in the public beta forum and not in this announcement thread.

[mr.WHO]

[Beta 9] Added option to rename player-owned stations.

Wait, what? I'm quite sure I was able to rename my stations since long time.

[chew-ie]

[Beta 9] Added option to rename player-owned stations.

Wait, what? I'm quite sure I was able to rename my stations since long time.

You could do so in the past only by opening the station builder. My guess is that you can now use the map / property list as well.

Edit: There is also a thread at the beta forum

[tomchk]

I see beta 9 has new missions. Any comments on what these are? I'm assuming not story missions yet? :/

[dreamer2008]

I am curious if something that gets mentioned in some places will get addressed in the next update, a problem mentioned in the steam review that is most popular "You can assign miners/traders to stations, yet they are limited to mining/trading within 5 sectors. We have an estimated number of ~47 sectors, so that's a great coverage. If your customers or the materials you need to mine aren't within these 5 sectors, then too bad. (...) What is then the purpose of having a player owned sector, if you can only trade/mine 5 sectors away from this sector?"

So is this problem with trading in only 5 sectors getting fixed now that there will be more systems added to the game?

Thanks.

[CBJ]

Limits on things like trading range are an intentional part of the design. Choosing the right location for your stations is part of the "think" aspect of the game.

[dreamer2008]

Limits on things like trading range are an intentional part of the design. Choosing the right location for your stations is part of the "think" aspect of the game.

Okay, thank you. I am too used to the x3 systems, so it seems a little limiting, but if the gameplay is balanced around that, that's fine .

[raim729]

Hi there,
one can also ask questions if there are no problems?
Will there be changes to expeditions, with a final patch?

With me there are always the same 5 expeditions.

[CBJ]

Do you mean ventures? If so then no, we're not adding any new ones in this update.