A new Starbase update (EA Build 572) is now available to download on PC (Steam). According to the official Starbase patch notes, the latest update added a health bar, a new market station, and much more.
Previously, a big update was released with various bug fixes and changes. Unfortunately, since the release, players are facing several issues. Starbase patch will fix a few of these issues.
Read more details below.
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Starbase Patch Notes (August 26, 2021)
Major Features
Health Bar
Players gradually heal when inside a Safe Zone
New Market Station added over 300 km deep into the belt, includes: – Auction House and very low 2% tax. This AH is not connected to Origin AH’s. – All ship shops – Easy Build Hall – Ship Design Workshop – Refill stations – Insurance transfer with limited 100 km range – 50 km permanent safe zone – Notes: – This station does not buy ore or items. It’s only meant for player trading. – The station is located in the bottom area of the belt. You need to be mid-way from Origins to get the transponder to show, at approximately 200 km out. – There will initially be asteroids inside the safe zone. This is intended, as players seeking a brief refuge for mining can mine in safety until the asteroids are depleted. Note that you need to first get to the station to benefit from this. Also the station is not located in the highest tier asteroid zone.
Animations
Addressed 1st person Pipe Tool fire animation not activating correctly
Addressed animation not activating correctly when removing a weapon from a Tripod
Addressed legs not animating correctly during movement when firing the Shotgun
Addressed sprint animation looking wrong when equipped with Tripod autocannon
Audio
Added UI sounds for Pilot Chair bind menu
Added missing sounds for Auction House UI
Addressed incorrect window closing sounds when the Research Tree hadn’t been visible
New Audio Signal Device sounds
Toned down environmental noise when player is working in an in-game editor
Companies
Addressed an issue that caused creating company ranks to fail for new companies
Crafting
Added “Frames” sub-category under the “Station modules” category
Added Hinge B 48×48 CM to hinges & hatches node
Categorised all current station modules
Addressed not being able to craft Full or Refill versions of Propellant Tanks
Addressed not being able to craft Solar Panels or Solar Panel Light Sensors
Prevented crafting in Ship Designer test mode
Crafting from Crate requires Resource Bridge flow in and out
Addressed refunding Ore when crafting from Crate fails
Devices
Addressed Utility Body bolt profile issue where it couldn’t bolt properly
Plasma Thruster base propellant consumption reduced from 290 to 248
Gameplay
Players gradually heal when inside a Safe Zone
Addressed an issue that caused the player to spawn in an incorrect position after death
Addressed an issue where Ship sell confirmation was incorrectly visible on Ship spawn or Ship sell terminals
Now only custom items which include Ore should be blocked from inventory
HUD
“Despawn Ship” -text was changed to “Store Ship” in the ship despawn menu
A few changes to Settings menu description texts
Added Health Bar
Moon
Added new moon terrain, rotated the moon and raised the City above the ground
The city should now have longer “beam legs”, i.e. it shouldn’t float
New moon 1 ground level, ground shapes and textures
Moon city now has three limited range (100 km) insurance transfer terminals, located at the city main entrance, at the main flight port and at the tournament memorial
Ships
Addressed anyone being able to manipulate company owned ships in Safe Zones
Updated: – Croc – Pincer has been updated: – Control layout has been reworked for the ship – Ship now comes with 2 batteries and has new generator adjusting script making the ship more fuel efficient – EcoMode button also has a note to turn it off before using Cargo Lock Beams
Ship Designer
Added some additional info to the error message when an error concerning failing to load scene file data is shown
Addressed a crash when joining a group session in test mode
Addressed an issue where snap points were visualized incorrectly
Prevented F5 test mode toggle while the scene is saving, loading, buy custom ship dialog is open, or a state transition is already in progress
Prevented closing the buy ship dialogs while the buy operation is active
Ship Easy Build Mode
Addressed Easy Build created ships flipping when re-entering
Addressed name for Basic 2 T1 Fuel Rod & Rack module
Addressed resource containers sometimes emptying when module is placed for the first time
Addressed ships duplicating if ship’s thrusters are separated from the ship
Addressed welding in Corner 1 Ore Crate module
Toned down environmental noise when player is working in an in-game editor
Stations
Addressed Factory Hall Areas saving properly
Addressed Station Foundation’s rotation while placing
Addressed an issue that caused the first Easy Build Mode module being placeable anywhere inside the Easy Build Mode area instead of next to the Station Foundation module
Addressed an issue where devices did not properly power off when a Factory Hall Area was deactivated around them
Prevented devices working on stations outside Factory Hall Areas
Updated new trading station name to “Trading Station Markka”
Tools
Durability errors can now be viewed in game by hovering your reticle or cursor over them
Addressed an issue that caused the Building Tool to not repair
Tutorial
Added camera distance binds to tutorial hints
Added a Quickbar Edit tutorial
Addressed Repair Job ship respawning not always working during the last phase of Repair Job tutorial after logging out and back in
Addressed an issue during Crafting tutorial where the game showed the amount of ores owned incorrectly
Addressed quickbar highlight during tutorial to not highlight any non-visible quickbar and to select the quickbar that has the lowest position on the screen
New Mineral Discovery messages now work outside tutorial mode
UI
Added short descriptions for handheld weapon magazines
Main menu updated with new Starbase logo
Weapons
Addressed typo in Mounted Weapon Barrel locales: “Elelctricity” -> “Electricity”
Addressed Tripod weapon reload animation not playing
Improved locales for Tripod Autocannon:
Better explaining how to use the weapon and showing basic stats similar to what mounted ship weapon barrels have
Download free Starbase patch 20.8.2021 (EA Build 556) on PC.
