Starbase Update Patch Notes (EA Build 550) – August 13, 2021

• Tripod and Tripod Autocannon add 20 tons of weight to the ship they are attached to
• In total complete tripod weights 40 tons
• Very small ships have a risk of suffering catastrophic structural damage, if too many Tripods are added to them
• This is ship specific and results may vary based on structural integrity of the ship
• Inventory crafting with ore crates
• Free weld Easy Build Mode at stations (single parts can be attached to stations). Use C to toggle between modes
• New rotate logic in Easy Build Mode: Shift+Mousewheel rotates the piece in hand around its horizontal axis. This replaces the old X/Y/Z rotate logic
• New single icon crafting menus

Patch Notes

• Added UI sounds for Fast Travel Gate menu
• Added sounds for Mining Laser firing
• Modified Maneuvering Thruster sounds a bit

• Added 47 window modules
• Added Hinge B 48×48 CM to Hinges & Hatches node in Research Tree
• Added crafting bench requirements for:
  – Lever Mirrored
  – Small Navigation Receiver
  – Hinge (C-profile) 48x144x36 cm
  – Slider Basic A 48×144 cm
  – Hinge A 48×48 cm
  – Hinge B 48×144 cm
  – Hinge (L-profile) 24x144x36 cm
  – Navigation Receiver
  – Hinge A 48×144 cm
  – Lever
  – Turret Cradle
  – Launcher Mount Small Turntable
  – Fixed Launcher Mount
• Added material composition for Metal Bender and Metal Saw bench upgrades
• Changed the bottom of the Advanced Crafting Bench to look more like the other crafting benches and updated the bolt profile for it
• Inventory crafting with ore crates
• Fixed Block Module Slope v2 and Block Module Edge v2 not showing up properly
• Addressed a bug that caused a crash
• Fixed refill options not requiring a Crafting Bench
• Fixed unnaturally low entity material costs
• Increased crafting range for crafting benches from 10 meters to 20 meters
• Modules are now sorted alphabetically
• Temporary images of window pieces have been replaced and their naming errors have been fixed

• Free weld Easy Build Mode at stations (single parts can be attached to stations). Use C to toggle between modes
• New rotate logic in Easy Build Mode: Shift+Mousewheel rotates the piece in hand around its horizontal axis. This replaces the old X/Y/Z rotate logic
• New, single icon crafting menus
• Fixed issues caused by loose objects aligning wrong
• Fixed issues caused by relogging during Easy Build Mode
• Items now remember their rotation when placed
• Fixed being able to place Easy Build Mode modules on top of yourself

• Fixed economy fallback sell values for some crafted items

• Fix for Bolt Tool vfx not attaching to the tool while on moving ships

• Addressed a bug that caused a crash after dropping quickbar items from Station Storages
• Addressed a bug that caused occasional player death when relogging on moon surfaces due to inaccurate kill zone radius
• Addressed a bug that caused ships to become unusable/unresponsive (group/owner issue)
• Fixed issues that caused ghost objects

• Items that are bound to the quickbar from Station Storage no longer move automatically to player inventory
• Items can now be placed to quickbar straight from station storage

• Addressed a bug that caused the weekly reward cap for mining job to apply to hauling asteroids improperly
• Fixed demolition job rewarding wrong amount of credits for completing a ship

• Added control settings menu item for ship mouse steering toggle (default bind: C)
• Host Owned Ships defaults to true

• Updated multiple ship descriptions (Sunny Ship Center & OKI ships)
• Updated ship description styles (Skill level -> Skill Level), ISAN spelling consistency (ISAN Mono & ISAN Quad)

• Crafting Benches added to Ship Designer device category

• Fixed resigned station’s objects getting marked as item derelicts
• Limited bolting in stations to only work inside operational Factory Hall Areas

• While blueprint tab is open, hovering over durability errors selects them for a few seconds

• Tripod and Tripod Autocannon add 20 tons of weight to the ship they are attached to
  – n total complete tripod weights 40 tons

• Added a rotate guide for Fuel Rod tutorial
• Addressed a bug that caused the player to be guided to sit on a ship that disappears
• Addressed a bug that caused the repair job tutorial to use ore from the player instead of the crates at the site
• Fuel Rod tutorial triggers when player is seated at a ship
• Added new rotate logic guide to Easy Build Mode tutorial

• Added chat messages when a ship enters or exits gravity hover
• ESC menu default binds icons image updated with bigger letters and less transparency
• Fixed Research Tree window pixel border not showing