Hey Prospectors,
Matt here with another update!
There are new areas to test out in the R&D Labs (the new name for the R&D Test Chamber):
- 14 Unique Campaign Biomes Including Grassland, Rocky Ridge, Mountains, Salt Flats
- Testing Apparatus area with Speed Trap, Weighing Scales, Damage Calculator
There are also 2 new skin packs to purchase. Each pack includes a brand new skin and a set of bespoke blocks for 2 corporations:
- To The Stars: Space Race & Roswell (GSO & Better Future)
- Weapons of War: Iron Hunter & Warbird (Hawkeye & Venture)
Updates to R&D Labs
Important note:
All existing R&D Test Chamber game saves are very likely to load into the new R&D Labs with peculiar consequences; mainly Techs falling from great height or just hanging in the air if they're anchored. So any Techs that you want to keep for the new R&D Labs, please snapshot in the current version 1.3.5 before updating to this version.
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Updates are currently in progress so do let us know what you think as we refine what we have and add more features to R&D Labs.
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Some of the new features are:
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Biome Areas - to test how well your Tech drives on the different terrains.
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Speed Trap - to test how fast your Tech is travelling as it crosses the laser line.
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Weighing Scales - to measure the mass of a Tech or multiple Techs or individual blocks.
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Damage Calculator - see how much damage each weapon causes
Design Tweaks:
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The GSO Anchored SCU Storage Device has been moved from GSO Grade 3 to GSO Grade 2.
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It will now appear as a rare mission reward for completing missions from GSO Grade 2 onwards.
Art Tweaks:
- Graphics options Draw Distance slider has now been extended to almost 3 times the previous distance.
- There are also separate graphics options sliders for Detail Distance and Shadow Distance.
- The radar has become semi-transparent.
Localisation:
- Translations for new text have been added for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.
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