Hey,

Here we come with another update. I decided to split 0.3.1 into two parts, so you don't have to wait more months to play it. Big thanks to the Discord community, which helped a lot during the development.

As I normally do, big shoutout to rykllan for making amazing models in this update ^^ Big thanks to Jere as well, as he did a lot of brutal testing last week.

I was highly focused on adding LinkLink (~aka Starlink) and new building mechanics, but there was a room for other improvements.

Before I start with the changelog, I wanted to share my current roadmap with you:

• 0.3.1 Part One -> LinkLink & new buildings
  
• 0.3.1 Part Two -> Mars & more Starship types
  
• 0.3.2 -> Improved vehicle mechanics (e.g. when you land a booster it takes time to go back to the hangar)
  
• 0.3.3 -> Major AI update (More rocket models, more interactions, better logic)
  

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZw8M8rbjEg

OK time for the changelog!

LinkLink Update

New Features

• Added LinkLink
  LinkLink is Starlink. I originally wanted to name it Earthlink, but a player on my discord server suggested the better name, which probably fits more into EarthX. ^^
  
  
• Added new buildings
  4 types of factories, 4 types of hangars, and a LinkLink terminal.
  
  
• Reworked build mode
  It works a little bit faster, the buildings now need time to be built (with cool construction models), and the rotation of a building itself is being saved.
  
  
• Reworked contracts & payloads
  With better UI and more optimizations. The payloads have now gotten their tab, where all payloads are listed.
  
  
• Reworked company statistics
  Now you can see in which category you spent the most money & how much do you spend yearly on average.
  
  
• Reworked news
  The news window has gotten a new UI & code. The content of news doesn't save directly in savefile now, so the savefiles should be smaller ~40% on average.
  
  
• Added new CEOs
  rykllan had fun making these. Who wants to play as me or the Earth plush? :D
  
  
• Added new achievements (26)
  
  
• Reworked game over
  
  
• Added new launchpads: in Australia and India
  
  
• Added French
  

Improved

• "Land" button at manual landing will now be always visible through the rest of the UI.
  
• Improved the look of a report window after a mission.
  
• Improved auto-move to a hangar after a vehicle has been built.
  
• Added a visual preview of a vehicle on its project panel.
  
• Improved vehicle window UI.
  
• Now you can update the negotiation price after it has already been submitted.
  
• The selected price will save by type (a request from a player)
  
• Added last launch year to the contract panel.
  
• Removed the ability to create custom launchpads (except Mega LP)
  
• Optimized the performance of building trackers.
  
• Added some UI animations to many places in the UI.
  
• Mouse light will now be disabled if focused on a rocket.
  
• Added new sound when reaching a new level.
  
• Improved cloud rendering.
  
• Improved many more small things that I forgot to write down.
  

Fixed

• Rocket launch tracker didn't change its opacity when focused before launch.
  
• "no capable rockets" didn't show up on incompatible ISS contracts if the player had the best rocket possible.
  
• Fixed "FAILURE_NAME".
  
• Sometimes you would need to click on a module twice to select it in the designer.
  
• Superheavy rockets landed in the air over the landing zone.
  
• Buildings didn't save their rotation.
  
• You could build in the water.
  
• Trees hidden by building A could be unhidden by building B in build mode.
  
• After removing a building the trees didn't show back up. (Gretna hated us for this..)
  
• "Flights" graph didn't refresh in the new year.
  
• Side windows were always under other windows in the UI.
  
• Player progress window didn't open sometimes.
  
• Fixed many more small things that I forgot to write down.