eXoSpace Combat Engineer
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| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
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| Game update | Release 76 - Small Patch: Camera changes, bugfixes This patch brings a change to the default camera behavior to avoid nausea in some players: it no longer moves with the aim of the ship. The old behavior can be re-enabled in the settings. In addition there's bugfixes, some tutorial and UI improvements and more! Changes: - Camera zoom now no longer resets when returning to flight state. - Added "move camera with aim" setting. If disabled, the pl… | 23801347 | |
| Game update | Release 75 - Small Patch Changes: - Reduced Salvo-3 launcher range from 6000 to 5000. - Missiles now target ships up to 125% of their actual range. - Made ships brighter while jumping. - Updated audio library to hopefully fix some issues. - Added some designs to Robotic Plague faction. - Added support for multi-page texture atlases, in other words: more and larger textures for (modded) parts. - Added "Evil" label to th… | — | |
| Major update | Welcome to the Persistence Update! After months of hard work and hundreds of sizeable code commits, the most-requested feature for eXoSpace Combat Engineer is finally here: continuous progression! This major overhaul to the Bounty Hunt mode lets you evolve your ship over multiple missions, from a basic fighter to a massive dreadnaught. Keep Your Ship At the end of a mission, you now jump home with your ship, resources, and unloc… | 23581017 | |
| Game update | Release 72 - Small Patch Release build 72 is now available with several smaller fixes: · Spray Specialist crew member inaccuracy effect reduced a little. · Negative crew effects (e.g. reduced accuracy) are now colored red. · Reduced excessive pushback caused by plasma throwers. · Fixed potential crash when editing ship with joints. · Fixed several smaller undo/redo and selection related issues. | — | |
| Major update | Galactic Arena Update Available! Galactic Arena Update & Spring Sale This update brings a brand-new game mode: the Galactic Arena . In the Arena, you can find new challenges for both your ship design and your piloting skills. Even better, you can build your own arena and share it on the Steam Workshop with the press of a button! If you haven't got it yet: eXoSpace will be 20% off during Steam Spring Sale , so grab it while it'… | 22359486 | |
| Game update | Release 70 - Small Patch A small patch for fixing the configuration tool, used for setting the rendering backend. This would not work properly if the Windows UI scaling was changed. Bugfixes: · Launcher configuration options would disappear when windows ui scale was increased · Added link to discord in launcher · "Only fire on targets in arc" setting for weapons did not persist | — | |
| Game update | Release 69 - Small Patch This patch brings a major improvement to ship rendering when zoomed out. More precisely, it fixes a long-standing graphical issue that I hadn’t been able to resolve until now: when zoomed out, ship parts appeared "pixelated". Your ships now look much better from far away ːsteamhappyː There's also a bunch of bugfixes, an improved loading screen and a version bump for the rendering backend which… | 21206343 | |
| Major update | Happy Hunting Update Has Arrived! Better Bosses The Happy Hunting update brings a complete overhaul of all bosses in the game. A new target boss, The Cultist , joins the roster alongside several new minibosses. You can now even design your own boss by placing a Boss Core in the sandbox. It will receive its own boss bar, configurable AI, special boss weapons, and customizable phases. I’m excited to see the bosses you come up wit… | 21116699 | |
| Game update | Steam Deck Compatibility Fix 2 Another small fix for running eXoSpace on Steam Deck has just been released. Links that cannot be opened on the Steam Deck are now hidden. P.s. I'm also working hard on the next update with new mechanics, bosses, and a lot of new content! | — | |
| Game update | Steam Deck Compatibility Fix A small fix for running eXoSpace on Steam Deck has just been released. If the game runs on Steam OS (e.g. Steam Deck), the launcher is skipped and Vulkan rendering is used. | — | |
| Game update | Hotfix 64: Squashing Bugs Small patch fixing some issues in the latest release: · Opening trader would crash the game in some situations. · Improved thruster calculations fixing inaccuracies in thrust-to-weight (TWR) values and thruster usage. · Drops stay around for much longer, also significantly increased drop attraction range. | 20114470 | |
| Game update | Hotfix 63: Color Pickers A small hotfix on the latest patch: · Ship editor color pickers did not work correctly. · New organization logo size was too small. · Crash when starting game after using save data reset function. | 20093204 | |
| In-game event | Patch 62: First Boss Boost, Control Schemes and Fixes The first patch after eXoSpace released to Early Access! So far the release goes well, I see some rather awesome ship designs being created, and get a lot of useful feedback, so thank you all. Boss Boost One of the things I am working on now is improving the bosses. The goal if this is to make them less "tanky", and more interesting, for example by adding phases and new mechanics. As a small fi… | 20091442 | |
| Steam news | Combat Engineer is out now in Early Access! Hi everyone! eXoSpace Combat Engineer is now available in Early Access on Steam! You can jump in right now for $14.99 (with 15% off during launch week). This release marks the beginning of the Early Access journey. The current build already is a polished and fun experience, so go check it out! Over the coming months, I’ll be expanding the game with new modes, content, and features. Here are jus… | — | |
| Community | eXoSpace Roadmap Here's the eXoSpace development roadmap for the coming months! Of course these are plans, and plans are subject to change, but it gives a good idea of what I'm planning on working on for the coming time. Got any ideas or suggestions? Join our Discord server to share them! | — | |
| Announcement | Combat Engineer will launch in Early Access on September 15 Hi everyone! I’m excited to announce that eXoSpace Combat Engineer will be launching into Early Access on Steam on September 15 ! The game will be priced at $14.99 , with a special 15% launch discount during the first week. I plan to keep eXoSpace in Early Access for a relatively short time (less than six months) while I expand the content and add new features. I have plenty of ideas for where… | — |
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