We are now well into the new year and this is an exciting time, hopefully, with many updates and changes soon to come for Planetes. While we released in 2018 (Early Access), we expect 2019 to be an even bigger year for Planetes. We knowingly released the game early, many might say too early, but as a small development team it can be difficult to find enough people to play and test the game. Rel…
Join the community on our Discord ! Star System Overhaul Patch, We have gone through and updated all of the planets to use the new rendering tool. They should all be much more interesting to explore and build on. Additions: · Added parts: Light armor plating in 3 sizes and Medium armor plating in 3 sizes. · Added Christmas Tree room part (functions as a small storage and looks cozy). · Added Ch…
Hello Everyone! We hope everyone is having an enjoyable holiday season, and with that we would like to offer Planetes at 20% off during this year's Steam winter sale! There will be an overall price increase shortly after the new year, so get the game now while it's at it's cheapest! Additionally we will be patching shortly (hopefully tomorrow the 21st). Some things you can expect to see in this…
Join the community on our Discord ! Additional settings added to server persistence and new Camera panning. Additions: · Added to server persistence: Derelict Spawn rate, spawned ship part limit, client can spawn ship, cargo destroy on container break percentage, auto save frequency, velocity soft cap, ship part limit, resources set as infinite. · Added map icon for current controlled ship, (in…
Join the community on our Discord ! Small patch fixing major issue with ship spawning. Additions: · New Utility suit art added (being used temporarily as the default suit). Changes: · Modified Planet3 (newest planet) by adding cliff structure prototypes. · Slightly improved cloud rendering.performance happy. · Increased overall star brightness. Fixes: · Fix for junk collector removing construct…
Join the community on our Discord ! This Update wipes the servers! Spooky Halloween event cosmetics removed. Additions: · Added derelict ships that will randomly spawn and move in towards the star system. · Added thruster burn area indicators visible when building. · Added missing thrusters (both the physics and the visuals) on Large 6X6 Chemical Thruster, they can be used as turning thrusters.…
This Update wipes the servers! This Update has Spooky Content. Spooky Additions: · Batwing 2X6 Solar Panel. · Batwing Low Profile Solar Panel. · Dragon Skull Ion Engine 2X2. · Pumpkin Inert Gas Fuel Tank. · Tri Skull Ion RCS. Additions: · Players now drop all items on death. · Added healing while standing in Spawn Bay. · Added effect for when a part separates from the construct it was previousl…
This Update wipes the servers! Additions: · Added notifications for when trying to fuel a tank without the correct resources and for when it is full. · Discord Rich presence! Planetes Development Discord · Console command to set velocity soft cap. · Added notifications for picking up items. Changes: · Lowered fuel and energy cost for Ion thrusters. · World building changes, added additional ast…
This Update wipes the servers! Additions: · Added ability to set your own controls. · Added parts: Girder Angle 2X2, Part Panel Angle 2X2. · Added UI for saving/loading ships and offline games. Changes: · Overhauled movement update syncing, (player and ship movement should now be much smoother). · Lowered both ship and player update rates, (high rate is no longer needed with better position syn…
Additions: - With this patch we have upgraded our servers to much better hardware. Hopefully this will solve a lot of the lag and performance issues players have experienced. · Added inspector highlights for seats and cockpits. · New Part: Spawn Bay, use this to place a spawn location on your ship. · New Part: Cargo Container, can be used for storing a number of items. · New Part: Two seat Brid…
Additions: · Resources are now items, can be dropped/picked up just like weapons. · Added 1X5 Solar Panel. · Added art for resource items. · Added ability to refuel fuel tanks using the PolyTool (will only fuel a tank if tank is at full HP). · Added more tutorial stages covering primary features currently in game. Changes: · Chat window location and state is now saved. · Modified sounds on ship…
All content in this post is subject to change and should only be viewed as a rough idea of upcoming features/content. Items are listed in no particular order. Additionally this quarterly roadmap represents an overestimation of what we will be able to complete by the end of the quarter, so naturally there will be many items listed that will not be completed by the end of the quarter. What we wan…
Additions: · Persistent inventory. · New Part: Side mount ship cannon. Changes: · The small bridge can no longer be entered through it's walls. · The cockpit is now easier to enter from all directions. · Improved names and tooltips on parts. · Reduced fuel burn amounts on all chemical thrusters. · Increased timer for removing unused parts/items from the game. Fixes: · Barrel rotations on gimbal…
Additions: · Added damage indicator overlay. · Added art for PolyTool. · Added more nodes to certain parts. · Added ship and players markers to adminmode. Changes: · Increased collision damage received by ships. · Increased GForce damage on players. · Improvements to server browser menu. · PolyTool can no longer mine/deconstruct at any range. · Adjusted ship weapon damages. · Junk collector res…
Additions: · Added player inventory (Toggle with tab, move items between hotbar and backpack with click and drag.) · Added server browser. · Added 2X2 Ion engine. · Added gimballed laser weapon for ships. · Added low profile solar panel. · Added 1X3 Battery. · Added 3X3 Structural Panel. · Added Fissile material storage 2X2. · Added stat panel for backpack. Changes: · Certain actions now have d…
Additions · Added legacy save warning. · Part - Solar Panel 2X6. · Part - Reactor Core. · Part - Panel Adapter 3-2, and Panel Adapter 2-1. · Added I-Gas resource nodes. · Remaining materials node art. · Ship splitting. Changes: · Added parameters to resource nodes and harvest tools to control effectiveness/ease of mining. · Resource Nodes can use a particle effect as a fullness indicator. Fixes…
Fixes: · Various fixes for server-side errors from previous patch. This version marks the completion of a stage of development, hence the version number bump!
Additions · System Map, open using "M" With map open, click and drag to move the map, "C" to center back on your character's position. Scroll wheel to zoom. · New art for Light metal, carbon, fiber, fissile material and ice resource nodes. · Ship part limit. · Indicator for new chat messages. · Chat auto complete. · Chat player joins/disconnects. · Server bans. · Battery 3X3. Changes: · Major w…
Additions: · In game chat added. (message server wide or a specific player using /tell) · Fps/Ping counter which can be turned on in the esc menu. · Added 2X2 Medium thruster. · Added Low Profile RCS. Changes: · Added additional nodes to some parts. · Increased the player's starting resources. · Increased collision damage. Fixes: · Fixed resource node tooltips. · Fixed weapon overheating. · Fix…
Additions: · Added Mac and Linux builds to steam, please test these if you can! · Basic ship stats for part count, mass, etc place din save file now. · Resource nodes to world. · New spawn locations. · Resource cost for all parts. Changes: · Build menu is now set to stay open while building. · Updated Unity3D and Forge Networking solution. · Deconstructing a part with the PolyTool now rewards 9…
Additions: · More console commands for admins/offline play (type help in console ~) · Saving/loading ships! · Parts cost resources to build · Resource mining Changes: · Ion thurusters balanced · Disabled some colliders on ships, giving performance to clients · Admins don't drop their OP guns on DC (sry) Fixes: · Avatars of DCing players not disappearing on clients connecting to a server · Parts…
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