Satellite Camera:
In this new update, I added to the game, something that was in my mind time ago. A Satellite view. The player can have a sky view of the base and also can build and modify things. You can move the camera and zoom in/out.
During the development, I was trying this new view and playing the game, and it is like a different game, the player can handle very fast extractors that are very far each other, can see if a line has a bottleneck or something is destroyed by an asteroid.
If the community like the new Satellite view, I will work more on this. For example, add the possibility of a more isometric view, add a mouse for a more friendly building gameplay, rotate the camera, follow the player character, etc..
I would like to see your bases from the sky, if you have one, upload an image to Steam. I think others players can learn how to improve their bases or colonies or spaceships. Thank you.
I also fixed a lot of things related to the UI, for example when the player uses the Esc key in the inventory menu and the main menu appears, and other minor bugs.
IMPORTANT:
if you can't activate the Satellite camera is because you have custom keybindings and you have to reset it. To do it you have two options, if you reassigned only a few keys you can introduce the keys like it was at the beginning of the game in the control menu inside the options menu, play a while and then reassign again. ( I have to add a reset button)
or
you can delete the Input.ini file that is inside the User Name / AppData / Local / FarlightExplorers / Saved / Config / WindowsNoEditor and restart the game.
Sorry for the issue.
List of fixes:
- Added Satellite Camera.
- Added Movement in the Satellite Camera.
- Added possibility to build from the Satellite Camera.
- Added activate Satellite Camera button in the control menu.
- Fixed bug when player uses Esc to close Inventory Menu and the main menu appears.
- Fixed bug when player uses Esc to close a Machine Menu and the main menu appears.
- Fixed bug when player uses Esc to close the Tech Menu and the main menu appears.
- Fixed bug when player uses Esc to close the Statistics Menu and the main menu appears.
- Fixed bug when player uses Esc to close the Battle Menu and the main menu appears.
- Fixed bug when player uses Esc to close the Tutorial Menu and the main menu appears.
- Fixed bug in the combobox of the Smart Robotic Arms, the objects inside the lists appear repeated.
- Fixed bug that crashed the game when a colonist lost the building where was working.
- Updated info in the popup tutorial, added info about the Satellite view.
- Fixed button in the tutorial where the label was repeated.
- Updated info in the Tutorial Menu related to the Satellite view.
What Next:
I would like to continue working in the satellite view, if the community love the idea. I will continue fixing bugs that the community report, some bugs require more time to find and fix and others are easier to fix, I hope to fix as many as possible.