Hello Colonists!
As You know, the game is coming OUT next year!

The development of the game is not slowing down. The first part of the year brought 5 Major updates, and 2 more are coming in 2024.

The first part of the year brought

• ARCHITECTURE - hundreds of architectural elements and themes to customize them
  
• PERFORMANCE - huge performance boost together with shader movement system for stations
  
• TERRAFORMING - animals and plants collected on planets, new environments in universes II, III, IV
  
• SANDBOX - new game modes giving freedom of construction
  
• MULTIPLAYER 3.0 - with more reliable experience and solutions for default engine problems

We are not stopping there! On the way to release 1.0 I foresee additional updates, as illustrated in the current roadmap.

Speaking of content, here is a brief description of what they consist of:

To make astronauts more "human" and less NPC, the idea is to require more effort to provide for them. Together with the already-existing needs, oxygen consumption and fulfilling comfort are required.
Besides, new devices are introduced, such as elevators to allow vertical movement of astronauts and robots, and cable cars to transport goods over long distances and multiple stations.

Along with having some new cosmic events happen more often, you will need to use a defense shield to defend your colony. You will also train astronauts to control it, making it automated.

As the last news, I want to share my personal joy with you! I just became a father, so there is a new member of the crew ;)

Please stay tuned and have faith in Astro Colony!

Hey Astro Colonists!

The new build with more improvements is here! It changes object collisions and eliminates hitches! Thanks to the M4D_4LI3N report, I was able to change physics and remove game stuttering.

Since many physical collisions are now gone, the game needs to rely on optical (query) physics.
There is a new system in place to prevent the rover from clipping, going through planes and flipping over.

Spacecraft is no longer using physical movement and default replication but instead custom movement similar to character movement with collision detection. I could turn spacecraft into another "character" type, but I preferred keeping it as a simple Pawn and making use of Smooth Sync technology, which precisely synchronizes positions between clients and a server.

Reducing the number of physical collisions allowed for a great reduction in the number of hitches caused by physics when moving the station. Before the change, it was taking up the entire frame CPU budget (33ms). Right now, it's not even noticeable.

"Hold" interactions got improved and accurate. Arrows of box selections are no longer "jumping" and are very precise thanks to better collision plane tracking drag.

There are new levels of transferring electricity, water and gas. Expert docking is now capable of sending 5k electricity!

• Fixed crash related to picking parking bot
  
• Fixed construction rotation for walls - is now possible to rotate objects and change camera rotation
  
• Fixed multiple hitches caused by physics calculations
  
• Gas, water, and electricity now have different values for each docking level 1,2,3
  
• Improved drag interactions
  
• Fixed single player Colony Origin construction position
  
• New, easier-to-construct drills and giant drills
  
• Fixed scaling of animated decorations like FAN
  
• Fixed scaling of snap elements like lamps
  
• Changing decal colors is now supported in multiplayer
  
• Copy/pasting of objects, snap, and decals are now previewing the correct rotation and scale

It was a very busy week, so I hope you will like the changes.
Please let me know if you encounter any issues on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/EFzAA3w

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1614550/Astro_Colony/

Thanks guys so much for your support!
Tefel (Terad Games)