lua -e 'print("Hello World!")'

[Calbiri]

Dave can do many things and apparently one of them is understanding Lua.

Schema has begun teaching our intrepid astronaut and his crew to follow Lua commands. He has also been hard at work bug fixings, tweaking, preparing, optimizing and generally improving the game. Here is a short list of some of the recent activity in the dev patch.

**This list is for the dev patch, and is not yet in the public version**


- docking beam origin is now currently used cockpit
- fixed 6 sided gravity (from orientable gravity blocks)
- implemented the Fabricator to harvest blocks instead of being able to remove at once
- added scaling to bone implementation (this is related to attaching things to Dave's model, like the new Fabricator)
- added rest of the new blocks to the config (all the remaining tetra hull shapes in the various colors and orientations)
- fixed bug that would cause brightness on blocks when a ship is exited when using shadows
- integrated LUAj libraries for full LUA support
- implemented LUA interface
- implemented new Conversation System
- implemented system to create conversations with lua
- implemented networked conversation
- fixed block modding tool not to crash when reflection reports non accessible field
- improved shadows to not "shine through" far away objects when close up to something else that normally should be shadowed from
that far away object
- fixed some shader issues for mac-graphics card drivers
- added failsafe for path calculation to stop after a threshold is reached
- implemented normal maps (this refers to texture maps... not world maps)
- fixed source of bugs: on unloading entities were triggered to save twice; one time for the sector unload, and one time on unload of the object itself. This was a source of various random bugs like Objects completely vanishing
- fixed characters controlled by players falling off moving objects when in gravity (or in sector change)
- implemented skin files
- implemented transmission for full skins
- removed lag from flying through open doors
- further improved physics performance with advanced lookup tables
- removed unnecessary non-scaling transformation from physics cube-cube collision process
- improved performance of single block updates by a lot (building, salvaging, opening doors)
- reduced lag from loads of missiles in one place, by a lot
- improved AStar path finding to avoid turning if possible
- implemented basic (NPC) path smoothing
- implemented settings sliders
- integrated sliders for advanced build mode
- advanced build mode size now saved by ship entered
- integrated sliders for weapon settings


Oh so many nice things in that list!

Remember, check in the Comments section for more information, answers to questions and for any other clarifications.

 

[gravypod]

I can just feel my server melting.

 

[therimmer96]

Did it break turrets?

 

[gravypod]

That is like asking \"does is hault?\"

 

[therimmer96]

Personally, I don\'t see any benefit to this yet. I would love it if we could control things like doors, lights and deciding which thruster groups should be on, but not the daves

 

[Deadlis]

Maaan dun be making fun of schema like that! He\'s very busy devoloping this best game ever that has absolutely no bugs whatsoever and all of the contradictory bug fixes come out in a resonable amount of time and fix all of the issues the game has forever maaan.

The super duper optimized game that handles ships larger than 15 blocks extremely well with no server lag at all. You\'re just making up all of those bug reports maaan. This game is flawless!

 

[VideoDoJo]

Keep up the amazing work guys!

 

[Tacotown99]

Why do you keep this wonderful update just out of reach

 

[TheScouter]

I like how this update not only focuses on optimization and new features, but also the ability to teach Lua by using it to utilize your crew into doing stuff. even if Minecraft has mods that basically do the same thing How would you handle the errors, though? Would the interface just say it wasn\'t correct?

Will the interface be command-line only, or will you be able to use program-like codes?

 

[stm91]

Is Schema already aware of this? http://star-made.org/content/additive-velocity-option-doesnt-apply-missiles-neither-does-velocity-multiplier ..i feel this is a big issue currently.

 

[Theck]

Do we\'ll be able to mod some block functionality with the Lua interface or it will be included to \"teach\" your crew?

 

[AGuymzx]

So if I understand this correctly, people will be able to create custom AI for crewmembers using Lua? If so, that would really help quite a bit.

Oh and normal maps <3 Finally a bit of depth on blocks.

 

[joezone619]

i would like to know when the final update for public will come cuz everypost i get my hopes up for nothing

 

[Calbiri]

In the weapon update I will have to ask schema to implement lots of changes, including changes to missile behavior. The velocity issue is among those I\'m addressing.

 

[jzimmerman4]

Am I the only one who doesnt know what Lua is?

 

[m27frogy]

Lua is my favorite scripting language and I think it\'s a great choice for giving commands to Dave and friends. How will the commands be entered to Dave and what sort of API will we use to command him?

 

[Crimson-Artist]

will this new command system be for all players to use or is it something only modders should be concerned about?

 

[rik.yan]

Errm... i think it is some scripting language at first glance. but i dont exactly know

 

[rik.yan]

I always encounter this problem since the 20th. Its always on the same ship (built on the dev jan 20th) its when i add more than 500 blocks or so.

any clues about this?

 

[TheBlueThunder]

This game is so addictive, forget about the other contenders Schema will knock them out when this update comes.