StarMade Surprise Update

[jstenholt]

I'm hoping that this is real, but that does look way too similar to the StarSquadron spawn "planet." I guess we'll just have to wait until Schema gives us his gift.

 

[Criss]

I don't think we will be saying anything about what's in that gif till it's good and ready.

 

[dwwojcik]

till it's good and ready

New feature in development confirmed

 

[jstenholt]

You FOOL. You've already hyped me up beyond previously established limits. I'M AS HARD AS ADVANCED ARMOR.

 

[Arcaner]

Is this update actually gonna be implemented or is this an April Fools joke?
Some dev plz help out here.
We need to know whether to wait for this, or are you going to disappoint us later on...

 

[DukeofRealms]

Is this update actually gonna be implemented or is this an April Fools joke?

Reveresed April fools: The new planets are real

There's a hint in there somewhere...

 

[Blodge]

schema Is this horizon slightly curved or is that just the hill and/or the camera "lens"? It looks kind of curved, but if it's not I'd like that debunked so the hype thrusters don't overload. They're already piping hot from all the pretty stuff.

It does not look curved to me, I think it's an optical illusion. Put a straight edge or your mouse pointer next to the horizon, the gap between the two does not seem to change.
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I don't think we will be saying anything about what's in that gif till it's good and ready.

But... you just said something about it!

 

[Rixxan]

BURN THE HERITIC!

:P

Kidding, kidding. But if it is ever mentioned again we will have a barbecue. Or unless Schema clears it first. (Praisebeuntohim)

 

[Brokengauge]

It does not look curved to me, I think it's an optical illusion. Put a straight edge or your mouse pointer next to the horizon, the gap between the two does not seem to change.
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But... you just said something about it!

Unless the planet is massive enough to make the curve imperceptible! Lol

 

[aRottenKomquat]

Unless the planet is massive enough to make the curve imperceptible! Lol

Now that would be sweet!

 

[Valiant70]

It does not look curved to me, I think it's an optical illusion.

That's kind of what I thought. Most likely this is some sort of planet size upgrade that avoids putting the whole daggum thing in memory at the same time, combined with freaking awesome (and I assume further optimized) terrain generation. That's just a theory though.

I wonder if they figured out something better than polyhedrons yet... or if this will be a return to cookies.

 

[Blodge]

Unless the planet is massive enough to make the curve imperceptible! Lol

That's kind of what I thought. Most likely this is some sort of planet size upgrade that avoids putting the whole daggum thing in memory at the same time, combined with freaking awesome (and I assume further optimized) terrain generation. That's just a theory though.

One can but hope

 

[Spartan4845]

One can but hope

Same here, I need my Capital City with Spaceport.

 

[Brokengauge]

Well I know one thing: if Schine doesn't clear the air with some actual info, I'm gonna have to go see a doctor. It's been over 48 hours, and I've got some...deflation issues.

 

[legendxtaz]

And that's not all of it

April fools?

 

[Rixxan]

Well I know one thing: if Schine doesn't clear the air with some actual info, I'm gonna have to go see a doctor. It's been over 48 hours, and I've got some...deflation issues.

You took the blue pill, didn't you?

 

[Brokengauge]

You took the blue pill, didn't you?

Buddy, I didn't just take it, I ground it up into a fine powder and snorted it through a rolled up $1 Bill I found torn up on the floor of a gas station bathroom...

THAT'S how hyped I am lol

 

[Rixxan]

 

[Dark Pip]

Are these new planets already added to the game?

 

[kiddan]

Are these new planets already added to the game?

They don't really need to be. The resources are so cheap, players are building their own planets in seconds now. Can you imagine the implications? With this new minimal planet mentality, once helpless planetary civilizations can now attach thrusters to their homeland and avoid annihilation!

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Wait, what do you mean?

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The other planets?

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Oh! The dodecahedrons! Yea, those are in-game already. =)
Not the planets from the gif though. =P