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Update 1.183.0 - Skins, Parachutes & Player Feedback

Discussion in 'Change Log' started by flexx, Aug 17, 2017.

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  1. flexx

    flexx SE Asst. Producer Staff

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    Hello, Engineers! With today's major release we are bringing you some amazing additions to the game! From now on, you will be able to personalize your engineer with a broad range of new items! We are introducing 33 customizable skin sets for your engineer, your tools and your weapons. It’s time to show off! On top of that, another brand-new block makes its debut in Space Engineers: A reloadable parachute block for both small and large grid!

    Read about this update in much more detail on Marek's blog: https://blog.marekrosa.org/2017/08/skins-parachutes-player-feedback.html



    We encourage you to provide us your feedback about introduced changes. We've created a new platform for players to submit feedback to the development team. The feedback.keenswh.com page provides the possibility to let your voice be heard, or to vote for an idea that the team needs to look at and consider implementing. For more instructions, click here.

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    This week we've also added mod profiling, which will show a warning to players when mods are running slowly and causing the game to lag. The goal of this tool is to help players understand the problems which are causing poor performance in their game. Sometimes modders aren't aware of performance issues, sometimes they are. Either way, this tool can help you identify what's causing your game to run slow and gives you a chance to report it at appropriate places. As part of this update, we were also able to implement granular, per method, profiling for mods. This will make modders life easier when debugging reported performance problems. Unfortunately, due to performance overhead the full profiler adds, it is not possible to distribute the game with it enabled. In order to enable extensive mod profiling it is necessary to recompile the game with special flags. Our modders with access to source code can already do that today. We are currently exploring various options to get this profiler to everyone, even without access to source code or need to recompile entire game, and hope to release it soon.

    To help modders make their code perform better, we've improved multithreading support and prepared a guide which explains some multithreading basics: https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/parallel-modding-guide.7396636/

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    Features:
    • added 33 astronaut and tool skin sets
    • added persistent character appearance
    • added mysterious containers in Survival mode
    • added reloadable parachute block (Special thanks to Draygo)
    • added canvas component
    • added mod profiling
    Fixes:
    • fixed emissivity issue with mag boots
    • fixed conversion rate for small grid O2 Generator
    • fixed GPU warning popping when FPS was above 100
    • fixed projectors not syncing with other players on DS
    • fixed issue with voxel rendering when travelling great distances
    • fixed issue where grids that were cut off acted as if still connected
    • fixed trees grinded/drilled not falling down
    • fixed issue with corrupted world prompt message
    • fixed astronauts wiggly feet
    • fixed crash when two large moving ships crashed into the same voxel
    • fixed ore detector on top of piston/rotor not working properly
    • fixed assembler being unable to pull ingots from connected cargo
    • fixed IGC leak with radio antennas
    • fixed script diagnostics (error reporting) for Mods and Programmable blocks to show correct line numbers
    Hotfixes 183.017:
    • fixed game crash at the start of the game
    • fixed game crash when joining the server
     
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    flexx, Aug 17, 2017
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  2. Gwindalmir

    Gwindalmir Senior Engineer

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    Tron skin!

    Mod profiling, and PROPER LINE NUMBERS!!!
    YAY!

    EDIT: First!
     
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  3. Ed Frost

    Ed Frost Senior Engineer

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    YAY
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    that medieval scene though :woot:
     
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  4. I23I7

    I23I7 ME Tester

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    'Ere we go!

    Do not worry about Xocliw boys! I am sure he will show up sooner or later :)
     
    I23I7, Aug 17, 2017
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  5. The Chuggernaut

    The Chuggernaut Trainee Engineer

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    Legitimately excited about the new skins and the parachutes. But where's Xocliw?
     
    The Chuggernaut, Aug 17, 2017
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  6. Diegor34

    Diegor34 Apprentice Engineer

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    Old format videos and new stuff? im in love again!!!! Thanks a lot keen!!!! Keep up!!!!!
     
    Diegor34, Aug 17, 2017
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  7. halipatsui

    halipatsui Senior Engineer

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    Disco engineers!
     
    halipatsui, Aug 17, 2017
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  8. rottielover

    rottielover Apprentice Engineer

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    So what's the difference between the "official" Keen Parachute block and the mod that's been around for a while now?
     
    rottielover, Aug 17, 2017
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  9. DigitalStone

    DigitalStone Apprentice Engineer

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    Tron suits... siiiiiick :D
    Also this whole update is great work.
     
    DigitalStone, Aug 17, 2017
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  10. I23I7

    I23I7 ME Tester

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    Hey,

    Its from Draigo and we got into contact with him about it :) its his mod and we just polished up and gave it a new "paintjob"
     
    I23I7, Aug 17, 2017
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  11. rottielover

    rottielover Apprentice Engineer

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    No offense or anything I just was wondering if there was any differance / change. THANKS!!
     
    rottielover, Aug 17, 2017
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  12. Too lazy To listen To you

    Too lazy To listen To you Trainee Engineer

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    cool and good.
     
    Too lazy To listen To you, Aug 17, 2017
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  13. Potter

    Potter Apprentice Engineer

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    Daaaammnnnn

    This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while. Looking good guys, keep up the awesome work. Can't wait until this gigantic 2GB update finishes downloading so I can test it out.

    :( Client keeps crashing on dedicated server load-in. I think it's the renderer? Not my area of expertise so I could be wrong. Bug report here:

    https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/1...er-windows-10-client-crashes-on-load.7396642/
     
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  14. Sarekh

    Sarekh Senior Engineer

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    You guys are beyond awesome. Very, very wonderful update! Now excuse me, I have to go throw some capsules down gravity wells!
     
    Sarekh, Aug 17, 2017
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  15. krypt-lynx

    krypt-lynx Apprentice Engineer

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    What is "canvas component"?
     
    krypt-lynx, Aug 17, 2017
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  16. quarior14

    quarior14 Trainee Engineer

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    Very nice :) !
     
    quarior14, Aug 17, 2017
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  17. Too lazy To listen To you

    Too lazy To listen To you Trainee Engineer

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    probably something that you use in making parachutes
     
    Too lazy To listen To you, Aug 17, 2017
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  18. Iskaroth

    Iskaroth Trainee Engineer

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    Yay Nice shiny armour I like it!
     
    Iskaroth, Aug 17, 2017
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  19. ZinuxGamer

    ZinuxGamer Trainee Engineer

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    anyone know what needs to enabled it world settings for the mysterious containers to apear -- linked to cargo ships, random encouters, drones settings in anyway?
     
    ZinuxGamer, Aug 17, 2017
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  20. krypt-lynx

    krypt-lynx Apprentice Engineer

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    Oh... Inventory managers have a bad times.
    @MMasterSK, you have an issue now :)
     
    krypt-lynx, Aug 17, 2017
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  21. Gwindalmir

    Gwindalmir Senior Engineer

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    They are always on, as long as you play survival. IOW, you don't have to do anything to turn them on.

    Now, if you want to turn them off, there's a hidden config option:
    Code:
    <EnableContainerDrops>true</EnableContainerDrops>
    Just set that to false to disable drops.
     
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  22. zDeveloper10

    zDeveloper10 Junior Engineer

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    to note: the parachute blocks aren't 100% new and even the model looks the same as the previous parachute mod. it's just stock now. (perhaps with a few internal tweaks?)
     
    zDeveloper10, Aug 17, 2017
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  23. Macc24

    Macc24 Trainee Engineer

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    OmG... i´m excited, thats a great work guys. The next updates whit even more features, its awesome, these months the game maked a huge change. Thanks for your hard work to keep making these game funny
     
    Macc24, Aug 17, 2017
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  24. Cetric

    Cetric Junior Engineer

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    Great update. People have already discovered some hints about skins during the week and discussed them here in the forum. Pessimists were already ready to condemn KEEN for planning costly DLCs...
    Here you have the suits, gloves, helmets - all for free.
    Good example for unjustified ranting going wrong.
     
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  25. krypt-lynx

    krypt-lynx Apprentice Engineer

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    Bu the way: who is the author of original mod?
     
    krypt-lynx, Aug 17, 2017
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  26. JD.Horx

    JD.Horx Senior Engineer

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    Oh Yeah, thanks for the mod profiles!!!
     
    JD.Horx, Aug 17, 2017
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  27. Wuxian

    Wuxian Trainee Engineer

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    Awseome, finally some new stuff for survival!
    That will be a very fun patch to explore.
     
    Wuxian, Aug 17, 2017
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  28. Steinmarder

    Steinmarder Trainee Engineer

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    Some of the material was captured before our artists finished their part, they have new models now so they are in line with the game's art style.

    Original author of the mod was "Draygo" - he also worked with us on the actual vanilla implementation.
     
    Steinmarder, Aug 17, 2017
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  29. Drui

    Drui Keen Update Guy Staff

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    From the blog post:
    A special “Thank you!” goes out to community modder “Draygo”, who has been working closely with us on this new feature for all of you to enjoy!
     
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  30. Eikester

    Eikester Apprentice Engineer

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    my point srtill stands: why use the Artists time on skins? why not Female Engineer or more Block variants, decorative Blocks?
     
    Eikester, Aug 17, 2017
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