I might regret saying this, but I'm going to say that the first open alpha will be released in June this year. I went and made some changes to the UI because it really needed some work. Here's the multiplayer server lobby: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/265561663741100043/306962273820213248/...

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Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:46 pm

Nice !
Would love to see the player borrow a Borer and mine with that.

I thought so too - I just can't think of a good way to implement that. It would work great for a mining tutorial mission, because the player doesn't need to equip any mining gear.

I think it would also be worthwhile having a brief mining tutorial arc to show new players how to mine. Commonwealth MIning Assay The player docks at a mining colony and is approached by a group of miners. They want to mine an asteroid field in the system, but mining activity in the system is known ...

This also opens up the option of creating custom ships right in the game. NAMI ships in particular can be pretty modular, and IAVs could actually be constructed out of scrap parts, but that's getting a little to ambitious for the "anytime soon" timeframe. Turns out this was a lot easier than I thou...

With the latest updates to Commonwealth missions, all CW stations that give missions now use mission types. This makes it a lot easier to add missions, so I think its a good time to have a brainstorming thread. If we get some good ideas I can write them up into mission types and maybe we can put the...

How are you handling ship destruction? Just a big boom and removing the model from the game? Pretty much how it works now, but in melee matches it would definitely be better for them to leave a wreck - that introduces more hazards/hiding spots as the game goes on. Individual meshes will be separate...

Things are starting to move pretty quickly. I don't think it'll take more than a couple months to release an alpha. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/265561663741100043/304087270019956736/ShipLineup.jpg I've been experimenting with nebula maps as well, which are looking great too. I'm planning ...

Woah, this is a really cool map. I didn't realize just how much rift there was.

Ah, okay. That's a big change from the earlier versions.

Thanks

I can't seem to designate planets as sector capitals. The error I get is: "Sector capitals must be at least 250 light-years away from imperial capital." despite that they are withing 250 light years (and meet all other requirements).

Anyone else seeing this error?

https://www.twitch.tv/kronosaurproductions

The map has been made and George is playing a bit of Anacreon now.

Regular stream time is 4 pacific and he usually streams Transcendence.

Made a little more progress today. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/265561663741100043/301225871388311552/AO_planetshine.jpg For the next little while I'm going to push on the graphical side of things and make it actually look like its built in Unreal. I also tried out a top-down view to make ...

Thank you AssumedPseudonym but I still do not understand what this free download version is???? I downloaded a version here from kronosaur and it does not appear to be a trial. What you downloaded is a full game, "Domina & Oracus part I: Stars of the Pilgrim". This holds the majority of the content...

We know from the Commonwealth slums that they use air scrubbers. These would presumably remove things like carbon dioxide and exhaust from the air. Since stations presumably have their own reactors, it makes sense that they would use some of that energy to break down the carbon dioxide. This would b...

It crossed my mind that it should probably be possible to create robotic troops. They would be a high TL industry and probably have some disadvantages, like poorer performance on biospheres than barren worlds. They could also need some support tech, like the droid control ship in Star Wars, that wou...