Update 01.180.3
04.May.2017
Summary
Hello, Engineers! This week’s minor update release contains more crash fixes and general improvements as the team continues work towards the next major release. We are also happy to announce that we are releasing an updated 3D model obj exporter today that will work with the latest version of the game (CTRL+ALT+E). This will allow you to create 3D prints of your creations and upload them to sites like Sketchfab, opening up many new ways to share what you build in Space Engineers. You can even add a Sketchfab model to the Steam Workshop page of a creation, providing an interactive preview to other players before they use it in-game.
For today’s work in progress section I would like to talk about the status of improved rotors and pistons in multiplayer. The VRAGE engine team are working tirelessly on this and have made significant advancements. Here is Bruce LeedleLeedleLee’s Arx Heavy Battletank which features working tracks. It also happens to be a vehicle the programmers are using for testing both sync and performance.
As you can see, it’s an impressive and incredibly fascinating build which can move at surprisingly high speeds. While it works OK in singleplayer, there are numerous desync issues with it in the current multiplayer implementation. However; the team have now actually managed to get this working in multiplayer on one of our internal prototype builds with minimal desync. You can look forward to hearing more about this and similar improvements in the coming weeks.
In other news, next Monday we will be streaming at 7PM CEST on the Keen Community Network[1] over on Twitch. The first segment will be with Deepflame looking at Medieval Engineers and it’s upcoming major release which includes a shovel tool and a UI redesign. Later in the stream, there will be a Q&A session with Marek and other members of the KeenSWH team.
Fixes
- fixed crash while joining dedicated server
- fixed crash while turret is looking for target
- fixed rotors can not be detached on dedicated server
- fixed 3D export function
