Just to give a quick update. I have updated ther server to the BETA branch and have implemented restarts / backups every couple of hours. (every 6 or so). At the moment this process is all manual, as I had not yet the time to write up some small tool.
The clients are all still running stable branch and everything seems to work quite well. With the exception of certain things.
[bUG] Some players mentioned that they would stop doing damage to enemies and once they relogged it would seem to fix that issue (desync?) We get the feeling this seems to happen when a new player enters a sector where another player is already active. Not always but random
[bUG] Client side? Sometimes when deleting a block in build mode from bigger ships it still shows the block even tho it's gone
[Quality of Life] Build Mode, the items you drag to your quick slot bar get reset when reopening build mode later on. Could we get a way so this gets saved?
[Quality of Life]Build Mode, the ability to define the pivot point of the block you want to build.
[Quality of Life]Build Mode, a sort of heat map to show structural integrity. Example the boys built a ship yesterday which should have (according to them ;) ) held itself together quite well, however after testing we found out it had 1 weak section which then made it get cut in half
[Quality of Life] Build Mode, the ability to freely move the camera around the ship (instead of select block and F), maybe something along the lines of SHIFT + Right mouse etc or a control scheme you could find in editors like 3ds max that would be good, make use of the ALT key
Round corner blocks please? :)
I'll add more if you'd like. Most of these are quality of life improvements making the game experience much better.