v1.6.3

Again thank you for the update and the fixes.


Upd. : I would like to add that after playing the game on 720 I think it is very gorgeous as if I am on 1080, apart some blurriness here and there, which means the game is more GPU friendly. I hope those who need low resolution to play on older or weaker GPUs than mine (GTX1070) will find to more pleasurable now.

 

how about an option to disable?

 

Looks like the "advance Core / player" is broken.

I updated the game, started a new one on medium difficulty, spawned a base with the SBP console command enabled and added some devices. Got a warning for exceeding CPU limit, so I changed the normal "green" core for an advance Core, but warnings continued and the generator eventually overloaded.

I quit the game, re-loaded my save, replaced broken devices, removed and re-added the advance Core and warnings for exceeding CPU still come in, and eventually generator blows up again...

Something I missed in some patch notes regarding the Advance Core ?



Edit : the spawned base is a simple armored concrete block 40 x 40 x 10, with just a few devices added a few blocks below the top.

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@Kassonnade how long are you waiting before powering it on AFTER adding the core?
The default game has a delay when adding or removing CPU tiers before it recalculates (I believe it's 60 or 120 seconds, but might be more).

Since adding that core technically is a change to the CPU tier (disabled tier) it might also have that delay before it recalculates.

Just an idea, might be wrong. I'm not at home to test for you right now.

 

This has no link to the problem.

I started yet another game, medium difficulty, this time making sure the CPU was OFF, as it is by default anyways (I almost never play with CPU on).

I spawned the same base (40x40x10 armored concrete slab) and right after spawning it I removed the normal "green" player core and placed the advance Core on top level. I then added all devices that I placed in my previous game, put fuel + pentaxid + O2 in tanks and turn the base switch "on". I immediately got an alert for exceeding CPU limit.

Then I just put a T4 CPU extender on the base, and alerts stopped immediately. Advance Core is just there for decoration, it is obviously without effect. But that's not even the point : CPU is disabled from the game start anyways...



I saved and exited the game and Steam completely, and restarted. Loaded my savegame, base runs fine. I removed the T4 CPU extender, and maybe 10 seconds later I got the alert for exceeding CPU limit, with the Advance Core still there.

 

Hi,

An old bug appears to have resurfaced.

I was constructing a new CV in Survival while using the "YZ" Symmetry plane. I placed a Medium Thruster in the centre of the plane - with the green grid intersecting it of course - and TWO Thrusters were consumed from my Connected Toolbar. Needless to say only one Thruster was actually placed, so I lost one.

I did the same thing again at the other end of the CV and, once again, two Thrusters were consumed for one actually placed.

Can anyone else confirm this?

 

Advanced cores work fine. They just have lower CPU than the rest. You are exceeding cpu limits with your equipment.

 

What are you talking about ?

 

I've blown out plenty of generators and been well below any CPU limitations. What I exceed is the generator output.
Easy to do, just load up on the basics - constructors, fridge, then throw in a teleporter, and power it all with a small generator. It will go poof pretty quick while the teleporter is active, all while below CPU limit.

Under normal circumstances, I always add at least one extra small generator, tie it and the teleported to a sensor, and use the sensor to turn on both the extra generator and the teleporter, and never have any issues that way.

In the name of testing through, I always build at least one under-powered structure to see if anything has gotten broken, see what's been fixed, and what sort of oddities I can find.

 

You're right : the T1 Shield Generator pulls 25k power while the small BA gen can only yield 2500. So it's not a simple CPU limit busted, it would be a generator overload. But...

When I added the extender with the advanced core in place, it just ignoed the overload.

Now when I re-build this same setup in the latest experimental update, things behave correctly : small BA gen blows up faster too upon overloading, with the shield gen powered on. Adding an extender changes nothing, so I can assume the advanced core works ok.

I'm a bit puzzled why the shield is still effective although the generator is destroyed and the base powerless...

 

Unreported bug?

I've also run into this:

Build a small base, powered by solar panels, then add a fuel tank and a small generator. Do NOT fuel the tank.
The generator will operate (animation plays) and the power output will rise, as if the generator has a fuel supply, despite the tank being empty.
If you blow it up via overload and replace it, it will realize it's trying to run on empty and not operate.