Introversion

England crowns a new King and we deliver Alpha 3 - this time it's all about the crew. Workstations and weapons now need human oversight to function meaning you'll need to devote a bit more time to keeping everyone fed and watered - good job we've introduced hydroponics so you can get on growing those space carrots!



FULL CHANGE LIST

Hydroponics

• New 'Hydroponics Garden' equipment is now available to buy.
• Requires power, piped water, compost (from Waste Processing), and Seeds (also available to buy).
• If all of these ingredients are provided, vegetables will be grown in the individual plots.
• If water or power is cut during growth, the crop will suffer.
• Eventually the vegetables will be harvested, producing Food and more Seeds.

Crew stations

• Some pieces of equipment now require crew to operate.
• The crew station can be seen in schematic view as a green circle, and must be clear from obstructions
  These include:
  • Gatling Guns
    
  • Cannons
    
  • Railguns
    
  • Munitions table
    
  • More will be added in future.

Battle Stations

• All weapon systems in your fleet now default to 'inactive', and will appear retracted into the ship.
• To activate your weapons, click the 'Battle Stations' button in the bottom right of the screen.
• Each weapon system requires one crew member to operate, before it can fire.
  Nb. The order to Battle Stations is fleet wide.
• As soon as you disable Battle Stations, crew will return to normal duties and all weapon systems will retract.

Small Changes

• You can now sell any of your ships at a Shipyard.
  Just click the SELL button next to the layer name, top right of the screen.
  Nb. You cannot sell your final ship - ie you always need one ship in the fleet.
  
  
• Added Vertical Symmetry to Ship Editor
  
  
• Ship Editor state saved/restored between sessions
  
  
• Docked ships can now be included when exporting a ship
  
  
• Fixed crash with docking cycles (they can also no longer be created)
  
  
• Settings menu now has options for Windowed/Fullscreen/Resolution
  
  
• Steam Workshop
  
  • Published items are cached locally
    
  • Published items and preview images get downloaded if not already cached locally (such as on a reinstall of the game or using the game on another computer)
    
  • Remotely updated published items get udpated locally
    
  • Remotely updated subscribed items get updated locally