EVERSPACE

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Hello pilots!

Feels like it's been a while since an update, yeah? The team decided to compile all the work through the months since our last info drop, available here:

EVERSPACE by ROCKFISH Games — Kickstarter

There has been a TON of progress made to the game. If you've been tracking us every day the changes might have felt a bit more subtle, though looking back now it's clear to see we've come a very long way!

Thank you all for your support.

Erik (Giraffasaur)

P.S.If you haven't heard yet, Rockfish is also developing a new title.

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We've just released a new patch with some smaller tweaks and a number of bugfixes. We've also added a special "retro graphics" graphics mode that you can unlock as a reward for finishing a hardcore mode run! Have fun!

New Features

• Added special "retro graphics" option that is unlocked after finishing a hardcore mode run

Tweaks

• Encounters: Nerfed Engine Booster MK2 and MK3 efficiency
• Increased camera range in action freeze

Bugfixes

• Fixed blueprint drop probability for higher tiers being too low if no more tier one blueprints are available
• Potential fix for Okkar Corvettes and Outlaw Drone Carriers occasionally bouncing away when destroyed
• Fixed Grey Goo damaging player from greater distance if player has a tractor beam installed
• Fixed hardcore mode "Anti Consumerism" handicap carrying over from sector 6 to sector 7
• Fixed that the "Unarmed" challenge could be exploited by using Headstart

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Attention, Pilots!

A major expansion is approaching fast (scheduled for end of October). It will feature a new player ship, the

Colonial Sentinel

, a medium fighter class ship, which will impress with some sophisticated electronic warfare capabilities and a special shield, featuring twice as much capacity as the standard model. You will also be able to use a plethora of new weapons, devices and consumables to fool, distract, and defeat enemies in new ways.

All-new factory space stations add further gameplay mechanics to the game experience, by offering special on-the-fly services, like refining and converting resources, upgrading ship capabilities or minor repair jobs. Furthermore, you will even be able to pay the Okkar Homeworld a visit. Along your journey, you will also encounter new story characters, who will offer individual questlines.

More details about the content and the pricing will follow soon.

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We've just released a new patch with some smaller tweaks and a number of bugfixes. We've also added a special "retro graphics" graphics mode that you can unlock as a reward for finishing a hardcore mode run! Have fun! Please note that there's a delay for the Linux version, we'll hopefully be able to release the patch on Linux later this year.

New Features

• Added special "retro graphics" option that is unlocked after finishing a hardcore mode run

Tweaks

• Encounters: Nerfed Engine Booster MK2 and MK3 efficiency
• Increased camera range in action freeze
• VR / TrackIR: Unified Crosshair behavior in gamepad and keyboard mode. "Centered Crosshair" option works again in all cases.

Bugfixes

• Fixed Splitter glyph additional projectiles not homing in on targets anymore
• Fixed blueprint drop probability for higher tiers being too low if no more tier one blueprints are available
• Potential fix for Okkar

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Hello Everspace Community,

We are very excited about the latest updates to EVERSPACE, and we are heart-broken to hear our hard work can't be experienced to its fullest. We've been seeing this issue pop up across a number of channels, and it looks like it is a occurring specifically when using Everspace on the PC. The XBox side is functioning as intended, however.

The team has been notified and are taking action; as soon as there is a fix, a new update will go live to correct the issue.

Thank you all for your patience as we lock this down!

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We've just released another patch on Steam and GOG (v.1.3.0). PS4 will follow shortly with different version numbers (but same content). We're also about to submit this version to Microsoft for certification, so Xbox and Mircosoft Store will most likely get this update some time next week.

Also note that there's a delay for the GOG Linux version, it will most likely be released on Monday.

Here's the list of changes for all versions:

New features

• Added the possibility to toggle the visibility of the game logo in Action Freeze mode
  
• Added a gamma correction option
  

Bugfixes

• Fixed player wreck retrieval not working at all
  
• Fixed "G&B Container" and "G&B Tech Container" not being localized
  
• Fixed clipping of localized "no target" text in cockpit
  
• Fixed Gunship turret shooting at targets after cutscenes although not being activated
  
• Fixed time still being slowed down if opening compare menu while

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We've just released a new update. Highlights include the promised Hardcore Mode, TrackIR support and fully customizable controls for HOTAS, Joysticks and Gamepads.

Please see the complete list of changes below.

Unfortunately we have to postpone the update on XBoxOne and the Windows Store to an unknown time. We ran into a lot of problems after migrating to Unreal Engine 4.16 and are still busy fixing the remaining issues.

New Features

• Added Hardcore Mode
  
• Windows (64bit): Added Joystick and HOTAS support
  
• Windows: New controls menu to freely configure Mouse/Keyboard, Gamepad and other input
  
• Windows: Added TrackIR support (minimum version 4)
  
• VR: Added mouse / keyboard support
  
• Added new languages: Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, Korean
  
• Added a spectator camera that can be activated during Action Freeze mode
  
• Added basic colorblind option affecting HUD marker colors
  
• Added option to select the anti-aliasing

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Encounters

is the first major expansion for EVERSPACE™, enriching the game world with new story characters and questlines, a brand-new player ship, freighter-loads of novel equipment, additional enemies, and much more.

This expansion is as of now available on Steam and GOG. We currently can't give you a release date for the Xbox and Windows Store, as we currently don't have a working Windows Store version.

A NEW RIDE

Impress your peers with the new Colonial Sentinel, a medium fighter craft, and make use of its powerful shield and advanced electronic warfare capabilities. Mileage may vary.

NEW FRIENDS?

Play five new quest lines and meet new characters, each with their own motivations and agendas. Ever met a robot bounty hunter with a French accent who would rather create than destroy? Of course not. Or an alien scientist who sends you on a hunt for space creatures? That's right. Creatures... in space.

EXTRA

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We've just released a new patch on PS4. The version numbers are different, but the contents are the same.

Here's the list of changes:

• optimized the performance of projectiles, speeding up combat
  
• fixed several savegame issues related to player death and the hardcore run
  
• fixed a rare crash when random secondary weapon slot is cleared due to selected hardcore mode handicap
  
• fixed a rare issue where savegames could get corrupted if the game crashed during a location change
  
• fixed game hanging when dying during low fuel jump
  
• fixed spawning issues with jump suppressors, including a rare crash
  
• fixed the selection of next/previous ship buttons in perk screen
  
• fixed some minor issues regarding autoaiming
  
• fixed some minor sound issues
  
• fixed a rare time extender speedup glitch
  
• fixed some issues with POI streaming
  
• fixed receiving double credits when dying while jumpgate jump is triggered
  

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We're happy to announce the official Linux release on Steam and GOG today!

Please note that we recommend Ubuntu 16.04 and we do not support VR or HOTAS on Linux.

There have been a few known issues on AMD GPUs that we cannot pin down exactly to specific models or drivers. What we know is that when running AMD on open source drivers at least MESA 17.2 with LLVM 5 is required. We received a few reports indicating that proprietary AMD-GPU-Pro were working but were unable to confirm this.

Please have fun playing Everspace and let us know if there are any problems!

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We've just released a new patch with more than 40 tweaks and bugfixes, quite a number of them are VR related. HOTAS/Joystick players will be pleased to hear that we've added an option that disables any in-game input smoothing.

Here's the complete list of changes:

Tweaks

• Extended the range of the non-VR screen percentage setting to 10-300
  
• Don't spawn old player wreck after current run was won
  
• Make sure generic repair mission can only be finished after task was received
  
• Made the PlayStation controller icons more legible
  
• HOTAS/Joystick: Added an option to disable smoothing of gamepad input (recommended, set in controls options)
  
• VR (Oculus): Set the mirror mode to be full-screen
  
• VR: Pause Menu can now also be entered via the "change camera" button (default: Y on Gamepad). This is due to SteamVR now opening the Steam Overlay when pressing the Start button.
  
• VR:

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We've just released a small patch. Here's the list of changes

Tweaks

• Don't allow energy consumption mod on energy discharger
  
• Encounters: When dying in the Okkar homeworld, you will not be able to retrieve your wreck
  

Bugfixes

• Fixed some issues with offline play
  
• Fixed invisible Encounters button being selectable in ingame pause menu
  
• Add more safety to preventing Okkar Forces from jumping in during cutscenes
  
• Fix Okkar Gunship MK2 occasionally hitting itself with own projectile
  
• Encounters: Fixed voice audio not being audible on Linux
  
• Encounters: Fixed re-engineering removing 3 Viridian Energy instead of 2
  
• Encounters: Fixed Coalition not attacking the Okkar
  

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This will probably go down as the month of patches... Here's another small one for you:

Tweaks

• Adjusted sector 2 environment colors
  

Bugfixes

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• VR: adjusted the mouse crosshair position to be properly centered
  
• VR: fixed that the aiming could be offset in gamepad mode after using the mouse
  
• Berserker enhancement: Do not interrupt jump focus when boosting, reset kill timer when destroying shield generators
  
• Fixed "Handle with Care" handicap not having any effect
  
• Fixed player drones having full health after each jump regardless of any perks
  
• Mac: Fixed German audio not being available during flashback movies
  

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Hi, we've just released a new update adding 4k support for Xbox One X at 30 fps and an Xbox One X performance mode running in Full HD with imrpoved graphics at 60 fps.

The update also comes with some bug fixes. See the list of changes below. Unfortunately, Unreal Engine 4.17 (which this new patch is using) broke our VR implementation, so we can't release this patch on Steam and GOG at the moment. So in order to release we need to have a running Unreal Engine 4.18 version. We started working on this a few weeks ago and are still not finished, as this version also caused a lot of problems (especially in VR) for us.

We also just started working on the Encounters expansion for Xbox One / Windows Store. This might take a few weeks as well.

New Features

• Xbox One: Added Enhanced FullHD and 4K Mode for Xbox One X
  

Tweaks

• Don't spawn old player wreck after current run was won
  
• Make sure generic repair

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Dear pilots on XB1,

It has been a crazy ride for the last few weeks and we are thrilled to let you know that EVERSPACE has finally arrived on the

Xbox Store

.

Mega Kudos to

@ROCKFISH_Sven

who has been working like crazy day and night and during the weekend to make it happen. Also, big thanks to our friends at ID@Xbox who helped us tremendously to get through CERT. Hands down, this team is just awesome to work with.

We will add the Windows10 version a few days later. Of course, as of now, all purchases or tokens qualify for PlayAnywhere.

We are preparing the list of Kickstarter backers who requested a token and will send those out within the next two hours.

Thanks for your patience and looking forward to see you in EVERSPACE on Xbox One,

Michael and your dedicated ROCKFISH Games Team

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Caching up with other plaforms, we've just released a new patch on Xbox, too. Here's the changelog: New Features

• Added special "retro graphics" option that is unlocked after finishing a hardcore mode run

Tweaks

• Encounters: Nerfed Engine Booster MK2 and MK3 efficiency
• Increased camera range in action freeze

Bugfixes

• Fixed Splitter glyph additional projectiles not homing in on targets anymore
• Fixed blueprint drop probability for higher tiers being too low if no more tier one blueprints are available
• Potential fix for Okkar Corvettes and Outlaw Drone Carriers occasionally bouncing away when destroyed
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to accidentally overwrite normal mode perks with hardcore mode perks
• Fixed Grey Goo damaging player from greater distance if player has a tractor beam installed
• Fixed hardcore mode "Anti Consumerism" handicap carrying over from sector 6 to sector 7
• Fixed

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We're currently busy migrating the game to Unreal Engine 4.16, adding more controls options for VR and implementing the long-awaited Hardcore Mode. While doing so we received a few alarming reports about a problem with the very last mission of the game. It must have found its way in with the last hotfix - so we decided to branch to the old code base and hotfix the hotfix.

Here's the tiny little list of changes for this patch:

• Fixed very last mission not progressing correctly
  
• Fixed Predetermination glyph incorrectly removing all jump suppressors
  

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In case you haven't found out already: You can change your public name and password by hitting the "Edit Profile" button on the lower right on every forum page.

When you enter a nickname you need to hit "update" before you can select it as public name from the drop down list below.

When you login the next time your public name will be changed.

User names cannot be changed.

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We've just released a quick patch, mostly VR-related. Here's the list of changes:

Tweaks

• VR: Made the key to reset the VR camera orientation rebindable in the controls settings.
  

Bugfixes

• VR: Fixed some missing tutorial prompts
  
• VR: Fixed problems to launch the game with SteamVR running
  
• VR: Fixed several crashes that could occur in the crafting/upgrade/equipment menus
  
• VR: Fixed an issue with the perks screen, where you couldnt select perks anymore after switching between ships
  
• VR: Fixed a crash that could occur in the repair screen of the service stations
  
• VR: Fixed a crash that could occur when changing keyboard bindings in the options menu
  
• VR: Fixed wrong display of Chinese and Russian HUD marker fonts
  
• VR: Fixed crosshair having the wrong rotation after checking and unchecking "Aim using headtracking"
  
• Fixed not every location having a jump suppressor when having "Low Profile" enhancement equipped