Alpha Testing bug reports from 2026 04 01

[DaSilver]

Greeting all! Will be posting what I find here, possibly editing the start post or adding with later posts.

- First thing, in the settings tab (main menu) gorgeous left-side dial-like thingamajig, but master volume grayed out (possible tied to system's volume? havent tried that one),
- Connecting to the server would be nice to have an indication that something is happening. Was randomly clicking without anything happening until I waited a bit.
- Good thing that the field populated themselves ip/port, but the passcode threw me off. What is it? where to find it? Maybe should have read the documentation first.
- In-game, the assignment board the "cancel" button didnt work for me. Had to alt+f4 to get away from it.
- While warping would be nice to and an indication that I warped (sound, visual indication)
- 2nd system, Port Mars. Scan only revealed that system has 2 assignments, but did not let me dock to the station/port.
- Randomly warping, with plenty fuel, simply died. Might have warped into a black hole or something? Mystery
- Warped to a station, sector 1192, no way to warp out (no available warps)
- Request a tow. It said wait 24 hours... REAL WORLD 24 hours?! Ouch. Would be nice to have a timer for that.
- Yea, some findings are simply me being spoiled with QoL things in modern games XD

 

[Trekkan]

First, thank you for all the feedback, it helps! I'll try and address each item. =)

- First thing, in the settings tab (main menu) gorgeous left-side dial-like thingamajig, but master volume grayed out (possible tied to system's volume? havent tried that one), This is just unimplemented currently. The other sliders affect any of the other sounds, so they effectively do the same thing.
- Connecting to the server would be nice to have an indication that something is happening. Was randomly clicking without anything happening until I waited a bit. Makes sense, I'll see what I can do
- Good thing that the field populated themselves ip/port, but the passcode threw me off. What is it? where to find it? Maybe should have read the documentation first. The password is prepopulated, the idea is for an eventual dedicated server, but I should remove it for now, thanks.
- In-game, the assignment board the "cancel" button didnt work for me. Had to alt+f4 to get away from it. I'll look into it, thanks!
- While warping would be nice to and an indication that I warped (sound, visual indication) This should already be there, might be broken, I'll check
- 2nd system, Port Mars. Scan only revealed that system has 2 assignments, but did not let me dock to the station/port. Mars is currently under construction, but yeah it should be better experience, I'll work on that!
- Randomly warping, with plenty fuel, simply died. Might have warped into a black hole or something? Mystery Sounds like a bug, I'll check. You can always look at your ship logs and it SHOULD tell you what happened. But I'll take a look and try to make this better overall.
- Warped to a station, sector 1192, no way to warp out (no available warps) This is expected. If you have a Flash, Gate or Plasma warp, you can edit the sector warps. You can also buy Emergency Sol Return devices from sector 5 (single use), or the Tow which you found.
- Request a tow. It said wait 24 hours... REAL WORLD 24 hours?! Ouch. Would be nice to have a timer for that. Yeah, this is a bit of a carryover from the old days and doesn't really reflect how things should work now. I'll revisit this and see what I can come up with.
- Yea, some findings are simply me being spoiled with QoL things in modern games XD This is probably partially true, but at the same time, the game can't be a "bother" to people either. So if something is totally ruining the gameplay it needs to be changed/removed. So keep up the reports!! =)

 

[Trekkan]

Ohh also, I removed the tow time for you so you can continue playing if you'd like. =)

 

[Trekkan]

I just checked the ship movement warp sound and its working for me? Can you try adjusting the sound levels and see if you can get it to work then? That'll at least let me know where to look.

 

[Trekkan]

I can't replicate the window not closing for assignments. Was this the main assignments button, or did you click it while docked at a port, etc? Can you replicate it?

 

[DaSilver]

I can't replicate the window not closing for assignments. Was this the main assignments button, or did you click it while docked at a port, etc? Can you replicate it?

Yes, 1) Warp to a sector, 2) Dock at a port, 3) Click on the "assignment board" on the right side of the window 4) .... 5) Congrats! You're stuck!

- regarding warp indication, yea, now that you've mentioned it, there is a sound indeed. At first I thought well it should be a bit louder or longer, but the warp happens next to instantly so a sound any longer than that would only confuse. Thanks.
- After me ship being towed, I got robbed, twice. The price for the service is just daylight robbery (joke), but Cargo that was in the hold got lost.
- You can click "deploy warp gates" (and other expendables) while you have 0 units on board, it will ask where you wanna this warp gate to go to, it will fail in the end (as you have 0 of them), but will then show that you have -1 on board. And so on, I have now -3 warp gates on board.

 

[Trekkan]

Yes, 1) Warp to a sector, 2) Dock at a port, 3) Click on the "assignment board" on the right side of the window 4) .... 5) Congrats! You're stuck! Weird, I couldn't get it to break, I'll keep trying, thanks!

- regarding warp indication, yea, now that you've mentioned it, there is a sound indeed. At first I thought well it should be a bit louder or longer, but the warp happens next to instantly so a sound any longer than that would only confuse. Thanks. NP, I kept the sound short and not too loud as you're always moving and I didn't want to annoy people.
- After me ship being towed, I got robbed, twice. The price for the service is just daylight robbery (joke), but Cargo that was in the hold got lost. Yeah, towing costs you your cargo as well, as its meant to suck. I'll see about easing the pain maybe on new players, etc. But make sure you scan before entering a sector! Also there are other devices at Tech Magic (Port 5) that help with things like emergency stops, better remote port scanners, etc.
- You can click "deploy warp gates" (and other expendables) while you have 0 units on board, it will ask where you wanna this warp gate to go to, it will fail in the end (as you have 0 of them), but will then show that you have -1 on board. And so on, I have now -3 warp gates on board. Thanks much, I'll get this fixed!