Wisp

Hey, I know this! This is a Unix system!

Crazy that Lukas did this in less than a week.

Thank you so much for Java 17! Sure, it helps players and stuff ;) but getting to use all of the latest programming toys - and ditch the legacy hacks - is just lovely for modders new and old.
(and, seriously, amazing for players. I'm doing my first playthrough since 0.95.1a and it is smoooth)

Starsector 0.98a hotfix is now up! Fixes the shield AI vs [REDACTED] beam issue, along with a slew of other bugfixes and some other tweaks and adjustments. You can get it here:

fractalsoftworks.com/2025/03/27/s...

Just re-download and reinstall the game. Save-compatible with the previous hotfix.

YouTube video by Muffintop Starsector: an Interstellar Sci-Fi Action RPG | Part One

Super cool video about Starsector!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEfk...

Starsector 0.98a hotfix is out! Includes a bunch of assorted bug fixes, including for the shield AI issue, and a few balance tweaks.

You can download it here:

fractalsoftworks.com/2025/03/27/s...

Can just reinstall on top of the existing installation, and it is save-compatible.

Starsector 0.98a is out! Fight new enemies, acquire new ships and weapons, and much more, featuring new story missions, autosave, a revamped combat simulator and Codex, and other UI improvements!

fractalsoftworks.com/2025/03/27/s...

Please repost!

In-development patch notes for Starsector 0.98a:

fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index....

To be clear: this isn't out yet, just the patch notes for what's going to be in the next release! Still adding a few things here and there, too.

The top of my Following feed shows only two posts from people I follow. After that is a message reading "We ran out of posts from your follows. Here's the latest from Discover." and then a post from a US politician that I don't follow. Not shown is that all posts after that one are also random posts from random people.

BlueSky has made an intentional change to the Following feed to replace older posts from your Follows with random posts.

This removes the power to follow a few people and avoid political posting, in favor of forcing you to see algorithm-driven content. BlueSky, you were supposed to be different...

Getting there #Starsector #Modding

Dashboard page showing the performance options panel, log file, mod list, and launcher button.

Mod manager screen, showing a grid of mods with a lot of relevant data, both directly from the mod and calculated from it.

TriOS is the Starsector mod manager I've built over the last year, and it's finally 1.0.

Launch Starsector, install/manage/update mods, version checker, VRAM estimates, install JRE 23/24, change RAM, browse mods, make profiles, & more.

Win/Mac/Linux
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#starsector

YouTube video by Wx3 Labs Starcom Creator Pt 1: Stories, Conversations and Missions

HMMM this sure look nice www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQdy...

Starcom: Unknown Space - Weekly Update: Dec 27, 2024 - Steam News Happy Holidays!

Great post from the Starcom dev on how he created 200+ planetscapes using the now-free software Vue.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/175...
And his process walkthrough: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OwH...

Refit Filters 2 is an instant classic.
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#starsector

Map of the planet Jangala from the game Starsector

#map #mapmaking #starsector #digitalart

omg Gen-AI radiant quests!

Read Fallen Dragon just a few weeks ago. Great book, except for the parts that weren't.

New Starsector blog post! Codex Overhaul

fractalsoftworks.com/2024/05/11/c...
Talks about updating the Codex and making it a proper part of the game that has a real role to play.

Starsector modding tip: use YAML linting instead of json for Starsector's json files.

Have you accepted IntelliJ as your personal Lord and Savior?

(but seriously, fair enough. Those of us using Kotlin and updating to the latest version of IntelliJ have found ourselves unable to compile for Java 7 due to a newly introduced bug. Don't mess with what works.)

Viewed near Montpelier, VT, around 30 mins from my hometown.

New Starsector blog post: Simulator Enhancements

fractalsoftworks.com/2024/03/13/s...

Talking about some much-needed upgrades to the combat simulator, and also: Java 17!

*Incredibly* exciting!

Starsector is an extremely deep open world sandbox box game, where players can explore, fight, mine and build fleets of spaceships among many other activitie... Starsector - Everyone Kept TELLING Me About This AMAZING Space Game!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLb-... Hold on, we're going for another ride.

It's lovely to get to watch the Knights of Ludd team watch people playing through their mod for the first time.

Congrats on the release!

I use Rider for C# work daily and it's phenomenal (granted, I'd used IntelliJ for years so Rider was already comfortable). Haven't used Godot before but Rider seems to have first-party support for it.