[2021] Starbase Progress Notes: Week 19 (2021)

**Week 19 (May 10th – 14th)**

Hello everyone. Here are the progress notes of week 19 of 2021!

Please note that the “Progress Notes” are different from the Starbase Alpha “Patch Notes”. Progress Notes are snippets from the development team and what has been worked on during the previous week, and many of the features might not be present in the current or upcoming builds of the Closed Alpha. Some features, especially in the design portion, can be subject to change as the development continues.

Design

User Interface

Interface design for Capital Ship screens continues
Company medals design has been improved
First version of shared ships in company has been finished, UI is in progress

Ship shops

Changes in OKI 3 ship shop:
- Removed: Mantis Hunter, Mantis Crusher, Mantis Brawler

Code

Gameplay

Work on support for company owned ships and company ship access rights continues
Optimizations for ship unloading have been worked on
Fixes for station blueprint multiplayer have been worked on
Several resource network related issues that caused unintentional resource consumptions have been fixed
Thruster effects have been tweaked
Cargo Beams no longer go through their own structures
Lagging player poses have been fixed so that thrusters no longer incorrectly damage nearby players
Resource Management UI showing cargo crate contents has been implemented
Implementation of remaining functionality for animation locks has been worked on

In-game Designers