ZF Alpha Update #16

 

Welcome back explorers, innovators, and colonisers!

We’ve been working hard to bring you the next update for Zenith Frontier and provide you with the tools and resources to conquer the hostile, expansive galaxy.

Next Update

The mission planner user interface has been overhauled, and we’re much happier with it! We’re still using a placeholder for the spacecraft info card, but the crew info has been moved so that it is much easier to view. Also, the new simulation results panel will animate as the simulations are run (after calculating the flight path and before the mission is launched) and displays the estimated success, hardware failure, and crew breakdown percentages to the player.

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As promised, we also finished updating the way that generated and simulated planetary properties are used to render the planets in a believable way. See the sample rendered planets below.

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A Look Ahead

We’re now designing the Supranational Union objective and reward mechanics, as well as a modular spacecraft component system. More info on these will be coming in next week’s development update.

 
 
 
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