Maegwyn

Friday, January 16, 2015

New Room For A New Year

Star Date: 16 January, 3015

A New Room! The New Year is a lovely time to do some decorating. Star Captains, you are getting a new room in your starships tonight! I've started making some new items for you - there's a Hovering Goldfish Bowl that goes quite well in the Floor slot on the far left of the new room, with more hovering-style items to follow in the weeks ahead. Also new, for the Wall slots, is the Snow Globe On A Shelf. (The new part is the shelf. The snow globe was previously only available on a table as a floor item.) 

http://cms.mechquest.com/mq/images/MechQuest-New-Room-01-16-15-300w.jpg

As you can see in the above snapshot, there is now also a "back door." It will transport you to the mecha bay area of the starship. Thanks to Rolith for doing some backend work to make this happen for us. I got everything set up but just didn't have the access level needed to actually add the slot equip functionality.

I've been wanting to add another room for ages, and it came about because I was attempting to fix a Gremlin that happens when you have your starship set as your hometown. Sadly, the bug is still firmly in place (because the process of loading the starship as the hometown is a complete mystery to me so far - and also a mystery to Ash, to Vivi, to Korin, and even to Rolith). (Warlic, I'm asking you next!) So if your starship is your hometown, you still see an ancient starmap when you first enter. Just run out the bay doors and re-enter from Soluna East and you get your updated modern current map. 

New Star Captain Missions Also On The Way! Ash is developing a fantastic new set of missions for you as we speak. More on that later. 

So this week's release is still a work in progress - it also will involve an engine change so when we announce that it's live you will need to refresh your browser window. 

I'll touch base with you again soon! Better get to battling because the holiday bonus xp and credits boosts will be gone after we roll.