Thank you very much Alex!
Thank you!
Guessing that the unlock progress is going to be under saves/common somewhere? (This is an important detail for me, personally, as I don't overwrite older Starsector versions when updating - so things that get stored in saves I'll have to manually copy over, while stuff that goes in java preferences will just carry over automatically.)
Yep, it's under saves/common. Too large to stuff in the registry, potentially.
Simulator Enhancements are cool, but I'm more excited about Java upgrade.
Fair
Ah, This is a great upgrade. I used to hand edit and replace the sim list and its variants for better testing. With that being said, I didnt see any mention of stations in the blog post, which are currently accessable in the devmode sim list. Is there any chance they can be included into the sim?
Ah, hmm - maybe? I think they're a bit too "special" but they could be added in via some more hand-editing.
The sim can take up a lot of the player's time already in its current state. With all these new options, some people may never want to leave it! Fantastic work.
Hah, let's hope not
But - thank you!
Oh I see that new Lion's Guard crest there. Does that mean there's gonna be a whole flag for them too?
Yes, though it's not actually used anywhere in the game.
Nice! I can already tell I'm going to be spending far too much time in this. I appreciate the 'custom' tab as I often will have a standard set of enemies I test multiple ships against to see how they do.
Cool!
Will we be able to unlock the Ziggurat and Doritos?
Nope, and also not the Guardian. I think those are the only vanilla ships that are excluded.
Oh, and Java upgrade, nice! Do you have any plans for doing something similar for Apple Silicon? Himemiko did a conversion kit for those as well. I realize us mac laptop players are probably a very small minority compared to windows/linux though!
Honestly, wasn't thinking about that - maybe in the future? It'd be more difficult to test and all, and it'd also be an extra (4th) build to provide. Hopefully the Java 17 upgrade will help even if you're running it through... whatever the emulation layer is.
Good stuff. Very glad the simulator's getting a once-over, scrolling through that big list (especially with a bunch of modded ships) was a little annoying.
Lots of good new options too, including settings to unlock everything if you've already seen everything there is to see - no complaints from me!
Thank you!
This sounds like a great update! More options and fidelity while also getting the fun of unlocking these opponents in the first place. I really appreciate the consideration you put into making it simple to use and compatible with mods.
(Also, woo, Java update!)
And, thank you!
