Messages

[Package for a Banshee]

Here are some edits for One-Eyed Joe and the tutorial quests at the beginning.



Package for a Banshee (quest log) - http://i.imgur.com/7BBIjMU.png

"Scurvy is dead, I should search for a package in his wreck."
"Scurvy is dead. I should search for a package in his wreck."

"I've got the package, now I need to take it back to One-Eyed Joe."
"I've got the package. Now I need to take it back to One-Eyed Joe."

"I successfully completed Joe's task, and he gave me a new ship hull, just as he promised."
"I successfully completed Joe's task. He gave me a new ship hull as promised."



One-Eyed Joe - http://i.imgur.com/2YNfwc9.png

"Well, with Xengatarn around you've definitely gonna get yourself an adventure. Galaxy is a dangerous place, you know."
"Well, with the Xengatarn around you're definitely gonna get yourself an adventure. The Galaxy is a dangerous place, you know."

"We're in a middle of a war."
"We're in the middle of a war."

http://i.imgur.com/eaCAG9b.png

"Thanks for the ore, I'll put it to good use."
"Thanks for the ore. I'll put it to good use."

"Here are your consumables, as I've promised!"
"Here are your consumables, as I promised!"

http://i.imgur.com/GNmxG34.png

"You see, here, in Far Colonies, there are a lot of really valuable minerals. That's the reason why the Federation tried to expand in this direction in the first place. Minerals from here can be used for almost anything: weapons crafting, stations construction, medicinal devices."
"You see, here in the Far Colonies, there are a lot of really valuable minerals. That's the reason why the Federation tried to expand in this direction in the first place. Minerals from here can be used for almost anything: weapons crafting, station construction, medicinal devices, etc."

http://i.imgur.com/r515D4G.png

"Yeah, it's a special container that you put into your ship's consumable slots, these allow you to quickly restore shields, repair your hull, replenish fuel, energy, and even restock ammunition."
"Yeah, it's a special container that you put into your ship's consumable slots. These allow you to quickly restore shields, repair your hull, replenish fuel and energy, and even restock ammunition."

"These containers are rather expensive, but I can give you a couple of them for free in exchange for a little service."
"These containers are rather expensive, but I can give you a couple of them in exchange for a little service."

http://i.imgur.com/5PiSip5.png

"And, by the way, you can bind your weapons to different mouse buttons, there's a special control for that in your inventory, right under weapon slots."
"And by the way, you can bind your weapons to different mouse buttons. There's a special control for that in your inventory right under the weapon slots."

http://i.imgur.com/U1fNkvV.png

"Next? Well, it's up to you! As they say, you can be whatever you wanna be, got it?"
"Next? Well, it's up to you! As they say, you can be whatever you wanna be. Got it?"

[Selek Jeredan]

I've been speaking with Selek Jeredan and have some edits for his dialogue and the Freedom faction quest.

1. http://i.imgur.com/8wOj5Jn.png

"When humanity reached Far Colonies and started their expansion here, I've put huge amounts of money and my efforts into that, to find out if there are any Irgrek artifacts to be discovered in this area."
"When humanity reached the Far Colonies, I invested huge amounts of money and effort into the expansion in order to find out if there were any Irgrek artifacts to be discovered in this area."

2. http://i.imgur.com/4ErP39R.png

"Destroy jumpgate? Why?"
"Destroy the jumpgate? Why?"

3. http://i.imgur.com/0qooHZC.png

"My name is Selek Jordan. I'm..., let's just say I am a top manager of Freedom faction. I make sure everybody gets what they deserve."
"My name is Selek Jordan. I'm...let's just say I'm the head manager of the Freedom faction. I make sure everybody gets what they deserve."

4. http://i.imgur.com/cBhSxi4.png

"Well, you should hurry up. I've received news that Xengatarn are gathering their fleet, they might soon attack, and if they do, we won't need this jumpgate anymore..."
"Well, you should hurry up. I've received news that the Xengatarn are gathering their fleet and might soon attack. If they do, we won't need this jumpgate anymore..."

5. http://i.imgur.com/7EVOdcr.png

"Here, take some money and grab a drink, you deserve some rest for sure."
"Here, take some money and grab a drink. You deserve some rest for sure."

6. http://i.imgur.com/haWg0zU.png

"You're back, and that means, that our mission is entering its final stage."
"Welcome back. Our mission is entering its final stage."

7. http://i.imgur.com/jbbWkKv.png

"If the Xengatarn find out about this jumpgate, they will destroy it, and that will take away all of our chances of ever getting away from the Far Colonies."
"If the Xengatarn find out about this jumpgate, they will destroy it and any chance of ever getting away from the Far Colonies."

8. http://i.imgur.com/zBnflDl.png

"It's on the outskirts of Costan Theta system. It's enormous, you won't miss it."
"It's on the outskirts of the Costan Theta system. It's enormous. You won't miss it."


Also an edit for the Help Boris quest.

1. http://i.imgur.com/A4TkDC6.png

"Then they told me that I must pay him ten percent of the factory income, or they would kill me."
"Then they told me that I must pay them ten percent of the factory's income, or they would kill me."

I understand you're not native English speakers and happy to help with the text.

SPOILER ALERT Ending spoilers follow for people who haven't finished the game!

Here's another set having to do with the ending for The Order. (link (http://i.imgur.com/eAvtG7q.png)) I've noticed irregular references to the "Far Colonies" and sometimes they are called "Far colonies". My corrections to these references I feel are what you intended.

"As remaining Xengatarn ships are destroyed by the Order forces all around Far colonies you contemplate what has transpired in this short time of your involvement."
"As the remaining Xengatarn ships are destroyed by the Order forces all around the Far Colonies, you contemplate what has transpired in this short time of your involvement."

"This war, that has torn Far colonies away from the Federation space has finally came to an end thanks to actions of one brave hero."
"This war, that has torn the Far Colonies away from Federation space, has finally come to an end thanks to the actions of one brave hero."

"It is, indeed, a grand day for humanity and for peace of the galaxy."
"It is, indeed, a grand day for humanity and peace across the galaxy."

"It will still be a few years until the words of your success reach the Federation Space and a new jumpgate connection is established reuniting the people. But it is nothing, compared to a new hope for millions of people living in this region of space."
"It will still be a few years until the words of your success reach Federation Space and a new jumpgate connection is established reuniting the people. But it is nothing compared to a new hope for millions of people living in this region of space."

"Xengatarns are defeated, destroyed and wiped out from the face of the galaxy!"
"The Xengatarn have been defeated, destroyed, and wiped out of the galaxy!"

"Who knows why they went aggressive and attacked our colonies starting this long and bloody war, but it is hardly an important question now."
"Who knows why they became aggressive and attacked our colonies starting this long and bloody war, but it is hardly an important question now."

"Humanity once again reigns in it's nonpareil glory and Xengatarn incident will be but a footnote to a grand history of humankind!"
"Humanity once again reigns in its nonpareil glory and the Xengatarn incident will be but a footnote in the grand history of humankind!"

[Game version:]

Game version: 1.0.4
Game mode: Single Player
Bug Location: Space
Steps to Reproduce: N/A
Reproduction Rate: 5%
Screenshot: N/A
Bug Description: I'm finding the game gets rather unstable starting when I use ships with 3 or 4 laser weapons. Sometimes when I fire them and hit an enemy ship the game will freeze for a few seconds. If it doesn't stop at this point then it continues with my ship "jumping" in space as it realigns with the server. Otherwise the game client or server thinks the other disconnected and they give up (I read a bit of the logs).

Possibly related also is I notice the interface can take longer to load when you bring up the inventory, system map, and galaxy map screens. I basically feel I can predict when the crash is incoming by this. I think there may still be a memory leak in the client as I see these things come up after playing for a bit.

One time this happened I had just beat the game and after I loaded the save again and started over, the game disconnected when I attacked the very first pirate I encountered. I'm fairly sure the local server was ended and restarted when I finished the game, however I didn't close the client during this.

Here's my last set of logs from a crash: link (https://www.dropbox.com/s/livxxk4rf0kqty3/Logs-crash-01.zip?dl=0)

I've gotten these sometimes from killing pirates but you can mine them as well. They are in black and red asteroids. I'll take a screenshot next time I see one. You can also buy them in stations.

[Game version:]

Game version: 1.0.4
Game mode: Single Player
Bug Location: Jumping between systems
Steps to Reproduce:

• Start the game in windowed mode. Make sure "Pause on Minimize" is turned on.
• Go to a jump gate and take it by pressing "F" or letting the autopilot do it.
• Click on another window while the engines are charging. The Menu should come up also.
• The screen fades and stays on the loading screen.

Reproduction Rate: 100%
Screenshot: N/A
Bug Description: I play the game in windowed mode. If you click on another window while the engines are charging up and before the jump, the game fails to load the next system.

The next step of the quest is to go to an Order terminal and research the name. I was able to do this and advance the quest by going to the Order capital system and the first station I found let me finish it (http://i.imgur.com/HdbdUzT.png).

Now that I'm thinking about this, I might be confusing this with another quest perhaps. There's a similar spy quest where you have to hack 3 terminals and the bases are marked for you. So I may be wrong with this bug actually. I thought the last time I played though that it pointed to a particular Order base to proceed.

I already turned in the quest so I can't really test it at the moment. I'll try to set something up where I can try again and pay more attention.

[Game version:]

Game version: 1.0.4
Game mode: Single Player
Bug Location: Protect Boris quest
Steps to Reproduce:

• Get to the part where you talk to Officer Valente.
• Choose "Can I convince you to leave Boris alone?" when it comes up.

Reproduction Rate: 100%
Screenshot:
Bug Description: After you are finished with the conversation the quest log updates properly and says you need to go to an Order terminal (picture (http://i.imgur.com/smtT686.png)). However if you click on "Show Map" it still has Officer Valente and his 2 buddies targeted (picture (http://i.imgur.com/2uwBuuq.png)) instead of the station you need to go to.


Server log entries:

12.2.15 21:55:37.8667 [IMP] Dialog with NPC Ship Officer Valente (ID=40017) started
127.0.0.1:54454; 1 askew1
12.2.15 21:55:40.0848 [IMP] Dialog topic changed: freedom_quest_ricco_protection
127.0.0.1:54454; 1 askew1
12.2.15 21:55:40.1058 [IMP] Dialog batch:
>> That's not of your concern, civilian. I'm Officer Valente of The Order, and I command you not to interfere.
[1] You've threatened to kill the guy!
[2] Can I convince you to leave Boris alone?
127.0.0.1:54454; 1 askew1
12.2.15 21:55:43.3410 [IMP] Controls disabled for NPC Ship Pirate Headhunter (ID=40944)
12.2.15 21:55:45.4902 [IMP] Dialog choice: [2]
127.0.0.1:54454; 1 askew1
12.2.15 21:55:45.4912 [IMP] Dialog batch:
>> It's official Order business. If you interfere, you will face... consequences. Which I wouldn't recommend. I have an official order.
>> Now, get lost. I'm tired of you.

Hmm. I think this is how it went.

I believe I was playing a different 2-d space game with new HD grahics. I had played the non-HD 2-d space game a while ago and decided to try it and see what it looked like in HD. Well they have added a bunch of stuff to it also and in the process made it much more difficult at the beginning. I was getting eaten alive by aggressive pirates in the very first star system.

I quit it in frustration and started looking for strats where I'm pretty sure I found a mention of this game. I looked it up on youtube and found a let's play. The look of it and the music impressed me instantly. I thought it was very high quality for an alpha. I saw it wasn't expensive and the devs were very responsive on the forums so I dove in.

Edit: This is one of the articles I remember reading about the game also. link (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/04/03/space-without-a-space-voidexpanse/)

[Game version:]

Game version: 1.0.4
Game mode: Single Player
Bug Location: Space
Steps to Reproduce:

• Fly around the vertical center of the map on the right side.
• Aim your ship to the right (East) on a horizontal path.
• Start the cruise mode with "C".
• Bring up the system map with "M".
• Wait until you reach the edge.

Reproduction Rate: 100% (Tried this in 2 systems)
Screenshots:

• East vector http://i.imgur.com/jD49sJs.png http://i.imgur.com/ZMoB56B.png
• NorthWest vector http://i.imgur.com/aoU7IPb.png http://i.imgur.com/p8RH7dW.png

Bug Description: When you are flying around the edges of the map and bring the map up, it is shifting in the direction that you are traveling. This occurs when you are drifting as well as cruise mode. The first pair of screenshots show just moving due East. When you reach the edge the map also starts to shift East.

I found this interesting also. You can fly way outside the system on the right side and then start moving West or NorthWest and you can see the edge of the map  .

I was able to load the save. But the bug was still there. Hostile and pissed as ever .

Save game is here: link (https://www.dropbox.com/s/sq68ihrm3x4am06/slot_1_endtesting.zip?dl=0)

Thanks for trying.

[Space Station]

I started a new game and paid more attention to the tutorials and have suggestions for them. I hope you don't mind. 


Space Station http://i.imgur.com/mL8QKch.png

"After that, visit the decks section and seek for this guy. He will be happy to explain you more, and make sure to listen to him carefully, he could teach you a lot of useful things."
"After that, visit the decks section and look for this guy. He will be happy to explain more to you. Make sure to listen to him carefully. He could teach you many useful things."

Moving your ship http://i.imgur.com/Mk7fIxL.png

"If you haven't changed control scheme the default keys for movement are"
"If you haven't changed the control scheme, the default keys for movement are"
----
"is the cruise mode, it allows your ship to move very fast when you are traveling long distances, it is activated by"
"is the cruise mode. It allows your ship to move very fast when you are traveling long distances. It is activated by"

Hangar http://i.imgur.com/l7tUjq2.png

"Primary parts - these are your ship primary systems such as"
"Primary parts - your ship's primary systems such as"
----
"Devices - different equipment to perform certain tasks, such as mining asteroids or other."
"Devices - different equipment to perform certain tasks, such as mining asteroids."
----
"Additionally, some equipment may require certain skills to use, but most doesn't."
"Additionally, some equipment may require certain skills to use, but most do not."

Decks http://i.imgur.com/UZDzZYj.png

"You should also pay attention to their faction, it is displayed as a small icon right on their portrait."
"You should also pay attention to their faction. It is displayed as a small icon on their portrait."
----
"their own agendas, so, stay sharp!"
"their own agendas. So stay sharp!"

Station store http://i.imgur.com/lKTGDdj.png

"For example military station could offer you the best selection of military gear,"
"For example, military stations offer you the best selection of military gear,"
----
"level of the star system, the higher it is the better stuff will be available for sale."
"level of the star system. Higher tech levels will stock better equipment."

Character http://i.imgur.com/Kqpk3wI.png http://i.imgur.com/254ctjA.png

"On the left you can see your current character level, experience points as well as all effects your character currently has. These effects could be anything from increased maneuvering to ability to pilot heavy cruisers."
"On the left, you can see your current character level, experience points, and all effects your character has. These effects could be anything from increased maneuvering to the ability to pilot heavy cruisers."
----
"However the most important is probably the piloting tree since to get access to bigger ships you need to have piloting proficiency with a particular hull"
"However the most important category is probably the piloting tree. Access to bigger ships requires piloting proficiency with a particular hull"

Galaxy map http://i.imgur.com/JIoXn1y.png

"You should also pay attention to tech level (cog icon) and danger level (swords icon), the higher they are the higher the items and enemies respectively will be."
"You should also pay attention to the tech level (cog icon) and danger level (swords icon). The higher they are, the higher the items and enemies will be respectively."
----
"systems, it is the faction territories. There are number of factions in the world of VoidExpanse"
"systems. These indicate the faction territories. There are a number of factions in the world of VoidExpanse"

Factions http://i.imgur.com/TsP6lHT.png

"might require more efforts on your part if you"
"might require more effort on your part if you"

There is a pop-up at the beginning also with this (http://i.imgur.com/04eEkdG.png):

"Now I should head to the nearest space station and seek for One-Eyed Joe - I've heard he's helping beginners to figure out how things work. He should be inside the station, on one of the decks."
"Now I should head to the nearest space station and look for One-Eyed Joe. I've heard he's helping beginners figure out how things work. He should be inside the station on one of the decks."

I was going to keep a save at this part of the game for testing purposes. However 1.0.3 won't load my saves from 1.0.2. Is there a way for me to retain the save and not have to restart?

The interface that shows the galaxy map while you're docked leads you to believe you can set the autopilot destination. It prompts you to "click on the star to build route" and draws the path overlay when you do.



Also the "Autopilot" button then appears inviting me to click it! I understand you can only turn on the autopilot after you've undocked but I don't see why we shouldn't be able to at least set the destination since the interface already supports everything except the final step.

The change in behavior would be that when we click the "autopilot" button while docked, the destination is set and then we are prompted "Destination Set! Undock from the station and press X to engage the autopilot."

This is a change that I think would streamline the game. I'm sure I'm not the only player that is checking quests and looking at routes while docked.

If you wish to leave it like this I feel it will be less confusing to players if the "Autopilot" button doesn't appear when you're docked. It is still quite useful to show the route between systems so you can plan your loadout and make sure you won't be traveling through a hostile system that you don't want to.

I'm still having a lot of fun with the game. Thanks for listening!