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I've updated to 091 via the launcher, and play, very little. New game, since the last ones were broken.

The FPS problem seem solved, but...

- I now have nice high FPS rate, but the game is acting like online lag (and i mean lag, not FPS drop). My ship is stuck on screen and suddently jumps, and it's the same for ennemy ships.
- No problem when inside a station, everything seems smooth.
- Unable to load saved game. I can save, quit the game to menu, but when i try to load, i have a infinite loading screen. The weird is i can push Esc to bring the menu and clic on Save/Exit.
- When launching game, before the Main Menu screen, i still go back to Window's desk. Same when i go back to Main Menu from ingame (Save and Exit option).

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- I went out of the game completly, not only Main Menu, and i could then load my saved game.
- I actually have some lag also in Stations but it's less sensitive.
- When i mine asteroids, sometimes i push the button, and the mining device only starts after 1 to 5 secondes. Same goes for everything : press F to go to Station can take several second to act, and fighting is very tedious.
- The FPS rate is stable 50+ with options on Beautiful.

I've sent you logs.

Honestly, i don't like the trailer.

- The game is not sold as a fighting game, it's not hack'n'slash, it's not shot'm up, it's more like a sandbox space RPG, with fight, trade, mining, exploration, faction...
- The music doesn't fit at all. Actually maybe it's the music ingame ? I don't even know. I switched it off after 5 minutes the first time i've played, and never switched it back on.
- Void Expanse, the way i feel it, is a quite slow paced game, even if you go for a fighting career. And it's very good that way. I expect a more slow, cool, less electro, music.
- When showing character creation screen, go faster, show more portraits (oh, what about women ?).
- The ship is hard to notice when going via portal. Too small, and not enough contrast with background.
- Exploring huge galaxy in nice, the picture is good. Maybe show more different backgrounds and planets and floating objects.
- Maybe spend more time about Trading, and add Mining.

Hello,

You should wait a little. The new update 090 is already avalaible but only in unstable mode, and should be out in stable version quite soon.

I ran a new game, online, with "Kulix.org".
Perfect.
The game is completly smooth and all the troubles i have on solo game are gone.
Well, almost, because the game is still going back to the desk when loading to Main Menu, but that seems to be the only trouble now.

More about 0.9.0 (should i edit, or post new message, or open new subject ?)

So i've deleted all previous installation, and try with a fresh Launcher and start a new game.

- Game is switching to Windows desk when loading, before the Main Menu screen. Same when i leave the game, going to the desk before i can get the Main Menu.
- There is a delay when i create a new character. I clic on faces, clothes, background, etc, and i have to wait between 1 and 2 second before i can see the change on screen.
- I run the game full quality, or fast, it's almost the same, maybe 5 FPS difference.
- When on station, it's very slow, less then 20 FPS, and with a delay when i speak to NPC.
- When i open NPC screen there is nothing, i need to clic on one subject, right side of the screen, before i can see the face or NPC says something.
- All loading screens are long.
- When i save and exit, there is a good chance the game crashes (infinite loading screen).
- If i kill the game and launch again, i can get my save back... but...
- Sometimes i can't, game says unable to connect to local server (i play solo and not on multiplayer option).

So i think it's all related to performance, but it's should not be my computer, it's quite good and can run most of all games without troubles (i very often playtest alpha, beta, etc for indy games).

I'll send logs now.

Actually something is broken, i can't launch the game, 8.4 or 9. I deleted all, and now i'm downloading again with the AtomicTorch Game Launcher.

Are all the data in the same folder, or the game is going messy like often on Windows and stores stuff in different locations ?

I ran a little test now. I have Fraps also running to check FPS

8.4

- All graph full, the game is running fine, but i got some micro-freeze sometimes (not autosaving, it's disabled). More than 45 FPS, mostly 60+ and going down a little when fighting.
- All graph low, the game as no textures and it's running worst. After 30 secondes, game crashed, closed and back to desk with a error message from Windows. Could take screenshot, game crashed before. I will try again.
- Graph set to "Beautiful", game runs fine, with still some micro-freeze.

I can't play 9 now, the game said "unable to connect to local game server" when i try a new game. When i try to load my save from yesterday, it's infinite loading. I'm registered and i can see my username bottom right of the main screen. But from yesterday, it was about that :

- All graph full, about 20-30 FPS
- All graph low, about the same, a little better.

Will send the log now.

I run the game on Win7x64.

I could play on V8 with full graphical options with an acceptable FPS rate, and in very good condition with lower settings.

With the v.0.9.0 Experimental, i have a lot of slow, with all settings to minimum. When i change to maximum or in between of course it's worst.

Also, when i started the game at first, i got an infinite loading screen, and i had to kill application before restarting again. Now, when i enter or exit the game, when i reach the main menu, i get an auto Alt-Tab, and i have to go back to the game to pass the menu.

So far, it's my only grip with this new version. Everything else seems nice, but it's only maybe one hour of playtime. It's good to see all this new content !

Nice, i love long and fat change logs, thank you for your effort and... keep going !

With this kind of view and gameplay (top down, directe control over one ship, some RPG elements, etc) :

Star Sector
Space Ranger
Drox Operative
ASCII Sector

Other space games i like :

Space Engineer
Star Made
Evochron
X-Universe (excluding the last one...)
Aurora 4X
Blockade Runner
Pioneer Space Sim

Browsing for this type of game

I was looking for an alternative to Star Sector, because the developpement is very slow. The game right now has a wonderfull fighting system, but overall it's boring... So, welcome Void Expanse. I think i've seen the link on a general forum from a french community, i can't remember.

I think so far Void Expanse is going to be a perfect mix between Star Sector (too slow, and looong developpement) and Drox Operative (too much hack'n'slash, and finished)

You can save your game, yes. I would wait a few days before starting, because the incoming update might change a lot your gameplay experience.

Hi there,

Lastly i've been playing and enjoying :

VoidExpanse
RimWorld
Signs of Life
Keeper RL
Grim Dawn
Planet Explorers
Space Engineers
Starmade
Xenonauts
Marvel Heroes
Pandora First Contact
Craft the World
Factorio
Kerbal Space Program
The Last Federation
Wayward RL
Sunless Sea
Isomer

and more.

Does it need a new game, or older saves are compatible ?

I always think gameplay and playable content should always come before walls of text and shiny pictures, but for sure i will be a nice addition to the game, later. As a name, galaxy, omni, universe... don't seem to fit. Should have the name of the game or something revelant about it. Voidex, Void Codex, Expandia...