StarDrive

StarDrive

chaolii Aug 2, 2020 @ 8:39am
what is this issue? how to fix?
when i save this game fatal error. as like this
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Crunchy Aug 2, 2020 @ 9:56am 
Originally posted by chaolii:
when i save this game fatal error. as like this
are you using blackbox?

if not i suspect its your systems time format.
if you are not using a time in the US standard am/pm style it can cause issues.

blackbox should fix that.
if you are using blackbox post the blackbox.log in the stardrive game folder and ill take a look.
chaolii Aug 3, 2020 @ 8:21am 
Sorry, I'm don't know what is blackbox.
how to attch picture at this place?
Crunchy Aug 3, 2020 @ 12:02pm 
Originally posted by chaolii:
Sorry, I'm don't know what is blackbox.
how to attch picture at this place?
Originally posted by Crunchy Gremlin:
TL:DR
Is there a bug in the game bugging you? Its likely fixed and the core logic enhanced without changing the game experience at its core to any large degree.
Unofficial game patches.

fixed the Out Of Memory crashes!
achieved 15 thousand ships in game.
playable with 5 thousand ships in game.

BlackBox Wiki [stardrive-blackbox.fandom.com]

What We Are Working On
https://stardrive-blackbox.fandom.com/wiki/Venus_-_what%27s_new
Some Things We Have Done
https://stardrive-blackbox.fandom.com/wiki/Texas_-_what%27s_new

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1670586429

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1685261094

BlackBox Venus Alpha
https://bitbucket.org/codegremlins/stardrive-blackbox/downloads/

Consider using the CombinedArms mod too.
https://bitbucket.org/codegremlins/combined-arms/downloads/

This is code learning project based on stardrive1 with a kind nod from the SD1 developer. (thanks! Learning so very much!)
The project is open and rich with possibilities to learn not just the basics of coding but the whole multiuser project with project management ball of wax.

We have rebuilt the resource manager and collision code along with a lot of other parts of the game after some study on Programming Patterns and Refactoring concepts.

In any event.... if you havent tried BlackBox, dust off SD1 and give it a whirl.
We have included automatic error reporting using sentry.io so just by playing you are helping us tighten up the code.
We still have a long way to go but texas is getting better than our previous Radical Elements release.
Faster, stronger, bigger with more fire in the belly.

We still have a hell of a long way to go. I mean we havent even started on the really cool stuff so please be patient with us as we get around to fixing all the stuffs.

The list of changes is kinda huge and hard to remember and... not well tracked but the core idea is to keep the game vanilla as possible and just make it better.
Features that change the game radically are relegated to mods which currently only Combined Arms uses. Combined Arms is actively under development still and getting better and better all the time.

Some significant changes and improvements include but are not limited to:
Maps 4x the size.
A more intelligent AI for:
  • Economy
  • Freight
  • Tech Picking
  • Ship Picking
  • War
  • Defense
  • Colony Governors
  • and more.
Better invisible combat resolution.
Ships can handle multiple targets better
Better ship strength calculations
Better long and short range weapon calculations.
More combat stances.
Better targeting code. (affected by ship experience)
Better pathing. (A* pathing algorithm like GPS stuff uses sort of)
AI can build defensive structures (bases and platforms)
AI can use carriers and troop assault ships.
Improved shipyard experience
Mod content can live entirely in the mod folder. No overwriting game files.
Faster loading primarily for mods.
and of course... MORE!

I loved stardrive despite all its faults and i want more!
Such a perfect 4x platform and its a crying shame no one has really tried to capture what it was.
We arent all high skilled developers. Nor the best people in the world :p but working on this game IS a game. best game i have ever played so

So help us squish a few more bugs and enjoy what we have done.

Stable builds ill try to push to MODDB
here:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/deveks-mod/downloads/texas-test-builds
More unstable (likely) nightly (mostly) test builds can be found here:
https://bitbucket.org/CrunchyGremlin/sd-blackbox/downloads/

KEEP IN MIND
BlackBox hates broken stuff. If you install and are having problems loading the game the problem likely lies in broken ship designs. Kill them! (or just move to a backup folder)
Paste the below into a windows file explorer like you were pasting a path to a directory.
%appdata%/stardrive
that will take you to the stardrive folder. even if you uninstalled the game these will still be there unless you manually delete them.

Contact Points
Discord chat discussion [discord.gg]
facebook[www.facebook.com]
twitter
Bug reports here[bitbucket.org]
Dev project tracking[www.bitbucketcards.com] (switch to texas for current work)
For a nearly current feature list and deeper mod info and installation
http://www.ModDB.com/mods/deveks-mod

Videos
Installation
https://youtu.be/YlO5M5MGfME
What is blackbox
http://youtu.be/UuiPthYXedI
Lets Play by Sabouts. (old)
https://youtu.be/l8XJRw4Qcqo
Play and review by explorminate 1/11/20
https://explorminate.co/tag/blackbox-mod
https://youtu.be/BqYa6gOiD-g

Grats
All the folks that have worked or taken interest in BlackBox. There are many.
And special thanks to the people that made BB possible:
The Devek
General Azure
RedFox
All those tireless testors.
And of course... Zero.

We have older mods available as well. I dont recommend using these are they are buggy and texas is far less forgiving of mod weirdness and... We wont support issues found in them :( if you hit a bug using these you have to repro it in combined arms or vanilla content.
These mods have been restructured to work with blackbox and live entirely in the mods directory but otherwise unchanged. I have more as well plus Bitbucket repositories for DialTones TechLevel mod
Would love to see someone update that but im not holding my breath.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/deveks-mod/downloads/blackbox-modsuperpack-1217

We Recommend using Combined Arms mod which is an overhaul update of Combo mod which spliced together several different mods including Tims Mod. its currently under development and getting better all the time.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/combined-arms

Thanks folks. Hope we help get a few more miles out of this shoe and few more smiles from playing.
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