I'm still working through all the feedback and bug reports that came from the influx of demo players Splattercat Gaming sent my way. I haven't even got on to the feedback Splattercat gave himself during the review video yet!

Assembler Improvement

When you begin to modify an item all valid items that can be destroyed to improve it will now be highlighted in your cargo / storage to make them easier to see.

Parallax Changes

The movement (or lack) of background objects has come up a few times in the comments recently. Last update I vastly increased the movement but some people didn't like it. As such the movement is now quite minimal but there is a setting under Accessibility if you wish to increase it.

Discord Rich Presence

If you share your game activity on Discord then Star Vortex will now display to your friends when you're playing. It includes the sector you're in, difficulty and your current level when in game.



There are lots more requested changes and bug fixes below, be sure to check them out. Next update will be in a week or so. Have fun!

Patch Notes

New Features / Content

• Gameplay details and activity can now sync to Discord when you're playing.

Balance Changes

• Reduced number of squadrons in the final wave of rescue encounters from 3 down to 2.
• Halved damage of the Arrow Launcher used by the Bull (Junker Elite).
• Increased delay between Railgun shots by +50% and increased damage by +50%.
• Doubled velocity and effective range of Fire Bolas / Shuriken Thrower / Boomerang.
• Disabled debuff now has diminishing returns on the player. Duration goes 2s, 1s 0.5s 0.25s to immune.
• Disabled debuff can no longer be triggered on the player more than once every 2 seconds.
• Doubled weapon range of roaming drones but engagement range remains the same.

Quality of Life / Accessibility

• Items in the Assembler are now dimmed if they're not valid for the current modification.
• Dialog on bosses / faction elites now only plays the first time the player arrives.
• Vastly increased scroll sensitivity when scrolling panels with the mouse wheel.
• Reverted change that increased parallax of background objects.
• New setting 'Increase Background Movement' added to accessibility that is off by default.
• Item version number now updates when it's level increases due to stats regenerating.
• Railguns now have a bigger projectile, explosion and new muzzle flash animation.
• Beacon weapons now require a 1 second key press to dismiss friendly ships.
• File paths are no longer stored in save data so it can be shared more safely.
• Auto Untarget Out Of Range setting is disabled by default again due to it causing issues.

Bug Fixes

• Increasing item levels at the Assembler no longer slightly inflates some stats.
• Background objects no longer move weirdly when zooming the camera in and out.
• Swapping storage tabs in Assembler with a controller now closes all overlays.
• Updated file browser addon used to import avatars that was causing some errors.
• Fixed spam in the player log about error reporting being enabled.
• Fixed horizontal navigation between items for sale when using a controller.
• Fixed incorrect colored muzzle flashes on PDL beams.
• Heat loss now has a 0.1s latency so rapidly clicking will no longer avoid heat build-up.
• Fixed bug where alternate designs were not unlocking, will apply retroactively.
• Friendly ships in the fleet now display their names for consistency.
• Fixed bug where faction unlocks were not displaying on HUD when achieved.
• Fixed bug where faction unlock notices were not translating faction names.
• Fixed errors when typing really big numbers into the developer console.
• Fixed null pointer in Thruster.PlayParticles().
• Fixed null pointer in Activatable.FixedUpdate().
• Fixed global modifiers not updating when replacing modifiers in the Assembler.
• Hitting cancel when regenerating a sector now correctly closes the confirmation.
• Fixed bindings displaying twice if a secondary keyboard binding is added for an action.
• Fixed max speed of hornet drones displaying incorrectly.
• Fixed Engineer Relios dialog popping up before he joins the fleet.