stationmaster

0.18 Preliminary Design: Quality of Life

Added 2018-10-25 19:34:51 +0000 UTC

0.17 is likely going to be released this weekend (adding slave proxies, a lot of interactions with faction leaders, and fixes for some features from 0.17b), and it's time to start planning for 0.18. This one is going to be a little different.

There are about 70 tasks sitting in my "Polish and Procrastination" list. I'm going to address a chunk of those before I get into adding anything new (including the cutscene graphics overhaul, which I'm going to push out to 0.19). Note that the below is not necessarily all going to be included. I don't plan for this one to be another marathon like 0.17, and should be back to the normal cycle in a couple weeks.

Bugs

Vat slave stats start zeroed
Head girl request event doesn't have an option to deny the request
Grandfather / grandmother displaying incorrectly for multi generational clones
Remove the tiny pillory in the top left corner of the Pillar elevator
Fix issue that causes fights to sometimes pause indefinitely.
Set Mac OS save path to ~/Library/Application Support/Stationmaster to avoid save issues on some machines
Carousel doesn't work
Planet population doesn't recover after genocide
Fix pause
Slave dress broken
Rival clothes not unlocking
Don't let user delete Xeno cages or prep stations while they're in use
Fix flavor text for Null/Australia executives (they're not really corporations, after all)
Fix issue where eye tracking can be offset from camera location
Babies look terrifying when inspected in vats

Slave List

Next and previous slave buttons on inspection screen
Add suffix for devoted, insane, corrupted, mindbroken to slave list
Filters on slave list
Set default slave assignment
Paginate

Rules Assistant

Add options for "exactly 0" and "exactly 100" for stats
Descriptive text for rule conditions and actions (like "not unskilled," "Assign to Brothel," or "Between 18 and 24")
Add new stats
Add chrono chamber options like "Make Immortal" or "Age Down"

Economic report

Move to button instead of notification
Display graphs over time instead of just numbers
Track per-month economic data

Basic Quality of Life

Dismiss nonessential events
Bulk slave purchase
Cap to 5 autosaves instead of creating hundreds of files
Speed controls on station view

Construction

Allow click and drag to place several instances of the same furniture item
Counts (like 12x12) when dragging rooms and furniture
Extend rooms from furniture construction panel

Planet List

Add planet upgrade menu to galaxy map
Option to automatically apply upgrades to conquered worlds
Planet Search
Paginate

Settings Menu

Main menu option to replace H scenes with text
Edge scrolling option
Drag scroll option
Allow player to select available backstories for vat slaves (apparently a couple of them are too disturbing for some users)
Key remapping support
Head look option

Graphics

Widen Sliders where possible (allow 150% pregnancy, smaller/larger breasts, etc)
Make slaves look away if high fear and not obedient
Show models during loading screens
Open door when building in pillar to avoid pop in
Disable grid when not placing objects
Make characters path to specific points on furniture instead of the top left corner
Stop people from walking through furniture that's been placed on their path

Mechanics

Hostile takeover of slave markets
Purchase planets
Debuffs from war with faction leaders (Propaganda campaigns, etc.)
Unlock planet upgrades by conquering factions
Make some furniture unlockable by conquering certain planets instead of making everything available from the start
Demand/propose sex on citizen and tourist inspection screens
Options on slave inspection and rules assistant to convert slaves to menials
Ship speed upgrade on station management panel

Better tutorial