Thursday, September 5, 2019

Teleport and Scuttle

A requested feature is quickly moving yourself to another location on the map, similar to "podding" yourself in Eve Online.  This will be included in 0.7.14.  To use this feature, you click the Menu button, then click Teleport.  From the Teleport window you can save your current location as your saved teleport location, or click Teleport Now to teleport to that saved location. 

To teleport you must be sailing an Escape Class Dinghy.  It will not be available for any other ship class.  This is so you can quickly move yourself to where your ships are stored after a loss, so you can get back into the game rather than potentially sailing for hours in your dinghy. 

Another feature being added to 0.7.14 is the ability to scuttle your own ship.  You click Menu then Scuttle.  To scuttle means to intentionally sink your own ship.  This will immediately flood your ship, which will cause it to sink as if sunk in combat.  The ship will be lost, as well as crew and items, as in any ship sinking. 

The scuttle feature is probably most useful in combination with the teleport feature, allowing you to quickly get into an Escape Class Dinghy so you can teleport. 

Lastly, I'm planning to add an in game bug reporting feature.  A button has been added under Menu, though the feature won't be ready for 0.7.14, but will be added in the future.