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2023-11-24T19:20:06Z

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	LauriFB (02/17/2020): most parts of ships and bodies are semi-persistant, for example derelict lifetime is currently 6 months. but some small parts which fly off from explosions or collisions won't remain.		LauriFB (02/17/2020): most parts of ships and bodies are semi-persistant, for example derelict lifetime is currently 6 months. but some small parts which fly off from explosions or collisions won't remain.

			LauriFB (11/03/2023): derelict lifetime is 365 days ''since last encounter with player(s)''

	===='''How will you prevent safe areas becoming too cluttered?'''====		===='''How will you prevent safe areas becoming too cluttered?'''====

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			{{Out_of_date\|This page is out of date (check [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|action=history}} page history] for the latest changes). Most of the information here is from the early days of Closed Alpha (mid-2020). Some information may be incorrect; check out [[Early Access]], [[Closed alpha]], and [[Development\|Roadmap]] for some updated information on those topics.}}
	==On General Topics==		==On General Topics==

IHaveNoLife: Added new Lauri quotes

2020-08-06T09:53:58Z

Added new Lauri quotes

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 ===='''Do the devs have any ideas or plans for planetary bases?'''====
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 ===='''Will the moon be on the far side of the belt?'''====
 LauriFB (5/31/19): Yes, it's way out of that picture shown [above].
 ===='''What happens if I fly into the gas giant?'''====
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 VilleFB (06/09/20): About warp gates; Someone would still likely need to build one in the end destination, so reaching far off places might still need someone to make the trip there with old fashioned way. But who knows...
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 LauriFB (04/18/20): skybox is made from parts, and it's being separated more and more all the time
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 LauriFB (03/10/20): target is to allow harvesting gases, but again need tech first to really know. damages are planned to be density and material dependant, so not all nebulas do corrosive damage.
 remember, tech is being created currently, once it's done the design is updated to work with the tech.
 ===='''What would I need to do to protect my ship in a hazardous nebula?'''====

IHaveNoLife: Added recent Lauri comment on lore.

2020-07-23T11:43:28Z

Added recent Lauri comment on lore.

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	Jornexe (4/15/2020): there is currently a lot of lore, however not official lore. the community has put in a lot of effort to create what is currently today. most of it can be found by taking a look in the discords #Community-Creations Pins		Jornexe (4/15/2020): there is currently a lot of lore, however not official lore. the community has put in a lot of effort to create what is currently today. most of it can be found by taking a look in the discords #Community-Creations Pins

			LauriFB (23/07/2020): there's not much any kind of starting story/lore in starbase universe, the endos don't have any memory whatsoever so it's all up to the players to create the history [...] that doesn't prevent players creating theories or even digging up something from somewhere, but as for now at least there's nothing known.

	===='''What will my first minutes in the game be like?'''====		===='''What will my first minutes in the game be like?'''====

IHaveNoLife: Added Lauri's recent comment on internet speed and put it under it's own section.

2020-07-22T21:30:33Z

Added Lauri's recent comment on internet speed and put it under it's own section.

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	**We will revise the requirements closer to the Early Access launch		**We will revise the requirements closer to the Early Access launch

	LauriFB (05/31/20) ~~yes~~, we'~~ll add~~ that [~~minimum internet speed~~] to the ~~min specs~~		===='''How fast does your internet need to be?'''====

			LauriFB (22/07/2020): if we ignore ship transfers the actual playing in the fight events seems to work well even with a 5/3 mbit stable connection for 80-100 players, and ship transfers can be done with a lot smarted ways and use server for that so the uploader doesn't need to have more upstream [...] fight type also has effect on that of course, but that has some slack and room for all kinds of tricky improvements [...] there's still room for all kinds of fun tricks. we are going to implement the server upload soon, that has major impact on low end upstream players.

			Essentially, this way ships are first uploaded to a server, then the server then echoes that data to clients. That means each player doesn't have to upload their ship to every other player in the area, making things a lot better in large fights.

	===='''Is the game coming to consoles?'''====		===='''Is the game coming to consoles?'''====

IHaveNoLife: Added a miniquote with more info about drag.

2020-07-17T14:33:33Z

Added a miniquote with more info about drag.

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	This is a simple explanation but yeah it's enough to understand why.		This is a simple explanation but yeah it's enough to understand why.

			<C:\IHaveNoLife> (17/07/2020): Additionally, it means you don't have to either flip and burn every time you want to slow down or put loads of ugly thrusters on the front of your ship.

	===='''Is the "space drag" aerodynamic, or is it just a flat speed reduction over time?'''====		===='''Is the "space drag" aerodynamic, or is it just a flat speed reduction over time?'''====

IHaveNoLife: More additions to bring it up to date.

2020-07-16T11:33:26Z

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	===='''How long is a day cycle?'''====		===='''How long is a day cycle?'''====
	XCompWizFB (5/28/19): Current test values are day cycle of 2 hours and a year cycle of 3 months.		XCompWizFB (5/28/19): Current test values are day cycle of 2 hours and a year cycle of 3 months.

			LauriFB (01/28/2020): whole day/night cycle is two hours, night should be 20 mins out of that and might be reduced to 10

	===='''What happens when the world gets old? Will there still be resources?'''====		===='''What happens when the world gets old? Will there still be resources?'''====
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	LauriFB (5/28/19): We have plans for various clouds but currently no eta when we would be actually doing them, definitely not at EA launch at least		LauriFB (5/28/19): We have plans for various clouds but currently no eta when we would be actually doing them, definitely not at EA launch at least

			LauriFB (03/10/20): target is to allow harvesting gases, but again need tech first to really know. damages are planned to be density and material dependant, so not all nebulas do corrosive damage.
			remember, tech is being created currently, once it's done the design is updated to work with the tech.

	===='''What would I need to do to protect my ship in a hazardous nebula?'''====		===='''What would I need to do to protect my ship in a hazardous nebula?'''====
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	===='''Are there black holes?'''====		===='''Are there black holes?'''====
	LauriFB (5/30/19): It's something we haven't thought of yet, but technically there wouldn't be any issues (other than what does it look like?)		LauriFB (5/30/19): It's something we haven't thought of yet, but technically there wouldn't be any issues (other than what does it look like?)

			LauriFB (5/30/19): our final goal is to have a whole galaxy and I've heard there's always a black hole middle of them, so in that sense it sounds like we have to create at least one at some point ...

	===='''What about the asteroids?'''====		===='''What about the asteroids?'''====
	LauriFB (5/28/19): Asteroids are all saved and they deplete, but there are a lot of them. players just need to move a bit when one part is eaten up, if that ever happens ... they are in a belt around the plane. I think the belt diameter is something like 14,000 km and it's 2,000 km thick, so there's like .. a lot of asteroids. Asteroids are permanently gone once mined, broken or carried away.		LauriFB (5/28/19): Asteroids are all saved and they deplete, but there are a lot of them. players just need to move a bit when one part is eaten up, if that ever happens ... they are in a belt around the plane. I think the belt diameter is something like 14,000 km and it's 2,000 km thick, so there's like .. a lot of asteroids. Asteroids are permanently gone once mined, broken or carried away.

			AkseliFB (25/05/2020): The algo does spawn asteroids in pattern.. sort of. So you'll see them sometimes. But this is old tech. The asteroid belt will go through some major changes before EA. The belt will be way more interesting.

	===='''How big are asteroids?'''====		===='''How big are asteroids?'''====
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	VilleFB [1stRCT] (07/31/2019): Minerals are distributed randomly within the field. There are some hotspots and special "rings". For example Ice is concentrated into several (8-10) rings. Amount of valuable ore per asteroid is still being looked at. "veins" are also something that we are looking if and how they should be implemented. "rings" are basically narrow ring shaped fields within the field that have certain ore distribution.		VilleFB [1stRCT] (07/31/2019): Minerals are distributed randomly within the field. There are some hotspots and special "rings". For example Ice is concentrated into several (8-10) rings. Amount of valuable ore per asteroid is still being looked at. "veins" are also something that we are looking if and how they should be implemented. "rings" are basically narrow ring shaped fields within the field that have certain ore distribution.

			AkseliFB (25/05/2020): The asteroid belt will go through some major changes before EA. The belt will be way more interesting.

	===='''Are there rare resources/materials worth fighting over?'''====		===='''Are there rare resources/materials worth fighting over?'''====
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	LauriFB (5/30/19): indeed, stations are immovable as a whole entity, but in other hand it's perfectly possible to disassemble station into pieces and move those pieces away		LauriFB (5/30/19): indeed, stations are immovable as a whole entity, but in other hand it's perfectly possible to disassemble station into pieces and move those pieces away

			LauriFB (29/06/2019): yeah, moving stations is also possible, although just building new and bigger is also fun (and it populates the space, even if that is with abandoned stations)

	===='''Will space stations orbit, drift, or move over time on their own?'''====		===='''Will space stations orbit, drift, or move over time on their own?'''====
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	===='''Is it PVP only or also some PVE?'''====		===='''Is it PVP only or also some PVE?'''====
	JoelFB (5/28/19): PVP/explore at this stage at least.		JoelFB (5/28/19): PVP/explore at this stage at least.

			JoelFB (19/06/2020): Right now no PvE planned (foreseeable future).

	===='''Is there friendly fire?'''====		===='''Is there friendly fire?'''====
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	===='''Will there be an auction house, or will all transactions be through NPC vendors?'''====		===='''Will there be an auction house, or will all transactions be through NPC vendors?'''====
	LauriFB (6/27/19): Both are coming, no idea though [if] AH [is] up at EA launch.		LauriFB (6/27/19): Both are coming, no idea though [if] AH [is] up at EA launch.

			VilleFB (10/02/2020): Currently that is yet to be designed fully [...] Basically standard "auction house" setup which is seen in MMO's. Ability to look up what is sold in which prices and ability to set your merchandise to be sold at prices you want them to be sold.

	===='''Is the currency a physical item that can dropped/given to other players?'''====		===='''Is the currency a physical item that can dropped/given to other players?'''====
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	===='''Is this fully dedicated MMO servers or something P2P like No Man’s Sky?'''====		===='''Is this fully dedicated MMO servers or something P2P like No Man’s Sky?'''====
	XCompWizFB (5/28/19): Somewhere in between. Hard to explain completely. We have a fairly distributed architecture with some amount of P2P involvement.		XCompWizFB (5/28/19): Somewhere in between. Hard to explain completely. We have a fairly distributed architecture with some amount of P2P involvement.

			LauriFB (19/02/2020): p2p allows very good scalability and much heavier simulations than server-side. in some cases it may also reduce latency as connection is direct.

	===='''Are we talking “MMO” like 64-player servers or a true MMO like WoW?'''====		===='''Are we talking “MMO” like 64-player servers or a true MMO like WoW?'''====
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	===='''Are there remote cameras?'''====		===='''Are there remote cameras?'''====
	ArtturiFB (5/29/19): There are no cameras right now, though there has been talk of them.		ArtturiFB (5/29/19): There are no cameras right now, though there has been talk of them.

			LauriFB (27/05/2020): mostly visual detection yes. no plans for cameras yet

	===='''What are the ship sensors?'''====		===='''What are the ship sensors?'''====
	ArtturiFB (5/29/19): I mean I want ALL OF THE SENSORS, but likely most of the really cool stuff will roll out after EA launch. Right now we have limited radio transmitter/receivers, laser rangefinders, and many devices that self-report on their own operation that can be inferred detail from		ArtturiFB (5/29/19): I mean I want ALL OF THE SENSORS, but likely most of the really cool stuff will roll out after EA launch. Right now we have limited radio transmitter/receivers, laser rangefinders, and many devices that self-report on their own operation that can be inferred detail from

			VilleFB (10/04/2020): I think transmitters for ships are being reworked and currently unavailable due to performance reasons.

	===='''How do rangefinders work?'''====		===='''How do rangefinders work?'''====
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	Jornexe (4/14/2020): there is a bridge laser hose thingy which can transfer materials.		Jornexe (4/14/2020): there is a bridge laser hose thingy which can transfer materials.

			LauriFB (26/04/2020): the resource bridge hasn't entered tests yet although it's soon completed, so we have still second round of balancing/testing coming

	===='''Is there a size limit distinction between "Station" and "Ship"?'''====		===='''Is there a size limit distinction between "Station" and "Ship"?'''====
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	===='''Will shields be a thing?'''====		===='''Will shields be a thing?'''====
	LauriFB (5/28/19): It seems that at some point ship designs and counter-designs might need some spicing up, and for that shields will be a good contestant .. but first we'll want to see what players come up with traditional ship designs.		LauriFB (5/28/19): It seems that at some point ship designs and counter-designs might need some spicing up, and for that shields will be a good contestant .. but first we'll want to see what players come up with traditional ship designs.

			AkseliFB (14/05/2020): Shields are of course possible at some point. For now we don't want them, they are boring. We got great destruction technology so we want to embrace it

	===='''Will cloaking be a thing?'''====		===='''Will cloaking be a thing?'''====
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	Jornexe (4/14/2020): there is no RGB, though a color palette seems likely.		Jornexe (4/14/2020): there is no RGB, though a color palette seems likely.

			LauriFB (26/05/2020): ship designer paint tool is pretty soon done-ish, then there's endo paint tool, then maybe decals ... we'll see.

	===='''I want a cape. Can I have a cape?'''====		===='''I want a cape. Can I have a cape?'''====

IHaveNoLife: Loads of updates to the FAQ, bringing large parts of it up to date. Smaller than it should have been because I lost it and had to revert to backups.

2020-07-16T10:53:07Z

Loads of updates to the FAQ, bringing large parts of it up to date. Smaller than it should have been because I lost it and had to revert to backups.

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IHaveNoLife: Added more quotes from Lauri

2020-07-16T09:19:22Z

Added more quotes from Lauri

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	**Storage: 15 GB available space		**Storage: 15 GB available space
	**We will revise the requirements closer to the Early Access launch		**We will revise the requirements closer to the Early Access launch

			LauriFB (31/05/2020) yes, we'll add that [minimum internet speed] to the min specs

	===='''Is the game coming to consoles?'''====		===='''Is the game coming to consoles?'''====
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	XCompWizFB (5/28/19): Which I believe we do.		XCompWizFB (5/28/19): Which I believe we do.

			LauriFB (31/05/2020): I would guess recommended specs and everyone with at least 20/10 [download/upload speed] would likely bring us closer to 100 vs 100

	===='''Is this a seamless MMO? All the players on one server? Or are there server lines?'''====		===='''Is this a seamless MMO? All the players on one server? Or are there server lines?'''====

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2020-05-15T22:39:04Z

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	===Original FAQ (Outdated)===		===Original FAQ (Outdated)===
	[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jW4ic1piFnRB0jJcoXeRNYvpREaCKMSCEmLvCqB-7mw Google Docs FAQ]		[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jW4ic1piFnRB0jJcoXeRNYvpREaCKMSCEmLvCqB-7mw Google Docs FAQ]

	~~===Very Very Frequently Asked Questions===~~
	~~[[Very Very Frequently Asked Questions\|VVFAQ]]~~

	===Which developers to ask for information not listed in this page.===		===Which developers to ask for information not listed in this page.===