New utilities, multiplayer achievements back

Hey Colonists!

I've been recently motivated by our community to make improvements regarding utility networks and multiplayer achievements.

I took my time to write new systems to calculate all in-game networks - electricity, water, gas, and signals. This should not only allow you to go big with a water tank, but also remove hitches when a big network is created.

Please check the details below:

NEW UTILITIES CALCULATION

The new system for utilities is 5x faster , thanks to the fact that only constructed elements are checking new neighbors. This makes it possible to quickly assign a new network to a list of neighboring nodes.

Because calculations are not anymore using recursion, it is now possible to go bigger than just 60k.

MULTIPLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS ARE BACK

Many of you play Astro Colony in multiplayer mode and would love to earn Steam achievements. With this update, that finally becomes a reality: all achievements can now be unlocked by the Player Host and all other players.

LINUX SERVER

Previously I've always been relying on a Dedicated Windows Server, but this time I also looked into a Linux Server. Turns out that configuration file wasn't automatically created, so now it is. There is new documentation clarifying how to correctly setup Linux server: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11sC1F2HdSymO44Hklg3nfrO5D66YIs7rEUrGV1GjpDM

NEW MODS

Thanks to Our Discord member (MtyShack) we have two new useful MODS:

Colony Rotation

It is finally possible to rotate a Colony with all docked planets and voxels.

Blueprint Creation

It converts selection into blueprint as usual but is adding all attachments.

IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES

• Achievements are now triggered for both Player Host and clients
• Fixed the multiplayer problem where a school would not show a trained astronaut
• Fixed the multiplayer problem where an upgrader would not show an upgraded bot
• Fixed Linux configuration to create default config file in the correct directory, LinuxServer/
• Syncing is now also checking if all players have valid Steam IDs that should ensure that progress is always loaded

SALES

The game is currently discounted, so please use this opportunity if you still haven't played it! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1614550/Astro_Colony/

Thank you, guys, for supporting the project! Kind regards, Tefel (Terad Games)