Patch 0.2.16: The Galaxy Map Update

Added galaxy map, traders, and space whales. Going forward, more "life" will continue to be added to the galaxy map. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35195263/e50f5d05f25e6d22e8bfde847b7f78a8ed3dfe62.png[/img] In order to travel, you need "Starfuel", click on the local star in the starmap to create a "star fuel station". [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35195263/a38b3b60349836441eebd51f33a841f66ae6b806.gif[/img] Traders sell a bit of everything: [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35195263/448dbad7a3deef2680cc401be85d261533afa170.png[/img] [h2]Changes[/h2] [list] [*]Added galaxy map. Warp around using starfuel. Hauler now starts unlocked. [*]Construct star fuel stations at stars (in the starmap) for starfuel (powers the warpdrive). [*]Stars now light the map based on their color. [*]Colonists no longer spawn alive on the map, and instead spawn in a crashed lifepod with a control module, a corpse, and some random items [*]Added trade ships. They sometimes spawn in star systems. [*]The loading bar while warping is now incremented at more intervals and has text updates. [*]Bioshroom now creates 3 biomass when harvested. [*]Added Space Whales. Harvest their tasty meat with C4. (more missions of this type to come soon) [*]Sinks (and toilets) can now be used as "output" for restocking other objects. [*]Added recipe to chem table that converts biomass, biowaste (for the DNA), and goolerium into DNA frags [/list] [h2]Fixes[/h2] [list] [*]Fixed position of cuddler head when sleeping [*]Minor tweak to toxic mushroom animation [*]Changed the sprite of biomass mushroom nodes on asteroids [*]Fixed a bug where tooltips would become orphaned. [*]Thermal exchangers placed on external walls now use the system temperature. [*]Fixed a bug where colonists would often "double-back" to the ship when offloading (etc) [*]Intro music volume is now set to the music volume in the options menu. [*]Fixed a bug where crop seeds would be destroyed when planting crops. [/list] [h2]What's Next[/h2] [list] [*]Construction Materials [*]"Change Language" button (for playing in not english) [*]Monster Hunting Job Task [*]Jetpack and Helmet are gear [*]Quests [*]Return of the gossip system? [/list] [i]* Remember to check out builds early on the "earlier_access" testing branch![/i]