FIXES

• Venom no longer crashes the game when cast by an enemy.
  
• Playtime should no longer appear to "reset" every 24 hours.
  
• Some screen transitions that did not line up correctly have been altered.
  
• Father's Pendant no longer heals to full with the Herb Pin.
  
• The Walking Stick now applies attack power correctly.
  
• The in-game icons for the "Student" and "Scholar" achievements are now correct and match the Steam icons.
  
• Ever move typo corrections.

ADDITIONS

• Added a last-resort legacy mode for very old OpenGL 2.x systems that can be enabled using the command line arguments "-l" or "legacy". Will create lots of visual artifacts and messes up the non-square aspect ratio of the game, but should at least allow the game to run on really old laptops and such.

FIXES

• Sounds effects are not automatically re-enabled on startup if they were disabled in the user's settings, or using command line arguments.
  
• Made minor tweaks to OpenGL extension functions to allow startup using OpenGL 2.x drivers that have certain OpenGL 3 capabilities but don't consider them to be extensions for whatever reason.
  
• Fixed a bug introduced in Version 3A that prevented the game from ignoring repeated keyboard input from holding down a key.
  
• Fixed a number of issues that were preventing the OS X version from booting in El Capitan.
  
• The progress meter should now correctly reset when erasing a save and starting a new game in that slot.
  
• More typo corrections.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the game would not correctly initialize keyboard controls because of a missing line in the source code.
  
• Missing Linux .so libraries needed to run the game in SteamOS are now included in the install folder.

ADDITIONS

• All hotkeys are now (mostly) customizable in the settings file.

CHANGES

• Major overhaul on the game's backend.

FIXES

• Fixed crash at startup if a key enumeration value in the settings file did not exist.
  
• The numeric keypad keys are now enumerated.
  
• You can now play the game with any gamepad connected to the system, as intended, not just the first player gamped.
  
• Phials no longer cause battles to get stuck when consumed.
  
• Attempting to open the menu and move on the same frame no longer confuses the engine to allow the player to skip/ignore warping and scripting tiles.
  
• Fixed an issue with the achievements "Pupil" and "Apprentice" not firing correctly. These two achievements will be awarded upon loading a save if the game detects they have been earned but not yet unlocked.
  
• The "Excavator" achievement should now fire more consistently.
  
• Returning to the Shaman's hut after completing the related side-quest no longer causes the game to freeze.
  
• Fixed a visual glitch on the Vision Riders logo screen when resetting the game.
  
• More typos corrected.

1. Go to your Steam library and find "Another Star". It's probably in your favorites, right? Of course it is.
   
2. Right-click (or ctrl-click if you're on a Mac) on the game in your library and select "properties".
   
3. There should be a tab in the properties window called "Betas". Select that.
   
4. In the drop-down box, change the "NONE - Opt out of all beta programs" to "beta - Open beta testing branch". (Don't worry about the access code; it's an open beta so you don't need one.)
   
5. Click close. The beta version should be queued to load and download soon.