BALANCING

• Reduced the chance of dropping high-tier materials in higher tier systems when destroying a pirate drone (Previously 100%, now dependent on type and tier of resource)
  
  
• Fixed a bug where the small asteroids that are created when shooting at a rich asteroid would contain the rarest resources

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an occasional crash that could occur when opening the editor from within the game
  
  
• Fixed the scrolling in the Steam inventory menu
  
  
• Fixed a bug where toggling a systems PvE state using the command would sometimes not work
  
  
• Fixed a bug where players could sometimes still shoot each other when PvE mode was enabled
  
  
• Fixed a bug where the small asteroids that are created when shooting at a rich asteroid would only be minable using the salvager

NOTES

• Servers need to be updated. No rebuilds required.
  
  
• If your preferred server has not updated yet, you can switch to the 'previous' branch until it has updated.
  
  
• Please report failed rifts or duplicated ships on our Discord or on the bug reporting subforum, and include at least the following details:
  • The server you were on
    
  • The name of your ship
    
  • The system you were rifting from
    
  • The system you were rifting to

FEATURES

• Board room chairs can now be used
  
  
• Added offset version of the board room
  
  
• Individual systems can now be set to be PVE/PVP command: toggleSystemPve
  
  
• Holotable now shows if a system is PVE/PVP
  
  
• Chat now shows on joining both the system name and if it's PVE/PVP
  
  
• SSK is no longer needed to make a server show in the server list
  
  
• Rich asteroids can now be destroyed, creating small asteroids that loses any rare resources it had
  
  
• Rich asteroids can no longer spawn empty and will always have rare resources
  
  
• Rich asteroids can no longer spawn the Ice variant
  
  
• Multithreaded system update is now enabled by default and considered stable enough for non-official servers (still needs to be turned on when it was previously off, only on for new installs of the game)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed faction droid not reacting to players
  
  
• Light colours now update when shadows are turned off (when alarm states are active)
  
  
• Lamps now also change colour when the light colour is updated
  
  
• Fixed shadow toggle being absent in options menu
  
  
• Fixed ship flight X/Y toggles being absent in options menu
  
  
• Improved performance of warp disrupt shader
  
  
• Fixed holotable labels not showing
  
  
• Fixed a crash in the Ghost Client
  
  
• Strip miner now outputs a crate when it is turned off and there are resources left in the arm
  
  
• Fixed a bug with bullet collision not working properly when there were many bullets near each other
  
  
• Fixed a server crash that could occur when multithreading was enabled
  
  
• Fixed drone bay sounds not listening to sound settings properly
  
  
• Fixed a server crash that could occur when using cargo teleporter automation to hand in mission resources
  
  
• Reduce our base memory usage by making some more sounds that triggered the audio streaming warning streaming
  
  
• Ships with their engines turned off now slowly slow down (this does not apply to ships without thrusters)
  
  
• Fixed bug where disposers would freeze when they dispose a tool
  
  
• Fixed a client crash on startup that could occur on some AMD GPUs
  
  
• Fixed inventory desync on admin kill
  
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when looking at a holotable while your ship was destroyed
  
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur in the trade terminal UI

NOTES

• Servers need to be updated. No rebuilds required.
  
  
• If your preferred server has not updated yet, you can switch to the 'previous' branch until it has updated.
  
  
• Please report failed rifts or duplicated ships on our Discord or on the bug reporting subforum, and include at least the following details:
  • what server you were on
    
  • The name of your ship
    
  • The system you were rifting from
    
  • The system you were rifting to

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a client crash that could occur when calculating the available resources on a ship
  
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when the engine logged an empty message
  
  
• Avoid a crash when failing to update display text of a textfield after deleting a character
  
  
• Try to fix failing to load a texture because it's already being read by something else (an AV f.e.)

OPTIMIZATION

• Overhauled exterior lighting to improve performance

LOGGING

• Pass engine logging severity through to .NET logger
  
  
• Log when the default (yellow checkerboard) texture is inserted into or retrieved from the texture cache
  
  
• Log when failing to update display text of a textfield after deleting a character
  
  
• Log when a character animation is somehow missing

NOTES

• Servers don't need to be updated. No rebuilds are required.
  
  
• If your preferred server has not updated yet, you can switch to the 'previous' branch until it has updated.
  
  
• Please report failed rifts or duplicated ships on our Discord or on the bug reporting subforum, and include at least the following details:
  • what server you were on
    
  • The name of your ship
    
  • The system you were rifting from
    
  • The system you were rifting to

BUG FIXES

• Fixed the physics mesh of hexagon walls
  
  
• Avoid an out of memory crash on the client when trying to plot a rifting route to a far away system by limiting the maximum amount of stops to 25
  
  
• Log an error when we can't find the attachment point of a terminal
  
  
• Fixed a server crash that would occur when invoking /setSuperAdmin on an offline player
  
  
• Fixed a server crash that could occur when a system was reloaded and MultithreadedSystemUpdate was enabled
  
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when the ship you were on was destroyed
  
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when pressing the inventory slot hotkeys while in the loading screen
  
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when looping a sound failed

NOTES

• Servers only need to be updated if they want to take advantage of the server crash fixes. No rebuilds required.
  
  
• If your preferred server has not updated yet, you can switch to the 'previous' branch until it has updated.
  
  
• Please report failed rifts or duplicated ships on our Discord or on the bug reporting subforum, and include at least the following details:
  • what server you were on
    
  • The name of your ship
    
  • The system you were rifting from
    
  • The system you were rifting to

FEATURES

• Added the /stopShip command to stop the specified ship

BUG FIXES

• Fixed /setSystemResourceSpawnRate and /setSystemFactionInfluenceChangeRate not accepting values with a decimal point
  
  
• Fixed bug where wall terminals could not be repaired or damaged using the repair gun
  
  
• Fixed repair gun icons toggle hotkey toggling while chat was open
  
  
• Fixed a server crash and desync that could occur when a ship was destroyed
  
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when the used translation file had invalid strings for the new advancements UI
  
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when completing a mission
  
  
• Fixed some errors logged to the console

PERFORMANCE

• Fixed many repair gun icons lagging the game
  
  
• Improve rendering performance when a lot of entities are animating or being snapped to bones on other entities

NOTES

• Servers only need to be updated if they want to take advantage of the desync and server crash fixes. No rebuilds required.
  
  
• If your preferred server has not updated yet, you can switch to the 'previous' branch until it has updated.
  
  
• Please report failed rifts or duplicated ships on our Discord or on the bug reporting subforum, and include at least the following details:
  • what server you were on
    
  • The name of your ship
    
  • The system you were rifting from
    
  • The system you were rifting to

BUG FIXES

• Device settings changes made in the editor are now prioritized over device settings made on ships that are being upgraded simultaneously (should fix inability to change power groups)
  
  
• Unload empty systems earlier when under high memory pressure, to reduce the likelihood of out of memory crashes on servers
  
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when logging in on or near a ship with a ram scoop

NOTES

• Servers do not need to be updated. No rebuilds required.
  
  
• If your preferred server has not updated yet, you can switch to the 'previous' branch until it has updated.
  
  
• Please report failed rifts or duplicated ships on our Discord or on the bug reporting subforum, and include at least the following details:
  • what server you were on
    
  • The name of your ship
    
  • The system you were rifting from
    
  • The system you were rifting to

BUG FIXES

• Fixed bug where advancements could give too much money in some cases
  
• Fixed bug where benches would have the wrong hover text
  

NOTES

• Servers need to be updated.
  
  
• If your preferred server has not updated yet, you can switch to the 'previous' branch until it has updated
  
  
• Please report failed rifts or duplicated ships on our Discord or on the bug reporting subforum, and include at least the following details:
  • what server you were on
    
  • The name of your ship
    
  • The system you were rifting from
    
  • The system you were rifting to

FEATURES

• Added new building blocks to the editor:
  
  • Hexagon Wall (25 Iron)
    
  • Hexagon Floor (25 Iron)
    
  • Hexagon Ceiling (25 Iron)
    
  • Hexagon Wall Light (25 Iron, 5 Copper)
    
  • Hexagon Ceiling Light (25 Iron, 5 Copper)
    
  • DecoBlock Wall (25 Iron)
    
  • DecoBlock Wall Light (25 Iron, 5 Copper)
  
  
• Tutorials now unlock in order
  
• Removed the Guide
  
• Moved damaged device markers from guide to Repair Gun (Toggleable, by default they show when a Repair Gun is equipped)
  

BALANCE

• Changed tier of Torpedo Launchers to tier 0, resource cost:
  
  • 500 Steel
    
  • 125 Copper
    
  • 1500 Iron
  
  
• Rebalanced torpedo damage and resource cost, and added improved torpedo.
  
  • Standard torpedo damage increased from 2500 to 3000, recipe changed, is now:
    
    • 40 Iron
      
    • 30 Steel
      
    • 60 Nitrous Oxide
    
    
  • Improved torpedo damage 4500, recipe:
    
    • 40 Brass
      
    • 30 Steel
      
    • 60 Nitrous Oxide
    
    
  • Advanced torpedo base damage increased from 2500 to 5000, recipe unchanged.
  
  
• Changed recipe and damage of rail gun ammo:
  
  • Standard Rail Gun Ammo damage from 200 per tick for 20 ticks to 250, recipe:
    
    • 40 Tungsten
      
    • 60 Carbon
    
    
  • Advanced Rail Gun Ammo damage from 2000 per tick for 20 ticks to 2500, recipe:
    
    • 75 Tungsten
      
    • 5 Titanium
      
    • 60 Carbon
  
  
• Repair Gun now uses Carbon instead of Silicon in its recipe
  

UI

• Reworked mission UI
  
  • Missions can now be found on your GRIP
    
  • Missions can be individually toggled to be active
    
  • The HUD only shows bullet points and direct objectives
  
  
• Added new pop up system to cover mission updates and advancements
  
• Tweaked color and borders of GRIP screen to increase readability of content
  
• Reworked options and server options menu
  
• Reworked in-game options menu
  
• Options can now be reset to defaults
  
• Added advancements tab to the GRIP, gives credits & reputation as reward for small objectives that are completed. (Popups can be disabled)
  
• Markers now fade out when you are close to them
  
• Added ability to highlight UI buttons
  
• Tutorials now start with a popup with a short description
  
• Players are now prompted to complete at least one tutorial if they haven't done so
  
• New hover labels when players look at devices, these show the device name, the interaction key, and in some cases a key to go to the encyclopedia case, more to be added. (Parts of this can be disabled)
  

BUG FIXES

• Fixed mail sound being in the "SFX" group instead of the "UI" group
  
• Fixed some sounds being queued play while in the editor
  
• Bullet materials no longer update every frame (Performance)
  
• Cache some components in bullets so we don't need to request them every frame (Performance)
  
• Fixed colored text not working in loading screen
  
• Fixed a server side login error that could occur when reconnecting after disconnecting before finishing the previous login attempt
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when opening the map on a terminal just when the ship was destroyed (This was worked around a while ago, but the added logging has now resulted in us being able to properly fix it)
  
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when pressing the ship stats firewall overview button at the exact moment the ship was destroyed
  
• Fixed a crash when an offline player would be sent a mail.
  
• Removed corrupt textures that would still try to load but were unused
  
• Fixed a crash when upgrading ships
  
• Fixed a bug where upgraded ships would not be send to clients correctly
  

NOTES

• Servers need to be updated.
  
  
• If your preferred server has not updated yet, you can switch to the 'previous' branch until it has updated
  
  
• Please report failed rifts or duplicated ships on our Discord or on the bug reporting subforum, and include at least the following details:
  • what server you were on
    
  • The name of your ship
    
  • The system you were rifting from
    
  • The system you were rifting to