Rings of Saturn

• You will no longer get separate messages from Vilcy patrols made from several ships.
  
• I moved Elon Interstellar Model E’s weapon mounts a few centimetres forward so projectiles won’t hit the beak in an unlucky manoeuvre.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused pulse lasers to deal no thermal damage unless operating on maximum frequency.
  
• Fixed missing dialogue options when you encounter dead bodies in rings.
  
• Attacking one of the ships being in combat will make the other one appreciate you for it.
  
• Updated translations.
  
• Kzinti Lesson Mk2 thermal output now scales more gently, making it more suitable for mining.
  
• You can now come on board Ganymedean Anarchy station even if your faction standing is not maxed out.
  
• Hovering over past dialogue options with the mouse will not highlight them anymore.
  
• EIAA 1337 autopilot will now hold relative velocity to any selected target as long as you keep the X button pressed.
  
• I improved the stability of the AR1500 Manipulator code.
  
• You cannot extend your claim when you don’t have enough money anymore.
  
• Fixed rounding error in railgun code that caused the last bullet not to be usable.
  
• The dialogue reply button will not disappear if you close the OMS screen while the animation is still playing.
  

• You can now tune the power and frequency of your laser mining systems.
  
• Asteroids will not spawn inside the walls of the Space Bar now.
  
• You cannot grab destroyed habitats with your salvage manipulator anymore.
  
• When hiring and immediately firing crew, the ship logs will now reflect both actions.
  
• Fixed German translation on HAL9000 heads-up display that overflowed screen size and hid units.
  
• Updated Polish and Russian translations.
  
• Fixed a handle leak in the Dealer menu that could cause crashes when you browsed inventory quickly.
  
• Fixed handle leak in AR1500 Manipulator code that could cause crashes when an asteroid exploded near you.
  
• You could go into debt when hiring crew if you opened the crew window first but switched to market or upgrades to spend your money.
  
• Screensaver mode will now quit when it detects any input.
  
• Sent comms message will now lose highlight.
  

• Changed layout of Enceladus Prime station menu to make it more friendly to small screens - including slightly smaller font, adjusted margins, changes simulation charts and more.
  
• You can now command your dispatched B8 Claim Beacons, ordering them to extend the claim or return to your ship for future redeployment.
  
• Rear-mounted B8 Claim Beacons are no longer available for Cothon-212.
  
• Menu shadows on Enceladus Prime are now consistent.
  
• Selecting targets on your Astrogation will now scroll the map by the minimum amount required.
  
• Removed upgrade preview button, which did same thing as clicking on the upgrade name itself.
  
• XASER burn events will not happen next to populated areas anymore.
  
• Added vignette to upgrade and tuning simulations screens.
  
• Enabled CRT post-processing filter for Return to Enceladus and Rescue Mission cutscenes.
  
• Claim Beacon thruster will no longer keep burning if its onboard computer loses power for some reason.
  
• When you quickly opened and closed the Onboard Maintenance System menu while being hailed by another ship, you could interrupt the dialogue animation, leaving invisible options.
  
• Changed the response curve for docking arms so they will not shake ships and drones attached to them.
  

• Added detailed graphical and performance settings: you can control background and explosion particles, light and shadow quality, postprocessing, separate framerate limit for backgrounds and more.
  
• Improved the performance of the Enceladus Prime station screen.
  
• Removed incorrect tooltips on buy/sell buttons on confirmation window in dealer screen.
  
• Player replies in the dialogue system will now span multiple lines when needed.
  
• The game will not count processed cargo containers as recovered anomalies in ship logs anymore.
  
• Russian translations updated.
  

• Fixed bug that caused Rusatom-Antonoff K37 HUD to disappear if you launched the game with the Russian language selected.
  

Strike of The Geologist Union ended

New Enceladian Order

Obonto Habitats declare neutrality

Maintenance Records

• Expanded tutorial with additional in-character notes left for new players.
  
• New Geologist tab in your Onboard Maintenance System, with local mineral excavation map and ability to control remote drone systems, focusing them on specific minerals or specific values.
  
• Improved artificial intelligence of ship-mounted mining companions and cargo containers. You can now order a return to your cradle if you launch any of them by mistake, and the docking protocol will now align them correctly and bring them close enough for you to catch without moving your ship. You still need to power up your cradle to catch them.
  
• Changed the icons for stat comparisons when hiring a crew to make it clear that you are upgrading or downgrading your current staff.
  
• Improved persistence of dialogues. Stations will not change their minds on what they want and who is aboard if you fly far enough and return to them.
  
• Increased the patience of your crew when you forget to pay their salary.
  
• The dealer will now ask for confirmation when buying or selling ships.
  
• Obonto habitats will not get offended anymore if you fire on independent miners.
  
• Removed a view button on the Dealer screen, which did the same as clicking the ship name.
  
• Mineral market polishing: highlighted month changes, all the numbers formatted the same way, added missing padding.
  
• If you lost a rock from the cargo hold, your cargo hold value would display state before losing that rock.
  
• Moved the OMS mechanic hotkey display to another column to make the power buttons more prominent.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused drones and ammo contained in onboard storage of drone systems and mass-drivers to disappear upon launching from Enceladus.
  
• Gimballed thrusters could operate well below their minimum power when pointed in the wrong way, causing your autopilot to use up propellant without getting any meaningful thrust.
  
• Fixed several graphical glitches inside the Space Bar and made it easier to spot the entrance.
  
• In some cases, you could launch the game without getting keyboard focus on any of the buttons, making it impossible to start playing without using a mouse.
  
• Updated translations.
  

New mining claim options now available

New generation of quantum processors released

Safety upgrade for GNU/Antonos-based autopilots

Maintenance Records

• You can now choose different claim options when deploying B8 Claim Beacons.
  
• Your astrogator will not extend the duration of claims for free.
  
• Performance enhancements for NPC AI.
  
• Stability fixes in the dialogue subsystem.
  
• Salvage Manipulator will not exceed its maximum power draw anymore.
  
• Made the storyteller module more forgiving for new players, holding back hostile encounters until you learn to fly decently well.
  
• Drone systems will now be automatically disabled in cutscenes.
  
• Docking at habitats will not cause adrenaline rushes anymore.
  
• You can now exit the settings menu with a gamepad or keyboard alone.
  
• Your HUD will now fade away during tutorials so the instructions are easier to find.
  
• When flying a ship without ammo or drone systems, relevant storage sensor will no-longer report a warning.
  
• Ship sensors reaching critical value will now flash briefly to draw your attention to arising problems.
  
• Elon Interstellar Model-E depth display will no longer be truncated when flying over 1000km deep in the rings.
  
• Updated warning levels for pulse lasers in the Upgrade menu.
  
• Updated translations.

• Fixed a bug in AR1500 Salvage Manipulator that was causing crashes when returning to Enceladus station in some cases.
  
• Updated translations.
  

• Updated translation file with improved Russian translations.
  
• It’s now much easier to dock with rotating stations.
  
• Your pilot will not freak out and trigger an adrenaline rush when docked at a rotating station.
  
• Performance improvements.
  
• Further reduced VRAM footprint.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the racing crew to ignore you if you were in good enough relations with them.
  
• Fixed a bug in the excavator that caused it to lose power in some situations, being unable to crush icerods and losing cargo during manoeuvres.
  
• Fixed a bug in the event spawning code that caused some special events to have a chance not to appear in dense regions of the rings.
  
• Improved mining companions. They now have larger cargo holds and twice as much propellant and are able to bring home a significant yield when deployed in the right area.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused cargo inside your cargo companion to count towards the proximity sensor, locking you out of astrogation if you had cargo in a mining companion still attached to your cradle.
  
• You will now come out of the astrogation cutscene slower.
  
• Astrogation cutscene will orient your ship and use all the thrusters, even if you disabled some manually.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause computer damage when your own ship hull collided with excavators, grinders or cargo bay doors.
  
• Re-balanced mineral processing units.