February 29th, 2024
This update is manly focused on bug fixes, but also includes a tutorial for new players and the Triton region to explore.
New Features:
- New player tutorial, appears after selecting first crew
- Teaches basics of the stations; brief and skippable
- No “replay” option yet for veterans; we’ll share videos and may add that later
Content:
Triton: We’ve discovered a slipgate to Neptune’s largest moon, and it is swarming with enemies.
New hard region, 2 sectors, mostly battles. Requires a coordinated and high-level crew to complete.
Enhancements:
- New music track that plays while visiting any Outpost location
- New framerate settings for iOS and Android:
- Option to set FPS cap at 60 or 30
- Option to turn on FPS monitor
New toggle to turn off Special FX:Turns off some animation and lighting effects that may be taxing older devices. ON by default for desktop and iOS, OFF for Android.If you have a newer Android device, feel free to enableIf your device is struggling with poor framerate and/or overheating, try turning Special FX off and setting your FPS cap to 30.By popular request, the Esc key now works to exit helm for the captainBug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where Medbay Amplifier tech would carry over across runs
- Fixed a bug where the iOS app would crash on load with poor network or on certain wifi connections
- Fixed bugs with the crew leaderboard getting stuck on screen or being transparent
- Fixed an issue where not all emotes would play if many crew trigger them at the same time
- Fixed an issue where intel rewards were not always listed in encounter results
- Fixed a bug with the crew stats menu rendering multiple times in a stack
- Fixed some typos and erroneous rewards in encounters
- Removed Shift + P as an input for displaying debug data
- Adjusted repair highlight requirement to 500, should appear more often
- Fixed kick and ban functions for all captains (hotfixed prior to this patch)
- Fixed an issue where XP/level was displayed incorrectly after switching crew (hotfixed prior to this patch)
- Numerous error/crash fixes and optimizations
See you aboard!