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Overhaul Update 4.8.4 - Incrementals

Shallow Space · published 31 Oct 2016, 12:34 UTC

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You probably noticed the game updating over the weekend.

The changes made in 4.8.1 to the movement system were really quite massive and so we had a quick optimisation pass and a couple of rounds of bug fixing.

Next in the pipeline is Update 5, ETA 2-3 days.

BETA Hotfix Update 4.8.2

- Fixes further to log spam
- Fixes to thrusters lagging framerate
- Fixed OOZ concurrency GC collection causing stutter every second
- Optimised adjusted stats calculations to avoid GC collection
- Removed SpaceObjects rocks from collision avoidance (munches CPU sadly)

BETA Hotfix Update 4.8.3

- Fixes to collision avoidance crash on zone exit
- Fixes to fleet icons shown for AI OOZ units
- Fixed positioning issues introduced with new physics simulation

BETA Hotfix Update 4.8.4

- Fixes (further) to collision avoidance crash on zone exit

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