The Last Mothership Playtest · published
Localization & Wording
• Fixed some typos (for example, "charing" is now correctly "charging")
• Improved capitalization consistency across translations
Gameplay & UI
• “Toggle Maxed” now correctly remembers your selected mode
• “Toggle Maxed” is now unified across all ships (changing it once applies it to all ships)
Audio
• Added a new setting: Audio → Background Audio
• You can now control how audio behaves when the game is unfocused, minimized, or on another monitor
Available modes:
• Always On
• Keep Music On
• Mute All Sound
Game Optimization
Reworked how the planets are rendered, providing significant performance improvements.
• Old system: Sprite sheet rendering
• New system: Shader-based rendering
Planet change:
• Added a separate cloud/atmosphere layer around planets
Video Settings
• Added an option to render clouds either in front of or underneath ships
• This can be changed in: Settings → Video → Cloud Layer
UI & Wording
• Updated the wording on the Discovery bar to make progression clearer.
Resource change
• Research Vessels cost Rare Alloy (cost Debris before)
• Explorer Vessels cost Knowledge (cost Debris before)