1.8.745
- Updated Android version using the latest NDK and Clang compiler.
- Updated Russian translations.
- Fixed bug with item descriptions not being translated if the language is changed.
- Updated client-side mission cache.
1.8.741b
- More bug fixes for ANR issues.
- Vulkan and ES3 shaders are now compiled in another thread to reduce ANRs on startup.
- Fixed Spanish UI issue.
- Updated Italian translations, and tweaks to other languages.
1.8.739
- Improved analytics for Google Sign-In user experience.
- Updated app to satisfy new Play Store requirements.
1.8.738
- Fixed issue with Google SignIn failure causing a UI loop that prevents the user from logging in.
- Fixed issue with Google SignIn failing due to missing email address.
1.8.736
- Fixes for ANRs and crashes on startup.
1.8.735
- Improved UX issue when aborting the initial offline training tutorials.
- Fixed a variety of potential bugs revealed by updated internal testing tools.
- Further expanded and improved the game translations, particularly Portuguese.
1.8.733
- Prototype notification system being experimentally rolled out.
- Fixes for recent crashes and ANRs.
1.8.732
- Stability improvements.
- Updated client-side cache files.
- Fixed incorrect AndroidTV analytics.
1.8.730
- Improvements for reducing Android ANR-stall issues.
- Updated German, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian translations.
- 2D box selection around group members on the HUD is now yellow for
easier visibility.
- Fixed issue with remote capship powercells becoming discharged when
undocking from commanding the capship.
- Fixed issue with missing localized characters not rendering properly.
- Fixed various Lua errors.
1.8.727.1
- Translated 50 early missions into 19 additional languages.
- Fixed issue with capship turrets not working after ReloadInterface() is called.
- Fixed crash when the game is backgrounded and the system decides to terminate it.
- Updated German and Ukrainian translations.
- Input mode is automatically changed when switching between touch and gamepad on Android.
- Added more font options for Cyrillic languages.
- Fixed issues with certain characters not rendering properly in some languages.
1.8.725
- Added '/beacon drop' command to allow players piloting capships to drop navbeacons.
- Updated Spanish translations.
- Fixed crash on exit after viewing Buddies list.
- Fixed issue with chat sometimes going to channel 0 while moving between sectors.
- Added more analytics to help track down client issues.
1.8.724
- Fixed crash when exiting or starting up.
- Added more analytics to help track down client issues.
1.8.723
- Dropping an 11th navbeacon now replaces the oldest beacon instead of preventing it from being created.
- Added a "/beacon clear" command to remove all of the beacons you created.
- Fixed issue with HUD chat text color not being applied when chosen from the color picker swatch.
- Added more analytics to help track down client issues.
1.8.721
- Touch devices now default to Third-Person Improved mode for new installs.
- Small tweaks for some translations for Russian, German, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
- Added an arrow to the station interface in the Training sector to direct players to the Missions menu.
- Streamlined initial game controller menu on TVs with only a remote.
- Increased default dead-zone range of Nintendo Switch Pro controllers to reduce drift.
- Fixed issue with missing background when cancelling the offline tutorials.
1.8.719
- Improved customized localization for Russian and Spanish.
- More Missions are localized into more languages.
- Fixed bug causing the incorrect tutorial type to be chosen for Gamepad users on TV hardware.
- Fixed issue with not being able to log in with existing VO accounts if Google Sign-in had been used previously.
- If a prerecorded Client Tutorial voice-over is not available for a language, the Google Text-To-Speech service is now used.
- Bug fixes
1.8.715
- Switch Pro controllers and clones are now properly detected.
- Improved the Cargo Tractor Beam.
- Added a text notification on the HUD when a crate is picked up that shows what was picked up and how many units.
- Improved collision detection for Avalons/rockets/missiles.
- Fixed crash in graphics driver on Android.
- Fixed rendering issue with missing shadows on certain ships.
- Fixed issue with Multiclick.
- Added more logging to track down crashes.
Mar 15, 2022
- Adds very basic (alpha) tutorial support for Ukrainian.
- Fixed rendering issue with certain languages on Android TV devices.
- Fixed rendering direction issue with Arabic text in Offline tutorials.
- Fixed potential issues with game config files becoming corrupted, binds sometimes being lost.
- Reduced the number of times the game configuration files are written on startup.
- Prevent /+Shoot2 command from being manually used to fire turrets, ActivateTurrets is now the standard.
Varies with device
November 26, 2021
- Expanded Russian localizations on Android, including Gamepad controls and configuration.
- Improved "highlight" features for Missions to more easily display control information, for new Tutorials.
- Added "highlight" arrows that can point to the nearest docking bay, in space and on radar, for updated Tutorial usage.
- Additional Tutorial analytics, to help determine when new players run into difficulties during tutorial missions.
1.8.580
November 6, 2021
- New tutorial missions in initial rollout on touchscreen devices, will be coming to other input models.
- Improved client-side mission list refresh and update latency.
- Added ability for tutorials to highlight various HUD elements.
- Various PCC mission editor improvements and new features.