1.8.731
- Updated the client-side mission cache to reduce login times for players with higher ping times.
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.
1.8.726
- Reduced possibility of ANR stalls during initialization of shaders.
- Added a message when disabling plugins that recommends to restart for the change to take full effect.
- Added debugging code to track down mismatched ship health numbers in different menus.
- Updates to some SDKs.
- Added debugging code to track down certain crashes.
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.
1.8.722
- Added an Overscan option, defaulting to 1% for most devices, and expanding to 3% if cutouts or rounded corners are detected. The setting can be changed in Options -> Advanced -> Video.
- The Training mission arrow indicator is now hidden when a mission is active and the Mission Log menu is visible, and points to the Mission Log when the Missions list is visible and a mission is active.
- Added several analytics to try and help track down multiple new user problems that have recently emerged.
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
1.8.718.4
- New "TV Remote" mode, compatible with Google TV. A full-sized game controller is still recommended.
- Improved "beta" client localization support for 20 languages.
- Improved tutorial voiceovers for some languages.
- TV Remote and Gamepad players now receive the "Asteroids" tutorial from VR.
- Improved Nintendo Switch Pro controller support.
- Many fixes and improvements to Google TV experience.
- Google Login accounts are now easier to manage.
- Graphical improvements and many other changes.
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.
1.8.581
November 14, 2021
- New experimental/prototype Russian localization for Android.
- Mission-based HUD Notification text is now displayed in the upper left over the chat region on Android.
- Mitigated issue with Deneb Border War and Hive Skirmish missions not giving out awards.
- Clarity and stability changes to some missions.
- More anonymous analytics on the Android version.
- Added support for localized missions.