We also made some minor improvements, like a hint to use Strategy Mode for better orientation and finding objects in rifts, as well as some performance improvements (also mostly related to rifts).

UI

• Added a hint to use the Strategy Mode (N) for better orientation in rifts

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where 'Fight the Swarm' mission spawned infinite numbers of Xsotan
• Fixed an issue where captain icons in sector ship overview were not visible
• Fixed an issue in sector ship overview where not all available missions were shown
• Fixed an issue in 'Rescue of a Lost Expedition' where the beacon could be attacked by Xsotan
• Fixed an issue where wormhole generator could be spawned in non-rift sectors
• Fixed several issues in Xsotan Swarm Event
• Fixed an issue where Xsotan Core of 'Xsotan Core Extraction' could be collected into alliance inventories
• Fixed an issue where rift extraction button wasn't working properly for alliance ships
• Fixed an issue where rift research center could send people over the barrier
• Fixed an issue where new rift mining subsystem would not uncover hidden resource asteroids
• Fixed an issue where achievements were wrongly unlocked
• Fixed an issue where scout command didn't reveal faction home sectors
• Fixed an issue where Zach's Xsotan Reinforcement Spawner could continue spawning Xsotan after ship was towed
• Fixed an issue where 'Elimination of Corrupt Officials' Mission would send too many mails
• Fixed an issue where 'Mega Thor' turret could use too much energy
• Fixed several issues where commands would behave erroneously with 0 cargo space
• Fixed several performance issues in rifts where wreckages didn't despawn
• Fixed several issues where wreckages didn't despawn even though they should
• Improved performance of rifts by reducing amount of asteroids by 30%

Hotfixes 2022-08-09

"Hotfixes of the past weeks for completeness' sake."

• Fixed an issue with ship autosaves and filesystem-incompatible characters in ship's name
• Tutorial: Camera movement is no longer prohibited in building mode
• Fixed several crashes reported through our crash reporter
• Fixed an issue where speech bubbles of alliance ship hunter captains weren't displayed
• Fixed a few performance issues when rendering portraits of resources/money
• Improved docking pull-in mechanics
• Fixed an issue when restoring turrets of a craft where automatic and weapon group settings could be lost
• Key bindings for Autopilot, Trading Overview and Object Detector can now be assigned explicitly
• Quick Access 4 & 5 remain and can be used by mods. Use it by defining the getControlAction() function in the desired script.

Hotfixes 2022-08-05

"Hotfixes of the past weeks for completeness' sake."

• Fixed an issue where turret factory couldn't build Exotic rarity turrets
• Fixed several crashes reported through our crash reporter
• Fixed Research Station trying to feed unresearchable items in auto research
• Added some debug support to help us find more crashes & issues