Hotfixes 2022-11-24

• Fixed an issue where fighters could have size 0
• Fixed an issue where ships with fighters wouldn't salvage/mine distant objects
• Fixed a crash in 'Mark as Trash' window

Gameplay

• Added a new Xsotan enemy that dashes
• Improved Auto Research
• 3 items are now fed to station AI (instead of 5)
• Auto Research can now respect the type of items
• Added a new "Repair Nearby Ships" order for fighters
• Mothership is always prioritized
• After mothership is repaired, nearby allied ships are repaired
• Renamed current "Repair" fighter order to more fitting "Repair Target"
• "Repair Target" now has the fighters stay at the target after repairing it fully
• Fighters now return and land once target is destroyed, instead of circling the mothership
• Added a new "Collect Loot" Fighter order
• Added a new legendary lightning turret
• Added a new legendary party turret
• Increased likelihood of ships appearing while mining/salvaging/etc.
• Reduced prices of torpedoes by 40% - 80%, depending on rarity and type

Steam Achievements & Mods

• It is now possible to optionally enable Steam Achievements while mods are active

Maintenance Command

• Restock Command has been renamed to Maintenance Command
• Maintenance can now send a ship to repair the ship, hire crew, buy torpedoes and buy fighters
• Maintenance is the only command that can be started without functional crew or when the ship is severely damaged
• Maintenance command can now fill torpedo shafts when buying torpedoes, not just storage

UI

• Object Detector highlights now flash to be easily distinguishable from normal reticles
• Object Detector no longer highlights docked objects
• Cargo that is important for missions now has a special icon in Cargo Bay UI
• Added a milestone for the secret stick ship boss
• Speech bubbles of the player ship are now shown below the ship, not above it
• Marking items in inventory as trash now has settings for type & DPS of items
• Setting for sorting mission items to the top in the inventory is now remembered

Into The Rift - Gameplay

• Added icons to rift monoliths for better orientation
• Added icons to critical mission objects for better orientation
• Improved clarity of all rift missions
• Added icons to mark finished monoliths
• Rescue of a lost Expedition: The shelter asteroid can now be interacted with
• Applied Xenology: Added visualizations on where probes can be placed
• Applied Xenology: Added a button to quickly deploy a probe
• Applied Xenology: Improved spawning of enemies when placing a probe
• Xsotan Core Extraction: All monoliths now have larvae
• Recovery Missions: Added icons to found wreckages for better orientation
• Removed effects of several rift environmental effects on fighters
• Acid Fog, Radiation and Xsotan Breeders no longer affect or are affected by fighters
• Several mission-critical objects are now invincible
• Adjusted Repair and Attack platform's HP to survive longer, especially in the center
• Increased amount of Rift Research Data dropped by Xsotan by 50%
• Increased amount of Rift Research Data gathered by Scientist captain by 50%
• Increased time it takes a Smuggler captain to procure Rift Research Data

Into The Rift - UI

• Added current ship mass to rift mission mass constraint tooltip
• Improved phrasing for mass limit to clarify destruction of the ship
• Dialogs with objects that need batteries now explicitly state that there are batteries nearby
• Flashing indicator for batteries no longer turns off after some time
• Batteries no longer flash while docked
• Weapon chamber switch indicator stops flashing once activated
• Battery stash indicator flashes after first interaction to make it easier to find again
• Battery stash indicator stops flashing after opening

Into The Rift - Modding

• Exposed several files of the Into The Rift DLC for modding

Performance

• Improved performance when adding torpedoes while the Torpedoes UI is open

Bugfixes

• Fixed several issues when objects were deleted
• Fixed an issue where mine/salvage orders weren't stopped properly while fighters were still deployed
• Fixed an issue where AI ships tried to mine/salvage while weapons were disabled
• Fixed an issue where some auto pilot buttons were missing while sitting in the ship
• Fixed some issues where mine/salvage command didn't work and/or gave unhelpful errors
• Fixed an issue where the location of the Xsotan Swarm Event Boss wasn't sent to players that had logged in during the event
• Fixed an issue where sparks for beam hits were created when paused
• Fixed an issue where Acid Fog in Rifts had a higher level than predicted by the mission board
• Fixed an issue where NPCs attacked marker buoys
• Fixed notifications overlaying the cursor while selecting a command on the galaxy map
• Fixed an issue where workforce in crew tab looked janky
• Fixed an issue where auto research tried to combine invalid items
• Fixed a possible crash when key bindings file was corrupted
• [UBR] Fixed an issue where Lasers from the turret factory could be configured to have 0 dps
• [UBR] Fixed an issue where repair beams could be blocked by impenetrable shields
• [UBR] Fixed an issue where DPS of weapons with battery charge was calculated incorrectly
• [UBR] Fixed an issue where the cargo volume wasn't updated correctly when using the Supply operation
• Fixed several crashes
• Fixed several spelling issues