Fix: cursor input lag
Aiming no longer feels a frame behind.
- Fixed aiming feeling a frame behind by switching to a hardware cursor.
Changelog
What's new, newest first — 384 updates and counting.
Draggable windows
Move windows around with click-to-front.
- Added draggable interface windows with click-to-front layering.
Station UI redesign
Cleaner Trade and contract boards.
- Reworked the station Trade and contract boards with cleaner tables and layout.
Fix: turn-stop wobble
Your heading holds steady when you stop turning.
- Fixed your heading wobbling when you stop turning.
Inertial dampeners
Toggle Newtonian drift on or off.
- Added a coupled/decoupled flight toggle for Newtonian drift.
Flight feel
Snappier steering and a tighter camera.
- Improved steering to feel snappier.
- Tightened the camera to track your ship more closely.
Fix: warp arrival offset
Arrive centered on the gate, not nudged off.
- Fixed warp arrival landing you off-center from your drift.
The jump
A proper hyperspace tunnel, and momentum through gates.
- Added a hyperspace streak tunnel when you warp.
- Changed gates to carry your inbound velocity through.
Warp & portals
Smarter warp ranges and auto-routed map travel.
- Changed warp range to scale off portal size.
- Added multi-hop auto-routing when you click the galaxy map.
Fix: cargo reverting on relog
Your trades stick after logout.
- Fixed bought and sold cargo reverting after logout.
Loot across the galaxy
Drops sourced across the galaxy, not a fixed table.
- Changed loot and item sourcing to spread across stations and the galaxy instead of a fixed table.
Economy overhaul
Algorithmic station vendors and a unified Trade tab.
- Replaced the player order-book with algorithmic per-station vendors.
- Added a single unified Trade tab at every station.
Autopilot
Auto-fly, dock, or jump with a click.
- Added autopilot: Ctrl + right-click to auto-fly to a point, dock, or jump a gate.
Fix: dock window unclickable
Undock works even on a shrunk window.
- Fixed the Undock button becoming unclickable on a shrunk station window.
Clean docking
Ship hides while docked and ejects cleanly.
- Changed docking so your ship hides while docked.
- Fixed undocking to eject you cleanly instead of drifting off.
Quest tracker overhaul
A pinned objective and a clearer beacon.
- Added a pinned objective tracker.
- Improved the edge beacon pointing to your next step.
Fleeing pods
Refugee pods flee the opening wreck.
- Added refugee pods that flee the opening wreck toward the gate.
A hotter cold open
A new opening that drops you straight into the action.
- Reworked the opening: flee the wreck in a pod, buy your first ship, and fight.
Fix: AI ramming
AI approaches sensibly instead of bunching up.
- Fixed AI ships bunching up and ramming at full speed; they now approach sensibly.
AI temperament
NPCs decide to fight, hold, or flee.
- Added NPC temperament so they decide whether to fight, hold, or flee.
Roaming AI
AI roams sectors and chases through wormholes.
- Added AI ships that roam across sectors.
- Added AI pursuit through wormholes.
A galaxy to chart
A twin-spiral galaxy with named systems.
- Added a twin-spiral galaxy generator with named systems and discovery.
Fix: planets jittering
Worlds orbit smoothly, no jitter or teleport.
- Fixed planets jittering or teleporting by syncing orbit and spin to the server.
Background overhaul
A seamless starfield and richer nebulas.
- Added a seam-free starfield.
- Reworked nebulas to stay stable as you zoom.
One-command releases
Client and server ship together, never drifting.
- Changed releases to ship client and server together so they never drift apart.