Version 3.00 Beta 5 (189204)

Note: Voice recordings and localisations for texts that are new in 3.00 are not yet included.

Note: This is not the complete and final new feature list for 3.00.

• New Feature: Interactive holomap with mouse support, rotation, panning and automatic zoom between map levels.
• New Feature: Stations can now be built in Empty Space zones.
• New Feature: Dangerous regions that can damage your ship (feature implemented but regions not yet in map).
• New Feature: Crafting of special items (feature now functional).
• New Feature: Beta 3 New non-plot mission chains.
• New Feature: Beta 3 Employee training to improve skills (feature now functional).
• New Feature: Beta 3 Ware exchange between player ships and stations.
• New Feature: Subsystem target cycling.
• Beta 4 Added ability to run in first person mode.
• Added custom trade offer price settings.
• Added new kind of floating crate that must be opened by destroying locks.
• Added new trade and targeting software upgrades for the player ship.
• Added option to enable automatic refuel when ships call player if they are out of fuel.
• Beta 3 Added build progress display to monitor and map.
• Beta 3 Added option to display non-squad ships in Trade Offers menu.
• Added Patrol Zone order to continuously secure a zone.
• Added Gather Resources for mining in different zones.
• Beta 3 Added option to recall all drones.
• Added encyclopedia page showing station build costs.
• Beta 3 Added estimated profit to trade menus.
• Beta 3 Added default drone setups to ship dealer drone menus.
• Beta 4 Added encyclopedia button to trade details
• Beta 3 Added shortcut display to new main menu.
• Beta 3 Added shortcuts for property owned, player inventory and undock.
• Beta 4 Added ability to rename Empty Space zones once a player station has been built there (improves new feature in 3.0).
• Beta 5 Added reminder to restart game after enabling/disabling extensions.
• Added new in-game statistics.
• Beta 5 Added new tips.
• Beta 4 Improved gamestart balancing.
• Beta 5 Improved smalltalk gameplay.
• Beta 4 Improved smalltalk reward balancing.
• Beta 5 Improved hacking gameplay.
• Improved AI turret avoidance.
• Improved AI fuel station selection to reduce queues at the pumps.
• Improved AI attack behaviour on fleets of capital ships.
• Beta 3 Improved AI missile target selection.
• Beta 3 Improved small fighter attacks on big targets.
• Beta 5 Improved enemy target selection in non-fighter capital ships defending themselves.
• Beta 5 Improved police scan behaviour, giving more time to drop illegal inventory items.
• Beta 5 Improved duration of station response after being attacked.
• Improved positioning of highway advertising signs to avoid traffic.
• Improved price calculation and discount system to make trading viable for a wider range of wares (new base prices to come).
• Improved balancing of police licence prices, bounty rewards and mission rewards.
• Beta 4 Improved behaviour of Recall Drones and Smart Defence buttons in Ability menu.
• Beta 3 Improved refuelling behaviour so that local budgets are no longer wasted on fuel.
• Beta 3 Improved effect on production efficiency of station employees, including skill levels.
• Beta 3 Improved AI engineer balancing.
• Beta 4 Improved holomap colour settings.
• Fixed occasional highway-related sound cut-out.
• Fixed builder ship positioning.
• Beta 3 Fixed respawning of hidden ships once claimed.
• Beta 5 Fixed hull sections of certain ships appearing wrecked when they shouldn't.
• Fixed further cases of production getting stuck when storage for some products is full.
• Fixed attack/defend configuration of Defence Officer not working in some cases.
• Fixed unfriendly NPCs allowing further question options after "Where can I find...?".
• Fixed Refuel command being displayed twice in the pilot info.
• Beta 3 Fixed command info showing 'Docking' when ships undocking.
• Fixed wares being listed as available for resource gathering on ships not capable of mining them.
• Beta 5 Fixed damage not being taken into account when selling ships.
• Beta 5 Fixed some wares being illegal even to Pirates, the Xenon and Ren himself.
• Beta 5 Fixed collection of station dropped cargo not being flagged as illegal activity.
• Beta 3 Fixed negative credits in logbook messages.
• Beta 3 Fixed missing remaining discount time.
• Beta 3 Fixed "unlocked" percentage being shown for player-owned objects.
• Beta 4 Fixed incorrect unit capacity calculation in trader menus.
• Beta 5 Fixed incorrect number of engines displayed in ship detail menu.
• Beta 4 Fixed production times in the info menu not updating.
• Beta 3 Fixed "Account Updated" notification sometimes reporting double amounts, even when transferred amounts are correct.
• Beta 3 Fixed trades failing completely if pilot funds are not sufficient for entire amount.
• Beta 4 Fixed additional wares being transported if an empty transport drone is destroyed on its return trip.
• Beta 5 Fixed player-owned ships not completing current tasks when being added to or removed from the player squad.
• Beta 5 Fixed switches on platforms not working when the game was saved while they were activating or deactivating.
• Fixed ships with trade orders stuck in following player ship (stuck trades will be completed after current task).
• Fixed capital ships not shooting at some stations.
• Beta 4 Fixed station not attacking enemies in several situations.
• Beta 4 Fixed damage per second simulation for ships using missiles as weapons when player is not present.
• Beta 4 Fixed demolition drone ammo.
• Fixed remote controlled missiles not moving if player stops controlling them.
• Beta 5 Fixed mining ships potentially getting stuck when they are unable to unload their wares.
• Beta 3 Fixed custom trade offer price settings not being saved in savegames (feature introduced in 3.0).
• Beta 5 Fixed missing mass traffic in temporary zone in which player has built a station (feature introduced in 3.0).
• Fixed ships not finishing planned trade trips in certain situations.
• Fixed ships behaving as though moving while actually standing still.
• Beta 4 Fixed ships getting stuck in highways.
• Fixed at least one cause of unexpected warping of player ship to a new location.
• Fixed cockpit camera movement not working when loading a savegame.
• Fixed missing voice feedback for some orders.
• Fixed incorrect NPC voice feedback when there are no explicit orders.
• Beta 5 Fixed minimum budget display not taking into account local prices.
• Fixed object positions on map when viewing a different sector.
• Beta 4 Fixed inability to zoom out when viewing large objects via external camera (introduced in 3.0).
• Beta 5 Fixed holomap skipping levels if zooming quickly (feature introduced in 3.0).
• Fixed random initial mouse position when mouse cursor activated on platform.
• Fixed target cycling sometimes skipping a target or selecting the wrong one.
• Beta 5 Fixed problems targeting certain objects using gamepad controls.
• Fixed rare case of current target being lost when cycling targets.
• Fixed repaired surface elements not being targetable.
• Fixed capital ships not showing target elements directly after having been constructed, refueled, or repaired.
• Beta 5 Fixed incorrect rotation of target element for collectible items.
• Fixed several other rare problems with target elements.
• Fixed various problems with "re-pinging" of mission targets.
• Fixed various problems with crosshair information display.
• Fixed ability menu not updating if new drone is installed while menu is open.
• Beta 4 Fixed slider range for drones on small ship trader.
• Beta 4 Fixed problems targeting certain buttons using mouse controls (introduced in 3.0).
• Beta 3 Fixed flickering of buttons in Ability menu with mouse controlsin some cases.
• Beta 3 Fixed case where buttion in Ability menu could get stuck in the active state.
• Beta 5 Fixed mouse-selection problems in dialog menu in certain cases.
• Beta 5 Fixed several minor issues with crosshair display.
• Fixed several other minor menu behaviour issues.
• Beta 5 Fixed several more causes of crashes and improved crash reporting.
• Optimisations resulting in performance improvements, especially in busy areas.