TAXINAUT

Released: Feb 4, 2026
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 23:24 GMT

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21 Jun 2026Developer post
Patch TAXINAUT version 1.0.11 WIN_LINUX
A small patch fixing some reported issues. Fix some typos in eldergrav story dialogs. Fix stations can be exited into space even with a cracked window. Storage containers can now not be deployed nearby stars to prevent players from deploying one right where they exit warp causing
A small patch fixing some reported issues.

Fix some typos in eldergrav story dialogs.
Fix stations can be exited into space even with a cracked window.
Storage containers can now not be deployed nearby stars to prevent players from deploying one right where they exit warp causing the UI to freeze.
Fix some "clones" that shouldn't be are saved in the cryonary as an imago.
Fix crash during zoom-to-player intro sequence when the player is in a lower-level sub-dungeon (a sub-dungeon of a sub-dungeon).
Fix crash when loading save-file that was created while player had warp destination set.
Fix open directory buttons in settings not working.
Fix planetary descent and depart sequences don't run right when the player cab is slower for example because of cab-damages. In case of planetary departure this can cause the cab to not make it passed the planet's edge at the end of the departure sequence so that they immediately start descent to the planet again.
The website with the online manual is now under https.
Thanks everybody!
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23 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch TAXINAUT version 1.0.10 WIN_LINUX
Very quick patch to hopefully solve the crash that everybody is reporting that happens when you try to skip a scrolling dialog. This should fix it, what I don't understand is why this is only happening now because it looks like this should have always happened. I'll keep you post
19 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch TAXINAUT version 1.0.9 WIN_LINUX
Fix possible lock when fare remarks on duration during warp-exit and other similar scenarios. The user-input would be disabled so the player had no way of responding and thus couldn't continue the game. Fix crash when in warp and talking to passenger and passenger has 'oginawo' T
Fix possible lock when fare remarks on duration during warp-exit and other similar scenarios. The user-input would be disabled so the player had no way of responding and thus couldn't continue the game.
Fix crash when in warp and talking to passenger and passenger has 'oginawo' Topic.
Fix crash when pinning items by preventing users from pinning more than a page of items.
Carmino wiseguy can now be re-bought at any time while you still have carmino wiseguy (if you lose it you have to still go through the whole thing again).
Passenger can become un-dumpable (DUMP button just shows CONTINUE) after passenger remarks on fare-duration more than once.
Fix starburst doesn't work when in a system with a warp-beacon (because it automatically tries to use the warp-beacon instead which does nothing because you're already in the warp-beacon's system).
Fix possible crash when loading topics or dialogs with NPCs that spawn in the wild (i.e. not at a Site).
Changes to dev or cheat-mode show immediately (not just after restarting TAXINAUT).
Beggar-rings now always shows the systems with the beggar planets on the galaxy-map when its objective is clicked. The planets will be immediately known so once you've visited the system you can see them in the directory or see them highlighted in system-details when the galaxy-map is filtered to show the beggar-ring planets (by clicking the objective).
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15 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch TAXINAUT version 1.0.7 WIN_LINUX
More little fixes: Fix confusing and wrong mini-map buttons to cycle the mini-map and directory sort order. 'H' key now toggles the HUD, 'L' lands and 'K' toggles the automatic-landing. You probably have to add some lines to your configuration-file for this (see below for more in
More little fixes:

Fix confusing and wrong mini-map buttons to cycle the mini-map and directory sort order.
'H' key now toggles the HUD, 'L' lands and 'K' toggles the automatic-landing. You probably have to add some lines to your configuration-file for this (see below for more information).
Fix digesting food item is not under effects item-filter.
Fix adding items to storage (container or home) adds to your expense-compensation if you are carrying a fare at the time.
Fix Muqashi Takwa and Capachua don't show under clone item filter.
Fix screenshots on larger screens where taxinaut is letter-boxed show everything including the letter-boxing.
Fix on game-over/cycling the UI appears to move down when on displays larger than 1920x1080 and taxinaut is letter-boxed.
Taxinaut can now be build without the Steam API classes.
You probably will have to add some lines to your configuration-file. Each line is a setting to enable 'H', 'K' and 'L' to toggle the HUD, toggle automatic-landing and land respectively, add the following lines (if not already there):
keymap.h=togglehud keymap.k=toggleautomaticlanding keymap.l=land
Everything must be lowercase and no spaces. See also http://www.mosgrom.net/taxinaut/manual.html#keyboardconfiguration for more information about changing the keyboard-mapping. Of course changing the keyboard-mapping can make your controller not work correctly if you change the keys that it is mapped to.
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12 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch TAXINAUT version 1.0.6 WIN_LINUX
I enjoyed my visit to the Space Game Junkie Podcast yesterday. If you were there thanks for joining us and I hope you enjoyed it too. So some more quick fixes that I felt were important to get out quickly: 'The moth business' storyline starting at the wrong time (wouldn't break a
I enjoyed my visit to the Space Game Junkie Podcast yesterday. If you were there thanks for joining us and I hope you enjoyed it too. So some more quick fixes that I felt were important to get out quickly:

'The moth business' storyline starting at the wrong time (wouldn't break anything just was confusing).
Making Yum Yum customer pay now costs less.
Find a lead on Aultac should now be easier and more consistent.
'Use local manual' setting to use the manual.html file in the install directory instead of from the mosgrom.net website (this will not work correctly with the help buttons in settings on Windows because I haven't figured out how to do that there yet; the local manual should open in your browser but not at the right section).
Linux help now should work if you have xdg-open available on your system.
Tickets from security now always set your destination to the appropriate traffic-authority even if you don't know one or have never been on a planet with one.
My thanks to Luke, ztx and wsbenway (and everybody else who has suggested improvements/problems etc.).
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09 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch TAXINAUT version 1.0.5 WIN_LINUX
Sorry, I'm just pushing them out as I get bug reports in. So here are some fixes: Fix transport ship not there when exiting, re-entering and then exiting station again in system where transport is supposed to be. Fix possible crash when loading a game while you were using auto-pi
Sorry, I'm just pushing them out as I get bug reports in. So here are some fixes:

Fix transport ship not there when exiting, re-entering and then exiting station again in system where transport is supposed to be.
Fix possible crash when loading a game while you were using auto-pilot.
Fix possible crash when landing at a place with a "WAIT 10 MINUTES" button.
The top one I wanted to fix fast because that was causing some confusion.
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08 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch TAXINAUT version 1.0.4 WIN_LINUX
A small patch I wanted to put out quickly: Fix a crash when asking about a topic to do with Haion. Fix intimidation not working with passengers. New Run yielding thread setting that can drastically improve performance when running on Linux on OpenGL . About the future of TAXINAUT
A small patch I wanted to put out quickly:
Fix a crash when asking about a topic to do with Haion.
Fix intimidation not working with passengers.
New Run yielding thread setting that can drastically improve performance when running on Linux on OpenGL.
About the future of TAXINAUT
Somebody asked about roadmap etc. I'de like to make it clear that at the very least TAXINAUT will be maintained and I will be here to resolve/fix issues that people have with TAXINAUT as best I can unless it's things that extend the technical scope of TAXINAUT and would be a lot of work (e.g. extending the UI to ultra-wide etc.).
I want to keep adding things to TAXINAUT too but this will depend heavily on how well it sells because I've already spend 10 years on it with very little to show for it. I'de like to also thank everybody who left reviews, send me messages and of course those who bought the game etc.
mosgrom
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05 Feb 2026Developer post
TAXINAUT V1.0 RELEASE
TAXINAUT version 1.0 is here! And on sale for 20% off!
22 Jan 2026Developer post
TAXINAUT V1.0 releasing in about two weeks!
If you were ever thinking about doing a video about TAXINAUT or anything else to bring it to the attention of others then this would be a good time to do so. I will also be on the Space Game Junkie Podcast on February 11th (See www.spacegamejunkie.com ).
15 Nov 2025Developer post
Update TAXINAUT version 0.9.60 WIN_LINUX_EARLY
Another tiny update that adds the "fly-by-wire" item. It allows you to create a small flight-plan / path and have you cab automatically fly it. It's mainly meant for use in combat or difficult situations. I made a little video about it here:
01 Nov 2025Developer post
Update TAXINAUT version 0.9.59 WIN_LINUX_EARLY
A tiny update gives two new items: SKIP JUMP : Allows you to very quickly traverse about 10,000u in space. GHOST : A new drug flooding the market.
A tiny update gives two new items:

SKIP JUMP: Allows you to very quickly traverse about 10,000u in space.
GHOST: A new drug flooding the market.
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26 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch TAXINAUT version 0.9.57 WIN_LINUX_EARLY
This adds nothing new. It just changes the default settings so they work better under Linux when using Wayland: The default was opengl=true but on Wayland that gives a black screen so now it's opengl=false. The default sound-system was JAVA CLIP but on Linux (only when running fr
This adds nothing new. It just changes the default settings so they work better under Linux when using Wayland:

The default was opengl=true but on Wayland that gives a black screen so now it's opengl=false.
The default sound-system was JAVA CLIP but on Linux (only when running from Steam) that can cause heavy stutter when changing your cab's speed. So now it's TINYSOUND.
This all only matters if it's the first time you run TAXINAUT.
This is also the first version of TAXINAUT build entirely on Linux.
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08 Oct 2025Developer post
TAXINAUT NEEDS YOUR HELP!
TAXINAUT V1.0 IS RELEASING FEBRUARY 5TH 2026 . Coming up to the release, I'm going to promote the game to hopefully generate some sales so I can keep expanding it. However I can't do that without your help . HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO: Preferably coming-up-to / around FEBRUARY 5TH 20
TAXINAUT V1.0 IS RELEASING FEBRUARY 5TH 2026.
Coming up to the release, I'm going to promote the game to hopefully generate some sales so I can keep expanding it. However I can't do that without your help.
HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Preferably coming-up-to / around FEBRUARY 5TH 2026

Leave a review on Steam.
Post a youtube/twitch video of you playing or reviewing or whatever about TAXINAUT.
Post about it...anywhere...or bring my posts/videos to the attention of others (e.g. by liking/re-posting etc.).
Buy TAXINAUT when it releases (there will be a small discount when it releases).
Other things you can do

Play TAXINAUT and report bugs (see here).
Send me your save-files (see here).
For all of you who have already done one or more of these things...especially Brian...: Thank you very much for everything.
mosgrom
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15 Sep 2025Developer post
Update TAXINAUT version 0.9.54 WIN_LINUX_EARLY
This gives some long overdue love to the traffic in space. There now should generally (depending on the planets in the system) be more traffic in space and they should behave more like traffic (e.g. descent/ascent to/from planets, enter/exit stations and gates, etc.). You might a
29 Aug 2025Developer post
Patch TAXINAUT version 0.9.53 WIN_LINUX_EARLY
There was a little problem with the old save-game import (of course): If you got bookmarks from ads/bulletins during the same session you did the import (the session you started a new game) then those bookmarks can cause your save-game not to load (crash). If you already have had
19 Aug 2025Developer post
Warning: Cross-platform Cloud Saves have been fixed
If you have the Windows version but also played the Linux version while Cloud Sync was not working then, because cross-platform Cloud Sync is now working, I imagine it could be possible that the few new saves you made on your Linux version could possibly (probably not) overwrite
17 Aug 2025Developer post
Update TAXINAUT version 0.9.52 WIN_LINUX_EARLY (save-game breaking)
IMPORTANT CHANGES Your existing save-games are no longer compatible with this version of TAXINAUT When you LOAD/CONTINUE a save-game you will be given the option to import your character into a new game. You can also just start a completely NEW GAME with a fresh character. The fi
IMPORTANT CHANGES

Your existing save-games are no longer compatible with this version of TAXINAUT
When you LOAD/CONTINUE a save-game you will be given the option to import your character into a new game. You can also just start a completely NEW GAME with a fresh character.
The file used to launch TAXINAUT on Windows has changed from taxinaut.exe to taxiwin_steam.bat
taxinaut.exe no longer exists. If you had shortcuts to taxinaut.exe they are no longer valid. If TAXINAUT doesn't launch after the update you will have to restart Steam.
TAXINAUT is now supported on Linux
The official supported distro is Ubuntu 24.04 but others should work fine. TAXINAUT should work on any capable platform with Java >= 17 installed on it.
In light of these significant changes: If there's any problems (e.g. TAXINAUT doesn't start or you don't get the import option when continuing an old save-game, please let me know!
Other changes:

Clicking on your radio now shows the radio controls where you can see what song is playing, turn off news & ad bulletins and change the volume of music and sound.
4 new music tracks.
Clicking your home item now shows a UI for your home with options to set destination to there and possibly (if your home supports it) to warp or teleport there.
New taxi-company F-TAX.
Use of warp-beacons should now be clearer. Home warp-beacons now also show in the regular warp-beacon list for example and warp-routes on the galaxy map will show white if the destination has a warp-beacon and will automatically not consume a warp-jump even if you clicked one, warp-beacons now have unlimited range, etc.
A lot of other tweaks, additions, adjustments and fixes.
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07 Jul 2025Developer post
TAXINAUT ROAD TO VERSION 1.0
TAXINAUT V1.0 WILL RELEASE ON: FEBRUARY 5TH 2026 Two things will happen before that: 1 . At the end of this month (July) the price will change to: $19.99 / €19.99 / ₤19.99 2 . The next version will require you to start a new game. When loading an old game you will be given the op
04 Jul 2025Developer post
Patch TAXINAUT version 0.9.41 WIN_EARLY
Quick patch that hopefully solves possible crash when descending to planets with a traffic-grid (e.g. Xenis). Thanks, Anthony!
03 Jul 2025Developer post
Update TAXINAUT version 0.9.40 WIN_EARLY
Possible small performance improvement on some planets Fix you start with "Tranza" cab company instead of "Metroid-cab" on new game. A new setting KEEP POSSESSIONS AFTER CYCLING that makes it so you don't lose cab, clone and material items like normal when cycling (you still lose
Possible small performance improvement on some planets
Fix you start with "Tranza" cab company instead of "Metroid-cab" on new game.
A new setting KEEP POSSESSIONS AFTER CYCLING that makes it so you don't lose cab, clone and material items like normal when cycling (you still lose your VUDU). People seem to just reload saves so maybe this will entice them to at least use the cycling mechanic?
New cheapish, tiny range and damage but not illegal "Stinger" ship-weapon.
New PAUSE ON THREAT ALERT setting to turn on/off automatic pausing when there's a threat alert.
RESUME SUSPEND makes it so there's a small time (default 1000ms) where you can't resume the game after a threat alert. This helps with the annoying situation where you see a threat and click to pause the game but the "pause on threat alert" also just paused the game, just before you clicked, so now your click actually resumes the game again.
Jobs have been improved a bit: You can now more easily find jobs back by going into the galaxy-map and clicking the jobs button (at the top-left under the filter/search button) then clicking on one of the systems that is now marked with a job indicator. In the system-details you can then see planets with jobs marked with a similar indicator and the zone-details now has a JOBS tab (next to the SITES and MOBS tabs) that lists jobs you found on that planet. Also jobs now generally are fares to more difficult (higher level) planets.
Some fares are now under-paying (when fixed price) so you have to watch the price a little bit (and also some don't have all the surcharges you might expect).
An ITEMS tab in the galaxy-map search discoveries panel (next to the SITES and PLANETS tabs) that you can use to find sites (that you know) where you are guaranteed to be able to buy certain items. This work similar to how searching for sites on the galaxy-map works. Note that this is only able to list certain sites that are guaranteed to sell a certain item (unlimited stock): it can't pinpoint all sites that happen to have a once-off sale of an item (which is what most sold items you see at traders are).
Fix player minor cab-damage wasn't getting worse if you continued to receive minor damage (how did that one slip me by for years!?)
Passenger disposition now drops less when you take damage (e.g by crashing into another ship).
New Planetary departure, Nexus 10k, 100k and 1m Achievements.
A new dangerous "super-ghetto" planet type.
Version 1.0 will be coming out early next year. I don't have an exact date yet.
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Updates & announcements

About the future of TAXINAUT

TAXINAUT version 1.0 is here!

And on sale for 20% off!

If you were ever thinking about doing a video about TAXINAUT or anything else to bring it to the attention of others then this would be a good time to do so.

I will also be on the Space Game Junkie Podcast on February 11th (See www.spacegamejunkie.com).

TAXINAUT V1.0 IS RELEASING FEBRUARY 5TH 2026.

HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Other things you can do

IF YOU'VE PLAYED TAXINAUT ON BOTH WINDOWS AND LINUX THEN I RECOMMEND YOU BACKUP YOUR WINDOWS SAVES BEFORE STARTING TAXINAUT EITHER ON WINDOWS OR LINUX AGAIN.

IMPORTANT CHANGES

Your existing save-games are no longer compatible with this version of TAXINAUT

The file used to launch TAXINAUT on Windows has changed from taxinaut.exe to taxiwin_steam.bat

TAXINAUT is now supported on Linux

In light of these significant changes: If there's any problems (e.g. TAXINAUT doesn't start or you don't get the import option when continuing an old save-game, please let me know!

Other changes:

TAXINAUT V1.0 WILL RELEASE ON:

FEBRUARY 5TH 2026

1. At the end of this month (July) the price will change to:

$19.99 / €19.99 / ₤19.99

2. The next version will require you to start a new game.