Developer posts and news about this game.
With a nice accumulation of bug fixes since the last release, it’s about time to release Naev 0.13.4. Most of the fix relate to small mission bugs, however, some of the larger changes include fixing escort mission buggering out, faction hits being larger than necessary, and a ver
A lot of minor and major issues have been fixed since the 0.13.2. In particular, the save updater not adding additional cores as necessary, a rare crash when switching ships, and how the plugin manager handles zip plugins have all been fixed. Also a long standing bug where the pl
With the fix of some more fairly important issues, we’re releasing 0.13.2. Continuing with last patch’s audio fixes, we have some more, including some mission blockers if you have EFX disabled, and some songs playing too fast in certain conditions. Other than that, some minor fix
As to be expected, some minor issues have already been found and addressed in the few days after the 0.13.0 release. We’ve gotten enough to deem it worth doing a point release, and thus 0.13.1 is born. Main fixes are related to some issues with volume, including volume resetting
It’s time for the Naev yearly release. This is a big one that paves the way for plugins as first-class citizens of the Naev ecosystem. The development manual has also been changed to be web-based instead of a clunky PDF, and has been updated with many of the engine changes. It sh
A bit over-ambitious beta, and hopefully the last, the main highlight is a rework in Rust of the audio system and re-encoding of all files as higher quality Opus files. Additionally, the opportunity was taken to add more diversity and different engine sounds to the different ship
A long-standing issue has been fixed regarding bounty hunters attacking the player for fighting pirates. Other than that, we’ve been able to replace more placeholder graphics and solve an issue with NPCs not using beam weapons properly. There are also minor fixes improving the be
The beta has already given its fruits finding some major issues including game not starting on certain platforms, and the game not saving when exiting via the small menu while landed. We’ve also taken the opportunity to significantly reduce the entire size of the game by using ad
This cycle, the beta arrives with some massive underlying technology changes and a lot of new gameplay and content. This release marks the first step into Naev’s next era with Rust-powered internals and the debut of our fully integrated plugin manager. You should be able to conti
This is a minor hotfix that mainly addresses an issue with 0.12.5 that broke point defense weapons for the player. If all goes well, this should be the last 0.12.x release. You can get the latest version from any of the following sources: Changes since 0.12.5 Dvaered Negotiation
This is the fifth and most likely last maintenance patch of the 0.12.0 release. It includes fixes to a major bug causing spawning ships to be much less diverse than they should have been. With the new version you should now see all sorts of ships all over instead of the same ones
This is the fourth maintenance patch of the 0.12.0 release. It contains fixes for several crashes, including a fairly high impact one when shooting asteroids with explosive weapons. It also ensures that no pirate presence leaks into the area around the starting system, and makes
This is the third maintenance patch of the 0.12.0 release, that fixes a bunch of minor issues. Some of the larger fixes include not being able to stealth with active point defense, and distress signals causing hostility cascades which could be a problem especially in the Frontier
This is a maintenance patch that fixes a lot of small issues here and there. It includes improvements on deployed escorts, fixing looting FLF ships causing nearby planets and other ships to become hostile, and puts Dvaered ships for sale among other things. You can get the latest
With big releases, come big bugs. A bug that would potentially mark the entire player’s map as known has crept into the release. It has been fixed along with other minor fixes, in particular, a bug made the obelisk tests require manual setting of weapon sets, and a persistent shi
After a whole month of beta testing and furious bug fixing, following the tradition, we are once again doing our yearly release. This release includes many engine improvements, such as 3D ships, an in-game wiki, reworked weapon sets, notable performance increases, etc., but also
With the bug frenzy calming down, we are proud to announce version 0.12.0-beta.3. This release contains a myriad of bug fixes and should be quite close to the final 0.12.0 version that is planned before the end of the year. As always, please report any issues on this tracker , an
A lot of major and minor issues, in addition to some minor new features, have been resolved calling for a 0.12.0-beta.2. In particular, support for lowering the saturation of the nebula, and having escorts respect your autonav preferences (you can disable it in the settings from
This year, we’re starting the betas a bit early given the large amount of content modified and added. As always, this release contains a large amount of changes done during the past year which likely have introduced a lot of bugs and issues that we want to iron out before the fin
This year we’re having another edition of our Sporadic Naev Newsletter. We’ll be covering some of the improvements that will appear in the 0.12.0 release, and more importantly, discuss a feature almost 15 years in the making: Naev going 3D! Now, this doesn’t mean gameplay is goin