Today's update brings a slew of improvements. The most visible among them is an entirely new step-by-step tutorial that guides you through the various user interfaces in the game. Full change list below:
- New "How to Play" tutorial sequence, replaces old tutorial mode
- Added mouseover "tool tip" on ship palette in combat
- Fighter icons are now a different size from ships
- Home worlds / special places now play music when you go back
- Added a rare special encounter, "Vortex Beast"
- Additional script functions for timed events
- Star map filter buttons retain state in between games
- Moved hard-coded UI strings to english.txt
- Improved Pirate insignia
- Fixed crash on fleeing carriers
- Fixed fleeing carriers launching fighters when off the map
- Fixed carriers launching fighters while cloaked
- Fixed placeholder graphics on Muktian fighter bay
- Fixed Klakar nest graphic not showing up if egg raid quest is active