Greetings, Captains! Our latest update includes some crash and rendering fixes targeted at MacOS users as well as some improvements to the preparing shaders screen. One-time stutters should be far less frequent now. Please see the patch notes for more information. For assistance with issues, please join us on Discord.
Version 6506 (September 21, 2026)
Crash Fixes
Fix certain crashes that were affecting MacOS users.
Features & Changes
New "preparing shaders" sequence. It should be much faster on initial and subsequent launches now, and one-time stuttering should be far less frequent. A small number of ships and powers may still incur a brief hitch on first appearance.
Add an Updates screen where any patch notes or other messages can be shown in-game.
Add a Max FPS setting to video settings (default: Unlimited, i.e. matches whatever the display does with VSync on).
Bugfixes
Rendering Fixes
Fix issue on MacOS (and possibly on certain AMD GPUs) where certain objects wouldn't display properly and would show just as black shapes.
Menu Fixes
Fix issue where match results screen would not properly credit ships which defeated enemies if they were the last ship in play.
Fix issue where Cyborg players showed the wrong captain's name in the captain's window.
Fix some typos in text.
Ship Fixes
Fix bug where missile expiration (i.e. dying without colliding with a target) VFX/SFX were not appearing (Kohr-Ah FRIED, Chenjesu Missile Fragments, Tarnoon Rapier, Akashaq Pounce release, and more)
Fix bug where Melnorme's confusion ray would persist the full duration even if the Melnorme ship was destroyed. It now ends shortly after the ship is destroyed.
Key Known Issues
Certain, newer MacOS models appear to experience occasional crashes during gameplay.
Certain Cyborg-controlled ships will stop firing at you sometimes.
Some Intel GPUs will crash during gameplay. This appears to be an Intel Vulkan+Windows driver issue and we will be adding Direct3D support in the next version which appears more stable.
Notes for AMD graphics users
If you are not seeing ships or VFX during gameplay, please update your graphics driver. Anything older than 25.9.2 is bad, and drivers from 25.11.1 until 25.12.1 have issues. 25.9.2 and 25.12.1 (and later) are known to fix it.
if you are experiencing persistent, performance-related issues, please ensure your drivers are updated and try changing the VSync settings or disabling the AMD "Anti-Lag" feature. You may also try setting the Max FPS with the newly added feature to match your display's refresh rate.
If you are still having trouble, please get in touch (see below) with your driver & system information.
More to Come!
Thank you so much to everyone for reporting your issues and feedback so far! If you are experiencing any crashes, your reports are greatly appreciated, but we also need to collect some diagnostic files from you! There are instructions and tools in our Discord, but if you are unable to access Discord, please see the "Reporting Crashes" section of the play guide and send the requested files to [email protected].
Good luck out there, Captains! Let us know if you have any issues and thanks for playing.