After a week of "beta" testing, release 0.8.10 is now the default for all users. Among other things, this release includes:
- A new alien race (the Wanderers) with 4 ships, 18 outfits, and 17 planets.
- New jobs and missions, including some for the Hai and the Wanderers.
- Ships are less likely to go out of the way to interfere with your plundering.
- Data parsing errors are now reported in "errors.txt" in the preferences folder.
- Thruster noise from other ships is now audible.
- The map now shows which planets you have visited.
There are also several bug fixes in this release, including:
- Clicking on the map now works properly at all zoom levels.
- Optimized the outfitter display code to not stress the CPU.
- Net worth above 2 billion is now handled correctly in the saved game file.
- Raiding parties of human pirates no longer appear in alien territory.
There are many other changes, as well. For a complete list, see the changelog. Thanks to everyone who contributed bug reports, feature ideas, and content to this release!