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Loot recycler!

[h3]Version 0.5550920378[/h3]
🎯 [Misc] A new "loot recycling" feature has been added. The loot filter in the main menu now reads/works as follows: "The minimum item quality to display in world space. If using the Bulk or Collision loot pickup options, this is also the minimum quality that is picked up. Loot that is skipped due to the loot filter is recycled. Every 100 recycled items yields a new item. The quality of this item depend on the quality of the recycled items."
🎯 [Misc] Summons from active auxiliary items now cause significantly higher aggro than previously. This means that enemies should target them more often in favor of players.
🎯 [UI] The character info screen has been cleaned up a bit.
🎯 [Balance] The radius of the Personal Shield Auxiliary item has been reduced to make it "personal", even for the largest ships.
🎯 [Balance] The hull and radius of the Deflector dome summon has been increased by 3x.
🎯 [Balance] Enemies in Continuum Events now always receive increased hull.
🎯 [Balance] The hull of enemies towards the end of the Continuum Mode has been slightly increased.
🎯 [Balance] Item bonuses in Continuum Mode have been slightly reduced.
🎯 [Balance] The Axiom skill "War Carapace" now scales based on ship diameter.
🎯 [Balance] Auxiliary items with follow-type auras have on overall been given a small cooldown.
🎯 [Performance] Improved performance in complex areas with many entities, such as continuum events.
🎯 [Bug fix] Fixed a bug in the event allocation system.

New accessibility options

[h3]Version 0.5550920377[/h3]
🎯 [Accessibility] You can now enable auto-cast for all relevant item slots (engine, active auxiliary items and weapons). See the check boxes in the inventory screen.
🎯 [Accessibility] The skill toggle hotkey has been replaced by a radial menu that contains shortcuts to all current toggles (skill, engine, active auxiliary items and weapons).
🎯 [UI] A bunch of new portraits have been added for elite enemies.
🎯 [Gambler] The gambler now stocks 3x more items per re-roll.
🎯 [Gambler] The gambler is now more expensive.
🎯 [Gambler] It is now possible to specify a multiplier at the gambler. Higher values means better gear at a higher cost.
🎯 [Balance] The hull of all stationary summons (e.g., turrets) has been increased.

Hotfix

[h3]Version 0.55509203761[/h3]
🎯 [Balance] Reduced the likelihood of Hammerheads in one of the Void Space Continuum Events.
🎯 [Bug fix] Fixed an issue in the event allocation system introduced by version 0.5550920376.

Option to disable friendly fire, adjust the color of lasers, and more!

[h3]Version 0.5550920376[/h3]
🎯 [Misc] You can now set friendly fire to "None" (henceforth the default value). If "None" is set, collisions are disabled between player bullets/beams/etc and player ships - unless the bullets/beams/etc provides useful buffs to other players.
🎯 [UI] Descriptions have been added for all friendly fire options.
🎯 [UI] You can now change the color of the laser sight. This option is located in the user interface section of the main menu options.
🎯 [UI] The "Loot filter" has been renamed "Item filter"
🎯 [UI] The modals in the storage (edit tab label and filters) can now be disabled through the escape/back key.
🎯 [Item filter] Item modifications can now be filtered using the regex text inputs in the character sheet and storage tabs (filter all mods by writing 'mod:').
🎯 [Storage] You can now move all items from all inventory slots to the storage with a single click (X/RMB instead of A/LMB).
🎯 [Shop] You can now sell all items in all inventory slots (X/RMB instead of A/LMB).
🎯 [Dedicated server] There is now an option to change friendly fire in the dedicated server.
🎯 [Balance] The player previously had a base buff to velocity of 100. This stat has been moved as a based buff to all (new) engines.
🎯 [Bug fix] Fixed an issue that could result in events (e.g., dungeons) overlapping.

Enemy highlighting and an additional control option

[h3]Version 0.5550920375[/h3]
🎯 [Controls] It is now possible to lock the crosshair in front of the ship when using mouse + keyboard. This setting is called "Mouse aim" and located in the control scheme section of the main menu.
🎯 [User interface] It is now possible to enable highlighting (either red or white) to all enemies. This setting is available in the User interface section of the main menu options.
🎯 [Bug fix] Fixed an issue that caused player damage bonuses to get capped at 80%.
🎯 [Bug fix] Fixed an issue with the distress call event which could cause enemies to spawn infinitely.
🎯 [Bug fix] If the chat input was bound to a different key that is valid as a chat input (e.g., "a" or "/"), it would previously add that key to the chat message whenever it was sent. This is now fixed.