Between the Stars News

This patch fixes some minor bugs we have found and updates the Chinese translation.

• We have fixed a bug that caused that when choosing a language it did not save the selected language using a gamepad.
  
• We have fixed a bug that did not show the sale or purchase price of stackable items.
  
• We have updated the Chinese translation.
  

Greetings, Spacefarers!

We just released a new update for Between the Stars! This new update adds features long awaited for many:

[h3]Gamepad Support[/h3]
Now you'll be able to play Between the Stars with a gamepad. We have set up all menus to be compatible with gamepad and we have added an auto-aim/target lock feature in order to make it easier to aim at enemies while piloting the ship.


[h3]Steam Cloud Support[/h3]
Now Between the Stars has Steam Cloud support, you will be able to continue your games on other computers without having to move the save files manually.

[h3]Change Log[/h3]

• We have added gamepad support.
  
• Steam Cloud support has been added.
  
• Some parts of the tutorial have been modified to explain some unique aspects of gamepad control.
  
• We have added new icons for Xbox and PlayStation controller buttons.
  
• We have fixed a situation where the ship would become locked in place at the end of the Maiden Abyss event (#257).
  
• Now the attributes Wounded, Irradiated and Hangover are temporary and disappear after 3 events.
  
• Zoom has been reduced.
  
• We have fixed a bug that caused the health of the crew members to be incorrectly charged if they had medals that modified their health.
  
• We have fixed a bug that didn't mark as achieved the optional objective of checking the points of interest in the tutorial.
  
• We have fixed a bug that caused the arcade description not to be displayed correctly.
  
• Now when the game is paused, all sounds are muted.
  
• Several errors in event texts have been corrected.
  
• Other minor bugs have been fixed.
  

[h3]What's next?[/h3]
We are still working on the end of the main story line of Between the Stars. We already have many missions done, and we are working on the last missions of the story. If everything goes well, we will release version 1.0 soon.

This patch fixes some major issues that some players have reported in the Bug Reports forum. Thank you everyone for reporting these issues.

Change Log:

• We have fixed a bug that caused a softlock on certain events, when there were other events on the same planet or station.
  
• We have fixed a bug that caused a softlock when entering planets with a certain event configuration.
  
• We have fixed a bug that moved the exit button of the planets off the screen when there were 4 events available on the planet. In these cases, now the hangar will not be displayed until one of the events is resolved, leaving space for the exit button.
  
• We have fixed a bug that caused a softlock in the Hunting Party event (#269) when by coincidence there was an interception while Hollow was speaking.
  
• We have fixed a visual bug that overlapped event markers on planets when there was more than one. Now the planet markers are displayed side by side.
  

Greetings, Spacefarers!

First of all we would like to apologize, as the pace of updates has slowed down in the last few months. As you may know, the development of Between the Stars is carried out by only two people. During these last months we have had some personal problems, and we have also had to supervise the development of Travellers Rest, which is taking more time than expected.

We have seen that some of you have been concerned about development. You don't have to worry about it, development is ongoing and we have not abandoned the game, nor are we going to. Right now we are writing the final chapter of the story and implementing the controller support. We plan to release version 1.0 of the game during the first half of next year.


We just released a new patch (0.5.2.7) to fix some bugs and issues.

• We have fixed a bug that caused some weapons placed on the ship not to load.
  
• A bug that allowed to buy a weapon in development (weapon 67) has been fixed. The new version replaces the weapon 67 with a Light Guided Missile Launcher.
  
• We have fixed a code error that caused issues in some texts when calculating the variations according to the choices made by the player.
  
• We have fixed a bug that caused the credits not to be updated when starting a research.
  
• The Russian translation has been updated. You can see the progress in this link: https://steamcommunity.com/app/727130/discussions/0/3317353727672054976/?ctp=10#c5073860311976398121
• Several grammatical errors have been corrected.