Gaia Beyond News

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• Controller: Support the Message HUD. Answer selection with new Dialog up/down shortcuts using the digital up/down buttons
  
• Controller: Support axis-only Trigger
  
• Controller: Add Zoom in/out buttons
  
• Add option to select the primary display
  

• Controller: Normalize the axis value when a threshold is set
  
• Memorial location image update
  
• Controller Menu: update the combobox list live (on connect/disconnect)
  
• Add option to unassign a key/button shortcut
  
• Show the default shortcut assignment on the static message
  
• Mines are more visible (pulse light added)
  
• Projectile graphics minor optimizations
  
• Fallback to display 0 instead of resetting video settings if primary display is not connected
  

• O Dog quest script crash on older savegames
  
• O-Dog does not drop mines anymore
  
• Asteroid overlays (crystals / gas) rotated incorrectly
  
• Many Controller fixes
  
• Gamepad Cursor not working in "Quit Game" Popup
  
• CoC Mining Station collision fixed
  
• Loading Screen: hint formatting minor fixes
  
• Weapon particles of mines are drawn above ships
  
• Limit the maximum controller threshold value
  
• Set a minimum controller sensitivity value
  

• Controller Support (Beta)
  
• Geisha portrait
  
• Atlantic male kid portrait
  
• Triton Colony polishing (New Dialog, New NPCs, changed portraits)
  
• Allow customizing the mouse shortcuts
  
• Add an enlarge fonts option
  
• New Dialog for Lexa
  
• New Caduceus weapons and shields
  

• Fire each weapon only if it is in range
  
• Auxi should mention red arrows for weapon targeting
  
• Add support for mouse button 4 and 5
  
• Allow to reset one input config entry with backspace
  
• Add a mouse hover highlight for the shortcuts list
  

• Waechter hacking first wave can block the story from progressing
  
• Create Shiro if he does not exist on save load
  
• Ship/Rocket smoke alpha is reset when parent is destroyed
  
• Krill and Zorg: Zorg doesn't attack
  
• Interrupt the Transport: Some ships have no weapons
  
• Genocide Consigment: Auxilium can be missed
  
• Atlas has a wrong Dialog Block after the Diversion mission
  
• Trade HUD: Sorting by price/weight is incorrect
  
• Target icon for Xander/Trade Node is visible on all stations
  
• Auxilium ship has a small red outline/edge at the bottom right
  
• Flowers have the quest item color and icon
  
• fix: "Attempt to delete Window that does not exist"
  

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• Music: New title theme! (by Miguel Johnson)
  
• Neptune moons: Triton & Nereid
  
• Pirate portrait
  
• Jerome portrait
  
• Added a bouncer to the CoC Bars
  
• More CoC traders
  
• FTA Ship type: small loaded
  

• Many performance improvements (especially near asteroid rings)
  
• Improved Mission 2 mechanics and dialog
  
• Thruster will now stay active once activated for the full boost duration
  
• Pirate bounty missions: Pirates positioned differently, Tate Tobin dialog improved
  
• UI: Character stats cleanup, Inventory "drop" button added, Progress bar optimization (and more)
  
• GAC male portrait update, facial tattoo
  
• Show multiple Quest descriptions on the map tooltip
  
• J12 polishing & animated lights
  
• O-Dog Fight polishing: background lightnings
  
• P4 + P5 Defense guns price increased and dmg reduced
  

• Restore dialog when loading
  
• Some J12 portrait links broken
  
• UI fixes: Character menu portrait clipping, long savegame names unscrollable, inventory "Max Speed" clipping at 4:3 res
  
• Some quest markers don't disappear
  
• A lot of dialog corrections & polishing (Heimwehr, Kalypso, Auxi, Zopa, Ganymede Node, Waechter... + many more)
  
• Multiple Quest target icons visible with the Blood Testing quest
  
• Person names in landable list are not centered anymore
  
• Travel groups can be broken if leading person is in defend state while the group should be traveling
  
• Game is auto paused in dialogs when enemy ships are nearby but not actually attacking the player
  
• FTA Transporters engine positions corrected
  
• Assault Spammer broken sound link fixed
  
• Auxi Missiles: turret rotation off
  
• Many rocket types had no trails
  
• Earth Nebula edge fix
  
• Kalypso guard fight start can crash if a patrol ship died
  
• When Lopez is not available the kalypso script can crash
  
• Added the missing Barkeepers to the CoC Station
  
• Game Over is drawn behind game sprites
  
• Jurgen quest: Heimwehr is target but has nothing to do with the quest
  
• Shift in trade activates thrusters
  
• Exiting an auto-paused HUD releases the dialog autopause
  
• Bartholdy is not spawned
  
• Enable F10 and F11 only in dev mode