Patch 6: "Improved Enemies & Gamewide Optimizations"

Hello and merry existence again, fellow space rogues!

Todays update will provide all-round gamewide optimizations to many parts of the game, and most importantly rebalances many enemies (making them stronger), including bosses and hostile SOS fleets.

Read the full changelog below for specifics:

New stuff

New (optional) enemy added to sector 7
Added Bluestar victory achievement
Added "current weapons DPM" to Ship stats panel
Removed walls from Atlas warp drive slot
Only one ship can now be unlocked per run
Module actions (move, scrap, store) now disabled when it would destroy the ship due to reduced ship max hp bonus
Module slots upgrade/downgrade button is now disabled if the action would destroy the ship
If there are unused skill points on level start then comtip will ask if it should auto level up crew
Load crew/power profile buttons are now keybindable

Difficulty affecting Rebalances

Gave all Spideraa ships more crew
Sensor module "Sector Radar Range" won't be boosted by crew skills any more
Updated sector 3 boss (now more dangerous)
Gave nukes to sector 4 and 5 boss ships
Made some SOS enemies stronger
Rebalanced pirate and rat ships
Added 2 empty nuke slots to sector 4 boss insectoid ship.
Added 2 nuke slots to sector 5 boss ship.
Added 2 nuke slots to Squid bounty hunter ship
Gave more ammo to 2 smuggler cargo ships
Rebalance bigger squid ships (now stronger)

Visual & Misc updates

Weapons in quick select panel now show READY text
UI improvements
Module jammed status visualizer icons added
Hovering ship health now shows exterior view if done in internal view
Warp module being jammed now uses new effect (it used to use overload effect)
Crew skill level up effect
Added more player choosable UI scales
Added "Duncan" to crew name pool
Added comtip about minimize button for small screens (height
Damage tokens are now unmarked when leaving a repair shop
All shrinkable windows are now expanded by default

Fixes

Fixed a freetravellers event
Fixed some typos in module descriptions
Fixed crew skill numbers when an item in crew roles panel is hovered
Fixed module slot placement error on lev 10 boss
Fixed 1 perk for endurance, rebalanced some perks
Lovers type cryodream recorder navmesh tuning
Space pods with player crew will never self destruct any more
Fixed an issue that UI scale by default set itself to 0.01 in certain conditions.
1.75x UI scale now uses 1.5 scale cursors
Sector 10 exit is now spawned in the middle of the map
Fixed sector 10 warpship captain portrait

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