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0.511.4 - Quantity and Quality

  • The cargo manifest and processed cargo manifest are now more condensed.
  • The processed cargo manifest will now explicitly display how much cargo is stored in external cargo containers.
  • Moved the processed cargo manifest on the Eagle Prospector HUD to another spot to prevent obscuring the entrance of your cargo hold.
  • Holding the “hold position” button when flying EI1337 autopilot will now disable collision avoidance as long as the button is held.
  • Physical displays on the HAL HUD now apply their curvature to texts displayed on them.
  • The movement of the physical displays of the HAL HUD is now much subtler.
  • When sending the crew on an EVA mission through a dialogue option, you will now see them perform the EVA flight.
  • Added new smart camera option: smoothed movement without automatic excavator zoom.
  • New double-tap excavator control that keeps your excavator open. You can adjust sensitivity in the Settings menu.
  • You can play your own advertisements on the Enceladus station screen.
  • You can now tune the angular velocity limit of the autopilot up to 360 degrees per second, which was the stock setting of the Bald Eagle.
  • EVA mechanic crew visible on Enceladus now respect proper parallax when your camera moves during the launch sequence.
  • Fixed missing Chinese/Korean font on the Eagle Prospector HUD.
  • When you discover something more specific about a location, your astrogation listing will update by replacing the generic discovery with the specific one, instead of listing both.
  • The repair crew on Enceladus won’t flicker in and out of existence as they weld your ship back into shape.
  • Text on the dock billboard will now wrap to the next line if it exceeds the screen size.
  • NPC ships will not attempt to communicate with asteroids anymore.
  • The hacking sequence now uses correct Linux commands.
  • Reactor explosions are now visible on the visual feed.
  • When adjusting lighting settings at the Enceladus Prime station menu, you could activate lights on the docking arm that were supposed to be dormant.
  • The phage-class stations will not cause the game to play the “mystery is near” music once you discover them.
  • Known locations won’t play “mystery is near” music when you astrogate to them on subsequent missions - unless there is something more to discover.
  • When your cargo manifest and processed cargo manifest was nearly full, the window of K37 hud showing your cargo bay could resize, restarting the cargo bay microseismic scanner.
  • Added new achievement.
  • Updated translations.

0.505.7 - Unspeakable

  • Fixed missing ship description.

0.505.6 - Moving Pictures

[h3]Entertainment and Advertising[/h3]
Short movies and advertisements now run at idle information boards in docking areas. Many have already criticized the information boards as a blatant move to create advertising space, and this seems to bear out their worries. However, some crews waiting for dive clearance approval expressed relief for anything to watch as they wait for approval to depart. Enceladus Corp has denied accusations that increases in wait times are an intentional move to boost their advertising metrics.


[h3]Third party remote manipulator software approved[/h3]
After years of stagnant drivers and software hindering the effective use of Triskelion-Armstrong’s ARM-1500 platform outside of salvage and cargo operations, third-party software has been approved for use in Ring A. With more advanced software packages available, this move is expected to increase their effectiveness in mining operations.


[h3]Astrogation protocols updated[/h3]
New requirements for record keeping now mandate closer tracking and more detailed records of any objects of interest ‌in the rings, to aid in tracking navigational hazards. Ring researchers hope to use the additional data to gain a better understanding of the complex gravitational interactions within the rings.


[h3]Maintenance logs[/h3]
  • AR 1500 Salvage Manipulator can now be directed on your Geologist tab to pick up specific ores.
  • New Titan Heavy Industries Monocargo Container is now available in the hardware store near you.
  • Display boards all across Enceladus station now display mini-movies to entertain the crew of the docked ships.
  • Your astrogator will now be able to record more than one discovery with the same name.
  • Removed the blinking lights from the background of Enceladus Prime station.
  • Updated the Bald Eagle description to reflect 2 low-stress hardpoints that are available on the ship.
  • The amount of camera pan was dependent on the resolution you were playing in. This caused the game to move the viewport further away on 4K displays, and hardly move the camera on small displays, like Steam Deck. Camera panning is consistent now.
  • Window decoration settings are now updated only when needed. This fixes window decorations flickering on and off when adjusting unrelated display settings.
  • Fixed a memory leak that could crash the game when you fast-forwarded time on the station.
  • You won’t receive two notifications for the same discovery anymore.
  • Labels on the Mechanic tab are now vertically centred.
  • Turning off the background particles used more resources than it should.
  • Some of the UI buttons sounds in the Settings menu played multiple times, making them louder than others.
  • If you meet the racing crew after you already scheduled the race, they will acknowledge it.
  • Updated translations.

0.501.5 - Market Hack

  • Patched an exploit that could allow you to break the market and corrupt your save.
  • You can now store up to 10,000 metric tonnes of a single mineral on the Enceladus station. The excess will be sold automatically.
  • Changed the way geologist predictions work. Now they are based on how sure your geologist is about the trend and can ebb and flow.

0.501.1 - Cryomarket Crash

[h3]Mineral Market Deregulation[/h3]
In yesterdays meeting the board of Enceladus Corp voted to lift the price regulation rules of the Mineral Market. Effective today the station owners will no longer impose arbitrary prices based on external factors and the market will rely on supply and demand generated by its participants. While the majority of the market participants welcome this change, the Mining Guild raises concerns that deregulated ore prices might result in unprecedented inflation.


[h3]Extended pre-flight inspections[/h3]
After another incident with a spaceship stranded on the rim of the A-Ring directly after orbital insertion due to inadequate propellant load, pre-flight inspections will now include checking the propellant level of all crafts that leave the station. Numerous independent contractors raise concerns that this step was taken not to improve crew safety, but rather to force all contractors to submit detailed flight plans, exposing their excavation zones to Enceladus Corp.


[h3]Auxiliary loophole closed[/h3]
Starting this month, the auxiliary power systems will not be classified as ship accessories, but rather power system extensions. The previous classification as accessory allowed manufacturers to omit parts of the specification, such as the mass of the unit, from their marketing material. Reclassification closes this loophole, forcing both manufacturers and distributors to comply with all ship extension regulations.


[h3]Maintenance Logs[/h3]
  • Your actions can now influence the Mineral Market prices on Enceladus. The effect of this change is retroactive and all past purchases and sales will now be reflected in the prices.
  • Market chart predictions for inexperienced geologists will now be more chaotic, making investments riskier.
  • Ammunition, propellant and nanodrone component prices are now tied to mineral market prices of iron, water and platinum respectively.
  • When you employ or dismiss a crewmember, the Mineral Market price prediction chart will now update immediately.
  • Auxiliary power systems now have mass.
  • The dive selection screen will now show the amount of propellant required to perform orbital insertion, warn you if you did not take enough to complete the manoeuvre and prevent you from launching until you take enough.
  • Dialogue during combat was prone to looping and repeating the same commands if little changed between messages.
  • Skipping ahead time in Enceladus while trading will now record subsequent trade days as separate events in your ship logs.
  • THI Cargo Container will again leave a 500 kg buffer of ore on your ship to handle trade and drone fabrication without requiring a manual switch of the container pumps.
  • Lifepods you recover in the rings won’t be recorded in your ship logs as salvaged ships.
  • Audio feedback from lifepod radio will now respect time slowdown.
  • When pressing analogue control on the gamepad and moving the mouse simultaneously the icons on the screen changed a few hundred times per second, which could flood the buffers and cause crashes.
  • HUD scale slider in settings also affected the zoom level of your ship's reconnaissance drone camera as long as the setting menu was opened.
  • The game could crash when loading a slightly corrupted save.
  • Improved performance of the Enceladus station menu.
  • When examining autopilots in the Hardware menu, the simulation will now show a shadow simulation of your currently equipped autopilot, showcasing the difference in behaviour.
  • When you asked bounty hunters what to do with prisoners, the coordinates of the drop point you got would expire as soon as you visited it. It will now persist for 30 days.
  • When someone leaves your crew and takes another ship during a quest event, they will now leave your crew immediately.
  • If you manage to externally fire up a thruster in a ship that is not operational by applying sufficient heat, the thruster valve will automatically close. This prevents accidental ignition of the thrust of cargo containers and mining companions using your own thrusters, which would fire constantly until released.
  • Switched the location of the Steam overlay notification popup to not obscure version string.
  • Fixed a number of typos.