Version 2.00 (334398) - 2019-02-25
New Feature: Player-owned stations with Shipyard, Wharf and Equipment Dock facilities.
Added options to set custom name for savegames and to delete savegames.
Added ware exchange between ships docked at the same station.
Added possibility to start/stop travel mode and SETA while map is open.
Added warnings about non-working venture modules due to station layout.
Added fighter wings directly subordinate to carriers.
Added display of partial skill stars to one third of a star accuracy.
Added preview of ship storage capacity after all planned trades to info menu.
Added trade menu warning that ware is not available after all planned trades.
Added separate Remove all Orders and Wait option, replacing parameter to Remove all Orders.
Added failure sound when invalid hotkey is used while map is displayed.
Added confirmation before closing station build menu if there are unsaved changes.
Added tooltip for greyed-out claim option to show reason.
Added full Russian and Japanese localisation (text only).
Added more details about damage types to weapon and turret entries in Encyclopedia.
Added skill-based variants for AutoMine behaviour.
Removed duplicated equipment blueprints from trader menu.
Improved Xenon threat.
Improved turret aiming and target movement prediction.
Improved combat movement of frigates.
Improved combat movement of capital ships with good captains and crews that do not have forward-mounted weapons against other capital ships or stations.
Improved capital ship combat movement against small and medium targets.
Improved balancing of capital ship defensive and offensive capabilities.
Improved balancing of capital ship use of boost during combat.
Improved balancing of capital ship crews bailing when ship is attacked.
Improved balancing of missiles.
Improved balancing of ware prices and production profitability to emphasize smart business decisions.
Improved target acquisition for ships, particularly when attacking stations or capital ships.
Improved command information shown by attacking ships when attacking a subcomponent of a bigger target.
Improved range over which ships that run out of ammo can look for a known equipment dock from which to re-stock.
Improved kinds of stations requested from station building missions.
Improved encyclopedia information for production and factions.
Improved Logical Station Overview to show station's recommended budget instead of the currently needed money in account settings.
Improved quickload hotkey (F9 by default) so it loads the latest saved game, not necessarily a quicksave.
Improved playback logic for music tracks from previous games.
Improved performance when working with very large stations.
Improved menu performance.
Improved trade evaluation for free traders.
Improved firing logic of missile-armed fighters.
Improved guided missile effectiveness.
Improved loadout distribution on NPC ships.
Improved combat movement of capital ships, particularly those with forward-mounted weapons.
Improved balancing of resource requirements for L and XL travel engines.
Improved default countermeasure storage capacities.
Fixed issues with target elements in the HUD in certain cases (e.g. when using "external view" through the map while standing on a ship/station).
Fixed keyboard and gamepad selection not working in scrolling dropdown elements.
Fixed previous/next target hotkeys and enemy targets sometimes not working when flying captured venture ships.
Fixed previous/next surface element hotkey sometimes not working after loading a savegame.
Fixed behaviour of autopilot shortcut in the map (now correctly toggles autopilot on guidance target).
Fixed production modules sometimes not updating their animation when production starts/stops.
Fixed research wares being listed in economy statistics of the HQ.
Fixed storage types in encyclopedia not being localised.
Fixed turret modifications breaking ship info menu.
Fixed broken Logical Station Overview menu for stations missing a storage type and having no planned modules.
Fixed broken menu when firing crew and then hiring new people in the ship buy/upgrade menu.
Fixed missing title text in ship construction context menu in map.
Fixed ship assignment not being queued correctly (possibly upsetting existing trade deals).
Fixed deliver inventory mission not correctly placing the character in some situations.
Fixed Bring Item mission offers not being removed properly if destination station or NPC was killed.
Fixed several issues with Fleet Delivery mission.
Fixed Scan mission not checking for destruction of target station module.
Fixed Scan mission to require only normal scan rather than deep scan for station modules.
Fixed missing guidance to station module in Scan mission.
Fixed Passenger Transport missions to filter out incorrect stations.
Fixed Find Lockbox mission to ensure containers remain in mission area.
Fixed station ownership not being transferred in Build Station mission
Fixed trade and pirate guild mission offers not changing over time.
Fixed incorrect faction and other text for several dialog options and briefings in war missions.
Fixed introductory mission of war subscriptions getting stuck.
Fixed Holy Order outliers sometimes prematurely precipitating conflict with the Godrealm of the Paranid.
Fixed attacking ships repeatedly approaching and retreating from target before getting close to it.
Fixed ships moving out of pursuit distance to attack targets in their initial approach.
Fixed ships attacking stations flying at and firing upon station target box instead of station modules.
Fixed patrolling ships attacking build storage.
Fixed ships showing excessive DPS when weapons are in more than one active weapon group.
Fixed builder ships wandering into hostile territory.
Fixed capital ship subordinates of carriers sometimes attempting to dock at their commander's ship.
Fixed station-based trading ships setting their current sector as their home sector rather than their station's sector.
Fixed ship/station operations being hampered by docked ships working for that ship/station not undocking while player is present.
Fixed boarding ships that are missing ammo trying to disable boarding target anyway.
Fixed formation skill checks not respecting the player being the pilot.
Fixed another case of patrolling player-owned ships chasing hostiles beyond their engagement range.
Fixed squadron subordinates apparently trying to attack ships from their own faction.
Fixed player-owned ships sometimes inadvertently firing missiles depending on their weapon group setup.
Fixed turrets set to Attack my Current Enemy not firing when they should.
Fixed turrets set to Attack my Current Enemy firing when they shouldn't.
Fixed ships attacking stations stopping their attack after destroying a station module or surface element.
Fixed turrets on the player ship that are set to mining mode not firing on asteroids.
Fixed boarding ships not launching boarding pods in certain situations.
Fixed fleeing ships acquiring a target and attacking in certain situations.
Fixed ships attempting to disable a target deliberately destroying it instead.
Fixed ships with a Follow order not responding to certain situations.
Fixed player-owned ships attacking friendly ships while patrolling player-owned space.
Fixed non-police ships (including player-owned ships) sometimes responding to calls for police assistance.
Fixed non-Xenon races not constructing defence stations.
Fixed build storage of destroyed stations not being cleaned up.
Fixed NPCs rubber-banding for a long time after loading a savegame in certain situations.
Fixed NPCs getting stuck in elevator if player uses it while NPC is walking in it.
Fixed NPC marshalling animations during player docking/undocking.
Fixed multiple NPCs standing in the same position on some Argon bridges.
Fixed cases of duplicate interior rooms on stations.
Fixed frozen movement in bridges of docked capital ships.
Fixed cargo trades with Black Marketeer sometimes failing.
Fixed module hacking requirements not being respected.
Fixed area damage not being correctly applied in certain situations.
Fixed ships flying huge curves when going long distances.
Fixed multiple shipyards attempting to fulfil the same NPC ship build requests.
Fixed NPC ships sometimes requesting more subordinates to be built than they desired.
Fixed stations not claiming sector ownership if claiming module is built later.
Fixed turrets and shields not being added to station module when not part of a new module.
Fixed station module stats and achievements not triggering with the first module of a station.
Fixed station module recycling sometimes interrupting an ongoing build.
Fixed recycle times of station modules.
Fixed exploit where wares could be gained when recycling modules.
Fixed inability to remove last remaining module when planning a station.
Fixed not being able to cancel ship orders in some cases.
Fixed total build time being off by up to one minute for some objects.
Fixed onboard units not being factored into object value.
Fixed inconsistencies with station hull values.
Fixed stations not remembering their Drone/Unit supply settings.
Fixed small ships failing to exchange wares with ships they can dock at.
Fixed ships needlessly undocking to trade.
Fixed faction discounts and commissions not being removed when relations worsen.
Fixed transfer of crew from one role to another not being possible at shipyard/wharf/equipment dock if no other changes are made.
Fixed EMP-induced signal leaks on unowned small and medium ships claiming them for the player when scanned.
Fixed lasertowers spawning in wrong location when deployed from Elite.
Fixed lasertowers potentially ending up in the exact same position in space.
Fixed objects attracted with the container magnet sometimes getting an unreasonable speed.
Fixed ships sometimes oscillating around target positions if SETA is active.
Fixed ships docked at other ships sometimes appearing twice in the elevator menu.
Fixed issue resulting in data leaks sometimes appearing inside station modules.
Fixed roll input in highways steering in the wrong direction.
Fixed inability to remap camera input control.
Fixed not being able to load certain user-provided files (e.g. custom logos) with non-ASCII file names.
Fixed floating geometry on the M-sized Beam Emitter Mk2.
Fixed rare freeze related to player ship control.
Fixed NPC ships sometimes not leaving shipyards after being built.
Fixed Discoverer doors not opening when newly built.
Fixed incorrect shield configuration on Behemoth.
Fixed engine positions on Xenon K so that they can now be destroyed.
Fixed ship build menu showing wrong sustained DPS values when planning multiple weapons on new ship.
Fixed shopping list items in the ship build menu not being editable.
Fixed exchanging missiles and drones between ships and stations using Ware Exchange.
Fixed police ships attempting to scan surface elements for illegal goods.
Fixed police sometimes inspecting ships that are already being inspected by another police ship.
Fixed squadron subordinates sometimes failing to call in support from their squadron.
Fixed patrolling ships sometimes accidentally crossing jump gates.
Fixed factions sometimes not using their intelligence data in preparation for invading.
Fixed laser towers being dragged along by the launching ship in certain situations.
Fixed laser towers continuing to track targets that are no longer valid.
Fixed rare case causing ships to rotate erratically.
Fixed a cause of ships trying to fly into the centre of stations without avoiding collisions.
Fixed Black Marketeers sometimes being placed aboard Kha'ak stations.
Fixed newly constructed NPC stations being given resources immediately.
Fixed production showing wrong resources (again).
Fixed stations provided by the player via the Build Station mission not having functioning managing NPCs.
Fixed weapons with slow bullets or missiles not firing.
Fixed ships assigned to join player squad not getting new orders.
Fixed mission chains being cancelled if target was destroyed before the mission started.
Fixed Boarding mission not being cancelled if target was destroyed before the mission started.
Fixed several causes of crashes.

Version: 2.50 Beta 1 (343159)
New Feature: Resupply ships are now available and carriers can also resupply their fighters.
New Feature: Sector blacklist settings to prevent ships entering certain areas.
New Feature: Inventory management with lockboxes in space and inventory storage at player HQ.
New Feature: Tobii eye-tracking support (Windows-only in this build, Linux support to come).
Added images and background information relating to star systems and planets in encyclopedia.
Added logbook entries for NPC ships being built, restocked or repaired at player shipyards.
Added note/hint while mouse direct steering mode is active.
Added more variations for Build Station, Rescue Ship and Scan missions.
Added new global orders section in player information menu.
Added options for ware transfer and trade with build storage to docked menu.
Added inventory information to player-owned ships.
Added categories to object list and property owned in the map.
Added options to sort the object list and property owned menus by name, size or hull.
Added warning in trade menu if a ship cannot transport a ware.
Added possibility to cancel builder ship assignments before ship deploys at station.
Added current build progress information to the module type summary lines of station entries in the map.
Added option to configure autosave interval (and prevented autosave immediately after a manual save).
Added information about hacked research module to research menu.
Added information about hacked production modules to info menu and Logical Station Overview.
Added ability to configure Logical Station Overview graph data for each station individually.
Added wreck filter option to map.
Added interior sounds to rooms, shops and ship bridges.
Added mining and resupply tutorials.
Improved selection of multiple wares for behaviours and map filters.
Improved out-of-sector firepower calculations.
Improved resource preview in the ship build/upgrade menu.
Improved satellite deployment tutorial.
Improved performance of loading and saving.
Improved interface for dropping player inventory.
Improved map object list performance when looking at many player stations.
Improved faction behaviour when dealing with ware shortages.
Improved ship formation behaviour when flying in travel mode.
Improved controller support for initial ship type selection in ship build menu.
Improved ship docking and undocking movement in certain cases.
Improved behavior of free-flying police.
Improved defence drone handling by capital ships in combat.
Improved mission reward text for paint mods.
Improved updating of wares to be traded or harvested by station-based trading ships and mining ships.
Improved Logical Station Overview graph data selection.
Improved AI station generation logic to make selection of large habitation modules more likely where appropriate.
Removed Fly To objective from Build Station missions.
Removed ability to load construction plans that contain more venture modules than the player has available.
Removed ability to move an empty station plot after paying a cheap licence to a location with an expensive licence without repercussions.
Fixed issues with moving station plots during Build Station missions.
Fixed Rescue Ship mission potentially creating unowned ships which don't get cleaned up.
Fixed Rescue Ship mission reward calculation in the variant where the ship must be delivered.
Fixed warping to a different sector when getting up during specific stage of HQ mission.
Fixed missile range calculation for dumbfire missiles.
Fixed very slow mission offer display if many offers are known.
Fixed menu errors when opening information menu for ship under construction.
Fixed huge player-owned stations not displaying all stored wares in information menu.
Fixed encyclopedia links to ships not working correctly.
Fixed NPC buy/sell orders not honouring minimum amounts.
Fixed ships stuck waiting for upgrades.
Fixed error messages when attempting to unlock EMP-induced data leaks on ships.
Fixed dock speed limits being applied when travel mode is active.
Fixed ships docking at moving objects appearing to strafe very quickly at certain times.
Fixed police ships remaining in space where they no longer have police authority.
Fixed some factions' police ships not being named as police.
Fixed defence drones belonging to Teladi Trading Stations not docking after completing their tasks.
Fixed stations potentially trying to trade with other stations when they no longer have any available cargo drones.
Fixed ships built for invasions sometimes not performing their intended orders.
Fixed subordinates not responding to attacks in some cases.
Fixed ships attacking targets outside their engagement area when on their way to their engagement area.
Fixed squadron subordinates getting distracted by hostile targets encountered while on their way to join their commander.
Fixed subordinates of carriers waiting for the player's permission before undocking to attack if player is on board the carrier.
Fixed station-based miners and traders not updating their range when they or their manager improve in skill.
Fixed construction vessels not always being unassigned when a station is destroyed.
Fixed NPC ships not firing their weapons when attacking under certain circumstances.
Fixed turrets set to Fire on my current target only firing sporadically when current target is a station.
Fixed turrets set to Attack my current target periodically stopping firing.
Fixed player-flown ships with turrets set to mining mode only acquiring asteroids 3km away regardless of mining turret range.
Fixed mass traffic sometimes using the wrong ships directly after loading a savegame.
Fixed asteroids in certain regions sometimes ending up with negative mineral yields.
Fixed incorrectly-scaled rendering of paint mods when redesigning certain ships.
Fixed promotion of crew to pilots removing existing pilot from ship.
Fixed object selection failing in the map when switching between tabs.
Fixed cases where map continued panning/rotating even after having released all mouse buttons.
Fixed station building menu asking to confirm loss of changes if nothing was changed.
Fixed station building menu not updating when a module build finishes.
Fixed returning venture ships sometimes being displayed in an incorrect location on the map.
Fixed map object list not showing the correct player logo for player-owned sectors.
Fixed supply settings for Drones and Missiles in Logical Station Overview.
Fixed workforce information in Logical Station Overview being greyed-out
Fixed player map icon being very large in certain situations.
Fixed external view on surface elements.
Fixed targeting while in spacesuit.
Fixed loot-magnet sound stuck after auto-save.
Fixed tooltip text getting stuck in the station build menu when using the controller mouse emulation.
Fixed various NPC pathing issues on platforms.
Fixed NPC rubberbanding when talked to while walking.
Fixed detached habitation modules during AI station construction (existing station layouts are not affected).
Fixed factions building more defence stations than they should.
Fixed situation where ships could appear stuck in internal storage.
Fixed missing localisation of several texts in menus.
Fixed several localisation issues in mission texts.
Fixed being able to fly into planets.  
Fixed NPCs walking in front of pilot in Demeter and Hermes.
Fixed Pulsar's right weapon being visually disconnected from hull.
Fixed Nodan lights not turning on.
Fixed missing mode visualisation in Nodan cockpit.
Fixed Xenon capital ship engines not having animated exhaust flames.
Fixed duplicate display on panel in Kestrel cockpit.
Fixed missing geometry on side of Discoverer Vanguard.
Fixed missing external geometry when standing on Incarcatura bridge.
Fixed Incarcatura bridge location.
Fixed menu crash when opening the map legend in certain cases.
Fixed several causes of crashes.
 
Known Issue:
Changing certain in-game graphics settings, such as AA, can cause graphical issues or a black screen. If this happens, use Alt-F4 to exit the game, then restart it. This issue will be resolved in a forthcoming update.