Version

Version history

1.3.7

Bugs fixed

Fix mod launcher failing to load with Steam in Linux

1.3.6

Bugs fixed

Fix research points increasing too quickly with Instruments tech
Fix people consuming resource during construction

1.3.5

GOG support

1.3.4

Bugs fixed

Fix OpenGL3 support

1.3.3

Bugs fixed

Fix station scrapping not detecting all cargos
Fix free money exploit on contracts
Cleanup unwanted files from client

1.3.2

Bugs fixed

Fix crash when clicking end-of-construction notification for complexes

1.3.1

Bugs fixed

Fix Linux support
Fix failure to launch mod launcher offline

1.3.0

Gameplay

Add new military contracts
Add technical support for modding, including a new launcher tool

UI

Add Russian localization
Add mod list to the main menu

Bugs fixed

Fix contract locking only working for trade contract
Fix ships trading in empty sectors

1.2.1

UI

HUD is now kept at a unique scale from 1080p and higher resolutions so that it's still readable

Bugs fixed

Fix autopilot not disengaged with joystick inputs
Fix joystick throttle leading to extreme thrust values

1.2.0

Gameplay

New flight control model that allows for concurrent inputs
Meteorite contracts have reduced meteor counts, higher intercept time, lower probability of spawning
Queued spacecraft orders are now cancelled when disabling external shipyard orders
Player-fleet ships escort the player around the sector
Add sound effect on docking
Trading quests are more worthwile

UI

Improve docking HUD to make it easier to understand
HUD is slightly sharper across the board
Add option to disable mouse input
Add option to show lateral velocity on the HUD
Artifact scanner now blinks to attract player attention

Bugs fixed

Fix auto-trading ships ignoring the "trade" flag of cargo bays
Fix ships appearing in the trade menu as possible trading targets (ship-to-ship trading isn't supported)
Fix joystick throttle cancelling autopilot
Fix jerky motion of joystick controls
Fix inverted credit and debit columns
Fix speed indicator not scaling with resolution
Fix complex stations showing unusable upgrade button
Fix electronics requested at contracts while none is produced
Fix useless and confusing fleet filter appearing on the spacecraft list in the fleet menu
Fix some cases of game crashes while simulating many days quickly
Fix game crash on hotkey press in some conditions
Fix some collision issues at Blue Heart

1.1.5

Bugs fixed

Attempt to fix some crashes

1.1.4

Bugs fixed

Fix collision issues in Night's Home
Fix complex cargo bays not allowing more than half hold for trade routes

1.1.3

Bugs fixed

Fix complex stations not allowing construction of shipyards

1.1.2

Gameplay

Reduce migrations of populations between sectors

Bugs fixed

Fix complex cargo bays locking up
Fix miscellaneous trading issues
Fix notifications of scrapping by AI companies
Fix auto-trading fleets not handling fleet supplies
Fix auto-trading fleets not selling
Fix auto-trading still enabled after assigning a fleet to a trade route
Fix blocked quest step on the Pendulum contract
Fix station construction limits in sector blocking substation construction
Fix contract generation while a fleet is stranded at the end of the travel
Fix trade route sliders acting up
Fix typos, contracts wording, bad tooltips

1.1.1

Gameplay

Trade routes don't default to trading with hubs anymore
Balance Fusion Power Plant

Graphics & UI

Add "Trade with Hubs" options to trading steps in the Trade Route menu
Add arrow icons on "Move Up" & "Move Down" buttons in the Trade Route menu
Add "Include Hubs" option to the World Economy menu
Add sorting buttons to the World Economy & Resource Prices menu
F4 now the default key binding for the World Economy menu, moving other menus to higher function keys (main menu is F10, settings F12, etc)
Improve performance in Night's Home

Bugs fixed

Fix automated trading not evaluating sales correctly
Fix automated trading stopping sector search on the first hostile sector

1.0.2

Gameplay

Make artifacts more rewarding in end-game
Remove time limits on VIP contracts

Bugs fixed

Fix fleet controls available on AI fleets
Fix auto-trade not actually requiring the matching technology
Fix high memory usage and performance issues in company log
Fix typos in texts
Fix "buying" transactions not defaulting to the contract-bound amount
Fix crash on sector reload

1.0.1

Gameplay

Reduce artifact research gain from 100 to 40

Bugs fixed

Rename "Travels" title to "Events" for clarity

1.0.0

Gameplay

Add artifact system to earn research points through exploration
Add Anomaly & Pharos sectors
Rework Trading Hub that now act as a resource buffer, renamed to Storage Hub, can no longer be built at complexes
Rework economy model
Day simulations are faster to process
Trade routes now skip inactive sectors
Trade routes now have two additional trade limit types
Ambient spacecraft power sound updated to be less annoying
Lighthouse is now a known sector on new games

Balancing

AI factions now produce less smaller ships in end-game
Hammer gun deals less damage and has reduced accuracy
Mjolnir gun deals more damage

Graphics & UI

Upgrade the side panel in the orbital menu
Upgrade menu background animation
Remove Early Access branding

Bugs fixed

Fix impossible contracts
Fix global AI nerf system
Fix shipyard tutorial not explaining the potential requirement of resource gathering
Fix unclear trade route menu when no fleet is assigned
Fix collision issues in some sectors
Fix crash when entering the skirmish setup menu too quickly
Fix crashes caused by back key operation after game unload
Fix crash on game load when nickname of a ship is empty
Remove dead achievement

Early Access 10/06/08

Bugs fixed

Fix crash on game load in some cases

Early Access 21/05/08

Graphics & UI

Add transaction log menu
Add accounting menu
Split tutorials from contracts in the contract menu
Make blur effects nicer-looking

Bugs fixed

Fix crash on trade route edition
Fix unusable UI on some Linux devices
Fix autopilot stuck on the Farm

Early Access 25/03/18

Gameplay changes

Add new sector "The Farm" with capital station
Add retry feature to the skirmish score menu
Remove collision damage from ships to stations

Graphics & UI

Add backlighting from planets
Fix lighting artifacts on Nema's rings
Upgrade Nema with a nicer texture
Upgrade rendering quality in various places

Bugs fixed

Fix crash on travel
Fix notification freeze at the end of a travel
Fix some skirmishes not counted as a win despite victory
Fix incorrect additional binding for thrust input
Fix AI stations upgrading stations beyond max level
Fix company logo covering some contract descriptions
Fix useless cargo bays in complexes
Fix cargo bay lock system
Fix complex's shipyard not always starting production
Fix random crash on opening the sector menu
Fix some cases of scrapping not going back from the menu

Other changes

New Unreal Engine version 4.19
Save files are now compressed for smaller size

Early Access 26/01/18

Gameplay changes

Reduce Hammer gun damage by 33%
Reduce Artemis accuracy by 30%

Bugs fixed

Fix crash on combat toggle

Early Access 25/01/18

Gameplay changes

Add Skirmish mode to create custom battles against AI opponents
Rework gun controls on capital ships
Reduce diplomatic penalties on station capture
Turrets and AI ships now target missiles and meteorites
Tweak overall balance for all weapons and ships
Increase turret coverage on Anubis cruiser
Increase turret coverage on Dragon corvette
Move Leviathan camera to the front turret

Graphics & UI

New Dragon model
Upgrade farm model
Upgrade Blue Heart, Night's Home stations models
Upgrade weapon sounds
Upgrade alarm sounds
Add new fleet icon for military fleets

Bugs fixed

Fix flak shells not working on missiles and meteorites
Fix flak shells fired with incorrect fuse setting from player ships
Fix AI ships not correctly using multiple weapon slots
Fix missiles braking away from high-velocity ships
Fix shipyard queue not transferred on capture
Fix ability to fly ships from a different fleet when using the context menu
Fix crash on hitting the "4" key while in menus
Fix sound cuts while switching ships
Fix effect sounds fading away while moving

Other changes

New Unreal Engine version with Vulkan support
Remove APEX physics for meteorites
Add Steam trading cards

Early Access 02/12/17

Graphics & UI

Add an option to list spacecrafts as fleets in object lists
Add pause button on trade routes
Add clean black bars to the story pages
Sort resource slots by input/output status
Reduce cockpit blur

Bugs fixed

Fix Pendulum quest not taking resources
Fix fleet tutorial
Fix docking at complexes with large ships
Fix crash on fast forward with high numbers of stations
Fix crash in the trade route menu
Fix complexes not listed in the trade menu
Fix display issues on the orbital map
Fix fleets not ordered in a sane way
Fix spacecraft hotkeys not ignored while typing
Fix cracks in RCS audio

Early Access 23/11/17

Bugs fixed

Fixed ships stuck waiting on a station that doesn't trade
Fixed cargo bay locked by incorrect resources when upgrading stations
Fixed complex shipyard not offering production options on slot 8
Fixed aspect ratio of trade route menu
[tentative] Fixed crashes in the trade route menu

Early Access 09/11/17

Gameplay changes

New station complex system, allowing multiple stations to work together and share resources
New station cost & limitation system, making stations more affordable
Station capture is now a manual process to avoid batch capture of unwanted stations
Stations can now be scrapped for their resources
Increase station spawn distance to avoid collisions
Add very small guidance on harpoons
Automatically fill the construction cargo bay with the production cargo bay if possible
Add a new gamepad profile for left-handed players

Graphics & UI

New Unreal Engine version, adding Linux support to AMD users with LLVM5
UI is now 15% denser overall to allow for more information on screen
New company menu with company renaming, emblem selection
New orbital map menu with prettier graphics & fleet locations
New sector menu layout
New technology menu layout
Rendering is now slightly sharper overall
Add button to unbind joystick axis mappings
Add sector selector to the local economy menu

Bugs fixed

Fix teleportation on docked ship upgrade
Fix crash when rebinding keys
Fix military tactics control unavailable outside battles
Fix arrow keys being un-rebindable
Fix manual docking failing with joysticks
Fix manual docking near Blue Heart

Early Access 05/09/17

Gameplay changes

Allow manual docking with anticollision enabled
Add colinearity test on manual docking

Bugs fixed

Fix cut text on cockpit screens
Fix anticollision while docking
Fix UI cut in square or vertical resolutions

Early Access 03/09/17

Graphics & UI

All stations now feature a larger, improved design
Improve cockpit fonts
Improve rendering quality to minimize aliasing
Improve rendering quality of the sun

Gameplay changes

Reduce turn rate of heavy AI ships to avoid to disturbing turret aiming
Make Miner's home visible at game start to allow access to steel
Make the player start with one free technology
Allow order of one heavy ship and one light ship at shipyards
Clarify contract expirations
AI player ships now only attack stations with the "attack stations" tactic
Telescopes now warn when no sector is left to be found

Bugs fixed

Fix many cases of indirect reputation loss
Fix trade route loading operation using only one ship
Fix contract buyer unable to buy the contracted resources
Fix anticollision issues in Blue Heart
Fix menu deadlock when building a station in the current sector with ship in reserve
Fix weapon swap unauthorized for barely damaged ships
Fix attack notification with 0 fleet
Fix AI upgrading stations during contracts on these stations
Fix building rate of habitations by AI
Fix resource consumption estimate of shipyards
Fix reputation shame mechanism
Fix company combat value acting up
Fix bad Thera thrust value
Fix immediate sector exit when flying a repaired ship
Fix incorrect construction values for Tokamaks
Fix crash when researching sectors with a telescope
Fix negative population
Fix AI trade bug leading to economy freeze

Early Access 27/08/17

Gameplay changes

Complete overhaul of shipyards to add a production queue. Spacecrafts are now built in the order they arrive so that expensive ships can be built.
Prevent end-game alliances against the player. Building up a large military force is still subject to slow loss of reputation, but AIs are no longer compelled to attack the player with no provocation. AI companies can still ally against another AI company that places itself in a dominant position.
Manual docking has much more speed control, more accurate docking computer, lower grabbing threshold on L ships
Trade route deals will now only offer actual deals that make some amount of sense
Prevent generation of trade quests if the player has zero cargo space
Make meteorites spawn closer to reduce chance of being outside sector
Reduce combat points of weapons to better reflect the impact of upgrades
Reduce nerf ratio of companies so that they handle more of the economy

Bugs fixed

Fix crash when AI docks early in the loading with no player ship spawned
Fix Tokamak station not producing fuel
Fix "max quantity" slider acting up in the trade route menu
Fix research level appearing as more than what exists
Fix joystick keys not appearing for the bindings they've been set to
Fix color picker resetting to "round" colors
Fix docking helpers on L ships
Fix meteorite quests displaying empty when the station is destroyed
Fix out-of-screen in some resolutions
Fix stations pushing bank account to negative values
Fix a collection of trade bugs
Fix cut text on technology menu, trade route menu
Fix bad station count in the sector menu
Fix fighting tutorial
Fix research station tutorial

Graphics & UI

Headlights now more powerful
Fix heat artifacts on Anubis FP view
Make debris densities slightly higher
Make some menus work better in very wide apect ratios
Make speed reticles more visible on HUD
Make stations show up as stations in the spacecraft menu
Make nose icons a bit larger
Better confirm travel text
Fix lots of typos and translation issues

Early Access 25/08/17

Gameplay changes

Nerf meteorite damage to stations
Make autopilot dock at target if a station is selected

Bugs fixed

Fix water not in drop list in the trade route menu
Fix fleet selection in the sector menu
Fix joystick buttons unusable as bindings
Fix joystick bindings not saved
Fix horizontal hat of joystick ignored
Fix virtual scroll registering as a real key in settings menu
Fix docking guides disappearing
Fix spread between Solen and docks
Fix Orca cockpit cut at high FOV
Fix Atlas freighter having damaged cooling at full health
Fix French translation
Fix wrong tech for research stations in tutorial
Fix vertical artifacts in drop lists in the color panel
[tentative] Fix rare crash when selecting docking option

Graphics & UI

Rework sector exiting to clarify what happens
Better resource & economy menus
Show where ships are built on the orbital map
Add station, ship count to trade routes
Add gamma settings, input sensitivity setting
Make RCS effects more agressive in reaction times
Make the sky slightly dynamic
Make Hela slightly better-looking

Outstanding issues

Here are issues that should be solved in the next patch : http://dev.helium-rain.com/versions/18
Here are the issues that we know of and want to solve, but need additional input : http://dev.helium-rain.com/versions/24

Early Access 22/08/17

New features & content

Special characteristics of stations are now shown in UI & HUD : shipyard, station in construction, contract objective, and so on.
New trade route menu that features hints on where to buy or sell resources
New alternative gamepad bindings to turn with the left stick and move with the right one

Gameplay changes

Change gamepad bindings : shoulder pads now mapped to speed, left stick to lateral movement, thumbsticks to roll.
Don't show the docking computer if the dock isn't on screen
Remove research level 3 technology from technology tutorial
Enable fleet orders from the wheel menu on all military ships
Add BH habitations to target objective during pendulum contract
Highlight the mine to dock at during the navigation tutorial

Bugs fixed

Fix crash on shipyard building
Fix trade route not perfoming operations correctly when there is more than one ship in the assigned fleet
Fix some drop lists always showing the first item
Fix a number of typo errors
Fix Blue Heart collision boxes

Graphics & UI

Upgrade company icons & colors
Tweak lighting to reduce artifacts on large stations
Remove atifacts at night on Hela
Add tabs to the settings menu
Show reduction of production in spacecraft info
Center mines in the inspect menu
Remove resource price list from the trade menu as it was confusing
Hide notification counter while flying

Outstanding issues

Here are issues that should be solved in the next patch : http://dev.helium-rain.com/versions/18
Here are the issues that we know of and want to solve, but need additional input : http://dev.helium-rain.com/versions/24

Early Access 20/08/17

New features & content

Full support for gamepad & joystick
UI scaling at high resolutions
Field-of-view setting
Key bindings to cut speed, start a trade

Gameplay changes

Nerf the collision alarm to a more aggressive threshold
Show scanning screen instead of docking computer when both are active
Reduce the number of waypoints in tutorial
Undocking now gives the player control much faster

Bugs fixed

Fix blinding effects on the Solen freighter
Fix notification counter
Fix conflict with Steam VR
Fix some conflicting inputs
Fix collision risk when AI ships undock
Fix trade route quantity limit
[tentative] Fix multiple joysticks merged as one
[tentative] Fix some crashes

Graphics & UI

The rings of Nema are now slightly bluer
Make company icon selection easier to understand
Add gamepad input map to the settings menu

Outstanding known issues

We are aware of a number of game crashes. Please report them on the bug tracker at http://dev.helium-rain.com - be sure to provide the crash dump as outlined on that page. We will be issuing a second hotfix when the issues are resolved.
Take a look at the bug tracker to see what's coming in the next patch : http://dev.helium-rain.com/versions/23 .

Early Access 18/08/17

This is the first public release in Early Access. Enjoy the game !

Gameplay changes

Add notification if a trade route is locked by a danger in the destination sector

Bugs fixed

Fix recovery to avoid being stranded
Fix missing step in tutorial

Graphics & UI

New design for the Atlas freighter
Upgrade rendering quality for the Solen freighter & Orca bomber
Upgrade hull detail with a nicer pattern
Change Fleet Supply icon to remove non-localized text