Distant Worlds 2 - Latest Update v.1.0.3.3

Hello everyone,

a new update for Distant Worlds 2 went live, here is the changelog:

CRASH FIXES

• fixed crash when ship performs collision avoidance
• fixed crash when ship determines large items to avoid
• fixed crash when completing spy mission
• fixed crash when finding nearest refuelling point
• fixed rare crash during rendering
• fixed rare crash when generating tool tips
• fixed rare crash when investigating abandoned ships or bases
• fixed crash when drawing animated characters
• fixed crash when creature moves to new location
• fixed crash when evaluating threats
• fixed crash when rendering system badges
• fixed crash when ship destroyed
• fixed crash when assigning ship mission
• fixed crash when rendering ship and base symbols
• fixed crash when updating empire territory
• fixed crash when ship exits hyperjump
• fixed crash when rendering effects
• fixed crash when identifying refuelling points
• fixed crash when reviewing fleet escort ships
• fixed crash when ship is refuelling
• fixed crash when finding fastest construction yard
• fixed crash when determining blockaded locations
• fixed crash when artifact changes location
• fixed crash when notifying empire of attack
• fixed rare crash when add display effect
• fixed rare crash when rotating stars and planets
• fixed crash when moving weapon blast
• fixed crash when updating nebula storm clouds
• fixed crash when ship or base destroyed
• fixed crash when showing message
• fixed rare crash when ship fires weapons at attackers
• fixed crash when adding resource/tourism/migration flow data
• fixed rare crash when generating tool tips
• fixed crash when drawing nebula storm clouds
• fixed crash when ship or base destroyed
• fixed crash when directing fleet escorts
• fixed crash when updating nebula cloud rendering
• fixed crash when resolving trade offer description
• fixed crash when getting fleet jump speed
• fixed crash when processing ship
• fixed crash when processing location effects
• fixed crash when checking for active hyperdeny at a location
• fixed crash when generating task to queue construction of a base at a location
• fixed rare crash when evaluating collision avoidance factors
• fixed rare crash when assigning ship mission
• fixed rare crash when determining whether to accept treaty
• fixed rare crash when checking whether a fleet should retreat from a battle
• fixed crash when obtaining ruins and wonders at a location
• fixed crash when drawing research project summary
• fixed rare crash when ship or base fires weapons at attackers
• fixed rare crash when colony conquered by invasion
• fixed rare crash when selecting random resource
• fixed rare crash when determining diplomatic strategies with other empires
• changed how colony city night lights are handled to minimize video memory usage
• improved game update cycle to eliminate possible threading issues during game saves
• fixed crash when evaluating ship boarding status
• fixed rare crash when ship or base fires weapons
• fixed rare crash when finding nearest refuelling point
• fixed rare crash when colony wiped out
• now more careful with handling missing game settings files
• fixed bug where economy line items were often not being updated (introduced in 1.0.3.1)
• added fixes to greatly reduce number of DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED crashes
• fixed crash when fleet evaluates whether to invade colony
• fixed crash when ship fires intercept weapons
• fixed crash when determine empire migration sources
• fixed crash when getting native creature habitats
• fixed crash when updating user interface controls
• fixed crash when updating ship engine exhaust
• fixed crash with sorting when finding nearest refuelling point
• fixed crash when drawing empire relation
• fixed rare crash when drawing troops and characters
• now handle access denied error when saving game settings or game start settings files

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• improved rendering performance when in research screen
• slightly improved general performance

**ADDITIONAL LOGGING **

• added functionality to automatically send crash logs to dev team (prompts player to send in next game session)

**OTHER CHANGES **

• additional data fixes for certain small troop transport ship hulls and certain artifacts
• now display message to indicate when auto-saving the game
• fixed cluster galaxies sometimes generating star systems outside playable area
• data fixes to certain ship hull data typos for troop transports and some stations
• data fixes for various story event issues
• research project tree fixes for various fallback and prerequisite paths, mainly to fix the armor tree
• Defensive bases can now be research one Tech Level earlier on the Research Tree

ADDITIONAL CHANGES

• added Harmony modding support to DW2