Weekly Update: Apr 25, 2025

If you missed the announcement from earlier this week, the default build has been updated to Kepler 21530, mostly with changes for improved Deck / Controller support, with a few other patches.

Deck/Controller Improvements:

• Improved Save & Load menus to enable all functionality via controller inputs, including toggling selections for delete, deleting old autosaves, etc.

• When text scaling is set to maximum (set by default on the Deck) all text should be a minimum of 9 pixels high at 1280x800 resolution.

• Eliminated areas where scaled text overlaps other UI elements

• Dropdowns now keep current selection in view when using controller

• All text input fields should bring up the virtual keyboard on the Deck

• Now possible to toggle highlight, fog in map mode

• Research panel correctly keeps research selection in view

• In cases where there are two scrollviews visible (such as the ship log), right stick scrolls the first, dpad scrolls the second.

• Cargo screen allows for quickly analyzing items and proceeding to the next

• Improved input handling in the shipyard

• Chromaplate swatch customization now works with controller

• Crew help should correctly reference controller inputs instead of keyboard if the controller is being used

General fixes:

• If the player has set a "design goal", the trade screen previously did not show shortfalls in the faction's own reserve currency. Now it does.

• Rendering optimization when in map mode

• Several minor typos

There's also a small patch, currently on the opt-in beta branch that I expect to deploy to default in the next few days. This will fix:

• If the player is in Planning Mode in the shipyard they will be able to load blueprints that they do not have the tech/resources for

• "Exit station" and "Delete saves" alert/confirmation dialogues now allow selection of a button when using the controller

• Several more minor typos

In other news, my wife and I are planning a trip at the end of May where I plan to attend the Nordic Game Conference in Sweden, so there will be a pause in regular updates around that time.

Until next week!

• Kevin