September QOL Update

Patch Notes — v0.9.109

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🚀 New Features & Content

• Bug Hunter Badges: Added special Bug Hunter Badges to reward players who assist in reporting and tracking down bugs!

• Level 4 Daily Missions: Updated and expanded daily mission pools with new Level 4 faction daily missions.

• Steam Dropship Reclaim: Reclaiming missed Dropship rewards on Steam now costs 3 Starbux (replacing ad requirements for PC players).

• Friend Battles Polish: Improved overall UI and battle flow setup for friendly PvP engagements.

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⚖️ Balance & Systems Updates

• Bridge Targeting Mechanics: Bridge room capacity now determines the maximum achievable targeting bonus rather than the base bonus.

• 7-Mart Supply & Purchase Limits:

• Added a hard purchase limit of 3 items per session on standard 7-Mart listings to ensure fair supply availability.

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🎨 UI & Quality of Life Improvements

• Bridge Info UI: Refreshed the stat layout and details interface in the Bridge room panel.

• Crew Firing Safety Delay: Added a brief confirmation delay when dismissing crew members to help prevent accidental firings.

• Customisation Panel: Resolved visual and layout bugs in the character customization panel.

• Target Selection Labels: Fixed a bug causing targeting labels to display incorrect text or remain frozen on screen.

• Clean Inbox Notifications: Resolved an issue where orphaned or unreadable messages caused persistent unread notification dots on the inbox icon.

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🛠️ Bug Fixes & Technical Optimizations

Client & Memory Stability

• Memory & Crash Management: general client memory optimizations to prevent crashes.

• Network Fallbacks: improve connection stability.

• Loading Bar Reset Fix: Fixed a visual glitch during battle transitions.

Combat & SFX Fixes

• Missile SFX Loop: Fixed an issue where missile flight sound effects continued looping after a battle ended.

• Ultra Dismantle Visual Sync: Fixed a visual bug where rooms destroyed by Ultra Dismantle at battle start still appeared intact until damaged by an unrelated attack.

• Tutorial Select Fixes: Resolved selection bugs during the PvP tutorial and refactored ship battle selection logic.

Market & Inventory Fixes

• Market Sale Displays: Fixed an issue where GBay market listings stopped rendering active weapon sales.

• Full Inventory Box Rewards: Fixed missing reward notifications when opening multiple boxes while carrying a full inventory.