3.5 Patch Notes

[Afro Luigi]

Since the Devs haven't updated the Pinned Discussion about the Patch Notes, I'm going to copy and paste them below. For the source you can go here[forum.egosoft.com] and have a look.

Version 3.50 (192864) - 2015-03-12

• Added new Onil mining ships to Canteran shipyard in DeVries.
  
• Added "Container Magnet" which attracts nearby collectables to the player ship (now with key for activation).
  
• Added several new generic missions and mission variants.
  
• Added new generic mission for clearing explosives or rigged asteroids.
  
• Added upkeep missions for assigning ships to stations and acquiring drones.
  
• Added voice notification for incoming missile on player ship.
  
• Added hint display to loading screen.
  
• Added option to give New Orders to player ships without Commander.
  
• Added come back on board command to npc detail menu.
  
• Added hotkey to toggle sound on/off (not mapped by default).
  
• Added text search field to map.
  
• Added FXAA to graphics options.
  
• Improved station manager and station owned ship trade behaviour.
  
• Improved balancing and accuracy of combat calculations when player is not present.
  
• Improved collision handling so that small collisions don't cause damage.
  
• Improved response of player owned stations to nearby player ships being attacked.
  
• Improved relation change behaviour on accidental hits, preventing friendly factions from attacking each others so fast.
  
• Improved capital ship collision avoidance with other capital ships.
  
• Improved police mass-traffic scan reaction to collision.
  
• Improved missile turret target selection.
  
• Improved stability of in-game map.
  
• Improved Russian localisation.
  
• Fixed multiple problems with capital ship shields and engines.
  
• Fixed escort ships respawning when loading a savegame.
  
• Fixed ships still attacking targets after the pilot bails, or ship is captured or claimed.
  
• Fixed several cases of turrets still shooting when there is no line-of-sight.
  
• Fixed capital ships not attacking after commander was destroyed on 'Withdraw from Battle' order.
  
• Fixed autopilot causing loss of control if it auto-deactivates while a menu is open.
  
• Fixed add/remove ships from squad while player is docked resulting in wrong commands.
  
• Fixed player ships with command action 'Waiting for drones' instead of 'Standing by' in some stations.
  
• Fixed one ship being able to be selected for modification at two different ship traders at the same time.
  
• Fixed planned trade trips not being cleared when assigning a squad ship to work for a station/ship.
  
• Fixed map not displaying objects around player property in some situations.
  
• Fixed menu issue allowing pilots to be sent to stations and capships.
  
• Fixed remote transfer selling all player drones of a type regardless of specified amount.
  
• Fixed fighter drones not changing their flight behaviour in some situations.
  
• Fixed several issues resulting in unit storage calculations to become incorrect.
  
• Fixed some specialist NPCs being incorrect types of characters.
  
• Fixed case where player could be asked to talk to someone who did not exist.
  
• Fixed positions of Construction Vessels which were pushed away from their stations.
  
• Fixed several problems with superhighway flight and exit.
  
• Fixed case of peculiar player movement when ending communication with an NPC while on a platform.
  
• Fixed trade offer target elements being displayed for invalid/outdated trade offers.
  
• Fixed plot course button being available in map modes.
  
• Fixed detail monitor not folding away under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed map zoom being disabled for ware exchange partner selection.
  
• Fixed incorrect count of known systems in encyclopedia.
  
• Fixed several menu scrolling issues.
  
• Fixed several cases of plot ships being destroyed and left-over plot objects.
  
• Fixed engineers not repairing as fast as they should in some situations.
  
• Fixed captured ships not being taken into account resulting in certain missions not being flagged as completed.
  
• Fixed incorrect hull display in certain menus.
  
• Fixed several issues with navigation meshes.
  
• Fixed boost effects not always being removed when they should.
  
• Fixed pilot on boarding pod not being able to claim small ships.
  
• Fixed lockboxes remaining after being opened.
  
• Fixed cases of capital mining ships getting stuck when mining turrets have no line of sight.
  
• Fixed engineers not finishing repairs resulting in Construction URVs being stuck indefinitely.
  
• Fixed ships getting stuck at end of fly-to movement in several situations.
  
• Fixed The Teladi Output DLC factions not rewarding reputation after the player killed enemies.
  
• Fixed Xenon ships being used by mission characters.
  
• Fixed CVs not becoming subordinate of station if game not saved/loaded while architect assigned to CV.
  
• Fixed duplicate NPC stations built during the plot.
  
• Fixed "lost" storage on previously-hacked ships.
  
• Fixed station managers stuck "executing trade" when loading older savegames.
  
• Fixed engineers sometimes trying to repair items that are not damaged.
  
• Fixed NPCs not responding to enemies of their commander's other subordinates.
  
• Fixed mass traffic police attacking too far away from their home-base station..
  
• Fixed infopoints and platforms on player stations being flagged as "undiscovered" until they have been scanned.
  
• Fixed various trade computer errors (e.g 64).
  
• Fixed lost Construction URVs or with Command Explore.
  
• Fixed excessively loud highway entry sound.
  
• Fixed broken pre-selection of menu rows in several cases.
  
• Fixed incorrect credits due value on player menu.
  
• Fixed player ship not being able to launch Constrictor missiles when loading older savegames.
  
• Fixed cases with repair drones not returning after they finish.
  
• Fixed several plot-stopping errors.
  
• Fixed Protection Detail mission problem resulting in player not being able to finish it.
  
• Fixed upkeep missions suggesting incorrect credit transfers.
  
• Fixed ship-to-ship trades finishing instantly.
  
• Fixed jerky movement of trade mass traffic.
  
• Fixed boarding pods avoiding the ship when flying to it.
  
• Fixed UI mod files failing to load from catalogs.
  
• Fixed more causes of menu crashes.
  
• Fixed several more causes of common crashes.

32-bit

The system requirements for the game have always stated that it requires a 64-bit version of Windows, and the 64-bit version of the game is now successfully in general use.

There is no 32-bit version for 3.xx. Please note that The Teladi Outpost DLC is not compatible with the final 32-bit release, 2.51.

edit: fixed formatting to actually be a list.

[Jerm]

Looks like you'r the real MVP here.

[Afro Luigi]

Originally posted by Jemmy350:

Looks like you'r the real MVP here.

Far from it! I'm just someone who enjoys the game and wants to share good news!

[Simas Turbo]

Their work on the game even with all the bad reviews has been impressing. Iam not surprised though, its egosoft.

[Afro Luigi]

Egosoft has a track record of supporting all their games for years after release. Look at the Superbox where they got X: Beyond the Frontier to run with modern Resolutions, and then there is the thread on the forums where they are brainstorming a future patch for TC/AP. (Source[forum.egosoft.com])

[Zloth]

"Added option to give New Orders to player ships without Commander. "

So is this why I no longer have to make a ship a part of my squad just to give it a mining/transfer order? I think it might be my favorite fix in the whole update!