The next version of Cube Universe will no longer support Windows 7.

Some of the performance improvements absolutely need a CPU instruction that is officially not available in Windows 7. Since Microsoft has ended their support for Windows 7, I have decided to end it in favor of better performance.

Specifically, the next version of the game will have an option to often or always reuse RAM internally instead of returning it to the operating system. This significantly improves performance on systems with many cores, which are getting more common these days. For this to work, I need the InterlockedCompareExchange128 function, which is not officially supported on Windows 7. It may still work - it does on my old laptop - but there is no guarantee.

I am sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. But honestly, if you still use Windows 7, you should probably upgrade for security reasons alone.

The new update Alpha 0.6.2 adds a new dungeon and the associated quest line.

Deep in the jungles of the Terra planets volcanoes have formed. Inside them slumber fierce creatures. There are tales about a Spirit of Fire, an elemental that is formed out of molten rock. Geologists believe that those spirits are causing volcanoes to erupt.

Venture into the Volcanic Depths and prevent the eruption.

• New dungeon: Volcanic Depths
  
• New quest line: Into the Volcano
  
• Steam Achievements
  
• Water Staff
  
  • New Ability: Bubble of Transformation
    Envelops the target in a bubble that heals attackers for 20 percent of the damage done.
• Fire Staff
  
  • New Talent: Fiery Escape
    Whenever damage would kill you, Cauterize is triggered to prevent your death if it is not on cooldown. Cauterize cannot be used for 5 minutes after this effect occurs.
• Improved spaceship controls
  
• Improved models for all elementals
  
• New achievements for defeating all bosses in each dungeon
  
• The game now automatically loads the last savegame or connects to the last server on startup.
  
• Performance improvements and bugfixes