22 May 2026: Fixes & polish
Joining a galaxy · Jumping from the 3D system view · Launch-screen colours · Live chat
- Joining a galaxy works on the first attempt. A timing race during login could leave the first join stuck or bounced back to the connect screen, needing a second try. Sorted: the handshake now completes cleanly the first time.
- Jump from the 3D Star Systems view returns you to the map. Starting a jump (or plotting a course) while inside the 3D system view used to close the panel but leave the 3D scene up, with no star to click. It now drops you back to the galaxy map in targeting mode, ready to pick a destination.
- A cleaner launch-screen colour picker. The race-setup colour grid had thirty-odd swatches with many near-duplicates. It is now a tidy set of eight hues (purple, pink, blue, cyan, green, red, orange, yellow) in two bright tones each, laid out eight on top of eight.
- Live chat polish. The unread indicator on the chat button is now a clear dot that no longer hides in the button's corner, and it stops reappearing after a refresh when there is nothing new to read. Hiding the chat is still remembered between sessions.
- Starter ships reach further. Every race's starting ship now has a jump range of at least 60 LY. The Nester, Settlement Drone and Crusader were stuck at 40-45 and left new Derulon, Sharne and Vatari Cult commanders without the reach to spread out and claim systems.