• Moderately reduced ship speed in orbit to improve maneuverability. Boost speed remains unchanged.

• Increased Liquid Extractor Pod storage capacity from 1,000 to 2,000.

• Increased Shuttle Pad storage capacity from 1,000 to 2,000.

• Reduced the FP cost of the following buildings:

  • Cistern: 4 → 3 FP

  • Shipyard: 3 → 2 FP

  • Nexus Relay: 2 → 1 FP

  • Mag Plasma Cistern: 5 → 3 FP

  • Shuttle Pad: 5 → 4 FP

• Restricted Areas completed before Major Update #1 can now be completed again. (This has been possible since Major Update #1 but was not mentioned in the previous patch notes.)

• Added a feedback when Extractor Pods are queued at the Extractor Bay instead of only displaying 0s.

• Made the Isotopic Generator craftable in the Workshop by changing it's recipe.

• Ship lights are now staying on when ships are landed on the dark side of planets.

• Fixed Advanced Extractors not being customizable.

• Fixed liquid tanks being unable to transfer liquid to another tank already containing the same liquid.

• Fixed several collision and out-of-bounds issues in Restricted Areas.

• Fixed extraction speed not updating after upgrading an Extractor to its Advanced version.

• Fixed Liquid Extractors Pods not having durability.

• Fixed an issue where damaged, unfinished ships remained docked and could not be edited or repaired.

• Fixed players being unable to deploy Extractor Pods due to pods already deployed by other corporation members.

• Fixed steps 3 and 4 of the Hall Alternator's Tech XP progression.

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• Increased the player's minimum SU cap from 25k to 35k to allow the construction of the Corporation Command Center.

• Fixed an issue where the overweight warning was not displayed when players over the SU cap attempted to withdraw items from storage.

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to dismantle buildings while over the SU cap.

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to bypass the 10-minute manual crafting timer.

• Fixed an issue preventing players from starting a manual craft after claiming the previous one.

• Fixed an issue preventing players from abandoning contracts from outside stations.

• Fixed an issue where very close Bases were not listed as bus destinations.

• Fixed an issue where buildings could become stuck at 0 seconds.

• Fixed a potential loss of resources when repeatedly starting and stopping crafting at the Smelter or Workshop.

• Fixed an issue where the Warehouse MKII did not return any building resources when dismantled.

• Fixed a bug preventing the crouch keybind from being properly reassigned.

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• Fixed an issue preventing players from deploying Pathway Portals. (Pathways may need to be manually turned off and on again to fix them.)

• Fixed an issue where players could not claim Technology XP from Multi Corpo Bases.

• Fixed an issue where players would not receive First Deployment XP when upgrading a Warehouse.

• Fixed an issue preventing players from fully exploring planets after looting a shipwreck.

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Quadrant Transfers

• Quadrant transfers have been enabled again.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a hardlock that could occur after a Wanderback teleportation.

• Fixed a crash that occurred when right-clicking on unexplored star systems.

• Fixed a hardlock that could occur when players were still in Corpo ships after no longer being part of the Corpo.

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• Fixed an issue where players could become stuck after a Wanderback teleportation.

• Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to set a Cosmic route to an undiscovered system.

• Using DLSS may cause the game to crash. If you experience this issue, we highly recommend disabling DLSS until a fix is available.

  Thank you for your understanding.

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• Increased Shuttle range by 1.5× and speed by 4×.

• Increased the Exploration XP granted by Gravite Fragments from 5 XP to 10 XP. The difference will be awarded retroactively.

• Increased the Exploration XP granted by Gravite from 10 XP to 20 XP. The difference will be awarded retroactively.

• Scanning resources now grants 5 XP × Resource Tier. The difference will be awarded retroactively.

• Players can now take the bus even if they lack sufficient funds by increasing their debt. (100 SU max)

• The Space Base 101 onboarding quest is now given much earlier by Guion Faris in Raqmu.

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from setting drone routes because of Recyclers.

• Fixed Experience progression not accumulating after players reached the current maximum Technology, Exploration, or Science level.

• Fixed the Recycler deleting ingredients when turned off instead of pausing the crafting process.

• Fixed the Corporation NPC UI displaying identical completed contracts multiple times instead of displaying a single entry with a completion counter.

• Fixed an issue where Shuttles could become stuck after attempting to deliver to an over-capacity Corporation Storage.

• Fixed several issues where Bases were not always abandoned correctly, which could prevent nearby players from playing.

• Fixed visual issues with the Corporation Command Center and Xenic Farm entries in the Encyclopedia.

• Fixed the Power Transmitter providing free power.

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• Added missing filter icons to the Warehouse.

• Deposit icons are now visible when deploying a Base Command Center nearby.

• Reduced the Trade Nexus buying tax from 20% to 8%.

• Added confirmation prompts for Respawn, Abandon Base, and Account Reset to prevent accidental actions.

• Accepted Corporation Requests can now be canceled.

• Added a Take All button to the Warehouse and Drone Dispatcher.

• Added warnings in the Ship Editor when a ship is not well designed and may negatively impact the player's experience.

• Maximum speed and acceleration time are now displayed in the Ship Editor's ship stats.

• Improved the crafting preview animation in the Workshop.

• Several minor visual improvements and LOD fixes.

• Fixed a bug where drones could stop working.

• Fixed a bug where ships could be sent into orbit after respawning and become inaccessible.

• Fixed the Recycling Plant not working when multiple types of scrap were added simultaneously.

• Fixed the Recycling Plant not stopping properly after being manually turned off.

• Fixed a bug where the Corporation Command Center and Xenic Farm could occasionally have no collision.

• Fixed a bug where the Liquid Extractor would not automatically resume once space became available in a relevant cistern.

• Fixed a bug where the Mining Laser Control Mod could continue generating heat after being automatically shut down due to overheating.

• Fixed a bug where the Mining Laser Control Mod would stop after mining each node instead of switching to another node within range.

• Fixed a bug where changing the fuel type of the Fuel Power Plant would delete the assigned drones.

• Fixed the Cosmic Navigator not always selecting the shortest and most fuel-efficient route.

• Fixed a bug where transferring credits from a corporation to a player who had already reached the credit cap would result in lost credits.

• Fixed several UI scaling issues at the Steam Deck's 1280×800 resolution.

• Fixed a crash when opening the Galaxy Map.

• Various minor bug fixes.

• Added missing translations for all supported languages.

• The Xenic Farm may occasionally have no visual effects. Workaround: Relog.

• UI scaling issues at the Steam Deck's 1280×800 resolution (Notably base UIs)

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• Added three DLSS quality options: Max Quality, Balanced, and Max Performance.

• Fixed several memory leaks.

• Various performance improvements.

• Fixed another INVALID LOC issue that prevented some players from logging in.

• Fixed an issue where ships would become unresponsive after logging in if the player had disconnected in their ship while docked at a station.

• Added missing translations for all supported languages.

• The Corporation Command Center and the Xenic Farm may occasionally have no collision. Workaround: Relog.

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• Fixed an issue where ships were stuck on landing pads.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from creating a new character in Solo Offline mode.

These updates will include balance changes - especially for the late game, which can sometimes feel too grindy - adjustments to make certain limitations fairer so they don't unnecessarily slow your progress, and clearer guidance to help you understand the options available whenever you encounter a progression bottleneck.

This is just the first of several patches to come. You can count on us to keep improving SpaceCraft over the coming weeks.

v0.3.22380

• Added a Retrieve Ship option to station Shipyards, allowing players to recall stranded or inaccessible ships.

• Increased the default Base footprint from 50 FP to 60 FP.

• Reduced the footprint cost of Solar Panels from 10 FP to 4 FP.

• The Wholesale Request tutorial corporation mission now requires 100 ingots instead of 500.

• For ongoing contracts where more than 100 ingots have already been delivered, the difference will be refunded to the players.

• Reduced the crafting cost of the Cistern.

• Small Steel Part Casing now requires 6 Structural Beams instead of 12.

• Small Titanium Part Casing now requires 8 Heavy-Duty Beams instead of 12.

• Rewards from Corporation Contracts requesting Small Steel Part Casings or Small Titanium Part Casings have been reduced accordingly.

• Reduced the cost of the Modular Systems III permit from 25,000 to 18,000 credits.

• Reduced the cost of the Better Titanium permit from 10,000 to 7,000 credits.

• Reduced the cost of the Advanced Frames permit from 50,000 to 30,000 credits.

• Reduced the cost of the Very Light Alloys permit from 50,000 to 30,000 credits.

• Shipyards can no longer be moved while an unfinished ship is docked.

• Fixed an issue where some players became stuck in an INVALID LOC state (Affected players may need to respawn to correct the issue.)

An early version has been pushed (v0.3.22375) a few hours ago. As a result you could find yourself drifting in space. Be sure to do the update first and then hit respawn if you are still falling into the ground or having your ship blocked at a landind pad or shipyard

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