0.185.5 - Fables for Robots

In our recent community vote over discrord.gg/dv you decided that I should split my time equally between adding ship upgrades and fleshing out the story of the game. This content patch adds both.

New story elements

With this upgrade we started fleshing out one of the main story arcs with the game. The phage station you could encounter earlier is no longer mute and will contact you, providing dialog and opportunities. This is just a introduction to new faction you can encounter now, and will be fleshed out further - in following days. There is also an additional secret you can discover in the rings.

Additional upgrades

You can now purchase a gravimetric drone that will allow you to see the subtle differences in gravitational fields of the Rings, guiding you to denser and more interesting areas.

Bugs fixed

As with every update, I fix couple of bugs and add some additional features:

• Fixed a memory leak in storyteller module that could lead to crashes when diving for long times.
• Improved performance around the phage-class stations and it's events.
• Fixed inconsistent upgrade descriptions.
• Improved compatibility for Intel-family graphics cards operating on older drivers.
• Fixes display of moonlet's shadow.
• Added new special effect for crew bio screen.

Road ahead

We are currently filling in the content. You can expect the upgrades to be frequent and incremental, providing new upgrades, ships and story multiple times a week. With previous update the balance was tipped to the upgrade side, so you can expect that I'll focus on story elements, dialog trees and encounters for next week.