Update 0.22.0 brings huge performance improvements. No exaggeration.

Patch Notes 0.22.0 Overview

• This update provides significant performance improvements, along with general bug fixes and improvements and fixed the accuracy of the players primary guns when enabling the "Homing Projectiles" option

Added

• AI manager to handle management of AI Actor logic updates for improved performance

• Combat AI Actors now perform a threat assessment against nearby hostiles to determine the best target to engage (closest comparable to itself)

• Combat AI Actors are capable of making attempts at reducing the likeliness of getting stuck against other ships/structures in the world

Changed

• Gimball Gun tracking and movement logic updates are now processed with ECS Jobs for improved performance

• Turret tracking and movement logic updates are now processed with ECS Jobs for improved performance

• Ship exhaust lens flare logic updates are now processed with ECS Jobs for improved performance

• Ship exhaust lens flare quad texture visuals are now rendered more efficiently for improved performance

• Projectile logic updates are now processed with ECS Jobs for improved performance

• Projectile quad texture visuals are now rendered more efficiently for improved performance

• Stellar dust logic updates are now processed with ECS Jobs for improved performance

• Gun Muzzle Flare quad texture visuals are now rendered more efficiently for improved performance

• Radar contacts logic updates are now processed with ECS Jobs for improved performance

• Improved the logic used for stretching projectile tails for better visual appearance

• Removed the in-game FPS monitor and associated key binding

Fixed

• The players main gun projectiles are now 100% accurate against targets when "Homing Projectiles" have been enabled in the game options

• Campaign soft lock in Chapter 5 Mission 3 as no random side missions are generated preventing progression towards unlocking this main mission

• Refactored hazard field processes (asteroid and nebula fields) for performance improvements

• Projectile Stats from installed modules are not applied to the guns when in a mission (Muzzle Speed, Max Range, Rate of Fire, Explosive Radius)

• Ship Fitting: Launcher Subsystem Damage display values are being calculated incorrectly

• AI Actors now correctly calculate stopping times, preventing the fast overshoot/fly-bys when using the afterburner