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Steam News13 August 20251y ago

Frontier v2.0.0-beta

A new update has been launched. Experimental Multiplayer Support: Has been in the works since July 2022. Should work, but is unstable. Tested to work between two Steam accounts, but not tested between different regions.

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What changed

0 fixes3 additions5 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Maps
addedA new update has been launched.
addedExperimental Multiplayer Support:Loading multiplayer save functionality was added, but not thoroughly tested.
changedExperimental Multiplayer Support:Multiplayer games may not start with huge or impractical maps.
addedExperimental Multiplayer Support:Throughout development, New Stars has been largely been focused on a singleplayer experience for simplicity, and multiplayer playtesting wasn't really playtested due to development contraints etc., but I am adding it because I believe it should now work to an okay standard - no guarantees though.
changedNew map size "Impractical" - 1000 stars:As the name suggests, this map size is chaotically large.
changedNew map size "Impractical" - 1000 stars:Won't work with multiplayer (packets are too big).

New Stars changes

addedA new update has been launched.
addedLoading multiplayer save functionality was added, but not thoroughly tested.
changedMultiplayer games may not start with huge or impractical maps.
addedThroughout development, New Stars has been largely been focused on a singleplayer experience for simplicity, and multiplayer playtesting wasn't really playtested due to development contraints etc., but I am adding it because I believe it should now work to an okay standard - no guarantees though.
changedAs the name suggests, this map size is chaotically large.

A new update has been launched.

Experimental Multiplayer Support:

  • Has been in the works since July 2022.

  • Should work, but is unstable.

  • Tested to work between two Steam accounts, but not tested between different regions.

  • Loading multiplayer save functionality was added, but not thoroughly tested.

  • Multiplayer games may not start with huge or impractical maps.

Throughout development, New Stars has been largely been focused on a singleplayer experience for simplicity, and multiplayer playtesting wasn't really playtested due to development contraints etc., but I am adding it because I believe it should now work to an okay standard - no guarantees though.

New map size "Impractical" - 1000 stars:

  • As the name suggests, this map size is chaotically large.

  • Won't work with multiplayer (packets are too big).

  • Suggested by Grendain.

There were other improvements, such as the main menu theme being different, and some bug fixes, but I forgot the rest.

Source

Steam News / 13 August 2025

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