Patch notes for UPDATE 7

8.0.14 Update 7 Change log (18.12.2015) Over 60 inclusion in this latest update: 32 additions, 27 fixes, 3 updates. Blog article will be put online shortly to talk about the changes.

• Added: MFC Blackbird

• Added: XL weapon platform

• Added: L weapon platform

• Added: Jumpgate (Type I)

• Added: Trade station

• Added: 'Avenger MK I' missile

• Added: 'Starburst MK I' missile

• Added: Missile ammo construct

• Added: Missile bundles listed in Ship Config

• Added: Missile ship config UI icons

• Added: Missile range finders in tactical

• Added: Special ability 'Fire Mission'

• Added: Special ability 'Sustained Fire Mission'

• Added: Special ability 'Salvo Size'

• Added: Special ability 'Ammo Type'

• Added: Additional callback capability to ability system

• Added: Yellow border around ability icon if 'On'

• Added: Alternative list view for modules in Ship Config

• Added: Proceedural textures now baked and cached to hard drive inbetween play sessions

• AddedAddedAdded double click and drag to install to module rows in Ship Config

• Added: List toggle and filter buttons in Ship Config

• Added: Filter functionality for module icons/rows in Ship Config

• Added: Sorting in Ship Config screen for modules

• Added: Scrollbar to hull marking scrollable in Ship Config

• Added: Solid background for the module slot container backgrounds in Ship Config

• Added: Tooltips for module filter buttons

• AddedAddedNew colour swatch, now accounts for Hue, Saturation and Brightness

• Added: Colour swatch takes into account the current colour

• Added: Flag to represent ship themes in Ship Config

• Added: Flag to represent ship themes in Fleet Config

• Added: 2D weapons range indicator in tactical

• Added: Altered 'Activate Special Weapon' ability to include cooldown

• AdjustedUpdateConsistency improved with module stats in Ship Config
• AddedUpdateAdded MFC Blackbird to main menu warp animation

• Update: Optimisations to SpaceCam class

• Fixed: Textures compressed (addressing memory hog fom RAW textures & slowness in Ship Config)

• Fixed: Scrolling with mouse wheel for ship/hull icon list in Ship Config

• FixedFixedAll fixed modules incorrectly shown for any craft with a fixed weapon

• Fixed: Corrections to module stats text headers

• Fixed: Tooltip mis-shapen when mouseover filter icons in Ship/Fleet Config

• Fixed: Optimized texture memory usage

• Fixed: Clicking on colour swatch gives wrong colour at some resolutions

• Fixed: Jittery halt with some of the smaller ships

• Fixed: Improvements to formation flying so the ships catch up to wingleader

• Fixed: Missiles exploding mid

• flight for no reason (0.7.10 demo bug)

• Fixed: Drunken transitional animations in Ship Config

• Fixed: Missiles miss and orbit target (0.7.10 demo bug)

• Fixed: 'Error in Battle Simulation' bug reported by Kearon

• Fixed: Texturing issues with Enif, textures replaced

• Fixed: Issue with 2D radar sweep disappearing when lead ship not scanning for Flotilla

• Fixed: Issues with scan not eminating from proper unit

• Fixed: Radar and missile range 2D indicators now plotted at battlegrid intersection

• Fixed: Warp tunnel texture now seamless

• Fixed: Objectives totals wrong on multiple playthroughs

• Fixed: Duplicate ship icons when leaving and re-entering ship config

• Fixed: Rare crash in CoreAI

• Fixed: When use MMB to look is on and in movement mode, using ALT & LMB to pan camera no longer triggers movepoint

• Fixed: Players customized ship configs now overwritten only when nessecary

• Fixed: Corvette trails (broken in UPDATE 6)

• FixedFixedTheme scrollable area fixed for 8 or more themes

• Fixed: Markup issue in ability tooltips

• FixedFixed'Continous Plasma Discharge' MP cost corrected