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Steam News12 April 20262mo ago

v0.159

Startron v0.159 has been released! Tweaks & updates Overhauled the cosmos generation and selection interfaces Clouds now show around planets in the system view Solar corona ejections can now use █ as well as the origina

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What changed

6 fixes3 additions2 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
  • Maps
  • Compatibility
changedOverhauled the cosmos generation and selection interfaces
addedSolar corona ejections can now use █ as well as the original ■ (like engine particles)
addedAdded additional info about industry catchment processing in a few places
changedTweaked the lithrogen planet colour in the entity list to be more distinct from ice planets at a glance
addedAdded something extra to the scrapyard story-thread ending
fixedBugs fixed in this version

Startron v0.159 has been released!

Tweaks & updates

  • Overhauled the cosmos generation and selection interfaces

  • Clouds now show around planets in the system view

  • Solar corona ejections can now use █ as well as the original ■ (like engine particles)

  • Made pulsars more obvious

  • The options window is now split into tabs for easier comprehension

  • Crots, umyum & yist plants now require sunlight

  • Added additional info about industry catchment processing in a few places

  • Tweaked the lithrogen planet colour in the entity list to be more distinct from ice planets at a glance

  • Aligned the top down aurora colours with the side-on aurora colours

  • Gave the pirate story-thread a more sensible ending

  • Added something extra to the scrapyard story-thread ending

Bugs fixed in this version

  • Fixed being able to auto-walk through a wall on one of the planet port 3D maps

  • Fixed the enter and grav keys in the Linux native versions

  • Fixed lithrogen waves showing from the wrong side of a planet leading to them doing strange things

  • Fixed destroying workers not just beaming them up like any other item

  • Fixed generated ships sent on voyages from homeworlds not actually being that planet's species

Source

Steam News / 12 April 2026

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