1. Bugfix: Error loading or crashes during some saved games that were saved while using certain mods that increased floating resource capacities but are now deactivated, uninstalled, or modified to reduce resource capacities.

• It is now possible to build new ships from scratch in Career mode by clicking the new "Build New Ship" button to the right of the mission log button.
  
• You can now choose the location of the build grid when creating a new ship from scratch in Creative Mode.
  
• Translation updates for Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.
  
• The crew transfer window will no longer automatically close when starting a transfer.
  
• If there is an error submitting in-game feedback, the text in the feedback window will now be remembered the next time it is opened.
  
• Re-sorted the list of multiplayer game modes so that Career and Creative modes are at the top of the list.
  
• It is no longer possible to drag the Doodads window off the screen.
  
• Reduced the volume of the radar ping and enemy alert sounds by half.
  
• Master audio volume for new players now defaults to 50%.
  
• Bugfix: The large gold asteroid doodad was incorrectly labeled as a sulfur asteroid.

• Bugfix: Stuck sending/recieving when trying to load very large saved game files in multiplayer.

• Added a "Max Send Rate" setting to the Miscellaneous settings. This will limit the maximum amount of data that Cosmoteer can send every second, measured in kilobytes per second. The default is 10000 (10 MBps).
  
• Bugfix: Multiplayer games with more than two players could experience disconnects when loading or resyncing large game files.
  
• Bugfix: Rare "Audio groups not yet initialized" crash when starting Cosmoteer.
  
• Bugfix: Freeze in very specific circumstances when a formation of ships approaches a point of interest or custom marker.
  
• Bugfix: The "When Enemy Spotted" setting was being hidden when the "Show Blips For Off-Screen Ships" setting was disabled.

This updates makes significant performance improvements to flying crew and floating resources. I hope it will significantly improve mid/late-game performance. More optimizations are still coming.

• Massively improved rendering and simulation performance of floating resource nuggets.
  
• Massively improved simulation performance of crew that don't have a "home" ship to which they belong.
  
• Modest simulation performance increase to flying crew even if they do have a home ship.
  
• Small performance improvement in most situations related to crew jobs.
  
• Restored the "Minimum Target F.P.S." option, but using the old algorithm which wasn't causing any problems.
  
• The virtual on-screen keyboard will now only be shown when running on Steam Deck instead of whenever Big Picture Mode is being used.
  
• Bugfix: Cosmoteer would sometimes load mods in a different order, which could cause multiplayer incompatibility. Mods will now always be loaded in alphabetical order as determined by their ID.

• Removed the "Minimum Target F.P.S." feature because it was causing game speed to fluctuate unintentionally.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause framerate to "death spiral" when the game was unable run as fast as the desired game speed.

• The "Minimum Target F.P.S" setting (previously just called "Target F.P.S.") should now do a better job of slowing down the game simulation to improve the framerate.
  
• When specifying an angle of attack, the angle will now by default be relative to the enemy ship's rotation. This can be changed in the settings or by holding the Alt key.
  
• Bugfix: Multiplayer desyncs while traveling to a new star system.
  
• Bugfix: Desync in multiplayer when a ship touches a sun.
  
• Bugfix: Crash if a Domination mode game desyncs.
  
• Bugfix: Rare crash on some computers whose file systems don't support certain non-English characters such as 'ü'.

• Bugfix: Multiplayer desyncs caused by initiating resource transfers, trades, or pickups.

Hello Cosmoteers! Wow, this has been a wild week! Cosmoteer's Steam launch has gone well beyond my expectations. Thank you so much for all your support.

I want let you know what my plans are for the next couple weeks of Cosmoteer updates:

• Multiplayer stability improvements. I believe I have already solved most of the disconnection issues and some but not definitely all of the desyncs. This continues to be my highest priority.
  
• Crash fixes. Also a very high priority of course.
  
• Allow building new ships in Career mode without having to find an abandoned ship or separate a piece of your own ship. This is one of the most-requested features for Career mode.
  
• Allow respawning after being destroyed in Career mode, instead of having to load a save. This is probably the biggest issue in co-op right now (other than the stability issues), but I also intend to support it in single-player (with an option to turn it off).
  
• Mid/late-game performance issues. I've been hearing a lot about these and will definitely look into them when I get the chance. Thanks to everyone who have sent in saved games with performance issues.

Unfortunately I can't give an exact timetable for these fixes in features. A lot depends on how quickly I can track down the remaining crashes and desyncs. (The desyncs in particular can take a really long time to solve.) But I promise you that I'm working as hard and as fast as I can! Thank you for your patience!

Walt

• Bugfix: Desyncs in multiplayer when jumping to another star system and at least one player has the "Auto-Save Before Hyper-Jump" setting turned on.
  
• Bugfix: Possible fix for disconnects that happen after desyncing in multiplayer.
  
• Bugfix: Crash when connecting to a multiplayer game using the "Connect to IP" feature while the Online tab is selected.