Floating Sandbox 1.13.0 has released today! The new release finally allows players to save their settings to reload them later, and to create custom "themes" with whatever crazy values they want! On top of that, the new version sports storms, lightnings, and a zillion of little improvements here and there.

NOTE: starting with this version, the installer will uninstall previous versions of the game you might have on your computer. This means that you will lose any ships you have saved under the game folder. Backup your ships before you install 1.13!

Here's the full changelist for 1.13.0:

• Added ability to save settings - including ocean floor terrain - and to reload the last-modified settings

• Added storms

• Greatly improved performance of lighting sub-system - now the simulation lags much less when running ships with many lamps

• Improved performance of "load ship" window - no more freezing when browsing a large number of ships!

• Reworked sparkles generated when using the chainsaw (slice) tool

• Added "Lava" ocean textures (thanks to Pac0master!) and a few more ocean textures

• Zoom increment is now adjustable

• Added (optional) background music - first score is "Long Note Four" by Kevin MacLeod, more tunes to follow in subsequent releases

  • Moved all music-related settings from Settings window to Preferences window

• From now on, the installation of newer versions of Floating Sandbox will automatically uninstall older versions

  • Save your ships first - if you've added ships to the game's Ships directory - or else they'll be lost with the upgrade!

• Fixed random crash that occurred after using the Terrain Adjust tool when reloading a ship

• 11 new ships

• ...and a few more small improvements here and there

• Musical theme for this release: Samaris