Dear shipmates,

After almost one year of hard work on the Android port, we're happy to release a new update for PC!

This update carries A TON of improvements that came to see the light while working on the Android port - not only significant performance improvements, but also new little features here and there, and many bug fixes!

And with the Android port release only a few days ahead, this PC release aligns the two deliverables 100% with each other!

Here's the changelist for this version:

• Added new "LightningStrike" tool - conjures lightnings against the ship

• Added 3 new electrical materials:

  • Thermal switches: toggle automatically with temperature

  • Timer switches: toggle automatically with time

    • Can now construct circuits that evolve over time!

  • Non-instanced sounds: like the "normal" sounds, but without a switch - playing automatically when powered

    • For example, playing an alarm when the ship gets hot

• Added Nitroglycerin material - explodes when damaged!

• Added underwater plants

• Improved auto-focus on ship

• Clouds' horizontal positions are now perspective-corrected

  • Thanks to Dario Bazzichetto for the idea!

• Various performance improvements

  • Significant performance improvements in spring relaxation algorithm

  • 15% performance improvements in rendering

• Added more ocean floor textures!

• ShipBuilder:

  • Added StructureTracer tool: automatically traces a ship's hull from a texture

  • Added tool for finely traslating texture layer pixel-by-pixel

• Added Brazilian Portuguese translation - thanks to Matheus Silva!

• Added 12 new ships

• ...and a few more small improvements and glitch fixes here and there!

Looking forward to seeing your reactions to this update!

P.S.: Stay tuned for the Android launch - it's really behind the corner!

Gabe