Releases · naev/naev

19 Apr 10:54

v0.5.1

3fd2bbc

v0.5.1

Be warned, this old release will most likely create directories in ~/.naev and requires the 'ndata' to be in the same directory as the appimage.

List of changes since 0.5.0:

For Players:

Many new missions, and improvements for older ones.
Soromid faction added.
- Full array of ships for the faction.
- Populated northern area of the galaxy.
New disable mechanic
- Disabling damage is separate from regular damage.
- Player ships can now be disabled, boarded and looted!
- Disabled ships will recover automatically over time.
Jump points, planets and stations must now be discovered through exploration.
Maps now reveal fixed routes, mostly between major factions’ space.
Fancier map search shows details about found items.
New planet and station graphics.
Large AI ships now have greater weapons diversity.
General usability improvements for low resolutions.
Missiles lock on gradually, depending on electronic warfare values.
The tutorial has been substantially expanded and reworked.
Active outfits allow for powerful, temporary abilities to be toggled.
New key bindings make the it possible to use the keyboard most of the time.
- Autonav is now more flexible and can travel to planets in addition to systems.
- Navigate the spaceport with keytips.
Improved faction reputation logic.
- Factions now have ceilings for reputation gained through killing.
- Missions are necessary to elevate your standing beyond this.
- Completing major missions can increase the reputation ceilings.
Landing permissions enhanced beyond the simple boolean (hostile or friendly) model.
- Landing at military and other special assets typically requires high reputation with a faction.
- When you don’t meet the required standing but aren’t hostile, assets are marked ‘restricted’.
Overhaul of spaceport bar NPCs. NPCs will now often say meaningful things and can even help the player out by hinting at missions or updating his galaxy map.
Complete ship health rebalancing.
Store user data in XDG-compliant locations (*nix-only)
Misc. bug fixes

For Developers:

Faction standing and land permission code moved to Lua.
- Reputation is now handled with per-faction scripts.
- Special assets can have unique landing code (e.g. requiring a particular mission to be done)
Large amount of Lua API additions and changes.
Greatly enhanced the in-game universe editor.
XML data (ships, planets, etc.) has been split into individual files to allow greater modularity.
Various faction specific scripts have been reorganized to be in a more logical location, and these script have been tied closer to the master faction definition.
Generally less crash-prone when loading corrupt data.
Misc. bug fixes

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.5.1

Assets 8

19 Apr 10:55

ProjectSynchro

v0.5.0

23fbc0c

v0.5.0

Be warned, this old release will most likely create directories in ~/.naev and requires the 'ndata' to be in the same directory as the appimage.

List of changes since 0.4.2:

For Players

Larger universe
- Expanded Dvaered, Frontier, Empire and Pirate territories
- All-new Sirius and Soromid territory
Big systems
- More planets per system
- Much larger planets, many new planet and station graphics
- Players must fly to jump points before jumping to another system
Overlay map for in-system navigation
Mouse interactivity
- Planet, ship and jump point targeting
- Contextual click actions (board, hail, land, etc.)
- Optional mouse-controlled flying
Electronic warfare
- Ships have cloaking and detection abilities
- Sensor range depends on cloak vs detection
- Turrets no longer track all ships equally
Time model changes
- In-game time progresses in real-time
- Dynamic time compression speeds up long journeys
On-map security rating abandoned in favour of faction presence indicators
System backgrounds (nebulae, stars and more!)
Fancier new GUI
Brand-new tutorial that is independent from the main game
Outfit slots now have sizes
Weapon sets allow easy configuration of different weapon combinations for each ship
Ship and weapon heat system
- Weapons start with perfect accuracy, and become inaccurate as they overheat
- Severe overheating causes rate of fire to drop
Damage absorption and penetration system
More diverse planetary inventories (see the tech system below)
Random bar NPCs
Sound system improvements
Smarter autonav behaviour
… and plenty more (new missions, ships, outfits, portraits, etc.)

For Developers (Missions and likewise)

Faction presence
- Replaces security and simple fleet spawning
- Fleet spawning is now controlled through Lua on a per-faction basis
Universe and system editor
- Allows easy and quick modification of the universe
- Can create and manipulate planets, systems and jumps
New tech system
- Techs are groups containing outfits, ships or other techs.
- Assets (formerly planets) sell whatever is in their assigned techs.
Hook improvements
- Pilot hooks pass arguments by default
- You can now pass custom arguments to hooks
- Many new hooks
Replaced old timer system with new hook-based timer system
Improvements to the in-game Lua console
Missions can now use more than a single mission marker
ndata-locating code is much-improved
Lua/Luajit and CSparse system libraries can be used instead of internal ones
SDL_image is no longer a dependency
Events can now be saved
GUIs can be written in Lua
Camera API allows much greater camera flexibility
Vast amounts of other Lua API additions and enhancements

Full Changelog: v0.5.0-beta.2...v0.5.0

Assets 8

02 Sep 12:00

bobbens

v0.5.0-beta.2

1ef1a45

v0.5.0-beta.2 Pre-release

Pre-release

Be warned, this old release will most likely create directories in ~/.naev and requires the 'ndata' to be in the same directory as the appimage.

The changelog is as follows:

Features
- All missions reviewed for playability, many fixed and otherwise improved
- New mission and other minor content additions
- Timed cargo missions are less punishingly difficult
- Weapon cycling account for heat – coolest fires first
- GUI improvements
  - Ship heat is represented by a bar
  - Turrets have an indicator for how well they can track the current target
  - Better-optimized for narrower screens
  - New graphics
    - New background nebula images
    - Several new portraits
    - New planets and systems
    - Autonav exit condition can be set to anywhere between missile lock and 100% armour
    - Time acceleration multiplier can be limited to avoid lagging on slower computers
    - Minor improvements to ship and outfit availability
    - Sound system improvements
    - Support for using system Lua/Luajit/Csparse libraries
Bugs
- Credit modification glitches fixed
- Remedied a variety of minor compiler issues
- Typo fixes in missions, planet and outfit descriptions
- Ships will no longer jitter when taking damage while getting ready to jump
- Many graphical elements (player messages, target indicators, etc.) now ignore time accel
- Camera no longer jitters when flying away from targets rapidly or in the nebula
- Camera fixes for afterburner rumble in conjunction with the Sol nebula
- OSD text can never overflow past the translucent background.

Full Changelog: v0.5.0-beta.1...v0.5.0-beta.2

Assets 5

02 Sep 12:00

bobbens

v0.5.0-beta.1

4a7d169

v0.5.0-beta.1 Pre-release

Pre-release

Be warned, this old release will most likely create directories in ~/.naev and requires the 'ndata' to be in the same directory as the appimage.

Changelog (long, but still likely missing some things):

For Players

Bigger universe
- Expanded Dvaered, Frontier, Empire territories
- All new Sirius territory
- Preliminary Soromid area (Not inhabited yet)
- New Pirate system
Big systems
- More planets in systems
- Bigger planets in systems, more planet graphics
- Players must fly to jump points before jumping to another system
Electronic warfare
- Ships have cloaking and detection abilities
- Sensor range depends on cloak vs detection
- Turrets no longer track all ships equally
Fancier targeting method
Random bar NPCs
On-map security rating abandoned in favour of faction presence indicators
More diverse planetary inventories (see the tech system)
Outfit slots now have sizes
System backgrounds (nebulae, stars and more!).
Fancier new GUI.
Weapon sets allow to easily configure different weapon configurations for each ship.
Heat system replaces accuracy making ships more accurate at first.
Overlay map helps navigate and visualize the environment.
Mouse targeting.
Damage absorption and penetration system.
Continuous time model.
New tutorial that is independent from the main game.
Mouse flying.
Images in intro.
Lots more content!

For Developers (mission and likewise)

Faction presence
- Replaces security and simple fleet spawning
- Fleet spawning is now controlled through lua on a per-faction basis
Universe and System editor
- Allows easy and quick modification of the universe
- Allows creation and manipulation of planets, systems and jumps
- Allows selection of planet graphics
New tech system
- Techs are groups containing outfits, ships or other techs.
- Assets (formerly planets) sell whatever is in their assigned techs.
Hook improvements
- Pilot hooks pass arguments by default
- You can now pass custom arguments to hooks
- Many new hooks.
Removed old timer system to new hook-based timer system
Improvements to the in-game console
Missions can now use more than a single mission marker
SDL_image is no longer a dependency.
Events can now be saved.
GUI can be written in Lua.
Camera can be modified.