Attention Captains,

The Patch 1.6 for Astra Protocol 2 is now live!

Star-fighters have been overhauled and new features have been programmed into the terminal.

This patch brings a mix of new features, improvements, and bug fixes:

New Features

• Overhauled fighters
• Battleships and destroyers launch fighters
• Hardcore mode - type a syntax error and the ship explodes
• Ships can drop chaff
• Pause / unpause command

New Configuration Options

• Toggle to view assists which provide extra information to aid the player
• Toggle to remove the radiation jitter
• Toggle to automatically stabilise the ship if engines / thrusters / rudder set to zero
• Three different render modes for potentially improved rendering speeds

Improvements

• AI follow behaviour matches that of the autopilot

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when loading some space-time anomalies
• Fixed issue where distress beacon would always spawn at maximum range
• Fixed issue where autopilot wouldn’t account for planet rings correctly
• Fixed issue where crystalline entities wouldn’t collide with minefields correctly
• Fixed issue with alignment of damaged components in ship readouts
• Fixed hang when pressing return on opening the Help screen 

The speed of rendering was an issue we've looked at solving. Three new rendering modes have been implemented for users to determine which work best on their system. Additionally, turning off some rendering features, such as the radiation jitter and scanlines, can provide some improvements.

Handling fighters was another key area we've been wanting to solve since launch. The way they behave now, with the removal of the friendly fire option from the previous patch, now means that they can be useful.

We've also added a few toggles to aid players.

We hope that these new improvements and hardcore mode offer some new and improved ways for people to enjoy Astra Protocol 2.

If you have any comments, feedback, or suggestions, please post them here or via the usual channels.

We hope you enjoy the changes and have fun with the work we've done on Astra Protocol 2.