Alpha build 44 is live. This is a client and server update. The server restarted at 03:00 UTC and nothing was wiped. If Steam does not offer you the update, exit Steam completely and start it again.
Alpha build 43 keeps working until your copy updates, so nobody is locked out while Steam catches up. You will not see the new ships or the fixes below until it does.
All 910 hulls now have their own model
Every Nomad Clans, Shadow Brokerage, Technocrat Union and Unaligned ship now has its own 3D model, in the Shipyard and in space, with an icon made from that model. Those were the last 280. Every hull in the game, across all thirteen factions, from Fighter to Dreadnought, is now a real ship.
The download is larger than usual because of them.
Two bugs you reported are fixed
SPEED UP no longer hides when you are short of coins
The SPEED UP button on a running base build now stays on screen when you cannot afford it, greyed out with its price. It used to disappear, which made it look as if base builds could not be sped up at all. Thanks to Skyper for reporting it.
The map stays quiet behind an open screen
Arranging a fleet's formation no longer lights up the planets, outposts and fleets behind the screen as your pointer passes over them. The same goes for every other panel. Thanks to Mah for the video that showed it.
Two things worth knowing
- Box-select needs Left Shift. Hold Left Shift while you drag to select several of your fleets. The test plan and the wiki used to say just drag; both are corrected.
- The Player's Guide is up to date. The guide on the wiki now matches the new Shipyard, and covers how commander XP is really earned, where UPGRADE and OUTFIT are on a building, how bookmarks work and how to change a tile's type.
The full list is on the changelog.