Patch 0.7.05.0109
New Astronaut System
- The full crew system from the beta is now in the main game: specialized divisions, the rotation loop between the Moon and Earth, Earthside operations to hire, rest, and train your crew, the per-astronaut upgrade tree, and the Crew Management Hub.
New Astronaut System — Fixes & Tweaks
- End of tour reworked: an astronaut whose tour timer runs out becomes Homesick and keeps working at reduced efficiency instead of retiring. Ship them home and they recover, though more slowly after an overstay.
- The Tour and Career card now turns red when a Moon tour has fewer than 5 days left, together with the ship home warning.
- Added a "Send home" button to the astronaut selection.
- Astronauts now earn triple experience from work shifts, based on your beta feedback.
- Assignment slots now show an indicator when an astronaut is assigned outside their shift.
- Old saves load safely under the new staffing rules. Mismatched assignments are kept but can only be unassigned, and a message on load explains the differences.
Missions and Guides
- The mission card now opens expanded, so your first sub-mission is visible without a click.
- Fixed the Research Lab mission appearing before Phase 2.
- Updated the tutorial videos to show the correct buttons.
- Construction buttons no longer show a New badge during the first parts of the game.
Fixes
- Fixed some buildings being able to be built one inside the other.
- Fixed a major issue where an astronaut returning home could cause all vehicles to stop.
- Fixed a critical bug where all vehicles would stop moving when you order a spaceship.
- Fixed vehicles going inside each other in the tutorial.
- Fixed the Fuel Shortage event description; it now correctly shows the 50% cargo capacity reduction.
- The return home caption on the astronaut window now follows the astronaut's state, plus several localization fixes.
- The Scouting Pioneer event no longer fires on day one. It now waits until your operation has had time to grow.
- Ambient crew chatter no longer plays while the game is paused.
- The Events card no longer opens five rows tall when it holds a single event.
- The bottom bar no longer disappears after you visit Star View and open the pause menu.
- The Earthside hire buttons now show the current division icons.
- Old save warnings are now a single clear prompt that lists every change your save predates.
