It took about 2 weeks to clean up all my work on the new user interface, thanks so much to everyone who reported issues, I think they're handled now ;) Here are this week's changes, now live in the beta branch, version 1.9a1H I don't expect you to read it all but [h1]I LOVE TO SEE THIS MUCH PROGRESS![/h1] [list] [*] Hopefully fixed an infamy bug during quest success. [*] Fixed an issue where long rest on away mission would auto-complete before cooldowns were expired. [*] Fixed teleportation skill being random/broken. [*] Fixed shuttle cooldown being ignored for returning from away missions. [*] Added % grokked to tooltips. [*] I may have fixed a bug where the motion tracker did not reveal entities on unknown tiles. [*] Added cave depth and type of planet to top center display where sector or planet name goes. [*] Fixed a bug where detect monsters and detect quest items didn't work in high contrast mode. [*] Surrendered ships will no longer eat your towed shipwreck [*] Added "surrendered" and "victorious" to tooltips. [*] Fixed the bug where your starting skill has the wrong name and effect, but shows the right tooltip (which is very confusing!) [*] I increased the size of floating texts at many zoom levels. [*] Fixed a bug where certain Monk quest items were being spawned multiple times in the same area. [*] I tried to address a problem with entering whitespace clearing out a sector map. [*] Added a note in stations when hiring an officer: whether or not you already have an officer from that class and division. [*] Fixed minimap images used on main map [*] Limited surrendered ships from picking up items. [*] Away team images have returned to the officers screen. [*] Fixed 2 typos [*] Fixed an error where you could not choose what your new ship looked like when claiming a shipwreck. [*] I increased the base chance that a specific repair item you need will spawn from a locker, but also reduced the chance by difficulty. [*] I fixed the thing that allows you to pick up no-longer-needed quest items and get a few credits and some data. [*] I tried to address a problem where spelunker skill was not revealing stairs down sometimes. [*] Fixed an error where you could not install a permanent device in your custom built ship. [*] Fixed a bug where long rest went on forever when you had auto-repair power and damaged ablative armor. [*] I greatly increased the "abandon ship" cooldown, making escape craft less abusable. [*] I increased the cost of hull repairs at stations. [*] Reinforced the "don't spawn a merc base when you're looking for the Monk's map" function. [*] Fixed a display issue where a 1-weapon reactor would show 2 weapon slots available. [*] Fixed a bug where your ship could move without engines. [*] Fixed discrepancy in pawn shop sale prices [*] Fixed a bug where if you saved your game while inside a station, you'd still have to close the station window afterwards. [*] Fixed a visual bug where the screen would jiggle when moving at maximum zoom-out. [*] Infinipedia now remembers the last sub-screen you used, and opens to it next time. [*] Addressed an issue regarding stealth versus monsters that charge and attack. [*] Enter key will now install a selected component or device [*] Officers button text will flash yellow when someone is ready for a promotion. [*] "Promote" button text will flash yellow if that officer is ready for a promotion. [*] You can now view and identify artifacts in your inventory (top of misc). [*] The identify screen now allows use of left side buttons (officers, inventory, etc.) [*] I removed the spawning of intelligent "prisoners" in cells. For Now. They will be back better later. [*] I fixed an accidental teleport when canceling power-leap skill. [*] Fixed a bug where you couldn't power-leap far enough to the right. [*] Escape key now exits all screens of new game process. [*] During new game process, you now get a popup warning before exiting. [*] Space bar now works as "yes/accept" on splash screen and load game. [*] I'm working on, but not finished with, better display of uninstalled items in the inventory. [*] Finished up the display of missing and unavailable devices in the inventory screen. [*] Fixed a text overflow bug when picking up notepads [*] Fixed a bug where you couldn't dock at Bankers stations with <50 rep (the intended amount is 40+) [*] I made it so you can't go on an away mission without a space suit (i did and died instantly.) [*] Fixed: quests were not properly giving out rewards like items and devices. [*] I created the new "last 30 messages" screen. [*] I increased it to last 50 messages. [*] Fixed a bug where you got an endless stream of messages about not being able to afford hull repair. [*] Away team maps will now be saved as soon as you enter them. This may be changed back. [*] I added cannon/beam/missile to the description of weapons in stations and inventory displays and color coded them. [*] I reactivated the thing that is supposed to make each race's station only sell specific kinds of weapons. [*] I added a "back to station" button when you're at a station and you click officers, inventory, etc. [*] Fixed a bug where a ship's speed wasn't properly colored in the shipyard. [*] I'm reordering the function keys F2-F8 to work in the same order as the buttons on the left: F2=officers, F3=inventory, etc. [*] I made a lot of progress in keeping the tooltip window OFF of the thing you're trying to look at! [*] I fixed a bug where the away team didn't adhere to the outer hull when spacewalking. [*] You can no longer warp without a warp drive! [*] I did something cool with Gruff and weapons... [*] Shuttle ace skill no longer reduces shuttle cooldown time. [*] Shuttle ace skill requires the officer to join the away team (why didn't it?!) [*] New "shuttle ace landing" screen created, complete with descriptive text. [*] I added an explanation of speed modifiers to the tooltip of speed in the UI. [*] I may have fixed the error on the officers screen where the officer's name appears on top of their picture. [/list] [h1]Nostalgia:[/h1] Thanks to a recent post on twitter, I put together a collection of images of Approaching Infinity at different stages of development. [url=https://x.com/IBOL17/status/1801589012018131259]Look how far it has come over the years![/url]