MAIN CHANGES
This is a maintenance release. The main change is support for full screen mode, which should improve performance on old computers. Please share your borderless/full-screen comparisons here.
Also, please report if you’re still experiencing audio issues with the ambient/intense theme music playing together (or not playing at all).
Bug/Idea medals will be awarded later in the day. 
Your medal cannot be awarded if your in-game callsign doesn’t match your forum name (send it to me in a private message).
COMPATIBILITY
You will lose:
- any in-mission progress
- all game preferences
- any graphics options you have configured (under particular circumstances, all menu options could be lost)
CHANGELOG
New features – 
Tweaks – 
Bug fixes – 
Internal changes
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Deleted users that haven’t logged in in the past 4 weeks and have less than an hour of playtime.
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Decorations are no longer rendered if parent list item is not visible (improved performance).
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Missions screen: Fixed incorrect sorting criteria selection for squadron assignments.
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Missions screen: Assignments can now be also sorted by squadron (@VerMishelb
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UVE now enters paused state when game window is minimized (@VerMishelb Bug)
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Notifications and top-right galaxy HUD are now hidden during initial (new player) introduction (@trueuser Idea)
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Asteroids wave (regular): Applied “lava asteroids if hot environment” (similar to “Asteroids/No, really!”) (@TheGoldenBoss128 Bug)
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“Close Encounters” wave: Changed subtitle to mention U.C.O. (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
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Advanced Graphics options: Added full screen option (experimental).
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Absolver: Damage sharing is now 0%.
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Galaxy map: Removed unnecessary updateVisuals() call for docked Avatars (saves ~3000 calls per frame).
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Fixed incorrect list clipping (scissor) in letterboxed/pillarboxed (i.e., non-16:9) video modes (@SallyAngelic @1uws Bug)
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“Merry-go-round” wave: Added “winding” variation (enemies move clockwise or anticlockwise) (@SLE Idea)
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“Shear stress” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
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“High-speed Chase” wave: Added mirrored variation (@gabytzu Idea)
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“On the Radar” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Surfing the Wave” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Neckties are cool” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Taking turns/Wait your turn” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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(Possibly) fixed bug with dual-music playing both tracks simultaneously (@Davy2011 @ordinary_ryxt Bug)
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“Centipede” wave: Added mirrored/flipped variation (@gabytzu)
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“The Magic Flute” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Weaving Through Traffic” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Omnidirectional Onslaught” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Spiral of Doom” wave: Added mirrored/flipped variations (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Roundabout Approach” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Chicken Roulette/Wheel of Fortune” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Bubble Bath” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Rolling Ball o’ Chicks” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Let the Games Begin!/Rematch!” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“Three-Ring Circus” wave: Added mirrored variation (@TheGoldenBoss128)
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“The Chicken/Bubble Wobble” wave: Added mirrored variation (@gabytzu)
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Fixed incorrect stored value for “Speedy Recovery” in career stats (bug most likely introduced in v40)
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Store: Equipment that you can’t afford now have a darker background color.
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Cleaned up superfluous Engine serialization data (most likely left over by “Exhausts can now be customized irrespective of engine” change in v.7)
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Store: Added support for non-linear upgrade costs
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Fixed bug: Upgrading/selling equipment assumes rarity to be whatever the store offers, and not what you actually have (@MNaeemi777 Bug)
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“Warp, Interrupted”: Now requires a minimum of 250 fuel (was 1000) (@OneWingLunarian Idea)
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“Medal of Extreme Appetite Achievement” now requires at least 50 food to drop during mission (was 10) (@Kylo-Hen)
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“Egg Cannon Cannon Cannon Cannonade”: Phase 1 laser attack: Omitted laser is now per-wave randomized (previously, had always the same seed) (@OneWingLunarian Bug)
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Server is now collecting RPC timings.
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“Appetite Attractor” now multiplies spacecraft collection radius instead of bonus collection radius (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
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“Three strikes and you’re out” wave: Pecking order reversed for rows that enter the screen from the right side (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
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All weapons now cost 500 keys (upgrade curve=50% quadratic).
BACKUPS
You are reminded that during Early Access you are responsible for backing up your own progress. Make a copy of everything under C:\ProgramData\InterAction studios\CIU (including all sub-folders). Never rename files or move them from one version folder to another. Simply make a copy and then later put it back exactly where you found it.
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