MAIN CHANGES
This is just an incremental update leading up to larger changes. If you can, test out the new “pro-gamer mode” and report any problems.
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 graphics options, which includes your window/borderless/fullscreen setting.
- if any options have been removed or added to a new version, then all menu options (not just graphics) will be lost.
CHANGELOG
New features – 
Tweaks – 
Bug fixes – 
Internal changes
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Deleted users who haven’t logged in during the past 4 weeks and have less than an hour of playtime, and also users who haven’t logged in during the past week and have less than 10 minutes of playtime, and also users who haven’t logged in during the 12 months and haven’t set an e-mail.
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Firepower loss due to wave difficulty is now capped at 5 levels. Loss increases by +1 for each 10 firepower over 30 (@GTTOP @OneWingLunarian
Idea) -
In “last seen” calculations, all months are now assumed to have 31 days (was 30) (@2sn Bug)
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Loadout screen: Added tutorial for satellites.
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Added in-mission satellite tutorial (to avoid de-sync, tutorial doesn’t appear until satellite is first docked)
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Translations: Custom numeric digits are now correctly applied to rank numbers.
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Translations: Custom numeric digits are now correctly applied to pack amounts in Galactic Store.
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“It’s the Mother-Hen ship!” boss: First attack is delayed by 5 seconds (was 7) (@SA-GoldenBoss128 Idea)
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Removed Steam DRM.
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Removed wrong Greek π glyph from Teko font.
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Auto-fit text scaling is now determined by raw text dimensions instead of quad soup dimensions. Fixes cases where text jitters and/or appears to be incorrectly justified when it’s squeezed.
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Mission timer now only counts actual wave time (introductory zoom, inter-wave and warp transitions are ignored) (@Francis @CattyCheese Idea)
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Space Race: Removed time penalty for disconnecting after boss fights.
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Removed “Tone down effects” option.
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Added “Pro-gamer mode” option (Smaller explosions, shorter screen shakes, power-ups never hidden, enemy bullets never hidden, faster stage transitions, high-resolution mission timer) (@Enhawk Idea)
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Translations: Custom numeric digits are now correctly applied to inbox messages.
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Translations: “Customize” screen: Fixed label overflow when editing boolean properties.
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Saucer chicken enemy: Eggs now always start at center of enemy, and it is direction that is randomized (previously, position was randomized and direction was constant) (@SA-GoldenBoss128 Idea)
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Added more hero quips (Henperor, Supernova, Omnidirectional Onslaught, Bullet Spray, Gyroscope Malfunction) (@OneWingLunarian).
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Missions are no longer removed from your to-do list if flown as assignments (@Francis Bug)
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Translations: “Menu” is now translatable.
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Steam contested transactions are now handled correctly.
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An inbox message is now sent whenever a player accepts a squadron invitation (@ThisIsChristianF Idea)
v81.2 emergency patch (server-side)
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Completed missions are now correctly removed from your to-do list (@CattyCheese Bug)
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.
