VO 1.8.645 included (last week):- Added /remove_mines command to remove your mines from the current sector without detonating them.- Whoever does the most damage to an NPC in Border and Hive skirmishes are now awarded the kill instead of who landed the killing shot when it explodes.- Players who registered for the Corporate Sector Run and leave the sector or log out early can now re-register in the station before the race begins.- The Android version now handles device resolution changes during runtime ("density") instead of having to be restarted. Requires Play Store app update.The last change may be of benefit for owners of Samsung devices, where the Samsung Game Optimizing Service is causing problems by forcing a resolution change whenever the game runs. The best solution is still to disable the Samsung service on the entire device, as it yields no actual performance benefit and seems to also cause other problems (which we're still investigating). VO, like most graphically-intensive games, renders to an offscreen buffer at a resolution pre-determined by the game, so "device resolution" already has no impact on game performance. Samsung's "optimization" service forced a device resolution change in the middle of runtime, which had a tendency to screw up the UI, as the game was not expecting that during play. More information about the fundamental issue here:https://www.pcgamer.com/samsungs-game-optimization-service-might-be-throttling-the-performance-of-over-10000-apps/https://www.samsung.com/levant/support/apps-services/how-can-i-change-game-optimization-settings/

VO 1.8.644 included (last week):- Navroutes are now plotted around systems that are Hated/KoS when possible.- Player-owned capships now try to go around systems that are Hated/KoS if possible when they are attempting to come to their owner (they will warn of expected passage through hostile territory if it is unavoidable, there being no "safe" route).- Player-owned capships now report the next two systems they will go through if they are more than two systems away and are given the 'follow' command.- Fixed issue with mouse capture not working sometimes on Chromebooks.Sometimes the brief lines of the changelog fail to articulate the complexity of the underlying update. In this case, reworking the server and client-side navigational jump calculations to properly include dynamic changes in factional status was not really a "trivial thing", but one that certainly was important to do (both for capship owners, and for newer players). This is another change that came from input on the Suggestions Forum.Someday we may offer a more elaborate way to determine your capship's "remote" route (currently limited to just the "follow" command), but hopefully this will mitigate the more-common related issues.

VO 1.8.643 includes:- Four new custom-made missions, available in various trees.- Increased group size limit to 16. Group mining benefits are still limited to 8 members.- Group list on the HUD is limited to 8 members, with an option in Interface -> HUD Settings to show all members.- Sort order of group members has been changed to put all players first, followed by player-owned capships, with NPCs last.This Group Size change has been requested for a long time, but was recently revived on the Suggestions Forum by players who enjoy participating in some of the recent Game Events. Larger player groups should improve the ability to coordinate larger participation in more complex events.For anyone interested, you can always check out the upcoming Events on the front page of the website, or also on our Discord: https://discord.gg/vendettaOther, larger projects are rumbling along in the background, along with further investigations into bugs and issues as they are reported. Have a great weekend, everyone!