changelog

Version 0.9.5:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Typo fixes. (@Amazinite, @Bladewood, @doches, @Elyssaen, @jafdy, @gecko-locator)
    * More typo fixes (@KiLEdEnNis, @MillerNerd, @Pointedstick, @retrue, @warp-core, @Wrzlprnft)
    * Fixed the hardpoint locations on the Vanguard. (@jafdy)
    * Republic and Syndicate ships no longer attack each other in the "reconciliation" plot. (@jafdy)
    * Fixed a mistake in the scanner warning message for the new scanner mechanics. (@Elyssaen)
    * Automatic variables are now updated before checking if a mission can complete. (@Elyssaen)
    * On high DPI displays, the viewport no longer shrinks to half size when resizing the window.
    * Fixed a bug where ships with fuel but no hyperdrive could attempt to "board" themselves.
    * Ships will no longer try to land on a wormhole to refuel.
    * It's no longer possible to bring up the map and change your jump destination while jumping.
    * Fixed a memory leak in the "fog" images in the map panel.
    * Clicking "Back to Menu" in the preferences now works even if editing a key binding.
    * The flight check in the outfitter no longer includes disabled ships.
    * Wormholes are no longer listed as "ports" you can visit in the map.
    * You can no longer hail a ship that is in the process of landing or has landed.
    * Fixed a bug where the escort AI stopped pathfinding after stopping to refuel.
    * Fixed typos in the Electron Beam / Turret missions that made both missions get offered.
    * "Not enough passenger space" is no longer displayed if required crew is greater than bunks.
    * "Phantom" systems are no longer left in saved games from previously used plugins.
  * Game content:
    * Added sprites for all the Pug outfits. (@comnom)
    * Escort missions now always go to or from a dangerous region of space. (@Pointedstick)
    * Added "regional flavor" jobs in certain parts of human space. (@Pointedstick)
    * New outfits that increase ammo capacity. (@Amazinite)
    * Added a ton of new hail messages. (@Pointedstick)
    * Added distinctive hails for the militia ships, separate from the Free Worlds. (@Amazinite)
    * New commodity names for cargo missions. (@Pointedstick)
    * More ship names, particularly for civilians and pirates. (@Pointedstick)
    * New civilian hails involving different made-up song and band names. (@Pointedstick)
    * New "person" representing @Pointedstick in-game. (@Pointedstick, @Wrzlprnft)
    * In Hai space, human fleets now sometimes use Hai technology. (@Amazinite)
    * Rebalanced the cost and attributes of the Hai engines. (@Amazinite)
    * Changed the outfits on the Marauder Fury. (@LocalGod79)
    * Tweaked the Marauder engine flares using the new ability to specify flare scale. (@Wrzlprnft)
    * Skeins are now included in the post-Dreadnought Free Worlds fleets. (@LocalGod79)
    * Tweaked the Firebird's description of when the Alpha Wars happened. (@warp-core)
    * Fixed a missing passenger (Freya) in one of the last Free Worlds missions. (@jafdy)
    * New faction south of human space, the Coalition, with 16 new ships and about 70 star systems.
    * Added first contact missions and distinctive, large-scale jobs for Coalition space.
    * Added the next segment of the Wanderer story line, dealing with the Korath automata.
    * Added a "Model 8" Kor Mereti drone for mining asteroids.
    * Added occasional mining fleets in human systems with high-value asteroids.
    * Boosted the price of the Pulse Cannon and Pulse Turret.
    * Made sure you have permission to land on Farpoint in the reconciliation plot line.
    * The Unfettered jump drive missions now stop getting offered once they invade Wanderer space.
    * Fixed the Earth's description of how its population compares to other human worlds.
    * Replaced some ugly landscapes with some prettier ones from unsplash.com.
    * Replaced some ring planet sprites that I wasn't happy with.
    * The one planet you can land on in Korath exile space is no longer treated as inhabited.
    * The Conservatory side missions will no longer be offered after the Bloodsea missions.
    * The Syndicate reinforcements against the Pug now show up as Syndicate ships, not Escorts.
    * Cleaned up the text of the Smuggler's Den mission.
    * Pirates in the North now occasionally use Bactrians.
    * Shortened the weirdly elongated cockpit on the Shuttle.
    * Fixed some hardpoints on the Argosy that did not match the sprite.
    * Added a sprite for a red giant star.
    * Re-rendered the Jump Drive outfit sprite in orthographic perspective, to match all the others.
    * Quarg ships now have ramscoops built in so they don't get stranded.
    * Added an ambient sound for human space stations, just to test the MP3 streaming.
    * Fixed the order of the gun hardpoints on the Mark II Cruiser.
    * Updated the outfits on the "alien weapons" Osprey variant.
    * Removed the lists of special outfits and alien ships; they're now in the all-content plugin.
    * The mission on Hope now correctly states the crew complement of a Gunboat.
    * Added five new landscapes using NASA pictures from Mars.
    * Attacking "Navy Intelligence" ships now angers the Republic.
    * The Syndicate can no longer be bribed during the FW story when you are fighting them.
    * Replaced some over-used landscapes with under-used ones.
  * Game mechanics:
    * Ammo is now auto-sold when selling the new ammo capacity outfits. (@kozbot)
    * Ships and outfits now depreciate over time. When selling, you always sell the least depreciated.
    * Harvested minerals (anything with installable < 0) do not depreciate.
    * Added a "mining" personality that attacks asteroids, and "harvests" that picks up flotsam.
    * Added an "appeasing" personality that dumps cargo to get pirates to leave the ship alone.
    * Scanning a ship now takes time; you must hold down the scan key.
    * Adding multiple scanners makes scanning take less time and increases its range.
    * Added support for streaming MP3s from the disk for ambient sounds or music.
    * Each planet and system can now specify the "music" to play when you are there.
    * Added a new, much more efficient collision detection algorithm, to speed up big battles.
    * The game now ensures that all "landing" missions are offered, even if one causes a "launch."
    * Added an "active cooling" attribute for a cooling system that ramps up as heat level increases.
    * It's now possible to specify the plural form of an outfit or ship name, for irregular plurals.
    * NPC crews now replenish each time you leave a planet, so you can't wear them down by attrition.
    * "Entering" fleets with no jump capabilities no longer spawn in neighboring systems.
    * You can no longer repeatedly buy and sell a ship to make all its outfits appear "in stock."
    * Made it possible to limit what commodity types a fleet may carry (e.g. the Korath drones).
    * Added an "atrocity" outfit attribute that makes owning it an atrocity.
    * An "attitude toward" another government of less than .05 means no reputation changes carry over.
    * Combat ratings now go up to level 21.
    * Each star system can now specify what "haze" image it uses.
    * The target-picking AI now prioritizes armed ships over unarmed ones.
    * Automatic mission clearance now applies to stopovers as well as the destination.
    * The "random" condition now changes every time it's checked, so you can use it in conversations.
    * Events can now mark individual planets as "unvisited" without affecting the whole system.
    * Fixed the flicker when taking off from a planet.
  * User interface:
    * Modified the alarm sound to have less background buzz. (@DingusShingleton)
    * The conversation panel now allows you to use the numeric keypad. (@kozbot)
    * Solar collection is now displayed per second, not per frame, in the outfitter. (@Elyssaen)
    * Added an icon for the Windows binary. (@CH-de)
    * Made it possible to zoom the main view in or out (between 25% and 200%) independent of the UI.
    * Click on escorts (or escort icons) to select them (or shift-click to select multiple).
    * Fleet commands are now issued only to selected escorts (if any).
    * Number keys can be assigned as hotkeys to particular groups of escorts (control + key).
    * You can right click a target or location to issue move or attack commands to your escorts.
    * Split the preferences panel into separate pages for keys, settings, and plugins.
    * If a plugin has an icon or an about.txt, those are now shown in the plugins list.
    * Zoom preferences can now be adjusted with the scroll wheel instead of clicking to cycle.
    * Overheated targets now blink grey to show that they're only half disabled.
    * Switched to a less cartoony icon, particularly for use by the Mac OS X application.
    * The game now sets the "window icon" to show in the corner of the window and in the switcher.
    * Put a limit on how many messages will display at the bottom of the screen.
    * Added a message telling you when autopilot is engaged or disengaged.
    * Added expand / collapse arrows to the shipyard and outfitter category names.
    * The shipyard and outfitter maps can now be filtered to only show the selected system's items.
    * Shift + clicking a category name in the shops now expands or collapses all categories.
    * Collapsed categories are now remembered rather than resetting to expanded every time.
    * The zoom level is now remembered when you close the map.
    * Tripled the scroll speed in the shipyard and outfitter (and added a setting to adjust speed).
    * Double clicking is now distinguished from two clicks with a long time in between them.
    * Added a key binding to toggle your escorts' ammo usage (off, on, or frugal) on the fly.
    * It's now possible to resize the window to odd dimensions.
    * Widened the planetary orbits map widget to make space for longer planet and system names.
    * The trade panel is no longer accessible if a system does not define any commodity prices.
    * If a system has no price for a specific commodity, it displays as "----" in the trade panel.
    * Fixed some UI graphics that were blurry due to lines being off by half a pixel.
    * Fixed numbers very close to 1B getting displayed as 1000.00M.
    * The "fog" in the map now updates each time you open the map panel.
    * Updated the "cost" and "sells for" tooltips to include a description of depreciation.
    * Added a warning message explaining that you can't board a ship while cloaked.
    * Non-installable outfits now show "This is not an installable item" in the outfit info.
  * Under the hood:
    * Added RPM package names to the developer read-me. (@Pointedstick)
    * Fixed a typo in the RPM package list. (@TJesionowski)
    * Allow additional CPPPATHs to be specified in an environment variable. (@Barthalion)
    * Updating the XCode file to include the new classes added in 0.9.5. (@Isaacssv552)
    * Added Thumbs.db to the .gitignore file. (@Amazinite)
    * Stranded escorts now remember where they're going so they don't waste a ton of CPU pathfinding.
    * Added more image decoding threads to speed up the game's load time.
    * Beginner help messages are now defined in a text file instead of in the code.
    * Fixed some places where having an escort with no sprite could crash the game.
    * New, cleaner code for tracking clickable zones (buttons, etc.) in the UI.
    * Stripped the non-standard color profiles from some of the PNG files.
    * Changed how game data is reloaded, so governments left over from plugins won't stick around.
    * The "--ships" spreadsheet output now shows total space, not remaining space.
    * Moved the Marauder ships to a separate data file.
    * Fixed some variables that didn't need to be marked "mutable" now that Draw() is not const.
    * The star field "haze" will now display correctly even with very large monitors.
    * Cleaned up and simplified the Audio code.
    * Fixed some data file lines that were using spaces instead of tabs.
    * Cleaned up some unnecessary namespace prefixes.
    * Replaced some asserts with reasonable fall-back behavior that avoids quitting the program.
    * Fixed some things that Google's cpplint warns about, mostly making constructors explicit.
    * Cleaned up the AI code by storing a reference to the ship list instead of passing it around.
    * Simplified the code for deferred landscape image loading.

Version 0.9.4:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Unfettered jump drive mission no longer get offered on Vara Ke'sok. (@Amazinite)
    * Typo fixes. (@Waladil, @Pointedstick, @oo13)
    * Fixed a crash that could occur when disowning a ship.
    * Changed how window resizing is handled to fix a hang in Windows when maximizing.
    * The saved game now remembers which missions are "failed," so reloading won't cancel fails.
    * Fixed various bugs with how orphaned fighters get assigned to carriers.
  * Game content:
    * More variety in the ship names. (@Pointedstick)
    * Fixed an issue where both the Electron Turret and the Electron Beam mission could be completed.
    * Raised the prices of the Behemoth and the Mule.
    * Hai Trackers now use optical and infrared tracking, so small ships can dodge them.
    * Fixed how the sound for the Pug Zapper is played.
    * Reduced the probability on all but the highest tier Marauder jobs the player qualifies for.
    * Tweaked the probabilities for the "There Might Be Riots" missions.
  * Game mechanics:
    * Missions can now fail if you are scanned, by specifying "stealth" cargo. (@Pointedstick)
    * Systems created by game events are now linked properly to the rest of the map.
    * A "nemesis" ship will now seek other targets if no player ships are available to attack.
    * Wanderer ships will now travel through the Eye.
    * Engine hardpoints now have adjustable zoom factors for bigger or smaller flares.
    * Hostile fleets are now more likely to enter a system from the direction of a system they control.
    * Put a cap on how much mortgage debt the player can take on, to avoid absurdly large mortgages.
  * User interface:
    * Ships with lots of outfits or more than 12 weapons now display properly in the info panel.
    * Snapshot names displayed in the load panel are now truncated if they are too long.
    * Added custom messages when you try to land on certain unusual stellar objects (like lava planets).
  * Under the hood:
    * Added support in the Font class for truncating strings (and adding ellipses).
    * Interface definitions can now include named "boxes" for custom content to be drawn in.
    * Cleaned up the code for rendering the Info Panel UI.

Version 0.9.3:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Fixed a bug that kept you from completely clearing your travel plan. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Fixed a possible crash in auto-refill of ammo. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Fixed planet sub-panel overlays remaining up when you depart. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * You can no longer hire crew if you have negative bunks space. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Game no longer crashes if unable to create the config directory. (@lheckemann)
    * Stranded fighters in other systems no longer get sold when you take off. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Typo fixes. (@lheckemann, @KiLEdEnNis, @davidwhitman, @kitsunemochi, @toilethinges)
    * More typo fixes (@jafdy, @MessyMix, @Pointedstick)
    * Fixed an integer overflow in fleet costs calculated in the boarding panel. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Invisible ships (i.e. ships with no sprite) are no longer "targetable." (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Various fixes to the UI, handling of fighters, and hails sent to dead ships. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Fixed fighters not being assigned the right swizzle. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Fixed tooltips showing up when hovering over the shop panel buttons.
    * Fixed several glitches when multiple UI shortcut keys are pressed simultaneously.
    * Fixed a bug where the window dimensions could end up odd.
    * Orphaned enemy NPC drones no longer try to dock with you.
    * Fixed a bug where fighters were counted as destroyed when they returned to their mothership.
    * Hopefully fixed the intermittent bug where landscape images do not load.
    * Fixed a bug where an escort "lands" on its parent's target planet even if it's in another system.
    * Fixed a crash when a "fail" command removed the next mission in the player's active mission list.
    * Fixed a bug where the tutorial is not shown if you visit the bank before buying your first ship.
    * Fixed a bug in the station-keeping AI that made some ships drift far away.
    * Fixed a glitch in the cycling of jump destinations in the map details panel.
    * The AI code for complete stops is no longer inappropriately applied during hyperspace jumps.
    * The slicer gun no longer requires crew.
    * Cloaked ships no longer broadcast hail messages.
  * Game content:
    * Hai carrier, gatling, and rail guns. (@Amazinite, @LocalGod79, @mdsmestad, @Sinsling, @Wrzlprnft)
    * The Syndicate extremists are now always hostile in the mission against them. (@Amazinite)
    * Fixed incorrect turret coordinates in the Kestrel. (@Amazinite)
    * Changed "miles" to "kilometers" in a few places. (@davidwhitman)
    * Many new hails and ship names, for added flavor. (@Pointedstick)
    * New (slightly louder) explosion sounds. (@Pointedstick)
    * Grammar and phrasing improvements to some ship and outfit descriptions. (@Pointedstick)
    * A pirate world can no longer be the destination of the Hope mission. (@jafdy)
    * Added twelve different kinds of minable asteroids, and put some in each system.
    * Added new Wanderer missions, up until the point where the Eye opens.
    * Any outfit can now define a "flotsam sprite" to use if it is dumped into space.
    * Fixed a long-standing bug where the largest asteroids were not being drawn.
    * Fixed the energy use and heat output on the smallest Korath steering.
    * Added three new Wanderer warships, two new reactors, and a heat sink.
    * Added outfit images to use for various mined materials.
    * Killing Navy ships no longer makes you a friend of the Alphas.
    * Lesath now properly reverts to the Free Worlds in the "checkmate" story branch.
    * Added commodity prices for all systems in Korath space.
    * Flycatchers now count as drones, so other ships can carry them.
    * Warn the player if they can't complete the Alexandria mission due to being bankrupt.
    * The "Navy Intelligence" government is now an enemy of pirates.
    * Fixed a Free Worlds side mission that should have included passengers but did not.
    * Added a mission that is only offered on April Fool's Day.
    * Adjusted the Argosy and Raven prices to better reflect their relative usefulness.
    * The Unfettered will now attack human merchants.
    * For the Free Worlds mission, you can now steal an Electron Turret instead of a Beam.
    * Fixed some Core systems that were using southern pirate fleets.
    * Added "reserved" space in the Pookie mission so it can't silently fail to continue.
    * Fixed the Navy and Pirate fleets appearing in Nocte and Orvala after the Pug invasion.
    * Korath automata now have outfits representing their control systems.
    * Wanderer shield generators are now 25% more powerful.
    * Fixed a planet description that referred to "dreadnoughts."
    * Stock jobs are no longer offered to or from Quarg planets.
    * Tweaked the appearance of Pug gridfire slightly (added a bit of yellow to it).
    * Made Korath Repeaters a bit better, and Korath Heat Shunts 10% less effective.
    * Fixed misplaced engine hardpoints on the Pug Maboro.
  * Game mechanics:
    * Cargo transfer now handles fractional mass correctly. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Let flotsam have non-integral mass and let half-full flotsam boxes be launched. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Mission payments now take distance to all waypoints and stopovers into account.
    * Added warning messages if unable to create or delete saved game files.
    * Projectiles can no longer hit a ship that is not yet done taking off.
    * Cloaking and uncloaking no longer pause while jumping or landing.
    * Mortgages no longer carry over when reloading an "account" definition.
    * The phrase system now lets you include a random phrase, in addition to random words.
    * Fighter bays can now have both a facing direction and "over" or "under."
    * Fighters now take their share of the mothership's heat with them when they launch.
    * Jettisoning cargo now also dumps the heat associated with the cargo's mass.
    * Made it possible for animations to have a frame rate of 0.
    * Wormholes no longer count when checking if all planets in a system have been visited.
    * Adjusted the random aim "confusion" to look more natural and not get stuck at a bad angle.
    * Made it impossible to jump or land while disabled.
    * Added fallback code for what to do if a saved game has the player in an unknown system.
    * Location filters can now be used to select random waypoint systems.
    * Tweaked the cloaking AI to make the Pug Arfecta harder to kill.
  * User interface:
    * Hiding the "park" button in the info panel when it doesn't apply. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * The "dump all" button will dump outfits if you have no other cargo. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * The boarding panel now handles fractional outfit masses. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Selecting an escort in the info panel now targets that escort. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Added a take-off if you will fail missions due to lack of space. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Fixed some awkward phrasing in the fine dialog. (@Pointedstick)
    * The "Sell All" trade panel button now only includes outfits if that's all you have in cargo.
    * The map details panel now remembers your selected coloring each time it is opened.
    * The outfitter map now also shows what resources you have mined in each system.
    * When you pick up flotsam a message now tells you how much cargo space you have left.
    * When dumping commodities, you can now specify how many tons to jettison.
    * Changed the syntax for the interface element definitions and added "hover" support.
    * The bank panel now has a line showing your salary and tribute income.
    * Added a "disown" button when viewing an individual ship in the info panel when landed
    * The flight check messages now include the name of the misconfigured ship.
    * Added a click sound as feedback when you change the volume level.
    * You can no longer select an un-targetable ship by clicking on it.
    * The trading panel can now handle fleets with over 2 million cargo space.
    * Added "fog of war" obscuring sections of the map backdrop that have not been visited.
    * The boarding panel now displays self-destruct odds.
    * Outfits in cargo are no longer always referred to as "plunder."
    * Fixed a bug where dialog boxes offering missions were too tall.
    * Made the max energy / max heat tooltip a little clearer and more detailed.
    * Fixed a slight mismatch in the background color of the info panel.
  * Under the hood:
    * Added a Linux AppData file. (@Mailaender)
    * Added a common base class for all objects added to the DrawList.
    * Added more functionality to the Angle class.
    * Cleaning up the code and adding more detailed and up to date comments.
    * Replaced a few remaining instances of "NULL" with "nullptr."
    * Added a "Rectangle" class to make defining rectangular regions simpler.
    * Simplified the tracking of clickable zones on the screen.
 
Version 0.9.2:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Typo fixes. (@Alkallid, @egony, @lheckemann, @MarcelineVQ)
    * You now get paid for outfits sold for lack of space when taking off. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Corrected the credit amount shown when jettisoning spare outfits. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Fixed the ammo dialog showing up even if the ammo is not for sale. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * You are now able to bribe planets even after "provoking" their government. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Holding the jump key while jumping no longer causes a crash.
    * Attacking a ship that's trying to assist you now makes it stop trying to assist.
    * Double-clicking a planet to land on it now always works correctly.
    * The game no longer crashes if you press "land" in a system with nothing to land on.
    * Fixed irregular escort icon "merging" due to a memory access error.
    * Your fleet's "shared target" is now cleared if that ship leaves the system.
    * Fixed a bug where selecting Food in the map didn't select it in the trade panel.
    * Cargo capacity now updates immediately when you buy or sell outfits.
    * It's now impossible for an "invisible" mission to be selected in the mission panel.
    * Fixed the size of the "click box" around ship icons in the shops.
    * Fixed two Hai ship variants that had no thrusters.
    * Disabled ships no longer show the "moving erratically" message.
    * NPC fighters in "staying" fleets now use the proper fighter names.
    * Fixed a bug that made it impossible for plugins to change the interface colors.
    * Fighters are now able to "assist" ships other than their motherships.
    * Fixed a case where your escorts can trigger boarding if your flagship is captured.
    * It's now possible to capture a zero-crew ship if you have only one crew member.
  * Game content:
    * Rebalanced the new Hai outfits. (@LocalGod79)
    * Androids are no longer sold - they're just too unbalanced.
    * Added an event after the main story line where the shipyard at Geminus is rebuilt.
    * The Wanderers vs. Alphas missions are now only offered after the human story line.
    * Added an Unfettered invasion event as the next step in that story line.
    * Fixed a typo that kept the Wanderer Anti-Missile from being offered for sale.
    * Shrunk the Korath Piercer sprite to be less absurdly large compared to other missiles.
    * Made the Korath Tek Far 109 a bit more common.
    * New Shield Beetle variant with lots of pulse cannons (mainly for Unfettered fleets).
    * Fixed a mission that could be offered on uninhabited Hai planets.
    * Cleaned up the Marauder mission text and definitions a bit.
    * Made some Free Worlds side missions "minor" so they won't interrupt the main story.
    * Tweaked the Kor Sestor fleets for better balance against the Kor Mereti.
    * Quarg in Korath space now travel in packs, for safety.
    * All the special "persons" now have ramscoops so they don't get stranded.
    * Swapped the Hai and Unfettered government colors to better match their ship colors.
  * Game mechanics:
    * You're now allowed to capture fighters even if you cannot carry them.
    * Landing on an uninhabited planet recharges shields (and hull, if your ship can repair).
    * All missiles now have some "mass" so you can't have infinite numbers of them in cargo.
    * NPCs that self-destruct now count as "destroyed" as soon as they explode.
    * A ship's accuracy now improves after firing at the same target for a few seconds.
    * When told to "gather," escorts use the old behavior, not the new station-keeping one.
    * Ships with 50% hull now flee even if they have 100% shields.
    * Weapons can now have a "random lifetime" rather than all shots lasting the same time.
    * The saved game now remembers what outfits are "in stock" because you just sold them.
  * User interface:
    * In the Bank you can now "pay extra" for the "Other" debts. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * The sell confirmation dialog in the shipyard now includes total cost. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Ship license names now use "a" or "an" depending on the leading vowel. (@MarcelineVQ)
    * Three previous save files are now always automatically kept as backups.
    * Added explanatory tooltips when you hover the mouse over any ship or outfit attribute.
    * Added a confirmation dialog before taking off if you will be forced to sell something.
    * Added a subtle blue "haze" in the background to make the stars a bit less boring.
    * You can now select multiple ships in the info panel and park or unpark them all at once.
    * The navigation buttons are now in the same place on all four map panels.
    * It's now possible to buy outfits into cargo even if you only have one ship.
    * Made the active mission pointers a bit bigger to look less similar to blocked missions.
    * Added a preference (accessible by editing the preferences file) to reduce VRAM usage.
    * Added hidden preferences to disable the warning siren, mini-map, and planet labels.
    * Added a preference to disable the hyperspace flash (by editing the preferences file).
    * Wormholes now count as distance 1, not distance 0, for pathfinding purposes.
    * The ammo refill dialog now takes into account that using ammo from cargo is free.
  * Under the hood:
    * Added "debug" and "profile" builds to the Scons script (for Linux builds).
    * Optimized the check for whether a ship is invisible or cloaked.
    * Optimized anti-missiles by adding a range check before doing more complex calculations.
    * Limited the "sparks" (ionization, etc.) drawn over a ship, to avoid graphics lag.
    * On Windows, saved games and preferences will now use Windows line endings.
    * Removed a lot of duplicated and fragile code in the Fleet class.
    * Cleaned up some superfluous namespace qualifiers.
 
Version 0.9.1:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Typo fixes. (@Alkallid, @Wrzlprnft, @toilethinges)
    * No longer crashes if a saved game references a nonexistent "person."
    * Fixed a crash if the player tricks the game into letting them depart in an automaton.
    * The "southern carriers" no longer take over the entire fleets when they appear.
    * Special persons no longer "enter" systems with no links to them.
    * Fixed incorrectly placed planet labels when you first enter your ship.
    * Fixed the direction the plunder list scrolls when using the scroll wheel.
    * Weapons with zero shield damage (e.g. Drak Distancer) no longer cause divide by zero errors.
    * Mission NPCs that self-destruct are now properly counted as destroyed.
    * Icons for escorts with scram or jump drives no longer remain green while jumping.
    * Ships disabled in the act of landing now stop landing.
    * Reputation changes in "on enter" actions are now applied correctly.
    * Disabled NPCs now start always out at zero velocity.
    * You can no longer plan a jump drive jump between two systems you don't know are linked.
    * Fixed the planet panel flicker when you first enter your ship.
    * Ships no longer ask you for help if they do not speak your language.
  * Game content:
    * New human ship, the "Boxwing" cargo fighter. (@LocalGod79, @pootthedestroyer)
    * Updated "Southern Carriers" sprites. (@LocalGod79)
    * New civilian hail messages, referencing fictitious futuristic bands. (@Wrzlprnft)
    * Fixed an armistice that lasts too long if the player has a jump drive. (@LocalGod79)
    * In the Free Worlds plot, Ijs can no longer be in two places at once. (@LocalGod79)
    * New Hai outfits to replace human placeholders (@Wrzlprnft, @LocalGod79, @Amazinite)
    * Fixed some awkward Navy hails. (@Amazinite)
    * New Wanderer missions, giving you access to new ships and technology.
    * New human side missions that give hints about different alien species near human space.
    * Adjusted the Kor Mereti weapons and fleets to balance them better against the Kor Sestor.
    * Adjusted some weapon prices for better balance.
    * Increased the price of the Android so it will take two years to break even.
    * For all escort missions, added pirates camping the destination system.
    * Added radar jamming outfits, and a Wanderer ramscoop.
    * Boosted the Quarg hull amounts so they are not so vulnerable to shield piercing.
    * All Korath worlds now have security of 0 (i.e. no fines).
    * All Korath automata now have integrated ramscoops (making it easier to move captured ships).
    * New shuttle sprite with a subtle running light animation.
    * New Wanderer ship, the Flycatcher (an autonomous anti-missile drone).
    * You can now ask the ordinary Hai for their side of the story about the Unfettered.
    * Made some softer and hopefully less annoying sounds for the plasma and atomic thrusters.
    * Fixed the coloring of dominated systems that contain planets with no spaceports.
    * Fixed the Hauler III's cargo space, which was less than I intended it to be.
    * Tweaked the generator prices, and made Wanderer biochemicals run very cool.
    * Fixed some places where mission escorts were assigned to the player's government.
  * Game mechanics:
    * Marauder ships now have "self destruct" attribute (to balance bounties somewhat). (@LocalGod79)
    * Missiles can now have tracking modes relying on target temperature, size, or radar jamming.
    * Escorts now match your speed and heading instead of just swarming around you.
    * A carrier's hull repair rate can now be used to repair fighters it is carrying.
    * Ships now dump cargo when they die, and others can pick it up.
    * Escorts will now repair each other if not under orders or threatened by enemies.
    * Combat rating is now based on the cost of ships you destroy, not the crew count.
    * NPCs can now specify that they start out in the mission's destination system.
    * Outfits may now specify "shield heat" and "hull heat" generated while repairing.
    * Weapons with blast radii now affect invisible ships (like the nanobots).
    * Added "day", "month", and "year" condition variables to support recurring missions / holidays.
    * Capturing an NPC now counts as "evading" it for mission purposes.
    * Added a "swarming" personality type that hovers near friendly ships.
    * Added an "unconstrained" personality type that will fly beyond the "invisible fence."
    * You can now leave the outfitter with no thrusters, just reverse thrusters or afterburners.
    * Fleets taking off from a planet now stagger their departure a bit, to look more organic.
    * Ships are now non-targetable for half a second after leaving hyperspace.
    * Dying carriers now release any fighters they are still carrying.
    * You can now specify animation speed as "frame time" (game frames per animation frame).
    * A looping animation can now have a "delay" in between cycles.
  * User interface:
    * Added a pop-up mini map that is displayed when your ship is jumping.
    * Route finding now prefers less dangerous systems if multiple paths have equal length.
    * Added a warning siren when hostile ships (actively targeting the player) first appear.
    * Added a "fail" sound for when you can't jump or land.
    * Straight quotation marks are now replaced with curly ones when rendering text.
    * Added "final explosion" sounds for all but the smallest ships.
    * In the map you can now plan an entire route using J and Shift+J rather than the mouse.
    * Adjusted the planet label fade-out to be based on distance to the planet edge, not the center.
    * The "deploy" command no only applies to escorts in the same system as your flagship.
    * Tweaked the orbit display in the map to avoid bright spots where orbits intersect.
    * "Unseen" systems are now shown in the map if they have a waypoint or stopover pointer.
    * Fines now correctly display as "Fine" rather than "Mortgage" in the bank.
    * Made the targeting pointers a tiny bit bigger so they're easier to see.
    * Changed the "repairing" ship info line to "charging shields" unless you have hull repair too.
    * Put a limit on how often other ships broadcast requests for help.
    * The 'D' key now works as a shortcut for "leave" in the shop panels.
    * You can now cancel "capture ship" without fighting by clicking "defend" as your first action.
    * The shipyard now shows full stats for the player's ship.
    * Categories in the shipyard and outfitter are now "collapsable."
    * You can now buy outfits directly into cargo by deselecting all your ships (control + click).
  * Under the hood:
    * The compiler now uses the CPPFLAGS in addition to CXXFLAGS. (@kilobyte)
    * Added an error message if a fleet definition references a nonexistent ship type.

Version 0.9.0:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Proper error message is now shown if you cannot install an outfit from cargo. (@thomasballinger)
    * Fixed a bug if you clicked "done" instead of pressing "enter" in boarding conversations. (@jmhorjus)
    * Scrolling now works properly when at 150% zoom level. (@db47h)
    * Fixed a crash in the info panel. (@reizbar)
    * Fixed a screen resizing bug on Ubuntu Linux where the scale ends up slightly off. (@db47h)
    * The outfitter now properly displays the "turret mounts needed" line. (@ItsNickBarry).
    * Fixed places where Parliament is referred to as the "Senate." (@jafdy, @ItsNickBarry)
    * Fixed AI confusion when a ship's "target" system is set, but set to the current system.
    * Clearing your travel plan now also clears your flagship's destination system.
    * "Uninhabited" worlds with spaceports are no longer shown as "dominated" in the map.
    * Fixed merging of icons of escorts that are not in the current system.
    * Fixed a possible bug in the Free Worlds missions following the Alpha attack on Poisonwood.
    * "Bunks free" in the mission panel no longer counts extra "remembered" crew on escorts.
    * Mission "enter system" messages now also work if you enter via wormhole.
    * "Mission failed" messages are no longer shown when NPCs from invisible missions die.
    * The Syndicate Extremists will now always be hostile when you receive the mission to fight them.
    * Fixed ships with exactly zero hull being counted as un-targetable but not destroyed.
    * Capturing a special "person" now counts as destroying them.
    * Orphaned fighters no longer get stuck in a landing loop.
    * Fixed a Free Worlds mission that could be offered anywhere because it defined no "source."
    * Autopilot is no longer locked on if you have a travel plan through a wormhole selected.
    * Fixed a crash when conversations are displayed from an "on enter" mission event.
    * Deadline "multipliers" for missions are now handled correctly.
    * Fighters in a different system are no longer auto-sold when you take off.
    * Ships no longer show engine flares if the command is set but they don't have energy to thrust.
    * Fixed formatting of large numbers of credits in the ship sell-off message when you take off.
    * Blast radius is now properly calculated from where a projectile strikes, not its start location.
    * It's no longer possible to hail or board ships while cloaked.
    * Modified how stranded ships request help so they don't wait on a ship that is not coming.
    * Attacking a friendly ship, bribing it, then attacking again now makes it hostile again.
    * Fixed handling of player escorts with fewer bunks than required crew.
  * Game content:
    * Added the former Korath territory to the map.
    * Korath with no jump drives no longer appear in one uninhabited system. (@thenerdfreak)
    * Fixed typos, grammar, and unclear text. (@Wrzlprnft, @lehgogh, @thomasballinger, @plague006)
    * More typo fixes. (@macfreek, @toilethinges, @jafdy, @allixu211, @tstanke)
    * Navy "generals" are now given the more proper title of "admiral." (@thomasballinger)
    * The "Neutral" government now stands up for merchants. (@jmhorjus)
    * Added 33 new landscape images. (@sfiera)
    * Added "Marauder" variants of many of the stock ships. (@LocalGod79 and @Wrzlprnft)
    * Added two new human fighters and three carrier types. (@LocalGod79, @DingusShingleton)
    * New commodity names for cargo missions. (@lehgogh)
    * Added two sizes of solar panels. (@ItsNickBarry)
    * New tiny engine, the X1050 combined thruster and steering. (@LocalGod79)
    * Added a Drak Archon ship, along with the weapons it uses.
    * Killing an Oathkeeper now angers the Republic (but not the other way around).
    * Added a star image for a supernova remnant.
    * Added three types of Korath space stations, each with full and "damaged" variants.
    * Added three new factions of Korath, each with their own ships and weapons.
    * Made fuel cells much more heat efficient, to make them a bit less useless.
    * Added an "android" outfit that reduces a ship's crew requirements.
    * Added a "command center" outfit that converts an automaton into a pilotable ship.
    * Fixed a place where both branches of a Free Worlds mission could be offered.
    * Added a new Wanderer ship and several new Wanderer weapons (to be unlocked by missions).
    * Slightly boosted the strength of human fighters and combat drones.
    * The Pug in Wanderer space will now (eventually) respond to being farmed.
    * Boosted the energy output, energy requirements, and cost of the Wanderer and Korath outfits.
    * Fixed some missions that could interrupt other mission strings.
  * Game mechanics:
    * The economy is now dynamic - randomly fluctuating, influenced by large sales by the player.
    * All weapons now do 1/3 less hull damage (so, ships don't die as fast once shields are down).
    * Ramscoops now work at double efficiency if you are close to the star(s) in the system center.
    * All ships now have a tiny amount of ramscoop capability built in (to avoid stranded saved games).
    * Ships are now able to stop (almost) completely in response to the "hold position" command.
    * Weapons can have fractional "piercing" to damage hull even when shields are up. (@lehgogh)
    * Planets can now have a government different than the system they're in. (@jmhorjus)
    * Phrases (for hails or ship names) can now reference other phrases. (@sfiera)
    * Added a "depart" conversation option, meaning defer + flee. (@jmhorjus)
    * Added a "solar collection" outfit attribute, depending on distance to the star. (@ItsNickBarry)
    * Made it possible to mark outfits as "unplunderable." (@jmhorjus)
    * Added "burst" weapons that must recharge longer after firing a given number of shots.
    * Added projectile effects that are created while it is in flight ("live effects").
    * Weapon outfits can now specify whether they should fire in a stream or clustered.
    * Ships now make noise when entering or leaving hyperspace near you.
    * Ships can now be marked as an "automaton" to indicate that they require no crew.
    * JPEG images can now use additive blending mode.
    * Ships that define no sprite are now never shown on radar (but can still act).
    * Added a "vindictive" personality, which keeps shooting at you even after you're dead.
    * The "self destruct" attribute now defines a ship's chance of destructing when boarded.
    * Landing permission is now automatic if a planet is not inhabited (even if it has a spaceport).
    * Mission "on enter" conditions with no specified system now trigger as soon as you take off.
    * Engines now take higher priority than shield recharge, so you always have energy to get away.
    * Ship "variants" can now override the gun and turret hardpoints from the base ship.
    * Reload times can now be fractional, to allow better control over burst timing.
    * Ships can now define a "final explode" effect shown only in their final explosion.
    * Added support for fighter bays where the carried fighter is visible when in the bay.
    * Added support for fighter bays that launch fighters to one side instead of straight forward.
    * Two new damage types - slowing, and disruption (which makes shields partially porous).
    * The "confusion" effect (ships with imperfect aim) now looks less jittery and more organic.
    * Outfits that repair hull or shields must now specify how much energy they use.
    * AI ships no longer "wait" to collect fighters that they have no space for.
    * The afterburner key now cancels autopilot, the same as the other movement keys.
    * Adjusted the missile boat AI so that for fixed guns, it only applies if their range is above 2000.
    * Projectiles can now have a "random velocity" added to their base velocity.
    * Animations now default to 2 FPS (a reasonable rate for running lights) instead of 60 FPS.
    * Anti-missile systems can now create "fire effects" and "die effects" in addition to the beams.
    * If a ship is destroyed (by piercing) while it still has shields, its shields now drop to zero.
    * Added an "uncapturable" ship attribute (for ships you can plunder but not capture).
    * Outfits can now set "installable" to less than 0 to mark outfits you can plunder but not install.
  * User interface:
    * The shop panels now auto-scroll if the item details are not visible. (@db47h)
    * Any mission on your current travel plan now starts out selected in the job panel. (@db47h)
    * Outfitters now show how many outfits are in stock when stock is limited. (@ItsNickBarry)
    * Improved the appearance of the ship outlines (in the targeting view, etc.).
    * Click to expand or collapse categories in the map of shipyards and outfitters.
    * Added a find function in the shipyards and outfitters map panels.
    * Stars with a cloud around them are no longer drawn with a huge radius on your radar.
    * Disabled ships can no longer be "parked."
    * The movement energy and heat info display now includes your reverse thrusters.
    * Escort icons now turn red if you are about to strand them by jumping to a different system.
    * Labels are now shown next to planets you can land on when you fly close to them.
    * The fuel bar now drops smoothly even when using a scram drive or jump drive.
    * Added a line to the ship info display showing energy use when recharging shields and hull.
    * The find function in the map panels now prefers strings that start with the given text.
    * In the ship info, the line to whatever weapon you hover over is now always drawn on top.
    * Added Shift+B and Shift+S as shortcuts for "buy all" and "sell all" in the trade panel.
    * The commodity price maps now grey out systems where a given commodity is not sold.
  * Under the hood:
    * Made the Linux dependency list easier to copy-paste to the command line. (@anarcat)
    * Merged DotShader and RingShader, and merged SpriteShader and BlurShader.
    * DataWriter now has functions for writing variable numbers of tokens in one line.
    * Added a function to Random for getting normally distributed random numbers.
    * Simplified the ship and outfit info display code by merging the common elements.
    * Merged the common code from the outfitter and shipyard map panels into a new class.
    * The distance that counts as two systems being "neighbors" is now a public constant.
    * ShipInfoDisplay no longer needs to know what star system you're in.
    * Optimized the IsDisabled() check, because it gets called tons of times.
    * Added sanity checks for some weapon attributes that must be within certain ranges.
    * Moved the code for determining the "target color" of a planet into Planet itself.
    * Moved the data for the Korath and the Wanderers into separate files.
    * Deleted the very outdated) "extra" directory.
    * Code cleanup in various other places.


Version 0.8.11:
  * Bug fixes:
    * The new Pug mission is now offered on the proper planet.
    * Typo fixes. (@Pointedstick, @zwparchman)
    * Missions that take away one outfit and give another now always work properly.
    * Fixed a bug where escorts in mid-jump when you land end up far from the system center.
    * The game no longer hangs in the map if you shift-click an unreachable system.
    * Fixed a bug where you retain control of your flagship after it is captured.
    * If a target NPC dies, turrets no longer continue to fire in its direction.
    * Fixed a bug where reordering your ships was not changing your flagship.
    * If you land while an escort is your target, then park it, your target is now cleared.
    * Fixed the system coloring when you pop up the map from a conversation panel.
    * Main menu no longer freezes if you "enter ship" just as it finishes loading.
    * Planets with no star system defined for them will no longer crash the game.
  * Game content:
    * Added a mission string that gives you permission to buy most Wanderer ships.
    * Fixed an incorrect mass for the White Sun Reactor.
    * Fixed the price of the Wanderer Type 4 Thruster.
    * Alexandria Station can now be bribed, for players without a good Republic reputation.
    * More ship names (@Pointedstick).
    * The Wanderers now sell local maps.
    * Fixed some inaccurate ship descriptions.
    * Gave the Wanderer "Summer Leaf" ship a bit more cargo and outfit space.
    * Made the Southern Mutual Defense Pact missions get offered a bit more often.
    * Made Korath raids more frequent in one system so you can hunt them without save-scumming.
    * Fixed some jobs that had no maximum distance specified.
    * Fixed an annoying click in the jump drive sound effect.
  * Game mechanics:
    * Plundered ammo now reloads your weapons if you have the proper launcher.
    * Ships now recharge / refuel when you buy or sell outfits (e.g. fuel pods).
    * Ships with nowhere to flee to will now fight to the death instead of giving up.
    * Ships now clear their "ship to assist" order if they are captured.
  * User interface:
    * A system is now shown as dominated only if every inhabited planet is dominated.
    * The "fight current target" key can now order escorts to kill a disabled ship.
    * The data parser now reports unmatched quotation marks.

Version 0.8.10:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Mouse clicks on the map are now correctly handled at all zoom levels.
    * Escorts now once again jump simultaneously with your ship.
    * Net worth is no longer clipped to the +-2 billion range in saved games.
    * Escorts that cannot jump will now ignore jump commands instead of lining up to jump.
    * Fixed a bug where the Water Bug had the wrong anti-missiles linked to its hardpoints.
    * Fixed some ship variants that had negative space available.
    * You can now bribe planets even if you have also provoked their government.
    * The outfitter panel's drawing code has been optimized to no longer max out the CPU.
    * The mission panel map is now colored by reputation by default, rather than uncolored.
    * Distances in the mission panel now show number of jumps, not amount of fuel.
    * In the outfitter, outfits are now shown if any selected ship has one, not just the first.
    * Human pirate "raids" no longer appear in alien star systems if you have many freighters.
  * Game content:
    * New species, the Wanderers (4 ship types, 18 outfits, 17 planets).
    * New missions involving the Hai and the Wanderers.
    * Increased the range of the small anti-missile by 50%.
    * Water cooling is now available in more places.
    * New hail messages. (@ph2000bis, @Pointedstick, @Thunderforge)
    * New commodity names. (@lehgogh, @Pointedstick)
    * New ship names. (@lehgogh)
    * Typo fixes. (@Pointedstick, @Wrzlprnft)
    * New job types. (@Pointedstick)
  * Game mechanics:
    * Projectiles now clear their target if that target is captured.
    * Governments now only scan you once per day, instead of once per ship.
    * Jobs are now allowed to have "on accept" dialogs or conversations.
    * Deadlines can now be specified in (base + multiplier * jumps) format.
    * Weapons can now specify that they split into submunitions when close to their target.
    * Shield and hull generators can now specify an extra energy cost per unit recharged.
    * Non-heroic ships no longer attack far away groups of ships that have them outgunned.
    * You can no longer hail other ships while you are entering hyperspace.
    * Surveillance ships no longer get "stuck" once they run out of fuel.
    * Missions can now specify "stopover" planets that you must visit.
    * Missions can have "on stopover" actions to perform when the last stopover is visited.
    * A government can now be marked as speaking a language that you may or may not know.
    * The hail panel commands now only work if you speak the language of a ship or planet.
    * Added support for "<?=" and ">?=" (min and max) condition operators.
    * Support for large stations / ringworlds with several different places you can land.
    * Warning messages are now printed for all unexpected values found in the game data.
    * Warning messages are now saved to "errors.txt" in the config / preferences folder.
    * Added support for "special" commodity classes, to provide varied names for missions.
    * New "coward" NPC personality that flees once its shields are down.
  * User interface:
    * If you accept a job, the next available job in the same system (if any) is selected.
    * The "ports" map page now shows whether each planet has been visited.
    * In the "ports" map, planet descriptions are now only shown for visited planets.
    * The targeting display now shows what direction the target ship is facing in.
    * Caps lock now works properly when entering text.
    * Automatic firing is now entirely disabled if your target is friendly.
    * Thruster noise from other ships is now audible.
    * If a new ship's name is left blank, it is now called "<first>'s <model name>."

Version 0.8.9:
  * Bugs fixes:
    * Typo fixes. (@anonybosch, @dplepage, @guillochon, @Wrzlprnft)
    * Fixed a bug where Earth would not let you land in a "safe passage" Free Worlds mission.
    * The hiring panel no longer lists crew from parked ships.
    * Auto-aim no longer points you at where a destroyed target used to be.
    * The fullscreen toggle key now works regardless of what GUI panel is active.
    * Derelicts will no longer converse with you if you hail them. (@ItsNickBarry)
    * Fixed a shop panel crash when a ship has no sprite defined.
    * Escorts no longer get stuck trying to refuel on a planet that will not let them land.
    * Escorts will now leave your fleet to refuel if the alternative is ending up stranded.
    * When dominating a planet, capturing a defender now counts as destroying it.
    * Fixed the graphics flicker when taking off.
  * Game content:
    * Caph now uses Syndicate defense fleets, since it is a Syndicate system.
    * Many new names for mission cargoes. (@Pointedstick, @anonybosch)
    * New names for civilian and pirate ships. (@Pointedstick)
    * New hail messages, especially for civilians and the Syndicate. (@Pointedstick)
    * Tiny escort missions, available to new pilots. (@Pointedstick)
    * Added a "Medium Warship" category.
    * Price increases for the Headhunter and Bactrian.
    * Made the Falcon faster compared to the Leviathan.
    * Reduced the bonuses for the new jumbo missions.
    * Changed the world-ship sprite to something less tacky, with three variants.
    * The intro interceptor missions no longer create an autosave.
    * Added more clarification in the Free Worlds drone salvage mission.
    * Changed the Reverse Thruster name to "AR120 Reverse Thruster."
    * Added a new Syndicate ship, the Vanguard. (@Pointedstick)
  * Game mechanics:
    * Planets you have dominated will no longer fine you for illegal items.
    * Flagships now take last priority for cargo but first priority for passengers.
    * Adding or removing outfits that require crew automatically hires or fires crew.
    * Added a "self destruct" attribute for ships that explode if boarded.
    * Tweaked the AI behavior when near the "invisible fence" on the outskirts of the system.
    * If you hail a disabled enemy, they now insult you instead of demanding a bribe.
    * It's now possible for an event to "clear" a planet's spaceport (making it uninhabited).
    * Ship variants can now inherit descriptions and outfit lists.
    * Firing normal thrusters after using the afterburner no longer slows you down.
    * All pathfinding now includes wormhole travel.
    * You can now dump cargo in the info panel to make room for plunder.
    * The player’s flagship is now always displayed on top of all other ships.
    * Missions can now specify a custom payment multiplier as well as a custom base payment.
    * Other ships no longer interfere when you are fighting a bounty - you must fight alone.
  * User interface:
    * Added messages when changing landing targets. (@guillochon)
    * Button names now have underlined letters as hints of the key shortcut. (@guillochon)
    * Underlines for key shortcut hints are shown only when Alt / Option is held.
    * Moons, stations, etc. are no longer called "planets." (@guillochon)
    * The game no longer pauses when the window is minimized.
    * In the map, clicking the system you are in will now clear the jump route.
    * If you cannot sell an outfit, a helpful message is now shown explaining why.
    * The outfit list in the boarding panel now supports arrow keys and page up / down.
    * In the outfitter and shipyard maps you can now shift-click to compare items.
    * Added support for zooming in the map views. (@guillochon)
    * Wormhole paths now shown on the map once traversed. (@guillochon)
    * Loading a snapshot now displays a warning that it will overwrite your main game.
    * You can now double click a ship to board it or a planet to land.
    * Added a key to each of the map panels.
    * Shift + Board will now select any of your escorts that are disabled.
    * Added a preference for whether escorts expend ammo always, frugally, or never.
  * Audio:
    * Redid all the sound effects, striving for better volume balance.
    * Added sounds for landing and takeoff and for many weapons that previously had none.
    * Looping sounds now fade smoothly when they stop instead of continuing to the end of the loop.
    * Large numbers of overlapping sounds no longer cause phasing / grinding noise.
    * All audio parameters are set on startup to make sure they are the same on every OS.
    * Improved the math for combining multiple instances of the same sound.

Version 0.8.8:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Fixed various bugs with how the game determines which ship is your "flagship."
    * The "Uninhabited" government on Ruin will no longer fine the player for illegal outfits.
    * Fixed a crash that could happen while taking off if missions failed due to lack of space.
    * Typo fixes (@naehc, @kkuchta, @luiges90, @fcfort, @maxrd2)
  * New content:
    * Added two new ships, the Headhunter and the Modified Argosy.
  * Game mechanics:
    * The AI will now use reverse thrusters for landing, boarding, and jumping.
    * Added a "frugal" personality that expends ammo only if outgunned (and applied it to your escorts).
    * Added a "net worth" condition variable for mission creators to use.
  * User interface:
    * Added a "buy all" button in the trading panel.
    * Made mouse click targeting more accurate when ships are overlapping.
  * Other:
    * Tweaked the audio balance for a less abrupt left / right transition.
    * Fresh installs now default to 50% volume instead of 100%.
    * Animations can now have randomized frame rates so they aren't perfectly synchronized.
    * Plugins can now override the existing commodities.

Version 0.8.7:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Fixed a bug in the info panel scrolling.
    * Fixed a crash when you lose your flagship through hand to hand combat.
  * Game mechanics:
    * Pirates no longer plunder outfits, because that is way too confusing for new players.
    * Load cargo onto escorts when taking off to leave the flagship free for plunder.

Version 0.8.6:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Fixed a bug that makes fighter bays stop working in the previous release.
    * Fixed a crash in the map panel if the player has no flagship.
  * Missions:
    * Added some large cargo and passenger missions, for bigger ships and fleets.

Version 0.8.5:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Pops and crackles with looping sounds like thrusters should now be fixed.
    * File paths with non-ASCII characters are now supported even on Windows.
    * The Outfitter no longer offers to reload ammo on ships that are parked or absent.
    * You no longer retain control of your ship if it is captured in ship to ship combat.
    * Fighters you cannot carry are now sold off properly when you leave the planet.
    * Fixed a bug where escorts try to refuel on an uninhabited planet.
    * Better handling of selling your flagship when you have other ships that are parked or absent.
    * Bringing up the menu while in a mission conversation no longer declines that mission.
    * Fixed a bug on Windows where you lose money if loading a pilot with over two billion credits.
    * Being plundered now takes effect immediately instead of waiting until the game is reloaded.
    * If audio initialization fails, the game will now start with no sound instead of quitting.
  * Game mechanics:
    * Pirate raid strength no longer takes your parked ships into account.
    * It is no longer possible to "park" a disabled ship.
    * If you need help and hail a ship that is disabled, it will now say that it cannot help you.
    * Pirates will no longer steal your hyperdrive, but may still steal your engines or power.
  * User interface changes:
    * Made the name entry in the New Pilot dialog clearer.
    * The Escape key now means "back one level" instead of "toggle main menu."
    * Made it possible to scroll the list of ships in the player info panel.
    * The "Land" key now only toggles between landing options if pressed more than once per second.
    * Escort icons turn green when they are ready to hyperjump. (@rlane)
    * Game snapshots can now be given a name instead of just being identified by date.
    * Escorts can no longer be ordered to attack themselves.
    * Renamed "Enter Ship" to "Load Game" in the Load / Save panel.
    * If you get plundered, added messages informing you of what was stolen.
    * The multiplier keys no longer apply to selling a ship.
    * Your jump path is now colored based on how much fuel you and your escorts have. (@hexarobi)
    * Selected target is now white on the radar. (@hexarobi)
  * Missions:
    * Added warning dialogs if you fail any critical Free Worlds missions.
    * Fixed a few inaccurate messages shown when an NPC condition is not yet met.

Version 0.8.4:
  * Bug fixes:
    * You can no longer end up with extra crew members on ships other than your flagship.
    * If you tell your fleet to fight a target and then capture it, they no longer fire on it.
    * Fixed a bug where mission conditions inside an "and" or "or" might not be saved.
    * You can no longer depart a planet with a fighter as your flagship (which could crash the game).
    * Fixed a bug where reassigning weapons to different slots in the info panel was not working.
    * Fixed a bug where a weapon's "shield damage" was being applied instead of its "heat damage."
    * The cargo and bunk space numbers in the job panel no longer include your parked or absent escorts.
    * Fixed a bug where outfit "gifts" were not received if the player had no outfit or cargo space.
  * Changes to game mechanics:
    * Any weapon that has an icon is now secondary, rather than any weapon that uses ammo or fuel.
    * The long-range missile boat AI now stops running away once it is out of ammunition.
    * Added a 500x multiplier key (Alt / Option) for players with huge cargo fleets.
    * Made it possible to board a stranded, out-of-fuel escort to share fuel with it.
    * The AI no longer fires turrets at fast-moving ships entering or leaving hyperspace.
  * User interface changes:
    * Heads-up display:
      * Added a pointer to the target info to show what direction the target is in.
      * If you have a jump drive, the radar now includes pointers to "neighbor" systems.
    * Main map panel ("Ports"):
      * The map now shows commodity prices relative to the current system, rather than absolute price.
      * Unexplored systems are now a dimmer grey than uninhabited ones.
    * Jobs / missions panel:
      * Unique missions are now shown at the start of your mission list instead of the end.
      * Mission lists now support the scroll wheel in addition to click and drag.
      * Selecting a different mission in the jobs map no longer changes your travel plan.
    * Maps of shipyards and outfitters:
      * Show the attributes of the currently selected item.
      * Grey out items that are not for sale in the selected system.
      * Distinguish between systems with nothing for sale vs. systems with other items but not the selected one.
    * Outfitter panel:
      * Attributes are now always shown in units per second instead of units per frame.
  * Porting:
    * 32-bit Windows is now supported.
    * The Mac OS X version can now read data from outside the .app bundle.
    * To support Steam, libstdc++ is static linked if doing a Steam build.
  * Story changes:
    * Added a fourth "intro" Free Worlds thread in case you fail one of the other three.

Version 0.8.3:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Fines are now correctly applied to the player.
    * A possible out-of-bounds memory access when cleaning up cargo from failed missions is fixed.
    * Outfits that increase your maximum hull no longer cause the ship to become disabled.
    * The Hire panel now correctly handles cases where you have more crew than you can hold.
    * Fixed "out of fuel" handling for ships with both a hyperdrive and a jump drive.
    * The "hull repair rate" attribute now works correctly.
    * Ships with zero cargo space are no longer treated as if they have infinite space.
    * Radar now displays correctly when the game is first loaded.
    * Ion sparks are no longer displayed from ships in other systems.
  * Changes to game mechanics:
    * You can now demand tribute from planets.
    * Added a "require <outfit>" mission action.
    * Reduced the Bactrian's speed and engine space to balance it with the other large warships.
    * Quarg power generators are no longer a separate outfit that you can steal.

Version 0.8.2:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Fixed the crash when you depart a planet with a fighter as an escort or NPC.
    * Fixed the bug of paying crew salaries for ships that have been destroyed.
    * Added safeguards against the AI firing on a ship it is boarding to assist it.
    * Fixed improper hardpoint placement in ship variants.
    * Fixed sounds from plugins not being loaded.
    * Fixed the bug where selling plundered outfits in the outfitter pays you nothing.
    * Possibly fixed the window maximizing bug on Windows.
  * Changes to game mechanics:
    * Added support for "persons" - unique ships with custom hail messages, e.g Cap'n Pester.

Version 0.8.1:
  * Bug fixes:
    * Fixed a bug that made it impossible to select a secondary weapon that is your very first outfit.
    * Made the scroll wheel affect the column the mouse is hovering over in the load / save panel.
    * Fixed the Windows random number generator to not produce the same fleets every time you visit a given system.
    * Fixed a bug where paying a bribe could result in negative credits.
    * Additive blending now works correctly for @2x (high resolution) sprites.
  * Changes to game mechanics:
    * Disabled escorts are no longer lost if you land; instead they just remain where they are, disabled.
    * Missions that can't be completed yet due to an NPC requirement or waypoint are now "dimmed out."
    * Added the ability to mark missions as "minor" so they will not interrupt story line missions.
    * Modified the AI to leave disabled ships alone (unless it plunders them).
  * Improved graphics:
    * Replaced some landscape images with higher-resolution ones.
    * Replaced most of the space station landscape images with NASA images.
    * Modified some projectile sprites to be more detailed.
    * Switched the colors of the mission pointers to be easier for color blind people to distinguish.
    * Toned down the brightness of the galaxy backdrop image in the map.
  * Development:
    * Added a debug mode (-d / --debug).
    * Made the slow-motion key (caps lock) and pause key (backtick) only work in debug mode.
  * Optimization:
    * Added a limit of 20 landscapes loaded at once, to reduce memory usage.

Version 0.8.0:
  * First stable release.