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Ostranauts
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Blue Bottle Games · Kitfox Games·$19.99
Nov 21, 2024 · 21mo ago

Ostranauts Feature Patch (0.14.1.3) Is Live!

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Hotfix patch 0.14.1.3 focuses on stabilizing the quick actions menu and tooltips, improving Esc-key behavior, and enabling middle-m mouse camera panning, with several UI/UX quality improvements.

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  • Quick Action Buttons (QAB)
    • Quick Action Buttons:QAB no longer closes when the inventory opens, preserving the pinned location and user setup.truefalse
    • Quick Action Buttons:QAB now stops at the edge of the screen when its target goes off-screen to remain usable.stops at screen edge
    • Quick Action Buttons:QAB buttons temporarily hide instead of closing while an item is attached to the inventory cursor.hidden temporarily
    • Quick Action Buttons:Dragging QAB no longer causes the character to pathfind to tiles underneath.prevents pathfinding to clicked tile beneath
    • Quick Action Buttons:When dragging items to inventory, QAB now hides instead of closing to preserve layout.no close
  • Tooltips
    • Tooltip:Tooltips no longer go off-screen; they remain legible when near screen edges.remains on screen
    • Tooltip:Tooltips adjust to stay visible and legible near the screen edges.improved visibility with mouse near edges
  • Esc key behavior
    • Esc key:Esc now closes menus in a predictable order instead of closing multiple UIs at once.occasional multiple UI closuresmore logical single-order closures
    • Esc key:Esc can now deselect the current object, closing the QAB and MegaTooltip.deselect current object
  • Middle mouse buttonMiddle mouse button:Middle mouse drag now pans the camera, aligning with user expectations.enabled

Other changes5

  • Quick Action Buttons (QAB)
    • Quick Action Buttons:QAB no longer opens on paperdoll wounds to reduce accidental interactions.not open on wounds
    • Quick Action Buttons:QAB buttons are no longer illegible or dark if an action type is unrecognized.legible despite unrecognized type
  • Various UI and edge-case fixes
    • REDACTED ship comms rumors no longer appear in Quick Action Buttons when selecting self.
    • Floating Quick Action Buttons:Pinned QAB location is preserved and not erased when interactions occur.preserved
  • General improvementsFloating Quick Action Buttons and tooltips receive various stability and usability improvements.

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Patch history

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  1. Roster Helmet Toggle and Hour Indicator, Autotask Stillness, Tracking Alarm FixJul 17, 2026 · 1mo

    Hotfix 0.15.1.17 adds helmet auto-removal toggle, an hour indicator in the roster, keeps captain/crew still when Autotask is off during free time, and silences tracking alarm when controlling crew on a station.

  2. Fix for Random Pausing, Battery Swap BugJul 14, 2026 · 1mo

    Hotfix 0.15.1.15 fixes random pause bug and battery swap reliability, plus debugging log spam cleanup.

    +1
  3. Overheating Reactors, Ship Instadeath, and Other FixesMay 8, 2026 · 3mo

    Hotfix addressing overheating, ship explosions, weapon accuracy, AI targeting, and reactor behavior with several reliability and UI fixes.

    +3
  4. Fire guardrails, and emotional clobber reliefApr 24, 2026 · 3mo

    Hotfix addressing unintended fire ignition and rapid emotional clobber events, with save compatibility note.

  5. Everybody's Ugly, Poofing Items, and Other FixesApr 23, 2026 · 3mo

    Hotfix v0.15.0.19 for Ostranauts fixes loot RNG bug, disappearing items, LA Aerostat duplication, NPC undocking issues, and various null reference fixes.

    +1
  6. Hotfix (0.15.0.18) for nulls and other issues reported in Fire in the HoldApr 22, 2026 · 3mo

    Hotfix 0.15.0.18 for Fire in the Hold fixes several stability, UI, and flow issues including docking safety, NAV visibility, encounter flow, null references, and tutorial resilience.

  7. Hotfix for null reference in ship piloting tutorialApr 21, 2026 · 3mo

    Hotfix addressing a null reference during ship piloting tutorial transit undock step.

  8. Fixes for Broken Ships, Selection Dragging, and WhodunnitOct 10, 2025 · 10mo

    Hotfix v0.14.5.15 fixes selection dragging, ship loading and naming, whodunnit stability, and maintenance refill adjustments to reduce overfill.

    +4

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