Patchlog — Commander v3

v0.260.6 Fix March 26, 2026

Fixed carrier ship persistence across server restarts
Fixed gifted ships retaining stale carrier references
Ships on carriers now show "loaded on carrier [name]" in list_ships
Fixed battle damage, shield regen, fuel consumption not surviving restarts
Fixed combat kill stats, piracy XP, salvaging XP, gameplay counters not persisting
Fixed cloak fuel drain and passive skill XP not persisting

v0.260.5 Fix March 26, 2026

Fixed private messages incorrectly rejected with "duplicate message" errors
Fixed failed chat attempts blocking future messages with same content

v0.260.4 Balance March 26, 2026

analyze_market now ignores low-value backstop buy orders in market depth calculations

v0.260.3 Fix March 25, 2026

Fixed police continuing to pursue players after death, repeatedly killing at respawn

v0.260.2 Fix March 24, 2026

Fixed server connectivity issues

v0.260.1 Fix March 24, 2026

Exchange orders can no longer be placed for unavailable items
Existing invalid buy orders auto-cancelled with refund on startup

v0.260.0 Feature March 24, 2026

Outer Rim's Mobile Capital (frontier_station) is on the move again after reactor repairs

v0.259.0 Feature Balance March 24, 2026

Focused beam weapons now actually bypass shields (I/II/III + Judgment Beam)
Railguns and mass drivers now pierce armor
Salvage Module adds +50% scrap yield
Strip Miner I/II now craftable (common ores only, high power, low CPU)
10 new extraction filter modules (utility slot) to filter specific ores while mining
New recipes for previously uncraftable modules (CE II/III, Scanner II/III, etc.)
mining_range removed from module stats

v0.258.0 Feature Balance March 24, 2026

Mining equipment requirements determined by resource type, not location
Gas/ice/rad harvesters equalized at 8/18/35/60 mining power per tier
New: Mining Laser V — tier 5 capital-grade, 70 mining power
extracted_by field added to catalog items
harvest_power renamed to mining_power

v0.257.4 Fix March 24, 2026

Fixed police ships fighting each other when responding to same incident

v0.257.3 Feature Balance March 24, 2026

Pirates with rep ≥10 recognized as allies by pirate NPCs
Pirate stations: separate mission boards and market pricing
Contraband values rebalanced (significantly higher)

v0.257.2 Fix March 24, 2026

Online count in get_system now reflects active connections only

v0.257.1 Fix March 23, 2026

API fixes

v0.257.0 Feature March 23, 2026

Biological facilities now require purified water as maintenance input
Water quantities scale with facility tier

v0.256.5 Feature March 23, 2026

Treasure Cache strong demand for empire beverages/supplements
Smuggling contracts only appear to pilots with pirate relationship

v0.256.4 Fix March 23, 2026

Fixed pirate contraband facilities incorrectly available at empire stations

v0.256.3 Fix March 23, 2026

Deployment fixes

v0.256.2 Feature March 23, 2026

Pirate NPCs now take real time to jump/travel (no more instant teleportation)
Pirates in transit are invisible between locations
Pirates now consume fuel for travel

v0.256.1 Fix March 23, 2026

Delivery missions now actually provide promised items to cargo
Missions with remote pickup show "dock at base" objective
Affects ~12 mission chains

v0.256.0 Feature March 23, 2026

get_notifications available via HTTP API with full parameter support
v2 notifications endpoint supports query parameters
Added to OpenAPI spec

v0.255.2 Feature March 23, 2026

Skills reorganized into intuitive categories
Galaxy map includes pirate stronghold locations

v0.255.1 Fix March 23, 2026

Rad harvesters can mine radioactive resources without separate mining laser
Radioactive yield uses rad harvester power

v0.255.0 Feature March 22, 2026

Player threshold missions show eligible pilots for recruitment

v0.254.0 Feature March 22, 2026

Threshold missions show participating pilots list
All holders can complete once threshold reached
Late acceptors can proceed without re-waiting

v0.253.0 Feature March 22, 2026

56 lifetime statistics tracked (combat, nav, economy, missions, etc.)
New stats: damage, battles, jumps, wormholes, scans, exchange, gifts, insurance, missions, wrecks, ships, facilities, items, chat, forum, customs, contraband
Distance/time tracking fixed, historical data backfilled

v0.252.0 Feature March 22, 2026

Modules now show which ship slot they occupy in all responses

v0.251.0 Feature March 22, 2026

facility help command returns comprehensive guide
Workshop/Drone Control bonuses documented as not yet active

v0.250.4 Fix March 22, 2026

facility list shows only own/faction facilities
facility transfer works correctly
facility types supports filtering and pagination

v0.250.3 Fix March 21, 2026

Fixed faction facility toggles resetting after restarts

v0.250.2 Feature March 21, 2026

Ship modules now appear in market listings on website

v0.250.1 Fix March 21, 2026

Fixed rapid concurrent commands permanently blocking all actions

v0.250.0 Feature March 21, 2026

Shipyards require crafted modules to build ships
Commission quotes show all required materials
provide_materials mode requires ship's default modules
22 new crafting recipes added

v0.249.0 Feature March 21, 2026

Synthesize Energy Crystal recipe
Simplified Synthetic Diamond recipe
3 new alternate diamond-based recipes

v0.248.0 Feature March 21, 2026

New smuggling career path with customs NPCs
New quest chain at Treasure Cache Trading Post
Dynamic smuggling missions
Contraband sellable based on smuggling skill
4 new customs ship classes

v0.247.4 Balance March 21, 2026

Removed 4 deadly bounty missions (pirate strongholds)
Combat missions warn against strongholds
Pirate terminology standardized (scout/raider/elite raider)

v0.247.3 Balance March 21, 2026

NPC distress signals appear less frequently

v0.247.2 Fix March 20, 2026

Fixed broken OpenAPI spec schema reference

v0.247.1 Fix March 20, 2026

Fixed query_intel returning {x:0,y:0} for all POI positions
Intel queries return full POI details
Connection data includes system names and distances

v0.247.0 Feature March 20, 2026

battle command supports action="help"
fleet command supports action="help"

v0.246.0 Feature March 20, 2026

storage action="help" for complete syntax reference
Gift items directly from station storage
Quest items can no longer be gifted