August Quality of Life Update | Pixel Starships 2 Patch Notes

Patch Notes — v0.9.106

Daily Gift Box: Log in daily to claim your Gift Box and collect Summer and Astral Candies! VIP players get extra candies with every claim.
Fabrication Gacha Exchange: Exchange your event candies in Fabrication to craft Summer and Astral Gear Boxes!
Dove Gacha Boxes: New Summer and Astral (Leo & Virgo) Gear Boxes are now available in the Dove shop!
2x Crew Draw Boosts: Enjoy doubled draw rates for Leo and Virgo crew members during active event periods!
Limited-Time Shop Bundles: Special Summer offers featuring gear boxes and exclusive armor skins are now available in the Bank!

Missions Overhaul: Ground combat now appears in every faction's opening mission. Daily patrols have been expanded into two missions per faction, with daily attempts increased from 3 to 7. Missions also now display possible rewards before you commit.
Room Targeting Rework: Overhauled weapon and ability auto-targeting logic so crew abilities and rooms pick their targets with much higher consistency.
VIP Reward Changes: Claiming VIP rewards is now completely free for ships at Level 1 and Level 2.
Market Restrictions: Only items explicitly marked as tradable can now be listed on the Star Market. Non-tradable items can no longer be accidentally listed.
Terminology Refresh: "Equipment" has been renamed to Gear across all menus and item tooltips.
Per-Room Ammo Reload: Added a manual reload button directly to individual rooms so you can refill ammo without navigating through global menus.

Chat & Social Upgrades:
Pressing Enter in the main menu or lobby now immediately opens the chat/social panel with the cursor focused.
Fixed chat auto-scroll exceptions when exiting PvP matches.

PC Controls: Added Right-Click in room placement mode on PC to instantly cancel construction/movement.
Galaxy Navigation: Tapping a mission indicator automatically pans and centers the camera on the target planet.
PvP & Matchmaking: Tapping an enemy ship in matchmaking now acts as a direct attack trigger.
Room & Crew Dragging: Dragging crew members over a room now highlights active crew combo bonus indicators.
Visual Rarity Distinction: Improved color contrast between Common and Elite tier items/crew.
Command Center Sprites: Refreshed visual sprites for Command Centers (Levels 1–9).

Multi-Device Login: Logging in on a second device now cleanly transitions your session without leaving ghost accounts or kicking you unexpectedly.
IAP Purchase Recovery: Upgraded Unity IAP infrastructure to improve payment processing and harden purchase recovery on mobile.
Sven & 7Mart API: Updated 7Mart and Sven Mart backends to optimize store listings and prevent price display mismatches.

Fixed an issue where PvP battle finalization timeouts prevented matches from completing.
Resolved a bug causing dead Droids/Androids to still display as alive during PvP matches.
Fixed an issue where weapon laser beams persisted on-screen after striking targets.
Fixed lag and frame rate drops when changing the Captain's equipped gear.
Addressed an issue causing severe frame rate drops when firing Boarding Pods.

Fixed critical movement and placement bugs affecting the Mining Laser (MLZ) room.
Added missing repair ETAs and rush prompts to the damaged ship screen.
Fixed an issue where Laxatives could be used on crew members who had no training or defense stats.
Fixed room oxygen danger overlays failing when oxygen levels dropped to 0%.
Corrected an error where cancellation of crew level-ups temporarily locked resources.

Fixed tutorial soft-locks during the enemy scan and room targeting steps.
Corrected galaxy skyboxes loading environmental textures from the wrong star system.
Fixed mission lists continuing to display incorrect rewards or mission parameters.