Positech has released the latest update for its fast-paced space strategy title Gratuitous Space Battles, now available for download. The patch brings the game to v1.29, adding several fixes along with some tweaks and improvements.

Highlights include making the expert fleet for the multari mission more difficult as well as adding ’The Midgard frigate’, a new rebel ship hull. The file should automatically download if the client is installed, full instructions and change log after the break.

I’ve turned attention away from long term expansion pack (campaign) stuff today to get patch 1.29 released for the core game. If you have entered an on-line code the game will autopatch sometime over the next 24 hours. If not, you will have to wait until I push the patch out to steam, gamersgate etc. People who kindly bought direct (the really cool people) can redownload the whole game if they really want to, or wait for the auto-patch.

The changes are thus

1) Fixed a number of typos (thanks david!)

2) Game now automatically creates a new almost-empty default design if you delete every ship design, to prevent empty design list crash.

3) The range circles are now also shown on the currently dragged ship on the deployment screen

4) Fixed display bug where the tooltips over the deployment screens ship blueprints didn’t take race and ship bonuses into account.

5) Fixed crash bug when changing races before you have ever viewed the choose mission screen.

6) Fixed bug relating to messages corrupting or not being deletable.

7) Tweaked the expert fleet for the multari mission to make them harder.

Added a new rebel ship hull -> The Midgard frigate.

9) Made the startup online message check multi-threaded, to speed up startup times.

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