v0.4.0

OpenReliant needs your own copy of StarLancer: see the README for where to point it. The macOS builds are not signed, so macOS blocks them at first; run xattr -d com.apple.quarantine openreliant once to allow it.

0.4.0 (2026-09-25)

Features

• a capital ship's engine exhaust burns the player's ship (#273) (da7fdd4)
• a smooth, crisp sun and lens flares (#275) (124466f)
• blind fire aims the player's shots at the lead cursor (#251) (cd47041), closes #183
• objects the orders place glide on between the ticks (#274) (98ee211)
• steering by the mouse (#276) (7ab1e92)
• the chase view's sight, blind fire mark and target pointer (#260) (f2765db), closes #182
• the cloak (#267) (636de88)
• the damage window shows the weapons, engines and shields (#255) (08d4912), closes #96
• the display shakes and the view reddens as the player is hit (#259) (00fa29b), closes #236
• the display's sounds for its windows, keys and warnings (#258) (b5ab30f)
• the gunnery display and choosing the guns (#247) (2177fed), closes #92
• the Nova Cannon charges and strikes (#250) (c719f50)
• the pilot ejects, and is rescued, captured or shot down (#270) (522328a)
• the rest of the explosions (#261) (f368a31)
• the wing status window, and wingmen in the sandbox (#257) (48a1a7b), closes #100

Fixes

• a shot keeps its candidate parts by number (#254) (2568f14), closes #253
• the player's schematic keeps its place while shaken. (00fa29b)

Documentation

• a contributing guide for people and coding agents (#252) (0cbd044), closes #249
• what keeps the hit's red away (#272) (f36690c)