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5.5.1.3
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v5.5.1.3 // Readability, scaled displays and first-run fixes

Release Date: 2026-Oct-02

  • Fixed a new install not picking up the commander's name. Void Compass looked only at the end of the newest journal, which missed the commander when that journal was long or when the last launch never left the main menu. It now checks back through the newest journals until it finds one.
  • The first start after setup now picks up your ranks, progress, credits, ship and materials from your last session straight away, instead of waiting until you next play.
  • The first start after setup also reads every journal to build your survey history, the same as Settings > Rebuild cache. It runs once in the background after setup and uploads nothing to EDSM.
  • Journals are now read in date order across both of Frontier's file-name styles. Before, journals from 2021 and earlier (the old Journal.YYMMDD… names) could be taken for the newest one.
  • New in Settings > Appearance > Display:
    • Text size (up to 150%) makes all of the command deck's text bigger without changing its layout.
    • Smallest text raises the small labels to at least 10–14 px and leaves the headings alone. It's the quickest fix if the fine print is hard to read.
    • Overlay text size, which used to be in Overlay Studio, sets the text size of every overlay. The overlays grow to fit it. One overlay can still have its own size in Overlay Studio.
  • Command deck scale now works. It zooms the whole command deck window, as Ctrl+ does in a browser. Before, it was saved but did nothing.
  • Fixed overlays on displays with Windows scaling above 100% (common on 1440p and 4K screens):
    • Overlays were cut off, and the survey overlay didn't show all of a world's biology. Overlays are now sized for each display's scaling, so everything fits.
    • Overlay Studio couldn't move an overlay to the right or bottom edge of the screen. It now uses the screen's real size and each overlay's real size.
  • The survey overlay never grows past the bottom of its screen. When there isn't room it pages its lists instead.
  • The survey overlay no longer disappears while a body you're near hasn't been scanned yet, or has a name the journal gives differently. It shows the whole system instead, so worlds that still have biology stay on screen.
  • New overlay Frame rate setting in Overlay Studio (All overlays): Full 60, Standard 30 or Light 15. It sets how often every overlay redraws its animation. Light helps if the overlays cost you game frames. The default is Standard.
  • Creating a support bundle no longer freezes Void Compass. A "bundle created" message box used to stop the journal and every overlay until it was closed, and it could sit hidden behind the game. Now the bundle is shown in Explorer and reported in the live feed.
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