v0.0.19

What's Changed

• Collect gen0 once a minute while the game server is idle by @onionhammer in #119

Full Changelog: v0.0.18...v0.0.19

Install

Installed copies update themselves — you only ever download an installer once.

• Windows — StellarAllegiance-win-Setup.exe. Installs per-user (no admin prompt) and adds Start menu + desktop shortcuts. Unsigned: SmartScreen will ask once (More info → Run anyway).
• macOS — StellarAllegiance-osx-Portable.zip. Unzip, drag Stellar Allegiance into Applications, then run it from there. Ad-hoc signed (not notarized): clear quarantine once with xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Stellar Allegiance.app". (A .pkg is attached too — choose Install for me only: an all-users install is owned by root, and every update would then ask for an admin password.)
• Linux — StellarAllegiance.AppImage. chmod +x it, keep it somewhere writable (it replaces itself when it updates), and run it.

Coming from a pre-launcher zip build (v0.0.12 or older)? Install once with the link above; your settings and sign-in are kept.

Self-hosting a game server

Run the published image (pairs with docker-compose.server.yml in the repo):

docker pull ghcr.io/wivuu/stellarallegiance-sim:0.0.19

Set SIM_PUBLIC_NAME to be listed in the public server browser. See docker-compose.server.yml for the full env/NAT configuration.

This image self-updates. Once no player is connected it downloads and applies the next release in place and relaunches itself — no redeploy needed. Set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn to only log that an update is available instead, or off to disable the check entirely (see docker-compose.server.yml / .env.example).

A server still running a PRE-auto-update image won't pick this feature up on its own — pull and recreate it once: docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml pull && docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml up -d. From there it updates itself going forward.

Not using Docker? Bare Linux AppImages are attached below too — StellarAllegianceServer-server-linux-x64.AppImage / -arm64. chmod +x and run (needs the fusermount helper: apt install fuse3). Outside a container the default is SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn; set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=on and it updates itself the same way (systemd unit in docs/DEPLOY.md).

v0.0.18

What's Changed

• Stop the server's safety-net feed poll while the lobby link is up by @onionhammer in #116
• Tune GC for lobby memory and game server balance; fix simbot spawning and /admin after restarts by @onionhammer in #117
• Let the game server sleep while nobody is connected by @onionhammer in #118

Full Changelog: v0.0.17...v0.0.18

Install

Installed copies update themselves — you only ever download an installer once.

• Windows — StellarAllegiance-win-Setup.exe. Installs per-user (no admin prompt) and adds Start menu + desktop shortcuts. Unsigned: SmartScreen will ask once (More info → Run anyway).
• macOS — StellarAllegiance-osx-Portable.zip. Unzip, drag Stellar Allegiance into Applications, then run it from there. Ad-hoc signed (not notarized): clear quarantine once with xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Stellar Allegiance.app". (A .pkg is attached too — choose Install for me only: an all-users install is owned by root, and every update would then ask for an admin password.)
• Linux — StellarAllegiance.AppImage. chmod +x it, keep it somewhere writable (it replaces itself when it updates), and run it.

Coming from a pre-launcher zip build (v0.0.12 or older)? Install once with the link above; your settings and sign-in are kept.

Self-hosting a game server

Run the published image (pairs with docker-compose.server.yml in the repo):

docker pull ghcr.io/wivuu/stellarallegiance-sim:0.0.18

Set SIM_PUBLIC_NAME to be listed in the public server browser. See docker-compose.server.yml for the full env/NAT configuration.

This image self-updates. Once no player is connected it downloads and applies the next release in place and relaunches itself — no redeploy needed. Set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn to only log that an update is available instead, or off to disable the check entirely (see docker-compose.server.yml / .env.example).

A server still running a PRE-auto-update image won't pick this feature up on its own — pull and recreate it once: docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml pull && docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml up -d. From there it updates itself going forward.

Not using Docker? Bare Linux AppImages are attached below too — StellarAllegianceServer-server-linux-x64.AppImage / -arm64. chmod +x and run (needs the fusermount helper: apt install fuse3). Outside a container the default is SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn; set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=on and it updates itself the same way (systemd unit in docs/DEPLOY.md).

v0.0.17

What's Changed

• Wipe the last match's result when an emptied server recycles (#110) by @onionhammer in #113
• Add Aspire controls plugin with core functionality and types by @onionhammer in #114
• Upgrade outdated dependencies + lobby/game-server reconnect resilience by @onionhammer in #115

Full Changelog: v0.0.16...v0.0.17

Install

Installed copies update themselves — you only ever download an installer once.

• Windows — StellarAllegiance-win-Setup.exe. Installs per-user (no admin prompt) and adds Start menu + desktop shortcuts. Unsigned: SmartScreen will ask once (More info → Run anyway).
• macOS — StellarAllegiance-osx-Portable.zip. Unzip, drag Stellar Allegiance into Applications, then run it from there. Ad-hoc signed (not notarized): clear quarantine once with xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Stellar Allegiance.app". (A .pkg is attached too — choose Install for me only: an all-users install is owned by root, and every update would then ask for an admin password.)
• Linux — StellarAllegiance.AppImage. chmod +x it, keep it somewhere writable (it replaces itself when it updates), and run it.

Coming from a pre-launcher zip build (v0.0.12 or older)? Install once with the link above; your settings and sign-in are kept.

Self-hosting a game server

Run the published image (pairs with docker-compose.server.yml in the repo):

docker pull ghcr.io/wivuu/stellarallegiance-sim:0.0.17

Set SIM_PUBLIC_NAME to be listed in the public server browser. See docker-compose.server.yml for the full env/NAT configuration.

This image self-updates. Once no player is connected it downloads and applies the next release in place and relaunches itself — no redeploy needed. Set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn to only log that an update is available instead, or off to disable the check entirely (see docker-compose.server.yml / .env.example).

A server still running a PRE-auto-update image won't pick this feature up on its own — pull and recreate it once: docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml pull && docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml up -d. From there it updates itself going forward.

Not using Docker? Bare Linux AppImages are attached below too — StellarAllegianceServer-server-linux-x64.AppImage / -arm64. chmod +x and run (needs the fusermount helper: apt install fuse3). Outside a container the default is SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn; set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=on and it updates itself the same way (systemd unit in docs/DEPLOY.md).

v0.0.16

What's Changed

• Add Target Pane for Tab-focused HUD display (#97) by @onionhammer in #99
• Windows: embed the app icon in the launcher and game exes by @onionhammer in #103
• Settings: VIDEO tab — window mode, vsync, max FPS, render scale, UI scale (#96) by @onionhammer in #104
• Audio: sound the silent gameplay events — dock, warp, shields, alarms (#105) by @onionhammer in #106
• Equipment, energy & ammo: shield/afterburner/cloak parts, energy and ammo pools, Scout cloak (protocol 44) by @onionhammer in #107
• Client: persist one lobby session per lobby (fixes re-auth on lobby switch) by @onionhammer in #111
• Match end: out of play at once — Esc lands in the lobby, world swept silently (protocol 45) by @onionhammer in #112

Full Changelog: v0.0.15...v0.0.16

Install

Installed copies update themselves — you only ever download an installer once.

• Windows — StellarAllegiance-win-Setup.exe. Installs per-user (no admin prompt) and adds Start menu + desktop shortcuts. Unsigned: SmartScreen will ask once (More info → Run anyway).
• macOS — StellarAllegiance-osx-Portable.zip. Unzip, drag Stellar Allegiance into Applications, then run it from there. Ad-hoc signed (not notarized): clear quarantine once with xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Stellar Allegiance.app". (A .pkg is attached too — choose Install for me only: an all-users install is owned by root, and every update would then ask for an admin password.)
• Linux — StellarAllegiance.AppImage. chmod +x it, keep it somewhere writable (it replaces itself when it updates), and run it.

Coming from a pre-launcher zip build (v0.0.12 or older)? Install once with the link above; your settings and sign-in are kept.

Self-hosting a game server

Run the published image (pairs with docker-compose.server.yml in the repo):

docker pull ghcr.io/wivuu/stellarallegiance-sim:0.0.16

Set SIM_PUBLIC_NAME to be listed in the public server browser. See docker-compose.server.yml for the full env/NAT configuration.

This image self-updates. Once no player is connected it downloads and applies the next release in place and relaunches itself — no redeploy needed. Set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn to only log that an update is available instead, or off to disable the check entirely (see docker-compose.server.yml / .env.example).

A server still running a PRE-auto-update image won't pick this feature up on its own — pull and recreate it once: docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml pull && docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml up -d. From there it updates itself going forward.

Not using Docker? Bare Linux AppImages are attached below too — StellarAllegianceServer-server-linux-x64.AppImage / -arm64. chmod +x and run (needs the fusermount helper: apt install fuse3). Outside a container the default is SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn; set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=on and it updates itself the same way (systemd unit in docs/DEPLOY.md).

v0.0.15

Two bugs that were in every installed build are fixed here. Both were reported as something else — "server lag" and "the launcher crashes".

Stations and ships are solid again

Installed builds shipped with no collision data. Every station was treated, client-side, as a featureless 90-unit sphere with no docking doors — so your ship spawned inside it and the server corrected you every tick. That is what the rubber-banding and jitter near a station was; the servers were healthy the whole time.

The collision geometry now ships as a small sidecar beside each model (268 KiB for all 31), and packaging refuses to build a release that cannot load it. A model that still fails is now loud — an error in the log, an alert under the server browser, and an alert on the flight HUD if the server actually fielded it — instead of silently becoming a sphere.

Quitting to desktop no longer crashes

Quitting a game joined through the lobby crashed on the way out roughly two times in three. The launcher then greeted you with THE GAME CLOSED UNEXPECTEDLY, and macOS raised a crash dialog a few seconds later.

The quit was being read as a lost connection, so the client started reconnecting to the server it was in the middle of leaving. Hanging up is now terminal: no reconnect, no crash, a clean goodbye to the server. Losing the connection for real still reconnects and reclaims your ship, as before.

Also fixed on the way out: leaked cursor textures that logged errors at every exit, and a client that could sit on "Connected" after a peer had gone silent.

Launcher

It no longer aborts when the Mac's display is asleep — it logs the failure and exits instead of leaving a crash report waiting for whoever wakes the screen.

Install

Installed copies update themselves — you only ever download an installer once.

• Windows — StellarAllegiance-win-Setup.exe. Installs per-user (no admin prompt) and adds Start menu + desktop shortcuts. Unsigned: SmartScreen will ask once (More info → Run anyway).
• macOS — StellarAllegiance-osx-Portable.zip. Unzip, drag Stellar Allegiance into Applications, then run it from there. Ad-hoc signed (not notarized): clear quarantine once with xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Stellar Allegiance.app". (A .pkg is attached too — choose Install for me only: an all-users install is owned by root, and every update would then ask for an admin password.)
• Linux — StellarAllegiance.AppImage. chmod +x it, keep it somewhere writable (it replaces itself when it updates), and run it.

Coming from a pre-launcher zip build (v0.0.12 or older)? Install once with the link above; your settings and sign-in are kept.

Self-hosting a game server

Run the published image (pairs with docker-compose.server.yml in the repo):

docker pull ghcr.io/wivuu/stellarallegiance-sim:0.0.15

Set SIM_PUBLIC_NAME to be listed in the public server browser. See docker-compose.server.yml for the full env/NAT configuration.

This image self-updates. Once no player is connected it downloads and applies the next release in place and relaunches itself — no redeploy needed. Set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn to only log that an update is available instead, or off to disable the check entirely (see docker-compose.server.yml / .env.example).

A server still running a PRE-auto-update image won't pick this feature up on its own — pull and recreate it once: docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml pull && docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml up -d. From there it updates itself going forward.

Not using Docker? Bare Linux AppImages are attached below too — StellarAllegianceServer-server-linux-x64.AppImage / -arm64. chmod +x and run (needs the fusermount helper: apt install fuse3). Outside a container the default is SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn; set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=on and it updates itself the same way (systemd unit in docs/DEPLOY.md).

v0.0.14

What's Changed

• NativeAOT game server compilation by @onionhammer in #86
• Repaint sector environment on row arrival by @onionhammer in #87
• Upgrade dependencies and enforce .NET SDK version by @onionhammer in #88
• Game-server auto-update via Velopack, triggered by the public lobby by @onionhammer in #89
• Release rehearsal follow-ups: e2e release gate, hand-run relaunch fix, Node 24 actions by @onionhammer in #90
• Plan index: the server auto-update rehearsal is done by @onionhammer in #91

Full Changelog: v0.0.13...v0.0.14

Install

Installed copies update themselves — you only ever download an installer once.

• Windows — StellarAllegiance-win-Setup.exe. Installs per-user (no admin prompt) and adds Start menu + desktop shortcuts. Unsigned: SmartScreen will ask once (More info → Run anyway).
• macOS — StellarAllegiance-osx-Portable.zip. Unzip, drag Stellar Allegiance into Applications, then run it from there. Ad-hoc signed (not notarized): clear quarantine once with xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Stellar Allegiance.app". (A .pkg is attached too — choose Install for me only: an all-users install is owned by root, and every update would then ask for an admin password.)
• Linux — StellarAllegiance.AppImage. chmod +x it, keep it somewhere writable (it replaces itself when it updates), and run it.

Coming from a pre-launcher zip build (v0.0.12 or older)? Install once with the link above; your settings and sign-in are kept.

Self-hosting a game server

Run the published image (pairs with docker-compose.server.yml in the repo):

docker pull ghcr.io/wivuu/stellarallegiance-sim:0.0.14

Set SIM_PUBLIC_NAME to be listed in the public server browser. See docker-compose.server.yml for the full env/NAT configuration.

This image self-updates. Once no player is connected it downloads and applies the next release in place and relaunches itself — no redeploy needed. Set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn to only log that an update is available instead, or off to disable the check entirely (see docker-compose.server.yml / .env.example).

A server still running a PRE-auto-update image won't pick this feature up on its own — pull and recreate it once: docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml pull && docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml up -d. From there it updates itself going forward.

Not using Docker? Bare Linux AppImages are attached below too — StellarAllegianceServer-server-linux-x64.AppImage / -arm64. chmod +x and run (needs the fusermount helper: apt install fuse3). Outside a container the default is SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=warn; set SIM_AUTO_UPDATE=on and it updates itself the same way (systemd unit in docs/DEPLOY.md).

v0.0.13

What's Changed

• Public lobby: stop a redeploy from revoking game-server credentials by @onionhammer in #74
• Post-protocol-38 cleanup pass: format, green suites, shared helpers, YAML autopilot knobs, token migration, god-file splits by @onionhammer in #75
• Netcode 1/6: source-generated wire codecs (shared frame definitions + equivalence tests) by @onionhammer in #76
• Netcode 2/6: server speaks the shared frames; legacy writer/reader deleted by @onionhammer in #77
• Netcode 3/6: Godot client reads and writes the shared frames by @onionhammer in #78
• Netcode 4/6: one declaration per low-rate stream (hub) + shared set reconciler (client) by @onionhammer in #79
• Netcode 5/6: team count on the wire (protocol 41) by @onionhammer in #80
• Netcode 6/6: sim→hub StepEvents seam + shared test kit by @onionhammer in #81
• Implement ship salvage functionality and enhance netcode by @onionhammer in #82
• Add offline interpolation test harness and update README by @onionhammer in #83
• Implement crew-served turret mechanics and client-authoritative aiming by @onionhammer in #84
• Add game launcher and installer by @onionhammer in #85

Full Changelog: v0.0.12...v0.0.13

Install

Installed copies update themselves — you only ever download an installer once.

• Windows — StellarAllegiance-win-Setup.exe. Installs per-user (no admin prompt) and adds Start menu + desktop shortcuts. Unsigned: SmartScreen will ask once (More info → Run anyway).
• macOS — StellarAllegiance-osx-Portable.zip. Unzip, drag Stellar Allegiance into Applications, then run it from there. Ad-hoc signed (not notarized): clear quarantine once with xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Stellar Allegiance.app". (A .pkg is attached too — choose Install for me only: an all-users install is owned by root, and every update would then ask for an admin password.)
• Linux — StellarAllegiance.AppImage. chmod +x it, keep it somewhere writable (it replaces itself when it updates), and run it.

Coming from a pre-launcher zip build (v0.0.12 or older)? Install once with the link above; your settings and sign-in are kept.

Self-hosting a game server

Run the published image (pairs with docker-compose.server.yml in the repo):

docker pull ghcr.io/wivuu/stellarallegiance-sim:0.0.13

Set SIM_PUBLIC_NAME to be listed in the public server browser. See docker-compose.server.yml for the full env/NAT configuration.

v0.0.12

What's Changed

• Implement score screen and update anti-base launcher magazine sizes by @onionhammer in #72
• Public lobby: accounts, Verified servers and the ladder (protocol 38) by @onionhammer in #73

Full Changelog: v0.0.11...v0.0.12

Client downloads

Pick your platform below. Unzip and run.

• macOS — ad-hoc signed (not notarized). After unzipping, clear quarantine once:
  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine stellarallegiance.app, then launch.
• Windows / Linux — keep the whole unzipped folder together (the executable needs
  its sibling .pck and data_* directory).

On first launch you can browse the public lobby or enter a server address directly.

Self-hosting a game server

Run the published image (pairs with docker-compose.server.yml in the repo):

docker pull ghcr.io/wivuu/stellarallegiance-sim:0.0.12

Set SIM_PUBLIC_NAME to be listed in the public server browser. See
docker-compose.server.yml for the full env/NAT configuration.

v0.0.11

What's Changed

• Refactor and document code review findings by @onionhammer in #61
• Gray out unaffordable build/research items by @onionhammer in #64
• F3 map: text type labels for constructors, miners, and ships by @onionhammer in #63
• Suppress nav/target distance readout across sectors by @onionhammer in #62
• Refactor scripts to PowerShell and remove obsolete plans by @onionhammer in #65
• Implement per-base research trees and update documentation by @onionhammer in #66
• Improve performance logging and resource management by @onionhammer in #67
• Refactor docking mechanics and enhance HUD performance by @onionhammer in #69
• Enhance capital ship handling and visual fidelity by @onionhammer in #70
• Implement timed reload for cargo-fed launchers and dispensers by @onionhammer in #71

Full Changelog: v0.0.10...v0.0.11

Client downloads

Pick your platform below. Unzip and run.

• macOS — ad-hoc signed (not notarized). After unzipping, clear quarantine once:
  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine stellarallegiance.app, then launch.
• Windows / Linux — keep the whole unzipped folder together (the executable needs
  its sibling .pck and data_* directory).

On first launch you can browse the public lobby or enter a server address directly.

Self-hosting a game server

Run the published image (pairs with docker-compose.server.yml in the repo):

docker pull ghcr.io/wivuu/stellarallegiance-sim:0.0.11

Set SIM_PUBLIC_NAME to be listed in the public server browser. See
docker-compose.server.yml for the full env/NAT configuration.

v0.0.10

What's Changed

• Implement commander and prospecting order functionalities by @onionhammer in #59
• Implement tech tree enhancements and base building mechanics by @onionhammer in #60

Full Changelog: v0.0.9...v0.0.10

Client downloads

Pick your platform below. Unzip and run.

• macOS — ad-hoc signed (not notarized). After unzipping, clear quarantine once:
  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine stellarallegiance.app, then launch.
• Windows / Linux — keep the whole unzipped folder together (the executable needs
  its sibling .pck and data_* directory).

On first launch you can browse the public lobby or enter a server address directly.

Self-hosting a game server

Run the published image (pairs with docker-compose.server.yml in the repo):

docker pull ghcr.io/wivuu/stellarallegiance-sim:0.0.10

Set SIM_PUBLIC_NAME to be listed in the public server browser. See
docker-compose.server.yml for the full env/NAT configuration.