Greetings Commander,

The latest patch has been released: Alpha v0.0.11

This patch lets you assign crew abilities and consumables to the crew management hotkeys. By default these hotkeys are mapped to the number row (1, 2, 3...0 ).

How to Use Hotkeys

For example, if you are playing as the Exile, you can map the "1" key to the Exile by hovering his portrait and pressing "1". You can then map the "2" key to his Ancient Translocator ability by hovering over the ability and pressing  "2".  Now  you can quickly select the Exile at any time by pressing "1" and quickly queue up his Ancient Translocator ability by pressing "2".

New Menu Track

In addition to the hotkey update, this patch includes an updated main menu track, as well as a host of gameplay and UI fixes.

As always, please feel free to make suggestions, report bugs, or submit any other feedback in our Discord here:  https://discord.gg/4rV32dzxKr 

Version Number: Alpha 0.0.11

Content

• New main menu music

Gameplay

• Abilities can now be assigned to crew management hotkeys 
• Provisional fix for hull reaper sometimes causing crash when destroying enemy ship
  
• Provisional fix for crash on hitting "Restart" button after commander is killed
• Prevent boss phases from sometimes triggering twice
• Prevent Chaos Engine from being used against enemy ships labeled 'friendly'
• Fixed machine priests surrendering after crew kill in Technocult encounter
• Increased Blood Knight price
• Fixed Elder Blood Mage not spawning in shop with Blood Spear
• Fixed issue with technocult surrender encounters

UI

• Cleaned up some visual issues with current node indicator in the local map
  
• Fixed issues with commander portrait display in encounter plates
• Fixed Resonance counter not showing up when selecting commander in the ship menu
• Fixed keybind setter bugs
• Fixed shortcut labels on weapon buttons not updating when changed
• Prevent clicking buttons when dropdowns are open

How to Install the Patch (Manual Installation)

If you have already bought the game, you can install the latest patch by following these instructions:

• At the top right corner of the Itch page, next to your username, click the "down" arrow to open the dropdown menu, then click "My Library".
• Find Void War in your library and click the "Download" button.
• That's it! You now have the latest version of the game. Your save data will carry through automatically.* You can delete the old version of the game whenever you want**.

*For those curious, your save data is not stored with the main game files and is actually located here: C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\Void_War

**NOTE: Installing a new patch WILL break your last autosave, so make sure to finish your last run before installing.

How to Install the Patch via Itch.io App (Experimental) 

If you want to stay up to date with the latest version without having to manually install new patches every time we release them, you can do so by installing the Itch.io app launcher.  Once installed, download Void War and you should be good to go. 

Note that your previously existing profile data will still be stored at the usual location: C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\Void_War

Any existing profile data from the manually installed patches should carry over to the Itch.io app version without issue. 

One last important detail: automatic patches will still break previously existing runs, and as far as we can tell, there is no way to disable automatic updates in the Itch.io app. If an auto-update has broken your previous run and you'd like to continue playing it, in the Itch app, go to Library > right-click Void War >  Manage > Manage button > Switch to another version... > then select the last version of the game.  This version should be compatible with your last autosave if it was recently broken by an auto update.