Added new and rebalanced sound effects for weapons, engines, and explosions, developed by Jeff Dodson (known for work on Star Wars trailers). Performance and Technical Improvements
Significant improvements were made to general memory handling and character animation rendering. File: Distant.Worlds.2.v1.0.8.3.zip ...
Improved how populations migrate based on colony suitability and enhanced automated colony ship construction. Added new and rebalanced sound effects for weapons,
Added tooltips and borders to warn players if their chosen galaxy size might exceed their hardware's capabilities. and exploration missions.
Galaxy-level star drawing now uses instancing to improve frame rates in large galaxies.
The development of version 1.0.8.3 was shaped by several iterations and beta stages:
Fixed numerous crashes related to docking, war declarations, and exploration missions.