Update 2.3.1 for Avorion has arrived, and here are all the changes and improvements mentioned in the patch notes. The highlight of this update is the performance improvements, the developers claim that the game will perform much better at 60FPS now owing to better RAM management after this patch. Here is the complete list of patch notes for update 2.3.1 for Avorion:

Avorion Update 2.3.1 Patch Notes

Performance

“While working on our next free content update (more on that here) we’ve made major improvements to sector loading times, as well as some adjustments to our RAM management, that we didn’t want to keep from you, so, enjoy!”

  • Improved performance of base game loop (client & server) by 0.6ms (ca. +4% better performance at 60FPS)
  • Note: This was on our office workstations, impact on other machines can differ, but there should be a notable impact, especially for older hardware
  • Improved performance of loading screens when ambient shuttles are enabled, but none are active in the sector
  • Drastically improved performance of loading screens when there are lots of asteroids and shaders are set to “Normal”
  • Note: 24s loading screen down to 6s loading screen for massive asteroid fields on our workstations at the office
  • Improved general performance of scripts
  • Strongly reduced memory usage of scripts
  • Improved server performance when leaving rift sectors
  • F10, /profile, and /status no longer stall client/server during the output filedump

Modding

  • Dev-Script lib/entitydbg.lua is no longer added to everything by default, but when pressing F4

Update 2.3.1 for Avorion is available on PC and Mac via Steam. Avorion is a Sci-fi space simulator where players can create and customize their ships to travel across the galaxy while engaging in trade, exploration, and of course, space fights. For more information on future updates and patch notes, head over to the official Avorion Steam page here.

  • Note: This was on our office workstations, impact on other machines can differ, but there should be a notable impact, especially for older hardware

  • Note: 24s loading screen down to 6s loading screen for massive asteroid fields on our workstations at the office