Big Update Published - HD Resolutions, Modern Systems compatibility, Multiplayer, etc...

After we acquired the Nexus franchise our goal was to make the game experience better but unfortunately our hands were tied for a long time. Now we were finally able to do actual work on Nexus and this resulted in a lot that we actually did.



ADDITIONS

• Added option to use the current desktop resolution. It’s the default.

• Enabled using modern monitor resolutions including Full HD.

• Added correct displaying of GUI elements, briefings and subtitles with

modern monitor aspect ratios: 16:9, 16:10, 21:9

• Added separate field-of-view setups for different monitor aspect ratios.

• Added VSync option. It’s on by default.

• All available text languages are selectable from the launcher.

• All available audio languages are selectable from the launcher.

• Added multiplayer NAT resolver to help connecting to Internet servers.

• Added accepting Steam invites for multiplayer game.



FIXES

• Removed obsolete DirectX 8 executable versions.

• Fixed disappearing of the loading animation in fullscreen mode under

modern OSs. Also dimming is applied to the GUI during loading.

• Fixed mouse cursor latency.

• Fixed lagging of NPC mission dialogs with the unpacked data files.

• Fixed the issue shortcuts stop working after switching tasks with Alt+Tab.



MODDING ADDITIONS

• Editor window size is configurable from mod_tools launcher.

• Configured window size is independent from the fullscreen game resolution.

• Nexus can be started in windowed mode from mod_tools launcher.

• Nexus can be started in windowed mode with the /win command line option.

• Mission Editor enables returning to main menu and load another mission.

• Mission and Solar System Editor enables editing main campaign’s missions.

• Published former developer tool Briefing Editor to ease altering main

campaign’s mission briefing scenes.

• Published former developer localization tool NexLoc to ease adding new

translations.

• Options saved to the user’s AppData folder instead of the registry.



MODDING FIXES

• Fixed Converter crash under under modern OSs.

• Editor windows startup arrangement changed, Quit buttons added.

• Editors warn about unsaved changes.

• Solar System Editor uses the usual solar system navigation GUI.





We hope you all enjoy Nexus now even more!