Bug Fixes

• Thanks to TAMK 4444, a user from Aresmar's community, and Aresmar himself testing it, I have now found the cause of the issue with power doors becoming disconnected.
  They found that using the Add Corvette button breaks the connection. This happens because Add Corvette adds a template with both its Position and Forward values set to 0.

New Features:

• Added support for the new Space Station Base, External Space Base, Player Space Base and External Space Base.

• Pasting a bare corvette JSON (for example from Blender) no longer corrupts your save or wipes your Galactic Address, Owner data and Last Update Timestamp when that data is missing or malformed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: "Collection was modified" error when reordering, deleting, or pasting while a save was still writing. Save, Delete, Paste, Optimize, and Move buttons now grey out while busy.

New Features

• Added: duplicate objects now sort right under Priority items when you run Optimize or AutoOptimize.

• Added: duplicates that are also Priority, Orange, or Red show "(Duplicate)" next to their name instead of turning purple.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: (Single File) auto-optimize and auto-delete-duplicates did not run in single mode, whether pasting or using Open File > Single File.

• Fixed: (Single File) pasting multiple objects at once in single mode replaced the entire objects list instead of inserting at the cursor position (this already worked correctly when a normal save was loaded).

• Fixed: (Single File) opening a .nmsship file directly didn't replace a saved name of "Default" with the filename (this already worked when importing the same file via Load File).

New Features

• Added: support for loading .nmsbase and .nmsprefab files.

• Added: Load File is now available in single mode, letting you replace the objects list without leaving single mode - whether you got there by opening a file or by pasting an object list.

• Added: Save As now offers Objects Only options for JSON and Text files, alongside the full versions, both in single mode and with a normal save loaded.

• Added: right-click menu on the JSON editor with Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, and Select All.

• Added: the Copy All + PPB button now appears for any objects-only content in single mode - pasted, loaded via Load File, or from the new file types - not just for .nmsship like before.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Ctrl+V and the Paste button did nothing when the clipboard content wasn't a JSON object or array (e.g. plain text like a Galactic Address). It now pastes normally at the cursor position.

• Fixed: pasting a single object into the JSON box could insert it at the wrong position (always ending up near the top) when the Corvette's root node was selected instead of the Objects node.

• Fixed: pasting an incomplete or unrecognized piece of JSON (for example a partial selection without matching brackets) wiped the entire JSON box content instead of just pasting normally at the cursor/selection.

New Features

• Added: when loading a Corvette file whose saved name is "Default", the app now uses the filename as the Corvette name instead of keeping "Default".

Bug Fixes

• In Single File Mode pasting a full ship JSON could wipe its UserData number and set it to -1 when nothing valid was selected. The correct number is now kept.

• Loading a save with a broken or missing UserData number used to crash the app. It now repairs the file automatically or shows an error message instead of closing.

New Features

• Bases, freighters, and corvettes with a broken UserData number now show up in their own "Wrong UserData" section at the top of the tree, instead of being mixed into Corvettes, Freighter, and Bases.

• What's New popup now shows your current version separately from the latest versions.

• Report Bug window's shows fixed and active breakdown.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Ctrl+V after Ctrl+A (select all) in the objects box added instead of replacing.

• Fixed: pasting after manually clearing the JSON box could bring back deleted objects.

• Fixed: missing [ or ] after editing no longer breaks pasting - auto-repaired.

• Fixed: editing fields directly in the JSON box (Position, UserData, BaseType, etc.) wasn't actually saved. Now it is, for every base type.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed pasting in other fields when the tree is open, and not only root and objects.

• SSM (Ship Slot Manager) loses your changes and can hit the wrong ship, If you drag a ship to a new slot without saving yet, and then delete a ship, it can affect the wrong slot, and your drag gets undone.

• Fixed: custom Starships (e.g. Iron Vulture) now correctly link their appearance data when added or changed.

• Fixed: the "reload file" prompt no longer leaves the Ship Slot Manager panel stuck showing old data.

Bug Fixes

• SSM: The Confirm Save Changes screen now lines up UserData and Slot numbers correctly by their actual value instead of by list position, so mismatches are no longer shown on the wrong row.

• What's New popup no longer cuts off the last few lines of long changelogs.

• Object list colors (priority, tier warnings, duplicates) no longer show on Freighters and Bases, since those colors only apply to Corvettes.

New Features

• SSM: New "Add New Starship" button in Ship Slot Manager lets you assign a unique starships.

• Load File is now available for Freighters and Bases, not just Corvettes.

Bug Fixes

• The "Corvettes" and "Expedition Corvettes" headers disappearing after deleting the last corvette while the Add Corvette button stayed visible.

• The update and What's New windows could extend past your screen instead of scrolling.

• Paste All on the Objects list added objects instead of replacing them.

• Deleting a corvette still created a backup of the linked autosave file.

• Loading a save through Single File mode could create or point to the wrong backup folder.

New Features

• Added: Link indicators between the Persistent Player Base and Ship Ownership panels in Ship Slot Manager, showing which corvettes are correctly linked to their slot.

• Added: A "Known Bugs & To-Do's" section to the Report Bug window.

Bug Fixes

• Error messages now tell you exactly what went wrong, instead of just saying something is wrong.

• Pasting multiple objects at once no longer wipes out the rest of your list. Your existing work stays safe.

• The update popup no longer hides part of the message behind its buttons.

New Feature

• The app is now available in Spanish, German, French, and Simplified Chinese, next to English. Pick your language on first launch, or change it anytime in Settings.

• The title bar now matches the app's look, and dims when the window is not active.

• You can add a subtle color fade to the background, choose its direction, or turn it off in Settings.

• Buttons now resize automatically so text always fits, in every language.

Bug Fixes

• Auto-save backups were accumulating unnecessarily and taking up disk space. These are now completely disabled.

New Feature

• When you update to this version and have a lot of old backups stored up, the app will ask you once what to do with them so nothing gets deleted without your permission.

• The app now has a menu bar at the top with easy access to Ship Slot Manager, Backups, Settings, and other options like Donate, Info, and Help.

• Settings is now a full page where you can control everything about how the app works, including what your backup folders are and how many backups to keep.

• You can now choose your own backup location instead of using the default folder. If you use multiple Steam accounts, each one gets its own folder automatically so backups don't get mixed up.

• Backups are now smarter about keeping old files. Instead of deleting by date, the app keeps only the number of backups you want and automatically removes older ones.

• Font sizes throughout the app can be customized to make everything bigger or smaller depending on what's comfortable for you.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Save As and .so/.nmsship import no longer allow Freighters, Bases, External Bases, or Temp Stored Corvettes to be exported/imported as .so or .nmsship - only Corvettes have a linked Ship Ownership slot, so only Corvettes can use those formats. Other types can still be saved as .json/.txt.

• Fixed: Save As on Expedition Corvettes did nothing (loading screen flashed but the save dialog never opened).

Bug Fixes

• Added Torpedo Launcher to the weapon priority list.

• Fixed: closing the update popup no longer snoozes the update for 14 days.

• Fixed: pasting a single object into the JSON box now correctly appends it (at the cursor position, automatically handling a stray trailing comma from copying it out of a list) instead of replacing the whole JSON, while still keeping BaseType, OriginalBaseVersion, and UserData protection intact - so pasting a Planet Base's code into a selected Corvette no longer turns it into a Planet Base.

New Feature

• Added a bug notice banner that shows a short message when needed.

New Feature

• Added Custom Starship support in SSM, Now save to move Custom Starships from slot without losing the customization.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several issues in the Ship Slot Manager (SSM).

• Fixed an issue where the object list in Single File Mode did not update after pasting new JSON.

New Features

• Added support for loading .hg files in Single File Mode for GOG users.

• Added a confirmation dialog before saving changes in the Ship Slot Manager (SSM).

• Added automatic class names for unnamed starships (Hauler, Explorer, etc.).

• Added a Browse option in Restore Backup for save files stored in a custom location.

• Added a Credits section, including three Ambassadors: Arcane Traveller, ChefZiggy and Aresmar, who have been involved since the beginning of the project, helping with promotion, bug hunting and providing valuable UI feedback.

• Bug fix: Pasting a single object into the JSON box now appends instead of replacing the existing JSON.

• New Feature: Object sizes are now displayed next to each object in the object list.

• Added a new corvette can now be done in the main ui, there will be a button if not maxed (Add Corvette) below the corvette list of the main save and expedition.

• Several people have asked if they could support the project, so I've added this tip jar with a Paypal button.

• Added Expedition Corvette support - Saves with an active expeditions now show an Expedition Corvettes section below Bases in the left sidebar. If you need more slots, use the new Expedition dropdown in Ship Slot Manager.

• Added a more noticeable auto-delete notification above the “Optimize Corvette” button.

• You can now drag and move Corvettes, just like bases.

• Fixed a bug where base types could get mixed after using SSM.

• SSM now sorts on userdata number.

• Freighters and Bases now show objects in the list, but the Optimize button is disabled.

• Added a warning when pasting Corvette JSON into a Base.

• Fixed in Ship Slot Manager, making a new corvette, it overrides a starship.

• Add the Ceto-Class Reactor to the list of shields instead of reactor.

• All thrusters, boosters, and wings are grouped in one category and sorted by their classes. Therefore, having more stats.

• Base64 codes now getting correct parching. the 1.2.8 bugged this for wonder projectors.

• Small tweaks

• Critical bug fix where for some users it deleted stored modules. If you were affected by this, feel free to contact me on Discord so I can help you recover some modules.

• Adding Stored Design category PersistentBaseTypes/UITempShipBase.

• New priority order: Rockhopper Wings → Generators → Thrusters → Wings → Weapon Turrets → Shield Units → Landing Gear → Cockpit → Landing Bays → everything else.

• Added a auto-delete identical objects checkbox. Also, duplicate objects have the color purple. You can hover over them for info.

• Updated the info window, added color info and priority order.

• Updates Last Played date and time when starting game.

• Adding Oranje and Red objects to the optimize list, Orange = Not so good, and Red = Not good

• Restoring backups in the SSM.

• User can choose what ships should be the shipownership when adding new corvettes.

• Preserve name when copying json with no name.

• When windows is scaled show the app wrong.

• Transparent UI fix

• Rockhopper wings are now at the top of the object list, increasing the chance they glow properly.

• The Paragon object added by the game is moved to the bottom. If none exists, the app will add one, as it can interfere with the Rockhopper’s position.

• Updating date/time correctly when overwriting saved files.

• Minor bug fix when selected in search/objects

• UI Tweaks: Better and more info in the Info box, Smaller Checkboxes, Added a line when dragging in Optimize/SSM window.

• When selected a corvette and pasting with ctrl+v only objects now goes to the object section preserving the other data.

• Auto Optimize Option when using Paste (CTRL+V/Paste All) or Load File.

• Steam saves now sort by User and ignore all uneven saves (Autosaves)

• You can now paste a JSON and Optimize it without opening something.

• SSM Now has checkboxes, to faster delete Corvette's.

• Bases can now be deleted.

• Save choice can be remembered.

• Save slots can now be sorted, and obj count is stored in cashe to faster swap between saves per session.

• Fixed some minor bugs.

• Loading Saves now count total objects count, corvette, basses and freighter.

• Changing PersistentBaseTypes (via the BaseType field) appears to work in the editor, but is not persisted after saving and reloading the save file.

• The JSON editor retains the previous scroll position when switching Corvettes instead of resetting to the top.

• There is an empty space at the bottom of the JSON box when fully scrolled down.

• Added option to add Minimal Corvette in SSM.

• Base rename now writes back correctly

• Added open dialog buttons Steam Saves / Xbox Saves / Single File

• Xbox Game Pass support added: load, save, delete, optimize, Ship Slot Manager

• Xbox info popup added on first load with Ok and Don't Show Again buttons

• ResolveBestName applied in Xbox mode on load "Default" name falls back to the non-default source

• UserData overwrite on Load File removed color codes on individual objects are preserved

• Double-click on a Objects in the Corvette Optimizer list will now jump to the object in the Json Box

• Search highlights remain stable during scroll via ContainerPrepared event

• Move buttons (⇈ ↑ ↓ ⇊) now sync so Save works after reorder

• Save As with same filename now triggers Windows overwrite confirmation

• Pasting or loading base JSON into a corvette slot silently preserves OriginalBaseVersion and PersistentBaseTypes from the selected corvette

• Bug? button added next to Info with Discord link and Google Form link

• JSON editor replaced with AvaloniaEdit TextEditor, virtual rendering, no more lag on large files

• Selection color set to Windows blue #0078D7

• Bases with no name now shown Unknow name.

• Loading .json/.txt files that have one string no longer crash app.

• When a Corvette is selected and you load only Objects.json/.txt, no warning is shown, but it overwrites only the objects.

• Save As to .json/.txt now saves only the selected objects instead of always saving the full ship JSON.

• Can now sort Bases in order.

• Separated bases from other in own group.

• Added name of selected corvette to top bar.

• Message mapper added for wonder projectors.

• Update check not instant to make app faster.

• Json box loading a bit faster.

• Load file onto gamesave, does not copy name.

• Objects number not updating after pasting.

• Move buttons only work after saving.

• Added a Ship Slot Manager to fix bugged slots

• Ctrl+V Pasting objects in the objects tree now update on the optimize list.

• Fixed save not loading in other editors after using optimizing.

• Besides the 5 rotating backups every time you hit save, now also does a 1 time daily backup.

• Added a Delete option (for Corvettes only).

• Adding more detailed information to the info box.

• Pasting objects in the objects tree now update on the optimize list.

• Adding Light and Dark mode option.

• You can now export/import .so files, these contain the Class, Tech modules and inventory of that ship.

• Did a total UI change from WinForm to Avalonia (much more modern)

• When reload it selects the old selected ship.

• Opening a not correct .hg save files will prompt a warning.

• Fixed the Default name bug.

• Added additional loading screens during loading.

• Emoji/unicode escaping was sometimes causing an loading error in goatfungus

• Updating ships name when only name is selected in tree

• Userdata number updates in both full json and tree

• UI Color over hall

• Search bar for objects in optimizer window

• Search Highlights other results

• Delete option with warning when right-click on objects in optimizer window

• Better selection and multi selection while holding shift in optimizer window

• Exit program warning only when something changed

• Upload Corvette Optimizer to Nexusmods.com

• Fix a Dutch language in a error box

• More tweaks to the ship/base list

• Adding names to all objects

• Move info button to the right, and style chance

• Align Button when resizing window

• Making window a minimum size

• Resizing window is not being remembered

• Making Copy and Paste, Copy All, Paste All, Adjusted Copy To Blender Button

• Adding header to the baselist with clarifications

• Deleting the 0 UD# for freighter and bases

• Disabling the Optimize Corvette button when not having a Corvette selected

• Fixed json not showing after base/freighter select from objects

• Update json after clicking back from objects to base name

• Using CTRL+V in Jsonbox removes the whole json

• Code clean up, and chanced popup notes to name bar status

• Ship Tree no longer folds open when loading a ship from file

• Added name of game save loaded

• Tech does not properly saves to Shipownership data

• Added drag options between windows

• Adding ccd.json file to the the .nmsship files

• Optimize window: mouse click position is slightly offset and does not register exactly where it should

• JSON header does not indicate when viewing object list; it should append a clear “Object List” label after the ship name when objects are selected

• Making it save to both Autosave and Restore point when HG save file a loaded

• .HG files are now saved up to 5 times in the CorvetteOptimizer_Backup folder

• Distribute the EXE inside a ZIP package to reduce security blocking issues

• Add exit warning when unsaved changes are detected, prompting the user to save before closing

• Freighter and Bases not showing Optimizer list

• Fixed windows 10 string load problem, and offset names

• Changing the ship name directly inside the JSON box does not save to the game save

• In some cases, the full ship name is not displayed correctly

• Add a drag indicator/icon to the Optimizer box

• Add a loading screen for Save and Save As

• Remove the “s” from “Freighters” (only one Freighter can exist per save)

• Adding an SaveAs function

• Fixed where freighter was added to starship list