It's this time of the year and just in time for May the 4th the team has released the third major update for the XWAU Mega Patch, once again containing a bulk freighter worth of new content, updates bugfixes and other goodies! Too much, obviously to rant it down in a meager news post, so I'll pick out the big chunks and leave you to discover the rest for yourselves :)

• Platform 3 v1.0 by Vince T: First release of the XQ3 Platform and Hangar.
• Calamari Liberty v2.0 by DTM: Improved Opt and brand new HD textures for the winged Calamari Starship.
• Assault Frigate v2.0 by Vince T, Blue Max and Driftwood: Completely new model, created by and used with permission from The_Farseer.
• XWA Interface Update v1.0 by Ace Antilles: Ace has given us permission to now include his XWA Interface Update in the XWAU Mega Patch.
• Asteroids v5.0 by Blue Max: Blue Max has remodelled all 9 Asteroids and given them great new textures too.
• Class A Container by JC: JC has come back with a new improved version of the classic Brick Container.
• Updated Victory I-class Star Destroyer by Vince T: Completely recomposed the textures to optimize mapping, improve shading and reduce file size.
• New animations and damage effects for the Assault Gunboat.
• Additional Skins for some craft
• Numerous bugfixes and improvements
• Super Backdrop v 3.2 by DTM with new low-orbit scenarios

Beyond that the patch includes the newest Version of Blue Max' Effects Mod and all the latest hooks from JérémyaFr.

Last but not least, a whole host of tweaks and improvements to vanilla game missions to fix bugs, improve the flow or make use of the new super backdrops.



That's all for now. Now get out there and have fun!