Important: This is an incremental hotfix. You must have NS-Evolution v0.3.9.2 (Full Release) installed first.

Credits: Pete / NS-Evolution Core Team | Build Date: November 28, 2024 | File Hash: 9a4f-2c8d-71e0

Here is the breakdown of the three core changes, translated from developer-speak into plain English.

To understand the weight of this update, we have to look back at the v0.3.9.2 baseline. Released in late October, that update introduced the new "Hive-Mind Scheduler" for the Kharaa faction – a system designed to reduce server-side lag during 16v16 matches. However, as Pete admitted in his Discord #dev-log post two days ago: “We fixed the ocean but flooded the boat.”

The Scheduler worked brilliantly, but it caused memory pointer corruption in the Alien Commander’s (The Hive) unit production queue. By the time Hotfix 1 and Hotfix 2 dropped, players were reporting:

Hotfix 3 is Pete’s scalpel to cure these specific infections.

  • Crashes or regressions after hotfix:
  • Save game errors:
  • Performance regressions:
  • Network/connectivity issues:

    • Posted by Pete – Immediate Release

    Hello everyone,

    Pete here with a quick but important update. Following the feedback from the previous hotfixes, NS-Evolution v0.3.9.2 Hotfix 3 is now available for download.

    This is a targeted stability pass. No new features or major overhauls—just cleaning up the remaining edge cases from the v0.3.9.2 branch.