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Naev 0.13.4 Released!

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:11:47 GMT

With a nice accumulation of bug fixes since the last release, it’s about time to release Naev 0.13.4. Most of the fix relate to small mission bugs, however, some of the larger changes include fixing...

Naev 0.13.3 Released!

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 08:17:34 GMT

A lot of minor and major issues have been fixed since the 0.13.2. In particular, the save updater not adding additional cores as necessary, a rare crash when switching ships, and how the plugin manage...

Naev 0.13.2 Released!

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 06:01:10 GMT

With the fix of some more fairly important issues, we’re releasing 0.13.2. Continuing with last patch’s audio fixes, we have some more, including some mission blockers if you have EFX disabled, an...

Naev 0.13.1 Released!

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 12:58:54 GMT

As to be expected, some minor issues have already been found and addressed in the few days after the 0.13.0 release. We’ve gotten enough to deem it worth doing a point release, and thus 0.13.1 is bo...

Naev 0.13.0 released!

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 08:01:37 GMT

It’s time for the Naev yearly release. This is a big one that paves the way for plugins as first-class citizens of the Naev ecosystem. The development manual has also been changed to be web-based in...

Naev 0.13.0-beta.5

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:53:13 GMT

A bit over-ambitious beta, and hopefully the last, the main highlight is a rework in Rust of the audio system and reencoding of all files as higher quality Opus files. Additionally, the opportunity wa...

Naev 0.13.0-beta.3

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:39:26 GMT

A long-standing issue has been fixed regarding bounty hunters attacking the player for fighting pirates. Other than that, we’ve been able to replace more placeholder graphics and solve an issue with...

Naev 0.13.0-beta.2

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:59:52 GMT

The beta has already given its fruits finding some major issues including game not starting on certain platforms, and the game not saving when exiting via the small menu while landed. We’ve also tak...

Naev 0.13.0-beta.1

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:41:59 GMT

This cycle, the beta arrives with some massive underlying technology changes and a lot of new gameplay and content. This release marks the first step into Naev’s next era with Rust-powered internals...

Naev 0.12.6 Released!

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:41:10 GMT

This is a minor hotfix that mainly addresses an issue with 0.12.5 that broke point defense weapons for the player. If all goes well, this should be the last 0.12.x release. Changes since 0.12.5 Dvaere...

Naev 0.12.5 Released!

Sat, 24 May 2025 13:27:38 GMT

This is the fifth and most likely last maintenance patch of the 0.12.0 release. It includes fixes to a major bug causing spawning ships to be much less diverse than they should have been. With the new...

Naev 0.12.4 Released!

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 05:49:57 GMT

This is the fourth maintenance patch of the 0.12.0 release. It contains fixes for several crashes, including a fairly high impact one when shooting asteroids with explosive weapons. It also ensures th...

Naev 0.12.3 Released!

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 03:08:29 GMT

This is the third maintenance patch of the 0.12.0 release, that fixes a bunch of minor issues. Some of the larger fixes include not being able to stealth with active point defense, and distress signal...

Naev 0.12.2

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:43:54 GMT

This is a maintenance patch that fixes a lot of small issues here and there. It includes improvements on deployed escorts, fixing looting FLF ships causing nearby planets and other ships to become hos...

Naev 0.12.1 Released!

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:34:28 GMT

With big releases, come big bugs. A bug that would potentially mark the entire player’s map as known has crept into the release. It has been fixed along with other minor fixes, in particular, a bug...

Naev 0.12.0 Released!

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:50:56 GMT

After a whole month of beta testing and furious bug fixing, following the tradition, we are once again doing our yearly release. This release includes many engine improvements, such as 3D ships, an in...

Naev 0.12.0-beta.3

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:33:05 GMT

With the bug frenzy calming down, we are proud to announce version 0.12.0-beta.3. This release contains a myriad of bug fixes and should be quite close to the final 0.12.0 version that is planned befo...

Naev 0.12.0-beta.2

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:54:53 GMT

A lot of major and minor issues, in addition to some minor new features, have been resolved calling for a 0.12.0-beta.2. In particular, support for lowering the saturation of the nebula, and having es...

Sporadic Naev Newsletter Vol. 4

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 04:56:38 GMT

This year we’re having another edition of our Sporadic Naev Newsletter. We’ll be covering some of the improvements that will appear in the 0.12.0 release, and more importantly, discuss a feature a...

Naev 0.11.5 Released!

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 04:51:11 GMT

This is a minor release, that mainly provides build support for BSD systems. However, an important issue where the combat hologram projector could make escorts hostile and some missing jumps in the FL...

Naev 0.11.4 Released!

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 05:10:13 GMT

This new version contains a diversity of fixes, including a crash when selling deployed ships, and some issues that still appeared on some platforms when using autonav. We are also glad to announce th...

Naev 0.11.3 is released!

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:37:40 GMT

This new version hopefully fixes the bug that causes autonav to crash the game in specific conditions, fixes autonav breaking when loading old saves, and increases the yields of mining five-fold. Othe...

Native Apple Silicon builds of Naev now available!

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:36:51 GMT

Naev is now available as a Native Apple Silicon app! Starting with 0.11.2, any versions of Naev released in the future will include native support for Apple Silicon. Nightly releases are included. Thi...

Naev 0.11.2 is released!

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 04:40:05 GMT

The Naev DevTeam is ashamed to announce the release of Naev version 0.11.2. Inside the improvements of 0.11.1, a critical bug that seems to affect release-version windows only sneaked in. This bug cau...

Naev 0.11.1 is released!

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:41:45 GMT

The Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of Naev version 0.11.1. This update fixes some issues on certain platforms with video memory corruption and crashes, and a myriad of smaller issues he...

Naev 0.11.0 Released!

Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:24:49 GMT

Following the winter tradition, the Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of version 0.11.0. This is again quite a large release that has rewritten and reworked large parts of the engine and l...

Naev 0.11.0-beta.3 is released!

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 13:29:48 GMT

During playtesting 0.11.0-beta.2, we’ve found even more issues that have been fixed, including some hard crashes and some inconsistencies with weapon set behaviours. Additionally, lots more quality...

Naev 0.11.0-beta.2 is released!

Sat, 09 Dec 2023 05:51:12 GMT

During playtesting 0.11.0-beta.1, we’ve found a bunch of bugs and issues that we’ve addressed. In particular, some of the more important ones include having the slim GUI show what outfits are bein...

Naev 0.11.0-beta.1

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 07:58:13 GMT

It’s nearing the end of the year and that means time for a new Naev release! This release is once again one that revamps a lot of existing features and legacy code, while adding lots of new content...

Sporadic Naev Newsletter Vol. 3

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 08:11:20 GMT

Rather than waiting 10 years again from the previous edition of our sporadic naev newsletter , we’ve only let 2 years pass this time. In this edition, we’ll talk about some improvements in...

New Autonav

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 13:34:32 GMT

This post is about development on Naev 0.11.0. Pirates have always been an issue for the law-abiding player. They are everywhere and relentless. However, with the addition of patrol lanes in 0.9.0 , t...

Ships Go Boom

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 02:11:26 GMT

This post is about development on Naev 0.11.0. At the 2nd anniversary of posting about implementing raymarched fancy explosions , it’s time to talk about trying to use the system to its full potenti...

Naev v0.10.6 Released!

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 12:26:33 GMT

The Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of Naev version 0.10.6. This releases fixes some minor memory leaks and some data inconsistencies. It is recommended to update to as soon as possible...

Naev v0.10.5 Released!

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 08:25:50 GMT

The Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of Naev version 0.10.5. This release fixes an important crash among other minor fixes. It is highly recommended to update to as soon as possible. Alth...

Universe Revisited

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 06:25:34 GMT

This post is about development on Naev 0.11.0. Since 0.10.0 was released, those of you on nightly builds have probably noticed that not much has been going on. Truth is, development has been going on...

Naev 0.10.4 Released!

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 06:26:07 GMT

The Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of Naev version 0.10.4. This release fixes an important crash among other minor fixes. It is highly recommended to update to as soon as possible. Alth...

Naev 0.10.3 Released!

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 04:40:48 GMT

The Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of Naev version 0.10.3. This release fixes several important crashes among other minor fixes. It is highly recommended to update to as soon as possibl...

Naev 0.10.2 Released!

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 05:31:39 GMT

Happy New Year! The Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of Naev version 0.10.2. This release fixes several important crashes among other minor fixes. It is highly recommended to update to as...

Naev 0.10.1 Released!

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:22:15 GMT

The Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of Naev version 0.10.1. This release addresses minor issues and bugs from the 0.10.0 release and does not add any new content. It is highly recommende...

Naev 0.10.0 Released!

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 03:13:27 GMT

For what has become a new winter holiday tradition, the Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of version 0.10.0. This release contains many incredible new features, significantly improved and...

Naev 0.10.0-beta.2 Released!

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 03:57:35 GMT

During playtesting 0.10.0-beta.1, we’ve found and fixed a critical bug, with some other more minor ones also being addressed. As always, please report any issues on this tracker , and feel free to j...

Naev 0.10.0-beta.1 Released!

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 06:21:39 GMT

So it’s that time of year again. Although a lot of new features, content, and mechanics have been added, there has also been significant effort in modernizing and rewriting large parts of legacy cod...

Naev 0.9.4 Released!

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 12:17:34 GMT

EDIT: We have pushed a fix for macOS users running into issues launching the game, please let us know if you run into any issues. The Naev DevTeam is pleased to announce the release of Naev version 0...

Naev 0.9.3 Released!

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 16:10:23 GMT

The Naev DevTeam is satisfied to announce the release of Naev version 0.9.3. This release addresses issues and bugs from the 0.9.2 release and does not add any new content. It is highly recommended to...

Naev 0.9.2 Released!

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:17:21 GMT

The Naev DevTeam is satisfied to announce the release of Naev version 0.9.2. This release addresses minor issues and bugs from the 0.9.1 release and does not add any new content. It is highly recommen...

Naev 0.9.1 Released!

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 05:11:46 GMT

Naev 0.9.1 BY NAEV DEVTEAM, ON JANUARY 2ND, 2022 The Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of Naev version 0.9.1. This release addresses minor issues and bugs from the 0.9.0 release and does n...

Naev 0.9.0 Released!

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 05:48:38 GMT

With global pandemic raging and chaos all around, the Naev DevTeam is proud to announce the release of version 0.9.0. This represents almost 9,000 commits from 0.8.2, and a major step forward for Naev...

Naev 0.9.0-beta.3 Released!

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:48:10 GMT

As the bugs start to settle down, it is time for a third 0.9.0 beta release. This release fixes the issues listed below. As always, please report any issues on this tracker , and feel free to join our...

Naev 0.9.0-beta.2 Released!

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 01:36:10 GMT

Naev 0.9.0-beta.2 BY UNCOMBEDCOCONUT, ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2021 There’s nothing like a release announcement to lure the bugs into the open. Our second 0.9.0 beta release fixes the ones listed below. As...

Naev 0.9.0-beta.1 Released!

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:27:51 GMT

Naev 0.9.0-beta.1 BY BOBBENS, ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2021 It’s been a very productive year. With almost 8,500 commits from 0.8.2. For reference, this is roughly one third of all the commits in the entire...

Naev LÖVE

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 03:01:32 GMT

Disclaimer: the LÖVE project has nothing to do with Naev. We just thought their API was cool and decided to implement it. As you may know, the Naev scripting engine is written in Lua. Since the origi...

Naev 0.8.2 Released!

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:11:33 GMT

We are proud to announce the 0.8.2 release of Naev. This fixes some issues found in 0.8.1. We don't expect there to be many remaining issues, but if you do find any, please report them at [the issue...

Naev 0.8.1 Released!

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 02:56:39 GMT

We are proud to announce the 0.8.1 release of Naev. This fixes some important issues found in 0.8.0. Due to popular demand, time constant (previously known as time dilation) has been reduced significa...

Naev 0.8.0 Released!

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:18:07 GMT

We are proud to present the 0.8.0 release of Naev! This has over 4,000 commits from 0.7.0 and has been under development for the past 3.5 years. The backend and interface has been revamped to be moder...