This is an unstable release, containing big changes that may introduce new bugs. Major new changes include the following:

• 60+ new outfits
• 80+ new missions in human space and beyond
• 40 new stations and planets in existing systems
• Improvement of many graphics, including stars, ships, effects, and outfits
• The addition of parallax to background stars and haze
• Sweeping balance changes to various ships and outfits
• Overheating a ship only disables its energy generation
• Changes to the UI, including the addition of new ship and outfit categories and an overhaul of the map screen
• Changes to existing missions, including an overhaul of the first third of the Free Worlds campaign.

Several features have been added to the game engine, for use by plugins and other content creators. These include:

• 20 new swizzle options
• The ability to customize ship and outfit categories in the data files
• Four new damage-over-time types
• Conversations can trigger mission actions
• Missions can trigger actions every time the date increments
• Plugins can selectively disable vanilla content
• Events can remove objects from a system without needing to redefine the entire system
• Removal of the 32 hardpoint limit

This summary only scratches the surface of what was added during 0.9.15's year-and-a-third-long development cycle. For a complete list of changes, as well as further detail about the summarized changes, see the changelog. This release also marks the highest number of contributors to a single release, bypassing 0.9.9's record of 69. Special thanks to the 107 people who contributed to this release: @10010101001, @1010todd, @AlbertNewton, @alex116, @alextd, @Amacita, @Amazinite, @Anarchist2, @Arachi-Lover, @a-random-lemurian, @arkhne, @Arrow2thekn33, @Azure3141, @beccabunny, @benflodge, @BlazingDiesel, @Brick63, @CAPTAIN1947, @ChamEV, @Corraban2, @DarcyManoel, @DeBlister, @DJF113, @dorbarker, @DownsB, @Dragenhart, @dragonmaus, @Dschiltt, @EjoThims, @EricFromCanada, @ESCelestia, @eternal-sorrow, @fakepass, @Ferociousfeind, @flaviojs, @Galaucus, @GefullteTaubenbrust2, @Hadron1776, @Hecter94, @Hurleveur, @infinitewarp, @Jamibaraki, @janisozaur, @jerith, jeverett#3344, @jostephd, @kaol, @Karirawri, @kestrel1110, @leklachu, @LepRyot, @LukeMarlin, @Mach565, @MageKing17, @MagicMuscleMan, @MasterOfGrey, @McloughlinGuy, @MCOfficer, @mOctave, @Mr-L-oof, @nathan-b, @NomadicVolcano, @NRK4, @oo13, @pakyinw, @PeacefulPotato, @petervdmeer, @peteryager, @pilover100, @Pointedstick, @quyykk, @Rakete1111, @ravenshining, @RestingImmortal, @roadrunner56, @Rocketeer456, @salqadri, @samoja12, @samrocketman, @saraswativ23, @Saugia, @Scrinarii1337, @shitwolfymakes, @sigus, @skilaa, @SpearDane, @stechio, @SubstandardZeal, @tehhowch, @Terin, @TheMarksman-ES, @thewierdnut, @thomasballinger, @RisingLeaf, @tibetiroka, @TotalCaesar659, @unjown, @vitalchip, @W1zrad, @warp-core, @waterhouse, @Wedge009, @williaji, X-27#8884, @yjhn, and @Zitchas.

If you are using the high-dpi plugin, you should download and install the updated version that goes with this release.

Mac OS X and Windows binaries can be downloaded here. (For Windows, please choose 32 or 64 bit.)