Discovery Freelancer 5.3.1, hotfix 3 - Cosmetics
24th January 2026

USEFUL LINKS

1. 5.3 main release patch notes
   
2. 5.3.1 release patch notes
   

ART

- Added: Added cosmetics hardpoints for all VHFs and bombers (more classes will come with time).
- Added: Generic flag roundels for Bretonia, Gallia, Kusari, Liberty, Rheinland, and pirates.
- Added: Official Faction roundels for Bristol, CDI, GNI, IMG, KNF, MFE,
- Added: Unique event roundels for LWB, Argonaut, 20th Anniversary.
- Added: Station billboards for BHG, BMM, EFL, GMG, Kishiro, OSC, Planetform, Samura, Synth, UC, Zoners.
- Added: Disabled Gallic Docking Ring model.
- Changed: Battleship Railgun FX
- Changed: Zulfikar FX
- Changed: Gunboat Annihilator Rocket FX
- Fixed: Komainu's windows no longer broken.
- Fixed: Zulfikar audio FX.

BALANCE

- Changed: Gunboat mines moved into their own unique equipment subclass.
- Changed: Internal and external gunboat FWGs moved into their own unique equipment subclasses (can no longer mount the wrong one).
- Fixed: Bretonia battleship turret elevation issues.
- Fixed: Redemption battleship HP reduced from 1,178,000 to 777,480.
- Fixed: Nomad Gunboat Forward Gun armour penetration increased from 100 to 150.
- Fixed: Nomad Gunboat Cutter Turret turn rate increased from 30 to 40.

CODING

- Added: Support for unlimited equipment subclass types.

ECONOMY

- Added: Various sellpoints of Consumer Goods / Industrial Materials.
- Added: Gallic Dissident commodity. Purchased on Marne Atmospheric Point, sold to Bundschuh, (some) Blood Dragon, Brigands, (some) Coalition, Gaian, Junker, Maquis, Unioner bases.
- Fixed: Contraband commodities now have red outline around icon.
- Fixed: Armour added to Aralsk, Apeiron, Hurr-Durrikun.
- Fixed: Adjusted the volume of Osmiridium Panels and Osmian Platinum Foil.
- Fixed: All Wendigo NPCs now drop Wendigo pilots.
- Fixed: Crete now imports luxury goods (El Commandante demands the best).

INFOCARDS

- Fixed: Farmers Alliance replaced by LWB as listed Unioner allies.
- Fixed: Gallic Royalist Pilots no longer believe they're members of the Gallic Navy.
- Fixed: Gallic Navy Pilots no longer pine for the days of the Gallic Confederacy.

INTERFACE

- Changed: "You are dead" message updated to remind players of one hour death rule.
- Fixed: Reverted changes to player name font scaling.

SYSTEMS

- Added: Gallic systems reorganised: Champagne moved south, Picardy between Champagne and Ile-de-Frane, Burgundy connects to Ile-de-France.
- Added: Unstable Jump Holes between Champagne and Provence, and Provence and Orkney.
- Added: Complete overhaul of Champagne, redesigning the system and updating all lore.
- Added: Gallic Brigand affiliated Atmosperhic Docking Point on Planet Marne.
- Added: Montmirail Anchorage, Maquis base in Champagne.
- Added: Forward Operating Bases for Official Faction deployment.
- Added: LN capital ship patrols in Colorado.
- Added: Outcast capital ship patrols in Omicron Alpha.
- Added: BAF capital ship patrols in Leeds.
- Added: Ageira Superconductor HRC convoy in Colorado.
- Added: Gallic Navy Enfer Blaster HRC convoy in Ile-de-France.
- Added: Kishiro Optronics HRC convoy in Honshu.
- Added: Imperial Shipping Nanocapacitor HRC convoy in Hamburg.
- Added: Outcast Cardamine HRC convoy in Cortez.
- Added: Outcast Cardamine HRC convoy in Tau-44.
- Added: Bundschuh Black Market Munitions HRC convoy in Frankfurt.
- Changed: Base loadouts updated and cosmetics added in: Bretonia, Kusari, Liberty, Gallia, part of Rheinland, GMG/Sigmas.
- Changed: Demon Valkrie added to Kaarst Station - locked for purchase to the Wilde. Official Faction ID.
- Changed: Radiation free zone added around Davos Base, Zurich.
- Changed: Omega-5 NPC patrols extended.
- Changed: Removed cruisers from Lend-Lease area in Magellan.
- Changed: Gallic station loadouts changed to use purple running lights.
- Changed: Allentown model updated.
- Changed: Heisenberg Research Station model updated.
- Changed: Moths have eaten Toronto Station.
- Fixed: Unknown system infinite jump hole bug.
- Fixed: Encounter markers now mapped by default in Hokkaido, Omega-55, Tohoku, Omicron Zeta.
- Fixed: Battleship Atum now sells Order ships rather than Liberty (battleship currently undockable).
- Fixed: Aspis NPCs now use Aspis engines, rather than freighter engines.
- Fixed: Brigand gunboat NPCs now use the Ascos Torpedo rather than generic alternatives.
- Fixed: Issues with Newcastle's nebulas.
- Fixed: Prevented Madeira from eating transports.
- Fixed: Battleship Concord has hired new gunners.
- Fixed: Numerous issues with incorrectly parented objects.

Developers:
@Aingar - Coding
@Alex. - Keeping It All Running
@Amba - Art
@Antonio - Systems
@DarkTails - Systems, Infocards
@Haste - Balance, Economy
@jammi - Art, Economy, Systems, Infocards
@JorgeRyan - Systems, giving bad economy advice
@Titan - Art
@Krmloo - Economy, Infocards
@Sombs - Systems, Infocards, Christmas

(01-25-2026, 02:04 AM)jammi Wrote: - Added: Support for unlimited equipment subclass types.

(01-25-2026, 02:17 AM)TheSauron Wrote:

(01-25-2026, 02:04 AM)jammi Wrote: - Added: Support for unlimited equipment subclass types.

Is this as big as it sounds like? Can we actually do however many hardpoint types we like?

(01-25-2026, 02:04 AM)jammi Wrote: - Fixed: Nomad Gunboat Forward Gun armour penetration increased from 100 to 150.
- Fixed: Nomad Gunboat Cutter Turret turn rate increased from 30 to 40.

Quote:- Added: Support for unlimited equipment subclass types.

(01-25-2026, 02:04 AM)jammi Wrote:

SYSTEMS

- Added: Gallic systems reorganised: Champagne moved south, Picardy between Champagne and Ile-de-Frane, Burgundy connects to Ile-de-France.
- Added: Unstable Jump Holes between Champagne and Provence, and Provence and Orkney.

(01-25-2026, 02:04 AM)jammi Wrote: - Fixed: Battleship Atum now sells Order ships rather than Liberty (battleship currently undockable).