5.3 - Hotfix 8

[Aingar]

Discovery Freelancer 5.3 "Singularity" - Hotfix 8 Patch Notes
September 20th 2025

USEFUL LINKS

1. Discovery 5.3 Dev Diary #3 - Announcement Trailer, Systems, Story, and More - Systems, Story, and More
   
2. Discovery Freelancer 20th Anniversary Celebration - Special event celebrating the 20 year anniversary of the DIscovery mod
   
3. 5.3 main release patch notes
   
4. 5.3 hotfix 1 patch notes
   
5. 5.3 hotfix 2 patch notes
   
6. 5.3 hotfix 3 patch notes
   
7. 5.3 hotfix 4 patch notes
   
8. 5.3 hotfix 5 patch notes
   
9. 5.3 hotfix 6 patch notes
   
10. 5.3 hotfix 7 patch notes

LAUNCHER
- Fixed: Launcher unable to self-patch fixed
- Fixed: Launcher should now stop throwing renderer related errors
- Added: Discovery Launcher now contains a toggle to choose your renderer.


FLUF
- Fixed: Crash on opening config window
- Added: Config button in the main menu
- Added: Freelancer default background texture added to config windows
- Added: FLUF config now accessible via button on the main screen.
- Added: Patch Notes plugin properly implemented.

GENERAL
- Fixed: Mineable asteroids should no longer glitch when targeted with wireframe enabled

Developers:
@Aingar - Coding
@Alex. - Keeping It All Running
@Laz - Coding

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