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The test last night with the guys from www.reddit.com/r/playdate was a success. Finally, the server stayed up nearly the whole time, there were no client crashes, and overall, there were only one unforeseen bug noted. On some occasions, players got kicked from the server with no apparent reason. The source of this problem was a big what-the-hell moment on my part: the logout function on the server (activated for example on ping timeout) actually logged out everybody except the client it actually should 
I'm pretty confident, that within a few updates, the game will actually run without crashes.
This update also contains a new beam: The salvage beam: it will replace the 'harvest' beam, and it's used to collect elements (like external editing) from within your ship. The more you group salvage beams together, the less time it will take for one element to be salvaged. You cannot salvage the enemy deathstar or any shop. You also can only salvage ships, that are not currently occupied.
Also note, that Shift is now the break, and control is rolling inside ships
Full changelog from 0.042 to 0.044:
I'm pretty confident, that within a few updates, the game will actually run without crashes.
This update also contains a new beam: The salvage beam: it will replace the 'harvest' beam, and it's used to collect elements (like external editing) from within your ship. The more you group salvage beams together, the less time it will take for one element to be salvaged. You cannot salvage the enemy deathstar or any shop. You also can only salvage ships, that are not currently occupied.
Also note, that Shift is now the break, and control is rolling inside ships
Full changelog from 0.042 to 0.044:
[UI][CHANGE] Breaking is now SHIFT and rolling is now CONTROL (since Caps Lock was a stupid key to use...)
[GENERAL][BUG] Fixed bug where editing inside ship would be blocked by invisible object
[GENERAL][BALANCE] adapted prices for missiles. More starting credits and credits/second
[GENERAL][BUG] (Hopefully) fixed bug where people would not be registered as 'in shop distance' when they clearly were (needs testing since I cant reproduce alone)
[SERVER][BUG] Fixed bug where Server would kick all players from the server randomly when more people join/leave (needs more testing)
[SERVER][FEATURE] Manual kicking is now available
[SERVER][BUG] Fixed Message, players get, when they are logged out of the server for any reason.
[GENERAL][BUG] fixed bug where the core of a deathstar could be stolen
[TUTORIAL][BUG] fixed Keys in tutorial
[GENERAL][FEATURE] the harvesting beam has now become the salvage beam, which can be used to take blocks from other structures from inside a ship. The same rules as for external editing apply here. Grouping salvage modules will resuce the time needed to salvage an element