Merge pull request #46 from BenjaminAmos/2.1.0-release-post

2.1.0 Release Post

Author: NicholasBatesNZ

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+title: "2.1.0 Release"
+description: >
+    The 2.1.0 release is out!
+author: "BenjaminAmos"
+parallax: true
+---
+We are pleased to announce that 2.1.0 has been released! There isn't a great deal of
+new content in this release but there's been a lot of work done behind the scenes to make
+the game much more stable and easier to work with.
+
+You can download the desktop release directly from
+[GitHub](https://github.com/MovingBlocks/DestinationSol/releases/tag/v2.1.0), or on
+[Steam](http://store.steampowered.com/app/342980/).
+You can get the Android build from
+[Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miloshpetrov.sol2.android) (Pending)
+or [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.miloshpetrov.sol2.android/),
+or download the release APK directly from
+[GitHub](https://github.com/MovingBlocks/DestinationSol/releases/tag/v2.1.0).
+
+As a community-driven open source project, we're always looking for additional contributors.
+Feel free to get in-touch if you're interested.
+
+The highlights of this release:
+ - New World Generation
+   - This work was completed as part of a Google Summer of Code project by @IsaiahBlanks
+ - New UI Framework
+   - Players with irregular screen resolutions should experience far fewer issues
+ - New Tutorial
+ - Working maze collisions
+ - Many fixed bugs and fewer crashes
+
+Additions:
+ - Replaced UIs using a new UI framework (NUI)
+ - Added a UI scaling option to the main menu settings
+ - Added a preview of a ship's appearance on the new ship screen
+ - Updated the in-game tutorial
+ - The Page-Up and Page-Down keys can be used to change the map zoom
+
+Changes:
+ - Updated libGDX to 1.9.14
+   - This should hopefully resolve some issues experienced by macOS players
+ - The escape key no longer closes the game from the main menu
+ - Projectiles no longer collide with their originating ship
+
+Bug fixes:
+ - Fixed maze collisions
+ - Fixed objects being incorrectly culled on the map screen
+ - Fixed waypoint placement on a rotated map
+ - Fixed crash when opening inventory whilst transcendent
+ - Fixed crash when respawning whilst transcendent
+ - Fixed crash when the game is minimised
+ - [Android] Removed duplicated assets from the Android APK
+ - [Android] Fixed scrambled textures when un-suspending game on Android
+ - [Android] Fixed severe slowdown during rapid collisions on Android
+ - Fixed ability charges not being consumed
+ - Fixed free IK-2 Escort mercenaries from the federal module
+
+If you feel like reporting an issue with the game,
+you can do it on [GitHub](https://github.com/MovingBlocks/DestinationSol/issues).
+
+We've also got a [Discord](https://discord.gd/Terasology) server for game-related chatter.
+Look for the `#play-dest-sol` channel.