changelog-experimental.md

 This page features all the experimental branch releases. Our experimental branch are usually updated multiple times a day and typically are perfectly safe to play, but you might want to back up your saves just in case we introduce a feature that will be changed during testing.
 
+# 1.34.1: 
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+This upgrade features save-related changes, and while I don't anticipate any problems, it's always wise to back-up your saves before trying out changes like that.
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+- The asteroid depletion map is now expanded to hold 800% more data. While the previous setup for asteroid depletion worked as intended, in some playstyles, the map could overflow in as few as 1.5 hours in-game. This meant that players sporting some playstyles could never feel the effect of their favorite mining spots being depleted. The new setting will ensure about 12h in-game before the asteroids drift back to a depleted area.
+- As a direct consequence, save games can now take up to 8MB. Saves should still be completed in under a second, even on low-end machines.
+- Automatic compaction of the save games. For some playstyles, saves contained depletion maps that were mostly zeroes, which were meaningless but inflated the save size artificially. You will now see these zeroes stripped automatically. This also further increases the retention period for the depletion map.
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+Feedback Focus: Asteroid depletion. With the new changes implemented, strip mining will incur depletion in the rings that persists much longer than previously, giving you the incentive to look for another profitable spot once you deplete a vein. I'm looking for feedback on how the new setting feels. Since this update also includes save format changes, please report any save or load-related issues.
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 # 1.33.2:
 
 - Fixed glitches in some plume shapes.