*Hey Tycoons! A new update for* [*GalacticTycoons.com*](http://GalacticTycoons.com) *is here!*  
*What's new:*

***🔬 Catch-Up Research Speed*** *- Researching a tech level below the highest you've ever reached in an tech is now faster (+4% speed per level of difference), so rebuilding after a reset goes much quicker. Secondary technologies also benefit from this speed-up*

***🌐 Galaxy Map HUD*** *- Toggle a new overlay showing Core/Rim zone rings, and a cursor readout showing distance to the Exchange and your selected ship/planet*

***🌌 Galaxy***

* *Fly Here now picks the ship you last selected instead of a random idle one*
* *Esc now closes the galaxy side panel*
* *Star background now moves in parallax as you drag the map*

***🧑‍💼 HR & Executives***

* *Fixed Executives sometimes ending up invisible/stuck after a server restart*
* *Executives' portraits in the Assign to Base list are framed better (less empty space above the head)*

***🔬 Research***

* *Technology cards now collapse; unresearched level-0 techs start collapsed to keep the list short*
* *Technology cards now show a "Highest Level Reached" row when your highest-ever level is higher than your current one*

***🏭 Base***

* *On mobile, the Fleet card in the Base tab is now collapsible*
* *Building a new base now opens its Buildings tab automatically*
* *Fixed Resupply toggles not remembering their own state separately from Overview*
* *Fixed warehouses ending up over capacity after a server restart*

***🎯 Missions***

* *Right-clicking a mission material now prefills only the quantity still missing*
* *Demolishing a building now correctly reverses its full Build/Upgrade mission progress*
* *Fixed the new-mission timer not starting when a mission completed while all slots were full*

***🎨 UI/UX***

* *Wishlist item quantities can now go up to 100M, both in the UI and via the public API*
* *Fixed inconsistent material icon sizes (Electronics/Science)*
* *Referral table sort menu now matches the rest of the game's UI*
* *Tighter table spacing on mobile*

***🐛 Fixes***

* *Balance history now updates live (headhunting fees, quest rewards, etc.) without needing a reload*
* *Clicking a project row on another guild's page no longer generates a console error*
* *Fixed ship icons in the base sidebar sometimes showing the wrong tooltip*
* *Fixed a freeze/crash on connection drop, mostly on mobile*

***📱 Mobile App*** *- These changes will become available later - with the Mobile App release*

* ***Sign in with Apple*** *- iOS players can sign in, sign up, or link an existing account with their Apple ID (including on the Web version on PC)*
* *Purchase screens now correctly name the store you're using (Google Play or App Store)*
* *Push notifications now show the correct time instead of a garbled date on some phones*
* *Push notifications use the Galactic Tycoons logo instead of a different icon per type*
* *Tapping a push notification now opens the right galaxy, ship, base, or message, even from the lobby or another galaxy*
* *Android's on-screen keyboard no longer shifts the UI around - the game now resizes cleanly above it*
* *Mobile apps no longer show the cookie consent banner*
* *Privacy Policy and Terms updated for App Store purchases and Apple sign-in data*





🔧Update #29: Catch-Up Research, UI improvements & more