v1.4.4 — Alignment, Level Progression, and Feed Pins

v1.4.4 fixes two progression display bugs and adds pinned feed announcements.

Alignment Was Always Showing as Neutral

Your faction standing in the Ship Stats screen was always displaying as True Neutral regardless of your actual alignment score. The reader was looking at the wrong field in the player record. It now reads correctly — if you’ve been doing good deeds or running contraband, your faction tier will reflect it.

Level Was Stuck at Recruit Level 1

XP was being awarded correctly by trading, exploring, combat, and missions — but your level was only recalculating when you completed a mission. Every other XP source left the level field untouched. Your level will now update immediately after any XP-granting action.

Settings Cleanup

The Player Stats card in the Settings screen has been removed. It was showing stale or incorrect data (credits, turns, ship type) that’s already visible in the right places elsewhere in the game. The Settings screen is now cleaner and focused on account actions.

The copyright notice in the Settings footer has also been corrected to Protovision Games.

Pinned Feed Announcements

Admins can now pin announcements to the top of the galaxy feed. Pinned messages will stay at the top so important news doesn’t get buried.