The Dark Depths of Space, we are the Void!

Setup Guide updated to include the 1.52.2 and 1.53 update/patches, since they've been uploaded today.
Note: 1.52.1 is included in the 1.52.2 patch, so no need to go looking for it.

I highly suggest everyone get those patches and apply them, since they fix some save corruption and what not. Ensure you backup your saves, guide on that will be released within the hour.

• Fixed a case where invalid characters could cause saves to fail to load
  
• Fixed the Base Restoration mission failing to find a proper site for your legacy base
  
• Fixed an issue where players would not know the Living Glass recipe after upgrading their save
  
• Fixed an issue where players would not know the Blueprint Analyser after upgrading their save
  
• Fixed an issue where players would not know the Frigate Fuel blueprint if they undertook the fleet tutorial in multiplayer
  
• Fixed a number of issues with Galactic Commission missions that involved freighters
  
• Fixed an issue where players would not see their ships docked aboard a freighter when loading
  
• Fixed an issue where players would see multiple ships docked on the same landing pad when loading
  
• Fixed an issue where the freighter bridge would unload after accepting a mission from the Galactic Commission Terminal
  
• Fixed an issue where players would be jettisoned into space after warping aboard another player’s freighter
  
• Fixed a number of text bugs
  
• Fixed a number of incorrect prices

• Fixed an issue that will restore more savegames for players who saved with partially repaired tech.
  
• Fixed an issue where players who had partially repaired a piece of broken technology would have an incorrect item in the repair interaction
  
• Fixed an issue where players in underwater bases played the wrong animations
  
• Fixed an issue where freighters incorrectly reported they did not have enough fuel to warp
  
• Fixed a crash in the base-building system
  
• Improved garbage collection and reduced memory footprint of physics
  
• Prevented occasional crash in animation
  
• Reduce memory footprint of planetary textures from space

• Fixed an issue where players who saved after partially repairing some items of technology would be unable to load that savegame. Please note that if the game has not been resaved, then progress has not been lost and will be recovered.
  
• Fixed a crash caused by memory corruption
  
• Fixed a crash in the animation system
  
• Fixed a crash when saving on a freighter
  
• Fixed a crash when fleet expeditions end without their capital ship present
  
• Fixed a number of memory leaks
  
• Fixed an issue where warping in multiplayer could cause players to spawn on a planet rather than in space
  
• Fixed an issue where freighter bases would be in the wrong position
  
• Fixed an issue where the build menu could crash if there was nothing available to build
  
• Fixed an issue where players would be unable to warp during the antimatter stage of the tutorial
  
• Fixed an issue where the mission destination would be incorrectly reported as in another system at the Hermetic Seal phase of the tutorial
  
• Fixed an issue where upgrade modules installed in the main Exosuit inventory would not be saved correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue where portable refiners placed near each other would share inventories
  
• Fixed an issue where the cockpit of some ships would continually open and close
  
• Fixed an issue where new controls were missing from the controls page
  
• Fixed a crash in creature routines
  
• Fixed a crash when multiple players put ammunition into a refiner
  
• Fix for occasional crash when receiving mission rewards
  
• Fix for crash when adjusting anisotropic filtering settings in the graphics options menu
  
• Fix for potential crash in geometry streaming
  
• Improvements to texture caching for AMD GPUs
  
• Fixed an issue where some players still had physical nanites in their inventory that could not be spent at vendors
  
• Granted players nanites when they dismantle their Obsolete Technology – spend nanites on new upgrades in Space Stations
  
• Added a tutorial mission to guide players through the restoration of their old base
  
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to build Frigate Terminals in Creative Mode
  
• Fixed an issue where S-Class ships changed appearance
  
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to build the Base Cache on their freighter to retrieve compensation for the loss of their freighter base
  
• Fixed an issue where some Exosuit technology was not converted to Obsolete Technology. Please note this does not apply retroactively to save games that have already been upgraded.
  
• Improved the mapping of old substances to new substances during the save upgrade. Please note this does not apply retroactively to save games that have already been upgraded.