Is it intentional that marines still have the 0.1/unit supply consumption of 0.6a?
Nope! Thanks have fixed for next version.
You can change it if you like in data/config/settings.json and the 'suppliesPerMarinePerDay' value set to '0.02'.
--- Fleet stick to objects ---
--- Fleet build times ---
When fleets are 'hovering' over objects they are doing stuff; mining fleets will slowly fill/empty their available cargo, boarding fleets will send marines onto the station etc. I thought it was a bit unrealistic to have a fleet just touch an asteroid and then high tail it back to the station immediately
The 'proceeding to station' text is just because there is no 'Mining'/'Unloading'/'Boarding' etc. options available, and there are some automatic actions associated with 'Resupplying', 'Delivering Resources' that I don't want to have happen.
Station fleet spawning and resource generation has a reduced frequency now. They are unfortunately the two most CPU-intensive scripts and increasing the number of stations due to the increased system count was causing bottle necks. I'm still looking at ways at increasing their performance and/or moving them off the main game thread.
--- high cpu load ---
Hmmm well reducing the amount of factions/systems/stations/planets/asteroid belts will help. Reducing the amount of factions will help with memory usage; reducing the amount of stations/asteroid belts will help with CPU usage.
If you are still getting CTD's there may be some info in the Windows event log?
Weird that you didn't get the error with 0.6a, although you are playing with more factions now?
RE music, yeah would be great but that's more of a StarSector core thing
I suspect Alex has great plans though
--- description warnings ---
They are fine, they don't cause any issues. Just means you will see the 'No Description... yet' text.
Yes using a 64bit version of Java could be an option provided your OS is a 64bit version too (at least, I think that is required), but it may only help for memory-related issues, not CPU ones (although I'm not sure).
I don't actually know how you set that up on a Windows install but I'm fairly sure there is a guide <somewhere> on these forums