Before purchasing this game I'd like to know if anybody is aware of any patches for it (official or unofficial / community, I don't really care), since I remember when playing the original that there were some things that seemed rather... questionable or glitchy or buggy to the extent that if you did not keep lots of saved games you'd have to replay hours upon hours of stuff just to correct a mistake that keeps you from making any game progress.

Any info on this?

FAQ at www.star-control.com states that there are no patches for SC3.

I don't remember any game breaking bugs.
I do remember a lot of people not realizing you need fuel to go anywhere.

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