To get the absolute latest version of 0.980, you need to download the base 0.980 and then apply the "Patch 0.9.8.0e".
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For educators and enthusiasts, 0.980 offered an interactive planetarium without equal. Users could fly from Earth’s orbit to the Andromeda Galaxy, land on a hypothetical exoplanet, and watch multiple star systems dance in real time. The version also added better support for user-made add-ons, allowing the community to import known exoplanets or fictional starships. In many ways, 0.980 represented the peak of the “freeware era” of SpaceEngine before the commercial release on Steam.
SpaceEngine eventually moved to Steam as a commercial product to fund full-time development.
SpaceEngine 0.980 usually downloads as a zipped archive or a standalone executable installer. If it is a .zip or .rar file, extract the entire contents to a dedicated folder on your drive using a tool like 7-Zip or WinRAR. Step 2: Run the Setup