This update has some fixes we have long been waiting for, plus the addition of the new Gravity Generator
Patch Notes:

Features
- spherical gravity generator
- pre-fab and respawn ship modding
- new world setting for dedicated server - autosave interval
- more respawn ships
- high quality armor textures (on 64-bit version)
- export ship/station as prefab (in F11 screen)

Fixes
- improved piston and landing gear stability
- fixed piston, rotor and landing gear exploding in MP
- fixed large performance issue caused by asteroids
- fixed too large piston collision model
- fixed issue when loose blocks loosing ownership
- fixed death in survival disables chat window
- fixed toolbar not remembering functions from attachments
- fixed hot-keyed groups reset when using merge blocks
- fixed wrong value in Steam-ID on dedicated server
- fixed problems with character mods deforming hands or legs of astronaut
- fixed graphical glitch when doors were inside other blocks
- fixed inertia not preserved when block was unmerged

EDIT 08/22/2014:

Update 01.044.012
- fixed crash when splitting ships
- fixed crash when status of faction member changed
- fixed crash when entering/leaving cockpit
- fixed crash on 32-bit caused by loading hi-quality textures (out of memory)
- fixed crash when pressed F11 in main menu
- fixed crash when switching character in medical room
- fixed crash when changing rotor parameters
- fixed crash caused by pistons
- fixed crash caused by loading invalid definitions from original content or mods
- fixed Gravity generator values stuck at maximum regardless of settings