Rather than have everyone upload the full 10MB package again for a very minor update, i created a package called uqm-altstart that should be showing up on the repository soon. It provides a separate icon on the desktop. It will start UQM in fullscreen mode and with sound enabled. It can be added or removed without affecting UQM.

I received some more useful feedback in an email and will update the uqm-altstart package to change the default keymaps as soon as i get a bit more information.

The plan is to wait until it seems that everything is working and presentable enough for mainstream users, and then release an update to uqm that combines all the fixes, as well as content packs with the (currently missing) 3DO voiceover and music data.

More comments on useful key mappings (using the options in the first menu) and overall experience would be appreciated. Comments on the desirability of putting in some hacks to use screen taps as imitation keypresses, and whether performance is "good enough" in melee mode would also be nice.

Without any generation of IT to test this on, i really have no idea what the user experience is like.