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Patch Notes Version 1.2

20 November, 2015 - Zero

Hi folks. We're getting ready to launch our DLC out here soon, so in anticipation of that I've got a big patch here to bring things into line. Hopefully the upgrade from Unity 4 to Unity 5 won't cause any headaches - I've tested the hell out of it and things look solid, but there could be some unknown thing lurking out there. Please report in if you have any problems with this new build. Have fun!

a. Changes

Upgraded the game engine to Unity 5 from Unity 4. This provides overall increased performance during combat and other sections of the game that are more demanding on your system.
Refactored a lot of code to improve performance on the strategy map, allowing for a smoother experience when there’s a lot of stuff going on in a large galaxy and in the late game
Added Planetary Governors to control your build queue and to manage your citizen labor allocations
Tech Costs have been scaled up to slow down the pace of discovery in the mid-game
Colonies with empty build queues will now automatically build trade goods when they have empty queues
When you add something to a planetary build queue while you’re already building trade goods, the trade goods will now automatically be removed from the build queue.
Changed the formula for calculating a ship’s accuracy to have a smoother curve as the ship levels up. Previously the early level-ups provided larger bonuses than later level-ups.
Ships gain accuracy bonuses at very close ranges now.
Fleet ETA and fuel UI indicators now appear next to the fleet icon rather than next to the destination point to keep things less cluttered
Added UI indicators for situations when you have enough food to feed your empire but not enough freighters to transport it all where you need it
Construction ships will no longer merge into orbiting fleets upon construction at a colony; likewise they can no longer be merged into combat fleets.
Traveling through wormholes is now instantaneous; previously ships would be shown to quickly move across the galaxy, but this could cause some problems if a manual combat occurred elsewhere while a ship was in transit; this change eliminates any bugs associated with this scenario
Ship performance bonuses for Noxium and Helium 3 are now properly reflected in the shipyard
Changed several user interface Sound FX that were jarring when wearing headphones
Changed the stellar backdrop on the strategy map to be more vivid, and to have some variations possible between games; i.e. you might get a red galaxy or a blue-ish or green-ish one. Purely visual.
If an AI fleet is equipped with bombs, then it will now use all of its bombs to soften up ground defenses before landing its troops
. The AI won’t be so quick to pull forces back from a freshly captured colony to prepare a new invasion force. They’ll hang out for a while now to re-arm and repair while guarding against a counter-attack
. The AI won’t strictly insist upon forming an invasion force in a guaranteed safe spot; they’ll now be willing to form up in enemy territory as long as it thinks it is safe enough
The AI will now reconsider its final attack plan before committing to a planetary assault; if it can see a better target then it will potentially alter its plan to take advantage of the weakness

b. Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that could cause some AI ships that ran out of ammo to drift off of the screen in manual combat, preventing the player from being able to finish the combat. Ships that are truly out of ammo will now retreat.
Fixed a bug that could cause a long hang at the end of a planetary combat session
Fixed a bug that would cause incorrect auto-calculation results to occur in every auto combat subsequent to the the first auto combat performed in a session
Fixed a bug in the auto-combat algorithm that would sometimes cause ordnance-based weaponry to not contribute its DPS to the simulation
Fixed a bug where a Creative race that completed a technology by sacrificing a citizen would not gain every tech at the tech level
Fixed a bug where the Pollop hero’s unique ship was not properly spawning to the strategy map
Fixed a bug where leaders that cannot participate in ground combat could trigger a quest event that should require ground troops to be present
Fixed a bug where Helium-3 was not providing its exploitation bonus to beam weapon damage
Fixed an issue where the clickable area of a planet’s name on the strategy map could exceed the size of the actual name, leading to unintentionally accessing the planet interface
. Fixed a similar issue where the clickable area for the item you are currently researching could exceed the size of the text

c. Misc:

The Upgrade to Unity 5 may mess with some mods in unforeseen ways. In the coming weeks I will re-release the mod tools with Unity 5 support

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30 Comments

jdblue 23 Nov, 2015 @ 9:58am

"The AI will now reconsider its final attack plan before committing to a planetary assault; if it can see a better target then it will potentially alter its plan to take advantage of the weakness"

This is brilliant! I love it when AIs can "change their minds" and it would also add a level of depth to make AIs play in a less-easily predictable manner. Huzzah!

Nooberdylan 22 Nov, 2015 @ 9:06am

I keep winning battles and then having one fighter run away off the edge of the screen, too fast to follow. The 'Resign Battle' button should be changed to a, 'Resolve from here' button; this is something I consider a showstopper, because I end up running the same battle repeatedly and quit playing after the fourth time I fought the same thing.

Fulgure 22 Nov, 2015 @ 4:49am

krazzy eddy is here, just installed the game this morning :) is patch automatically deployed ?

Ambifoster 21 Nov, 2015 @ 6:14pm

oh. and i think krazy eddy is gone. he doesnt seem to be around the start system

Ambifoster 21 Nov, 2015 @ 5:56pm

Love the game, few glitches though. controlling the AI fleet nearly all the time and sending a fleet to recapture a planet, screen that shows troops about to capture the planet doesnt show troops or 'attack, bombard, capture' commands. breaks the game and i cant continue

Maverick 21 Nov, 2015 @ 8:52am

Game is super bugged up..
- often fleet control is switched.
- for unknown reason I couldn't move any fleets
- couldn't see path once location is selected

otherwise game is running smoothly

Gaudi 21 Nov, 2015 @ 7:51am

Nice update. The performance is much better now. One single Problem: I am always Controlling the AI-Fleets and not mine...

nadia911 21 Nov, 2015 @ 7:49am

Thanks Zero!!!

khadorian 21 Nov, 2015 @ 5:52am

BUG
After the patch my game slowed to snail's pace.
Also, after deselecting the "fullscreen" box, I am unable to tick i again. The "box" shows yellow when I hover my cursor over it, but it does nothing.

Kiss me if you can.. 21 Nov, 2015 @ 2:18am

awesome dude!!

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