Public Beta - 1.50 beta 4 (326009)

[Ketraar]

Details how to opt in and join the public beta here
https://steamcommunity.com/app/392160/discussions/0/1744479698798648516/

• Added option for "Betty" to speak target names.
  
• Added option to undock and abort ship upgrades that are waiting for resources.
  
• [Beta 2] Added turret behaviour settings to the Ship Interactions menu (including L/XL ship turret groups).
  
• Added entry for the manual to Help menu.
  
• Improved performance with AMD GPUs.
  
• Improved ability of lasertowers to track targets.
  
• Improved faction rebuilding logic to not overload shipyards as much.
  
• Improved traders supplying shipyards and wharfs.
  
• [Beta 2] Improved "Where can I find...?" dialogue option.
  
• Changed inventory drop button to drop all selected wares if multiple are selected (for single wares amount can still be chosen).
  
• Changed maximum damage done to ships due to sabotage by bailing pilots.
  
• [Beta 2] Reverted fix for ships flying huge curves when going long distances (was causing stuck ships in 1.50 beta 1).
  
• Fixed getting left behind when leaving your ship in the space suit while in relative movement with a bigger ship.
  
• Fixed squadron subordinates sometimes flying extremely far from their commanders while flying in formation.
  
• Fixed station-based mining ships delivering very few resources to their station if the station has little to no funds.
  
• Fixed capital ships sometimes bouncing off of each other when attempting to dock to exchange wares.
  
• Fixed pirate ships congregating around their own stations.
  
• [Beta 2] Fixed and prevented pirate ships attempting to plunder in highways.
  
• [Beta 2] Fixed receiving requests from other pilots for help while not in a cockpit.
  
• Fixed incorrect reputation requirementsf or friend/ally ceremonies of Ministry of Finance.
  
• Fixed repair mass traffic of pirate ships causing reputation loss when destroyed.
  
• Fixed turrets and self-maintenance not working on ships whose pilots bailed out.
  
• Fixed job ships not filling out their squadrons to make up for combat losses.
  
• Fixed player ship not being included in boarding menu ship selection if player ship is selected along with other player-owned ships.
  
• [Beta 2] Fixed lasertowers deployed by AI pilot waiting for player to tell it to proceed before deploying while player is standing on ship.
  
• Fixed defence drones attempting to go to dock for repairs and to get more supplies.
  
• [Beta 2] Fixed mining ships not correctly reporting when they have completed their order.
  
• [Beta 2] Fixed player station managers not being assigned correctly in certain situations.
  
• [Beta 2] Fixed HQ Escort mission selecting an inactive gate for the ship to fly through.
  
• Fixed Satellite Coverage mission.
  
• Fixed Rescue Ship mission not rewarding any credits.
  
• Fixed ships to be rescued from a minefield responding to attacks.
  
• Fixed other lasertowers in a group not responding if one of them is attacked.
  
• Fixed several issues with Find Lockbox mission, including it not finishing in certain cases.
  
• Fixed Repair mission not completing if object got repaired in the meanwhile.
  
• Fixed Acquire Captain mission being available for spacesuit.
  
• Fixed Assassination missions selecting player-owned NPC's as mission-target.
  
• [Beta 2] Fixed abort condition for several missions.
  
• Fixed several tutorial progression issues.
  
• Fixes savegames with stalled guild missions.
  
• Fixed player not being correctly refunded when aborting some ship builds.
  
• Fixed shipyards and wharfs never building again if they were hacked.
  
• Fixed Xenon shipyards and wharfs sometimes storing wares they don't need.
  
• Fixed menu crash when upgrading capital ships.
  
• Fixed trade context menu being black.
  
• Fixed doors sometimes getting stuck after loading a savegame.
  
• Fixed NPC ships being removed on loading savegame in some situations.
  
• Fixed various localisation issues.
  
• Fixed reversed front/back speakers.
  
• [Beta 2] Fixed causes of several freezes and performance issues in specific circumstances.
  
• Fixed several other causes of rare crashes.
  
• [Beta 3] Fixed Xenon and Kha'ak ships always having very bad pilots.
  
• [Beta 3] Fixed player-owned docked ships requring additional instruction to proceed with orders after being given new orders.
  [Beta 4]Added notification in case player-owned ship is unable to dock as ordered.
  [Beta 4]Added inventory net worth in empire overview.
  [Beta 4]Added cooldown for station repair when stations are under attack.
  [Beta 4]Fixed shipyards not stockpiling enough resources for ships with large amounts of deployables, and miscalculating resource allocation for other wares.
  [Beta 4]Fixed failure to open Logical Station Overview for large stations and for low UI scale values.
  [Beta 4]Fixed further case that could lead to police punishing player for retaliating against pirates.
  [Beta 4]Fixed freeze in map when viewing information on very large stations.
  [Beta 4]Fixed missing German character voices.
  [Beta 4]Fixed various localisation issues in menus.

[Artean]

Public beta 1.50 inc?

Egosoft sure are on fire!

[Kater Lysator]

Love you guys :) I need to visit Würselen some time... i will bring cookies! :D

[Malkano]

Very very nice I can’t wait for this to be pushed to live! I thought they said there would be a surprise?

[Rezedent]

The patch is clearly something wrong. When I save the game, the game just hangs with a slight delay for 10 minutes. Some already translated texts are missing. Perhaps a new game is MANDATORY?

[SpaceToast]

gonna try to load my game now, hope I dont have to start over, but if so, im atleast happy for the patch, thank you egosoft, happy holidays

Edit: So ive loaded my game, it loaded in fine, but I cant move or activate anything, im stuck watching my pilot finish his orders lol, may try a new game and see what happens.

Edit 2: i can move now,just fast travel to your ship/station seems to have fixed it, betty sounds wierd but im glad shes back. Going to run seta for a while and see if the wharf/shipyard fixes itself now.

Edit 3: My ship I ordered like days ago finally got built lol, but my FPS has dropped to 5.....i dont know why, maybe to much activity playing catchup? I can run the game on max settings so I know its not my PC....

[Tilen]

Nooooo, I was so hoping for station controls. :(

[Nigeroid]

Game load without problems, save since 1.0, ship controls fine, Betty works fine)

[CDEEKS]

Awsome job ES, One thing i can say is ES are always on the ball when it comes to updates and fixes. PS the supprise may come for XMAS

Love betty now time to go find a taladianium foundry and keep clicking it lol

[yasko21]

thx for the update

The Xeno Station in Atyas Unglück dont have miners anymore becouse they send them to the HOP ti mine ..... The Xenon is out of silizium and cannot build ships....this was befor 1.5 and yet its the same....
can i maybe add this may self to the station ? or will be there a fix ? sorry english isnt my native

[PapaOscar]

When selecting the commander chair, the commander just vanishes. And when I get up the captain just appears. Is this a bug?

[DCBenton]

Originally posted by NightmareNight91:

Edit 3: My ship I ordered like days ago finally got built lol, but my FPS has dropped to 5.....i dont know why, maybe to much activity playing catchup? I can run the game on max settings so I know its not my PC....

Yeah that's what happened to me. FPS dropped into single digits and stayed after about 10 secs of loading the game. I started a fresh save instead and it's been fine.

[Gariot]

This is the "hyped" 1.5 Patch, really? Disappointing :/

[BrianRubin]

Does "beta 1" mean more will be coming in future betas for this one? It was sold as a pretty big patch overall.

[leldorado]

@DEVS

Don't know where to put BUG REPORTs but since I haven't seen a mention of this anywhere, I'll put it here:

The mission "Finding Any Advantage" can't be aborted. I got the mission from the Argon. They tell me to scan a Xenon space station. I wasn't able to do it so I can't check if the mission would be completed afterwards. However, there is something else in connection to this mission.

Picture of the mission[cdn.discordapp.com]

If I right click the mission on the mission list or single click the mission to open the small context window and press the abort button, nothing happens.

But, when I open the briefing and abort the mission there, the briefing menu closes but the 3d model of the space station is being rendered on top of the map like a separate layer, while the mission still exists. To get the additional 3d ship image away I have to open the briefing again and close it.

Picture of the bugged map[cdn.discordapp.com]

[Aviticus Dragon]

Originally posted by BrianRubin:

Does "beta 1" mean more will be coming in future betas for this one? It was sold as a pretty big patch overall.

How about being more appreciative instead, these guys are releasing updates VERY fast