Please consider validating files in Steam to make sure it downloads the latest scenario files to your PC.
A new save game is not mandatory unless otherwise stated. It is your choice or the choice of your server owner whether to continue an existing save game or start a new one.
In order to apply updates to the PDA to a singleplayer game you must run the pda readdata console command after deactivating any active missons. NOTE: may reset your mission progress.
Please see the pinned discussions and links for questions around general server setup or customization of the scenario.

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• Tentative fix for crashing on Ice moons.
  The updated playfield folders are EdenMoonIceOuter, EdenMoonIceOuter2, EdenMoonIceOuter3, EdenMoonIceOuter4.

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To possibly recover a save game that was crashed due to this issue:
NOTE: only do this if you are familiar with file editing, yaml structure, and where to find your save game files. Notepad++ or another good text editor recommended. FOR ADVANCED USERS ONLY. DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Open your save game's Templates folder and sort by date modified. The ice moon you last tried to enter will most likely be near the top of this folder list.
Open up the playfield.yaml file for that ice moon using Notepad++.
Search for any lines containing any of the following:

AuxiliaryPOIs
IsAuxPOI
SpawnPOINearRange (if found next to IsAuxPOI)

Completely delete those lines.

AGAIN, ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ARE AN ADVANCED USER EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE WITH YAML FILE EDITING AND EMPYRION PLAYFIELDS.

Please consider validating files in Steam to make sure it downloads the latest scenario files to your PC.
A new save game is not mandatory unless otherwise stated. It is your choice or the choice of your server owner whether to continue an existing save game or start a new one.
In order to apply updates to the PDA to a singleplayer game you must run the pda readdata console command after deactivating any active missons. NOTE: may reset your mission progress.
Please see the pinned discussions and links for questions around general server setup or customization of the scenario.

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• Fixed crash to desktop in blueprint library from lift blocks.
  Please make sure to update the scenario on your servers for this fix ASAP.
  The updated file is blocksconfig.ecf.

Forgot to update prefabs from Reforged Galaxy.

Please consider validating files in Steam to make sure it downloads the latest scenario files to your PC.
A new save game is not mandatory unless otherwise stated. It is your choice or the choice of your server owner whether to continue an existing save game or start a new one.
In order to apply updates to the PDA to a singleplayer game you must run the pda readdata console command after deactivating any active missons. NOTE: may reset your mission progress.
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• Added new model for Science station thanks to Vertex Rage Studio.

• Model update: Fusion Reactor no longer vents plasma from its vents while it's turned off/has no fuel.
  
• Model update: Shield Charger and Capacitor Arrays' turbines on the top and bottom and the lightning discharge around the central spire turn off while there's no power.
  
• Model update: Shield Charger and Capacitors no longer rotate while there's no power.
  
• Model fix: Fusion Reactor plasma and the lightning discharge in the Shield Arrays have been fixed since at some point (probably the update to unity in 1.8) the effects all changed themselves to an unsuitable effect.
  
• Fixed Localization release that steam didn't upload in the last update.
  
• Fixed an extra break in the german localization of the Hacking Software.
  
• Fixed the bug where the PDA webtool wiped all InventoryContains and InventoryContainsCountOfItem TypesMeta/Content line causing missions that require you to pick up items to give an error (Desert Strike, Talon Instigator, Pirate Story Missions) because an item pickup was no longer designated.
  
• Fixed a trader mission on several POIs: Kenex Station, Farr HQ, Promethium Mining Operation, Rados Adv Supply Station (Snow and Normal) and Trader's Frontier Hub.
  
• Attempted fix for falling through the Xenu Mainframe's floor when teleporting in.
  Will require the POI be regenerated after updating, or if on a server the POI refreshes itself.

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If you want the updated missions in singleplayer you can deactivate any active mission then use the pda readdata console command. This may wipe your current mission progress however. On servers the PDA is automatically updated. The new Derelict Station POI requires an updated PDA.

Derelict Station update for The Infected mission:

• Completely remade the Derelict Station used for The Infected mission from scratch using Vermillion's fantastic Polaris Construction Set.
  
• Added new infected NPCs, turrets, spawners, lifts, etc. Added numerous special effects and audio.
  
• Added a multi-stage boss fight at the end. Added a one time reward worth 2 ultra rare containers.
  
• Number of enemy spawns is now adjusted based on number of players in the playfield, with optionally being able to increase (but not decrease) the difficulty for more challenge. Note: COOP seems to add an extra player to the difficulty count, probably due to how COOP works.
  
• Note: Server owners should be able to update the POI by performing a POI wipe on the Derelict Station Delta playfield. USE THE CONSOLE COMMAND OR EAH TO DO THIS, DO NOT DELETE PLAYFIELD FILES MANUALLY. You have been warned.
  
• Slight update to the Lost Colony and Lost Colony Ship to move some of the LCD screens into dialog.

New caves:

• Added a ton of new visual decals for POIs focused around caves.
  
• Added several new cave types and updated existing caves. Caves will show up on the detector at 3000 meters and now can contain treasure boxes, harvestable crystals, missions, and a variety of new decorative decals. You can find caves on desert oasis, temperate, and jungle planets and on crystalline and vulcanic moons.
  
• Caves now have admin cores, preventing digging. Doesn't seem to actually work though for some reason.

Misc:

• Added new blocks for POIs such as spawners, interior turrets, harvestable crystals, and dialog. Added new NPCs for infected POIs.
  
• Added a warning on the Project Eden Alien Block group that they are, indeed, intended only for creative mode by the scenario developer and are not for use in survival.
  
• Increased hp of reinforced dialog consoles from 2000 to 5000. These are used for missions and should not be salvaged. Seriously, stop it!
  
• Halved mass and volume of faction trading ice from rich ice asteroids. It took up too much space for how much work it is to sell it all.
  
• Balanced Polaris orbital refinery trader. Now pays less for ore and charges more for ingots.
  
• Disabled space defense for pirate defense satellites in ice fields.
  
• Removed Bandit combat sites from the T4 combat site selection pool and increased chances for Class 6 combat sites to 15%.
  
• Fixed legacite ore giving tungsten ore instead of tungsten ingots.
  
• Fixed description of black hole systems (thanks to Flakeinator for reporting it).
  
• Changed variable type on UCH Research Vessel quartermasters. Should no longer be able to get multiple supplies from the same ship on servers when the POI regenerates.
  
• Changed end step of The Progenitors - Part 1 to require accessing a console to earn the reward. Fixed exploit allowing to complete mission multiple times.
  NOTE: Server owners will need to update the POI at the very end of the dyson sphere mission by either wiping the playfield or adding a dialog enabled console to it with the dialog set to Eden_DysonEnd_Init (use gm iv, place console in the POI, press F on it and copy paste Eden_DysonEnd_Init into the entry box).
  
• Removed Zirax POIs from Haven/Persephone/Gaia and Akua starting orbits.
  
• Changed DroneBase on Haven/Persephone/Gaia into a normal POI spawn instead of a command center. It should spawn now and allow people to complete missions involving it on those starting planets.
  
• Added note to Strange Statues and Object 82 hints that those are not tracked in your PDA.
  
• Added a new custom music track from Alexander Jordan to UCH Research Vessels. You can control the music through a new keypad in the briefing room behind the bridge. Also used to access the scenario admind config menu.
  
• Added Hades star system and POIs as a placeholder for future missions. This will allow you to wipe those playfields to add the missions to an existing save game in a future update.
  
• Increased credit rewards from mining missions.
  
• Scenario Change Log button now leads to the latest update notes on the Steam Workshop page.
  
• Added new seasonal decorative block and head prop to UCH Quartermasters. The appearances will change throughout the year.
  
• Added all schematics to the UCH Schematics seller. You can now sell any type of schematic to them.
  
  
• Fixed missing insignia in Kamirat'te-Class Battlecarrier in combat sites.
  
• Fixed indestructable grate in Artillery Control Center.
  
• Small update to Pentaxid Mining Facility. Increased shield HP. Added pentaxid ore as loot.
  
• Updated decals on Foundry.
  
• Added an additional new variation of the JLN Legionnaire wreck (thanks to RtBucco).
  
• Added new Logos folder to the scenario that has the Reforged Eden png logo for use in videos or blueprint screenshots. Original logo was created by D34DP5YCH0 for the scenario and community that plays it. Please respect this and do not use these logos to promote content from other scenarios.
  
• Lowered market price on some POI specific blocks for compatibility with mods.
  
• Added new loading screenshots and upscaled all existing ones to 2k resolution so they should show up better in 2k. Used lower jpg quality to reduce file size. (Thanks to Garaman, Geoffman72, Pantheis, PxxLz, Slappy_Nuts, Stan, WesternDevil, Akeva, Samsquatch, thescripthd. I apologize if I missed anyone in the credits please let me know!)
  
  
  
  Continued in next post:

• Added new lift blocks craftable in the device tab of constructors.
  Lifts can be controlled via signal and will rise or lower depending on their ON/OFF state. They take up only 1 block space and other blocks can be placed below the block they take up.
  These are experimental and may cause issues. To pick them up via multi tool you must aim either at the control pad or frame on the top of the lift. Setting up two buttons and using a XOR signal to control them works well.
  Currently there are 2, 3, and 4 high 1x1 lifts, and a 3 high 2x3 lift. (Huge thanks to Vertex Rage Studio (bOBaN) for the model. Note that the 2x3 lift was originally 1x1 so it might look a little stretched compared to the others)
  If they work well and people like them I'll add more sizes in the future.
  
• Added new Project Eden decorative block group to the deocoration tab of constructors. Moved warning lights to this block group and added a button and a keypad that can be used as switches. Great for use with the new lifts using a XOR circuit. (Huge thanks to Vertex Rage Studio for the models).
  
• Updated model for scanning and expedition tables. (Huge thanks to Vertex Rage Studio for the base table models. Noticing a trend? He makes fantastic models and I seriously appreciate it.)
  
• Added Salvage Core, unlocked in the Misc tab of the tech tree after Base Starter. A reusable core that can be picked up with the F key. Convenient for salvaging wrecks. (Thanks to KnowItAllDM for the idea from his Claim Core from Star Salvage)
  
• Adjusted tooltips to clarify that Project Eden blocks need either Project Eden or Reforged Eden. People were getting confused thinking they couldn't use Project Eden blocks in Reforged Eden.
  
• Fixed broken grass texture in hydroponics bays.
  
• MX-4 Rapid Torpedo Launcher: Increased blast and direct damage from 3000 to 3600. Increased range from 900 to 950. Reduced reload timer from 15 to 10. Increased homing speed from 0.5 to 1. Added arrows to show which direction needs to point forward.
  
• Heavy Blaster Cannon reload time reduced to 5 seconds from 10 seconds.
  
• Increased LX-2 Prototype Light Railgun damage modifier versus devices (metallight/metal/metalhard) by 20% from 1.0 to 1.2.
  
• Updated icon for warning lights.
  
• You can now change the color of warning lights between red, orange, and yellow by damaging them with a survival or multitool. Note: light color gets reset to red if you repair your ship. Increased angle and range of the light source.
  
• Changed Light Railgun Turret model to match the Heavy Railgun Turret. (It can no longer aim straight up but can now pitch down making it more usable for player ships in 90% of situations).
  
• Reduced cut industrial diamond craft time from 3600 to 900.
  

• Replaced variables used in trader missions to prevent them from reseting when the POI refreshes in MP in 1.8 (didn't happen in 1.7-)
  
• Changes to marketprices of certain AI blocks to prevent economy exploits on HWS with selling ships to the market.
  
• Added Tribal Anvil to the Tribal Deco Blocks.
  
• Added new Special Classes to the class system.
  
• Medical Devices all now autogroup to the Medical tab of the device menu.
  
• Fixed Desert Strike mission again... probably.
  
• Fixed bug with Infected Talon model caused by the directory for the model changing in 1.8.
  
• Added new Deconstructor model (Thanks to Boban for all his amazing work on this)
  
• Numerous changes and bugfixes, but I don't remember them all... or any of them at this point.
  I've made a lot of small ones over the last 2 months, but I work on RG2 every night so I can't remember which are which.

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Please see the pinned discussions and links for questions around general server setup or customization of the scenario.

Make sure you do not use a custom "Config.ecf" file under your root Empyrion/Content/Configuration folder when playing the scenario.
If you do you must either delete it, rename it, or update it to work with the scenario.
Failure to do so may result in game crashing errors.

• Increased size of pentaxid deposits on pentaxid rich crystalline moons.
  
• Adjusted scanning and expedition missions (still WIP and not at all nearly done).
  
• Added a new type of bounty patrol vessel to cold orbits. These give you a payout after destroying their core.
  
• Adjusted detection range of strange plant formations on tropical and strange temperate planets. Now set to 500 meters.
  
• Reduced shield damage modifier of POI swarm launcher from 0.2 to 0.15.
  
• Added debug multitool that can remove reinforced blocks.
  
• Increased hardness of POI reinforced cargo containers from 15 to 150, reducing damage taken by 90% to help them survive battles.
  
• Added many new decals and blocks for POIs. NOT FOR PLAYER USE.
  
• Changed blue deco crystal POIs to use a new block you can harvest for resources.
  
  
• Sector Command shield now recharges on crusted lava planets. (Reforged)

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New planetary decoration:
The new planetary decorations have not been added to any planets yet. This is because it's not ready for scenarios to use yet, and because I don't currently have time to add it to all planets.
I will most likely wait until the system gets documentation and has been tested for singleplayer and multiplayer.
I have a big planet update planned for later after the deco system becomes fully available to scenarios, but I may add it to a few planets as a test before then.

New starting planets:
I am also not including the new Crown starting sector or new starting moons from 1.8. This is because it would take more work than I have time for at the moment since several of my planets share the same names as the new starting system.
I may rename my existing planets and add Ellyon as its own dedicated starting solar system later.

New missions: (Applies to Project Eden only)
1.8 changes the vanilla starting missions. Currently I have not added them since they would also require the above two changes and I simply do not have time to do this at the moment.
The new starting missions also rely on 273mb of new files which I really cannot add to the scenario since there is a size limit on scenarios that are uploaded to the Workshop and that would greatly cut into my allowed size and increase the download burden on servers.
The existing vanilla missions may also be broken due to changes in vanilla POI prefabs, so going forward I will no longer be able to maintain the vanilla missions in Project Eden.
I know this may be a dissapointment to some but the Empyrion developers have spent a lot of work getting custom pictures, audio, and video set up with the new missions and if I added them without that it would not only cause console errors, but also not show the missions as they were meant to be played and cheapen the experience.
This will also allow me to focus on the custom content in the scenario without needing to build it around the vanilla missions, though I may include select custom missions in the scenario in the future where it makes sense.
Reforged Galaxy missions will still be supported, and those have not changed this update.

Block ID mapping error in save games:
Unfortunately there's not much to update on this. We don't know of any way to fix it from the scenario side of things, and it's been hard to reproduce as it only affected certain people.
I wish I had more of an answer for everyone but the reality is that when modding games, there's a chance that things can go wrong through no fault of anyone. Always keep your work-in-progress ship and base designs saved to a blueprint file, as ships and resources can always be spawned back into a new save game but not easily recovered from a corrupt save.

• Updated all starting planets to have carbon deposits and depletion meteors as appropiate. Carbon might not have much use yet in Reforged Eden but it has been added to all started for future compatibility. Carbon surface rocks are unable to be added unless you use the new planetary decoration system.
  
• Doubled the size of sun flares in the galaxy config file to compensate for the halving of sun flares in the game. Only applies to a NEW save game.
  
• Added 3 new star variations.
  Note: the colors of all stars also seemed to have changed in 1.8 compared to 1.7. I had originally spent a lot of time setting up the colors and now they might not look like I had intended. I don't know when I will have time to go back through and tweak them all so for now this is what we have to work with.
  
• Cruise missile turrets can no longer be repaired to template.
  
• Fixed error on Tropical and Jungle planets. No idea what the error was or why it was causing an issue, but fixed it is. Will most likely not apply to games that already broke because of this error sadly.
  POTENTIAL FIX FOR EXISTING SAVES (use at own risk): Go to your save game's Templates folder, find the planet name you got stuck on (sort by last modifed may be easiest), open up Playfield.yaml in Notepad++:
  Anywhere you see the following:
  
  AuxiliaryPOIs: - RuinsTribal
  Remove the "- Ruins Tribal". And if that leaves AuxiliaryPOIs blank, remove that as well.
  Find anywhere that says:
  
  - GroupName: RuinsTribal
  And if it has a "IsAuxPOI: true" listed below it, remove that "IsAuxPOI: true" line completely.
  Save the file and try loading your save game again.
  And again, DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. MAKE BACKUPS.
  
  
• Added new Config_PE and Config_RE files to the scenario's content folder and added notes to the galaxy config file.
  FOR SERVERS: You may read the directions at the top of the galaxy config file, or inside each of the two new config files to lower the max star count and increase the warp range if needed for save game stability on larger multiplayer servers.
  I cannot guarantee how much impact lowering the star count will actually have, but it is now a little easier for you to do if you choose to.

• Updated Abandoned Mine with fixes.
  
• Cold/Chilled Cabinets and cryochambers no longer spoil food.
  
• Added secondary conditional checks to fix the issue with the game update to 1.8 wiping dbplayer_string variables used to track Class type.
  If your class info has been wiped (old save) running the Class System mission will add a new option to reconfirm your main class and will reset your sub-class checks so you can choose that too.
  WARNING: If you Reconfirm a class that's NOT the one you originally chose you will receive no class missions, no skill bonuses, nothing. Game over.
  
• Fixed bug where Stone Deco Blocks weren't correctly linking back to it's own templates.
  
• Added BaseItem recipes to posters to prevent exploit where players can spawn structures with posters.

Please consider validating files in Steam to make sure it downloads the latest scenario files to your PC.
A new save game is not mandatory unless otherwise stated. It is your choice or the choice of your server owner whether to continue an existing save game or start a new one.
Please see the pinned discussions and links for questions around general server setup or customization of the scenario.

This update will not be able to fix it in an existing save game so if you care about the appearances of stars please don't start a new save game quite yet.
I will try to get the next update out in a week or two, depending on my schedule.
Thank you everyone.

• Re-imported Project Eden configs to apply missing RE specific balancing. (Some turrets use more CPU now. They were bugged in the last update and were using CPU values from vanilla PE. That is fixed now.)
  
• Updated automated drill turret and excavator drill turret visuals.
  
• POI beam laser turrets are no longer craftable.
  
• Added 2 new traders to UCH research vessels (not in starting systems) for use in future missions and trading.
  
• Updated playfield types of some space playfields for future missions.
  
• Updated Xenuan Carrier. Increased max shield and shield recharge. Added reinforced loot containers. Now contains an advanced core box (quantum core box for Reforged).
  
• Increased ice and rich asteroid drill max count from 8 to 10.
  
• Increased auto ice and rich asteroid drill turret max count from 6 to 12.
  
• Increased excavator turret max count from 4 to 6.
  I realize these changes may require some redesign on existing mining ships when used with block limits, but the alternative is to never change anything at all so... Enjoy more drills.

We're trying to figure out why some people are having trouble resuming old save games. If there's a fix we'll do an update for it. In the mean time DO NOT DELETE YOUR SAVE GAMES please just in case they can be fixed.

Please consider validating files in Steam to make sure it downloads the latest scenario files to your PC.
A new save game is not mandatory unless otherwise stated. It is your choice or the choice of your server owner whether to continue an existing save game or start a new one.
Please see the pinned discussions and links for questions around general server setup or customization of the scenario.

This update will not be able to fix it in an existing save game so if you care about the appearances of stars please don't start a new save game quite yet.
I will try to get the next update out in a week or two, depending on my schedule.
Thank you everyone.

• Fixed error in Templates file.
  
• Fixed unmineable ore surveys on Haven/Persephone/Gaia.
  
• Updated several auto-activated PDA missions to remove available notifications and set drone ambushes to appropiate factions.
  
• Set reactivation delay of new scanning missions to 1 second.
  
• Updated descriptions of auto mining turrets since they work on servers while in the pilot seat now.

• Fixed an issue where some starter planet POIs would fail to spawn or break caused by failed file copying.
  
• Added overhauled Abandoned Mine POI.
  
• Fixed bug where Polaris Frigates weren't part of the rest of the Polaris OPV group.