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Summary of user visible changes in Stars! Nova version 0.4.1
(Revision 393, 21 Jun 10.)
General:
- No backward compatibility with save games from earlier
versions. This means that old save games cannot be loaded
in this version.
- Created default races (as close to as currently possible).
Launcher:
- Removed the ability to resize the launcher window.
Race Wizard:
- Lesser racial trait "Cheap Engines" now costs points
instead of granting them.
- Factory operation 14 and 15 /10k grants now has correct
cost.
- Added option that techs costing 75% extra starts on
level 3/4.
- Changed order of tabs to: Race, Traits, Environment,
Production and Research.
- Moved "Factories cost 1 less G" to Production tab.
- Formated primary Racial traits.
Game Play Fixes / GUI:
- Defenses limited to 100.
- Fuel calculation now include the mass of the ships, not
just cargo. (This fix only works for newly created ships
and is not a retroactive fix for games in progress.)
- Way points can now be removed with the delete key (once
selected). The backspace key also (still) works.
- Fixed a logic error in VictoryCheck that counted unowned
stars as a second player, preventing victory by
extermination from being reported.
- Reworked the invasion angorithm so invasions now work.
- Unloading colonists at a star not owned by the fleet now
results in invasion (instead of adding the colonists to
the other race's star).
- Bombing now takes place.
- Fuel pods and cargo modules now add to the base hull
correctly.
- Corrected conversions of colonists to
kilotons-of-colonists.
- Up&Down buttons add to the production queue.
- It is now possible to replace a component in the ship
designer with another. (Component removal has not yet
been implemented.)
- Fixed incorrect cost when adding 10x components.
- Mine field is now displayed at correct size. Mine layers
lay mines continuously.
- Fixed an issue that caused fuel not to be subtracted for
legs that took less than 1 whole year/turn.
- Partial fix to prevent crash when attempting cargo
transfer where there is nothing to transfer.
Console:
- Forcing turn generation before any turns are submitted
no longer crashes the console.
Component Definitions Fixes:
- Fixed % chance to hit mines in components.xml.
- Updated race restrictions form speed trap 20 and orbital
construction module in components.xml
- Orbital construction module set to a minimum kill of 2000.
Component editor now accepts minimum kill values up to
10000.
- Fixes to components.xml by Coyote: race permision, mining
propeties for robo-miners, fixed some images, fixed
engines, all bombs now have the proper kill%, Orbital
Construction Module now has a bomb property.
Documentation:
- Updated the Getting Started Guide with command line
arguments.
- Replace font-dependent single character copyright symbol
with "(C)" for cross-platform compatibility.
AI:
- Fixed an issue that caused the AI to crash when run from
the command line with incorrect parameters.
- AI now builds factories/mines/defenses (introduced to aid
in testing of bombing.) Confirmed smart bombs do bomb.
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Summary of user visible changes in Stars! Nova version 0.4.0
Revision 299, 29 May 10.)
General:
- Improved automatic locating of installed components to reduce
the required user setup.
- Update all licensing notices.
- Improved support for mono/linux installations (including
multiple cross platform issues).
- Fixed a variety of issues causing the game to crash
unexpectedly.
- Added various command line options for launching the game in
different ways:
Start Launcher
Nova --launch
Start New Game wizard
Nova --new
Start Race Designer
Nova --race
Start Component Editor
Nova --components
Start Console
Nova --console
Start GUI
Nova --gui -r <race> -t <turn> -i <intel file> -s <state file>
Run AI
Nova --ai -r <race> -t <turn> -i <intel file>
Display the help screen
Nova --help
- Changed registry root to from Ken Reed's name to Stars-Nova.
- Merged WinForms projects into one project (Nova) to generate
a single exe.
- Changed remaining .NET 2.0 projects to .NET 3.5.
- Various typographical fixes.
- Files created by Stars! Nova now have more meaningful
extension. Some of the files have been converted from binary
serialisations to gzipped xml to improve accessibility by 3rd
party applications.
- Added keyboard accelerators and shortcuts.
Installer:
- Added a new windows installer.
Launcher:
- Created a NovaLauncher application to act as the
entry/starting point for players
New Game wizard:
- Games can be given a name.
- Can now select number of players, player races and AI/Human
control.
- Added a new map generator with options to control map
generation parameters from the new game wizard.
- Added a .settings file to capture game information determined
from the New Game wizard.
- Added a Tutorial button to the New Game Wizard. (However
there is no tutorial yet.)
Race Designer:
- Set initial focus on password text box in Race Designer.
- Allowed the race files to be stored in a separate directory
to the Game Files.
- Fixes to the Race Designer such that the advantage point
total is correctly updated on loading a race, and all controls
in the race wizard are updated.
- Fixed problem with Race Designer advantage points not
updating when changing PRT and LRT.
GUI:
- Enabled the transfer cargo dialog by default as it was
sometimes disabled when it should not be.
- Improve map zoom, scroll and scaling the background image
for non-default maps.
- Radius of a minefield is now calculated properly.
- Fleets update which planet they are orbiting when they move.
- The production dialogue no longer lists the current star
base design as a production option.
- Corrected the planetary resource calculations.
- Planet Detail modified to display dock capacity.
- Added starting tech appropriate to PRT & LRTs.
- Modified resource calculation implementation for production
units and order.
- Implemented multi-phase battle movement and fractional battle
movement
- Fixed ISB discount bug.
- Fixed the cheap factory bug so that the 1 kT benefit is only
applied once.
Console:
- Improved automation of turn generation.
- Updated layout.
- Double clicking a race now launches the GUI.
- Intel split up per race (still contains 'everything': needs
to be filtered per race).
AI:
- Added an AI stub (AI submits turns but takes no actions).
Documentation:
- Added "Getting Started" guide to installation and a shortcut
to the start menu. Guide is also available on the project wiki
from: https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/stars-nova/index.php?title=Main_Page
Component Editor:
- Added a progress dialog for when loading the component
definition file.