0.5.0.1 Stable Release

This is a bugfix release addressing several issues in 0.5.

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Fixed issue with Boost for Boost version 1.82 and greater
• Fixed ship design validation
• Fixed species description in encyclopedia
• Fixed division by zero error in AI scripts
• Fixed issue with rendering caret at start of line in multi line edit boxes
• Update logistics facilitator description to fix number of external slots
• Fixed Megalith increase infrastructure effect
• Ignore irrelevant SDL error message
• Build prerequisite ship facilities when needed
• Only show scrap building popup if a scrap order could be issued for that building by the client empire
• Apply self-sustaining xenophobic malus only where self-sustaining bonus applies
• Fix division by zero when AI has researched everything

The complete changelog can be found here.

0.5 Stable Release

Key Changes

• Added a government policies system
  • Policies have various positive or negative effects on an empire, some of which were moved from techs to policies
  • Policies represent various social, economic, and military ideas and ideals
  • Empires have limited slots in which policies can be adopted
  • Slots are unlocked by techs, buildings, other policies, ships, species or other content
• Gave species likes and dislikes
  • Buildings, policies, or specials nearby or in an empire affect their planet stability
• Made planet stability have more consequences
  • Various planet effects depend on stability levels, including resource output growth rates and stable values
  • Low planet stability causes rebel troops to appear
  • Rebel troops can cause a planet to leave an empire
• Added influence resource
  • Spent to adopt policies
  • Consumed by colonies and outposts and various content
  • Generated by various content and associated planet focus setting
  • Going into debt will reduce planet stability
• Extensive content reworking and balance adjustments for buildings, techs, policies, species, ship hulls and parts
• Combats default to 4 bouts, with ship structure and damage adjusted accordingly
• Added additional fleet aggression settings for finer control of blockading, hiding, and combat initiation

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0.4.10.2 Stable Release

This is a bugfix release addressing several issues in 0.4.10.1.

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Fixed issues with some unusual boost installations
• Added MSVC 2019 support
• Fixed compile issues with GCC 11 and MSVC 2019 toolset
• Fixed several compile/build issues
• Fixed issue with gifting where it was order-dependent for swapping all objects between two empires at a location

The complete changelog can be found here.

0.4.10.1 Stable Release

This is a bugfix release addressing several issues in 0.4.10.

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Improved info displayed for average/total fighter damage
• Fixed Experimentors sitrep about spotted monsters
• Fixed Bio-Adaptive hull regeneration description
• Fix: apply damage scaling rule to species bonus for main line weapons and fighters
• Fix: don't make planetary max shield meter effects depend on combat conditions in system
• AI: determine colony ship build time and build cost from available parts, prevent miscalculating build time when calculating colonization priority
• Prevent crash caused by fleets getting into a glitched state when starlanes get removed
• Fixed issue where, when loading a multiplayer game, the empire drop down list in the lobby would choose the wrong empire
• Fixed Arc Disruptor icon quality
• Fixed build error when trying to build without the local git repository folder present in the source root directory
• Fixed build errors with "headless" build
• Fixed build errors with certain boost versions

The complete changelog can be found here.

0.4.10 Stable Release

Key Changes

• Python 3.5+ is now supported and required. Python 2 dependence is removed
• The Arc Disruptor weapon part and techs have been added, which are useful with bad pilots, against large numbers of cheap targets, and against ships without shields
• The possible targets for each weapon type has been limited, making weapon types useful in different situations
• Fighters have been rebalanced and the Heavy Bomber fighter type was added
• Added happiness requirements for normal planet resource meter growth
• Added team-based player homeworld placement for multiplayer games
• Rebalanced some bonuses from techs and specials to make high population less important and mitigate runaway empire growth "snowballing"

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0.4.9 Stable Release

Key Changes

• Multiplayer enhancements

  • Hostless servers can be started without connected players and left running for players to join to play their turns asynchronously
  • Empires in a game can be restricted to certain players based on username-password authentication
  • Known / previously joined servers are saved and appear in the servers list of the connection window
  • Chat is shared between the lobby and in-game
  • Chat history persists and is sent to players that connect to a server
  • The chat / message window flashes when a message is received
  • The lobby shows galaxy setup data for a loaded save or the game being played on the server
  • The lobby shows empires without assigned players as separate rows when loading a save or for the game being played on the server
  • Servers can have fixed game rule settings
  • Added an optional server turn timer

• Combat targeting

  • Flak targets only fighters
  • Interceptors preferentially target bombers, then any fighters, then ships
  • Bombers preferentially target ships, then fighters
  • Species can also affect targeting

• Ship hulls have fuel efficiency, which scales the additional fuel from fuel parts and other fuel-adding content

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0.4.8 Stable Release

Key Changes

• Imperial stockpile

  • Unallocated production is stored, and can be used on colonies even if they are are disconnected from the empire supply network
  • Withdrawal limits are empire wide, based on planet stockpile meters and indicated on map and production screen
  • Techs, species, and planet focus settings affect stockpiling withdrawal limits
  • Stockpiling-focused species added: the Sly

• Game rules options which can be modified or enabled to affect balance, content, and game mechanics

• Unallocated research points are automatically allocated to the cheapest available tech

• UI Improvements

  • Fleet icon representation on the map
  • Blockade indicators
  • Ship designs, hulls, and parts can be edited, saved, obsoleted, and reordered

• Multiplayer improvements

  • Server run in hostless mode, with server-determined rules
  • Password-based player authentication
  • Observers and moderators can join ongoing games
  • Option to concede a game, subject to conditions
  • Allied victory rules

• Extensive AI improvements

View full changelog here.

0.4.7.1 Stable Release

This is a bugfix release addressing a couple of more serious issues in 0.4.7.

Bug Fixes

• Production queue: reverted behavior when increasing batch size of a build item back to a proportional reduction of the progress already made, instead of resetting progress to 0.
• Fixed bug in production queue projections.
• Several fixes to AI calculations regarding population/colonization.
• Fixed potential issues for phototrophic species.
• Fixed issues with visibility after combat resolution.
• Fixed bug which caused starlanes not to be rendered on certain systems/setups.

0.4.7 Stable Release

Key Changes

• Fighters

  • Launch during combat and attack on subsequent rounds
  • Ignore shields when attacking
  • Cannot attack planets and are not attacked by planets
  • Destroyed by any attack by other fighters or ships
  • Flak weapon shoots multiple times per round and can destroy fighters, but does minimal damage to ships

• Alliance Supply

  • Empires may propose and agree to an alliance with each other
  • Allied empires connect their supply networks through each others' supply connections
  • Allied empires resupply ships within each others' supplied systems
  • Allied empires share visibility information

• Fractional Production Progress

  • Production item progress is now stored as a fraction of completion, rather than amount of PP accumulated.
  • Changes in the production cost now can't instantly complete something that has had its production cost reduced.

• Beginner Bonus

  • When the max AI aggression is set to Beginner Mode, the human player gets bonuses to ship shields, planet troop garrisons, and resource output.

• AI Improvements

• Many new pedia articles, categorization, and improved search

• Production items on the queue may be paused and resumed

• Ancient Guardians may appear as a defensive ground force on planets with specials, instead of Sentries that attack any ship in the system

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0.4.6 Stable Release

Key Changes

• Reworked supply mechanics
• Reworked weapon part refinements
• Reworked ship repair: Drydocks, Damage Control techs,
  Robotic hulls self repair
• Many small additions/changes to GUI rendering, layout, functionality,
  customization options, and displayed information that collectively
  substantially improve usability, responsiveness, and system resource usage
• Turn processing time improvements
• AI improvements
• New specials, hulls, ship parts, giving new strategic or fun gameplay options

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