Update v1.3.8.4:

CRASH FIXES

• fixed crash when identifying empire refuelling points

• fixed crash when checking whether facilities can be upgraded

• fixed crash when determining resource prices

• fixed crash when determining migration sources

• fixed crash when fleet assigns queued mission to pickup debris, but debris has already been

picked up

• fixed crash when adding character traits via a game event

• fixed rare crash when rendering Fleets screen

• fixed crash when rendering particle effects

• added warning message to player when unable to write SessionLog and other files in game

folder at startup due to insufficient file permissions (would previously crash)

• fixed crash when lone pirate evaluates diplomatic relations with independent colonies

• fixed crash when click 'Start New Game' button without Shadows Rising installed

USER INTERFACE

• fixed missing action buttons in Colony Detail screen when Shadows Rising installed (was

expecting 11 buttons when there are only 10)

• ensure search textbox is focused and text is selected when switch to Search screencrash when

identifying empire refuelling points

POLICIES

• added new policy setting for 'Default Diplomatic Strategy for Pirates'. This allows a planetary

empire to set all pirate faction relations to Hostile, and thus make it harder for pirates to park near

your colonies in an attempt to spread their influence there. Note: setting to ‘Conquer’ option will

cancel all current treaties with pirate factions and set them as hostile

CONTRACTS

• ensure that having many simultaneous Atuuk Great Directions does not block acceptance of

contracts

DESIGNS

• manually-upgraded fighter designs sometimes getting wrong components in bays

• fixes to pirate ship weapon firing arcs

SHADOWPORTS

• prevent accepting the same Shadowport contract multiple times (and thus gaining multiple

rewards from the same contract)

• Shadowport construction ships no longer check whether new Lone Pirate spaceport is being

constructed in another empire's territory (was previously blocking construction and preventing

Lone Pirate from becoming a Pirate Faction)

• when a Junkyard Shadowport is destroyed, any nearby claimed shipwrecks are released and

become normal damaged abandoned ships that can be salvaged

LONE PIRATES

• when player Lone Pirate captures a ship they are now presented with choice to either scrap the

captured ship for money (previous behavior) or to instead switch to the captured ship and scrap

their previous one (transferring all of their cargo and other items to their new ship). Note that this

only applies to ships that are viable for a lone pirate: must be mobile (sub-warp speed +

hyperdrive) and one of the following roles: any freighter, Escort, Frigate, Destroyer or Cruiser

EVENTS

• fixed Zenox Homeworld bases being captured by pirates

• fixed Haakonish "Ancient Exploration Ship" event causing a high quality planet to appear in home

system

• fixes to various pirate-related events

MODDING

• extended character images so that randomly-generated characters now randomly select image

from pool of multiple images for their race and role (i.e. from all images where name starts with

'[RACE]_[ROLE]')

• static characters (defined in CharacterDefinitions.xml) can now have random skill levels by

setting amount to zero (will auto-select a value between -0.05 and +0.1)

 

Update v1.3.8.0:

CRASH FIXES

• fixed crash when attempt to dock at abandoned spaceport

• fixed rare crash when generating a new game (GenerateShadowportEmpire)

• fixed rare crash when opening Create Contract dialog

• fixed rare game lockup/hang when assigning pirate Guard missions against a colony they want to

influence

GAME SETTINGS

• ensure Gamma and other display settings are properly set at game start

START NEW GAME SCREEN

• in Start New Game screen split out Victory Conditions step and Story and Events step

GALAXY GENERATION

• ensure there are never any duplicate system names when generating a new galaxy, including

Black Hole names

USER INTERFACE

• when playing as a Lone Pirate the default filter for Characters screen is now 'All' instead of 'NonSpies' (requires new game)

• removed irrelevant tooltip warnings for contracts when playing as a Lone Pirate (e.g. do not

require resources at own spaceports to fulfill Resource Delivery contracts)

• ensure Lone Pirates always see messages relating to capturing and scrapping ships (regardless

of message filters)

• Selection Panel now shows accurate assault pod strength available, also factoring in last time

used

• right-click pop-up mission menu for ships and fleets now shows warning when a Capture or Raid

mission cannot be carried out due to no available assault pod strength

• added new message when one of your ships docks at a location (Dock mission). Clicking on the

message selects the ship, opens the Dock Menu and pauses the game. Can turn message off

using new 'Ship Docked' message filter

• altered docking greeting message to be more appropriate when not docked at Shadowport

• fixed Titan troop icons not being rendered properly for projects in Research screen

• research projects with no components/shiphulls/bonuses/etc now render correctly in Research

screen (show as an empty project)

• fixed occasional flickering content in vertically scrolling panels

• added new Population screen in 'Your Empire' section of Control Center, showing a breakdown of

the population in your empire by alien race

POLICIES

• added new policy setting: 'Prevent Colonization With Secondary Races' which determines

whether to use non-dominant races when colonizing new uninhabited worlds. When turned on

this means that only your first, main race is used to colonize new worlds - other races acquired

from independent colonies or migration are not used to establish new colonies

CONSTRUCTION ORDER QUEUE

• pirate construction ships now properly build queued spaceports (not at colonies)

RESEARCH

• ensure research project for pirate base ship hull (typically a Medium Spaceport) is researched at

game start so that can retrofit to new designs for same role

DIPLOMACY

• fixed pirates getting negative diplomatic incident against a planetary empire when they eliminate

another planetary empire (should be only when eliminate a pirate faction)

AUTO-DESIGNER

• tweaked automated ship design so that Escorts and Frigates will always have a close- in weapon

(if available), even when other race-specific factors decrease priority (e.g. Zenox)

SHIP ORDERS

• manually-controlled ships no longer auto-assign refuel mission after completing a raid

SHIP CAPTURE

• fixed lone pirate ship capturing so that does not assume have lost ship and restart at Shadowport

• fixed lone pirate ship capture so that always scrap captured ship or base for money. Note: We’re

intending further changes in this area

RAIDS

• colony raids now also spawn defending militia troops at the colony, thus extending the raid time,

especially when the colony has no other defending troops

INDEPENDENT COLONIES

• ensure independent colonies that become planetary empires work properly to grow and expand

• ensure independent colonies that become planetary empires do not have full knowledge of

galaxy map

PIRATES

• ensure pirate factions always use names from Governments.xml file if they exist

• pirate factions are now eliminated when they lose their last spaceport (same as previous

behavior) instead of also requiring removal of their Hidden Pirate facilities (their facilities are also

removed when they are eliminated)

• when a pirate faction is eliminated, most of their ships will attempt to join another nearby friendly

pirate faction instead of joining the conquering empire

• pirate raider troops are now much better at damaging enemy pirate facilities when raiding

colonies

DOCKING

• disable Dock button under Selection Panel when selected base is abandoned (when playing as a

Lone Pirate)

RESOURCE TRADING

• ensure can load/buy resources from own empire in Resource Trading screen even when have no

money

LONE PIRATES

• Lone Pirate military starting ships now have a cargo bay component to better enable them to

carry out resource trading

COCKPIT MODE

• added prominent brief message when attempt to manually control a ship in Cockpit Mode that

already has a mission (should first cancel the mission)

SHIP DATA

• fixed faulty firing arc for Pirate Raiding Escort ship hull

EVENTS

• fixed Ancient Boskara Homeworld event to ensure capturing Hive ships works as well as

destroying them

MODDING

• race dialog in the diplomacy screen is now included for modding (all files in dialog subfolder)

• randomly generated characters can now use static images per role instead of requiring a full

Spine character animation (or just using the default static race image). To use you must supply

static PNG images with the following path: Characters/[RACENAME]_[ROLENAME], e.g.

Characters/Ackdarian_Admiral. Valid role names are as follows: Admiral, Ambassador, General,

Leader, Pirate, Scientist, Spy. Supplied images can either be in a bundle file or as a loose image

file (with ".png" extension)

• characters can now have 2 images: the default small one, and an optional larger one used in the

diplomacy/character screen when there is no animation

• full support for defined characters via the CharacterDefinitions.xml file. This includes custom skills

and traits and custom images as outlined above