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    1. Update v1.3.1.1:
    2. CRASH FIXES
    3. • fixed rare crash when encountering independent colony
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    5. • fixed rare crash when processing construction yards
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    7. • fixed a number of crashes
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    9. • fixed rare crash when starting area weapon blasts in a scene
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    11. • fixed rare crash when generating a new game
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    13. • fixed crash when resolving list items
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    15. • fixed rare crash when picking up debris
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    17. ANNIVERSARY CONTENT
    18. • added a new anniversary story event to celebrate 25 years of Slitherine and Matrix Games
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    20. • added a new anniversary variant freighter texture for one independent freighter
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    22. GRAPHICS IMPROVEMENTS
    23. • fixed faulty rendering for some planet types
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    25. GALAXY SETUP
    26. • empire starting location is now more accurate (specified in Start New Game screen)
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    28. USER INTERFACE
    29. • fixed Enemy Targets list filters sometimes not working properly when filtering by empire
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    31. • changed default system badge display level to Enhanced (was Basic)
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    33. VIEW LOCK FEATURE
    34. • view lock now properly retains lock when ship or fleet enters or exits hyperspace
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    36. • ship or fleet now smoothly locked with camera (no jiggle when zoomed in)
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    38. INDEPENDENT COLONIES
    39. • enhanced independent colonies to have more detail: more natural features that provide bonuses,
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    41. ocassional defending troops, ocassional facilities of various sorts
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    43. • improved intro text for first contact with independent colonies so that highlights unique items at
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    45. colony
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    47. FLEET BEHAVIOR
    48. • fixed additional situations where empire bonuses were sometimes being applied twice to ships in
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    50. a fleet
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    52. • fixed weapons often not using correct repeatable values from tech tree while in combat (e.g.
    53.  
    54. extended weapon range)
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    56. • automated fleets now better at choosing best repair/retrofit yards, e.g. preferring spaceports (with
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    58. many yards) over colonies
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    60. • further improved fleet responsiveness when intercepting incoming enemy fleets
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    62. • fleets intercepting incoming enemy fleets will now coordinate with each other so that more distant
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    64. fleets drop off when closer fleets are available to intercept
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    66. • fleets attacking creatures are now more careful about evaluating other threats at same location
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    68. and will not auto-assign attack when breaches retreat conditions (assuming location is visible and
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    70. threats are known)
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    72. • fleets and ships now more careful when evaluating Hive threat for attack
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    74. • improved fleet willingness to refuel prior to repairs when necessary
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    76. • fixed invasion fleets sometimes attacking targets outside their engagement range (but will still
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    78. attack targets of opportunity in same system even when outside engagement area)
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    80. SHIP BEHAVIOR
    81. • improved evaluation of attacks against threats for ships outside fleets so that more careful to
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    83. avoid attacks against locations with many enemy targets unless can coordinate other nearby
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    85. ships to assist
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    87. • added new empire policy settings to control how ships outside fleets evaluate attacks against
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    89. enemy targets in both offensive and defensive situations (Minimum Attack Level for Ships,
    90.  
    91. Minimum Defend Level for Ships)
    92.  
    93. • more careful to cancel all incoming missions for enemy ships when conquer one of their colonies
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    95. (colony ships loading population, load troops, refuel/repair/retrofit for military ships)
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    97. FUEL TANKERS
    98. • fuel tankers in fleets will now consider refuelling their fleet ships even when inside dangerous
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    100. nebulae (e.g. ion storms) that they are not designed to handle, as long as the tanker is already at
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    102. the same location as the fleet and is not disabled
    103.  
    104. SHIP DESIGN
    105. • removed PreferredWeaponComponentIds from all races (Races.xml) so that ship design and
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    107. research is not influenced by these settings. These could interfere with the component policy
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    109. settings, causing some confusion. The component policy settings are now fully authoritative
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    111. when guiding the ship design automation.
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    113. • improved manual upgrade of ship and base designs (Upgrade button) so that engine symmetry is
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    115. honored and upgrade process attempts to keep upgraded components in the same bay if
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    117. possible (i.e. when new component fits within maximum size of existing bay)
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    119. • ensure that manually-designed ships and bases with hangar components always use at least one
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    121. external hangar bay so that ships and fighters can properly enter and exit the hangar
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    123. • improved selection of shields for automated ship design by tweaking evaluation of some shield
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    125. values
    126.  
    127. • fixed incorrect display of some shield component values where lower values are better
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    129. (Penetration Chance, Penetration Ratio)
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    131. • improved auto-design for fighters so that will now dispense with fuel tank in favor of second
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    133. reactor when required to fulfill power needs
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    135. • improved auto-design for fighters so that more likely to add further engines when possible
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    137. • automated designs for Spaceports and Defensive Bases now also includes shield recharge
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    139. energy requirements when determining how many reactors to add, thus being more likely to
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    141. avoid insufficient power output during battle
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    143. • tweaked automated Defensive Base designs to typically have more shields and armor
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    145. • automated designs now more likely to include countermeasures and targeting components, even
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    147. when hull has inbuilt countermeasures and targeting (when components provide better values in
    148.  
    149. these areas)
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    151. • when manually designing a ship or base with a ship hull that only has internal hangar bays then
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    153. disable rule requiring at least one external hangar bay to be filled by construction yards, docking
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    155. bays or fighter bays
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    157. RESEARCH
    158. • reduced research point bonus from Research treaties to 10% (previously 20%)
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    160. • removed PreferredWeaponComponentIds from all races (Races.xml) so that ship design and
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    162. research is not influenced by these settings. These could interfere with the component policy
    163.  
    164. settings, causing some confusion. The component policy settings are now fully authoritative
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    166. when guiding the research automation.
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    168. ALLIANCES
    169. • fixed empire offers to end wars with alliances not properly displaying Alliance Vote screen to
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    171. consider offer
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    173. • fixed empire offers to end wars with alliances not being properly evaluated when diplomacy is
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    175. automated
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    177. BASE CONSTRUCTION
    178. • Queue Base task buttons now use more precise determination of whether target is within
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    180. construction ship fuel range
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    182. USER INTERFACE
    183. • ship damage report now shows more precise level of hull damage when nearing 100% health,
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    185. thus making it clearer when a ship needs repair
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    187. HIVE THREAT
    188. • greatly improved Hive fleet ability to mine fuel, thus making the Hive more readily available for
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    190. attack missions (all capable Hive ships will now mine for themselves and all ships mine faster)
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    192. DATA
    193. • adjusted independent freighter ship hulls
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    195. • corrected an issue with the Boskara slave world event
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    197. • various data fixes to government biases
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    199. IKKURO / DHAYUT DLC
    200. • story event typo fix
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    202. ATUUK / WEKKARUS DLC
    203. • fixed texture issues for some Wekkarus ships
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    205. • story event typo fix