Change log 1.0.61

[FIXES]

• "Dust to Dust - Part 3" no longer fails if the pirate fleet is not destroyed in the first turn after the quest is triggered
• Fixed an issue with Windowed fullscreen mode as reported in this thread
• Added an error message to inform players in case something goes wrong when saving and giving the reason behind the issue
• Failing to start or load a game will no longer result in a stuck  situation: a message is displayed if the game fails to start, prompting to report the bug on the G2G platform
• Fixed an issue where a quest trigger could generate an infinite end turn
• Fixed an issue in the quest "The Good Life" preventing it from being completed

1.2.23

[FIXES]

• The third objective (Bullet) of "The Gunfather" quest is now unlockable if the player possesses non custom Riftborn

• The quest fleet from the "Flight of Eyder" can no longer travel in warp mode, to prevent the quest from failing due to the time it took it to reach another system

• Fixed an issue in chapter 2 part 2 of the Lumeris main quest with the Ecologist choice. The Ecologist law now validates properly

• Fixed Singularity notification not telling which empire deployed it

• Cravers Quest no longer gives a system (Infinite Factory) which is invisible and unreachable by other players, preventing an elimination of the Cravers player

• "To do, or not to do..." 

  • The quest can now be completed when having a custom faction with Riftborn or Continuum Sculptors affinity

  • Objectives from the part 2 now display a progress tracker

  • One of the choices from part 2 has been temporarily locked pending a fix

• Fixed a warning generated when quickly switching from a notification with one objective to another with two objectives

• Fixed Sowers assimilation bonus applying only for one population unit per system

[BALANCE]

• Removed science resource reward: it is difficult to balance and players used to lose a part of their gain which was unfair

• Added a cap on all buyout costs reductions (capped to 95% reduction)

1.2.18

One of our main goals with this patch was to rebalance weapon & support modules following your feedback. Energy weapons should now be on par with their projectile counterparts, and Blast Effect Batteries will no longer be able to one-shot bigger ships.  We also gave some much needed buffs to some supports modules that were seeing little use while imposing some limitations to those that were too prominent in combat or could stack too high.

The other main aspect was to rebalance governments, also following player feedback. Republic was king and the idea was to bring the other governments to its level, by increasing their strengths and make them able to fit different playstyles. Along with the purely numerical changes on political event values (building many military ships will no longer force you to become militarist!), we feel this brings new stakes to the political game of Endless Space 2!

BALANCE

Vaulters:

• Material Expertise: Strategic resources costs multiplier in Modernization upgrades increased from 25% to 50%
• Probe vision range bonus from Vaulters-specific tech decreased from +40% to +25%
• Golden Age does not scale on Game Speed anymore
• Hero skill Geniocrat I: Science bonus reduced from +20% to +15%
• Vaulter populations bonus damage to attacker in ground battle increased from +20 to +25
• Increased cooldown before next free colonization by 2 turns

Space Battle:

• Rebalanced Laser & beam DPS values
• Blast Effect battery will now do only 50% damage against medium and large ships
• Energy and Projectile enhancer strategic cost brought from 2 to 3
• Lenser module will grant repair per phase bonus instead of HP bonus
• Jammer module will now grant an evasion boost in addition to its usual bonuses
• Antipersonnel Defense drone now grant 150 manpower in addition to its usual bonuses
• Hardened Shield Generators now grant 100 energy defense in addition to its usual bonuses
• Turret Recovery Fields now grant +10% critical damage in addition to its usual bonuses
• Globally reduced evasion boost on Engine modules
• Antimatter Laser and Beam will now have a superior hull penetration rate instead of a damage boost against shields
• Beams have been boosted back to 75% of their former value
• Energy & Projectile Enhancer Damage boost can now only be equipped once per ship

Politics:

• Made Autocracy available for Custom factions
• It is now possible to add governments in mods and they will appear in the interface of the game
• Reworked political event effects:
  •  Reduced power for numerous militarist events
  •  Reduced power for some pacifist events
  •  Increased power for some religious and ecologists events
  •  Building a Wonder now always increases the religious ideology
• Governments revamp:
  • Federation now gives +1 System before over-colonization per Hero on Empire
  • Federation now has -20% Luxury cost on System Development Upgrades
  • Democracy now has -5% Influence upkeep cost reduction per active law from different political parties
  • Dictatorship now has the strongest forced laws in the game
  • Dictatorship now grants +50% Effect to Senator skills
  • Dictatorship’s propaganda now provides an additional System effect as well as boosting party experience
  • Dictatorship now has two additional law slots unlocked on stage 3 and 5 of Empire Development respectively

Economy

• Increased growth upkeep overall for population
• Early game food star system improvements have had their gains reduced

FIXES

• Fixed an issue where an unknown Battle Card with placeholder text was displayed in the Battle Tactics screen
• Added Show Location Buttons to Argosy-related notifications
• Fixed critical error when a Vodyani Ark has less than 60% HP, and tries and fails to retreat, resulting in its destruction and causing the game to remain stuck
• Fixed an issue where ships could appear rotated after using the Skip to Action button
• Quest planets no longer remain highlighted after the Pacifist path of the "Guardians and the galaxy" quest has failed
• Fixed some traits filed under the wrong category which caused their description not to appear
• Vaulters Fleet Names are now implemented
• Fixed the Meta-Entactogen Luxury not being impacted by cost reductions
• Fixed Need to Breed Bill not appearing for Republics

Update 1.2.11 -- Guardians & the Galaxy

[ADDITIONS & IMPROVEMENTS]

• Added Unfallen population quest: Guardians & The Galaxy, created by community member StormAngel!
• Added Make War Not Love Hero Reward, Karv Jezet, from the upcoming Unfallen comic!
• Added side panel in the Diplomacy Screen that lists all ongoing contextual effects on your empire
• Guardian Guides Traits have been added
• Polished Event Notification visuals and animations
• Added link to the Economy Screen when clicking the System Level in the System Management View
• Added the option to click anywhere in the notification during the animation of the Curiosity Discovered and Empire Introduction Notifications to skip it
• Added feedback for shield and weapon deactivation on ships affected by enemy EMP in the Battle Scan View
• Reworked Happiness from System level for Vodyani into a trait, “Utopian Infrastructure” (also available in custom factions)
• Added the battle tactics mini-cards in side panel of the military screen + polished and refined play cards
• Added descriptions for the Empire improvements unlocked by the Victory technologies
• Clarified effect of Zelevas Incarnate

[QUESTS]

• The Stars Their Destination part 1 and 2 now both have the right Political Event feedback
• Vodyani are now able to complete the Vaulters Chapter 4 Science Version
• Fixed errors related to “Slingshot” quest

[PERFORMANCE]

• Improved game loading time. Empire Chronicles will now be loaded over time when opening the Empire chronicles window, instead of during startup loading

[MODDING]

• Horatio gameplay gene splicing no longer depends on the name of the AffinityGameplay, it checks instead if Empire property HasAffinityGeneHunter
• Fixed custom (modded) planets not having a Scanview map
• Fixed issues with custom (modded) unique planets not overriding their types visual

[FIXES]

• Fixed error in “Suggested Technology” algorithm
• “Halt Attacks” diplomatic term is no longer unavailable when there is one turn left to use it
• Fixed errors related to “Scienceganza” Unique Improvement and Population Events
• Fixed quest notification causing errors if there are several hidden choices
• “Attack fleet” button tooltip now properly explains why Privateers cannot attack empires that are allied with the Pirates
• The Entwined Celestial Vine progress now also appears on Special Nodes tooltips
• Fixed an issue blocking access to DLC-specific notification pop up options when playing a game with shared access to the DLC
• Fixed some anomalies appearing greyed out for no reason in the System Management View
• Fixed Hero being shown as resurrected in space battle despite the entire fleet being destroyed/captured via boarding pod
• "Crew killed per hit" effect is no longer displayed in the combat scan view when attacked ships have no manpower left
• Fixed system blockade with privateers not working as intended
• Fixed game failing to restart when it failed to start once (due to mods or other issues)
• Fixed error caused by AI accepting to join an alliance and creating a new one at the same time
• Fixed rare critical error on trading companies
• Fixed saves getting stuck because of AI alliance issues
• Becoming ally (peace/alliance) with an Empire whos blockading a players systems now un-blockades them without needing them to disable/re-enable the action
• Unfallen ships no longer receive movement speed bonus on lanes which are covered by a partially finished vine (no change when the vine is fully finished)
• Fixed error caused by fleets being attack-able while colonizing a system
• Fixed Vaulters not receiving the law effect "+X happiness on systems for Y turns after colonizing a system"
• Fixed Argosy "Create Portal" action not interrupting "Auto Explore" action
• Fixed rare error occuring when a planet is destroyed, the system lost, and then recolonized
• Fixed camera not reaching the farthest systems in the corners when playing on an exceptional twin elliptic galaxy
• Fixed Pirate not always talking when the button "support" is clicked
• Fixed Argosy colonization cost being improperly rounded in colonization tooltip
• Fixed “Boarding pods extreme” module not being received upon completion of the Deed which rewards it
• Fixed rare cases of game saves not being loadable
• Fixed Manpower refund value not being shown in the tooltip of the “Scrap Ship” button
• Fixed tooltip of the golden age icon in the Star system label displaying false information regarding its effects
• "Peace and Prayer Act" now correctly prevents Arks from being peacefully converted
• "Peace and Prayer Act" effect increased from +25 to +50 Essence per System under influence zone
• Fixed custom factions with Vaulters gameplay not unlocking boarding pods properly
• Fighters and bombers now appear in the modules list in the ship design view only when designing a compatible ship (large or carrier)
• Adamantian Bombers icon is now properly colored
• Fixed "Obelisk of All Space-Time" FIDSI effect not working properly
• Fixed some minor faction actions not resulting in political effects on populations

[1.2.6] Patch Notes

[FIXES]

• Fixed an issue where stock value “(0)” was displayed after the name of the Economic Tribute term was offered in a demand, even when not a quantified resource
• Fixed an issue where heroes couldn’t be assigned or unassigned from the military status screen
• Fixed an issue where the production per turn symbol was not displayed for luxury resources
• Fixed an issue where module tooltips erroneously multiplied the module slot cost in the ship design screen
• Fixed an issue where the technology unlock notification could only show up to 3 unlocks
• Fixed an issue where faction-specific unlocks were displayed in the technology unlock notification even if the player didn't meet the prerequisites
• Fixed an issue where the Argosy readiness timer did not display after loading the session
• Fixed an issue where the over-colonization warning did not appear when assimilating a minor faction
• Fixed an issue where debug text was displayed in the Riftborn "Machine Embodiment" population improvement tool tip after completing the "Ecologist" and "Pacifist" paths of the Chapter 3 quest
• Fixed an issue where user received no confirmation message when cancelling a Non-Aggression pact
• Fixed an issue where wrong icons were displayed for the Chapter 1 part 2 rewards of the Vaulter questline
• Fixed an issue where modders couldn't add new factions because of animated portraits defaulting to bright white when no model was assigned
• Fixed some cases where splitting a privateers fleet would result in some privateers and some not. This bug may still occur still if a part of the fleet is merged with another one which cannot be privateers
• Privateers status can now be toggled off even when not in friendly influence
• Fixed an issue where Vodyani and Lumeris methods of colonization do not feature the over-colonization warning message
• Fixed the competitor slots in the new game screen reverting back to Sophons after playing a game with the Vaulters
• War instances are no longer destroyed more than once when forming multiple alliances simultaneously
• The pirate hero "Fluffpetal Gurk'Zvark" no longer displays the number "2" in his name when obtained 
• The colonization cutscene now plays each time the Argosy colonizes a system
• Fixed wrecked ark labels sometimes being displayed in system orbital view when there were no wrecked arks
• Fixed an error on wrecked ark tooltip in rare situations
• Fixed an error when a fleet finished moving exactly when its owner accepted to remove all their fleets from another player's influence
• Fixed population collection bonuses not being updated when an ark was destroyed
• Fixed population collection bonuses not being lost when populations were lost on Vodyani arks
• Fixed "Covert sabotage" pirate action not working properly when pirates have low reinforcements
• Fixed inability to compliment/bribe minor empires that were being leeched by a Vodyani, instead of only the Vodyani being able to do so
• Fixed Vaulters assets being exportable when the DLC was disabled
• Add-Ons can now be activated in the Content Screen in the Mac version
• Fixed error + desync generated when an Argosy was destroyed in multiplayer
• Fixed skippable assert generated in GUI when relation was maxed with pirates
• Fixed end-turn freezing due to quests
• Module slot no longer displayed near the "Close" button for the Argosy II in the Ship Design screen
• Pirate lairs now allow trading routes to pass when in a friendly status with them

[ADDED]

• Added feedback on hovering module items to make clear which slots are compatible

[BALANCE]

• Increased the cost in Dust to remove a Pirate Mark on a System
• Added Special section to Fighters and Bombers module descriptions (hull requirements were previously unspecified)
• Added special indication to AoE weapon modules
• Restored growth generation value to pre-Vaulters level
• Fixed pre-emptive strike issue with limitation of Manpower authorized in ground battle (was not functioning previously)
• Ship without at least one weapon or siege module will now be unable to siege a system
• Added special informative section to energy squadron module description
• Projectile and kinetic enhancer will now have the right effect on large weapon
• Fixed two overlapping techs in the case of a custom Vodyani/Vaulters faction
• Made sure all Diplomatic Requests terms had at least a 1 turn cooldown
• Pressure values are now capped:
  •   From Score at 5 / turn
  •   From Border friction at 5 / turn
  •  From Covered Systems at 12 / turn
• Fixed Happiness Bonus on Modernization levels for Vodyani not working and not being shown properly
• Fixed Horatio Population Collection Bonus III missing from System Influence tooltip
• Fixed Peace/Forced Peace issues with Eternal War trait: Cravers can now only make Peace if they have the Pacifists in the Senate
• Fixed Subatomic Disruption technology mistakenly displaying as faction specific for Riftborn
• Fixed Planets with multiple anomalies not counting more than once for Anomaly-based bonuses
• Balanced trait cost for Core Worlds (reduced from 10 to 5)

[PERFORMANCE]

• Improved Contextual diplomacy performance
• Enhanced speed-up in AI synchronization with gameplay

[QUESTS]

• "The Lost Expedition" Rescue path quest now fails if the quest planet is destroyed 
• “Pirate Quest DLC1” Add Military effect on its objectives
•  The "Hoard" objective of the "Vital Statistics" quest now asks for a normal amount of Dust, even if the Treasure's incomes are negatives
• The "Vital Statistics" exploration quest now offers a compelling choice
• "Ice Age" exploration quest did not fail if the quest planet was destroyed
• False information displayed in the tutorial when discovering a new constellation as the Vaulters
• Custom Vaulters can now finish their quests
• An error message that sometimes appeared in the Pilgrim’s quest has been fixed
• Metaplot now has locked systems in order to avoid asset caused by Archivist Quest

[AI]

• The AI will now better handle offering strategic and luxury resources in diplomatic contracts
• AI empires will now attack pirates more often
• Fixed AI interception behavior
• Fixed AI understanding of system importance

[FIXES]

• "Random tech" rewards from quests and events can no longer grant weapons using strategic resources
• Fixed an issue where The Core Cracker module was displayed as "available" in the Ship Design screen for level 1 and 2 Arks
• The Coordination Request panel in the end turn window now automatically shows when joining an alliance
• Fixed heroes gaining too many levels when received too much experience at once
• Fixed an issue where Military Stage IV unlock notification only shows 4 of its 6 unlocks
• Fixed an issue where the Ark image in the System Management screen control banner and fleet unit image does not display the upgraded hulls  
• Fixed an issue where the fleet Action Point icon was not properly displayed
• Removed Counter-Offer button in the Diplomatic Interaction Notification when against AI
• Fixed an issue where Ark Improvements in the Constructed Improvement Panel were not displaying correct images
• Fixed heroes surviving a battle although they've been defeated if they were with a Vodyani Ark which was destroyed as well
• Fixed a situation where a fleet with 0 ships could appear on AI players
• Fixed a rare crash when exiting the game
• Fixed AI sometimes spamming other empires with Contextual diplomacy exchanges
• Fixed Chroma restrictions to be available and working only with recent Razer SDK versions: 2.7.5 and up. This fixed blocking errors about Message Box
• Fixed an issue where the Start Negotiation button in the Minor Faction notification was available even if the minor had been assimilated/killed
• Locus of swarm no longer bugs out if the player destroys the fleet and if the battle is considered a draw
• Fixed Civilians being able to turn into Privateers
• Fixed an issue with the value the Mysterious plague ship quest required for its first objectives

[BALANCE]

• Manpower production is now impacted by game speed

Starting the Endless Day celebration week right, with the release of a big update! Update 1.2.0 includes the community add-on content you all unlocked through playing, as well as the contents of update preview 1.1.15, plus some more fixes, additions and balance changes, as well as localization improvements.

FREE WEEK-END ADDON CONTENT 

• Mezari Fleet skin 

• New galaxy shape (Spiral 6)

• Brand new event

• New anomaly

• Three new combat modules

• A new amphibian hero

[OTHER ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS]

• Added a feedback in menus to see which additional content is activated 
• Vodyani Ark enhancement:
  • Upgrading a Vodyani Ark level (System Development upgrade) now increases Ark Health, Manpower, attack and 3D model
  • Potential highest health/manpower/attack increase and highest 3D model available are shown in ship design editor
• The Coordination pings can now be drag-and-dropped on the galaxy after they have been placed
• "Vacate System" now correctly informs the player why it cannot be used when the player does not have ownership of the system
• Fleets can now retreat in the territory of empires whom you are at Cold War with
• Privateers can no longer prevent sieges by orbiting a system
• It is now possible to attack civilian fleets with a fleet that has no action points left

[BALANCE]

• Tied the Force Truce tribute amount to game turn and dust inflation
• Prevented contextual terms to be sent by the AI if it has not met the player
• Now, if all players are in the same team and if the AI wins on the other side, player can see the Metaplot ending
• Flaks have been modified, with their damage nerfed and range reviewed
• Hero experience gain during battles is now shown in the Battle Report
• Added priorities to diplomatic terms so they are displayed in a more intuitive order
• "Authoritarian Leadership" when used as a starting skill now has a siege power bonus
• Second part of the Metaplot quest do trigger if the quest fleets win the first part of "Isyander's Gambit"
• Isyander's Gambit can now be completed if the quest fleets orbit around and then leave the majority of systems
• Lowered default pirate difficulty
• Slowed down Pirate spawn on a global scale
• Slightly reduced Pirate Lair manpower on a global scale
• Added missing Co-operative protocols for Sheredyn and Mezari
• Increased Dust gained by scrapping ships and improvements and linked gained values to Dust inflation
• Reworked war momentum formula to be more progressive (wars are not heavily influenced by early battles anymore)
• Conquest Victory thresholds increased slightly on the 4 biggest map sizes based on Community feedback
• Fixed Xenolinguistics being unavailable as a Starting Technology trait in Custom Factions with Sophon Visual affinity
• Improved Pirate Lair Manpower distribution
• Removed upkeep on Star System Level upgrades
• Manpower defense on Ships is now capped at 95%
• Increased "Moonbase Alpha" effect from +40 to +50 Dust
• Vodyani Chapter 3 Rebellious objective has changed: “Maintain during X turns 2 non-religious or neutral laws” instead of “no Religious laws in the Senate during X turns”
• Vodyani Chapter 4 Religious objective value has changed: Pressure Amount to reach is now computed depending on the current Pressure Amount
• Lumeris Chapter 2 Part 1 Industrialist/Ecologist objective: Industry or Ecologist ideologies have to be part of the Leading political parties in the Senate
• Lumeris Chapter 2 Part 2 Maintain Industrialist/Ecologist objective has changed: “Have X laws during X turns” instead of “reach a min amount of activated laws”
• Missile lifetime has been capped to 30s in Space Battles
• The United empire Chapter 2 Part 2 objective is now “Keep an amount of laws during X turns instead of reach a fix minimum”
• Those Darn Kids: The first objective now gives an amount of buildings the player has to build instead of construction type limitations
• Those Darn Kids: Instead of filling 2 hangars with ships, the player has to only fill 1 hangar
• Founders Keepers: objective is now located in the middle of the Galaxy in order to make this quest easier to achieve
• Pirate fleets now have a penalty in space battle against major empire AIs in difficulties above normal

[IMPROVEMENTS]

• Once controlled, the name of a constellation changes color to match that of its owner
• Changed the “Marine Blue” empire color to improve visibility
• Added safety check notification when the user deletes an entry from the Journal 
• Added Notification for the end of the metaplot
• Added notification to inform your ally that they will lose the effects of Co-operative protocol when it is cancelled
• Updated the character limit for renaming fleets 
• Updated “New contextual diplomatic term available” feedback
• Updated text in battle report notification when war trend is maxed
• Added a feedback in battle notifications when the war momentum trend is maxed out
• Removed the notification that discovering a constellation was a prerequisite to take control of it
• Clarified pressure sources values in their tooltip in diplomacy screen (added the numerical values)
• User is now informed that a system with less than 100% ownership cannot be evacuated 
• User is now informed why they cannot place singularities on an enemy system when the "Remove Singularities" contextual term is in effect 
• Added feedback for effects happening after the metaplot has ended 
• Added a cap for the pressure trend feedback
• Added the number of available probes in the exploration ship tooltip / Added the expedition power value in the fleet tooltip
• Added tooltip explaining why a Singularity cannot be placed somewhere
• Added icon to tooltips of damage gauges in the advanced battle report screen
• Coordination Tool pings no longer remain on screen permanently if the user is zooming in or out in Galaxy View while a ping is placed
• Changed the industry icon to a militarist icon for the first choice of the political Generation Gamma event
• If the text exceeds the requests width, the player can hover the request to see the rest of the text
• Swapped the Pirate and Minor Faction difficulty sliders in the New Game menu

[FIXES]

• Lobby bug has been fixed: sometimes players could not see friends multiplayer games
• The Photobomber quest no longer fails if the ship of the Photobomber is merged the ship with another fleet
• Fixed case of AI repairing ship right after selling it which caused an error
• Fixed being able to send the "generate pressure" term in succession in some cases
• Fixed being able to trade systems at war without signing a truce
• Influence and Dust tooltips no longer display "missingGuiElement" debug text after "Stop Pacific conversion" contextual term is refused 
• Effect of the Co-operative protocol is now properly displayed in the "signed treaty" notification
• Ship stats no longer overlap the ship tooltip box when the game is set to "Window" mode and 1920x1080 resolution 
• The Wonder notification no longer displays false information after you are refunded a wonder
• Fixed an issue where changing the government did not apply the feedbacked costs
• Upkeep now correctly increases when turning a fleet into privateers
• Fixed an issue where, sometimes, the amount of CP and the number of ships used to unlock flotillas did not take into account all the ships involved in the battle
• Ship modules can now be located inside the technology screen by searching for their titles 
• Fixed systems with only guardians sending free guardians to neighbours with "natural" migration
• The research turn duration displayed in the empire panel is now properly updated based on the available science surplus
• Description text in the planet scan view is no longer overlapping
• Made star lanes highlight & usage more consistent when the selected fleet is in movement
• Ship action panel can no longer be displayed in the Star system management screen
• Fixed "natural" migration causing errors when system has no population
• A fleet in "sleep" mode will now wake up if it can destroy a planet
• Contextual terms that are cancelled (eg. context no longer valid or war declared) no longer have a cooldown
• Fixed labels of planets/systems lost to Unfallen invasion displaying erroneous information
• Fixed 2 issues on Contextual Diplomatic Exchange Cancellation:
• "Done" button on the "Diplomatic Exchange Cancelled" notification now has correct behaviour 
• Both empires are now informed that a diplomatic exchange is canceled when the conditions of a contextual term are no longer met
• Motherships can no longer detach from the system when it is frozen with a Riftborn singularity
• Fixed fleets created on a system that is being blockaded not being able to move, but still showing more than 0 movement points
• Fixed retreat not working after a fleet has been intercepted
• "Preserve the Academy" quest markers are now correctly placed
• "Remove outposts" colonization restriction range now depends on influence radius of each neighbouring system, instead of the same value for every system
• Fixed minor faction trait not being removed after it has been granted through a "Development grants" action
• Fleet actions are now properly updated in real time when a Stasis Singularity is canceled 
• Fixed the fact that the resources icon could go under the populations icons in the star system management view
• The enemy is no longer incorrectly shown as destroyed after retreating 
• Fixed Probe launch interface not being closed when the fleet launching the probe is teleported out of empire influence via diplomacy
• Fixed some contextual diplomatic terms being shown in GUI although they cannot be sent.
• The "Destroy Planet" and "Colonize" buttons are now updated properly if the fleet is attacked while orbiting the system
• Fixed sorting order of diplomatic terms in negotiation modal window
• Narrative events with only political effects are now displayed correctly in the narrative screen
• Functionality of the Coordination Tool visibility button is no longer inverted if the user performs any action that disables the Coordination Tool button while it is active
• Coordination Tool no longer overlaps with the player bar buttons
• The ping button is no longer highlighted if the players click another button like the Scan view button for example
• The players can no longer place coordination requests if pings have been disabled
• You cannot offer peace and alliance in the same contract anymore
• The experience gained by admirals is no longer inconsistent with the value displayed in the combat notification
• The fleet module effects are now only shown when hovering a ship in a fleet (not in the ship design edition panel)
• Fixed and issue where The Confirmation message displayed when disabling all mods displays false information, informing the players that they are activating a mod 
• Fixed unfallen vines not decaying when captured by someone else
• The tooltips are now shown correctly when hovering over dust and influence in the Change Government screen
• Fixed Horatio splice bonuses being accumulated on systems & planets every time a system is captured
• Fixed final Academy quest support fleets being able to spawn on lodestone systems 
• Fixed outposts being taken into account for constellation control in some cases
• “Home planet” tooltip from Faction Selection now displays the correct effects
• Fixed “Suggest Terms” button when evaluated terms are invalid (you can no longer spam it) and fixed “make offer” button being enabled even without enough influence 
• Fixed an issue where Retrofit button remains inactive if the user changes a ship design by double clicking it in the fleet panel
• The Journal no longer display a score of 100 million for sessions which have disabled score victory 
• Multiple Constellation Control notifications should no longer be displayed if the user enters an Alliance after they establishes Constellation Control
• Fixed issues with contextual diplomacy and Singularity placement.
• It is no longer possible to open the Tech Screen by Ctrl+ Clicking on a Tech Hint if the Tech Screen is not accessible
• Fixed an issue where the replay of space battles generated errors in MP and could lead to inconsistencies even when playing in single player
• It is no longer possible to click on the button "Accept" in a negotiation which is not valid
• Fixed projectile of "Basic Entropy Torpedoes" being smaller than "Basic Decay Torpedoes"
• Fixed Reavers and Minor Factions not having their damage logged correctly in the Advanced Battle Report
• "Authoritarian Leadership" now takes into account Manpower given by Ship Modules when applying its Manpower bonus
• Game speed modifiers will now be properly applied to Hero related variables
• Fixed the effects of Petrov Jutka's second starting skill not being displayed correctly in tooltips
• Fixed an issue where Queued Techs that are discovered randomly through events/quests remain in queue
• "Moonbase Alpha" effects will now properly apply on systems with moons
• Fixed an issue where Empire Banner resources were not correctly rounded
• Fixed an issue where ship XP was not correctly rounded
• Fixed several issues related to Trade Company structures being destroyed/lost
• Opening the "construction complete" notification after losing a system which had completed a construction this turn no longer causes an error
• Made feedback more consistent for Pacifist default law
• Fixed an issue where The Technology Influence buyout button displays background functionality in the Technology Screen when not having enough influence
• Fixed an issue where Quest Empire did not have its inverted icon in battle notifications and advanced play/report screens
• Fixed an issue where non Unfallen empires could enqueue the Guardian Harvest improvement any number of times without taking into account the number of Guardians in their system
• Fixed the planet destruction cinematic
• Ship designs that are automatically unlocked are now always at the first revision, instead of sometimes the 2nd
• o When this happens with the starting ship designs (eg. starting with the technology for better engines than the starting ship), the starting ships are automatically retrofit for free.
• Fixed interaction with slider options
• Fixed war momentum value displayed in GUI not matching the actual gameplay value after a war was merged with another (via alliances)
• Ship Health Regen now scales with Game Speed
• Fixed the radii of influence circles not scaling wi

Update 1.0.70 -- Little Grin Man

[NEW CONTENT]

• New minor faction, the Amblyr
• New hero, Rhync aka The Photobomber, that can be unlocked through a quest
• New quest, Antihero with a Thousand Faces

Change log 1.0.63

[FIXES]

• Fixed the exploration quest "The Good Life" (for real this time!)
• Fixed war pressure not reacting appropriately in "Endless" game speed 
• Increased war pressure trend cap by x5 in all game speeds
• Softened impact of war duration on war pressure

Update 1.0.47 -- Target Locked

[ADDITIONS]

• Fighters and bombers
• Dedicated Battle tactics
• Dedicated Squadron support modules
• Dedicated Fighters & Bombers quest
• Pirate hero Jennifer Rach
• Unfallen main menu view, added ships to Cravers & Sophons main menu view
• Implemented better explosions
• Added the Force Free Movement input (CTRL + Mouse2) to the controls in the options
• Mac compatibility mode: if you are still encountering issues with the Diplomacy screen, try adding the “-compat” command line to your game’s starting options in Steam. If it works, let us know so we can add your graphics card to the list of cards triggering this mode by default!

[FIXES]

• Planetary destruction cutscenes can now be disabled
• The notification title is no longer noted as a “successful expedition” when encountering a trap in a curiosity
• The industrialists "New colony" law's description now scales correctly on different game speeds
• Fixed law upkeep not being properly displayed when it is modified by faction traits
• Fixed an issue causing the rebellion notification to not be triggered
• Pirate fleets now auto-merge at the end of every turn if possible
• Unified luxury resources tooltips in order to have luxury effects on all locations
• Fixed an issue where the retreat feature did not function properly on the vineship hulls
• Fixed "zoom in" sound being played on repeat when zooming with scrollwheel on a system when already zoomed in
• Alliance notifications are no longer displayed when created by unknown empires during gameplay
• It is no longer possible to leech the same system several times at once with the same fleet
• Counter-offer does not cause the price of diplomacy contracts to be paid again
• The quick start and beginner tutorial options are now properly displayed when hovering the cursor over the New Game button after the player exits the advanced/expert tutorial
• Teleporting probes (due to lag) now update the fog of war as intended
• Fixed an issue preventing players from making actions while another player is joining the game in multiplayer
• The mouse cursor now uses a proper pointer after the end of the turn when the player was dragging a construction during the end of the turn
• Notifications are no longer popping up when a planet destruction is launched (cf. Vodyani's Quest Hope In Heresy)
• It is no longer possible to load a save when in loading/saving screen, to avoid loading a save that's being deleted
• Fixed ready feedback of the notification battle setup
• Fixed a rare desync on hotjoining a game
• Added the possibility to rename trade companies
• Riftborn population construction is now automatically upgraded instead of blocking the system construction queues when an upgraded version is available
• Fixed tooltips of battle tactics unlocks from the technology screen displaying false information
• Fixed deed "Prospector of destruction" not tracking resources correctly
• Curiosities now display the correct regular curiosity icon greyed out instead of the padlock when no probes are currently available
• The player is no longer automatically reassigned to the first slot when changing the session mode from multiplayer to singleplayer
• The player no longer stays stuck in the "Connecting to lobby" loading screen if the host exits the lobby
• The player is now assigned to the previously occupied lobby slot when re-joining
• System approval is now correctly displayed on Riftborn outposts
• Description of the planets are now displayed properly after quick loading while watching the cinematic of the same system
• The "Isyander's Gambit" quest side indicator is now correctly displayed for fleets which orbit systems
• A character input limit for the player name in the New Game screen has been added to prevent the player from remaining stuck upon ending their turn if their name comprises a large amount of characters
• The System Scan View button is now correctly displayed in the Outpost Management screen
• The player can now only ask for one political survey per turn
• The player can no longer interact with the Galaxy screen from the Senate screen
• Battle tactics description no longer overlaps the range indicator in the battle tactics unlock tooltips
• Added information in the System List that a system is under siege
• Players creating custom factions will now have information as to why they can't add certain traits
• Decaying roots no longer remove other empires' colonies
• Added information about which population will be enrolled by the Chain Gang Program improvement
• Ship Design screen no longer displays default/placeholder Industry cost when designing Arks
• Color palette changes (colorblind settings) are now correctly applied
• Fixed an issue where the planetary destruction audio track continued to be played after the cinematic is skipped
• There are now tooltips on the relation gauge to inform the player regarding the effects of the minor factions diplomacy thresholds
• Users can no longer assign skills to heroes available in the market without purchasing them
• Fixed an error when the player is trying to change the video quality level
• Accepting an invite during a single player session will no longer cause the player to be immediately removed from the lobby after joining it
• The empire banner tooltips of dust/manpower/influence now cover the whole section, not just the stock
• Effects of the "Military Spine" skill from the Imperials and Primitives hero classes are now correctly displayed
• Added available stock of resources in the negotiation screen + changed default value of the quantity field for resource terms (from max stock to 1)
• Highlights which surround the Fleet ID no longer blink multiple times when the player clicks on a lane
• Skippable assert is no longer generated after using the Quick Load function and immediately quitting the current game session. Removed the possibility to quick load when a Confirmation Message Box is visible to avoid these kinds of strange behaviors
• Fixed the description of the notification when a ship discovers a fleet and is destroyed in the same turn
• Added a scrollbar that allows to see all the luxury resources in the Marketplace screen
• Luxury resources and trade lane freighters are no longer overlapping and are now correctly displayed
• Added information about the starting situation (planet, government, politics) of a faction in the faction choice
• Added more detailed tooltips for planets in the custom creation screen
• Fixed an issue where the player could create custom factions while the "Allow Custom Faction" setting was disabled
• The Systems Management list can now correctly be sorted by "Resources" and "Automation Policy"
• "Starting Planet" faction trait is no longer displayed in the Empire Panel for Custom Factions
• Fixed an issue where Multiple levels of a planetary specialization of the same type were displayed in the specialization list if a specialization level was skipped
• The beginner tutorial no longer loses functionality after the player changes game options
• Debug text is no longer displayed in the Hero Ship Design screen when inspecting a hero on the Marketplace
• The player can no longer access the technology screen before it becomes available in the beginner tutorial
• The Virtual Dustylizer now displays which population is going to be sacrificed, like the Chain gang program does
• Fixed systems failing to update Riftborn manpower infinite improvement when a quest unlocks a new version of the said improvement
• Curiosity expedition is now considered as failed if the fleet is destroyed during the expedition
• It is no longer possible to invade a system several times in the same turn by using the retreat option after an invasion
• Fixed an issue where Advanced Report Damage Gauges were glitching when total damage done was 0
• Fixed systems sending growth to themselves
• Fixed random technology quest reward sometimes giving a technology that should not be available
• Fixed GUI displaying incorrect information when Cravers try to change government
• Fixed an issue where Planets disappeared from System View if the player clicked on System Management View and then clicked the left mouse button again
• Fixed player being unable to decolonize home systems of other empires after capturing them
• Fixed an issue where the Lumeris’ faction-specific Infinite Improvement, Political Theater, did not replace Public 3D Printing after being researched
• Alliance victory conditions are not taken into account anymore when a player leaves an alliance
• Fixed an issue where the notification of the "A Swarm of Locusts" quest displayed improper information when only one empire completed the quest
• "Righteous fury" religious law now allows to go through closed borders
• Fixed privateers not crossing closed borders when in auto-explore
• Fixed automated ships not delivering their content when arriving (instead, waiting for the system to refresh or the end of turn)
• Fixed automated ships tooltip displaying erroneous information
• Fixed an issue where fighters that chased bombers drifted when their target was updating its trajectory
• Fixed some saves with corrupted systems not being able to load
• Fixed a situation where leech sometimes stops at end of turn
• Fixed battle rewatch not working
• Fixed colonization sometimes causing issues
• Fixed multiplayer saves being loadable with modding tools enabled

[BALANCE]

• Minor Faction quest action accessibility reduced from 75 to 50 relation points
• Added Dust cost for minor faction quest action
• Ocean, Jungle and Atoll Planet cost for Custom faction increased from 10 to 15
• Perfect Genes cost reduced from 15 to 10 (level 1) and from 30 to 20 (level 2)
• Pathfinder cost reduced from 40 to 25
• Guardians cost increased from 25 to 40
• Crowded Planets I & II disabled for Ship Bound factions
• Social Chameleons cost reduced from 20 to 15
• Increased custom faction cost for Democracy and Republic governments from 5 to 10
• Reduced effect for Skillful Traders from +20% to +15% Star System Trade Value on Star System
• Added "Fast" bonus to Civilians, and changed to "Very Fast" for Explorers
• Added bonuses "Squadron Technicians" (+10% Health on Squadrons) & "Veteran Pilots" (+10% Damage on Squadrons) for Carriers
• Balanced values for Trade Companies’ gains in Dust, Science and Luxury
• Reduced XP needed to level up Trade Companies
• Reduced Science gains from Trade Companies
• Reduced maximum number of Trade Companies to 3 (4 with faction trait Extended Consortium")
• Changed the formula for the Length modifier of Trading Company so it starts having diminishing returns once there's more than 10 Nodes in a Route
• Added faction trait "Extended Consortium", costing 15 points
• Reduced steepness of the nerf for Trade Companies research gain and Trade Companies level impact
• Decreased from 8% to 3% XP gained from improvements built for governors
• Increased XP gains of admirals from battle by x10
• 3 new empire improvements linked to stage to increase civilian ship movement points
• Increased costs of Faction Trait "Mutual Understanding I" from 5 to 10 and "Mutual Understanding II" from 10 to 15
• Reduced Lumeris Hero Senator Skill "Lucky Windfall" effect on Star Systems Trade Value from +50% to +10%
• Reduced Luxury Resource "Drift Buds" effect on Star Systems Trade Value when used in a Star System Upgrade from +70% to +20%
• Reduced "Solar Security Operations Base" effect on Star System Trade Value +100% to +25%
• Reduced "Xhuyin Cartel" effect on Star System Trade Value +50% to +25%
• Reduced "Borer's Guild Bourse" effect on Star System Trade Value +50% to +25%
• Fixed luxury Resources deposits not applying their Approval bonus per Population
• Reduced the Approval bonus per Population of Transvine deposits from +4 to +3
• Fixed "Spoils of War" law applying its effects twice
• The player will now receive resources instead of an outpost in chapter 1 of the United Empire quest if they selected the 2nd choice, if they are playing with a custom faction with Shipbound or Vines affinity
• The reward for completing the final chapter of the Riftborn's questline is now functional for custom factions
• Dust election actions are now tied to Dust inflation
• Approval bonus from the "Destroy" option of the "Mind Matters" event is now functional
• The "Church on High" Vodyani tutorial now progresses past the second step when the player selects a system as instructed
• Added a Medium range to beam weapons (with a x2 cooldown between shots)
• Flotilla Ranges now do the correct accuracy adjustments for beams
• Evasion now has max value of 0.95 instead of minValue of -0.95
• Fixed flaks bringing their DPS to feedback in the detailed view of DPS in ship overview
• The Metaplot quest can no longer erase the ENFER star system to turn it into the Metaplot system
• Rejuvenation Haze now increases regen ratio on Docked Fleets, not just Fleets in Hangar
• Promoter of Diversity's laws counter now works
• Reduced the necessary quantity of T1 Luxury Resources for Star System Upgrades
• Increased the necessary quantity of T3 Luxury Resources for Star System Upgrades
• Reduced over colonization penalty per system over the threshold (-15 --> -10)
• Reduced Custom Faction cost of starting on a Jungle from 15 to 10
• Increased XP required for hero ships to level up
• Reworked hero XP computation (added passive gains to Governors and Admirals)
• Renegade Master now applies its bonuses correctly
• It is no longer possible for factions with the Riftborn visual affinity to find star system improvements they cannot use through curiosity exploration
• Mount Zelevas (Quest United Empire, United Empire ending) can now be built
• Nerfed all Kinetic weapons’ damage by 10%
• Fixed Industrialist "Fortitude" law not applying its health bonus correctly
• Increased Heart's Ward health bonus from 45 to 50, increased shield absorption, shield bonus from 350 to 500
• Reduced Gjallarfire Damage from 22 DPS to 17 DPS
• Increased Heart's Hammer from 34 DPS to 62 DPS
• Increased Pirate Laser damage from 8 DPS to 13 DPS, increased Critical Chance from 5% to 10%, cost reduced from 40 Industry to 35

[AI]

• The AI is now able to refresh ship designs during the turn
• Added new behavior and feedback that detect diplomatic demand abuse
• The AI now handles happiness in a better way to reduce the number of cases where AI collapses under its own economy
• Removed transition in alliance state based o

Change log 1.0.20 

[FIXES]

• Fixed a legacy shader issue with certain ATI drivers that caused the game to not launch

Our areas of work for the next few patches are:

• Saves that cannot be loaded (keep sharing your files!)
• Multiplayer desyncs reported by the community (also do keep sharing your desyncs if you encounter any!)
• Some miscellaneous balance fixes