Steph'nie wrote:

DevildogFF wrote:

Will the public release of Update 2 be different than the private version?

If you compare the release notes, you'll notice we've added / changed a few things, but I believe it was mostly performance improvements / errors fixes and some tweaks for the battle. 

k thx!

• Added Advanced Minor factions (Z’vali & Epistis)

And what does that exactly mean a minor faction is advanced?

So happy with the additions and hope everyone else will agree.

Now excuse me while I splice some genes...

Just a fast question: when the update will be available in final version (not in Betas window, but as a real update)?

Thanks a lot Amplitude !

Will try this asap but the list of changes and additions is so much satisfying !

Thanks a lot for your work, you are the best and keep up the good work <3

Mithrill wrote:

Just a fast question: when the update will be available in final version (not in Betas window, but as a real update)?

During the stream they mentioned maybe in 2 weeks or so. But that was an estimate so take that with a grain of salt

Is the spaceport available in this build? I can't find it :p

XR17 wrote:

Is the spaceport available in this build? I can't find it :p

It needs to be better explained, but you have to make it to the third "era" of the Right part of the Web (Economy and something, I forget) and then you can upgrade your planets using luxury resources. Once it's upgraded, you can send people away from that colony. 

I just sincerley hope that [Not able to load Saves] & The [Infinite End Turn] bugs do not show themselves again.

Change log for Update Preview [0.2.0]

HOW TO ACCESS: Right click on the game in your Steam Library, click on Properties, then on Betas, and select update2.preview in the drop down menu. Click on Close. You’re set!

[DISCLAIMER] OLD SAVES ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THIS VERSION, PLEASE BE CAREFUL IF YOU UPLOAD THE NEW BRANCH

[MAJOR CHANGES]

• Added a new major faction, the Horatio!
• Implemented a new Technology tree
• Updated the free cam of the space battle
• Reworked the game options menu
• Added Advanced Minor factions (Z’vali & Epistis)
• Added the Gnashast minor faction
• Added the Tikanan minor faction
• Added the Eyder, a scavenger minor faction created by the community

[GAMEPLAY]

• Heroes skills don’t stack anymore
• Added Turn, DustInflation and GameSpeedMultiplier on Marketplace
• Automated ships can now drop their content only if the destination isn't blockaded, instead of if it is not orbited by enemy fleets

[BATTLE]

• Deck building
  • Added 16 battle play cards in the game
    • 5 cards by default for a deck of 3
    • Added technologies to increase deck size and unlock cards
    • Cards have more complex effects, useful or not depending on the situation
  • Free deck changes every ten turns, otherwise it will cost influence
• Before battle
  • Added automated defensive fleet merging before battle
  • Added window to select which Empire to attack on a system
• Advanced battle screen
  • Changed the layout to highlight the play card choice
  • It is no longer possible to simulate your opponent’s plays
    • Added the 3 last plays used against you by the opponent
  • Added drag and drop to move the ships between your flotillas
    • Reduced minimum CP to unlock more flotillas
    • Added 3 sorting presets to sort the ships
    • Added locking state on ships to force them in a flotilla
    • Saved the fleet configurations from battle to battle
    • Added new Ship icons to show the roles
  • Added 3 stats buttons to compare the 2 fleets:
    • Military power (as currently)
    • Energy / Projectile power (takes into account the weapon and defense)
    • Range compatibility
• During battle
  • Firing ranges are now fixed by phase
  • Improved Scan view
    • Improved ship labels: the left-side gauge shows damage taken (with misses, shield damage reduction and hull plating), the right-side gauge shows damage inflicted (same details), shield gage is now around the HP gage
    • Added flotilla label when the camera is far away
    • Added trajectories and targeting on the galaxy floor (feedback still WIP)
    • Added damage taken numbers above the ships
  • Added Flotillas HUD: see a list of ships per flotilla (with HP state), more feedback will be added in the next update
  • Improved free cam:
    • Use shift to accelerate the camera move
    • Left click to lock the camera on a ship then use arrows or left click to rotate and mouse wheel to zoom
• Data
  • Reduced the energy / projectile “hard counter” effect (e.g. shields also slightly stop projectile weapons and never completely stop energy weapons)
  • Increased defense module efficiency

[DIPLO]

• Cravers can now close borders when the Militarists have a majority.
• The following terms are no longer blocked by the "Eternal War" trait: open/close borders, vision sharing, map sharing, trade agreement, science agreement. Note that most of these are already gated by the peace relation state, so it is redundant to block them directly.
• Eternal War no longer prevents empires from sending Dust to reduce pressure (the description of the trait only talks about peace).
• Map sharing is no longer possible in Cold War.

[UI]

• You can now rename planets that you colonize, except unique ones
• Changed enemy plays display on Advanced battle setup screen
• Improved diplomacy screen and truce notifications
• Added a notification for rebellion
• Added a modal panel for the system political event (accessible with a button in the system management)
• Scan view economy has been modified (last stage added (system rank))
• Changed position of the open political overview system button in the colony side panels
• Changed how enemy plays are displayed

[VFX]

• Shield Fx has been improved
• Added transition between ground battle notification and ground battle visual
• Modified special nodes
  • BlackHole
  • SolarNebular
  • SpaceCloud

[AI]

• Fleet behaviour tweaks
  • more reactive fleet mission
  • mothership attack
  • invaders wait to have manpower to quit system
• Add buyout by influence of system
• First Spaceport use (only when system is over populated and unhappy).
• Migration v1.0
• A lot of improvements for the general stability of the IA
• AI's desire for more systems increases as its planets are depleted (whether they are Cravers or not). AI will raze its worst depleted planets when over its over-colonization threshold.
• Added Open Borders proposition.
• AI now evaluates map exchange in diplomacy.
• Reinforced buying luxury when a rebellion is on the way.
• Forced root priority of Buying resource to 1 instead of 0.2
• AI now declare war before moving if the player closes its borders to the AI.

[FIX]

• Prevent the Garrisons button from being displayed uninitialized in some situations.
• Fixed Lumeris being able to colonize planets they haven't discovered yet
• Fixed game speed multiplier being applied to Emperor's Will state
• Fixed Benthys not using second assimilation trait. Improved tooltip for the trait
• Image and description of unique planet are now related to the unique planet instead of its type
• Fixed Outpost buyout button appearing on colonized systems
• Updated Planet tooltip to display origin of effects, instead of grouping everything.
• Fixed camera not zooming on fleets when the player does not own a system
• Numerous minor fixes!

Let us know what you think! 

It just means these specific Minors belong in the larger "Advanced" minor faction family (4 Minor families are planned).

Zalmoksis wrote:

jhell wrote:

It just means these specific Minors belong in the larger "Advanced" minor faction family (4 Minor families are planned).

But the Z'vali and epistis were already there for some time, right? So is the fact they are now labelled as "advanced", is it meaningful from the gameplay perspective?

The Family changes the kind of ships the minor factions use. You won't face the same challenges if you're against Scavenger or Advanced ships :)

Kynrael wrote:

Zalmoksis wrote:

jhell wrote:

It just means these specific Minors belong in the larger "Advanced" minor faction family (4 Minor families are planned).

But the Z'vali and epistis were already there for some time, right? So is the fact they are now labelled as "advanced", is it meaningful from the gameplay perspective?

The Family changes the kind of ships the minor factions use. You won't face the same challenges if you're against Scavenger or Advanced ships :)

Is there also a plan to give each minor faction cultural type their own hero skill tree, as you did for Scavengers and Eusocial?

Is it normal that the IA Lumeris won the game (economic victory) at turn 87 (normal game pace) ?

Greedis wrote:

Is it normal that the IA Lumeris won the game (economic victory) at turn 87 (normal game pace) ?

Seems so. I managed to win it by Turn 91 as Horatio despite fumbling a lot with the new tech tree and race mechanics (along with losing my hero for 14 turns near the start of the game ). Oh and it was achieved on a non-unique constellation galaxy, so trade routes were much shorter until wormholes. 

Final income was 19k per turn and achieved without a single +dust law. This doesn't make you rich though. It costs 13k to buyout the newest battleship I have thanks to the new dust inflation (you can assume it would be around 10k for races uglier than Horatio).

Not a fan of the pick one or the other approach you've taken with the new tech tree. It really ruins the shipbuilding gameplay for me. I hope you change it back.