BossConstructor
Patch 173
- Added support for custom localizations.
- You can now use Steam Workshop ships in the skirmish mode.
- The piston should now be much less likely to glitch out.
- Ship parts now uncloak when their energy level gets below 30%. Being cloaked no longer drains all your energy.
- Increased the prices at the gambling station.
- Maybe fixed excessive log files caused by controller issues.
Patch 172: Faction images and text!
If you haven't seen these screens yet and load an advanced save file, prepare to see a lot of them.
Miscellaneous:
- Completing the exploration game no longer starts NG+ automatically. When done, you can continue exploring or hit the NG+ button.
- Replaced one of the fonts with a more readable one.
- When you delete a ship it is moved to the deletedships-folder from where you can recover it if necessary.
- Ore containers now increase the amount of starting credits in the skirmish/endless missions.
- Fixed the tooltip for advanced generators and the railgun.
Patch 171
- Replicator ship parts should now be preserved in the exploration mode.
- Fixed a bug preventing the SSD to be used in boss ships.
- Fixed a rare bug in the mining mission.
- Fixed some crashes occurring with ultra textures.
Patch 170: Bonus Pack etc.
Added the game's soundtrack and a few wallpapers to the game folder.
Miscellaneous:
- Difficulty in the exploration mode now scales with galaxy size. In effect, larger galaxies are no longer easier than small ones.
- You can now assign commands to either piston.
- Jump gates now 'block more space', hence preventing solar winds and other stuff from spawning next to them.
- Scanned areas should no longer have indicators.
- Fleeing AI ships should now correctly head to the jump gate.
- The game no longer exits when the SteamAPI fails to init properly.
Patch 169: Music, Sound etc.
- Remastered most of the music tracks for your listening enjoyment.
- New/changed sounds for: EMP, Railgun, Carrier, Torpedo, Railgun, Resonance Cannon, Sword, Repulsor Beam, Ore Extractor, PDL, SSD
- Added 4 new voice messages.
Miscellaneous:
- Ore is now sold automatically inbetween missions in the endless mode.
- The player now gets starting credits in the test and skirmish modes to allow ore generators and repair bots to work.
- Balancing: Reduced frag missile damage.
- Artifact ships should be less likely to spawn on top of your ship.
Bugs:
- Weapons should no longer accumulate shots when under EMP.
- Fixed a exploration mode techlab reputation requirements.
- Fixed two bugs in the ship positioning and spawning algorithms.
- Fixed a bug with the flak cannon.
- Fixed a crash caused by the missile launcher.
Patch 168
- Dragging large ship parts in the editor is now way faster.
- Improved the ship indicators on the minimap.
- You can now revisit sectors if the vN spread there.
Bugs:
- Fixed a bug causing concerning the integrity enhancer.
- Fixed a crash caused by the mine layer.
Patch 167
- Credits are now the main currency.
- Visiting the galaxy map or a trade auto-sells your ore for credits at a rate of 1:10.
- Tech labs and gamblers now accept credits; the relative price remains the same.
- Repair bots and ore generators now consume credits.
Misc.:
- Allied ships in the 'defend x' missons now warp out after you completed the respective goal.
- The energy required to remain cloaked now rises exponentially over time.
- The game now disposes/frees more of its used OpenGL resources when exiting.
- When a shop/gambler/techlab dies in a map, it dies in real life... I mean the galaxy map...
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug causing techlabs and gamblers to refuse docking.
- Destroying an asteroid now stops the ore extraction.
- Improved description and text for the mine ore mission. Also, there should now always be at least 5 ore to mine.
- Replicated ships no longer show up as destroyed ships on the score screen.
- Closing a shop screen on the galaxy map should no longer accidentally trigger missions hiding below.
- Cloaked ships now a) completely break missile tracking, b) cannot be drained by the energy absorber, c) no longer affect the camera.
- Faction standings can no longer go beyond -0 or +8.
- Fixed a bug causing commands to get lost when your ship breaks apart.
- Fixed a crash in the skirmish mode caused by specific replicator designs.
Progress Report 2016-05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iei8_42NI6o
Patch 166:
- Repulsor Beam: Increased range and strength etc.
- Sub space drive: Stronger acceleration initially; reverse acceleration after 1 sec; cool new effect.
- Replicator: New effect.
- Ore extractor: Changed mechanic and new effect.
- Star shield: New position mechanic, own shots pass through, new effect.
- Shield now spawns 3 shield plates.
- Improved effects for rail gun, grappling hook, piston ...
Miscellaneous:
- Ship indicators and minimap icons for the objectives now blink occasionally. Also, quest texts are now shown as messages in the beginning of a mission.
- Game should no longer use system resources when not visible, unless when using the evolution mode.
- Cloaked ship parts should no longer have indicators on the border of the screen, unless they are mission objectives.
- Fixed the starting position of replicated ships.
- Fixed some AI issues in ships with multiple parts.
- Fixed a bug causing the minelayer to crash the game.
Patch 165
- Ship parts must now be connected to a command center in order to be controlled.
- Autoaim/revolute joints, pistons and (activated) energy chains count.
- A warning is shown for non-connected ship parts in the editor.
Visual stuff:
- Improved the debris particle effect.
- Repair bots and interceptors can now be colored.
- New interceptor texture, fixed interceptor trails.
- New torpedo explosion & new energy chain effect.
Bug fixes:
- Editing exploration ships in the exploration mode editor no longer changes the original ship design. Changes are saved to the 'exploration ship' design.
- Fixed a bug causing AI ships with joints to self-destruct.
- Fixed a bug causing the difficulty to reset on NG+.
- Fixed a bug from patch 164 causing the AI modes to malfunction.