Megaprojects under construction are now processed last in order to prevent economy stalls
Population now die from starvation much slower
Treasure changes:
Treasures drop resource caches
Treasures drop Shards
Treasures contain less Artifacts
New Artifact modifiers added:
Increased chance to add positive modifier when crafting
Increased chance to discover higher tier Artifacts in Treasures
+X% Increased amount of Shards when salvaging Artifacts
+X% Increased amount of resources dropped from Treasures
7 more new modifiers
Artifact changes (Old and new Artifacts):
The Unmaker is now limited to one per player instead of one per universe
The Pegassians Redeemer is now limited to one per player instead of one per universe
The Faithless' Lament is now limited to one per player instead of unlimited
The Great Forge Station is now limited to one per player instead of unlimited
The Great Forge Station is no longer Infinite. Existing Great forges have had their duration changed
Artifact changes (Only new Artifacts):
There is now a small chance to find Perfect Artifacts with only positive modifiers in Treasures
8 new types of Artifacts added
Hostile NPC fleets can now attack planets (Note a)
Two new buildings added to help defend against raids
Electricity can now be produced and provides a buff to production cycle speed
INTERFACE
Artifacts can now be linked in the chat by right-clicking them
Artifact crafting buttons are now more responsive
Powerplant management widget added
SYSTEM
Preparation for upcoming event, some secrets are better left alone...
BUGS
Fixed issue related to apostrophes in planet- and star- names
Fixed issue that could prevent Space Elevator Tether stage from progressing
Fixed issue with Space Elevator management panel appearing off-screen
Fixed server not counting number of Elevator Tethers properly
Fixed issue caused by planets without a name - Thanks swegjesus21
Fixed tooltips using the wrong font causing alignment and scaling issues
Notes: a) NPC raids will steal resources and damage buildings unless they are fought off using defensive installations. Raids can only target planets that have begun, or completed, the Space Elevator project
Patch 4.24.651
GAMEPLAY
Balance changes:
Adjusted the cost of Arsenals
INTERFACE
Added population max display and breakdown to Divine Authority
Added some extra safeties to Artifact crafting to avoid accidental reforge or salvage
Re-arranged Artifact Crafting buttons
GRAPHICS
Added construction crane to some large construction sites
SYSTEM
Added apostrophe as an allowed character in planet names
If a planets new name is longer than 24 characters it is now truncated to 24 characters instead of being ignored
BUGS
Fixed bug that was causing the wrong building efficiency values - Thanks Keiaoso
Fixed rounding error on some Artifact modifiers - Thanks Minitall
Magnet unlock modifier spawn weight error fixed
Fixed Space Elevator Foundation cost error
Prevent District-/City- Plans Production can no longer appear as a modifier
Fixed Ship parts not showing up in Stockpile
Fixed construction site progress not saving on server restart
Fixed Space Elevator Project not working
Patch 4.24.621
GAMEPLAY
Increased the Efficiency bonus provided by number of buildings
The Space Elevator project is now visible as soon as a planet has 4 cities (Note a)
Balance changes:
Milk production now cost 0.03 Animals instead of 0.12
The Space Elevator project now has a fixed cost instead of a sum of stockpiled goods (Note a)
Pioneer colony ship Ration Pack cost has been increased to 1000 from 100
The Ration Packs added to the Colony stockpile on colonization has been increased to 1000 from 100
Reduced Pioneer movement speed to 4 from 10
Removed all armaments from Pioneer ships
Exploiter industrial ship cost has been increased across the board
Exploiter Fuel consumption has been increased to 100 from 25
Starvation kills population much slower
Civics now increase population growth
Temples now provide Faith
Civics now provide Faith, Health, and Joy
Artifact changes (Only for new Artifacts):
Unlock Charcoal now spawn on Farm- instead of Mine- Artifacts
Artifacts are now much more likely to spawn for buildings that have been constructed, as opposed to buildings not yet built or unlocked
Artifact changes (Old and new Artifacts):
The Pegassian's Redeemer effect has been increased to 300% from 250%
GRAPHICS
Added hexagonal overlays to make loot easier to spot in space
Made it easier to distinguish between an unlocked district and an available district
INTERFACE
Fixed Alpha Notice going off the screen and/or being incorrectly scaled
Settings: Interface Scale slider now moves in steps of 5% instead of 1%
Merged Space Elevator management into the regular planet management widget
Fixed Artifacts showing behind each other in the Artifact vault (Thanks Livity)
Added building counts to Planet stats in the Divine Authority panel
SYSTEM
Planet stockpile is now updated immediately on Artifact crafting
BUGS
Artifact crafting:
Reforge can no longer result in Infinite being lost on Infinite duration Artifacts
Add Modifier can no longer result in Infinite being lost on Infinite duration Artifacts
Cotton no longer requires animal sacrifices
Leftover City plans and District plans are now refunded once you begin the Space Elevator project
Fixed effect of The Unmaker Artifact not persisting through server restarts (Note b)
Notes a) Because of the changes to the Space Elevator project you may find you no longer have access to it if you did previously, and vice versa. Make sure you meet the new requirements by checking under Divine Authority for the "Begin Space Elevator" special project b) The two planets that had already triggered the Unmaker have had the effect manually re-applied
Server crash partial rollback
The service handling stars 16000 to 21999 crashed and resulted in some corrupt data. Because of this, if your star fall within this range your stockpiles and population may be at a different value than what you'd expect. The underlying cause has been found and all services have been restarted to apply the fix.
Phase III: Hotfix 11 + 12
Phase III: Hotfix 12 BUGS
Fixed being unable to socket basic Artifacts (Thanks Hartas, Mucigasul)
Phase III: Hotfix 11 GAMEPLAY
Artifact crafting returns
Congregation points return
Actions that require Influence now all require 90% (Notes *)
Artifact changes: (Notes **)
Common Artifacts now have 1 to 2 modifiers and at least 1 positive
Uncommon Artifacts now have 2 to 3 modifiers of which at least 2 positive
Rare Artifacts now have 3 to 4 modifiers of which at least 2 positive, and 1 negative
Angelic Artifacts now have 4 to 5 modifiers of which at least 2 positive, and 2 negative
Divine Artifacts now have 5 to 6 modifiers of which at least 3 positive, and 2 negative
Demonic Artifacts now have 6 to 8 modifiers of which at least 3 positive, and 3 negative
Adjusted modifier spawn weights for Creator, Primal, and Nephilic tier Artifacts to make more useful unique modifiers more common and fringe-case uses less common
(All crafted Artifacts can still have up to 15 modifiers)
INTERFACE
Updated planet management interface
Major improvements to the Artifact Vault
Added several new icons to reduce duplicates
SYSTEM
Account reset now also removes Artifacts
BUGS
Fixed all known Artifact Crafting bugs
Fixed Congregation points not unlocking properly in some cases
Fixed Temples not providing Faith
Fixed Charcoal production not always working properly
Added several missing files to the Steam build
Fixed bug that could cause multiple Artifacts to be loaded into the same slot
Fixed bug that could cause expired or deleted Artifacts to be loaded into a slot
Fixed bug that could cause Cities to behave as if they had no buildings
Fixed some cases where selecting a planet would not open the management panel
Fixed building efficiency not being taken into account during production
Fixed bug related to Specialized Tools
Fixed issue if a planet had a , in its name
NOTES * If you were previously sharing a star system with another player, you may find some actions blocked because the minimum required Influence for an action is now 90%. If you are affected by this it is highly recommended that you use the Account reset option and find a new star to settle.
** Existing Artifacts have not changed. Only new Artifacts are affected.
Phase III: Hotfix 10
GAMEPLAY
Added several more Artifact types
Several Artifact modifiers had their value ranges adjusted (Notes
)
Increased the production output of all goods by up to 60%
The production cost of several goods have been updated
Increased spawn chance of Creator tier Artifacts from 1 / 100'000 to 1 / 1'000
Increased spawn chance of Primal tier Artifacts from 1 / 1'000'000 to 1 / 5'000
Increased spawn chance of Nephilic tier Artifacts from 1 / 10'000'000 to 1 / 20'000
There is now a small chance that opening a treasure reveals a huge number of Artifacts
INTERFACE
Added marking to Artifacts to show if they Unlock production
Added marking to Artifacts to show if they Prevent production
Added marking to Artifacts to show if they have a unique modifier
Updated the Infinite Artifact marking to be an infinity symbol
Latest dev. diary is now cached less agressively
BUGS
Fixed issue that caused some Artifacts to never spawn
Fixed issue that caused some Artifact modifiers to never spawn
NOTES * This only affects Artifacts spawned after the patch
Phase III: Hotfix 9
BUGS
Fixed District- and City- plans stockpile not saving (Thanks Keiaoso, ZeroDark544)
Fixed goods gain values not being accurate
Phase III: Hotfix 8
GAMEPLAY
Lowered the Faith-, Health-, Joy- penalty from population
INTERFACE
Artifact Vault is now loaded in chunks instead of all-at-once
BUGS
Fixed potential Artifact theft exploit
Fixed Artifact Vault not loading properly if there were more than 9500 items
Fixed Production loops not saving properly
Fish no longer comes from Fruit
Fixed planet server crash exploit
Fixed Planet naming not working
Phase III: Hotfix 7
GAMEPLAY
District- and City- plans are now crafted manually and no longer require an Artifact
Basic Artifacts are now available to unlock some production
Production multiplier from number of buildings now has diminishing returns
INTERFACE
Added markings to Artifact icons to show if they're Infinite
Stockpile gain values are now the average of the past 1 minute
BUGS
Max Stockpile is no longer ignored
KNOWN ISSUES
Production loop does not save properly on server shutdown
Patch Phase III: Hotfix 6
GAMEPLAY
Unlock production Artifact modifiers are now much more common (Note
)
Lowered Treasures minimum spawn rate from 3.3min to 2min, max is still 5min
VISUALS
Treasures are now visible from much further away
BUGS
Fixed Artifacts not spawning for Workshop, Extractor
Fixed production costs being ignored
Fixed production not being affected by number of buildings
Fixed some more Artifact types not spawning properly
Added missing modifiers to some Artifact types (Notes
)
Fixed not being able to destroy socketed timed Artifacts
SERVER
Performance improvements
NOTES: * Only new Artifacts are affected, existing ones are not changed
