Horizon
Horizon release version 1.0.2.134
v1.0.2.134
Another batch of minor improvements based on community feedback/reports. Have a good weekend everyone!
* Taking over colonies via Invasion now sets them surveyed similar to colonizing planets
* Troop ships with the Invade order will no longer abort their order if unable to land troops on the first attempt (if the planet is protected) and will keep re-trying
* Retreating troop ships from a battle will now be considered for landing troops as long as the battle is won for their side
* Immaterial and Quasi-Immortal racial effects will now be checked based on the planet population race and not the occupier
* Allied ships will no longer continue firing on player captured (former enemy) ships during a battle, immediately recognizing who has taken control of the ship
* Fixed a minor bug which allowed the player hovering over a cloaked/invisible ship to be able to attack it even when it was undetected
* Added a combat log message when ships are destroyed
* Added non-combatant count on the combat prompt tooltip detailing each side's fleet composition
Horizon release version 1.0.2.133
v1.0.2.133
We have some small improvements based on community feedback. We hope you have a good weekend!
* Attack and Defend colony pacts will now expire after 20 turns (displayed beside the pact)
* Surrendering a colony or system will now set it surveyed for the new owner if not already done
* The number of turns remaining for refit orders are now displayed on the task force info panel and on the fleet management lists
* AI ship designs will now take advantage of increased available space due to miniaturization or modding
* A split task force with some ships in hyperspace will now regroup at the destination rather than wait
* An ambassador getting tired from diplomatic negotiations will no longer mention it if the player clicks end communication
* When an AI race exterminates a player colony population the turn message will now display correctly the perpetrator and the victim
* Fixed an issue where in some cases after a successful allied invasion the number of remaining soldiers would not show correctly
Horizon release version 1.0.2.132
v1.0.2.132
Changes / Fixes
* The Fleet management list will now display task forces undergoing a refit with the corresponding 'refit' order instead of 'awaiting order'
* Construction and Weapon tech fields will now clear focus automatically if all techs have reached the maximum level, as is with other tech fields
* Fixed an issue where re-loading a saved game repeatedly could in some rare case cause a memory fault on the next turn
Localization
* Russian language dialogue and text improvements
Horizon release version 1.0.2.131
v1.0.2.131
[B]Localization[/B]
* Added Russian language version, long awaited and many thanks to Geolion and our russian speaking players to help make this happen
[B]Fixes[/B]
* Fixed an issue where in rare case camera could lock-up in combat when assisting an ally and would not display combat summary
Horizon release version 1.0.2.126 - Update Notes
v1.0.2.126
NEW CHANGES
* Ships with Survey Instruments will now automatically survey a system when they have no other orders
* Improved how the AI fleet manager handles sending troop transports, it should result with larger more even strength forces before invading
* Ships queued for construction will now be displayed in the Command Points tooltip summary
* Replenishing Troop transports will no longer be instantaneous, instead it has been changed to one troop pod per turn per ship
* The power requirement for cloaking device has been reduced
FIXES
* Fixed an issue where the movement grid would not update correctly if a ship was out of power for multiple rounds
* Fixed a crash on completion of the Har'kan mission if that empire was not an active race (disabled race)
Horizon release version 1.0.2.125 - Update Notes
v1.0.2.125
NEW CHANGES
* Improved target selection for player during combat when missiles, fighters or ships are sometimes overlapped and would not allow you to target the hostile unit
* Improved camera (drag and speed) to provide more precise control when panning with the mouse in tactical combat
* Reduced excess camera movement on the Galaxy Map during turns
* Planetary missile and beam defenses will now use the highest weapons tech available to the player and display weapon type and level info in tooltips
* Fighters will now use the highest weapons tech available to the player
* Added a tooltip on colony view for Ground troops to show a breakdown of soldier strength
FIXES
* Fixed an issue with auto-building (governors) which would sometimes overspend beyond the available treasury
* AI fleet manager made a little smarter and fixed several minor bugs that could make it erratic at times
* French localization version changed "combattants" to "chasseurs" and related words
Horizon release version 1.0.2.124 - Update Notes
v1.0.2.124
We greet the new year with some minor but important improvements and fixes. Thanks to all your suggestions and reports as usual!
Changes
* Improvements made to AI planning for attacks on planets. They will be much more likely to destroy colonies now when invading isn't a good option
* Colonies to be considered defended now only require a ship with attack capability in the same system (in instanced combat mode only) and no longer require to be in orbit range
* During tactical combat player ships that have spent their weapons or are out of power will automatically end their turn (to reduce having to click done)
* Allied ships and task forces will now be visible on the galaxy map panels at all times, and so will allied orbitals in preview mode
* Colonization video caption will now display the planet name and will only require one click to exit
Fixes
* Fixed an issue when a destroyed ship in some cases would not clear all it's data properly, causing unexpected game behavior due to invalid data
* Cloaked orbitals out of detection range will no longer flicker and be visible during nearby ship movement
Horizon release version 1.0.2.123 - Update Notes
v1.0.2.123
IMPROVEMENTS
* Added a generic governor template and improved the other specialized templates to reserve cap space for the appropriate buildings (improves colony specialization)
* Improvements made to how the AI manages colony builds and ship build queues in mid-to-late game
* Ancient worlds and some other special worlds will now provide bonus capacity for additional buildings
* The probe in the tutorial will now disappear once the mission is finished
* Already discovered techs through archaeological digs will now display the appropriate tech field boost message
OTHER CHANGES / FIXES
* Fleet list window content will now correctly fit at 5:4 resolutions (eg: 1280x1024)
* Ordering a survey system to another sector will no longer reveal the star name before arriving
* Fixed a rare issue where the game could crash during a survey system
* Unloading troops to your own colonies will now incur a 10 turn delay before the ship can receive fresh troops. You can still use the load troops to transfer back from the colony.
* Reduced the Ghostship weapons quantity to make it a bit more balanced
* Fixed an issue where a split task force could cause the combat instance to happen in the wrong sector
* Fixed an issue with instanced combat requiring the player to press auto (space) to exit after a battle has ended
* Fixed an issue where a colony population would not grow if it was reduced to zero and the planet conquered without destroying it
Horizon release version 1.0.2.120 1.0.2.122 - Update Notes
v1.0.2.122
HOTFIX
* Refitting already refitted ships will no longer give credits back with Totalitarian and Unification governments
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[B]Wednesday Dec 10, 2014[/B]
v1.0.2.121
HOTFIX
* Fixed an issue with instanced combat that under certain circumstances would cause the fleet to appear at the wrong location during the next combat engagement
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Tuesday Dec 9, 2014
v1.0.2.120
[B]FIXES and CHANGES[/B]
* Government types will now apply the correct build cost reductions (Totalitarian and Unification only)
* Improved Governors to queue up level one buildings simultaneously when possible to speed up early development
* Fixed a bug that could prevent some hostile sectors from being processed for instanced combat when not manually engaged
* Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash during re-loading of the same saved game on Windows XP
* Fixed a rare display issue with L4 buildings and the rushin' roulette event
* Fixed a rare bug with manual refit not completing properly if another shipyard/starbase belonging to the race was destroyed during the same turn
* Halved the production of new soldiers and the maximum size of planetary barracks
* Default player ship designs will no longer start with negative space if non-standard techs are selected during race customization
[B]MODDING[/B]
* listArmors in tech_stats.xml will now be read into the game correctly
Horizon release version 1.0.2.119 - Update Notes
v1.0.2.119
[B]NEW IMPROVEMENTS[/B]
* Logistics technology Command Points base and per level bonus doubled, Starbase command points bonus factor added
* Command Points cost for going negative is now exponential. Lowered the base cost of going negative (less costly until -10 points)
* A Negative command points warning message has been added when a new ship is build and the balance is negative or if the empire treasury falls in the negative
* Worker and Research production ratios are now affected by the game difficulty setting
* The AI will now expand much faster at higher game difficulty settings
* Total command points used by a task force is now shown on the task force info panels and on the fleet list
* Command Points (icon with tooltip) are now available on the Ship Queue panel in colony view
[B]FIXES[/B]
* Fixed a bug where Exterminating a colony population while the autobuild is turned on could cause building repair costs to repeat for multiple turns
* Fixed damaged buildings sometimes not being repaired with the autobuild turned on
* Fixed combat outcome predictor tooltip not showing a message when ratio was 100% in favor of one side
* Har'kan race template modified to start with agriculture building
* Pressing the Next Colony button will now cycle through colonies in the same system when no other systems are colonized
* Trying to refit The Ghostship will no longer cause a crash
* Fixed particle cannon displayed damage range in the tech description
[B]MODDING[/B]
* Ship_design_stats.xml and tech_stats.xml now contain additional tech and ship details for modders
* miscellaneous_stats.xml added for modding the available points for Race customization
* Modifying race04 template will no longer default to the preset sol system for humans, if either the NumberOfPlanetsInSystem or PositionFromTheSun is changed
Have a good weekend!
- Horizon Team