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Genre: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie

Lord of Rigel

Release 1.01
Ticket #2062 Adaptive scanners added as a priority system to missile and torpedo AI designs
Ticket #2061 Fix for case of autocombat not transitioning to bombardment
Ticket #2060 Content- Continuum Emitter tech
Ticket #2059 Evo mutation and Exile trait score fix

Release 1.0 Hotfix #12e
Ticket #2058 Critical- Fix for stars spawning too close for some seeds
Ticket #2057 Fix for rare case of self war declaration event message
Ticket #2056 Critical- Fix for ship designer text input focus causing end turn button softlock
Ticket #2055 Fix for rare case of visual bug of duplicate fleet on comms move

Release 1.0 Hotfix #12d (Update)
Fix for rare case of engaging phantom fleet.

Release 1.0 Hotfix #12d

Change Log:


Ticket #2043 QOL- Weapon cooldown in weapon designer
Ticket #2052 QOL- Damage type and DPS breakdown in weapon designer
Ticket #2054 End game history now displays for merged factions
Ticket #2053 QOL- Disable camera move to target if there's manual input (most noticeable in system view)

A Month of Lord of Rigel
Greetings Lords of Rigel, it's been a month since release and we wanted to highlight some new content from the last update, some of the quality of life updates planned next, and a overview of the quality of life and balance adjustments done over this past month thanks to your feedback and support.

To begin with this update added a new leader skill, starcharts, and a new leader Nimak the Abastur Starfarer who for a cost can reveal systems as explored.


Planned continued content in the near future includes new leaders and some new technologies.

As for the next focus on quality of life updates, additional information in the ship designer including weapon cooldowns and how they're effected by various modifications and a tooltip breakdown of how effective a weapon's damage is against shields, armor, structure, and internals. This will be coming over October.

Quality of Life:



  • Research tooltips show researchable, discovered, or requirements for future research.
  • Double click to save game in a slot
  • Ctrl+Hover scan ship in tactical
  • Keybinding conflict mentions conflicting binding
  • Ship systems always auto upgrade to best available tech on modify
  • Rebel factions add (Rebel) under species name tooltips
  • Zoom Hotkeys Smooth Instead of Step
  • Council added species name in parenthesis
  • Planetary gravity generator active changes gravity type in empire and planet to species norm
  • Tech description adjustments for microbiotics and universal antidote
  • Additional planetary defense selection indicator in tactical
  • System and planet views shows fleet list
  • Add parked fleet indicator in empire/planetdata
  • QOL/Balance- Lithovore-Mechanoid disable food options in custom species menu
  • Torpedo tech description clarification
  • Add tutorial reset to settings, applying settings won't reset Tutorial
  • Negative espionage mission success changed to 1% chance
  • Dynamic formation and spawn spacing in tactical
  • Departing space monsters fainter color
  • Tech tree scroll to last researched tech or current research not highest
  • Show latest tech only in build queue
  • Clearer highlight for text inputs
  • System stars and dynamic star color in tactical
  • Blockade event system wide
  • Empire and Planet list scrollbars (UMG listview friendly system)
  • Space monsters no longer have rank displays
  • Hiring leader tech tooltip shows if you have tech already
  • Cancel autoexplore when another fleet has same destination


Balance:



  • Planetary shield damage reduction
  • AI is smarter on bombardment use with planetary shields
  • Ground combat and surrender technology capture chance reduced
  • Early warning for space monsters
  • Government bonuses to research
  • Cloning center calculation adjustment
  • Reduced advanced weapon coil bonus
  • Increased chance of aggressive AI attacking instead of blockading
  • Increase beam weapon accuracy in tactical
  • Inertial stabilizer-nullifier exclusive
  • Reduced PD projectile lifespan
  • Elder species threshold reduced to 4 from 6
  • NAPs don't trigger blockade


Your continued feedback and support has been critical, and your save files and issue reports helpful for improving stability and performance.

Release 1.0 Hotfix #12c Update
QOL Features added- Invert X Axis and Invert Drag Pan

Fix for rare case of single click adding multiple ships to build queue for some mouse types.

Release 1.0 Hotfix #12c

Change Log:



Ticket #2050 System sidebar- fleet mouseover stops pan and freezes like planets
Ticket #2047 QOL- Clearer highlight for text inputs
Ticket #2046 Critical- Rare case where cancelling colony or outpost after renaming system could disable end turn button
Ticket #2045 Content- Explorer skill and leader
Ticket #2044 Turn off chase cam for warping out ship
Ticket #2013 QOL- Departing space monsters fainter color
Ticket #1986 QOL- Tech tree scroll to last researched tech or current research not highest
Ticket #1981 QOL- Show latest tech only in build queue
Ticket #2051 Fix for rare case of "sticky" load screen, event ticker, and build queue buttons

Lord of Rigel Start of Fall: Let's Play and Upcoming Updates
Greetings Lords of Rigel, thanks to your feedback and support over the past few weeks numerous issues have been resolved including balance and quality of life updates, performance enhancements, and critical issues.

To show the game to new players, is a let's play of about an hour in a large spiral galaxy as the Katraxi facing off against piracy and preparing to face the Tulock threat:


Based on your comments in the boards and Discord, there's a few planned quality of life updates for October.

Planned Updates:

  • Self destruct timer in tactical
  • Warpout timer based on drive type in tactical
  • Building best tech only filter (for linear upgrades- Starbases, Planetary Shields, Warp Infrastructure)
  • Updates to ship designer- deleting existing ship designs in menu pulldown, and weapon cooldown info.


Again, we thank your continued support and we'll continue to focus on quality of life and some additional content updates over the fall.

Release 1.0 Hotfix #12b

Change Log:


Ticket #2015 Autoexplore abort accounts for wormhole systems
Ticket #2036 Fix for Tharrn tech exchange dialog display
Ticket #2037 QOL- Negative espionage mission success changed to 1% chance
Ticket #2038 QOL- Dynamic formation and spawn spacing in tactical
Ticket #2039 Galactic unification production bonus fix
Ticket #2040 Balance- Inertial stabilizer-nullifier exclusive
Ticket #2041 Critical- Fix for rare end turn stall case with research

Release 1.0 Hotfix #12

Change Log:


Ticket #2029 Fix for rare case where research complete would not appear on tech completion
Ticket #2030 Fix for case where starbase could be constructed after autocombat without starbase destruction
Ticket #2031 Fix for case of hard shields not functioning properly in nebula
Ticket #2032 Fix for case of premature combat end with starbases
Ticket #2033 Fix for rare case of building destroyed diplomatic penalty being higher than buildings on planet
Ticket #2034 Critical- Destroyed last planet of a faction end game order of operations
Ticket #2035 Critical- Rare case of split fleet failing
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