Patch Notes

Improvements

• Added a link to changelogs on the Moons of Ardan website
  
• Implemented new analytics content flow to fix the old Unity behaviour
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed a crash when navigating the system resources graphs.
  
• Fixed a crash when shutting down a building while the game was paused and then resuming gameplay.
  
• Fixed a crash occurring in the resource info screen when accessing a Biofiber on a planet that does not have producers (such as pollution scrubbers) for Pollution Block.
  

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Patch Notes

Improvements

Woodcutter Range Colored Indicator:

• The woodcutter’s hut range indicator now changes colour from green to orange when their work areas overlap.
  
• The woodcutter’s hut range indicator also shifts from green to orange when a building is in the work area.
  

Resource Tables Texts:

• Increased table text size in resource info tooltips.
  
  
• Increased table text size in the resource screen.
  
  
• Consumption in the resource screen table now displays a "-" sign for improved readability.
  
  

Upgrade Tooltip:

• Improved the formatting of the "reason" frame in the building upgrade tooltip.
  
  
  

Panel Feedback:

• Increased the sound volume when a mission panel is shown.
  

Text Refinements:

• Completed and improved technologies descriptions.
  

Balancing

• Tweaked research cost and science production. Due to substantial changes, a comparative table wouldn’t make sense.
  

Bug fixes

Missions:

• Mission "Healthcare Access: Cronium Industry": Fixed the "For additional details" axopedia links text.
  
• Mission "Entertainment Hub Construction": Construction goals were reset when reloading a save
  
• Mission "AstroTech University: Forging Tomorrow's Stargazers": Construction goals were reset when reloading a save
  
• Mission "In Space, No One Hears You Scream!": Construction goals were reset when reloading a save
  

Others:

• When a building is upgradeable, the "reason" frame is now hidden.
  
• Fixed pollution variation text formatting on the pollution screen.
  
• Fixed transported resources being lost when saving and reloading a game.
  
• Fixed inactive resource graph scaling buttons.
  
• Fixed precision issues affecting mainly scrubbers and potential performance impacts.
  
• Fixed an issue completing a resource when upgrading a building.
  

Technical

• Upgrade to Unity 2021.3.33f1.
  
• Remove outdated hints.
  
• Remove citizen path (preview) debug options.
  

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Improvement

Resource information:

• Resource tooltips have been streamlined to display only essential information.
  
  
  
  • Featuring the resource production differential.
    
  • Indicating the active/pause state of producers.
    
  • Replacing the previously unclear "Resource status" with a count of "full storage" facilities.
    
  
  
  
  
• The resource screen has been enhanced with
  
  
  
  • Coloured texts in the graph tooltip.
    
  • Buttons for selecting the graph time range.
    
  • Information presented as a table for easier reading.
    
  
  
  
  
• Graph and stats values are now refreshed instantaneously, eliminating previous lag.
  

Pollution information:

• Pollution tooltips have been simplified to provide only essential information.
  
  
  
• A new pollution screen has been created, featuring:
  
  
  
  • Hoverable graphics.
    
  • Information presented as a table.
    
  • Buttons for selecting the graph time range.
    
  
  
  

Building icons:

• A new red "missing input resources" icon now indicates when an input resource is unavailable.
  
  
  
• The "energy network not connected" icon now features a second colour, with the addition of yellow for buildings that do not absolutely require an energy connection.
  
  

New resource:

• A new resource type, "Used small spacecraft," has been introduced to clarify spacecraft reconditioning.
  
  

Text Refinements:

Technologies unlocking "resource sciences" descriptions have been completed.

Sciences used for research have been renamed for thematic consistency

• Green science -> Basic science
  
• Brown science -> Advanced science
  
• Purple science -> Pollution science
  
• Red science -> AsteroMining science
  
• Grey science -> Astrodust science
  
• Gold science -> Future science
  

Some "resource sciences" have been renamed for clarity

• Planetary sciences -> Planetary studies
  
• Stellar sciences -> Stellar studies
  
• Exogeological data -> Cosmogeological data
  
• Planetary research -> Interstellar chemical data
  

Population Information:

• Max living space for each population level is now displayed.
  
  

Living Places Upgrade Tooltip Improvement:

• The tooltip for living palaces upgrade has been improved for better clarity and understanding.
  
  

Landing Platform Improvements:

• The landing platform is now technically considered a resource producer, handling the new resource called "Used small spacecraft" and reconditioning them into "Small spacecraft."
  
• Additionally, landing pads are now visually linked to warehouses.
  
  

Camera Shortcut Hint Enhancement:

• The camera shortcut hint now includes an axonaut face for improved charisma.
  
  

Balancing

Reduced planet rotation speed by 2.

Game Speed Adjustments:

• Reduced mid-game speed to x3.
  
• Reduced max game speed to x6.
  

Bug fixes

Resource Screen Fix:

• Fixed the nutrient paste icon that was not displayed.
  

Production Issues Resolved:

• Fixed issues where resource producers and the landing platform were causing production issues due to rounding problems.
  

Energy network pause:

• Fixed an issue where pausing was "resetting" the energy network status and displaying erroneous warning icons.
  

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Improvement

Text Refinement:

• Colored words in text colours have been updated.
  
• Fix link crash in French translation.
  
• Science lab mission has been spit to simplify its text. A hint has been added.
  

Improved hint pages:

• An image has been added to the production ratios hint
  
• An image has been added to the worker slots hint
  
• An image has been added to the citizen consumption hint
  

Balancing

Mission Adjustments:

• Mission rewards are now granted to all colonised stellar bodies
  

Mission 10-02: Utilizing Heat in Tool Production:

• Now grants 4 Solinite ore.
  
• Now grants 4 Solinite rods.
  

Mission 13 02: Synthwiches Production Line:

• Now grants 3 Soilflower.
  
• Now grants 3 Soilgrain.
  
• Now grants 3 Soilflour.
  

Mission 14 01: Jewelry Craftsmanship:

• Now grants 4 Permium ore.
  
• Now grants 4 Permium bars.
  

Bug fixes

• Pollution processing facility: Building steps were not unlocked making impossible its construction.
  

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Improvement

Building Button Size Reduction:

• The size of building buttons (destroy, collect immediately, pause) has been reduced for a more streamlined interface.
  
  
  

Unified Border Sizes:

• Mission and research "rewards" (Needs, resources,…) now have unified border sizes for a consistent visual experience.
  

Enhanced Research Tree Displays:

• Added a green arrow icon for building upgrades.
  
• Recipe icons are now correctly displayed.
  
  
  

Interactive Element Icons:

• Unlocks can now be hovered in the focused research panel, to show the building card and cost,
  
  
  
• Building icons in mission briefings are also hoverable, displaying the building card and cost.
  
• Unlockable building icons in mission rewards are also hoverable, showing the building card and cost.
  

Visual Updates:

• Conducted small UI refactoring to enhance the visibility of the "show all resource" button.
  
  
  
• Updated the science lab icon.
  
  
• Updated fonts for objective and reward titles in the mission briefing.
  
• Added an axolotl icon to mission need rewards.
  
  
  
• Updated fonts and text for the current mission title.
  
• Building cards now feature a green arrow icon for building upgrade cards.
  
  
  

Balancing

Mission Adjustments:

Mission 12: Growing the Dweller Community:

• Previous Requirement: Reach 60 dwellers
  
• Updated Requirement: Reach 120 dwellers
  

Mission 10-02: Utilizing Heat in Tool Production:

• Now grants 2 tools.
  

Mission 11 04: Healthcare Access: Cronium Industry:

• Now grants 2 chromiums.
  

Mission 13 02: Synthwiches Production Line:

• Now grants 2 synthwiches.
  

Mission 14 01: Jewelry Craftsmanship:

• Now grants 2 jewelry.
  

Research Adjustments:

Bug fixes

• Fixed building card types.
  
• Addressed an issue where the axopedia was not showing the first topic most of the time.
  
• Resolved a problem with topic links in the mission 8 briefings.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when there were more than 2 links in mission briefings.
  

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