Release Notes for Master of Orion

Patch 55.1.2.1.40421 (25 April 2017)

Greetings Explorers,
Today we released an update that addresses certain issues present in the last build. Read on for the full list of changes:
Improved Performance: Turn processing has been greatly optimized. Turns now process up to 50% faster and scale linearly as the game progresses, making long matches in huge galaxies more playable.
Fixed a bug that caused the MIRV missile modifier to act erratically.
Added most bug fixes from Spud Dastardly and WhatIsSol Mods.
Fix for Gnolam doomstar design attempting to use the “Heavy Mount Modifier” for missiles. It has been modified to use “Heavily Armored Missiles” instead
Fix for AI making lopsided trades in order to get trade treaties from the player
Fix for Leader bonus not being added to defender’s armor value
Fix for incorrect population growth ratio
Fix for the inability to abort combat under certain circumstances
Fix for defender armor using the wrong constant
Fix for Leader bonus not being calculated correctly for the attacker
Fix for fighters consuming ammo too quickly and returning for resupply too often
Fix for attacking race's trait (beam defense was being added to the defender’s beam defense)
Fix for Leader bonus being calculated incorrectly
Fix for static defenses not healing
Fix for Leaders’ total cost re-displaying fleet upkeep costs
Fix for Leaders’ ships ground combat bonuses not having any effect
Fix for missing "ship repair" Leader bonus
Fix for missing "spy experience" Leader bonus
Fix for several malfunctioning achievements
Enjoy the upgrades and Conquer the Stars!

Update (17 March 2017)

Greetings Explorers,
Today we’ve released a new version of the game manual, which can be found in the local files of Master of Orion (Game properties / Local files / Browse local files / Manuals).
The updated version includes the Revenge of Antares features. Let us know what you think about it!
We also want to inform you that a new stability patch is currently being worked on, and it should be released in the near future.
Thank you for your ongoing support and for all the Conquered Stars!

Patch 54.11 2.1.36087 (29 December 2016)

Fix for Leaders ships bonuses were calculated wrong on tactical battle.
Fix for the Move Fleet hotkey not always working.
Fix for Move fleet and Jump through wormhole swapped hotkeys.
Fix for Non-aggression pact needing an audience to be broken.
Fix for being able to destroy your own planet using the Stellar Converter when just invaded.
Fix for Blockade icon appearing on non-blockaded planets on Empire management screen.
Fix for Single Player Menu not appearing.
Fix for no information about bonuses on credits, research and command points tooltips.
Fix for tutorial block on the 5th turn.
Fix for too weak Plague event .
Fix for weapon tooltips moving around.
Fix for Ship name of a previous battle shown on current one
Fix for mind control description.
Fix for Telepathic perk description.
Fix for Revolt description that lead to it seeming endless.
Fix for Research bar shifting to the center of the screen when too many digits after the dot.
Fix for Anomalies not appearing when playing with the Elerians.
Fix for Buy button changing when sorting Empire screen
Fix for Player Retreat and Automatic Formation keybindings not working.
Fix for column sorting symbol overlapping column title on Leaders screen on Russian localization.
Fix for Race disposition marker going beyond the window borders when a race is destroyed.
Fix for Spies ETA being displayed as -1 after completing a mission.
Fix for Fleet popup moving to the top of the screen.
Fix for Trilarian, Gnolam and Elerian AIs not getting military ships at the start of the game.
Fix for seemingly random crash to the desktop.
Fix Tobii Eye selection.
Fix for being able to attack an allied race via clicking Enter on Battle screen.
Fix for Names of keys/buttons not being localized.
Fix for Minus being separated from numbers in some perks.
Fix for Missing space in core systems cost values
Fix for Unlocalized "Left Shift" and mouse buttons in Tobii controls.
Fix for Skip Fleet hotkey text (Russian localization).
Fix for ‘The race doesn't have any leaders' on Mission Success screen not being localized.
Fix for hard to read Asteroid Lab tooltip with research progress.
Fix for Prisoner exchange tooltip being repeated.
Fix for out of sync Subtitles.
Fix for incomplete investment tooltip.
Fix for Incorrect variables in mission success and failure notifications.
Fix for Colony Cession tooltip being repeated.
Fix for inconsistencies in Antaran ruin discovery VO/subtitles.
Fix for the empire name not being played in Ruin Сonstruction event.
Fix for Incorrect variables in mission success and failure notifications
Fix for Player being able to click Invest Button on Minor civilization diplomacy screen without protectorate under it.
Fix for the UI didn't show the experience that spies are really gaining per turn.
Fix for Technical text in leaders status ( UNASSIGNED )
Fix for 'Success at' phrase when mission success being hardcoded for all languages except English.
Fix for Antarans fleet being not able to attack a player if the player blocks any planet on Antarans way.

Patch 54.8 2.1.35621 (19 December 2016)

Fix for being able to engage multiple Antarans fleets in one battle when travelling to their dimension using a civilian ship
Fix for Antarans bringing more ships than expected to battles
Fix for russian DLC voice actors listed as English Voice Talent and DLC voice actors not being mentioned in the game credits
Fix for the wrong race appearing on an espionage pop-up
Fix for Advanced Jump Gate technology still appearing to be built
Fix for empty notifications appearing ingame
Fix for the game not being able galaxy to generate a valid galaxy under certain settings (i.e small and young with 5 opponents)
Fix for the mind control icon appearing empty in Colony screen
Fix for the Mind control icon missing on traits pop-up
Fix for Telepathic perk description in the custom race screen
Fix for a hardlock on battle result screen that showed the take command and auto-result buttons instead of the results
Fix for leaders showing up on every turn under certain match setting conditions
Fix for leaders of custom races not appearing in custom race matches
Fix for column sorting symbol overlapping column titles on Leaders screen
Fix for information about leaders’ bonuses on credits, research and command points not appearing in tooltips
Fix for the Main Menu missing in certain Linux configurations
Fix for Prisoner exchange tooltip repeating
Fix for subtitles synchronization with voiceovers
Fix for "Protectorate" appearing in notifications about colonizing a minor civilization
Fix for cost appearing even when investment into a minor civ was maxed
Fix for 'Independent planet discovered' message triggering every turn as a ship moves within the system
Fix for Minor civilization screen not refreshing when clicking Invest
Fix for minor civilization being mind controlled
Fix for invaded colonies not being taken into account by the minor civilizations for the dominant influence calculation
Fix for the Invest button not refreshing on the same turn
Fix for the empire name not being fully displayed on diplomatic icon
Fix for incomplete investment tooltip
Fix for a softlock when closing Espionage tab with LMB and RMB pressed simultaneously in Tutorial
Fix for the game not running in certain Linux configurations after previous updates
Fix for leaders popping up on every turn if match speed is changed
Fix for troops transports not disappearing after attack on or destroying a planet
Fix for the Elerian empress freezing during the economic victory cinematic
Fix for a softlock when pressing LMB and RMB to open a diplomatic negotiation
Fix for Advance Tactics giving both technologies no matter what was chosen

Patch 54.7 2.0.35381 (07 December 2016)

Greetings explorers,
A hotfix is now available for download, if it hasn't already updated for you. It addresses some of the issues you've reported since version 54.6 went live last week.
Below you can find the patch notes:

Collector's Edition Soundtrack:

Added 6 new tracks.

Balance

Reduce size of Augmented Engines to prevent temporary weak Mrrshan destroyer

Bug Fixes

Fix for a hardlock occurring after hitting the “next turn” button under certain circumstances
Fix for custom race tooltips
Fix for population units disappearing during bombardment
Fix for captured spies outliving their empires
Fix for endless processing turn when invading a colony where one of your spies is assigned
Reduced maximum amount of minor civilizations on galaxy generation to prevent a softlock
Fix for Antarans fleet disappearing when they are about to attack a player's colony, after loading the savegame
Fix for duplicated tech icon (Survival and Battle Pods)
Fix for information displayed in the “show info tooltip”, when meeting the Antarans
Fix for a random crash when using assigning a location to one of your spies
Fix for missing Minor Civilizations in Cluster and Spiral galaxies
Localization update for “mind control”
Spanish LA translation update
Fixes for several typos throughout the game in English
Fix for missing notification key after colonizing a minor civilization
Fix for Identical key IDs for "Start Mission" and "Assign Mission"
Fix for truncated political status "Independent"
Fix for the “Mod update” option not working properly
Fix for “retro ship skins” option breaking the game if selected for any of the DLC races
Fix for specials’ tooltips showing incorrect information in tactical battles
Fix for the audience screen opening, when selecting AI again after clicking on Minor Civilizations.
Texts in “Custom Race” screen have been enlarged
Fix for a typo that was causing the Trilarian defeat assets to appear broken
Fix for minor civs protectorate race icon in Diplomacy
Planet names can now can occupy 2 lines.
Fix for a possible techtree UI breakdown when selecting “slow research” in Advance Settings
Added feedback to “leaders level up” selection to make the need for user interaction more noticeable
Fix for misaligned class type on minor civilization screen, in Russian language
Fix for the header not being fully displayed in the tutorial
Fix for wrong spy race pop up showing when a mission is cancelled
Fix for incomplete description in espionage pop-up and loss of "view planet" functionality
Thank you for all of your reports, and please keep the feedback coming!

Patch 54.6 2.0.35234 (01 December 2016)

Today 1st of December we are proud to present you what is one of the biggest game updates since the beginning of Early Access. As you may notice, this build has some obvious influences from Master of Orion II, but it is also the result of processing a lot of feedback that you have been provided since it all started. So once again, thank you for your input and support.

The new content can be divided in two parts:

“Revenge of Antares Race Pack” DLC
We are bringing back the three iconic races that were first introduced with Master of Orion II: the elegant yet xenophobic Elerian, the peaceful aquatic Trilarian and the skilled traders Gnolam join the fight for Orion!

Update v54.6 highlights

The Antarans are back!
Leaders and Governors
Minor Civilizations
Ship profiles for Tactical Battles
A complete revamp to Espionage
Support for Mods in Multiplayer
IMPORTANT NOTE: due to the heavy gameplay modifications, your old savegames won’t be loadable once you update Master of Orion. In order to allow you to finish your ongoing games we have enabled a GOG Galaxy Branch which contains the build 51.3, you can access it by going to the game's "Settings", clicking on "BETA CHANNELS" so that they are switched to "ON", and setting "Install Updates" to "Manually". Once you've done that, select version 51.3 1.3.33428 in the "Rollback to Version" menu.
Also, please be advised that old mods may cause issues with the new version of Master of Orion, so you may need to update them (if a new version is available) or deactivate them.
Read on for the full patchnotes, and as always we are eager to get your feedback!

Detailed Changes v54.6:

AI

Improved evaluation of planet rating for better deal evaluation
Improved invasion analysis and execution
Improved Opportunity Rating and Opportunity Threshold analysis
The AI is now better at handling its Command Points at an Empire level
The AI is now better at organizing its defenses
Decreased colony ship output
Improved war possibility factor analysis regarding economic considerations

Balance

Pollution:
Pollution Processor cleaning effect increased from 10 to 15
Core Waste Dump cleaning effect increased from 100 to 150
Pollution absorption for Barren biomes increased to 60 (previous 30)
Rebalanced Peaceful and Militaristic traits.
Rebalanced Research speeds:
Research cell output increased from 2 to 3.
Techtree nodes cost increased by 33%.
Rebalanced share charts costs.
Creative perk research bonus increased to +50%
Pollution Processor moved to Molecular Compression Technode. Core Waste dump cleaning value increased

General

Technologies that do not belong to a race’s techtree or are void because of Victory Conditions selection no longer appear in the techtree
Recyclotron structure added

Tactical

Added Ramming
Improved AIs selection of opening moves when entering combat
Improved battlefield hazard generations better selection algorithm plus more quantity and diversity

SFX

Added new charging sound
Added notification sounds
Intro sounds added for: Amoeba, Eel, Squid and Dragon.
Updated Warp sound

UX

Economic Victory conditions graph improvements
The production queue is now fully functional
Added info during Cinematic battles for easier reference
Improved selection and formations visuals and feedback
New battle log with more information
Added Range Day indicator
Added "requires" field to Tech Applications
Added scientific victory requirement to scientific victory tech apps
Added and revised several tooltips
Use full empire name instead of race name in the title of espionage attack report
Hide view planet button in mission debriefing for empire missions
Integrated agent captured popup

Bug Fixes

Blanding error at the end of "new tech added"
Fixed inconsistencies between a monster destruction event and text
Fix for bombing flow AI attacks player’s colony
Fix for Escape button sometimes not responding
Fix for the game locking up/infinite processing turn after encountering the first race
Fix for an unusual softlock in strategy mode
Fix for Blueprint changes not being saved
Localization fix for: Key for 'Toggle Auto- turn' not ticking Auto- turn checkbox
Localization fix for old Pollution Immunity perk description in custom races
Fix for Missing key at Empire selection pop- up
Fix for a grammatical error in notifications appearing after annual payment agreement ends
Fix for negotiate button taking the player to a normal audience
Fix for upgrade button disappearing when editing a blueprint name after unlocking an upgrade
Fix for the Upgrade blueprints button appearing even when there’s is nothing to upgrade
Added Imminent biome degradation notification
Biome degradation now happens at the correct time
Colony production grid distribution fixed
Fix for incorrect food delta in colonies when polluted
Pollution Cleaning structures now are shown in pollution tooltip
Fix for subterranean farms not updating tile value in food line
Fix for incorrect production values showing after building the neutron collider
Fix for production speed, now it affects production costs instead of productive output
Difficulty level (production bonus for AI) is now calculated properly. Added additional cleanup per AI difficulty
Fix for weapons not being selectable after selecting an enemy
Fixes for some issues on specials and squadrons info update
Fixed several issues related to selecting multiple ships and giving them orders
Fixed automatic toggle on weapons when receiving a general/weapon focus order
Fixed tooltips for modules that don’t have a weapon type
Fix for hotkeys being enabled in the tutorial that could guide the player into an incorrect flow
Autorepair achievement icon art fixed
Fix for tooltip displaying incorrect security level information
Fixed a bug that prevented the Amoeba from attacking in tactical battles
Fix for inconsistency in a tech bonus in two different languages

Patch 51.3 1.3.33428 (14 November 2016)

Fix for an endless processing turn related to a perk from the Sakkra’s.
Fix for an endless processing turn issue caused by AI bombardment/invasion.
Fix for an endless processing turn if Esc was kept pressed during voting in the Galactic Council.
Fix for the menu failing to display UI options on startup in Windows.
Fix for the game not working if it had mods installed with the old system.
Fix for “Get Mods” button not being clickable with certain video capture software running.
Fix for UI notification bar glitching where trying to close a notification.
Fix for Weapons/Specials with AutoCast turned off turning back on when manually used.
Fix for AutoCast not toggleable if Special/Weapon is cooling down.
Fix for Core system showing the last selected weapon on the preview

Patch 51.2 1.3.32953 (01 November 2016)

Modding

Mods can now be used in the game to enrich the experience even more.

General

New Gravity mechanics:

Races with Low-G tolerance have a -25% penalty in Normal-G worlds and -50% penalty in High-G worlds.
Races with High-G tolerance have a -25% penalty in Normal-G worlds and -50% penalty in Low-G worlds.
Races with Normal-G tolerance have a -25% penalty in Low-G worlds and -50% penalty in High-G worlds.

New Pollution mechanics:

Pollution is now generated by Population and Production output.
New ongoing effect: If pollution in a colony goes up, it pollutes the soil and reduces cells’ food output.
Pollution Cleanup project is no longer available.
Biome tolerance and Pollution cleaning from buildings are now flat values.
Pollution Processor moved to Molecular Compression Technode. Core Waste dump cleaning value increased.

Galaxy Generation

“Planetary density” added to match options.
Tiny planets added (Updated size chances and Gravity table).
Galaxy generation improved to support the new gravity mechanics.
Monster quantity by galaxy size increased.
New Gravity Tolerance perk influences the player’s Home Planet’s gravity.
Tweaks to better support low gravity planets.

Perks

Races with Low-Gravity tolerance now have the "Low Gravity Homeworld" perk.
Races with High-Gravity tolerance now have a "High Gravity Homeworld" perk.
Creative perk research bonus increased to +50%.

Animations

Polished animations and blending of emperors and advisors

Cinematics

Cinematics now play when defeated instead of the old pop-up
Removed the narrator and subtitles from Custom Race’s cutscenes.
Cinematic cameras, now uses real mesh distances in tactical battles.

AI

Improved selection of defense points.
Improved evaluation of Declare War On.
Improved how the AI manages space pirates while being at war with other races.
The AI is now better at building bombers.
The AI is better at considering transports for other targets.
Expansionism trait improvements.
Improved invasion by allowing multiple invasion targets at once.
Improved invasion by building troop transports in advance.
Improved invasion by making troop transports move together with all military fleets.
New Planet Rating heuristic for civilizations, now uses estimated outputs.
Racial Grudge is now used in strategic analysis.
Re-balanced pacifist trait in General Strategy to make it more noticeable.
Refactored Racial Grudge so it has degrees and is not binary.
The AI now plays smarter in Cluster Galaxies.
The AI now plays smarter in Huge Galaxies.

Tactical

Improved opening moves for the AI.
Automatic toggle on a weapon/s when receiving general/weapon focus order.
Tactical Weapons can now be fired manually.
Changed how the AI chooses and changes squadron formation.
New Auto-Pause option on screen.
Reduced cinematic "Missile Cam” occurrence.
Reduced time compression smoothness.
Back end now use the new system for focus fire.
Formations have been rebalanced to make them more meaningful.
New Plasma Web FX.
Clicking on a ship now selects only that ship, double-click selects the whole squadron.

Tactical combat – Balance

Re-balanced Fighters:

Fighter Bay size reduced (40 -> 30).
Bomber Bay size reduced (50 -> 35).
Heavy Fighter Bay size reduced (60 -> 40).
Tweaked Tactical Battles Pacing:
Tweaked Hull Visual Scales
Increased Max Speed for Most Hulls
Reduced Rotation Speed for Most Hulls
Reduced tactical health scale
Increased CDs on all weapons to keep DPS and Battle Length similar to previous iteration.
Phasors Damage Nerfed 35 -> 30
Gauss Cannon Damaged Buffed 35 -> 40
Pulson Missile Damage Nerfed 50 -> 40
Zeon Missile Damage Nerfed 70 -> 60
Energy Absorber CD increased 15 -> 25
Shield Capacitor CD increased 20 -> 30
Removed a Redundant Instance of Cooldown on the Pulsar Entry.

UX

Added Automatic Formation Icon.
Added pulsing animation to "Victory Is Nigh" notification.
Citizen transports can now be built in bulk.
New fully configurable ship mass production picker.
Limited bulk building to 5 ships max.
Added a “below max recommended player” count in the galaxy generation menu, to use as initial value of each galaxy size.
Disable Intro Video Option.
Set the recommended player count instead of the max count when a new galaxy size is selected.
Added Scroll and Close functionality to notifications.
Added new feedback for new pollution mechanics.
Added missing tooltips that add necessary information in the ship design menu.
Improved feedback for Blocking and Guarding commands.
The Guard order can now be issued anywhere.
Added new formations functionality, weapons and specials functionality in the tactical combat interface.
Added status effect icons in the tactical combat interface.
Added tooltip Auto-Pause for tactical battles.
Added Status Effects to the tactical combat HUD.
Numerous tooltips improvements.
Added cost, command points, attack rating, defense rating, armor penetration, and drones system tooltips in the Ship Design menu.
Added new feedback to Economic victory.

Controls – Modifications for “Tobii eye tracking” devices

Cursor stays on planets when camera is shifting on extended view.
Improved gamepad warp by adding cursor clone.
Look at a planet and push left stick to see tooltip.

GNN

Added intro animations for GNN
Added New Economic Victory GNN trigger

Patch 49.5 1.2.31357 (04 October 2016)

[AI] Fix for: The AI seems to ask for too much for a truce even when on the losing side of a war
[Audience] Fix for: Pressing the Enter key repeatedly when opening the trade table locks the accept deal option
[Tooltips] Fix for: Civilian ship construction tooltip not showing in the production queue for certain languages
[Tutorial] Fix for: switching all 3 colonists to production instead of 1 when the advisor asks to buyout the frigate breaks the tutorial flow
[UX] Fix for: Broken notifications due to missing information in old savegames
[UX] Fix for: The game can crash when double-clicking on a defeated race in the Diplomacy window
[UX] Fix for: The scrap widget disappears too fast in Colony Management

Patch 49.4 1.2.31113 (20 September 2016)

Fix for: Star Base tooltip says that multiple Doom Stars can be built in certain supported languages
Fix for: Defense Rating displays wrong

Patch 49.3 1.2.31037 (15 September 2016)

Greetings Explorers,
Today we've published the first post-release update for Master of Orion. There are many "quality of life" improvements in this update, especially when it comes to the user interface and tooltip information. Read on for the update notes!

General

Added the option to rename a star system when colonizing first or when no other races have colonies in it
The first version of the Master of Orion Game Manual has been released in English. It can be accessed through your game library, or on the Master of Orion store page. - Additional language support will be released at a later time.

AI

Enabled extended empire heuristic with colonization information for better colonization decisions
Disabled over-conservative hostiles prediction of pirates in colonization rule so AIs don't stop colonizing for fear of non-existent pirates
AI will now better consider pirate settlements on all neighboring systems
Improved predicted hostiles firepower estimation in order to properly handle space pirates
AIs can now engage neutral fleets inside their empires (defensive engage)
Improved AIs defensive build-up and defensive war strategies
Improved estimation of hostiles presence by properly measuring incoming fleet ETAs
Improved pirates fleets spawning

Multiplayer

Diplomacy: "Reminder/Support/Honor" events are now shown during Audiences

Ship Design

Improved auto-update logic to avoid generating more weapon slots than the ones defined by hull

Tactical

Autocast for Specials is now off by default when taking control. It turns on automatically when choosing Cinematic camera and reverts to its last setting when re-taking control
Updated intros

UX

Added new tooltip to colony widget
Added Colony Events icons to tooltips
Added color coding to Research, Production, Credits, and Food strings
Mouse Cursor is no hidden during the intro movies
The "Confirm" button in the Briefing screen now launches the simulated battle
Diplomacy: Added double-click support to race's thumbnails. Double-clicking on them now launch an audience with that race

Espionage

Added double-click support to espionage missions selection
Inverted the order of parameters for sabotage report
Research: Added double-click support to nodes in the Techtree and Research Management screens
Strategy: New animation effect when splitting a fleet
Save Game: Extra info added to the save games including Big Bang Seed

Tooltips

Revamped tooltips texts to improve readability
Updated Colony Widget Tooltip style
Added more icons for tooltips

Optimization

Several framerate optimizations
Fix for lag spike when zooming
The tech tree should now load faster the first time it is opened
Tactical: Optimized ships textures

Visuals

Revamped stars' visuals to improve clarity

Bugfixes

Fix for the Audience screen getting blurred if ESC is pressed with an open dropdown menu (Colony session, trade tech, etc)
Fix for Population has shrunk pop-up appears some times before a pirate attacks a colony. Removed pop-up when population decreases because of bombardment
Fix for Clicking on 'Show Only Flagged' checkbox quickly multiple times causes a framedrop
Fix for Disable Camera Focus settings does not work with all events
Fix for Gravity Generators are not built by AutoBuild
Fix for Planet Resources button doesn't work
Fix for Options on the main menu fail to appear when the player launches the game
Fix for Total Research points are set to 1 when starting Pre-warp match
Fix for Black-hole generator does not work properly
Fix for Molecular Manipulation shouldn't be highlighted if Production filter was selected
Fix for Advisor voiceover can be interrupted by GNN
Fix for Player cannot cancel Marines deployment. 'Abort' button doesn't work properly
Fix for Subtitles options not being saved
[Achievements] Fix for achievements of a specific race being triggered with custom races
[AI] Fix for engaging rules processing leading to 1 turn lag after a war declaration
[AI] Fix for a case in which an AI asked for help in a war but was not offering anything in return
[AI] Fix for Space Monsters will now attack colonies with planetary defenses
[AI] Fix for Pirates will now attack in place before attempting to move
[AI] Fix for The AI doesn't accept its own conditions
[AI] Fix for AI uses bio-bombs in illogical ways
[AI] Fix for AI declines free offer after Demand
[Briefing] Fix for Destroy Planet will now only be available on planets
[Briefing] Fix for Briefing screen does not close automatically when the turn timer runs out
[Briefing] Fix for an issue blocking the game during colony bombardment under some circumstances
[Cinematics] Fix for Players should be notified when losing due to revolt in the last remaining colony. Added an alternative line in the cut-scene to explain it
[Controls] Fix for using custom races with Logitech Keyboards, and stability improvements
[Controls] Fix for Logitech Orion Spark G910 keyboard and others don't illuminate with color relevant to Custom Race
[Controls] Fix for Cannot assign hotkeys for Attack and Move in tactical battle
[Diplomacy] Fix for repeal deals pop-up format during an audience
[Diplomacy] Fix for Player is able to trade away colonies in systems with a monster in them
[Diplomacy] Fix for Audience animations reset after making a deal with a third race
[Diplomacy] Fix for Treaties description are unavailable if the treaties themselves are
[Diplomacy] Fix for Another race's colonies shown as zero on Diplomacy screen while Audience screen shows it correctly
[Diplomacy][UX] Fix for Truce status being cut-off in emperor speech window during an audience
[DLC] Do not allow players without Terran DLC to join a multiplayer game as customized Terran
[DLC] Fix for Selecting Quick Match has a small chance of starting with Terrans even if the DLC is not present
[DLC] Fix for 'Connection to the game has failed' is not a clear message for a non-DLC player trying to join a loaded match in the Terran spot
[DLC] Fix for Non-DLC players are able to load saved games with Terrans as custom race
[Espionage] Stopped new spy recruited notification appearing if the spy had been sent somewhere else
[Espionage] Fix for Some report messages have the wrong description
[Espionage] Fix for Report destroyed building on successful sabotage
[Espionage] Fix for Selected agent orders don't always show when clicking New Spy notification
[Espionage][Notifications] Fix for icons for espionage notifications
[GNN] Several minor fixes
[GNN] Headline doesn't crawl resulting in text being cut-off
[Localization] Fix for Some buttons don't get translated when changing localization without relaunching the game
[Localization] Fix for Saved games menu date and time displayed are only displayed in US format
[Localization] Fix for Missing localization for the message appearing when attempting to load a game and there are no saves
[Localization] Fix for Some GNN lines are spoken in Russian though the game is set to English
[Localization] Fix for Civil Transport label doesn't fit in multiple localizations in the Fleet widget
[Localization] Fix for Truce status is truncated in Relations section in Diplomacy
[Localization][EN] Fix for English text in ship explosion notification
[Localization][LA] Localization Backend and Fronted. Changed Declaración de Guerra Conjunta to Declarar Guerra a...
[Localization][LA] Fix for GOG EULA is cropped
[Localization][LA] Fix for Inconsistent capitalization in gameplay and control settings
[Localization][RU] Added missing audio files for the Silicoid Emperor
[Localization][RU] Several audio fixes
[Localization][Fleet Management] Fix for Integrated black hole icon for fleet management
[Localization][Colony Structure][EN] Fix for Star Base Description
[Multiplayer] Fix for a crash while loading a multiplayer game with custom races
[Multiplayer] Fix for a crash occurring on host migration when only 1 player remains in a multiplayer game or host disconnection occurs
[Multiplayer] Fix for 'Player disconnected' notification can be brought from a previous game
[Multiplayer] Fix for 'Waiting for players' message appears when last client eliminate the host in multiplayer
[Multiplayer] Fix for If several players attack Orion simultaneously, one of them will not receive message about obtaining (or not) Orion's modules
[Multiplayer] Fix for Game finishes to respond for all players upon opening chat window while someone is spamming messages
[Multiplayer] Fix for 'New technology discovered' notification appears every turn if turn ends via timer and the player hasn't selected any technology to research
[Multiplayer] Fix for 'What would make this work?/What do you want for this?/What would you offer for this?' options don't appear during an Audience when a multiplayer match becomes a single player one
[Multiplayer] Fix for Max player count not working when creating a multiplayer match if a number other than the maximum is selected
[Multiplayer] Fix for A player is able to load into a multiplayer game as a destroyed race via a saved game
[Multiplayer] Fix for It is possible to pick the same 8 races in multiplayer
[Multiplayer] Fix for Endless processing turn occurred in multiplayer game on 243 turn
[Multiplayer] Fix for Chat doesn't work after finishing a multiplayer skirmish and creating a new lobby
[Notifications] Fix for The warning about repulsive actions does not appear when using biological bombs
[Path to Victory] Fix for Different total score shown on the front and back of the card
[Strategy] Fix for Fleet Icon for the Colony Ship in zoomed out view
[Strategy] Fix for a glitch caused by framerate optimization
[Strategy] Fixed blur effect for Star System's widgets
[Strategy] Fix for Ship makes its path avoiding military outposts though it shouldn't know they exists
[Strategy] Fix for Sometimes the fleet's pathfinding uses information not known to the player
[Strategy] Fix for A system's name can overlap fleets
[Strategy] Fix for Fleet icons don't update correctly when a settlement is created or destroyed
[Strategy] Fix for The fleet widget now supports over 26 fleets in the same node
[Strategy] Fix for Planet and fleet tags sometimes linger
[Strategy] Fix for Ordering a ship to 'Block' orders the whole fleet to do it. Now a single ship can be ordered to block/guard
[Strategy] Fix for Skip now can be applied to a single ship
[Strategy] Fix for Structures built with the space factory can't be selected or scrapped
[Strategy] Fix for Disabled skip if the fleet doesn’t have pending orders
[Strategy] Fix for Fighter Bays are not considered weapons
[Strategy] Fix for Tutorial does not work properly after starting a new game
[Strategy] Fix for A scout destroyed an AI ship
[Save Games] Small fix in the Galactic Council in order for old save games to display correct information
[Save Games] Fix for The tutorial allows only one save and it cannot be overwritten
[Save Games] Fix for The 'All victory conditions are disabled' warning should not appear in a save file's description if the match is not over
[Ship Design] Fix for Augmented Engines add Beam Defense to Combat Stats though there is no info about it in description
[Ship Design] Fix for There is no missiles HP information though there is information about different anti-missiles weapon
[Ship Design] Fix for Modules only swap slots if the line is full
[Ship Design] Fix for Blueprint order switches from Frigate->Destroyer to Destroyer->Frigate when starting a new game as Mrrshan or Terran on Pre-Warp
[Ship Design] Fix for Changing a blueprint theme and pressing cancel saves the changes
[Ship Design] Fix for Doomstar has an extra hidden 9th weapon slot
[Ship Design] Fix for Too many clicks required to to load a weapon in Ship Design
[Tactical] Fix for the pause overlay
[Tactical] Fix for the integrity bar being drawn when it shouldn't
[Tactical] Fix for health bars appearing only on the first battle
[Tactical] Fix for HER-9265: Activating Augmented Engines while a ship is on the lowest Match Speed makes the ship start to move even though the scroll bar does not change
[Tactical] Fix for Colony Ship at x8 speed movement looks in Tactical
[Tactical] Fix for Enemies ships know where cloaked ships are located but they don't attack them
[Tactical] Fix for Ships can teleport to occupied space
[Tactical] Fix for Engage bar glitches
[Tactical] Fix for The military outposts are misplaced in the tactical field
[Tactical] Fix for Massive fleet are placed asymmetrically at the very start of some tactical battles
[Tactical] Fix for After a simulated combat, the enemy hull points don't show as zero
[Tactical] Fix for It's possible to attack a ship that goes out of weapon's range. Beams that go out of range now get cut-off
[Tactical] Fix for Armor penetration damage shows incorrect damage feedback
[Tactical] Fix for Missiles almost triple the max allowed travel distance. Also fixes outposts with weapons range extender missiles that couldn't reach their target
[Tactical] Fix for The game sometimes crashes after a tactical battle with too many ships engaged
{Bugfix][Tactical] Fix for Mirv modifier doesn't work upon attacking orbital defense structures
[Tactical] Fix for 'Start Camera Mode' option does not work
[Tactical] Fix for Space Factory does not have an outline when selected
[Tactical] Fix for 'Beam accuracy' and 'PD accuracy' ships formation bonuses don’t work in Tactical Battle
[Tactical] Fix for There is no explanation why certain formations are blocked
[Tactical] Fix for Damage that was dealt using Stellar Converter won't be displayed on battle results screen
[Tactical] Fix for Disabled formations should not be selectable
[Tooltips] Fix for Hardcoded English text in Special Resources tooltip in Planet Info
[Tooltips] Fix for Disposition tooltip says 'you have fleets in their planets' even if the player hasn't
[Tooltips] Fix for The 'on strike' and non-assimilated population's tooltips show incorrect information in Colony Management
[Tooltips] Fix for Added reasons to tooltips for disabled buttons in fleet actions widget
[Tooltips] Fix for Tooltips for some structures do not appear upon clicking them on Manage Structures screen
[Tooltips] Fix for The tooltip of discovered planets shows as Unexplored
[Tobii] Fix for The fleet widget disappears when selecting a ship
[Tutorial] Fix for softlock when moving scout to home system again in turn 4
[Tutorial] Fix for Research bar does not fill-up when passing turns
[Tutorial] Fix for Visiting a colony in turn 5 while frigate is moving on the warp-point make UI unresponsive
[Tutorial] Fix for After playing the Tutorial, the Advisor tips are disabled in new games
[Tutorial] Fix for Several Fixes in Tactical Tutorial
[Tutorial] Fix for Softlock on turn 4 after Advisor message about starvation if a colonists is moved from food production in the previous turn
[Tutorial] Fix for Not every Advisor tip has V.O. line
[Tutorial] Fix for Tutorial can't be completed if frigate is put to guard/sleep on turn 5
[Tutorial] Fix for Opening Options during the Path to Victory step causes a softlock
[Tutorial] Fix for Fix for softlock when selecting scout instead of frigate
[UX] Fix for incorrect 'Radiation' icon
[UX] Fix for modules background and interlines
[UX] Fix for using Double-Click in the Techtree
[UX] Added icon for Advanced Damage Control
[UX] Added icon for Asteroid Lab
[UX] Centered Loading Text
[UX] Expanded perks tooltips container
[UX] Fix for Loading screen closes without 'Press any key...'
[UX] Fix for the resized 252 tooltip icons
[UX] Fix for Several perks descriptions corrections
[UX] Fix for Research Management and Diplomacy 'Done' buttons get disabled if clicked when the screen is being closed
[UX] Fix for fleet flags after node reorder
[UX] Fix for Capitol appears when sorting colony buildings by Credit bonus even when it does not produce them
[UX] Fix for Certain techs characteristics are not centered by height
[UX] Fix for Some missing icons in some tech applications
[UX] Fix for Some modules stat icons are missing in Ship Design
[UX] Fix for Player perks keep showing on multiplayer match setup when they leave
[UX] Fix for Info about planets overlap each other on Empire Management screen
[UX] Fix for Location/Destination sorting does not work properly on Espionage screen
[UX] Fix for HER-11798 There is overflowing text on 'Don't colonize close to us' audience screen
[UX] Fix for the icon in the buttons inside Repeal Treaties
[UX] Fix for Export visual effect when production canceled
[UX] Fix for the Next Turn hotkey in the very first turn
[UX] Drop down menus can't be opened if left open when leaving a screen
[UX] Fix for Disable attack button after aborting bombard
[UX] Fix for Fleet military power is incorrectly displayed in the Fleet screen
[UX] Fix for Remaining turns to complete a structure is inconsistent
[UX] Fix for Colony list goes to the top each time buyout is selected in the Empire Management screen
[UX] Fix for Upgrade all button doesn't grey out after clicking it
[UX] Fix for Pollution Clean-Up and Trade Goods have ETA=1 if they are in the production queue
[UX] Fix for Orange outline remains on technologies in tech tree upon quitting to the main menu and starting a new skirmish
[UX] Fix for Unable to attack texts does not fit the Pop-up container
[UX][Colony Management] Fix for Planet pollution changes if workers are moved from or to Production
[UX][Colony Management] Fix for Only allow planet grabbing if mouse is hovering on the planet itself
[Victory Chances] Improved algorithm for simulation fallback
[Path to Victory] Research score now ignores the starting Techs at the root of the Tech Tree
[Combat Chances] Fix for: Weapon range is not properly being taken into account in the calculation of the combat chances
[WG.net]Fix for 'Copy' and 'Ok' button are unactive in WG.net account menu while pressing 'Get a redeem code for Total Annihilation'
[WG.net]Fix for: Players are unable to input credentials for creating new WG.net account, if they start a new game and then leave it
[UX]Fix for: Main menu disappears if Player quickly cancels Default Save Rewriting confirmation window
[UX]Fix for: Clicking the Back button in the Load Game screen makes the UI disappear
[Localization]Fix for: There is hardcoded text in widget colony tooltip on all localizations except English
[Combat Chances]Fix for: Player is not able to attack pirate fleet. (caused by BluePrints with ONLY shield piercing weapons)
[Strategy]Fix for: Tutorial flow broken at turn 5 after ordering first scout autoexplore
[Localization][Espionage]Fix for: Colony and structure mixed up in Sabotage notification [- WG.net] Fix for: Account regions not displayed in Korean and Japanese

Patch 48.4.1 1.2.30372 (01 September 2016)

It is no longer possible to play as a destroyed race in multiplayer by loading a save
Fixed an issue with corrupted save files that could prevent the main menu from loading
Fixed an exception when using TOBII and selecting a fleet
Fixed a crash caused by opening the in-game load screen after deleting all save files
Fixed an issue that displayed the last deleted save information after delating all save files
Fixed a crash during multiplayer games with custom races
Fix for a crash when playing the game with a touch enabled mouse
Fixed an endless turn processing loop caused by using the ESC key to exit any Espionage notification popup
Fix to properly handle invalid custom races
Fixed an issue that caused loss of conrol in Tactical Battles when fighting the Amoeba
Fixed "-1" victory chances when fleet is too powerful for target fleet
Fix for softlock when entering a planet at turn 3 in the Tutorial
Fix for an issue when the game tried to update an already destroyed ship
Added missing techtree tooltip icons
Fix for Tutorial hints not fitting the game area while game Interface is set to Russian
Fix for lobby crash issues related to player names
Fix for several issues in Empire Managment screen

Patch 48.3.1.1.2.30288 Full Release Update (25 August 2016)

Greetings explorers,
To coincide with the release of Master of Orion, we've published an update to the game. In addition to delivering the remaining content for Collector's Edition owners -- the digital art book, orchestral sound track and musical scores for three tracks -- we've also made further improvements to AI, the user interface, pirates and managed to get a highly requested feature implemented for release: custom races in multiplayer!

General

[Optimization] Several Turn Processing time optimizations
[Camera] Increased zoom distance before abstract view in strategy mode
[Score] New score system: details available in Path to Victory scorecard

AI

The AI can now engage neutral fleets inside its empire
Improved how the AI prepares its defenses
Improved AI voting when faced with targets for improved relationships
General improvements in AI performance
Improved pathfinding
Improved population management
Improved threat analysis
Improved Production manager
Added alternative retreat locations for civilians and military fleets
If high priority targets are unreachable, fleets will fallback to retreat order to avoid idle in offensive mode
[Pirates] Improved pirate AI
AIs now don't pursuit Diplomatic & Economic Victories before their initial conditions are met
[Espionage] Improved defensive spy allocation for aggressive races
Improved Victory Condition Analysis
Now AI considers spy missions when deciding when to build things
[Galactic Council] AIs can now speculate about the election's result and vote accordingly
AI now takes into account more factor for colonization
AI is now smarter when rush buying if under threat or in a war
AI now takes into account Gravity Generators when building
AIs will now defend outside of their empire, and will fight for systems that they find interesting, for colonization or for strategic purposes
Reduced scouts preponderance

Balance

[AI] Rebalanced Long term payment considerations
[Pirates] Improved pirate ships spawning
[Strategy] Repair feature tweaks & rebalance
[Pirates] Updated modifiers to take into account the match's Research speed, Production speed, and Difficulty settings
[Tactical] Special opening now requires a minimum of 8 ships to avoid unwanted results

Cinematics

Added game intro video
Updated tactical intros: added planetary defenses

Espionage

Added feedback report for successful espionage missions against the player Security roll now guarantees different results for every mission, even on the same colony and turn

Multiplayer

Added Custom Race option to multiplayer matches

SFX

[Tactical] Added engine sounds to the intros for both sides
[Tactical] Increased volume to pre-combat music
[Tactical] Updated Cam Missile effects
[Music] Added situational music. War music added during war
Plasma sound added

UX

[Tactical] Added tooltip to Enable AI checkbox
Improved Victory Conditions scorecards information in Path to Victory screen
Small tweak to ShipButton in FLEET CONTROLS, changing gradient to a solid background for better readability and consistency
Added blackhole icons
Added traits to match setup screen
Added RESET TO DEFAULT in Options
Added custom race icon
Added Accept/Decline titles in Diplomatic exchanges

Bugfixes

Fix for The AI opens an empty negotiation box as an offer
Fix for The game keeps processing after finishing the turn
Fix for user names containing invalid symbols breaking custom race matches and GUI elements
[Achievements] Fix for achievements dependant on race being unlocked with custom races
[AI] Fixed Open Borders evaluation
[AI] Fix for 1 turn lag in actions after war declaration
[Controls] Fix for when the user changes gamepad configs and restarts the game. Clicking in-game objects with the mouse afterwards stopped working
[Gamepad] Spy orders, fleet scrap now respond to confirm button. Added confirm button on keyboard as enter
[Localization] Several localization updates (LA)
[Localization] Fix for Accept Embassy (LA)
[Localization] Fix for Mauler Device: Spanish translation (LA)
[Localization] Fix for Tank and Armor Barracks text confusion
[Localization] Fix for Inconsistencies in tutorial hints (LA)
[Localization] Removed star as possible destination in Exploration Advice
[Localization] Fix for Gravity Generators description update
[Localization] Fix for Subtitles selection not being saved
[OSX] Fixed resolution problems in OSX
[SFX] Audio manager fix for sources auto-stopping unexpectedly
[Tactical] Fix for the tactical ship visual target highlight
[Tactical] Fix for the pop-up for the first battle sometimes showing when it should not
[Tactical] Combat simulations between AI now run at slower to avoid incongruent results
[Tactical] Fix for health bar glitches during the first camera transition
[Tactical] Achilles Targeting System now only works for missiles (as intended)
[Tobii] Handle error when eye tracking is not connected
[Tutorial] Fix for Disabled options button in GuidedTutorial (Path to victory step)
[Tutorial] Fix for Stuck tooltip on Tactical tutorial
[Tutorial]Fix for Disabled hotkeys in tactical during guided tutorial
[Tutorial] Fix for Disabled camera zoom in guided tutorial
[Victory Condition] Fixed Tech Building value in Scientific Victory Condition Score
[UX] Fix for auto-turn label appearing untranslated for a few seconds in new matches
[UX] Placeholder icon added for Advanced Damage Control achievement
[UX] Deleted lines with % in the votes counting bar
[WG.net] Forced visible Cursor when the Login Screen shows loading state or the EULA
[Pirates] Improved Pirates initial spawn to avoid pirates wipping out races before they reach warp
Fix for Star Names not being colorized when colonizing
Fix for Options translation missing (SP)
Revised intro subtitles timing
[UX] Fix for Tooltip doesn't show for Big Bang Seed
Fix for Integrate infantry and armor upgrade unit icons
[WG.net] Fix for If trying to change region during registration, a player will be switched to Log in screen
Fix for planet tags not dissapearing
[Gamepad] Fix for Joystick events assigned for camera block settings does not work on Tech Tree window
[UX] Fix for Double Click not always working
[Espionage] Fix for Maintain espionage widgets updated when spy status changes Fix for Switching from a Colony Manage Structure screen to a Navigation tool screen works wrong.
[WG.Net] Fix for CapsLock on/off detection
[Localization] Fix for Accept Embassy text
Fix for If the user discover a tech in the same turn that finds one in an anomaly, in the discovery screen will only appear the ones from the anomaly
Fix for If player disables his own race filter in Timeline Graph, in the next Graph visiting there will be no graph though race filter is visually enabled
Fix for Buyout button will disappear from Empire screen if there will be a project that cannot be bought out last in the production queue.
Fix for Sum of all GGP is less than 100%
Fix for Terran Emperor scenario
[Localization] Fix for Colonia de Humano in Latin American Spanish (SPA)
[UX] Fixed alpha for several items in diplomatic audience
Fix for Economic Data info disappears from Empire Management screen if Player clicks any Planet and then returns to Empire Management screen
Fix for zoom showing very small colony widgets on Small Galaxy
Fix for Empire Rings showing in StarSystem view for the new zoom distance
Fix for There are 2 terraforming project in production selection screen
[UX] Fix for Stellar Converter is not available for use on Battle Screen after Planet bombardment. It is available after Battle Screen reopening
[UX] Fix for Sabotage notification does not fit
[Cinematics] Mrrshan economic victory fix
Fix for Close icon is overlapped by build button in Production queue
Fix for Economic Data info disappears from Empire Management screen if Player clicks any Planet and then returns to Empire Management screen
[WG.Net Login] Fix position in Error message helpers
[WG.net] Fix for Certain texts become barely visible on smaller resolutions
[AI] Fixed move and hold, declare war and attack in the same turn
Fix for Ship Model doesn't change
Fix for The total space used value doesn't refresh when the user clicks on the Battle Pods
[AI] Stop sending "Do not make deals with my enemies" warning if the player is trying to improve the relationship with this race
[AI] The AI's autobuild now considers lithovores when building food buildings
Fix for Missing key in a pollution notification
VerifyPath was returning passable paths that were actually blocked.
Fix for Formation in Tactical Battle not working correctly
[AI] Fix for colonization considering pirates in a galaxy without pirates
[UI] Fix for Mousing over some custom race perks does not trigger tooltip appearance
Fix for New icon added for Asteroid Mine
Fix for "Abstain" term breaks grammar rules in some languages
Fix for Accept Embassy could use the RACE NAME to avoid confusion
Fix for Incorrect label for Disengage functionality in fleet commands (EN)
Fix for key added "DEAL_ITEM_ACCEPT_RACE_EMBASSY
Fix for Ship list will go up if player scrolls the list which contain lots of units in Tactical
Fix for Missing keys in the Missions Pop-up
[Localization] Fix for Confusing tooltip for targeting (firing) range slider
[Localization] Fix for Illogical message in tech node popup (EN)
[Tactical] Fix for cloaking visual fx (hover, abstract view, etc)
[UX] Fix for Missing localization keys for ship weapons icons tooltip when mousing over frigate x5 and destroyer x5 weapon on Build screen
[Tooltips] Add treaty name in treaty tooltips
Fix for Upon clicking Show only flagged the list won't show flagged enemy planets
[WG.net] Fix for Text in some buttons is misalgned
[UX] Fix for Missing icon for Armor Barracks on the 'Colony assault at' screen. Also, small UI tweaks
[Galaxy Generation] Fix for Force orion's two moons
[UX] Fix for Races icons do not fit the hexagon in currently selected fleet window
[UX] Fix for Reuse of risk level keys in Spy Missions window causes grammar mistake
Fix for High-Energy Focus doesn't increase combat stats
[Tactical] Fix phasing cloak
Fix for Total Hull points are calculating wrong if a player uses Reinforced Hull
[Crashfix] Fix for When loading specific savegame
Fix for GNN for detected space monsters appears only for the very first one
Fix for Auto-Explore button becomes inactive between 7th and 8th turns
Fix for Tech tooltip should be shown when exchanging techs
[UX] Fix for Some modules stat icons are missing in Ship Design
Fix for Capitol tooltip image goes beyond the screen upon selecting it on Manage Structure interface on Colony Management screen.
[Tactical] Fix for pause overlay during intro
Fix for Multi-Phased Shields description is wrong
Fix for Total Hull points are calculating wrong if a player uses Reinforced Hull
Fix for There will be no weapon mini-images in blueprint information on Build screen when the blueprint is equipped only with weapon with modifiers
Fix for Visual displaying of monster weapon area of effect doesn't match to its facing settings
Fix for When Doom Star equipped with Stellar Converter and Troop Transport and min.24 Marines on board, textures overlap each other
[UX] Fix for Battle ships tags on galaxy map and in the Fleet window are slightly different
[UX] Fix for There is overflowing text on 'Don't colonize close to us' audience screen
Fix for Unpausing the game via increasing speed button does not remove 'Game Paused' insription
Fix for Inconsistency in the Pollution Icon and its tooltip
[UX] Fix for 'Upgrate All' button goes beyond 'Upgrade Multiple Blueprints' window for certain languages
Fix for Player is able to continue multiplayer game after technological victory achieving, if the last_multiplayer.save is loaded
[UX] Fix for There is incorrect text tip in Space Factory Build screen
[UX] Fix for Space cannot be pressed after the word in multiplayer game name
Fix for Disable autobuild when a colony changes owner
Fix for Space monster detected without being displayed.
[UX] Fix for The third digit in amount of ships is cut off on the top panel in Tactical Battle.
Fix for Display "-" sign when assimilation won't progress
[AI] Fix for defend sort that would not consider primary target at equal Defense quota
[UX] Fix for Fleets Management screen information is not updated in realtime
[UX] Fix for Empire Management screen overlaps Galactic Stock Market screen
[UX] Fix for The ship's name can overstep its boundaries
[Tooltips] Fix for Remove + sign in total security value if security rating goes negative
[UX] Fix for Cannot deploy more than 15 marine battalions
Fix for Players are able to construct buildings for Technological victory even if it is not present in default settings though it displays in Path to Victory. Victory cannot be achieved though players can gather its points.
Fix for If a player loads a save that was made on 300+ turns it will become impossible to start a new game
Fix for an % appearing in the wrong place in some deals description at the trade table
[Controls] Fix for Multiplayer Chat doesn't lock input anymore, new approach implemented
[Cutscenes] Optimized intro video for faster playback
[Cutscenes] Fix for Escape key spamming causing issues during intro video
[Localization] Fix for localized keybinds not being shown
[Localization] Fix for "On" and "Off" appearing instead of "Prendido" and "Apagado" in some options
[Localization] Fix for Mrrshan Welcome Advisor typo
Fix for Scrap tooltip not appearing in the system view
[Tactical][Art] Fix for ships highlight
[Tactical] Fix for the pause overlay appearing during intros
[Tactical] Fix for the pause overlay appearing during intro
[Tactical] Fix for Combat chances against Space Dragon now correctly calculated
[UX] Fix for Audience screen becomes blurred

Patch 47.0.1 1.2.29294 (16 August 2016)

General

Updated algorithm to calculate victory chances before a battle
Added Random start conditions for the game if balanced starting conditions is unchecked
Added QuickSave shortcut (Ctrl+S)
Autosaved game is now available for loading from the save game list
Rotate planet on planet full view
Added navigation buttons handlers per screen, quick shortcuts, and mouse inertia on stop
Updated how jump gates work: now it is possible to use an ally jump gate to travel across. The condition is that both source and destination points should have a jump gate from the same owner
Now Random Breakthrough events unlock the whole node if it is a branched node
Updated auto turn logic to interrupt it if the player has fleets that need orders
Pausing now does not change the default camera
Homeworld Size added as an available trait in Custom Race

AI

The AI is now better at managing the population of new colonies
The AI is now better at using Civil Transports
The AI is now better at dealing with races they have a grudge with
The AI is now better at choosing targets of opportunity
The AI is now better at judging when relationships are going sour
Distance to a planet is now a factor for a planet's rating consideration for the AI
The AI now considers War priorities on all its decisions
Revamped Local War logic, the AI is now much better at it
The AI considers Defensive War as a type of War for production considerations
Improved engagement algorithm for the AI
Expansionism trait is now taken into account to select which colonies should build a Colony Ship
Streamlined & Refactored Invasion Logic
Added Invasion Target heuristics
The AI production Manager now buys according to project priority

Balance

Changed default Game Pace to Quick
Rebalanced Sakkra traits (+50% population growth, repulsive trait added)
Extended Pirate spawning rate
Re-balanced the point cost of all traits in custom race creation
Diplomat trait morale reduced from 10% to 5%
Reduced Terran morale trait from 20% to 15%
Removed Militaristic trait from Alkari
Restored Improved Negotiation trait to Mrrshan as intended
Increased Robominers maintenance cost from 3 to 5
Increased Deep Core Mine maintenance cost from 5 to 10
Increased Star Fortress maintenance cost from 3 to 8
Increased Orbital Shipyard maintenance cost from 2 to 4
Increased Space Academy maintenance cost from 4 to 5
Increased Global DNA Scanner maintenance cost from 2 to 4
Increased Interplanetary Security Transmitter maintenance cost from 5 to 7
Increased Alien Management Center maintenance cost from 1 to 4
Increased Astro university maintenance cost from 4 to 5
Increased Holo Simulator maintenance cost from 2 to 4
Increased Pleasure Dome maintenance cost from 3 to 6
Increased Planetary Radiation Shield maintenance cost from 1 to 3
Increased Planetary Flux Shield maintenance cost from 3 to 6
Increased Planetary Barrier Shield maintenance cost from 5 to 10
Increased Space Academy production cost from 220 to 300
Increased Planetary Stock Exchange production cost from 220 to 300
Increased Holo Simulator production cost from 140 to 160
Increased Pleasure Dome production cost from 380 to 400
Reduced Planetary Radiation Shield production cost from 185 to 160
Reduced Robominers production cost from 185 to 180
Reduced Artemis System Network production cost from 700 to 500
Pleasure Dome now upgrades Holo Simulator
Space Port no longer gives +1 Credits per population
Government support facility morale value reduced to 10%
Klackon homeworld biome changed to Arid
Uber transformation modified: Cavernous project now can be applied on Desert and Arid biomes
Adjustments to Defense Rating formula to better reflect its usefulness
Reinforced Hull rebalance (Multiplier changed from x1.25 to x1.5, it now gives 50% of Base Hull as Bonus HP)
Rebalanced Eel to make it less overpowered
Rebalanced the Squid to make it less of a weakling
Rebalanced the Guardian of Orion so it can be taken on during mid-game:

ORION TECHS

Xentronium HPx 4 -> 2.25
Xentronium baseCost 11 -> 5
Death Ray CD 8 -> 5
Death Ray Damage 46 -> 20
Death Ray Steps 8 -> 3
Death Ray ArP 35 -> 20
Death Ray Cost 25 -> 20
Death Ray Size 30 -> 20
DR: 12 DPS, 0.6 DPS/PP, 0.6 DPS/Size
Plasma Beam Cost 15 -> 22
Plasma Beam Steps 4 -> 5
PB: 16.67 DPS, 0.76 DPS/PP, 0.67 DPS/Size
ORION GUARDIAN
Shield Class VII -> V
Armor Adamantium -> Xentronium
Base Hull 2000 -> 1500
Space 2500 -> 2000
Blueprint Tweak (PD 30->15, Adjusted Size Prio)

Cinematics

Added Turbine glow FX to colonization ships

Localization

General localization updates
Improved cinematics subtitles synchronization

Optimization

Fleet animations are skipped when they happen out of camera for faster turns
General texture optimization for faster loading times

SFX

Updated UI sounds
Updated sounds for Tactical mode
Updated sounds for Strategy mode
Updated volume levels

Tobii

Added zoom@gaze functionality to tactical battles

Tutorial

Added new tutorial steps including Tactical mode and pirates
Added a special advisor when the first colony ship visits a bad planet

UX

Added style of play selection pop-up before the first Tactical Battle
General improvements: checkbox colliders now occupy all the text zones also, for easier, more intuitive clicking
TechApps icons are bigger now and rollover state has changed so they don't grow anymore (feedback is a light highlight now)
[Tactical] Improved Tactical mode selection for better feedback
[Tactical] Clearer feedback for the Move action
[Tactical] Camera can now be moved with keyboard arrows, and rotated with camera modifier key
[Tactical] Added cursors for camera pan and rotate
[Strategy] Added cursors for camera pan and rotate
[UX}[Advisor] Added checkbox on advisor popup to disable all advisors. Can be re-enabled from options.

UI

Revised Uppercase/Lowercase use in titles
Abstain button moved below the other "vote for" buttons to avoid accidental click when trying to skip
Updated custom race selectors with the latest style
Made techapps descriptions larger
Tweaked ETA label positions in strategy view
[Pirates] Updated Pirate destroyed reward popup, added a header image
Updated ship buttons to be consistent with the new style.
Renamed "DONE" button to "SAVE" since it is an action button and "DONE" is not an action
Updated filters buttons graphics
Updated and added pop-up headers
Improved buttons and titles
Added autosave text to default Save
Custom Race UI improvements
Added new headers for monster pop-ups
Removed the horrible orange background of the current build in the colony row
New icons for Weapons Mods
Unified loading screens style
Dialogue box improvements in audiences
Added race traits to Diplomacy screen
New cleaner layout for battle results
Improved gravity feedback on planet tooltip
[Tooltips] Added tooltip to fleet tab showing fleet details, ship types and amount
[Tooltips] Command points cost for Ship Blueprints are now calculated to reflect bonuses from structures in Build Pop-Up and tooltips
[Tooltips] Updated Technology Node tooltip changing content order. Unlocks info is moved before Cost
[Tooltips] Balanced Starting Game tooltip update
[Tooltips] Added Match Setup Tooltips

Patch 46.4.1.1.2.27962 (26 July 2016)

A soft-lock related to the AI declaring war under certain conditions has been fixed
A soft-lock related to hitting the ESC key in the Galactic Council has been fixed
Fixed a bug preventing Tactical orders from being issued while the mouse cursor was moving
Fixed a bug that caused the player to lose control of their fleet in Tactical when ships were equipped with the Automated Repair Unit
Fixed a bug that caused the AI to stall when two different fleets bombard and invade the same colony
Fixed issues with colony management tooltips that caused them to display racial trait bonuses/maluses incorrectly.

Patch 46.4.1.2.27472 (21 July 2016)

General

Added gamepad support
Added options for Start button, new navigation bindings, tactical camera modifier
L1 + right stick rotates tactical camera
Added Tobii eye-tracking support
Added profile for Logitech keyboards
Race-specific civilian transports can now be built to expand assimilation gameplay
Added auto-turn option
Added 100 achievements
New and improved tutorial
Updated cluster galaxy visuals
Small improvement to planet rating regarding max pop. size
Changed fleet repair and upgrade logic, to allow it on any colony owned or from an ally or any finished node development with a military structure
Updated logic for learning techs via perks
Blueprint limit is now increased when discovering a new blueprint
Added victory cutscenes for every race for the Conquest, Technological and Economic victory conditions

Game Setup

Added new Game Pace option that uses predefined Research, Production and Population Growth speeds; pacing can still be manually set in Advanced Options
Added perks validation when creating a custom race
Additional options added for Research, Production and Population Growth speed

AI

Improved planet evaluation for colonization
Fix for invasion issue where it was regrouping next to the target and it would expect "already moved" ships to move with the invasion forces, but they were exhausted and they couldn't
Improved strategic analysis
Heat maps are now connected to memory system
Improved Share Charts evaluation to account for revealed colony information
Improved Alliance evaluation to consider alliances imply a vote in the Galactic Council
AI will now offer Share Charts in a smarter way
Improved Invasion by building closer to targets
Improved Bombard by considering invasion targets
Improved heat map by considering only dynamic FP (making the AI more aggressive)
Workers optimization for military outpost construction according to heat map. Now also considers war when settling colonies.
Fix for colonization and unreachable planets
The AI now focuses on colony expansion in their early stages before starting research
Protects new colonies from pirates, considers hostile firepower when colonizing and tries to build escorts
Production Focus will be set when building ships and at war, or terraforming
New colonization & civil transports heuristics and AI flow: Avoids low food production planets,
Optimized Needs for security and economy, better handling of pirates by AI races
Removed duplicated targets for blocking fleets
Rebalanced Alkari so that they build heavier ships

Balance

Revamped combat victory chance heuristics
Shield & Armor Rescaling
Increased Base Armor Cost (2/3/4/5/6/7 -> 2/4/6/8/10/11)
Increased Base Shield Cost (4/5/6/7/8 -> 4/7/10/16/20)(Higher Shield Tech remains increasingly more SP per Size Efficient, Shields and Armor Tech now become increasingly less HP/SP per PP efficient)
Battle Pod changes
Added a Size Cost to Battle Pods (Base Size 0 -> 20, size Factor 0 -> 1)(Battle Pods are now less suited for Frigates and Destroyers, more efficient in Larger Hulls)
Guardian of Orion changes
Hull Space Reduced (3000 -> 2500)
Hull Points Reduced (3000 -> 2000)
Terraforming incremental cost factor reduced from 2 to 1.5
Fixed Gravity Tolerance costs
Balanced food requirements per planet size
Pirate spawn rates are now connected to game difficulty
Food requirement curve adapts to changing population limit instead of using final planet capacity
Rebalanced Share Charts so that it's not so exploitable
Rebalanced Accept Embassy option to make symmetric deals easier
Balance Tweaks:
CO Mod Cost & Size (0.5 -> 0.25)
Lightning Field Base Size (4 -> 2)
Augmented Engines Size (5/2.5 -> 4/2.2)
Fixed conservative rule about hostile systems that blocked the movement of scouts with auto explore on the presence of pirates
Nebula missile avoidance bonus changed from 100% to 50%

Tactical

Changed strafing to look more natural
New abstract representation in zoomed-out view
Added specific Blueprints for each Race when played by AI
Ship health bars now display with mouseover
Pixel ships FX & Prefabs fixes
Battle results: Beam accuracy and PD accuracy changed
Trails are now solid lines instead of dotted
Added Battle Pods to Player Destroyer as an Improvement
Transition intro is now mirrored depending on which side the player is placed

Diplomacy

Added confirmation before declaring war
Disposition changes are now highlighted in the UI

Multiplayer

AI in multiplayer from load will now automatically connect

UI

Colonies with a star base now have an icon in the galaxy view
New design for most buttons in game
Victory chance and power are now shown for colonies on mouseover
Diplomatic information toggle is now saved
Improved cell modifiers feedback in colony management
Improved planet degradation Feedback
[Ship Design] Added Upgrade All button
Added filter to selection of colony where to request invasion ships
Added Auto turn beside the TURN counter
Added colonize icon to colonize button
Improvements in audience screen
Flipping combat assets horizontally so they match the civilians assets facing left
New in-progress animation for planet and build popup
Now Population circle in Colony widget becomes red when starving
Renamed SHIP DESIGN button to BLUEPRINTS for consistency
Workers now show a "+" icon when the number is bigger than the one displayed
Added icon space factory in references of tech-tree
Fix for Equipped core system modules icons can overlap module scrap hint
Added notification for loading a game from main menu when a current game is in progress
Add new icons tooltip for tactical
Added confirmation dialogs for new game, load and exit if unsaved changes will be lost
Added notification for loading a game from main menu when a current game is in progress
Art pass for tutorial widgets and positions
New icon Anti-Gravity Harness for tech apps
Added diplomacy icon for empire top bar
Added icon for electronic computer in tech apps
Added bg to each button in the Empire top bar
Added URGENCY PULSING ANIMATION to Food widget when starvation occurs

UX

[Colony Management] Colonies are now shown in alphabetical order when pressing next and previous colony buttons

Audio

Added sounds: Wormhole, Jump Gate, Ship Specials, Repair Beam and Pulsar Fire
Added Star Map click on planet
Added audio for Scientific and Conquest victory cutscenes
Added Audience Sounds for Bulrathi Emperor

Visual

Updated background for cluster galaxies

Localization

Subtitles language is now independent from UI and Voices
Subtitles added to research screen
Added demonyms keys
Marine Pods description fix (removed the "marines defend the ship and board enemy ships" bit)
Updated localizations
[RU] VO: Silicoid Advisor updated. Now it has the same sound effect as the english version
Victory subtitles synchronization (ENG/SPA)

Patch 45.6 1.2.25453 (05 July 2016)

Balance

+1 Food added to Colony Base
Colony Base is now a 2nd tier tech
Colony Ship now carries 2 Food units by default (Starting Food Suply set to 2)
Fungal Farms moved to Biotechnology
Population Growth min and max values re-balanced
Automated Factory, Hydroponic Farm, Research Lab and Biospheres production cost modified
Food multiplier factor increased for Ocean, Terran, Gaia and Uber biomes
Implemented asymmetric colony growth formula
Tweak for population growth values
Terran racial biases modified (AI-related change)

Bugfixes

Refresh food output calculation on new colonies after their starting structures have been deployed
[CombatScreen] Victory Chance now uses the same (new) formula for both Defending and Attacking (before it was using the old formula if you were the defender)

Patch 44.4.1.1.1.23475 (09 June 2016)

Fixed issues with Automated Repair Unit that prevented it from working
Fixed issues with Meklar audio
Fixed output_log logging messages incorrectly

Patch 44.4.1.1.22707 (24 May 2016)

Greetings Explorers,
Today marks the release of version 44.4, known as Early Access phase 4. The focus of this build was polish and improvements based on your feedback, so read on for the patch notes! We will have a progress update from the dev team later today, so stay tuned for that.

General

Starting Age option added to match setup (Options: Pre-warp, Post-Warp and Advanced)
Production speed and Population growth speed options added to Advanced section of match setup
Savegames are now ordered by date
Added new galaxy model to reduce brightness of the core
Removed mouse drag in match setup
Added new text to the GNN news ticker
Added Host Migration timeout (15 seconds) to multiplayer and an error message to allow players to continue the game in single player mode
Optimized batch rendering; Reduced vert counts drastically improving performance in lower end systems
Fixed issue where Quick match AI players were not being properly loaded, resulting in only AI present regardless of Galaxy size
UI tweaks for both tactical and ship design tooltips
Added graphical indicator for non-assimilated pop in colony management

Gameplay & Balance

Colony ship, Troop Transport, Civilian Transport and Space Factory blueprints are now auto-upgraded.
Moved one of the Technological Victory buildings from Moleculartronics to Multi-Dimensional Physics technode
Re-balanced planet composition (improved algorithm for diminishing returns)
Silicoid Population growth speed reduced
Uber-planets have been adjusted to play more like the Gaia biome
Races with Uber-planet perk now start the game in a planet with the Biome they can Uber-terraform
Additional wormholes added to Circular Large and Circular Huge galaxies
Troop Transports no longer remove marines from the colony
Increased minimum number of shares desired by races for better balance of the GMF

Diplomacy

Diplomacy balance update to improve strategic decision-making of AI
Made it less likely that the AI will reject reasonable deal proposals
Tech trades: Made it less likely that the AI will also offer credits as part of trade
Improved analysis for Candidate Ally selection (both Defensive & Offensive)
Tech can now only be traded with races with which you have a good disposition

Espionage

Acquire Data mission now reveals all current colonies of target
New mission: Steal Charts
New functionally allows queuing future missions
Added queue info to spy mission description
Overall missions duration adjusted
Revolt mission effect now last 20 turns
The camera no longer automatically changes zoom level or centers on a spy when selecting them
A "spy location" button has been added to the Espionage window allowing you to quickly switch the camera to the colony the spy is located at

Artificial Intelligence

Improved efficiency for Production
Improved offensive and defensive strategies
Improved planetary ratings and potential colonization awareness
Improved Engage command to allow for multiple actions in the same turn (i.e. Engage and Bombard)
Defensive fleets now take into account immediate hostiles and empire under threat scenarios
Uses radars to determine settlement orbital defenses if possible
Added Blockade and EngageToBlockade targets
Changed engage distance for bombarding pirate settlements from Distant to Neighbors

User Interface

New multiplayer top bar added
Improved Match Setup screen
Improved Ship Design Screen
Race information panel added to Audience screen
Improved Espionage screen
Improved Invest pop-up
Fixed Build pop-up alignment and added minor improvements
Establish Embassy deal renamed to Accept Embassy

Tactical

Range Dissipation and Armor Penetration now affect Weapon Damage
Increased the size of battlefields
Fixed multiple bugs and Improved Overall performance
Fixed several modifier bugs and reworked the Continuous Fire mod
Added a simple Tactical Tutorial
Implemented AI Groundwork for Opening Moves and added new Targeting Profiles
Fixes and tweaks on tactical intro
Ships no longer attempt flanking maneuver against structures
Reduced size of Pirate Ship collision box by 50%
Fix for collision check parameters for asteroids and added a safeguard condition to choose which behavior to use
Added a base accuracy for energy weapons
Re-balanced DPS and Ship Survivability

Ship Design

Tooltip upgrade showing HULL SPACE USED.
Fix for creating new ships, now the screen handles the info properly
Fix for attack rating scale factor
Fixed typos and made improvements in weapon and module descriptions

Localization

Several fixes on dialogues and descriptions

Sound Effects

Meklar Emperor SFX added
Emperors' audience SFX added
Audio notifications for Spies added
More audience sounds added and updated for all races

Notable Bug Fixes

Fixed exception caused by selecting Build on a Worker Ship when is about to merge with another ship.
Fixed softlock when ordering a Spy to Hold.
Fixed a softlock in the tutorial after switching planets with the keyboard arrows.
Fixed the Buy button not always working properly.
Fixed freeze when trying to use the "Stasis Field" special (special not yet implemented)
Fixed the battle with the Orion Guardian lasting forever when simulating certain scenarios.
Fixed the emperor's voice not stopping when skipping the Council
Fixed bug in Tech tree that caused some Tech Nodes to appear as locked when they were in fact available
Fix for tactical weapon tooltips and combat speed tooltips from enemy ships
Optimization fixes to Navigation Caches and AI_CanTravelTo/Fleet's FindPath
Fix for items missing when upgrading blueprints
Fixed incorrect Pollution perks descriptions
Fix for a blueprint sometimes becoming overweight after autoupgrading
Fixed two AI asking for Share Charts at the same time
Fix for diplomatic deals spamming when the first one is invalid
Fixed update for blueprints not showing when discovering a new computer
Crash on early game when reaching unknown civilizations
Fixed biological bombs so they don't affect Attack Rating

Patch 43.6.1.0.20804 (29 April 2016)

General

[Map Generation] Increased the size of Circular Huge galaxies (95 stars to 125)
[Combat] Fixed soft lock when invading a colony with only transports
[Balance] Increased perceived value of Shared Charts and Trade tech.
[AI] Fixed several bugs that prevented AI from building the most apropriate class of ships as required.
[AI] Diplomatic AI will accept deals that have a net 0 effect.
[AI] Diplomatic AI will use same primitive to estimate how many stars as the Audience module to determine if it's available or not for Shared Starts treaty.
[AI] Improved afraid status evaluation during negotiations.
[Tactical] Beams were behaving erratically after optimization
[Minor Civilizations] Fixed a bug that lowered Minor Civilizations disposition when colonizing anywhere.

Patch 43.5 (29 April 2016)

General

[Mac] Fixed a Fatal Error when clicking the Invest button in the Empire Management Screen.
[Balance] Fixed the local security bonuses formula.
[GoG] Fixed not being able to quit the game without being logged to GoG Galaxy.
[Pirates] Removed pirates around AIs until anti Pirate tactics are implemented. (Temporal Fix)

Visual Improvements

[Tactical] Gas clouds and Asteroids FX revamp.
[Cutscenes] Replaced colony ships during intro cutscene.
[Cutscenes] Replaced Silicoid home planet for intro cutscene.
[Race Selection] Fixed Silicoid Crystal shader blur.
[Diplomacy] Fixed Silicoid lighting in Diplomacy Screen.

Diplomacy

[AI] The AI now correctly judges deals that it proposed with the "What will make this deal work" option.
[AI] The AI now will accept fair deals with 0 net effect.
[Diplomacy] Fixed null WarInfo and LogError messages.
[Diplomacy] Fixed afraid enemies accepting all trades for only 1 BC. Espionage
[Espionage] Fixed stealing technologies message showing to all races and not just the thief.
[Espionage] Fixed tech stealing showing techs from the player instead of the enemy.
[Espionage] Updated espionage targeting reticle.
[Espionage] Different input schemes for selecting agents and giving orders.

Tactical Mode

[Tactical] Several performance optimizations.
[Pirates] Increased overall pirate weapons DPS (it was yielding 0 Att Rating).
[Pirates] Slightly buffed Frigate HP.
[Tactical] Fixed the Missile Camera endless looping sound.

Ship Design

[UX] Fixed issue where exlcuding modifiers where selectable.
[UX] Fixed Ship Designs list not docking correctly leaving the last designs out of the screen.
[UX] Fixed module list scrollbar was not positioned correctly and was overlapping the modules info.

Multiplayer

[Multiplayer] Fixed unachievable economic victory in two player skirmishes.
[Multiplayer] Fixed empty tooltip for allies when war is declared to a member of an alliance.
[Multiplayer] Fixed game loading issues.

User Interface

[Diplomacy] Added full GMF Shares Exchange functionality to Audience screen.
[Espionage] Added new targeting reticule for selecting planets.
[Research] Fixed top bar not showing in the Research Screen.
[UX] Fixed soft lock when using Right and Left Keys to cycle in the Planet Screen.
[Visual] Fixed Shares graphic not showing the right info on Invest pop-up.

Localization

[Localization] Fixed several GNN dialogs in Russian.

Patch 43.4.1.0.40425 (22 April 2016)

New playable races: Silicoid and Darlok
Espionage: Train spies and assign them to offensive and defensive missions
Minor Civilizations: interact with non-starfaring races to gain rewards, including influencing your diplomatic and economic victory paths
New Victory condition: Fill your coffers and claim economic supremacy by controlling the Galactic Monetary Fund
Weapon Miniaturization: Improve your legacy weapons by making them smaller and cheaper
New galaxy size: HUGE
More AI improvements
Improved Multiplayer
Improved Tactical Battles
Improved overall balance: Better suited for both tall and wide empires and with a smoother progression in the late game
Improved performance (faster turn processing and less hickups when zooming in and out of the galaxy)
New and improved GNN gags
By popular demand, we added the option to mute your advisors while still retaining other voiceover audio
Over 400 bug fixes

General

Improved GNN animations and environment
New GNN Events added
Miniaturization added for all weapon types and bombs
Replaced Military Power score with Attack (average DPS) and Defense (effective hit points) ratings
New Espionage feature added
Security (Espionage-related) added to Capitol and Government Support Facility
New Tutorial Match added
Improved weapon modifiers are now unlockable through the tech tree progression
Improved performance: Turn processing
Improved performance: Diplomacy audiences
Improved performance: Memory management
Improved performance: Framerates
Added support to show multiple GNN events in same turn
Several diplomatic dialogues updated
Blockade income is no longer affected by empire modifiers

Visual Improvements

Added new Stellar Converter cutscene for destroying a planet
Improved emperor holograms on Diplomacy Screen
New ship models for transports and colony ships added for each race
New ship models for transports and colony ships on the galaxy map

Gameplay Balance

Planet population capacity increased by 4 for each planet size
Rebalanced planetary Biomes (adjusted: total food, available cells and diminishing returns)
Rebalanced planetary mineral richness (adjusted: total production output, available cells)
The multiplier for successive terraforming projects on the same planet has been increased, making it more difficult to terraform the poorer biomes to Terran and Gaia
Introduced many additional “choice required” technologies in the tech tree
Redistributed food buildings along the tech tree to smooth out progression and make food more important in late stages of the game
Rebalanced Galaxy ages
Uber Planets have been rebalanced to be more similar to the Terran biome
Colony ship production cost increased for improved pacing
Races with Uber Planet trait now start the game on their corresponding Uber Planet

Racial Traits

We’ve completed a major balance pass on racial traits. Below are the traits for each race as of In Development Phase 3.

Alkari

Homeworld specials: Artifacts
+25% Beam defense
Ship combat speed bonus
Ship travel speed bonus
Physics starting tech

Bulrathi

Large homeworld
Rich homeworld minerals
+25% ground combat rating
High Gravity tolerance
+25% Beam defense
Physics starting tech

Darlok

-25% assimilation power
+10% Security
-10% Mission duration
Ship improvement: Stealth (ships can get closer to enemies before being detected)
Government starting tech

Human

+10% security
+25% BC from Trade Treaties
+25% BC from Trade Goods
Improved Negotiations
Improved Disposition
Government starting tech

Klackon

Cavernous homeworld
Uber Planet: Cavernous
Poor homeworld minerals
+50% Food from population
+25% Production from population
Biology starting tech

Meklar

-50% Food consumption
+25% Production from population
+10% Morale
Ship auto-repair enabled

Mrrshan

Large homeworld
Grassland homeworld
Uber Planet: Grassland
+25% ground combat rating
Extended Barracks
Engineering starting tech

Psilon

Small homeworld
Homeworld specials: Artifacts
+50% Research from population
-25% ground combat rating
Low Gravity tolerance
Government starting tech

Sakkra

Tropical homeworld
Uber Planet: Tropical
-25% Research from population
+25% population growth
-25% Pollution generation
Biology starting tech

Silicoid

Large homeworld
Inferno homeworld
Uber Planet: Inferno
-25% Research from population
Does not consume Food
Does not generate Food

Terran Khanate

-20% ship cost
+25% Beam attack
Increased Marine training rate
+20% Command Points
Engineering starting tech

Artificial Intelligence

Improved Research AI efficiency
Improved Production AI efficiency (Better handling for new colonies)
Improved Deal evaluation
Improved threat evaluation
Local War AI: Now your enemies will decide to go to war for strategic targets
Improved invasion tactics
Colony ships are now escorted by military ships when threats are nearby
Changed colonization logic so that it considers shared systems
Improved Space Pirates AI

User Interface

Production queue visibility is now stored in saved game
Improved Ship Design screen
Added Disable Advisor option in options menu
Production queue visibility is now stored in turn info
Several fixes and tweaks for tactical UI
New NEW YEAR animated notification when starting a new turn
Updated colony ships thumbnails
Scrollbar has been re-skinned
Base icon for fleets now scale with camera distance (like ship icons)
Added many new tooltips across UI elements in the game
Added new icons to Notifications
Added Income from blockades on Empire Economy tooltip
Several minor UI tweaks

Tactical Mode

New special systems: Lightning Field, Plasma Web, Tractor Beam, Warp Dissipator and Wide Area Jammer
Improved Admiral AI (now uses match speed, and takes into account planetary defenses)
Improved fleet deployment
Auto Upgrade now considers modifiers in weapon slots
Added abstract representation for clearer understanding of the battlefield when zoomed out
New option added: reset camera on pause (on by default)
New hazard: Nebulae (jams missiles but blocks shield regeneration when ships are in them)
Combat Numbers revamped
Added Automated Repair visual effects
Blackhole now affects asteroids
Missile Accuracy now configurable on a per-missile basis
Improved balance on range dissipation damage for lasers and beams
After-battle combat briefing now animates damaged/destroyed ships
Added bombard and invade validation (specially for multiplayer)

Multiplayer

Removed UI lock while waiting for players
Turn time limit added (this is a work in progress)
Enabled Invite Friends button in match setup
Several stability-related fixes

SFX

New ambience sounds for colonization cutscenes
Added Terran Khanate audios for GNN
Asteroids sounds added
Various sound effects added to UI

Notable Bug Fixes

Bugfix on Galactic Council vote value
Bugfix for endless Processing Turn occurs when submitting turn after having max Pollution value on Uber Planet
Trade treaties now will deduct the cost on both parties
Softlock Bugfix when the AI attacked even after peace treaty was accepted
Bugfix on memory attacked on War Declaration
Bugfix when AI evaluate offer or demand deal Items on deal
Bugfix when being in Truce with a race AI is still cable to threaten to attack demanding something, howeveriIf player declines the demand the war won't be declared
Fixed combat screen sending results multiple times
Bugfix: when game goes into a softlock after retreating
Bugfix: Bombarding unfinished outposts
Bugfix: Softlock when Enemy AI invades player
Bugfix: ESC during tactical battle
Bugfix: Using time compression resulted in some out of syncs
Bugfix: A player is able to destroy other race's ships without declaring war

Multiplayer

Bugfix for locked multiplayer next turn button
Bugfix on match setup when updating game information for lobbies
Crash fix on match setup

Patch 42.8.0.5.18151 (06 April 2016)

Fixed a crash on tactical combat when in large numbers of ships are participating.
Fixed: the player is now able to retreat during tactical battles.
Fixed several issues with Weapon Modifiers not working or not showing appropriate feedback .
Fixed: Production carry-over not working after buyout.
Fixed a soft-lock when pressing ESC while seeing Orion's defeat dialogue.
Fixed: discovering "Mega fluxers" now upgrade ships designs correctly.
Updated Custom races button.
Fixed: Several localization fixes.
Fixed: fade in added to the Terran diplomacy screen.
Fixed: the branch-able tech node was showing null tooltips.
Fixed: the FLAG checkbox was not working and was overlapping planet info.
Fixed: Production carry-over not working after buyout.
Fixed: removed "Heightened Intelligence" research bonus when population is on strike.
Improved Terran and human Diplomacy background effects (holograms).
Fixed issues with Terran race's materials.
Some other minor bug fixes.

Patch 42.6.0.5.1702 (26 March 2016)

FIXED ISSUES:

Fixed endless black screen where loading save games for the first time without launching a match beforehand.
Fixed broken diplomacy screen on some configurations
Fixed issue where a significant FPS dropdown occurs during turn submit processing on the Large map size on certain game phase.
Fixed several issues and exploits regarding loading and the excellence victory condition.
Pressing Tab during tactical while AI fleet no longer makes the control panel of the selected ship to appear.
Fixed an error that seldom appears when attempting to join a multiplayer lobby.
Fixed In-game EULA Overlapping.
Fixed multiple cases of "endless processing turn" that occurred.
Fixed: Monsters do not spawn on asteroid belts any more.

KNOWN ISSUES:

Battle briefing screen may contain wrong information when a pirate fleet attacks a player's planet
A player might be able to see an anomaly but not be able to travel to it the required system is not revealed.
A fleet is able to move after performing Destroy a planet action.

Patch 42 (25 March 2016)

Hello explorers and welcome to Master of Orion, In Development - Stage 2!
We are very happy to release this update, and move forward in our Games in Develpment program.
As you will see this version is packed with a lot of improvements, many of which were only possible thanks to your amazing feedback.
Again, please remember that our game is still in development, some changes may be subject to further review.
We are eager to get more of your feedback!
Quick Overview (Major improvements or additions):
Three new playable races (Meklar, Klackon and Terran Khanate.)
Improved Artificial Intelligence.
Difficulty levels.
Custom Race creation.
Improved and rebalanced racial perks.
Improved tactical battles.
New victory condition: Technological.
Revamped combat screen.
Support for Mac OS X (Not optimized yet, please take a look at our recommended specs)
Text localization support for: German, French, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and Japanese.
Over 350 Bug Fixes.

Detailed list of changes:

General

Three new playable races (Meklar, Klackon and Terran Khanate.)
Support for Mac OS X (Not optimized yet, please take a look at our recommended specs)
Custom Race creation.
New victory Condition: Technological Victory.
Improved ship auto-upgrade.
Support for Logitech's Orion Illuminated Keyboards
Improved tooltips for morale.
Added missing holograms in Breakthrough screen.

Gameplay Balance

[Balance] Racial Perks have been re-assigned and re-balanced
[Balance]Research progression and pace has been re-balanced, specially for the mid game and end game .
[Balance] Improved galaxy generation to increase differentiation of star colors and planets over different galaxy ages
[Balance] Ships are now upgradable and repairable when orbiting any kind of settlement including allied settlements.
[Balance] Added difficulty levels: Easy, Average, Hard and Very Hard (Average being the one where the AI is playing with the same economical benefits as the human player)
[Balance] Improved Jump Gates: now built by Space factory at Warp Points. Moved earlier in the tech tree. Travel speed doubled.
[Balance] Re-balanced Racial Bias.
[Balance] Vast improvements on differentiation of races (bonus/malus, strategy, diplomacy, etc.).
[Balance] Enable 8 races for Circular Large galaxy (was 6 because the races restriction for EA1).
[SFX] Music and Voice Over has been properly balanced.

Artificial Intelligence

[AI] Fixed bug in AI asking for invalid technologies.
[AI] Fix OffensivePact send WarDeclaration in Client and Fix DespiseBreakPromise check.
[AI] Improved colonization behaviour. Now the AI is able to manage multiple Colony ships at the same time and its colonization schemes are not hindered by its war efforts.
[AI] Improved war preparation: Defensive and offensive analysis has been improved.
[AI] vastly improved production
[AI] Improved Strategic analysis: AI will make more decisions based on chances of obtaining different victory conditions.
[AI] Improved Strategic analysis Fine tuning of potential targets for war.
[AI] Improved handling of multiple war fronts.
[AI] Performance optimization in engage task.
[AI] Improved combat analysis New formula for estimating relative fleet strength.
[AI] Defensiveness personality trait now used in defense formula.

Tactical Mode

[Tactical] Monsters collision/avoidance boxes fixed.
[Tactical] Fixed Space Dragon 3D mesh.
[Tactical] New Combat Screen with detailed information on fleets.
[Tactical] Pause as a mechanic: Tactical battles start in paused mode in order to make the important initial tactical decisions.
[Tactical] Fixed range feedback on tooltip and overlay.
[Tactical] Size of pirate ships has been Increased.
[Tactical] Added civilian ships to tactical battle (They hold they ground at the back of the battlefield and flee if they get attacked)
[Tactical] Added Retreat.
[Tactical] Several fixes for tactical UI.
[Tactical] “Tactical” button replaced to “Take Command”.
[Tactical] Added Speed and Range Controls (Implementation, Integration into the game).
[Tactical] Added Tactical Options (Pause on Options, Esc brings Options, Confirm Simulate on Leave, Populate Options Menu accordingly).
[Tactical] Added Persistence to tactical options
[Tactical] Fixed Facing, size and modifiers costs.
[Tactical] Intro improvements.

User Interface

[UI- Tactical] New icons.
[UI] Changes in arrow icon and jump gates.
[UI- Tactical] animated Auto-cast feedback.
[UI] Animation changes on Main Menu and Single Player.
[UI] Added building list to manage structures.
[UI] UX components for speed and range controls.
[UI - GNN]: Fixed a bug were the race name would repeat in the headline.

Diplomacy

[Diplomacy] Fixed trading: Player is unable to request Exchange Tech when the player does not have technology for Exchange Tech.
[Diplomacy] fixed State Machine: some lines of dialogue where not being triggered as intended.

Localization

[Localization] New localizations: German, French, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and Japanese.
[Localization] Updated Localizations.
[Localization] New changes on credit screen.

SFX

[SFX] Improved Audio Manager.
[SFX] Improved Tactical mode sounds
[SFX] Improved Strategy mode sounds .
[SFX] Several mixer updates, general click sound updated, "upgrade" button sound added and GNN music loop-able.

Hotfix 40.13 (04 March 2016)

Please remember that our game is still in development, some changes may be subject to further review. We are eager to get your feedback! Some of the things that we are testing are:
Improvements in the AI.
A more varied galaxy in terms of planet classes and mineral richness (please remember to randomize the seed to try different generated galaxies).
Balance adjustments for a more hardcore experience.
Scale and speed adjustments in tactical battles to make room for a bigger playfield.

Genera

Added flag checkbox to un-colonized planets.
Fixed soft-lock in victory/defeat popup.
Fixed soft-lock in Planet Review.
Fixed issue on fleets visibility after Share Charts.
Fixed Fleet Icon visibility when different fleet hull sizes are docked in the same navigation node.
Fixed Fleet Icon in the Galaxy map when fleets depart to an anomalies.
[Ship Design] Fixed exploit that allowed to create fully loaded ships paying as empty ships.
Fixed issue with Galaxy Generator (Orbital distribution).
Turn limit indicator removed in path to victory when Excellence Victory disabled.
Now the Game acknowledges that it can't store save games and popups a warning.
Fixed freeze when demanding a Colony at the same time as asking for a vote in the Galactic Council.

Balance

[Galactic Council] Changed trigger condition from all races knowing both candidates to all races knowing each other.
[Galactic Council] Implement a minimum turn for triggering galactic council.
[Balance] Galaxy ages are now more different from each other (MoO2 style).
[Balance] Large and Huge planets chances slightly increased in the Galaxy Generator.
[Balance] Changed BC progression and starting structures upkeep.
[Balance] Costs for Ship Upgrade and Buyout increased.
[Balance] Command Points exceeded changed from 10 to 20BC.
[Balance] Marine barracks now give +5% Morale.
[Balance] Capitol morale bonus reduced to 25% (from 30% ).
[Balance] AI Opening now end at turn 1 (IA performs better with this restriction).
[Morale] Taxes start affecting morale since 1BC per population.
[Morale] Race base morale now starts at 100%
[Balance] Removed the cohesive trait from races that used it (it improves IA's colonization and defenses as they play in a more pack style).
[Balance] Biome chances modified in the Galaxy Generator.

AI

[AI] Changes in Production: removed order in production rating, top priority production bypasses global ETA limit, added the worker income bonus to structures scoring, avoid idle production in colonies while trade goods is not available, colony ships changed priority from top to high.
[AI] On full defense, disabled below high priority to engage targets.
[AI] Lowered priorities for pirate bombardment and engaging.
[AI] Added conditions to Demand Evaluation. Will now reject demands that demand more than 1 colony, or a colony in a system with more colonies.
[AI] Added fatigue after a demand is accepted: FATIGUE_DEMAND. Now set in 25 turns.
[AI] Added ship upgrade (ship refit)
[AI] Bug fix for military retreat.

Tactical

[Tactical] Fixed FX for Torpedoes.
[Tactical] Fixed Anti-Missile Rockets.
[Tactical] Optimization for defensive weapons.
[Tactical] Proton Torpedo exception fixed!
[Tactical] Added one more ring on the big battlefield grid.
[Tactical] Tweaked scales for ships now contemplates pirates.
[Tactical] fixed the big battlefield limits.

UI

[UI] Tweaks for alternative multiline tooltip. Modifiers rows support multiline now.
[UI] Fixed black squares appearing on the interface.
[Techtree] Updated all technology images.
[UI] Added max population on known planets and planet tooltip.
[UI] Fixed issue with colonies list docking when the player had around 20 colonies or more.
[UI] Fixed strike population on colonies text fields.
[Ship Design] Disable models and decals for Pixel Ships in Ship Design.

Diplomacy

[Diplomacy] Fix Memory Rebuked line on some rejected demands.
[Diplomacy] Share Charts will only be asked to civilizations with whom I have enough disposition, and know at least 3 stars I don't know.

Multiplayer

[Multiplayer] Fixed issue when Player 1 upgrades ships, Player 2 can observe Player's 1 fleet info block on the left bottom corner.

Localization

[Localization] Ships module update.
[Localization] Updated "Thanks for participating in the Early Access" message.
[Localization] Changed Language Detection to set English or Russian Language.
[Localization] First recommendation added in all Welcome descriptions.
[Tooltips] Changed Low and High gravity tooltips.

SFX

[SFX] Warp sounds added.
[SFX] Notification sound updated.
[SFX] Placeholder explosion sounds updated.
[SFX] Added new Galactic Council theme.
[Music] Restart Music during Audience if the AI changed disposition.

Hotfix 40.12.1 (27 February 2016)

We've released a hotfix for Master of Orion. This is a small but important one, as it addresses potential overheating issues.

Implemented FPS cap of 200
V-Sync is now turned "ON" by default

Thank you for all of your reports, and please keep the feedback coming!

Localisation Hotfix (26th February 2016)

Minor String updates.