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• Patch Notes·27 Apr 2018Official

  Patch #5 (27 Apr 2018)

  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31339635/7eb8db83d9fbbb4c1db5146f074235c33a0d34d4.png Today we’re releasing another update to the game! This update adds three new optional missions to the campaign, multiple new settings to the options menu for you to customize your gameplay experience and new additions to the user interface. Additions and Changes Added three new bonus/optional missions to the campaign, and a new Steam achievement for completing all three missions. Added a new game options menu setting to customize how ship types are selected, Press to deselect, Press to select or Remember selection. Added a new default graphics options menu setting to enable smoother ship movement than the previous default. Added a new setting when hosting a multiplayer lobby to specify what happens when a player leaves an active game. The game will now either replace the player with a default AI or remove the player’s ships completely. Added highlighting of ships when selecting ships to send between nodes. Ships that will be sent using the current settings (amount and ship types) are highlighted in white. This can be disabled in the options menu. Ship types now display which magic spells they carry in the in-scenario UI and command bridge Fleet menu. Reworked ship type selection/filter in VR to include the same features as the desktop version, including filtering five ship types instead of three and the ability to view ship stats during gameplay. Bug Fixes and Improvements Fixed a bug in the Level Editor which sometimes caused a scenario to fail to save. Optimized the performance of the ambient asteroid field models in the game.
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• Patch Notes·4 Apr 2018Official

  Patch #4 (4 Apr 2018)

  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31339635/62f20efd4742f666f66300b06b9128b1eb536c0b.png It’s time for a new update! Arriving in this update is a new VR pause menu, a ship move animation, a new scenario for skirmish and multiplayer as well as a whole bunch of bug fixes and smaller improvements. Additions and Changes Reworked the in-scenario pause menu and added access to the options menu while playing a scenario. Also added in-scenario pause menu to VR with the same features as the desktop pause menu, to replace the simple “hold to return” button. Added a new animation that is played when ships are ordered to move from one planet to another, to make it easier to notice when ships fail to move. This can be disabled in the options menu. Improved the ship grouping behaviour to be more time efficient when initially creating the ship formation and assigning ships to individual formation positions. Added a new multiplayer and skirmish scenario called Capture the Planets. Control certain planets at set intervals in this custom scenario to score more points than your opponent. Improved performance of some custom script components. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where returning from the Level Editor to the Command Bridge would sometimes immediately show the multiplayer menu. Fixed an issue where the mouse wheel could not be used to scroll in windows in the Level Editor. Fixed a bug in Campaign Mission 8: Looking for Trade where an advisor dialog conversation would sometimes be displayed multiple times. Fixed a bug in Campaign Mission 10: Power of Gorgoth where the objective indicator would sometimes start with an incorrect value. Fixed a bug where the Elven Mage ship (when playing as elves in Skirmish or Multiplayer) would be categorized as a Frigate ship in the desktop ship select UI. Fixed a bug where some visual effects would continue to move even when the game was paused.
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• Patch Notes·4 Apr 2018Official

  Patch #4 (4 Apr 2018)

  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31339635/62f20efd4742f666f66300b06b9128b1eb536c0b.png It’s time for a new update! Arriving in this update is a new VR pause menu, a ship move animation, a new scenario for skirmish and multiplayer as well as a whole bunch of bug fixes and smaller improvements. Additions and Changes Reworked the in-scenario pause menu and added access to the options menu while playing a scenario. Also added in-scenario pause menu to VR with the same features as the desktop pause menu, to replace the simple “hold to return” button. Added a new animation that is played when ships are ordered to move from one planet to another, to make it easier to notice when ships fail to move. This can be disabled in the options menu. Improved the ship grouping behaviour to be more time efficient when initially creating the ship formation and assigning ships to individual formation positions. Added a new multiplayer and skirmish scenario called Capture the Planets. Control certain planets at set intervals in this custom scenario to score more points than your opponent. Improved performance of some custom script components. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where returning from the Level Editor to the Command Bridge would sometimes immediately show the multiplayer menu. Fixed an issue where the mouse wheel could not be used to scroll in windows in the Level Editor. Fixed a bug in Campaign Mission 8: Looking for Trade where an advisor dialog conversation would sometimes be displayed multiple times. Fixed a bug in Campaign Mission 10: Power of Gorgoth where the objective indicator would sometimes start with an incorrect value. Fixed a bug where the Elven Mage ship (when playing as elves in Skirmish or Multiplayer) would be categorized as a Frigate ship in the desktop ship select UI. Fixed a bug where some visual effects would continue to move even when the game was paused.
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• Patch Notes·6 Mar 2018Official

  Patch #3 (6 Mar 2018)

  Once again we’re happy to announce the release of a new update to the game, this being the largest update yet! The update is mostly focused around the release of the extensive Level Editor and level sharing, but also contains some user interface improvements, new features to multiplayer and skirmish lobbies and some tweaking of the early missions of the campaign. Here's a short time lapse video of a level being created in the Level Editor: https://youtu.be/YqgVNX8YGFc Major The extensive Level Editor is now finished and available for all players to use! The editor is directly integrated into the game and can be accessed through the main menu. It also includes Steam Workshop integration, allowing players to instantly share their levels with the Steam community and to easily find community levels to play. For a look at the community levels created so far, check out the Orch Star workshop page: http://steamcommunity.com/app/727100/workshop/ For an introduction on how to use the editor, check out the official guides: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1281810707 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1288166180 We’re very excited to see what you will create! The Multiplayer and Skirmish level selection menus have been improved. The previous simple dropdown has been replaced with a separate menu with a clearer scenario list, the ability to filter scenarios, button to access community levels and useful information about the selected scenario. Objective counters and timers have been added to the campaign to clarify the main objective of some scenarios, and provide better warning of some events. Players can now select between different factions to play as in the Multiplayer and Skirmish lobby. Available factions are scenario-specific. Players can now change alliances between players and AI in the Multiplayer and Skirmish lobby. The game now officially supports Windows Mixed Reality headsets (while using SteamVR) Minor The time between Mevor...
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• Patch Notes·6 Mar 2018Official

  Patch #3 (6 Mar 2018)

  Once again we’re happy to announce the release of a new update to the game, this being the largest update yet! The update is mostly focused around the release of the extensive Level Editor and level sharing, but also contains some user interface improvements, new features to multiplayer and skirmish lobbies and some tweaking of the early missions of the campaign. Here's a short time lapse video of a level being created in the Level Editor: https://youtu.be/YqgVNX8YGFc Major The extensive Level Editor is now finished and available for all players to use! The editor is directly integrated into the game and can be accessed through the main menu. It also includes Steam Workshop integration, allowing players to instantly share their levels with the Steam community and to easily find community levels to play. For a look at the community levels created so far, check out the Orch Star workshop page: http://steamcommunity.com/app/727100/workshop/ For an introduction on how to use the editor, check out the official guides: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1281810707 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1288166180 We’re very excited to see what you will create! The Multiplayer and Skirmish level selection menus have been improved. The previous simple dropdown has been replaced with a separate menu with a clearer scenario list, the ability to filter scenarios, button to access community levels and useful information about the selected scenario. Objective counters and timers have been added to the campaign to clarify the main objective of some scenarios, and provide better warning of some events. Players can now select between different factions to play as in the Multiplayer and Skirmish lobby. Available factions are scenario-specific. Players can now change alliances between players and AI in the Multiplayer and Skirmish lobby. The game now officially supports Windows Mixed Reality headsets (while using SteamVR) Minor The time between Mevor...
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