v28.10 Update Now Available

Since the Steam release of Sins of a Solar Empire II, we’ve been closely monitoring community feedback to guide our updates. This latest patch reflects our commitment to enhancing the player experience based on your input.

[h2]Featured changes in this update:[/h2]

Improved Game Window Layouts: Enhanced layouts for the lobby window and escape menu as part of our long-term UI update plans.
Expanded Key Binding Options: Increased possibilities for key bindings, including support for extra mouse buttons, responding directly to player requests.
Resolved Repetitive VO Lines: Restored player sanity by fixing the annoying repeated voice lines from phase jump inhibitors.
Initial Settings Overhaul: Introduced new settings for camera pan speed, zoom, shadow quality, and more, paving the way for future enhancements.
Visual Optimizations: A slew of visual tweaks aimed at improving general performance across a variety of hardware configurations.
Community-Driven Adjustments: A host of new bug fixes and balance changes addressing early community reports to ensure a smoother gameplay experience.

This update is just the beginning, and we look forward to continuing to refine Sins of a Solar Empire II with your feedback in mind.

Note: You will need to re-subscribe to all mods for this update. We apologize for the hassle; this will be a one-time thing.

This update will break save games and replays! You can still play them by using the previous version (see below).

[h3]Previous Version Instructions[/h3]
If you wish to finish up your game on the previous version, do the following:

Select ‘Sins of a Solar Empire II’ in your Steam Library.
Click the gear icon in the upper right.
Select Properties → Betas
Select 'previous_edition' from the Beta Participation dropdown.
Steam will update you to the latest files.
To switch to latest repeat step 4 and select ‘None’

[h2]View the full changelog here[/h2]