New Stars News

Hotfix fixing saving system bugs players encountered.

[h2]Fixed[/h2]

• Fix: Load game -> Map does not generate correctly -> "Saved games will not work" -> The game was not generating the correct map size to load the save from.
  
• Fix: Load save -> Resource counts do not always update and show negative values.
  

View changes from previous updates: newstarsgame.com/changelog.

Bug fixes.

[h2]Fixed[/h2]

• Fix: Colony -> Planet composed entirely of farmers is not producing enough food.
  
• Fix: Colony -> Population does not grow with 0 food, even though it is not starving.
  
• Fix: Star system -> Cannot colonize void world if a broken world is spawned before it.
  

[h2]Balanced[/h2]

• Balance: Colony -> Capital buildings now produce 2 energy to offset deficits.
  

View changes from previous updates: newstarsgame.com/changelog.

More fixes and UI tweaks.

[h2]Added[/h2]

• Add: Bug reporting interface -> Save files are now sent with bug reports, to make it easier to reproduce bugs.
  

[h2]Improved[/h2]

• Improve: Colony panel -> Updated summary icons.
  

[h2]Possible Fix[/h2]

• Possible fix: Game -> Game boots into windowed mode by default (default was set to windowed and 720p in player settings).
  

[h2]Fixed[/h2]

• Fix: Create subject -> Does not update empire borders.
  
• Fix: Bug reporting interface -> Send button was missing tooltip info.
  
• Fix: Subject -> Subjects should join union when overlord forms union, as they are still subjects.
  
• Fix: Main menu -> Loading screen, load menu, etc., were not visible when opened.
  

[h2]Tweaked[/h2]

• Tweak: Game event -> Colony extreme polar regions -> First option now gives `90` science instead of `100`.
  

View changes from previous updates: newstarsgame.com/changelog.

Some fixes.

[h2]Fixed[/h2]

• Fix: Create empire -> Empire name and colours are randomly changed when creating a game -> "Unable to choose EU flag background colour as primary colour."
  
  • Also added official EU colours to colour picker.
    
• Fix: Animated combat -> Hyper-janky turrets when time is at 2x speed (turrets fire extremely fast).
  
  • Now turret firing speed is constant on all timescales.
    
• Fix: Ubiquity -> Planet name appears in tooltip instead of "Unknown" for unknown systems.
  
• Fix: Ubiquity -> Having around 20 ships in one system causes lag spikes every in-game day [optimize].
  
• Fix: Solace ship builder -> Hologram turrets are not affected by master volume or ambient volume.
  
• Fix: Ubiquity -> Ships often jump around when moving, especially in animated combat, especially at 2x time speed [happens after winning battle].
  
• Fix: Animated combat -> Ships continue shooting after destroyed.
  
• Fix: Silent state -> Stealth fleets should not meet players in system.
  
• Fix: Ubiquity -> When move fleet into Ubiquity hyperlane that is neutral, war confirmation does not show, leading to nothing happening.
  
• Fix: Fleet panel -> Fleet capacity UI adds up ship count instead of ship size.
  
• Fix: Game event panel -> Selecting option is not disabled when reopening the ping, allowing options to be selected multiple times.
  
• Fix: Occupy colony -> Sets colony of `22` population to `1`.
  
• Fix: Settings -> Vsync is not applied in-game when set in main menu.
  
• Fix: Animated combat -> Beam turrets beams are not visible.
  
• Fix: Solace ship builder -> Ship stats -> Some costs overflowed the ship stats UI.
  
• Fix: Fleet panel -> Fleet capacity for civilian ships (i.e., builders) shows 2/1.
  

[h2]Possible Fix[/h2]

• Possible Fix: Crashing bug after playing game for "half an hour", then game does not re-open (may be device-specific).
  

[h2]Improved[/h2]

• Improve: Ubiquity -> Hyperlane -> Improve tooltip to indicate whether borders are closed or not.
  

[h2]Tweaked[/h2]

• Tweak: Game events -> Colony dangerous wildlife -> First option gives 120 instead of 100 food on standard speed.
  
• Tweak: Ion flux -> Changed icon for turret to not be a duplicate of ion stream.
  

View changes from previous updates: newstarsgame.com/changelog.

Some fixes addressing issues with screen resolution, and other suggestions.

[h2]Added[/h2]

• Add: Settings -> Change screen resolution.
  
  • Ensure to reset Steam launch options that override resolution, or they may cause issues.
    
  • The in-game resolutions are: initial screen resolution, 3840x2160, 2560x1400, 1920x1080, and 1280x720.
    
• Add: Solace Ship Builder -> Tooltip for weapon stats in ship builder.
  

[h2]Fixed[/h2]

• Fix: Solace Ship Builder -> Lens buttons overlay obstructs preset management UI.
  
• Fix: Loading Screen -> Shows black borders on top and bottom of the screen on some resolutions.
  
• Fix: Built -> Planet visuals -> Lower quality in built game as textures are set to low, but not updated automatically in graphics manager.
  
• Fix: Cross-scene -> Sometimes random empire borders are sometimes spawned in wrong places (fixed in previous update).
  
• Fix: Settings -> Anti-aliasing -> Selector has no effect on anti aliasing.
  

View changes from previous updates: newstarsgame.com/changelog.