Beta Update 0.7.6.5

[p]Hello everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]This update brings better inventory management with a filter and mass sell button to help you clean up your inventories. Plus some cool new stations that can be attacked in the conquest area. And balancing for the conquest area in general.[/p][p][/p][h3]Update availability[/h3][p]This update is still under active development. As such, it is only available if you switch to the beta branch of Vanguard Galaxy to test out these new changes. Instruction on how to install the beta updates can be found at the bottom of this post.[/p][p][/p][p]Added/Changed[/p][p]- New ship to encounter: Enforcer-Class Frigate (Custos Arms) [/p][p]- Added new conquest stations. Destroying them will reduce the system fleet strength.[/p][p]- Conquest Stations automatically repair every hour when the player is not present.[/p][p]- Added loot to Conquest and regular Combat stations.[/p][p]- Added the option to filter inventory with a search query. Currently supports name, rarity and category, aspect and noaspect search for items with or without aspects respectively. All search terms can be combined[/p][p]- Added a mass sell button at the inventory, which will sell everything currently visible in the inventory. [/p][p]- Added the option to favourite items (Press F when mousing over) Favourite items will not be automatically transfered out of your inventories (when using the arrows or by ECHO) or sold in bulk sell option[/p][p]- Added a new docking option to the new conquest stations (will be expanded upon later so larger ships don't land on the smaller docks anymore)[/p][p]- Changed the reputation window to give a bit more information (work in progress)[/p][p][/p][p]Balance[/p][p]- Further balancing changes to hostile encounter groups (more varied space ships, closer to intended power level, and less likely to use inappropriate ships)[/p][p]- Industrial Ops missions should be more doable at high levels: More time to prepare, less dangerous enemies, and repair packs now properly scale with level and repair more quickly[/p][p]- Increased the approach range of ships with a Scatterbeam equiped[/p][p]- Reinforcements will stop at a Conquest Station once depleted[/p][p]- Added a "soft cap" to conquest fleet strength to reduce the chances of runaway victory without player assistance[/p][p]- A Conquest headquarter system will only be removed/attacked by other factions if the combat strength is 0 (which the player could do by attacking that station)[/p][p]- If a faction is fully eliminated from the Conquest area, it will take them a few turns to gather strength for another attempt.[/p][p][/p][p]Fixes[/p][p]- Torpedo Bay can no longer keep firing after the ship has started an Emergency Jump[/p][p]- Fixed large laser barrel exit point[/p][p]- Fixed reputation with your own faction going negative, allowing your ship to attack itself (lol)[/p][p]- Fixed ECHO interactions with Corsair Syndicate embassy (buying ammo, picking up missions, etc.)[/p][p]- Unlearning the "Advanced Drone Access" skill will now unequip any drones that have become unavailable[/p][p]- "Deposit all in Armory" no longer deposits your torpedos if you have a Torpedo Bay equipped[/p][p]- Mining \\POI's refresh their asteroids again when empty, but needed for a mission[/p][p]- Greatly increased performance of showing and scrolling through inventory when it contains a lot of items[/p][p][/p][p]And as always, if you find any annoying / interesting bugs or just want to give your opinion. Let us know on Discord or the Steam forums. Thank you all for enjoying Vanguard Galaxy. [/p][p][/p][p]Cheers, [/p][p]Bat Roost Games[/p][p][/p][h3]Enable the beta version[/h3][p]Make sure to keep an old save game when switching to the beta, just in case. We always make sure that your save games will keep working, but as long as the beta is ahead of the release, the beta save game won't work on the release version until it catches up.[/p][p]To take part go to Manage and select Properties for Vanguard Galaxy in Steam:[/p][p][/p][p]And select the open-beta under Game Versions & Betas as shown below. [/p][p][/p]