Vanguard Galaxy News

[p]Hello everyone, [/p][p][/p][p]After yesterday's bigger update, here's a few hotfixes to take care of the biggest issues with it.[/p][p][/p][p]Fixes[/p][p]- Fixed Aspects working + Workshop interaction fixes[/p][p]- Aspect, Blueprint, Lootbox will now be moved into Armory with the Move To Armory quick button[/p][p]- ECHO can also use the Industrial shop to buy ammo[/p][p][/p][p]Added/Changed[/p][p]- Removing a Aspect/Blueprint in the Workshop will put in the currently open inventory (cargo/armory)[/p][p]- Aspect Slots simplified slightly (No more aspect slot rarity)[/p][p]- Debris will now slowly fade away after a short while[/p][p][/p][p]You can find out about how to get the beta version in the news article about the beta test.[/p][p]If you find anything suspicious or just want to give your opinion. Let us know. :) [/p][p][/p][p]Cheers, [/p][p]Bat Roost Games[/p]

[p]Hello everyone, [/p][p][/p][h2]Beta Update 0.7.4 is here! [/h2][p]Here's a highlight of some new features found in this update. You need to switch to the beta branch of Vanguard Galaxy to enjoy these. Full patch notes for the update can be found below.[/p][p][/p][h3]Industrial Ops[/h3][p]We present to you a new kind of endless mode. Use your Industrial power to supply a friendly base with ammo, repair packs and even turrets to hold off the enemy. How far can you go? [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]With the different Endless modes you can now earn a new currency for each of them. Use these in the shops of these factions to purchase the really fancy equipment or blueprints. [/p][p][/p][p]Which brings us to the new blueprints for Exotic items! These can be found in the Shops of Forge Industries. Or as a rare loot drop of the new Locked Containers.[/p][p][/p][p]These containers can drop when salvaging shipwrecks.[/p][p][/p][p]The Exotic Blueprints require you to gather and process Crystals, which can be found in Asteroids.[/p][p][/p][p]When you have gathered a lot more fancy equipment you of course want to make sure that you can tweak them to your liking. This is now possible in the Workshop, which can be found in Steel Vulture space stations of Pocket systems.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]When you find an Aspect you like you can use the workshop to upgrade your equipment or if you want to move an Aspect to another equipment. You can do that too. Beware though, the original item will be lost if you extract the Aspect.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We hope you will all enjoy these new features. [/p][p]Let us know what you think on our Discord or the Steam forums. We look forward to your feedback. [/p][p]Now you can dig into the patch notes, enjoy :)[/p][p][/p][h2]Patchnotes[/h2][p]Added/Changed[/p][p]- Added Activate and Deactivate buttons for all turrets[/p][p]- Clear Target button + hovering it will show what your ship is targeting + visual range per turret[/p][p]- The turret tooltip in the bottom will now show its active target as well (and a range indicator)[/p][p]- Giving the order to travel through a jumpgate will deactivate turrets for smooth travel[/p][p]- Added 2 dronebay aspects (increases dronebay size by 1/2) + 1 for hull kit[/p][p]- Added a new faction, Forge Industries, with space stations in sectors above level 10[/p][p]- Salvage poi's in pocketsystems owned by Steel Vultures will respawn (same as mining poi's)[/p][p]- Changed rewards for Bounty and Patrol missions - these now reward a currency that's specific to that mission type. Rewards can be purchased in the Bounty and Patrol shop.[/p][p]- Changed internal handling of multi barreled turrets[/p][p]- Warp Fuel is now stackable in your cargo[/p][p]- Added new drone skill which unlocks 3 (2 really) new drones: Combat Missile Drone, Salvage Harpoon Drone, and Mining Core Drone.[/p][p]- Mining and salvage missions differentiate between surface and core / structure[/p][p]- ECHO checks the current loadout better for what type of missions it can perform. (based on highest combined power)[/p][p]- Added ECHO option for Ammo Supply. You can configure for how many minutes per turret it will buy/transfer ammo[/p][p]- Some changes made to the materials in the forge/refinery, always shows amount and the bar is gone (since storage is infinite)[/p][p]- Added XP bar for crew members[/p][p]- Salvageable ship falls apart when empty[/p][p]- Changed health bars[/p][p]- Added Unit Rank system: Units now spawn with ranks that affect their stats. [/p][p]- Added a visual reactor overload indicator[/p][p]- Added Small Hailfire Missile Launcher blueprint[/p][p]- Added more robust descriptions to targeted abilities[/p][p]- Added a new type of infinite mission, Industrial Ops, to the Forge Industries space stations starting at level 10.[/p][p]- Salvage now has the chance to drop Locked Containers, what do they hold? :)[/p][p]- Certain percentage stats will now have decimals, to have a wider range[/p][p]- Added new Retire button to Patrol, Bounty and Industry board - retire to reset your rank to 1, and receive a bag of commendations as reward.[/p][p]- Added Dog Tags as a lootable item, can be exchanged for Commendations at Canisec, Orsanon Security, and Forge Industries[/p][p]- Added a 10% Yield bonus if your equipment can salvage or mine both Surface and Core layers (turrets only)[/p][p]- Added the Workshop (which you can find at Steel Vulture spacestation after a certain level), here you can upgrade items (and rename them!)[/p][p]- Added "blank" items (lacking an Aspect) to the salvage shop in conjunction with the Workshop[/p][p]- Exotic blueprints are now able to be found and crafted[/p][p]- New crafting items: Crystals which are able to be mined out of asteroids and needed for exotic blueprints[/p][p]- Blueprints for Crystal Refined Products added to Forge Industries shop[/p][p]- Changed Medium shield crafting materials to reflect the small shield materials[/p][p][/p][p]Balance[/p][p]- Economy: Trundar cargo capacity lowered from 5680 to 3600[/p][p]- Economy: Changed the volume of the trade goods (from 1m3 o 1-4 m3)[/p][p]- Reduced scaling damage penalty for ships with many turrets / large drone bays (ie. these should deal more damage now)[/p][p]- Changed the ammo sell value (from 100% 80% of it's buy value)- Blueprints: Only Standard and Enhanced rarities will appear i normal shops[/p][p][/p][p]Fixes[/p][p]- ECHO now properly checks if a station has a mission board that fits the current loadout before flying there[/p][p]- Fixed typo[/p][p]- ECHO can now ignore missions that the current loadout does not support when its surface vs core / structure[/p][p]- NPC's with the grinder turret no longer set the player ship to hold position[/p][p]- Warden will now properly undock and not wait for 5 seconds for nothing at all :)[/p][p]- Clear Construction Site mission fixed so no friendly miner spawns[/p][p]- Shield Generator Pylon no longer heals ships that are temporary enemies to you[/p][p]- Prevented clicking through the Drone UI and accidentally unequipping a turret instead[/p][p]- Can no longer unequip items from the side panel to prevent item duplication glitch, sorry ;)[/p][p][/p][p]Known issues[/p][p]- Autopilot can on long sessions sometimes cause slowdowns. We're investigating, seems to occur mostly with core mining[/p][p]- Workshop UI does not play nice with all display modes and possible positions (top of the screen transparent mode for example)[/p][p]- Equiping an item that has different armor or health stats will cause the ship to repair to the new value[/p][p][/p][p]If you find anything that should not happen or just want to give your opinion. Let us know. :) [/p][p]You can find us on Discord and we will of course keep an eye on the Steam forums.[/p][p]Join the Vanguard Galaxy Discord[/p][p][/p][p]Cheers, [/p][p]Bat Roost Games[/p]

[p]Hello everyone, [/p][p][/p][p]A small update to the beta version of the game.[/p][p][/p][p]Fixes[/p][p]- Fix for starting travel while still attached to salvage[/p][p]- Fix for structural grinder turret losing targetting position on salvage target[/p][p]- Fixed Dock button not showing after using hold position to stop travelling away from a space station[/p][p]- Fixed a bug where too many asteroid fields would spawn after save[/p][p]- Bulkhead is also available as a crafting recipe[/p][p][/p][p]Balance[/p][p]- Slightly increased sell value for Bulkheads, Hull beams and Computing units[/p][p]- Decreased materials needed for Bulkheads, Hull beams and Computing units[/p][p][/p][p]Added/Changed[/p][p]- All targetable items will now drift back into the POI when they cross the boundary. This might lead to excessive Bouncy bouncy effects. [/p][p]- New ship: Ferrum-Class Medium Miner (Stellar Industries)[/p][p]- Prologue area: added Jumpgate pass to Sparax to the Orbitan spacestation[/p][p]- Cursor[/p][p]- Blueprints have a chance to be salvageable[/p][p]- Improved display of Refinery ingredients when the scrollbar is visible[/p][p]- Added text input field for Refinery / Forge craft count[/p][p]- Added the ability to enable/disable individual turrets (will reset on travel/reload)[/p][p]- Salvage shop also sells ammo now[/p][p]- Tip added that yield improves item recovery chance percentage[/p][p][/p][p]Known issues[/p][p]- Autopilot and missions don't always work well with core or structural turrets. This will be improved in the near future[/p][p][/p][p]You can find out about how to get the beta version in the recent news article.[/p][p]If you find anything suspicious or just want to give your opinion. Let us know. :) [/p][p][/p][p]Cheers, [/p][p]Bat Roost Games[/p]

[p]Hello everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]We have some fun news to share. From this moment on our new developments for Vanguard Galaxy can be closely followed by playing the open beta. We plan to release weekly or biweekly, depending on when features are far enough along to present them to you. For the live version we will of course keep looking for issues that need fixing to keep the experience there as stable as possible.[/p][p][/p][p]To take part go to settings for Vanguard Galaxy and select the open beta in the dropdown as shown below. [/p][p][/p][p]Save games saved while in the open beta version will not be backward compatible with the live version until the moment that live catches up with the beta version. [/p][p][/p][p]Our first release on the beta channel is version 0.7.1. Detailed patch notes can be found below. But we want to highlight a few of the bigger features here.[/p][h3]Drones[/h3][p]Drone bays have been reworked to allow you to select a mix of types to bring with you. This will make drone builds more flexible and allow you to be ready for any challenge you find on your adventures. [/p][p][/p][p]We're curious to see what you can do with these little friends. And more to come to improve them further.[/p][p][/p][h3]Structural Salvage[/h3][p]Another big change in this update is the addition of structural salvage. The Grinder turret can pull a salvageable ship in and salvage its internals. We hope you salvagers out there enjoy this one. [/p][p][/p][h3]New ships[/h3][p]This update adds a few new ships for you to enjoy as well.[/p][p]- Cyclone-Class Corvette (Akai Armory)[/p][p]- Tempest-Class Frigate (Akai Armory) Seen below[/p][p]- Osprey-Class Medium Salvager (Akai Armory)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We hope you like Vanguard Galaxy as much as we do and are looking forward to feedback from you. Let us know on the steam forums or drop by our Discord and join the fun. Join the Vanguard Galaxy Discord[/p][p][/p][p]Cheers,[/p][p]Bat Roost Games[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Patch notes for 0.7.1[/h3][p]Fixes[/p][p]- Fixed combat station dronebay colliding with ships[/p][p]- Fixed some background errors that could lead to huge log files[/p][p]- Hands Off The Hull no longer triggers for drones[/p][p]- Fixed some dronebays still having a unintended collider[/p][p]- Fixed duplicate subsector names appearing in new games[/p][p]- "Construct Drone Schematics" name changed to "Constructor Drone Schematics"[/p][p][/p][p]Balance[/p][p]- Autopilot reputation reward lowered[/p][p]- Adjusted crafting materials needed to craft higher rarity items[/p][p]- Ship Range Bonus per type lowered[/p][p][/p][p]Added/Changed[/p][p]- Beginning of the Drone rework! Drones no longer have an associated type. Instead, you can mix and match drones to your liking! Set up your drone loadout in the Personal Hangar.[/p][p]- Start of Drone rebalancing. Before, drones were far too powerful as they weren't integrated with the damage calculation system. They may feel a bit weak now. We'll keep an eye on it.[/p][p]- Drones now inherits the "hull bonus" of their commander (mining / salvage / combat power)[/p][p]- Added Drone Power to random stats distribution on equipment[/p][p]- Added dronebay blueprints to be found[/p][p]- Changed some drone sprites[/p][p]- Switch texture filtering based on zoom level (to prevent "pop in" and jittering on sprite edges)[/p][p]- Combatants no longer target ships while they're still warping in[/p][p]- Added previously hidden hull/armor/shields multiplier to the ship type tooltip (hangar / shipyard)[/p][p]- Engines are off when going through a jumpgate[/p][p]- Ship with a higher mass will not be yeeted out of gate[/p][p]- Having a Yield above 100% will create additional loot instead of just being wasted[/p][p]- A piece of equiment with multiple bonuses of the same type (e.g. +30 combat power and +7 combat power) are listed separately instead of added up[/p][p]- Added a chance of enemy miners spawning in asteroid fields (non mining claim)[/p][p]- Added an option to the autopilot to stop it from automatically travelling. Plus hotkey (ctrl + T). Loot![/p][p]- Added small 'info' marker to the ship name in Shipyard / Personal Hangar, to emphasize the presence of an informational tooltip[/p][p]- Added a "Return to Orsanon Security" portal to bounty missions once completed[/p][p]- New Ship: Cyclone-Class Corvette (Akai Armory)[/p][p]- New Ship: Tempest-Class Frigate (Akai Armory)[/p][p]- New Ship: Osprey-Class Medium Salvager (Akai Armory)[/p][p]- Buy Ship Confirmation popup[/p][p]- Added the option to sell ships (not the last one!)[/p][p]- Added mission difficulty to mission overview/board[/p][p]- Escort ship will jump away on unloading all cargo[/p][p]- Added Structural salvage turrets and structural salvageables[/p][p][/p][p]Known issues[/p][p]- Autopilot and running missions doesn't always work well with core or structural turrets. This will be improved in the near future.[/p][p]- The Salvage Laser Drone is now wrongly named Salvage Harpoon Drone. This will be rectified soon :)[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p]Hello everyone, [/p][p][/p][p]A small update to the main game to be ready for the open beta.[/p][p]Fixes[/p][p]- Fixed improper collision on some ships with Drone Bay[/p][p]- Prevented multiple sectors from receiving the same name (only with new game)[/p][p][/p][p]Changes[/p][p]- Travel information changed[/p][p]- Preparation for Open Beta version split[/p][p][/p][p]You can find the news about the open beta in the news article.[/p][p][/p][p]Cheers, [/p][p]Bat Roost Games[/p]