Vanguard Galaxy News

[p]Hello everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]Another quick update to fix some issues and lower the prices of Destroyers and other large ships.[/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]- Faction logo/icon will be shown at spacestation POI's on the map[/p][p]- Added a Torpedo Ammo Recipe[/p][p]- Travel effect has been tweaked / spiced up a bit[/p][p][/p][p]Balance[/p][p]- Increased crafted ammo amount to improve the value[/p][p]- Large ship costs lowered by around 25% ( There will be another mechanic added later on for unlocking certain ships - tied to conquest)[/p][p]- "At War" status can only be changed once you reach the new Conquest area (to prevent softlocks due to making enemies while no Embassies are available)[/p][p]- "Canister of Refined Titanium" and its brethren can now be "refined" almost instantly[/p][p]- Added legendary gear as a possible spawn out of loot containers and loot drops (starting at level 60)[/p][p]- Deployable items (like shield pylons) are no longer affected by physics pushing effects[/p][p][/p][p]Fixes[/p][p]- Right-clicking an item in your cargo will no longer switch space station view to the personal hangar if the item isn't equippable[/p][p]- ECHO no longer unloads Torpedo ammo if you have a Torpedo Bay equipped[/p][p]- ECHO will now buy Torpedos to restock your supply[/p][p]- Fixed some blueprints crafting the wrong item[/p][p]- Fixed item count background in inventory sometimes growing to twice the intended size[/p][p]- "Canister of Refined Titanium" items no longer block the auto-refining of other items[/p][p]- Deployable items (like shield pylons) are no longer immortal[/p][p]- Deployable items and turrets no longer leave behind an orphaned health bar when they are destroyed[/p][p]- Fix for Industry Ops station preventing travel when player is at zero health, causing the player to get stuck there[/p][p]- NPC ships now spawn with Torpedo ammo if the ship has a torpedo bay[/p][p]- Fixed Gryp and Rypper drone exit/entry point[/p][p]- Fix for Mercenary losing its way when the player switches ships[/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]

[p]Hello everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]Salvagers rejoyce, here's a few bigger ships for you to play with. :)[/p][p]Also, torpedo's work now. And some more good stuff. Enjoy![/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: Gryp-Class Reclaimer Salvager (Utixon Corp)[/p][p]- New ship: Axcetor-Class Reclaimer Salvager (Utixon Corp)[/p][p]- New ship: Rypper-Class Destroyer (Marade Wharf)[/p][p]- New ship: Paktar-Class Large Freighter (Marade Wharf)[/p][p]- New ship to encounter: Carkalon-Class Destroyer (???)[/p][p]- Added a logo/icon for each faction. Icons are shown in the sector map (which space stations are present in what system) and in the space station interior.[/p][p]- Added "At War" toggle to the reputation window. You can now mark any faction as an enemy, even if you have a positive reputation.[/p][p]- Added a hint to system / sector tooltips if there is a new mission available locally - briefly explains the mission's purpose.[/p][p]- Enlarged combat poi area some more[/p][p]- Added Torpedo's which deal some AOE damage on impact, can be shot at[/p][p]- Added the missing Torpedo Bays and Torpedo Ammo (WIP, damage will need to be balanced (low atm without stacking torp power))[/p][p]- Torpedo Power is available on large modules and on turrets (starting from level 45 for now)[/p][p]- Replaced the previous "Canister of Refined Materials" items with a separate item for each material type. They can be emptied in the refinery. Currently existing items are unaffected.[/p][p]- Mining and Salvaging mercs can also be hired now[/p][p][/p][p]Balance[/p][p]- In conquest the miner support mission is supporting a Warden, best combat ship ever :)[/p][p]- Defeating enemy defense waves at a hostile space station in the conquest area now reduces enemy fleet strength[/p][p]- Jumpgates to the Penumbra and Lucifer sectors are closed off until you reach level 55 (temporary solution - will change later)[/p][p]- Changed the max engine values of some ships[/p][p]- Changed experience rewards slightly when eliminating larger ships[/p][p]- Removed Fulter and Exdyne max spawn level (was 50)[/p][p][/p][p]Fixes[/p][p]- Fixed Targeting Specialist description[/p][p]- Fixed Targeting Specialist not correctly adding Crit Damage[/p][p]- Clear construction site, if active gets more asteroids to be able to finish the mission[/p][p]- Auto targetting by drones and deployable turrets restored[/p][p]- OmniTac options depend on your reputation with them[/p][p]- Extending the hire period of the mercenary actually takes credits now :)[/p][p]- Added toggle to wingman portrait to automatically extend contract[/p][p]- Faction relation colors in the tooltip of a system are now displayed properly (friendly station in a hostile system shows as green)[/p][p]- Available mission markers should be more visible on the galaxy map[/p][p]- Performance issue with autopilot setting for max jumps fixed. maxJumps setting for ECHO removed for now as it didn't add anything yet. Might come back later when it becomes useful[/p][p]- Spaceship cannot be blocked by NPC when starting to travel away[/p][p]- Shipyard / Personal Hanger zoom out a little bit by default for some of the larger ships[/p][p]- Patrol and Bounty boards now properly check for enemy faction, if you're a friend of the pirates the Fanatics will be used instead[/p][p]- Fix for broken item tooltips in some salvage POI's[/p][p]- Patrolling units should no longer spawn multiple patrols at the same time[/p][p]- Disabled auto-refining for some items (Canister of Refined Materials, and some items that may become useful in the future)[/p][p]- Prevented hostile ships from spawning at Space Stations and getting into fights[/p][p]- Added checks to NPC amounts around space stations and jump gates, hopefully preventing the occasional pile up[/p][p]- A loadout with only core miners will now ignore manually targetted containers[/p][p]- The reward notification will have more room for each category[/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]

[p]Hello everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]Here's a bunch of fixes and improvements for the beta branch. [/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: Maul-Class Mining Barge (Mindus Holdings) - Large Drone Bay[/p][p]- New ship: Sledge-Class Mining Barge (Mindus Holdings)[/p][p]- Turrets will reset their rotation when not having a target[/p][p]- Refined materials (found through salvaging) can be put in material storage[/p][p]- Mercenary can be fired[/p][p]- Mercenary hire duration can be extended in the field[/p][p][/p][p]Balance[/p][p]- Industrial skill Material Storage Boost II (2nd) needs Material Storage Boost I (1st)[/p][p]- Changed Drometar module sizes to Large[/p][p]- Changed combat officer/crew skill to give less critical chance/critical damage[/p][p]- Reduced the amount of critical chance granted by stacking high levels of Precision[/p][p]- Enemy forces at high levels / high difficulty should include more powerful ships[/p][p][/p][p]Fixes[/p][p]- Fixed the Critical Recursion skill providing way too much chance for additional crits[/p][p]- Fix for embassy jumpgates that are hidden, but still used when setting routes[/p][p]- Fixed an issue with not being able to remove skill points in the mining skill tree[/p][p]- Fixed performance skill tree screen in some cases[/p][p]- Fixed wrong blueprints size generation causing new game to only drop large blueprints[/p][p]- Fixed hostile turrets in missions always spawning for the Corsair faction (only newly generated turrets are fixed)[/p][p]- Fixed the Redline ability (Rage stacks): Now properly provides 0.5% combat power and no longer stacks to infinity.[/p][p]- Fixed other stackable abilities (Momentum & Bastion)[/p][p]- Fixed Corsairs being chosen as an enemy faction for a mission even though you are allied with them[/p][p]- Fixed some abilities being targetable when they are not[/p][p]- Fixed secondary space stations (Canisec etc.) in the conquest area giving missions against non-hostile factions.[/p][p]- Prevented the autopilot from picking up missions that target a faction that's currently friendly to you.[/p][p]- Autopilot skill: Time Investment removed from skill tree as it was not working yet (will be soon)[/p][p]- Industry Ops space station is nog longer a valid target when in emergency travel[/p][p]- Wingman won't select your target if its an invalid target (i.e. Salvageable wreck)[/p][p]- Fix for showing stats in shipinformation when there's no turret to use it[/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]

[p]Hello everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]A quick fix to loading a savegame in the new beta version resetting reputation. [/p][p][/p][p]Fixes[/p][p]- Fixed Industrial skill Material Storage Boost I[/p][p]- Fixed reputation for player reset on load of savegame (for this you need a backup of an old save)[/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]Hello everyone, [/p][p][/p][h2]Beta Update 0.7.6 has arrived[/h2][p]The Conquest area is here and with it the level cap is expanded to 60. Full patch notes for the update can be found below.[/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][h3]Conquest[/h3][p]You can now perform missions for a faction of your choice in the Conquest area. Your efforts are rewarded with reinforcements for that faction, which it will use in its efforts to gain control over the Conquest area. Who will you support?[/p][p][/p][h3]Mercenaries[/h3][p]You can find the new Omnitac Agency in the Conquest area. They represent mercenaries for hire. These will accompany you for an hour before they say their goodbye. If you improve your reputation with Omnitac you will get better options.[/p][p]Mercenaries are the first step towards gathering a whole fleet of ships to fly around with! While proper fleet control is still a way off in the future, we hope you enjoy this first introduction of NPC followers.[/p][p][/p][h3]Destroyers[/h3][p]Ships are getting bigger and bigger as we go along. So naturally you will be able to get your hands on destroyers now. [/p][p][/p][h3]New Skills[/h3][p]With the new level cap we're expanding the skill trees as well. You will have a whole new set of choices for each of the skill trees that have been available up to now.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And of course there's a lot of other improvements. Honorable mention to the faster travel possibility. Go check out your nearest Intertrade Network space station for a mission to unlock faster travel over bigger distances. [/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][/p][p]Added/Changed[/p][p]- Added a new Quadrant to the galaxy map[/p][p]- Added the Conquest area, an oversized sector that hosts a conflict about territory control. Aid your favorite faction in capturing the entire sector![/p][p]- Added new skill icons[/p][p]- Added more salvage scrap and changed spawn chances[/p][p]- Added more skills to the skilltrees[/p][p]- Camera can pan further away from the player ship[/p][p]- Added the ability to attack friendly space ships (only in the new Quadrant, for now)[/p][p]- When visiting a spacestation after the first time the spacestation UI will open when arriving in the POI when ECHO is off[/p][p]- Added a sidequest to unlock Fast Lane Travel (discover it at your nearest Intertrade Network Space Station to find out what it does :)[/p][p]- Increased the size of combat POI's to allow for more movement[/p][p]- Changed item slot triangle in the corner to now represent size (S, M, L)[/p][p]- Large Turrets and Large modules[/p][p][/p][p]Balance[/p][p]- Changed the way items are generated above the player's current level (may reduce item level of drops to prevent runaway scaling)[/p][p]- Reduced the sell value of high level ores in order to encourage refining them and crafting them into items for sale instead.[/p][p]- Doubled the value of low value salvage scrap (but also applied the new sell value scaling above)[/p][p]- Spaceships now have a top speed[/p][p]- Bouncy bouncy mechanic (when you fly past the POI border) will now push units back into the POI with limited speed[/p][p]- Attacking friendly ships gives a huge reputation loss - be careful![/p][p]- Dynamic missions picked up in a hostile (Embassy) space station now grant significantly more reputation, but no other rewards.[/p][p][/p][p]Fixes[/p][p]- Changed the way jumpgate environment is stored (to reduce save game size)[/p][p]- Fixed faction shop discount also being applied to item sell value[/p][p]- Fixed the game slowly being dragged down by junk data if you stay in the same place for a long time[/p][p]- Map POIs should never be deleted if they're still relevant for a currently active mission[/p][p]- Fixed some mission types not showing an exclamation mark at the mission location[/p][p]- Driller drones now properly show as being on top of the asteroid they're attached to (space ship no longer passes in between)[/p][p][/p][p]Our next priorities[/p][p]- Mercenaries for mining and salvage and overall improvements for usability[/p][p]- Map rework to support panning and zoom better and to work better when using it in transparent mode. And better visibility of where each (sub)faction is[/p][p]- Working torpedo bays[/p][p]- Adding more skills and there will be a mission to unlock the next tier of skills[/p][p]- Overall balance of the conquest area progression and how quickly factions can acquire new systems vs player influence[/p][p]- Docking for Destroyers will change to a tube / tunnel[/p][p]- More ships (large miner/salvagers especially)[/p][p]- A way to acquire legendary item blueprints[/p][p]- Skill loadouts[/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][/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]