Lord of Rigel News

Fix for rare case of engaging phantom fleet.

Ticket #2043 QOL- Weapon cooldown in weapon designer
Ticket #2052 QOL- Damage type and DPS breakdown in weapon designer
Ticket #2054 End game history now displays for merged factions
Ticket #2053 QOL- Disable camera move to target if there's manual input (most noticeable in system view)

Greetings Lords of Rigel, it's been a month since release and we wanted to highlight some new content from the last update, some of the quality of life updates planned next, and a overview of the quality of life and balance adjustments done over this past month thanks to your feedback and support.

To begin with this update added a new leader skill, starcharts, and a new leader Nimak the Abastur Starfarer who for a cost can reveal systems as explored.


Planned continued content in the near future includes new leaders and some new technologies.

As for the next focus on quality of life updates, additional information in the ship designer including weapon cooldowns and how they're effected by various modifications and a tooltip breakdown of how effective a weapon's damage is against shields, armor, structure, and internals. This will be coming over October.

[h2]Quality of Life:[/h2]

• Research tooltips show researchable, discovered, or requirements for future research.
  
• Double click to save game in a slot
  
• Ctrl+Hover scan ship in tactical
  
• Keybinding conflict mentions conflicting binding
  
• Ship systems always auto upgrade to best available tech on modify
  
• Rebel factions add (Rebel) under species name tooltips
  
• Zoom Hotkeys Smooth Instead of Step
  
• Council added species name in parenthesis
  
• Planetary gravity generator active changes gravity type in empire and planet to species norm
  
• Tech description adjustments for microbiotics and universal antidote
  
• Additional planetary defense selection indicator in tactical
  
• System and planet views shows fleet list
  
• Add parked fleet indicator in empire/planetdata
  
• QOL/Balance- Lithovore-Mechanoid disable food options in custom species menu
  
• Torpedo tech description clarification
  
• Add tutorial reset to settings, applying settings won't reset Tutorial
  
• Negative espionage mission success changed to 1% chance
  
• Dynamic formation and spawn spacing in tactical
  
• Departing space monsters fainter color
  
• Tech tree scroll to last researched tech or current research not highest
  
• Show latest tech only in build queue
  
• Clearer highlight for text inputs
  
• System stars and dynamic star color in tactical
  
• Blockade event system wide
  
• Empire and Planet list scrollbars (UMG listview friendly system)
  
• Space monsters no longer have rank displays
  
• Hiring leader tech tooltip shows if you have tech already
  
• Cancel autoexplore when another fleet has same destination
  

[h2]Balance:[/h2]

• Planetary shield damage reduction
  
• AI is smarter on bombardment use with planetary shields
  
• Ground combat and surrender technology capture chance reduced
  
• Early warning for space monsters
  
• Government bonuses to research
  
• Cloning center calculation adjustment
  
• Reduced advanced weapon coil bonus
  
• Increased chance of aggressive AI attacking instead of blockading
  
• Increase beam weapon accuracy in tactical
  
• Inertial stabilizer-nullifier exclusive
  
• Reduced PD projectile lifespan
  
• Elder species threshold reduced to 4 from 6
  
• NAPs don't trigger blockade
  

Your continued feedback and support has been critical, and your save files and issue reports helpful for improving stability and performance.

QOL Features added- Invert X Axis and Invert Drag Pan

Fix for rare case of single click adding multiple ships to build queue for some mouse types.

Ticket #2050 System sidebar- fleet mouseover stops pan and freezes like planets
Ticket #2047 QOL- Clearer highlight for text inputs
Ticket #2046 Critical- Rare case where cancelling colony or outpost after renaming system could disable end turn button
Ticket #2045 Content- Explorer skill and leader
Ticket #2044 Turn off chase cam for warping out ship
Ticket #2013 QOL- Departing space monsters fainter color
Ticket #1986 QOL- Tech tree scroll to last researched tech or current research not highest
Ticket #1981 QOL- Show latest tech only in build queue
Ticket #2051 Fix for rare case of "sticky" load screen, event ticker, and build queue buttons