Lord of Rigel News

Balance- Uncreative techs tied to galaxy seed
QOL- Council vote countdown displayed in diplomacy menu
Stardate increment syncs better with autoturn
Autoexplore performance optimization
AI expansion performance optimization
Fix for rare case of non homeworld wormholes visible on initial galaxy generation fog of war

Ticket #2104 Content- New Leader Sittas the Glorious Strategist
Ticket #2103 Content- New Leader Skill, Planner Increases Maximum Planet Population
QOL- Initial menu sorts set to ascending order
QOL- Pollution, Morale, and Starvation warnings on end turn only
Balance- Raised pollution warning threshold to 4x tolerance instead of 2x
Fix for leader diplomacy trait not displaying in tooltip breakdown
Fix to filter out outposts on asteroids and gas giants in planets menu
Fix for rare case of protomatter menu appearing under fleet combat if a monster attacks a player planet
Fix for rare case of establish colony menu appearing under first contact prompt
Minor optimization to Planets menu
Fix for radiotrophic biotics in pollution tooltip
Fix for euphoric chems in morale tooltip
Fix for rare case of micro fusion cores not applying

Greetings Lords of Rigel! As January brought new planetary resources and a new weapon, with February we're inching closer to Release 1,05 and Council Decrees.

Council Decrees when enacted will reduce the doomsday clock, and will provide economic sanctions to the highest ranked species and bonuses to lower ranked species. So in cases where you are doing well, it may make sense to let a decree pass to reduce galactic tension at the economic hit.

This week has had a number of fixes and balance adjustments based on community feedback including some rare critical errors and adjustments to tech descriptions. The LoR guide has also been updated with these changes.

There's also a new minor content update with special GNN messages if you use a planet killer to destroy the final Rigelan or Arcturan seats of power.


A Community Game Approaching the End

Your saves and feedback have been important. While not every suggestion will be implemented many of them have been.


Arcturus Falls to the Yalkai

Council decrees will mark the six month update for LoR. What is coming next? For the rest of the year some more small content updates that you've seen since release.

QOL- Autoremove economic plans in first slot on item addition
Balance- First spy assignment initially set to hide by default
Critical- Fix for clearing data when starting new games in a row- was a cause of performance issues for many players.
Critical- Fix for rare softlock with comet autoresolve and cutscene skip
Critical- Fix for rare softlock when undefended AI troop transports invade an undefended player planet
Fix for rare case of fleet movement menu cycling error
Fix for rare case of duplicate fleet data in game instance
Fix for rare case of duplicate messages with cutscenes and GNN disabled
Fix for case of outpost button in tutorial not refreshing with completed goals
Fix for case of camera resetting on dyson sphere or ringworld bombardment
Fix for elder race defeat achievements not triggering if cutscenes were disabled
Fix for rare case of blank ground combat equipment data
Fix for rare case of comet not impacting when an intercepting fleet has instead retreated
Rigel and Arcturus defeated cutscenes appear after diplomacy message and before GNN.
Dyson sphere and ringworld bombardment menu camera distance adjustment.
Sensor range visual fix for new colonies
Fix for case of extended fuel range not updating autoexplore with new fuel tech
Fix for case of AI not applying best tech upgrades to all ships on research
Fix for case of multiple rebellions on same turn not able to join newest rebel factions (should result in fewer, larger, factions)
Fix for android researchers and workers bonuses- applies to new androids
QOL- Androids will be removed from queue if over maximum population
Fix for Rigelan and Arcturan hostile music

Ticket #2101- Balance- Subterranean and tolerant bonuses applied to ground unit maximum amounts
Stargate tech description fix
Stargate ETA estimate fix when there is no connecting stargate
Trade depot and research station upgrade bonuses display on same turn as completed research
Fix for initial light hovertank equipment bonuses
Fix for case of AI construction of non-flat bonus agriculture buildings when not appropriate
Fix for cases where industry morale bonuses did not display on UI refresh