Update (25 October 2016)

- Adds Episode 3

Patch 0.2.0.29432 (25 October 20116)
New Features

- Added new player ship: Colonial Scout
- Added difficulty selection before each run (Easy/Normal/Hard)
- Added chance of finding enhanced weapons (weapons with random stat bonuses)
- Added new enemy: Okkar Scan Drone
- Added new consumable: Nano Injector
- Added centered crosshair option for mouse controls (drag mouse to aim, could be useful for custom joystick controls)
- Added equipment info tooltips to equipment stats screen (PC / Mac)
- Added new "large" asteroid
- Added new nebula textures
- Added new structures
- Added option to switch between Xbox and Playstation style button icons

Tweaks

- Replaced Energized Boost with Weapon Overdrive as starting device for Colonial Interceptor
- Introduced player ship class restrictions: Cloak is now only available for Colonial Scout, Weapon Overdrive is only available for Colonial Interceptor
- Consumables floating in space can now be used directly
- Added swappable equipment slots to compare screen for better overview
- Game now pauses when using the selection wheel instead of just slowing it down
- Jump gates are now activated automatically after some seconds when close
- Automatically use surplus nano bots when nano bot limit is reached, health is not full and new nano bots are collected
- Slightly increased ship component damage chance
- Slightly increased sensor range for containers
- Decreased max speed perk effect and added one more level
- Increased Plasma Torpedo and Shield Breaker missile damage radius
- Slightly reduced Heavy Missile damage radius
- Slightly reduced Shock Rifle I & II charge damage multiplier
- Added spread to Coil Guns
- Increased energy allocation of Mk2 and Mk3 passive devices
- Downgraded fire rate mods to put them on par with damage mods
- Reduced Energized Boost energy consumption
- Increased pickup pull range + pull range for all tractor beams
- Increased amount of dark energy needed to craft ARC-9000
- Increased Teleporter energy consumption and slightly reduced teleport distance
- Slightly increased outlaw sniper aim and doubled uncloaked duration
- Okkar Corvettes now travel through the location and are faster
- Okkar Corvette Mk1 will now call reinforcements when low on health.
- Okkar Corvette Mk2 now fires plasma cannons and uses an Energy Discharger when enemies are close. It also uses combat drones instead of shield charge drones
- Freighters now come in different flavors: credits, fuel, equipment, resource and supply.
- Grey Goo will now do hull damage to ships that are very close
- Changed some consumable icons
- Challenges now have different credit rewards that are displayed next to them
- Tweaked lightning field VFX
- Tweaked sector colors
- Blueprints and "enhanced" pickups will now have a special particle effect
- Show signal strenghts of all jump suppressors being present, not only closest

Bugfixes

- Fixed slowmo not being correctly ended when switching weapons
- Fixed bug with selecting an empty equipment slot with the gamepad
- Fixed damage not showing in Plasma Mine stats
- Fixed player wreck spawning outside of level bounds and if run was successfully finished
- Fixed missing Coil Gun weapon meshes
- Fixed some keymapping issues
- Fixed high frequency tone in a certain ambience track
- Fixed "Kill a drone by ramming it" challenge
- Fixed bug where failed challenges were achieved when continuing the game
- Fixed a bug where outlaw stations would not spawn enemies
- Possible fix for GPU particle related crashes
- Fixed occasionally wrong explosion impulse direction
- Fixed freeze when pressing tab while using jump gate
- Fixed hacking sound sometimes not stopping
- Fixed some generic missions related bugs

Patch 1.01.04 (25 October 2016)

- This update fixes a few miscellaneous bugs.

Patch 1.0.0.9 (25 October 2016)
General Bug Fixes and Enhancements

- corrected a bug with New Terra quest and the Chruul lab.

Art & Animation & UI

- General animation timing tweaks and fixes

Ships/Officers & Powers

- Corrected available skills/power list for Genevieve Nguyen.


Patch 1.0.0.8 (25 October 2016)

- Hello Folks!

- Yep, it's time for v1.0.0.8! While this is a smaller housekeeping/quality of life-type update, it DOES include one of your much-requested changes: Starbase rooms can now be scrapped!

General Bug Fixes and Enhancements:

- Starbase rooms can now be scrapped, freeing up space to build new and different rooms!
- Fixed a bug where an under-construction satellite drone could be deployed for use.
- Corrected event timers to show the earliest possible destruction time when multiple fleets were present at a sector.
- Introducing Suki Sissoko and her all new legendary officer quest.
- Fixed bug with missions not clearing after being raided.

Art & Animation & UI:

- General animation timing tweaks and fixes.

Ships/Officers & Powers:

- Corrected available skills/power list for Genevieve Nguyen.

- Short and sweet, folks! But this paves the way for the larger Combat and Customization update that is coming up really, really soon. We're trying something a little different with this next update, so be sure to check in here for all the details.

- As always, thanks for sharing your thoughts and have fun out there!

Update 1.0.5 (25 October 2016)

- Fix a bug that caused the menu to no longer appear after viewing the end-game map


Update 1.0.4 (25 October 2016)

- Crash on Startup: An empty save file will no longer crash the game during startup
- Crash on Startup: A corrupted save file will now start a fresh game instead of hanging. The corrupted save is NOT deleted, so it can be salvaged or sent to developer for support
- Infinite blood moon: The game no longer prevents a "safe state" when all currently alive enemies are far away. Previously, the game could get stuck in an "infinite blood moon" because a new wave is approaching from the furthest portal before the previous wave has been defeated.
- Trolls & flyers adapt their speed to the wave they are in, to stick together with the other enemies
- Waves (especially trolls) now better predict the duration of their trip from portal to camp.
- Increase tutorial ghost speed and improve 'leading' behavior.
- Fix farmhouse not being stored if saving while it is under construction
- Fix visual glitch with torch light on a stag mount
- Prevent farmlands from overlapping each other
- Farmers are better at sticking to their assigned farm
- Allow farmlands to appear on either side of farmhouse until max amount is reached
- Fix bug where player could not purchase new shield after one is stolen by a troll
- Fix a bug that caused a single boat part to disappear after saving + loading
- Disable touch screen controls on desktop platforms so the menu doesn't break

Hotfix V2.2.2.3109-Zubmariner (25 October 2016)

- Made changes to address an issue where some players faced a black screen upon surfacing
- Corrected some grammar in the discovery of underwater cities text
- You can no longer dock while diving/surfacing
- Fixed an issue that prevent players from toggling sonar off
- Small changes to the Charts functionality to improve performance for some players


Patch 2.2.2.3108 (25 October 2016)

- Trackpad and single button mouse users should now be able to right click by using Left click + ctrl, command or apple key.
- The Alcaeus-class ship loot story now correctly opens a cache of curiosities
- Fixed an issue where the available resolutions were not displaying in the video settings menu
- Hotkeys no longer trigger when typing names for save files
- Enemy UI no longer appears randomly at zee

Patch 0.6.3 (25 October 2016)

- Fixed an issue that caused some flyers to flee to range
- Spell damage versus Sea Monsters now takes into account resistances/saves etc.
- Fixed a bug with hellblaster gunners being added to your crew
- Ship UI now shows max crew
- Main game screen ship UI no longer includes provisions in the cargo total
- Made the overlay for the tutorial slightly less intrusive
- Fixed some potential crashes with the Doombringer bell
- Adjusted world bounds.


Patch 0.6.2 (21 October 2016)

- Fixed a bug with the crew screen and somehow having too many crew
- Fixed a bug with injured crew preventing reassignment of other crew
- Fixed a bug that prevented AA firing when reloading from a save
- Fixed saves which were affected by the cargo bug in 0.6.0


Patch 0.6.1 (20 October 2016)

- Fixed a bug with cargo count when purchasing goods
- Added ability to sell provisions
- Floating shields no longer appear whilst looking through spyglass
- Dead player crew return their weapons to the player’s inventory (if they die on the ship)
- Flyers should no longer put the player ship “in combat” from a great distance
- Adjusted ship collision avoidance AI


Patch 0.6 - The Dead Rise (18 October 2016)

- With the Season of the Storm upon us the Dead have come to seek their revenge on the living!

- Not only that, thanks to the large community collaboration, we can now reveal the crew management system based entirely on your feedback.

Undead

- On Geheimnisnacht when Morrsleib the dark moon waxes, spirits invade the lands. Superstitious sailors tell tales of ghost corsairs crewed by the undead.

Crew Management

- Players can now being name and hire individual crew members.
- Each individual crew member can now be assigned jobs onboard ship, given new weapons and with experience levelled up to gain new traits.

Full list of changes

- Crew are now individual characters with unique skills and individual experience growth.
- Added crew traits, crew can gain traits by levelling up after gaining experience.
- Added crew management screen where crew can be assigned to positions on ship, levelled up and paid as well as have their equipment adjusted.
- Crew now cost less initially but require payment every midnight (if unpaid the following midnight, crew will lose some morale)
- Crew provisions and water added, provisions can be bought in port or converted from food cargo. Water is collected when raining, and replenished automatically in port.
- Crew can be put on limited rations which reduces provision and water usage but will slowly reduce morale.
- Added mutinies: Extremely low morale crew can mutiny.
- Added crew roles: crew can work on rigging, ship maintenance, cannons, lookout, ship’s cook, cooper, quartermaster, surgeon or be assigned as marines.
- Crew traits added, crew gain traits as they level up, some crew may start with traits.
- Expanded the scrolling area on the keyboard config screen
- Fixed a number of issues with the Slaanesh Hellship weapon
- Added undead encounters during Geheimnisnacht and Hexennacht
- In-game date is now shown above the game-time UI
- Morrsleib and Mannsleib will move separately in the sky and change brightness/size over time
- Fixed a bug with some orcs not getting their melee weapons
- Repositioned pirate port in the Gulf of Kislev
- Reduced volume of pegasus flapping
- Purchasing a ship now transfers all your existing crew to the new ship if there is space. The lowest level crew members will remain on the old ship if not.
- Sharpshooter can now have weapons assigned like other crew members
- Crew now have a chance of being injured instead of killed outright, a ship’s surgeon can improve this chance, as well as reduce the chance of long term injury traits.
- Port defence ships will not respawn so often.
- More fixes to flyers trying to attack their own ship.
- Great Winged Terror’s wings should no longer get in the way of boarding
- Increased the intensity of the sun and moon light to improve visibility.
- Refit upgrades should now be purchaseable when you have the correct gold, rather than needing the full undiscounted amount.
- Added a one button option for ship firing (click once to aim, again to fire) this can be enabled in the control options.
- Can click on individual sections of the ship to repair in port.
- Slowed buildup of campaign - now takes longer for the hostile factions to reach their full strength.

Patch 1.0.46 (25 October 2016)\

- added French and Brazilian Portuguese language support
- added new gangs

Patch 2.07 161025 (25 October 2016)

- small changes and fixes for the Halloween map.

Patch 1.0.12 (26 October 2016)
GAMEPLAY CHANGES:

- Target Dummies can now be raised to 100,000 health in New Game+
- Crystal Ball spells have updated behavior for multi-hit effects- the projectile will choose a new homing target each time it hits an enemy.
- Adjusted how knockback is processed, preventing the rapid accumulation of gravity-related momentum
- Adjusted the spread pattern of Illusion Dust projectiles
- Necrom-nomicon minion HP and damage is now calculated on projectile expiration instead of on-cast, allowing them to benefit from Chaos Butterfly and Extract of Monday materials properly
- You can no longer finish the tutorial on New Game+ mode without collecting all your equipment
- Goblin wizards are no longer immune to knockback
- Improved clarity of some material tooltips

BUG FIXES:

- Illusion Dust no longer stacks into negative damage or spellpower values in New Game+
- Fixed a bug where Owlbear Trap/Siren Seafoam/Chaos Butterfly/Tonna Brick spells would have a life of their own and move in illogical ways
- Fixed a bug where Illusion Dust robe projectiles could sometimes damage the player
- Disabled the = debug key (it made a bunch of numbers appear)
- Fixed a bug where goblin wizards would have some materials incorrectly set on the Goblin Revolution challenge
- Fixed a bug where the gem ghost could get knocked out of the level bounds in the castle, preventing it from being collectable
- Fixed a rare crash in the final battle
- Fixed a bug where Fairy Wing/Optic Lens spells would hit an incorrect number of times.
- Fixed a typo in the Halloween Quest

Update (26 October 2016)

- Added the Mac & Linux versions of the Russian Fargus localization to the bonus goodies section.

Patch 1.1.2 (26 October 2016)
Additions
- Added Titans of Trade scenario

Improvements
- Updated names for difficulty levels to be easier to understand
- Increased the frequency of trash and recycling bins getting checked and emptied into the collection room
- Adjusted services for loft apartments to increase their capacity and decrease frequency of calls
- Adjustments to UI elements in Russian translation for improved readability

Bug fixes
- Fixed utility requirements not showing up for custodian office, broom closet, and amenities
- Added a cooldown period for global rent settings. This fixes an exploit where the player could jack up global rents before midnight, and reset right after, and not suffer a happiness hit.
- Person's info box no longer floats off screen when UI scale is set to more than 100%
- Fixed a bug with final luxury apartment contract (Living Large) where large luxury apartments were not being counted properly.
- Fixed a bug with building amenities not recoloring when they're first unlocked with prestige
- Fixed a bug with localized text missing in a contract for the Flatiron scenario
- Fixed a bug with contracts in Project Rescue scenario

Patch 1.1.4.0 (26 october 2016)
Balance and gameplay changes:

- Increased cap for experience gained on all difficulties
- Added a significant bonus for experience gained on difficulties higher than normal
- Slightly decreased large and special enemies' HP on difficulties higher than normal
- Added negative stats cap for high level upgrades
- The number of auras for a single enemy is capped to 1 on difficulties below 'Insane tier 2'
- Base physical resist lowered. This change affects all difficulty levels
- After finishing missions for the second time, instead of Skill Points the player now receives a powerful new currency called 'Orbs of Masamune'. The number of Orbs depends on the difficulty level. A new set of violent challenges will be added to the game soon. Players finishing these challenges will be able to imbue Smith's Anvil with power to greatly improve weapon stats. Orbs of Masamune will play crucial role in this proccess.
- Crafting option is now available always after a player unlocks it in the first playthrough
- Items in shops unlocked by story progress are now available always after a player unlocks them on the first playthrough

UI changes:

- Added descriptions for Insane difficulty tiers

Engine fixes:

- Fixed a crash on startup - mobile AMD GPUs
- Fixed key bindings
- NVIDIA Multi-Res - fixed chromatic aberration
- NVIDIA Multi-Res - fixed particle lights
- Fixed hitching on weapon change
- Fixed NVIDIA Surround crash
- NVIDIA Surround now works in fullscreen window mode
- Fixed photomode UI when NVIDIA Surround or AMD Eyefinity is enabled

Multiplayer fixes:

- Fixed the shop menu not being closed when client is teleported to a boss fight
- Ancestral Ties: Fixed panic room door not being destroyed after cutscene
- Ancestral Ties: Fixed Heika being stuck in one pose after a client joined the game
- Fixed portal visibility before defeating the first boss
- Minimap chest icons will not disappear when the host opens them
- Fixed performance issue for co-op partners