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Version 0.9.8:
* Bug fixes:
* Typo fixes. (@Amazinite, @Bladewood, @Hadron1776, @MessyMix, @tehhowch)
* You no longer ever transfer crew to automata when capturing them. (@tehhowch)
* Fixed ships not fully decloaking after cloaking to repair themselves. (@tehhowch)
* Shift-selecting a range of ships in a shop no longer includes disabled ships. (@tehhowch)
* Fixed an error in how the travel plan is drawn when you have no flagship. (@tehhowch)
* Fixed flashing ships repeatedly triggering the warning siren. (@Hadron1776)
* Fixed a bug that kept you from landing on planets that aren't on your travel plan. (@tehhowch)
* Adding a stellar object that is linked to a planet definition now works properly.
* Map labels now reset to their default state when loading a new game.
* Fixed a crash that could happen when disowning ships.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when your flagship is captured.
* Daily weapon reloads (e.g. when you jump) no longer reset turret angles.
* Fixed the messages list not resetting if creating a new pilot from the main menu.
* Game content:
* Fixed a Remnant mission that could be offered on non-Remnant worlds. (@tehhowch)
* Fixed the turret assignments on the cloaked Archon. (@tehhowch)
* The uninhabited "Far Monad" world will no longer fine the player. (@Amazinite)
* Fixed some issues with the Wanderer / Kor Sestor missions. (@tehhowch)
* Reordering some ship hardpoints for consistency. (@warp-core)
* Added a different faction log entry for the Remnant if you don't befriend them. (@tehhowch)
* Added descriptions for the Remnant ships and thumbnail images for their outfits.
* Made the Remnant's Point Defense Turret far more effective, to justify its price.
* Made the Remnant generators a bit better, and made the Crystal Capacitor draw power.
* Made the Starling and Albatross ships a bit faster, and gave the Starling more fuel.
* Added another wormhole link connecting the rest of the Ember Waste.
* Wanderer jobs now become less frequent after the Hai invade them.
* The prison on Clink now "closes" once the war is over.
* If you bomb Zenith in the Wanderer story, its planet sprite now changes to show the crater.
* Some Hai ships now have "Quantum Keystones" installed, to match the lore about them.
* Hai outfitters now sell fuel pods.
* The mission NPC void sprites are now "mute," like all the others.
* Game mechanics:
* Fixed some inefficiencies and glitches with ships assisting each other. (@tehhowch)
* Fixed some bugs with escort pathfinding and spurious refuelling. (@tehhowch)
* Demanding tribute from a planet now always makes its government and allies hostile.
* Enemies will no longer hang out just waiting for a player who is beyond the "invisible fence."
* Missions can now specify a random range of time delays for events.
* If your ship has no forward-facing guns, auto-aim will no longer activate.
* The <payment> substitution in missions now shows payment for that action clause, if any.
* Once a "derelict" NPC has been boarded, it can now repair when landing like an ordinary ship.
* User interface:
* In the radar, the "blink" color for mission targets is now customizable. (@Hadron1776)
* Restricted planets are now a different color than hostile planets. (@Hadron1776)
* If a plugin overrides the start date, new player messages still work correctly. (@Hadron1776)
* Fixed a missing newline in the scan dialog for harvested materials in cargo. (@tehhowch)
* In fullscreen mode, the cursor now disappears if you don't move the mouse for 10 seconds.
* Sped up the main view zoom animation so it's easier to set it to a specific zoom level.
* Made it so you can sell outfits in cargo without switching to the cargo view.
* Fixed a case where your flagship could end up included in the escort selection.
* In the map, systems with "inhabited" worlds but no spaceports now show up as uninhabited.
* Made it possible to click a planet in the map to set it as your landing target.
* You can now double-click a snapshot in the Load / Save panel to load it.
* Planet labels now always use the government color (instead of being red for hostile planets).
* Under the hood:
* Refactored the assistance-seeking AI to use less CPU time. (@tehhowch)
* Fixed some missing #includes that messed up compilation in Visual Studio.
* Fixed some potential issues and dead code found by Clang's static analyzer.
Version 0.9.7:
* Big changes:
* Added a new area, the Ember Waste, populated by a new faction and new space-dwelling creatures.
* Replaced "Mass Expansion" with an outfit that reduces your ship's cooling if you install too many.
* Turrets now have limited turn rates and can each choose and track targets independently.
* Added a "logbook" with brief, automatic summaries of important missions you've completed.
* The game now moves at triple speed when caps lock is on (e.g. to speed up traveling long distances).
* Pirate "raids" now depend on how well defended your fleet is, not how many freighters you have.
* Bug fixes:
* Crashes and other serious bugs:
* Ships with no collision mask no longer crash the game if a weapon with a blast radius explodes.
* If initializing OpenAL fails, the game now launches with no audio instead of crashing.
* The game no longer crashes if a system contains an undefined minable object type.
* Fixed a crash when viewing ship details in the info panel if no ship is selected.
* The game no longer hangs if you auto-refill and have more than the maximum ammo installed already.
* Ship masks are now generated correctly even if one whole side of the image is blank.
* Fixed a bug in recursive directory listings on Windows (maybe causing sound loading errors).
* Ship behavior:
* "Harvesting" ships no longer chase flotsam that they can't hold. (@EndrosG)
* Fixed a bug where fleet orders would not clear if carried fighters were selected. (@tehhowch)
* Hostile NPCs no longer "keep station" with cloaked parent ships they cannot see. (@tehhowch)
* Fixed "move to" orders moving multiple ships to the exact same location. (@tehhowch)
* Ships that have offered assistance no longer get distracted by mining asteroids. (@tehhowch)
* Fixed NPCs getting stuck trying to land somewhere they cannot. (@tehhowch)
* Fixed a case where escorts were not pathfinding through wormholes.
* Fixed "vindictive" ships getting stuck with a non-targetable target. (@tehhowch)
* Auto-aiming and turret tracking no longer works with cloaked targets.
* Fighters and drones no longer try to board their parent ship if the parent is disabled.
* "Appeasing" ships no longer dump cargo right after being repaired from being disabled.
* It's no longer possible to give an escort orders targeting itself (i.e. to move to itself).
* The autopilot's travel destination now works even if that destination is a wormhole.
* Interface bugs:
* Fixed improper scaling of sprites wider than they are tall in the sales maps. (@EndrosG)
* Fixed a bug that allowed you to scan cloaked ships. (@tehhowch)
* Fixed a bug where the "New Pilot" button didn't work if a pilot was loaded but was dead.
* Fixed some cases where an invisible mission could end up selected in the Job Board.
* Fixed a bug in calculating the number of bunks free for passengers in the player's fleet.
* When entering text, caps lock now applies only to letter keys, not to number keys, etc.
* Scanning a ship you own no longer causes a "your ship is being scanned" warning.
* It's now possible to install an outfit from cargo even if it requires a license you don't have.
* Fixed scrolling of the fleet list when "looping around" to the first or last ship.
* Fixed "1 ton" vs. "2 tons" pluralizing incorrectly in the trading panel.
* Other:
* Fixed a bug where capturing ships was not affecting your reputation. (@Elyssaen)
* Fixed missiles with homing level 4 "running away" from targets that are faster than they are.
* Fixed defense fleets sometimes not coming from the planet they are defending.
* Fixed commodities with a quantity of 0 showing up in the plunder list (if a ship dumped cargo).
* Fixed an event that didn't fully succeed in making Varu K'prai show up as "uninhabited."
* Typos fixes:
* (@alkallid, @Amazinite, @awfulworldkid, @Bladewood, @davidarcher, @dufferzafar, @EndrosG)
* (@Hadron1776, @jafdy, @jostephd, @KiLEdEnNis, @MessyMix, @PhaedrusES, @Pointedstick, @Proont)
* (@Rhendox, @SolraBizna, @strollcata, @Tadrix, @tehhowch, @toilethinges, @YellowApple)
* Game content:
* Wanderers story line:
* The Wanderer and Hai jobs are now different from human jobs. (@Amazinite)
* Added a hint for the Wanderers mission to hunt down the Kor Sestor fleet. (@MessyMix)
* Wanderer outfits now require a license instead of the outfitters starting out hidden. (@Disiuze)
* Made the Wanderer events more concise using the new add / remove keywords. (@tehhowch)
* Free Worlds story line:
* The Free Worlds commitment mission now stays active until you commit to a side. (@jafdy)
* Free Worlds intro missions are now offered more often the more you've helped them. (@jafdy)
* The Syndicate now always becomes hostile in the mission where you capture an executive.
* Ships and outfits:
* Adjusted the mass of the Hai tracker so it adds up correctly to the total outfit space.
* Bunk rooms are now sold in Wanderer and Hai space.
* Local maps are now sold in Coalition space. (@EndrosG)
* Made sure that all ship variants now have the same chassis cost as their base models.
* Increased the cargo space of the Deep River.
* Fixed a Bactrian variant that had negative outfit space.
* Star systems and planets:
* Pirate planets now offer jobs to players who are friendly with pirates. (@Amazinite, @Kryes-Omega)
* Added "station" and "moon" attributes to various planets. (@EndrosG)
* Changed some overused landscape images to previously unused ones. (@Amazinite)
* The Kor Sestor worlds will now let you land once they are gone (but, they no longer have spaceports).
* It's now impossible to bribe Heliarch ringworlds (so you can't land there prior to first contact).
* Security checks are now disabled when on human worlds that are under Pug control.
* Added some "old" star variants, for main sequence stars near the end of their lives.
* Fixed some Deep planets using a defense fleet that included unarmed Flivvers.
* Added map labels that appear when you explore Korath, Wanderer, Hai, and Coalition space.
* Other:
* Names for illegal commodities. (@Bladewood, @Wrzlprnft, @Disiuze, @Pointedstick, @kaylara, @comnom)
* New hail messages. (@ph2000bis, @BlackVegetable)
* Clearer instructions on placing the thruster on the asteroid in the terraforming missions. (@Tadrix)
* Added some new landscape images. (@jafdy, @IridiumOre, @spfldsatellite)
* Added a bunch of new hails from the Wanderers. (@Elyssaen)
* Various fixes to the time scales in the histories of different alien species.
* It's no longer possible to get pirates to be friendly except by attacking merchants.
* Game mechanics:
* AI:
* Improved the AI's ability to dock with a moving target. (@EndrosG)
* Made it possible for one ship to refuel another by transferring a fraction of a jump. (@EndrosG)
* When jumping, the AI now takes total turn time into account when using reverse thrusters. (@tboby)
* Carried ships can now take part in mining. (@tehhowch)
* "Nemesis" ships may now target non-player ships if they have the "escort" personality.
* Added a "target" personality to make certain mission NPCs flash on the radar to highlight them.
* Added a "marked" personality for ships that only fight the player and that no one else attacks.
* Added a "mute" personality for ships that never respond to hails.
* Added a personality and preference for whether turrets focus fire or all track different targets.
* AI ships will now take off and land from uninhabited planets if given no other choice.
* Fleet "move to" commands can now refer to a different system from the current one. (@tehhowch)
* Ships with "move to" orders will no longer follow you if you leave the system.
* Ships no longer exit hyperspace headed at a wormhole unless it's one NPCs can travel through.
* Surveillance ships now hold position instead of drifting if they have nothing to do.
* Ship and outfit attributes:
* Hai regenerators work with solar panels and don't block generators from being removed. (@Elyssaen)
* Fixed projectiles' actual steady state speeds not matching the calculated speed. (@Elyssaen)
* Made it possible for ships to specify custom "swizzle" colors. (@Elyssaen)
* Added support for "safe" blast weapons and "phasing" weapons that aren't blocked by asteroids.
* Added ship attributes for resistance to ion, disruption, or slowing effects.
* Weapon reload timers now reset whenever a day passes in-game (i.e. your jump or take off).
* A hyperdrive or jump drive can now specify how much fuel it consumes.
* Outfits can now require a license in order to buy them.
* Ship movement and mechanics:
* Flotsam created when a ship explodes now includes any ammunition it was carrying. (@tehhowch)
* Improved the efficiency of packing outfits into cargo holds. (@tehhowch)
* Turrets can now have sprites that are drawn on top of the ship to show where the turret is facing.
* Ships forced to decloak by running out of fuel must now fully decloak before cloaking again.
* Fighters and drones are no longer capable of repairing other ships.
* A ship's animation now pauses if it is disabled or destroyed.
* If a carrier is captured before launching its fighters, those fighters are now captured, too.
* If a ship is captured, its escorts now become independent.
* Missions and events:
* Events that change a system's music now change it before the music starts playing. (@Elyssaen)
* Missions now fail if they become impossible to complete. (@Elyssaen)
* Events can now remove specific variants from a fleet definition. (@tehhowch)
* Made it possible to add or remove single items from fleets, sales, etc. without clearing the rest.
* The "on visit" mission messages no longer get shown when you first load the game.
* Made it possible to specify a fleet's government in an NPC definition instead of the fleet itself.
* Other:
* You can now customize a government's hostile and friendly disabled hail. (@EndrosG, @Elyssaen)
* Fixed some places where large numbers of credits weren't pretty-printed. (@TurkeyMcMac)
* The messages shown when trying to hail a wormhole are now customizable. (@tehhowch)
* Outfits in a ship's cargo now show up in the list if you scan that ship's cargo. (@Elyssaen)
* Outfits a ship has in cargo now show up in the plunder list if you board them.
* Added support for planets that only show up as landable if your flagship has certain attributes.
* "Raids" on poorly defended players now happen only if the specified raid fleet is hostile.
* Gatling gun bullets are no longer susceptible to anti-missiles.
* The minimum mortgage payment is now 1 credit per day.
* Unpaid crew salaries now count against your net worth.
* Travel distance calculations now take total fuel into account (scram drive vs. hyperdrive).
* Tweaked the rate at which ships enter a system from hostile vs. friendly neighboring systems.
* Zero-mass outfits can now always be bought into cargo even if you have negative space free.
* User interface:
* Main view:
* Fighters held "under" a ship are now drawn underneath the ship's engine flares. (@EndrosG)
* Added an indicator showing the progress of outfit and cargo scans.
* Changed the message for a completed scan to make it clearer that the scan may not have succeeded.
* Autopilot actions are now cleared if they become impossible to perform.
* Added a wider variety of random messages for if you try to hail a wormhole.
* Escorts holding position to be refueled or pick up fighters now takes priority over fleet orders.
* The escort group bindings and zoom keys now only work if not bound to any command.
* Heads up display:
* Added a preference to show the flagship's rotation in the status display. (@EndrosG)
* Ship names are now truncated if they won't fit in the space the UI has available. (@tehhowch)
* The data files can now specify the colors used for status overlays and escort attributes. (@tehhowch)
* In the escort display, hostile ships (added so you can track them) now show up in red. (@tehhowch)
* Plugins can now customize the flagship highlight color and the escort icon colors.
* If the flagship highlight is drawn, it is now animated to match the ship sprite.
* The flagship highlight is now disabled if the flagship is destroyed.
* If a ship is animated, its outline in the target display is now animated as well.
* Planet panels:
* In the outfitter, you can now toggle whether outfits for sale and outfits in cargo are displayed.
* If buying multiple ships, you can now leave the name blank to give a random name to each.
* In the shop panels, the 'i' key is now only a "buy" shortcut if installing an outfit from cargo.
* Made the "max heat" tooltip explain what it represents a bit more clearly.
* The bank now displays whatever you owe in unpaid crew salaries.
* Player info panel:
* The fleet list now always scrolls by one page on page up / down despite the scroll speed preference.
* In the fleet list you can now view a ship's info by pressing return, instead of by clicking it.
* It's now possible to reorder groups of ships all at once in the fleet listing.
* The hotkeys for setting and selecting groups of ships now work in shops and the info panel.
* Current crew complement for under-crewed ships is now displayed correctly in the fleet list.
* Added a help message for how to set your flagship, shown the first time you have multiple ships.
* Fixed a bug that had made it possible to change a ship's weapon hardpoints while in flight.
* The names of the combat rating levels can now be customized via a data file.
* The outfit list in the ship info panel can now spill over into three columns if necessary.
* Main menu:
* Added a warning if you can't zoom the interface in because the window is too small. (@Pointedstick)
* In the Load / Save panel, snapshots are now sorted by the file's timestamp instead of by name.
* Disabled the shortcuts for deleting snapshots or pilots to make that harder to do by mistake.
* When deleting snapshots, focus stays in the snapshot list instead of moving to the player list.
* Other:
* Paths for multi-stop wormholes are now shown only if you have visited both endpoint systems.
* Fixed the squashed and unsymmetrical shape of the "+" sign in the 14-point font.
* When scanning a ship's cargo, harvested materials are now formatted like plain commodities.
* A ship model can now specify the "noun" used for it (e.g. "creature" instead of "ship").
* Under the hood:
* Condition expressions now support "random" on either side of the expression. (@EndrosG)
* Reordering some hardpoint definitions for consistency. (@warp-core)
* Simplified events that change fleet definitions, using the new "remove" keyword. (@jafdy, @tehhowch)
* Fixed submunitions getting included in the --weapons output. (@comnom)
* Added startup warnings for undefined systems, outfits, governments, etc.
* Data parsing errors now include the name of the data file, to make debugging easier.
* Switching from planet.GetSystem() to planet.IsInSystem() where possible, to support wormholes.
* Reordered the Personality class to group the personalities by type.
* Added an IsNumber(index) function to DataNode to check whether a given token is numeric.
* Split InfoPanel into two separate classes for player info and ship info, and cleaned it up.
* Made it so none of the code makes assumptions about how much fuel various jump modes take.
* Switched from vectors to sets in a few places to simplify adding and erasing members.
* Switched from constant arrays to constant vectors in a few places to avoid the need for sizeof().
* Cleaned up the map file formatting to match the output of the latest map editor version.
* Rearranged the entries in the saved games into a more logical order.
* Added a helper function for splitting a string by newlines or other delimiters.
Version 0.9.6:
* Bug fixes:
* Coalition jobs will now "repeat" instead of only being offered once. (@mootootwo)
* Typo fixes. (@Alkallid, @Bladewood, @KiLEdEnNis, @MessyMix, @Pointedstick, @SolraBizna, @warp-core)
* Fixed a bug that caused wildly inaccurate depreciation values on some computers.
* Fixed a crash due to responding to mouse clicks when the player's flagship is dead.
* Fixed a bug where "surveillance" ships never succeed in scanning.
* Saved games on planets that were created by events now load correctly.
* Fixed incorrect accelerator hints being displayed in the info panel.
* Hopefully fixed the bug of the "last" sound not loading properly on some Windows systems.
* "Entering" ships no longer forget their destination if the game is reloaded.
* Clicking and dragging now only selects ships if no other panel was open when clicking.
* Fixed a bug that kept the "Sad Archie" mission from working in 0.9.5.
* Fixed depreciation not being applied to auto-sold fighters and outfits.
* Made it so you can't hail wormholes, even if they're marked as "inhabited."
* If you're in an uninhabited system, fixed how commodity prices in other systems show up in the map.
* Made it so the first TMBR mission doesn't get offered on pirate worlds.
* Fixed derelict ships that had been captured reappearing.
* Fixed the NPC message showing multiple times if you capture a ship you needed to "evade."
* The selected planet is now cleared in the map if you change your destination via the jump key.
* Fixed shipyard and outfitter maps showing what's available in unexplored systems.
* Game content:
* Updated the scanner descriptions to describe the benefit of multiple scanners. (@Pointedstick)
* Drug running missions now only get offered in human space. (@jafdy)
* Added hail messages for friendly pirates. (@Amazinite)
* The Coalition intro mission no longer assumes you have already met the Hai. (@toilethinges)
* New landscape images. (@jafdy, @striker, @harro.eu)
* Added messages when you succeed in destroying each "scattered remnant" Korath fleet. (@Amazinite)
* Made the "Defend Spera Anatrusk" battle a little bit easier.
* Added images for all the Coalition outfits and unique sounds for all their weapons.
* Korath exile worlds no longer fine you for illegal cargo.
* The TMBR missions can no longer interrupt missions from the main story line.
* The first part of the Syndicate Capture mission now requires your escorts to accompany you.
* Fixed an incorrectly set "habitable" zone in the Dokdobaru system.
* Switched back to the full-resolution icon on Mac OS X (rather than the "window icon").
* Added "autosave" tags to key missions in the Wanderer story line.
* Reduced the Unfettered jump drive payoff to be more in line with the drive's depreciated value.
* Game mechanics:
* Made depreciation happen about three times slower.
* Eliminated death benefits, since depreciation does a better job of balancing capture and plunder.
* Drag now applies to the acceleration from firing weapons and being hit by them.
* Escorts now ignore orders (except "hold position") if you're jumping or in another system.
* You can now select a planet in the map to have the autopilot land there when it reaches that system.
* You can now hail dominated planets to release them from paying tribute to you.
* Auto-aiming now takes "random velocity" into account, making the Bombardment Turret more accurate.
* User interface:
* Added a preference to highlight your flagship to make it easier to distinguish from other ships.
* When naming a new ship, added a button to have the game propose a random civilian name.
* The zooming of the main view now pauses whenever it is not active.
* In the main menu, the "New Pilot" shortcut now only works if no pilot is loaded.
* Escort target brackets no longer show up for escorts that have not taken off yet.
* Reduced the number of scanning warnings that display at the same time.
* Added messages that tell you if someone succeeds in scanning your cargo or outfits.
* The "fail" noise no longer plays over and over if you hold the jump key while out of fuel.
* Ships exiting wormholes no longer make the "exiting hyperspace" noise.
* Under the hood:
* The help messages for new players are now configurable via a text file.
Version 0.9.5:
* Bug fixes:
* Typo fixes. (@Amazinite, @Bladewood, @doches, @Elyssaen, @jafdy, @gecko-locator)
* More typo fixes (@KiLEdEnNis, @MillerNerd, @Pointedstick, @retrue, @warp-core, @Wrzlprnft)
* Fixed the hardpoint locations on the Vanguard. (@jafdy)
* Republic and Syndicate ships no longer attack each other in the "reconciliation" plot. (@jafdy)
* Fixed a mistake in the scanner warning message for the new scanner mechanics. (@Elyssaen)
* Automatic variables are now updated before checking if a mission can complete. (@Elyssaen)
* On high DPI displays, the viewport no longer shrinks to half size when resizing the window.
* Fixed a bug where ships with fuel but no hyperdrive could attempt to "board" themselves.
* Ships will no longer try to land on a wormhole to refuel.
* It's no longer possible to bring up the map and change your jump destination while jumping.
* Fixed a memory leak in the "fog" images in the map panel.
* Clicking "Back to Menu" in the preferences now works even if editing a key binding.
* The flight check in the outfitter no longer includes disabled ships.
* Wormholes are no longer listed as "ports" you can visit in the map.
* You can no longer hail a ship that is in the process of landing or has landed.
* Fixed a bug where the escort AI stopped pathfinding after stopping to refuel.
* Fixed typos in the Electron Beam / Turret missions that made both missions get offered.
* "Not enough passenger space" is no longer displayed if required crew is greater than bunks.
* "Phantom" systems are no longer left in saved games from previously used plugins.
* Game content:
* Added sprites for all the Pug outfits. (@comnom)
* Escort missions now always go to or from a dangerous region of space. (@Pointedstick)
* Added "regional flavor" jobs in certain parts of human space. (@Pointedstick)
* New outfits that increase ammo capacity. (@Amazinite)
* Added a ton of new hail messages. (@Pointedstick)
* Added distinctive hails for the militia ships, separate from the Free Worlds. (@Amazinite)
* New commodity names for cargo missions. (@Pointedstick)
* More ship names, particularly for civilians and pirates. (@Pointedstick)
* New civilian hails involving different made-up song and band names. (@Pointedstick)
* New "person" representing @Pointedstick in-game. (@Pointedstick, @Wrzlprnft)
* In Hai space, human fleets now sometimes use Hai technology. (@Amazinite)
* Rebalanced the cost and attributes of the Hai engines. (@Amazinite)
* Changed the outfits on the Marauder Fury. (@LocalGod79)
* Tweaked the Marauder engine flares using the new ability to specify flare scale. (@Wrzlprnft)
* Skeins are now included in the post-Dreadnought Free Worlds fleets. (@LocalGod79)
* Tweaked the Firebird's description of when the Alpha Wars happened. (@warp-core)
* Fixed a missing passenger (Freya) in one of the last Free Worlds missions. (@jafdy)
* New faction south of human space, the Coalition, with 16 new ships and about 70 star systems.
* Added first contact missions and distinctive, large-scale jobs for Coalition space.
* Added the next segment of the Wanderer story line, dealing with the Korath automata.
* Added a "Model 8" Kor Mereti drone for mining asteroids.
* Added occasional mining fleets in human systems with high-value asteroids.
* Boosted the price of the Pulse Cannon and Pulse Turret.
* Made sure you have permission to land on Farpoint in the reconciliation plot line.
* The Unfettered jump drive missions now stop getting offered once they invade Wanderer space.
* Fixed the Earth's description of how its population compares to other human worlds.
* Replaced some ugly landscapes with some prettier ones from unsplash.com.
* Replaced some ring planet sprites that I wasn't happy with.
* The one planet you can land on in Korath exile space is no longer treated as inhabited.
* The Conservatory side missions will no longer be offered after the Bloodsea missions.
* The Syndicate reinforcements against the Pug now show up as Syndicate ships, not Escorts.
* Cleaned up the text of the Smuggler's Den mission.
* Pirates in the North now occasionally use Bactrians.
* Shortened the weirdly elongated cockpit on the Shuttle.
* Fixed some hardpoints on the Argosy that did not match the sprite.
* Added a sprite for a red giant star.
* Re-rendered the Jump Drive outfit sprite in orthographic perspective, to match all the others.
* Quarg ships now have ramscoops built in so they don't get stranded.
* Added an ambient sound for human space stations, just to test the MP3 streaming.
* Fixed the order of the gun hardpoints on the Mark II Cruiser.
* Updated the outfits on the "alien weapons" Osprey variant.
* Removed the lists of special outfits and alien ships; they're now in the all-content plugin.
* The mission on Hope now correctly states the crew complement of a Gunboat.
* Added five new landscapes using NASA pictures from Mars.
* Attacking "Navy Intelligence" ships now angers the Republic.
* The Syndicate can no longer be bribed during the FW story when you are fighting them.
* Replaced some over-used landscapes with under-used ones.
* Game mechanics:
* Ammo is now auto-sold when selling the new ammo capacity outfits. (@kozbot)
* Ships and outfits now depreciate over time. When selling, you always sell the least depreciated.
* Harvested minerals (anything with installable < 0) do not depreciate.
* Added a "mining" personality that attacks asteroids, and "harvests" that picks up flotsam.
* Added an "appeasing" personality that dumps cargo to get pirates to leave the ship alone.
* Scanning a ship now takes time; you must hold down the scan key.
* Adding multiple scanners makes scanning take less time and increases its range.
* Added support for streaming MP3s from the disk for ambient sounds or music.
* Each planet and system can now specify the "music" to play when you are there.
* Added a new, much more efficient collision detection algorithm, to speed up big battles.
* The game now ensures that all "landing" missions are offered, even if one causes a "launch."
* Added an "active cooling" attribute for a cooling system that ramps up as heat level increases.
* It's now possible to specify the plural form of an outfit or ship name, for irregular plurals.
* NPC crews now replenish each time you leave a planet, so you can't wear them down by attrition.
* "Entering" fleets with no jump capabilities no longer spawn in neighboring systems.
* You can no longer repeatedly buy and sell a ship to make all its outfits appear "in stock."
* Made it possible to limit what commodity types a fleet may carry (e.g. the Korath drones).
* Added an "atrocity" outfit attribute that makes owning it an atrocity.
* An "attitude toward" another government of less than .05 means no reputation changes carry over.
* Combat ratings now go up to level 21.
* Each star system can now specify what "haze" image it uses.
* The target-picking AI now prioritizes armed ships over unarmed ones.
* Automatic mission clearance now applies to stopovers as well as the destination.
* The "random" condition now changes every time it's checked, so you can use it in conversations.
* Events can now mark individual planets as "unvisited" without affecting the whole system.
* Fixed the flicker when taking off from a planet.
* User interface:
* Modified the alarm sound to have less background buzz. (@DingusShingleton)
* The conversation panel now allows you to use the numeric keypad. (@kozbot)
* Solar collection is now displayed per second, not per frame, in the outfitter. (@Elyssaen)
* Added an icon for the Windows binary. (@CH-de)
* Made it possible to zoom the main view in or out (between 25% and 200%) independent of the UI.
* Click on escorts (or escort icons) to select them (or shift-click to select multiple).
* Fleet commands are now issued only to selected escorts (if any).
* Number keys can be assigned as hotkeys to particular groups of escorts (control + key).
* You can right click a target or location to issue move or attack commands to your escorts.
* Split the preferences panel into separate pages for keys, settings, and plugins.
* If a plugin has an icon or an about.txt, those are now shown in the plugins list.
* Zoom preferences can now be adjusted with the scroll wheel instead of clicking to cycle.
* Overheated targets now blink grey to show that they're only half disabled.
* Switched to a less cartoony icon, particularly for use by the Mac OS X application.
* The game now sets the "window icon" to show in the corner of the window and in the switcher.
* Put a limit on how many messages will display at the bottom of the screen.
* Added a message telling you when autopilot is engaged or disengaged.
* Added expand / collapse arrows to the shipyard and outfitter category names.
* The shipyard and outfitter maps can now be filtered to only show the selected system's items.
* Shift + clicking a category name in the shops now expands or collapses all categories.
* Collapsed categories are now remembered rather than resetting to expanded every time.
* The zoom level is now remembered when you close the map.
* Tripled the scroll speed in the shipyard and outfitter (and added a setting to adjust speed).
* Double clicking is now distinguished from two clicks with a long time in between them.
* Added a key binding to toggle your escorts' ammo usage (off, on, or frugal) on the fly.
* It's now possible to resize the window to odd dimensions.
* Widened the planetary orbits map widget to make space for longer planet and system names.
* The trade panel is no longer accessible if a system does not define any commodity prices.
* If a system has no price for a specific commodity, it displays as "----" in the trade panel.
* Fixed some UI graphics that were blurry due to lines being off by half a pixel.
* Fixed numbers very close to 1B getting displayed as 1000.00M.
* The "fog" in the map now updates each time you open the map panel.
* Updated the "cost" and "sells for" tooltips to include a description of depreciation.
* Added a warning message explaining that you can't board a ship while cloaked.
* Non-installable outfits now show "This is not an installable item" in the outfit info.
* Under the hood:
* Added RPM package names to the developer read-me. (@Pointedstick)
* Fixed a typo in the RPM package list. (@TJesionowski)
* Allow additional CPPPATHs to be specified in an environment variable. (@Barthalion)
* Updating the XCode file to include the new classes added in 0.9.5. (@Isaacssv552)
* Added Thumbs.db to the .gitignore file. (@Amazinite)
* Stranded escorts now remember where they're going so they don't waste a ton of CPU pathfinding.
* Added more image decoding threads to speed up the game's load time.
* Beginner help messages are now defined in a text file instead of in the code.
* Fixed some places where having an escort with no sprite could crash the game.
* New, cleaner code for tracking clickable zones (buttons, etc.) in the UI.
* Stripped the non-standard color profiles from some of the PNG files.
* Changed how game data is reloaded, so governments left over from plugins won't stick around.
* The "--ships" spreadsheet output now shows total space, not remaining space.
* Moved the Marauder ships to a separate data file.
* Fixed some variables that didn't need to be marked "mutable" now that Draw() is not const.
* The star field "haze" will now display correctly even with very large monitors.
* Cleaned up and simplified the Audio code.
* Fixed some data file lines that were using spaces instead of tabs.
* Cleaned up some unnecessary namespace prefixes.
* Replaced some asserts with reasonable fall-back behavior that avoids quitting the program.
* Fixed some things that Google's cpplint warns about, mostly making constructors explicit.
* Cleaned up the AI code by storing a reference to the ship list instead of passing it around.
* Simplified the code for deferred landscape image loading.
Version 0.9.4:
* Bug fixes:
* Unfettered jump drive mission no longer get offered on Vara Ke'sok. (@Amazinite)
* Typo fixes. (@Waladil, @Pointedstick, @oo13)
* Fixed a crash that could occur when disowning a ship.
* Changed how window resizing is handled to fix a hang in Windows when maximizing.
* The saved game now remembers which missions are "failed," so reloading won't cancel fails.
* Fixed various bugs with how orphaned fighters get assigned to carriers.
* Game content:
* More variety in the ship names. (@Pointedstick)
* Fixed an issue where both the Electron Turret and the Electron Beam mission could be completed.
* Raised the prices of the Behemoth and the Mule.
* Hai Trackers now use optical and infrared tracking, so small ships can dodge them.
* Fixed how the sound for the Pug Zapper is played.
* Reduced the probability on all but the highest tier Marauder jobs the player qualifies for.
* Tweaked the probabilities for the "There Might Be Riots" missions.
* Game mechanics:
* Missions can now fail if you are scanned, by specifying "stealth" cargo. (@Pointedstick)
* Systems created by game events are now linked properly to the rest of the map.
* A "nemesis" ship will now seek other targets if no player ships are available to attack.
* Wanderer ships will now travel through the Eye.
* Engine hardpoints now have adjustable zoom factors for bigger or smaller flares.
* Hostile fleets are now more likely to enter a system from the direction of a system they control.
* Put a cap on how much mortgage debt the player can take on, to avoid absurdly large mortgages.
* User interface:
* Ships with lots of outfits or more than 12 weapons now display properly in the info panel.
* Snapshot names displayed in the load panel are now truncated if they are too long.
* Added custom messages when you try to land on certain unusual stellar objects (like lava planets).
* Under the hood:
* Added support in the Font class for truncating strings (and adding ellipses).
* Interface definitions can now include named "boxes" for custom content to be drawn in.
* Cleaned up the code for rendering the Info Panel UI.
Version 0.9.3:
* Bug fixes:
* Fixed a bug that kept you from completely clearing your travel plan. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Fixed a possible crash in auto-refill of ammo. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Fixed planet sub-panel overlays remaining up when you depart. (@MarcelineVQ)
* You can no longer hire crew if you have negative bunks space. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Game no longer crashes if unable to create the config directory. (@lheckemann)
* Stranded fighters in other systems no longer get sold when you take off. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Typo fixes. (@lheckemann, @KiLEdEnNis, @davidwhitman, @kitsunemochi, @toilethinges)
* More typo fixes (@jafdy, @MessyMix, @Pointedstick)
* Fixed an integer overflow in fleet costs calculated in the boarding panel. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Invisible ships (i.e. ships with no sprite) are no longer "targetable." (@MarcelineVQ)
* Various fixes to the UI, handling of fighters, and hails sent to dead ships. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Fixed fighters not being assigned the right swizzle. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Fixed tooltips showing up when hovering over the shop panel buttons.
* Fixed several glitches when multiple UI shortcut keys are pressed simultaneously.
* Fixed a bug where the window dimensions could end up odd.
* Orphaned enemy NPC drones no longer try to dock with you.
* Fixed a bug where fighters were counted as destroyed when they returned to their mothership.
* Hopefully fixed the intermittent bug where landscape images do not load.
* Fixed a bug where an escort "lands" on its parent's target planet even if it's in another system.
* Fixed a crash when a "fail" command removed the next mission in the player's active mission list.
* Fixed a bug where the tutorial is not shown if you visit the bank before buying your first ship.
* Fixed a bug in the station-keeping AI that made some ships drift far away.
* Fixed a glitch in the cycling of jump destinations in the map details panel.
* The AI code for complete stops is no longer inappropriately applied during hyperspace jumps.
* The slicer gun no longer requires crew.
* Cloaked ships no longer broadcast hail messages.
* Game content:
* Hai carrier, gatling, and rail guns. (@Amazinite, @LocalGod79, @mdsmestad, @Sinsling, @Wrzlprnft)
* The Syndicate extremists are now always hostile in the mission against them. (@Amazinite)
* Fixed incorrect turret coordinates in the Kestrel. (@Amazinite)
* Changed "miles" to "kilometers" in a few places. (@davidwhitman)
* Many new hails and ship names, for added flavor. (@Pointedstick)
* New (slightly louder) explosion sounds. (@Pointedstick)
* Grammar and phrasing improvements to some ship and outfit descriptions. (@Pointedstick)
* A pirate world can no longer be the destination of the Hope mission. (@jafdy)
* Added twelve different kinds of minable asteroids, and put some in each system.
* Added new Wanderer missions, up until the point where the Eye opens.
* Any outfit can now define a "flotsam sprite" to use if it is dumped into space.
* Fixed a long-standing bug where the largest asteroids were not being drawn.
* Fixed the energy use and heat output on the smallest Korath steering.
* Added three new Wanderer warships, two new reactors, and a heat sink.
* Added outfit images to use for various mined materials.
* Killing Navy ships no longer makes you a friend of the Alphas.
* Lesath now properly reverts to the Free Worlds in the "checkmate" story branch.
* Added commodity prices for all systems in Korath space.
* Flycatchers now count as drones, so other ships can carry them.
* Warn the player if they can't complete the Alexandria mission due to being bankrupt.
* The "Navy Intelligence" government is now an enemy of pirates.
* Fixed a Free Worlds side mission that should have included passengers but did not.
* Added a mission that is only offered on April Fool's Day.
* Adjusted the Argosy and Raven prices to better reflect their relative usefulness.
* The Unfettered will now attack human merchants.
* For the Free Worlds mission, you can now steal an Electron Turret instead of a Beam.
* Fixed some Core systems that were using southern pirate fleets.
* Added "reserved" space in the Pookie mission so it can't silently fail to continue.
* Fixed the Navy and Pirate fleets appearing in Nocte and Orvala after the Pug invasion.
* Korath automata now have outfits representing their control systems.
* Wanderer shield generators are now 25% more powerful.
* Fixed a planet description that referred to "dreadnoughts."
* Stock jobs are no longer offered to or from Quarg planets.
* Tweaked the appearance of Pug gridfire slightly (added a bit of yellow to it).
* Made Korath Repeaters a bit better, and Korath Heat Shunts 10% less effective.
* Fixed misplaced engine hardpoints on the Pug Maboro.
* Game mechanics:
* Cargo transfer now handles fractional mass correctly. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Let flotsam have non-integral mass and let half-full flotsam boxes be launched. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Mission payments now take distance to all waypoints and stopovers into account.
* Added warning messages if unable to create or delete saved game files.
* Projectiles can no longer hit a ship that is not yet done taking off.
* Cloaking and uncloaking no longer pause while jumping or landing.
* Mortgages no longer carry over when reloading an "account" definition.
* The phrase system now lets you include a random phrase, in addition to random words.
* Fighter bays can now have both a facing direction and "over" or "under."
* Fighters now take their share of the mothership's heat with them when they launch.
* Jettisoning cargo now also dumps the heat associated with the cargo's mass.
* Made it possible for animations to have a frame rate of 0.
* Wormholes no longer count when checking if all planets in a system have been visited.
* Adjusted the random aim "confusion" to look more natural and not get stuck at a bad angle.
* Made it impossible to jump or land while disabled.
* Added fallback code for what to do if a saved game has the player in an unknown system.
* Location filters can now be used to select random waypoint systems.
* Tweaked the cloaking AI to make the Pug Arfecta harder to kill.
* User interface:
* Hiding the "park" button in the info panel when it doesn't apply. (@MarcelineVQ)
* The "dump all" button will dump outfits if you have no other cargo. (@MarcelineVQ)
* The boarding panel now handles fractional outfit masses. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Selecting an escort in the info panel now targets that escort. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Added a take-off if you will fail missions due to lack of space. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Fixed some awkward phrasing in the fine dialog. (@Pointedstick)
* The "Sell All" trade panel button now only includes outfits if that's all you have in cargo.
* The map details panel now remembers your selected coloring each time it is opened.
* The outfitter map now also shows what resources you have mined in each system.
* When you pick up flotsam a message now tells you how much cargo space you have left.
* When dumping commodities, you can now specify how many tons to jettison.
* Changed the syntax for the interface element definitions and added "hover" support.
* The bank panel now has a line showing your salary and tribute income.
* Added a "disown" button when viewing an individual ship in the info panel when landed
* The flight check messages now include the name of the misconfigured ship.
* Added a click sound as feedback when you change the volume level.
* You can no longer select an un-targetable ship by clicking on it.
* The trading panel can now handle fleets with over 2 million cargo space.
* Added "fog of war" obscuring sections of the map backdrop that have not been visited.
* The boarding panel now displays self-destruct odds.
* Outfits in cargo are no longer always referred to as "plunder."
* Fixed a bug where dialog boxes offering missions were too tall.
* Made the max energy / max heat tooltip a little clearer and more detailed.
* Fixed a slight mismatch in the background color of the info panel.
* Under the hood:
* Added a Linux AppData file. (@Mailaender)
* Added a common base class for all objects added to the DrawList.
* Added more functionality to the Angle class.
* Cleaning up the code and adding more detailed and up to date comments.
* Replaced a few remaining instances of "NULL" with "nullptr."
* Added a "Rectangle" class to make defining rectangular regions simpler.
* Simplified the tracking of clickable zones on the screen.
Version 0.9.2:
* Bug fixes:
* Typo fixes. (@Alkallid, @egony, @lheckemann, @MarcelineVQ)
* You now get paid for outfits sold for lack of space when taking off. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Corrected the credit amount shown when jettisoning spare outfits. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Fixed the ammo dialog showing up even if the ammo is not for sale. (@MarcelineVQ)
* You are now able to bribe planets even after "provoking" their government. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Holding the jump key while jumping no longer causes a crash.
* Attacking a ship that's trying to assist you now makes it stop trying to assist.
* Double-clicking a planet to land on it now always works correctly.
* The game no longer crashes if you press "land" in a system with nothing to land on.
* Fixed irregular escort icon "merging" due to a memory access error.
* Your fleet's "shared target" is now cleared if that ship leaves the system.
* Fixed a bug where selecting Food in the map didn't select it in the trade panel.
* Cargo capacity now updates immediately when you buy or sell outfits.
* It's now impossible for an "invisible" mission to be selected in the mission panel.
* Fixed the size of the "click box" around ship icons in the shops.
* Fixed two Hai ship variants that had no thrusters.
* Disabled ships no longer show the "moving erratically" message.
* NPC fighters in "staying" fleets now use the proper fighter names.
* Fixed a bug that made it impossible for plugins to change the interface colors.
* Fighters are now able to "assist" ships other than their motherships.
* Fixed a case where your escorts can trigger boarding if your flagship is captured.
* It's now possible to capture a zero-crew ship if you have only one crew member.
* Game content:
* Rebalanced the new Hai outfits. (@LocalGod79)
* Androids are no longer sold - they're just too unbalanced.
* Added an event after the main story line where the shipyard at Geminus is rebuilt.
* The Wanderers vs. Alphas missions are now only offered after the human story line.
* Added an Unfettered invasion event as the next step in that story line.
* Fixed a typo that kept the Wanderer Anti-Missile from being offered for sale.
* Shrunk the Korath Piercer sprite to be less absurdly large compared to other missiles.
* Made the Korath Tek Far 109 a bit more common.
* New Shield Beetle variant with lots of pulse cannons (mainly for Unfettered fleets).
* Fixed a mission that could be offered on uninhabited Hai planets.
* Cleaned up the Marauder mission text and definitions a bit.
* Made some Free Worlds side missions "minor" so they won't interrupt the main story.
* Tweaked the Kor Sestor fleets for better balance against the Kor Mereti.
* Quarg in Korath space now travel in packs, for safety.
* All the special "persons" now have ramscoops so they don't get stranded.
* Swapped the Hai and Unfettered government colors to better match their ship colors.
* Game mechanics:
* You're now allowed to capture fighters even if you cannot carry them.
* Landing on an uninhabited planet recharges shields (and hull, if your ship can repair).
* All missiles now have some "mass" so you can't have infinite numbers of them in cargo.
* NPCs that self-destruct now count as "destroyed" as soon as they explode.
* A ship's accuracy now improves after firing at the same target for a few seconds.
* When told to "gather," escorts use the old behavior, not the new station-keeping one.
* Ships with 50% hull now flee even if they have 100% shields.
* Weapons can now have a "random lifetime" rather than all shots lasting the same time.
* The saved game now remembers what outfits are "in stock" because you just sold them.
* User interface:
* In the Bank you can now "pay extra" for the "Other" debts. (@MarcelineVQ)
* The sell confirmation dialog in the shipyard now includes total cost. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Ship license names now use "a" or "an" depending on the leading vowel. (@MarcelineVQ)
* Three previous save files are now always automatically kept as backups.
* Added explanatory tooltips when you hover the mouse over any ship or outfit attribute.
* Added a confirmation dialog before taking off if you will be forced to sell something.
* Added a subtle blue "haze" in the background to make the stars a bit less boring.
* You can now select multiple ships in the info panel and park or unpark them all at once.
* The navigation buttons are now in the same place on all four map panels.
* It's now possible to buy outfits into cargo even if you only have one ship.
* Made the active mission pointers a bit bigger to look less similar to blocked missions.
* Added a preference (accessible by editing the preferences file) to reduce VRAM usage.
* Added hidden preferences to disable the warning siren, mini-map, and planet labels.
* Added a preference to disable the hyperspace flash (by editing the preferences file).
* Wormholes now count as distance 1, not distance 0, for pathfinding purposes.
* The ammo refill dialog now takes into account that using ammo from cargo is free.
* Under the hood:
* Added "debug" and "profile" builds to the Scons script (for Linux builds).
* Optimized the check for whether a ship is invisible or cloaked.
* Optimized anti-missiles by adding a range check before doing more complex calculations.
* Limited the "sparks" (ionization, etc.) drawn over a ship, to avoid graphics lag.
* On Windows, saved games and preferences will now use Windows line endings.
* Removed a lot of duplicated and fragile code in the Fleet class.
* Cleaned up some superfluous namespace qualifiers.
Version 0.9.1:
* Bug fixes:
* Typo fixes. (@Alkallid, @Wrzlprnft, @toilethinges)
* No longer crashes if a saved game references a nonexistent "person."
* Fixed a crash if the player tricks the game into letting them depart in an automaton.
* The "southern carriers" no longer take over the entire fleets when they appear.
* Special persons no longer "enter" systems with no links to them.
* Fixed incorrectly placed planet labels when you first enter your ship.
* Fixed the direction the plunder list scrolls when using the scroll wheel.
* Weapons with zero shield damage (e.g. Drak Distancer) no longer cause divide by zero errors.
* Mission NPCs that self-destruct are now properly counted as destroyed.
* Icons for escorts with scram or jump drives no longer remain green while jumping.
* Ships disabled in the act of landing now stop landing.
* Reputation changes in "on enter" actions are now applied correctly.
* Disabled NPCs now start always out at zero velocity.
* You can no longer plan a jump drive jump between two systems you don't know are linked.
* Fixed the planet panel flicker when you first enter your ship.
* Ships no longer ask you for help if they do not speak your language.
* Game content:
* New human ship, the "Boxwing" cargo fighter. (@LocalGod79, @pootthedestroyer)
* Updated "Southern Carriers" sprites. (@LocalGod79)
* New civilian hail messages, referencing fictitious futuristic bands. (@Wrzlprnft)
* Fixed an armistice that lasts too long if the player has a jump drive. (@LocalGod79)
* In the Free Worlds plot, Ijs can no longer be in two places at once. (@LocalGod79)
* New Hai outfits to replace human placeholders (@Wrzlprnft, @LocalGod79, @Amazinite)
* Fixed some awkward Navy hails. (@Amazinite)
* New Wanderer missions, giving you access to new ships and technology.
* New human side missions that give hints about different alien species near human space.
* Adjusted the Kor Mereti weapons and fleets to balance them better against the Kor Sestor.
* Adjusted some weapon prices for better balance.
* Increased the price of the Android so it will take two years to break even.
* For all escort missions, added pirates camping the destination system.
* Added radar jamming outfits, and a Wanderer ramscoop.
* Boosted the Quarg hull amounts so they are not so vulnerable to shield piercing.
* All Korath worlds now have security of 0 (i.e. no fines).
* All Korath automata now have integrated ramscoops (making it easier to move captured ships).
* New shuttle sprite with a subtle running light animation.
* New Wanderer ship, the Flycatcher (an autonomous anti-missile drone).
* You can now ask the ordinary Hai for their side of the story about the Unfettered.
* Made some softer and hopefully less annoying sounds for the plasma and atomic thrusters.
* Fixed the coloring of dominated systems that contain planets with no spaceports.
* Fixed the Hauler III's cargo space, which was less than I intended it to be.
* Tweaked the generator prices, and made Wanderer biochemicals run very cool.
* Fixed some places where mission escorts were assigned to the player's government.
* Game mechanics:
* Marauder ships now have "self destruct" attribute (to balance bounties somewhat). (@LocalGod79)
* Missiles can now have tracking modes relying on target temperature, size, or radar jamming.
* Escorts now match your speed and heading instead of just swarming around you.
* A carrier's hull repair rate can now be used to repair fighters it is carrying.
* Ships now dump cargo when they die, and others can pick it up.
* Escorts will now repair each other if not under orders or threatened by enemies.
* Combat rating is now based on the cost of ships you destroy, not the crew count.
* NPCs can now specify that they start out in the mission's destination system.
* Outfits may now specify "shield heat" and "hull heat" generated while repairing.
* Weapons with blast radii now affect invisible ships (like the nanobots).
* Added "day", "month", and "year" condition variables to support recurring missions / holidays.
* Capturing an NPC now counts as "evading" it for mission purposes.
* Added a "swarming" personality type that hovers near friendly ships.
* Added an "unconstrained" personality type that will fly beyond the "invisible fence."
* You can now leave the outfitter with no thrusters, just reverse thrusters or afterburners.
* Fleets taking off from a planet now stagger their departure a bit, to look more organic.
* Ships are now non-targetable for half a second after leaving hyperspace.
* Dying carriers now release any fighters they are still carrying.
* You can now specify animation speed as "frame time" (game frames per animation frame).
* A looping animation can now have a "delay" in between cycles.
* User interface:
* Added a pop-up mini map that is displayed when your ship is jumping.
* Route finding now prefers less dangerous systems if multiple paths have equal length.
* Added a warning siren when hostile ships (actively targeting the player) first appear.
* Added a "fail" sound for when you can't jump or land.
* Straight quotation marks are now replaced with curly ones when rendering text.
* Added "final explosion" sounds for all but the smallest ships.
* In the map you can now plan an entire route using J and Shift+J rather than the mouse.
* Adjusted the planet label fade-out to be based on distance to the planet edge, not the center.
* The "deploy" command no only applies to escorts in the same system as your flagship.
* Tweaked the orbit display in the map to avoid bright spots where orbits intersect.
* "Unseen" systems are now shown in the map if they have a waypoint or stopover pointer.
* Fines now correctly display as "Fine" rather than "Mortgage" in the bank.
* Made the targeting pointers a tiny bit bigger so they're easier to see.
* Changed the "repairing" ship info line to "charging shields" unless you have hull repair too.
* Put a limit on how often other ships broadcast requests for help.
* The 'D' key now works as a shortcut for "leave" in the shop panels.
* You can now cancel "capture ship" without fighting by clicking "defend" as your first action.
* The shipyard now shows full stats for the player's ship.
* Categories in the shipyard and outfitter are now "collapsable."
* You can now buy outfits directly into cargo by deselecting all your ships (control + click).
* Under the hood:
* The compiler now uses the CPPFLAGS in addition to CXXFLAGS. (@kilobyte)
* Added an error message if a fleet definition references a nonexistent ship type.
Version 0.9.0:
* Bug fixes:
* Proper error message is now shown if you cannot install an outfit from cargo. (@thomasballinger)
* Fixed a bug if you clicked "done" instead of pressing "enter" in boarding conversations. (@jmhorjus)
* Scrolling now works properly when at 150% zoom level. (@db47h)
* Fixed a crash in the info panel. (@reizbar)
* Fixed a screen resizing bug on Ubuntu Linux where the scale ends up slightly off. (@db47h)
* The outfitter now properly displays the "turret mounts needed" line. (@ItsNickBarry).
* Fixed places where Parliament is referred to as the "Senate." (@jafdy, @ItsNickBarry)
* Fixed AI confusion when a ship's "target" system is set, but set to the current system.
* Clearing your travel plan now also clears your flagship's destination system.
* "Uninhabited" worlds with spaceports are no longer shown as "dominated" in the map.
* Fixed merging of icons of escorts that are not in the current system.
* Fixed a possible bug in the Free Worlds missions following the Alpha attack on Poisonwood.
* "Bunks free" in the mission panel no longer counts extra "remembered" crew on escorts.
* Mission "enter system" messages now also work if you enter via wormhole.
* "Mission failed" messages are no longer shown when NPCs from invisible missions die.
* The Syndicate Extremists will now always be hostile when you receive the mission to fight them.
* Fixed ships with exactly zero hull being counted as un-targetable but not destroyed.
* Capturing a special "person" now counts as destroying them.
* Orphaned fighters no longer get stuck in a landing loop.
* Fixed a Free Worlds mission that could be offered anywhere because it defined no "source."
* Autopilot is no longer locked on if you have a travel plan through a wormhole selected.
* Fixed a crash when conversations are displayed from an "on enter" mission event.
* Deadline "multipliers" for missions are now handled correctly.
* Fighters in a different system are no longer auto-sold when you take off.
* Ships no longer show engine flares if the command is set but they don't have energy to thrust.
* Fixed formatting of large numbers of credits in the ship sell-off message when you take off.
* Blast radius is now properly calculated from where a projectile strikes, not its start location.
* It's no longer possible to hail or board ships while cloaked.
* Modified how stranded ships request help so they don't wait on a ship that is not coming.
* Attacking a friendly ship, bribing it, then attacking again now makes it hostile again.
* Fixed handling of player escorts with fewer bunks than required crew.
* Game content:
* Added the former Korath territory to the map.
* Korath with no jump drives no longer appear in one uninhabited system. (@thenerdfreak)
* Fixed typos, grammar, and unclear text. (@Wrzlprnft, @lehgogh, @thomasballinger, @plague006)
* More typo fixes. (@macfreek, @toilethinges, @jafdy, @allixu211, @tstanke)
* Navy "generals" are now given the more proper title of "admiral." (@thomasballinger)
* The "Neutral" government now stands up for merchants. (@jmhorjus)
* Added 33 new landscape images. (@sfiera)
* Added "Marauder" variants of many of the stock ships. (@LocalGod79 and @Wrzlprnft)
* Added two new human fighters and three carrier types. (@LocalGod79, @DingusShingleton)
* New commodity names for cargo missions. (@lehgogh)
* Added two sizes of solar panels. (@ItsNickBarry)
* New tiny engine, the X1050 combined thruster and steering. (@LocalGod79)
* Added a Drak Archon ship, along with the weapons it uses.
* Killing an Oathkeeper now angers the Republic (but not the other way around).
* Added a star image for a supernova remnant.
* Added three types of Korath space stations, each with full and "damaged" variants.
* Added three new factions of Korath, each with their own ships and weapons.
* Made fuel cells much more heat efficient, to make them a bit less useless.
* Added an "android" outfit that reduces a ship's crew requirements.
* Added a "command center" outfit that converts an automaton into a pilotable ship.
* Fixed a place where both branches of a Free Worlds mission could be offered.
* Added a new Wanderer ship and several new Wanderer weapons (to be unlocked by missions).
* Slightly boosted the strength of human fighters and combat drones.
* The Pug in Wanderer space will now (eventually) respond to being farmed.
* Boosted the energy output, energy requirements, and cost of the Wanderer and Korath outfits.
* Fixed some missions that could interrupt other mission strings.
* Game mechanics:
* The economy is now dynamic - randomly fluctuating, influenced by large sales by the player.
* All weapons now do 1/3 less hull damage (so, ships don't die as fast once shields are down).
* Ramscoops now work at double efficiency if you are close to the star(s) in the system center.
* All ships now have a tiny amount of ramscoop capability built in (to avoid stranded saved games).
* Ships are now able to stop (almost) completely in response to the "hold position" command.
* Weapons can have fractional "piercing" to damage hull even when shields are up. (@lehgogh)
* Planets can now have a government different than the system they're in. (@jmhorjus)
* Phrases (for hails or ship names) can now reference other phrases. (@sfiera)
* Added a "depart" conversation option, meaning defer + flee. (@jmhorjus)
* Added a "solar collection" outfit attribute, depending on distance to the star. (@ItsNickBarry)
* Made it possible to mark outfits as "unplunderable." (@jmhorjus)
* Added "burst" weapons that must recharge longer after firing a given number of shots.
* Added projectile effects that are created while it is in flight ("live effects").
* Weapon outfits can now specify whether they should fire in a stream or clustered.
* Ships now make noise when entering or leaving hyperspace near you.
* Ships can now be marked as an "automaton" to indicate that they require no crew.
* JPEG images can now use additive blending mode.
* Ships that define no sprite are now never shown on radar (but can still act).
* Added a "vindictive" personality, which keeps shooting at you even after you're dead.
* The "self destruct" attribute now defines a ship's chance of destructing when boarded.
* Landing permission is now automatic if a planet is not inhabited (even if it has a spaceport).
* Mission "on enter" conditions with no specified system now trigger as soon as you take off.
* Engines now take higher priority than shield recharge, so you always have energy to get away.
* Ship "variants" can now override the gun and turret hardpoints from the base ship.
* Reload times can now be fractional, to allow better control over burst timing.
* Ships can now define a "final explode" effect shown only in their final explosion.
* Added support for fighter bays where the carried fighter is visible when in the bay.
* Added support for fighter bays that launch fighters to one side instead of straight forward.
* Two new damage types - slowing, and disruption (which makes shields partially porous).
* The "confusion" effect (ships with imperfect aim) now looks less jittery and more organic.
* Outfits that repair hull or shields must now specify how much energy they use.
* AI ships no longer "wait" to collect fighters that they have no space for.
* The afterburner key now cancels autopilot, the same as the other movement keys.
* Adjusted the missile boat AI so that for fixed guns, it only applies if their range is above 2000.
* Projectiles can now have a "random velocity" added to their base velocity.
* Animations now default to 2 FPS (a reasonable rate for running lights) instead of 60 FPS.
* Anti-missile systems can now create "fire effects" and "die effects" in addition to the beams.
* If a ship is destroyed (by piercing) while it still has shields, its shields now drop to zero.
* Added an "uncapturable" ship attribute (for ships you can plunder but not capture).
* Outfits can now set "installable" to less than 0 to mark outfits you can plunder but not install.
* User interface:
* The shop panels now auto-scroll if the item details are not visible. (@db47h)
* Any mission on your current travel plan now starts out selected in the job panel. (@db47h)
* Outfitters now show how many outfits are in stock when stock is limited. (@ItsNickBarry)
* Improved the appearance of the ship outlines (in the targeting view, etc.).
* Click to expand or collapse categories in the map of shipyards and outfitters.
* Added a find function in the shipyards and outfitters map panels.
* Stars with a cloud around them are no longer drawn with a huge radius on your radar.
* Disabled ships can no longer be "parked."
* The movement energy and heat info display now includes your reverse thrusters.
* Escort icons now turn red if you are about to strand them by jumping to a different system.
* Labels are now shown next to planets you can land on when you fly close to them.
* The fuel bar now drops smoothly even when using a scram drive or jump drive.
* Added a line to the ship info display showing energy use when recharging shields and hull.
* The find function in the map panels now prefers strings that start with the given text.
* In the ship info, the line to whatever weapon you hover over is now always drawn on top.
* Added Shift+B and Shift+S as shortcuts for "buy all" and "sell all" in the trade panel.
* The commodity price maps now grey out systems where a given commodity is not sold.
* Under the hood:
* Made the Linux dependency list easier to copy-paste to the command line. (@anarcat)
* Merged DotShader and RingShader, and merged SpriteShader and BlurShader.
* DataWriter now has functions for writing variable numbers of tokens in one line.
* Added a function to Random for getting normally distributed random numbers.
* Simplified the ship and outfit info display code by merging the common elements.
* Merged the common code from the outfitter and shipyard map panels into a new class.
* The distance that counts as two systems being "neighbors" is now a public constant.
* ShipInfoDisplay no longer needs to know what star system you're in.
* Optimized the IsDisabled() check, because it gets called tons of times.
* Added sanity checks for some weapon attributes that must be within certain ranges.
* Moved the code for determining the "target color" of a planet into Planet itself.
* Moved the data for the Korath and the Wanderers into separate files.
* Deleted the very outdated) "extra" directory.
* Code cleanup in various other places.
Version 0.8.11:
* Bug fixes:
* The new Pug mission is now offered on the proper planet.
* Typo fixes. (@Pointedstick, @zwparchman)
* Missions that take away one outfit and give another now always work properly.
* Fixed a bug where escorts in mid-jump when you land end up far from the system center.
* The game no longer hangs in the map if you shift-click an unreachable system.
* Fixed a bug where you retain control of your flagship after it is captured.
* If a target NPC dies, turrets no longer continue to fire in its direction.
* Fixed a bug where reordering your ships was not changing your flagship.
* If you land while an escort is your target, then park it, your target is now cleared.
* Fixed the system coloring when you pop up the map from a conversation panel.
* Main menu no longer freezes if you "enter ship" just as it finishes loading.
* Planets with no star system defined for them will no longer crash the game.
* Game content:
* Added a mission string that gives you permission to buy most Wanderer ships.
* Fixed an incorrect mass for the White Sun Reactor.
* Fixed the price of the Wanderer Type 4 Thruster.
* Alexandria Station can now be bribed, for players without a good Republic reputation.
* More ship names (@Pointedstick).
* The Wanderers now sell local maps.
* Fixed some inaccurate ship descriptions.
* Gave the Wanderer "Summer Leaf" ship a bit more cargo and outfit space.
* Made the Southern Mutual Defense Pact missions get offered a bit more often.
* Made Korath raids more frequent in one system so you can hunt them without save-scumming.
* Fixed some jobs that had no maximum distance specified.
* Fixed an annoying click in the jump drive sound effect.
* Game mechanics:
* Plundered ammo now reloads your weapons if you have the proper launcher.
* Ships now recharge / refuel when you buy or sell outfits (e.g. fuel pods).
* Ships with nowhere to flee to will now fight to the death instead of giving up.
* Ships now clear their "ship to assist" order if they are captured.
* User interface:
* A system is now shown as dominated only if every inhabited planet is dominated.
* The "fight current target" key can now order escorts to kill a disabled ship.
* The data parser now reports unmatched quotation marks.
Version 0.8.10:
* Bug fixes:
* Mouse clicks on the map are now correctly handled at all zoom levels.
* Escorts now once again jump simultaneously with your ship.
* Net worth is no longer clipped to the +-2 billion range in saved games.
* Escorts that cannot jump will now ignore jump commands instead of lining up to jump.
* Fixed a bug where the Water Bug had the wrong anti-missiles linked to its hardpoints.
* Fixed some ship variants that had negative space available.
* You can now bribe planets even if you have also provoked their government.
* The outfitter panel's drawing code has been optimized to no longer max out the CPU.
* The mission panel map is now colored by reputation by default, rather than uncolored.
* Distances in the mission panel now show number of jumps, not amount of fuel.
* In the outfitter, outfits are now shown if any selected ship has one, not just the first.
* Human pirate "raids" no longer appear in alien star systems if you have many freighters.
* Game content:
* New species, the Wanderers (4 ship types, 18 outfits, 17 planets).
* New missions involving the Hai and the Wanderers.
* Increased the range of the small anti-missile by 50%.
* Water cooling is now available in more places.
* New hail messages. (@ph2000bis, @Pointedstick, @Thunderforge)
* New commodity names. (@lehgogh, @Pointedstick)
* New ship names. (@lehgogh)
* Typo fixes. (@Pointedstick, @Wrzlprnft)
* New job types. (@Pointedstick)
* Game mechanics:
* Projectiles now clear their target if that target is captured.
* Governments now only scan you once per day, instead of once per ship.
* Jobs are now allowed to have "on accept" dialogs or conversations.
* Deadlines can now be specified in (base + multiplier * jumps) format.
* Weapons can now specify that they split into submunitions when close to their target.