Today's update is a pretty big one! Among other things it adds another race: the mysterious Tchorak. Their technology, if you can call it that, is very different from anything else in the galaxy and makes them a particularly tough adversary. Here's the full change list:
- added the Tchorak, an enigmatic race of magma-dwelling rock creatures with molten asteroid ships and unique weapons
- added a fighter craft for the Klakar homeworld defense, and textured their trading vessel
- added texture scale/resolution settings in procedural texturing for very small/very large objects
- added scripted Klakar trading vessel
- added Klakar summoning beacon for quick trades and combat reinforcements
- added some more names for large Garthan and Zorg ships
- added indication that travel time is uncertain when traveling through nebula without the calculator
- additional engine features to accommodate new weapons, e.g. missiles with curved paths
- grouped pause and escape buttons in combat UI
- added indicator that items were left behind on a planet
- added indicator that a new ship was added to the palette (blinking)
- changed Zorg fighter so the gun doesn't stick out as much
- changed credits font
- new Tan Ru image
- new music/ambient for several location
- fixed dragging items from ship to store not swapping properly
- fixed radar blips being very quiet when the camera is far away
- fixed escape button behaving oddly when combat is paused
- fixed being able to install two repair systems
- fixed right-drag on a ship not rotating combat view
- fixed alliance request window getting stuck if there were more than one enemy to ally against
- fixed alliance not affecting other allies (e.g. Klakar might attack friendly Muktians)
- fixed a bug where destroyed ships could survive with zero hitpoints if you escaped before they exploded
- fixed ship management screen lighting so it no longer depends on map orientation
- fixed the game continuing if your last ship is a fighter (Ripcord). This now ends the game.
- fixed missing cobalt torpedo sound