Good day, colonists!
Introducing update 0.8.1! This version features several important improvements that affect both the balance of the game and the overall feel of the gameplay. Let’s see each of them in detail:
List of changes:
Turrets
- New model for turrets.
- New principle of work for all turrets – now you can buy a basic platform for a turret and then install any gun on it! Now with the development of your colony you can always replace current turret’s gun with more effective one.
- The cost of a defencive platform is much lower than the cost of an entire turret – you can buy more powerful weapons for turrets on saved money.
- Turrets now require more energy to work.
Resources
Changes in the balance of resource mining – now diggers extract resources more often!
Resources selling cost reduced.
Interaction with the constructions
Now players can not interact with the established constructions and their interfaces through obstacles - such as walls, doors, windows, etc. With this improvement in mind, colonists can safely place their constructions closely to the walls without fear of being robbed :D
ILU
Significantly reduced the power of ILU’s shields – now in will be much easier to destroy the ILU of other colonist. All the ILU’s, that were deployed in the game’s world at the moment of the update, were undeployed.
Early Access
We are pleased to announce that with this update we start a special promotion: when you purchase Early Access to the game you get a Starter Pack with Scout items for free! This will ease the entry point to the Colonies Online for new players.
Bug Fixes
- The game works again on Windows XP!
- Fixed bug with incorrect display of the cursor when you start the game not through a Steam.
- Fixed some bugs.
Do not forget, the game is in early access state - a lot of things are yet to be developed, we’re working on improving the game every day. If you encounter some serious bugs or technical difficulties, then let us know about them on the forums of the game!