Update #174 continues to hammer on quality of life improvements while we wrap up the next story Eras back at HQ. We've expanded the search feature into Star Atlas as well as adding 4 new filters which can be combined to make finding a specific system, buyer or seller of a cargo type much easier. we've also better marked Rare Trade Goods within the galactic map, improved Contact introductions and tweaked some of the rules for the Plague Era to ensure mission prices are right as well as letting Kloxian Medical Bays get in on the fun.
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This should be the last update in the v2.5.x dev family. v2.6.x is NEXT :D
Searching the Star Atlas
Searching Contacts was a hit, so we've wasted no time moving the solution into the next most critical list in the game -- the Star Atlas. You can now search the atlas for all sorts of helpful terms such as "mining" to find all mining zones or "population" to find both pop and lux pop zones. You can search for "stash" to find where you have stashes too.
But, to the great glee of merchants and smugglers across the galaxy, the best is definitely the cargo type search. You can search "sells explosives" to find any zone that can legally sell you explosives or type "buys crystals" to find a buyer for what you've got in your hold. The search takes Trade Law and Rumors into account as well, so you can now find your next stop very quickly and with great precision!
Rare Trade Goods
To help the quadrants where Contacts can gain access to Rare Trade Goods be more evident, we've bubbled them up to the galactic map. Alongside Rumors, Mission and Contacts you can now see a map mark for the availability of Rare Trade Goods, and hover to see exactly which one is available where. Of course, you still need to find a Contact with the Influence, Rep and service to sell you such valuable goods, but the hunt is far simpler now!
Other Improvements
We've made two tweaks to the Plague Era -- first counting Kloxian Medical Bays as a type of medical supplies for different Rumors within the Era. Second, due to some calculation issues, some story Contacts in the Era were offering terribly priced missions -- now resolved!
If you're looking to get an Introduction from a Contact, you'll find that they are a little more upfront about the destination of the second Contact, not only listing the jump count but the quadrant and system name as well.
v2.5.85 - 8/21/2019
- Added search feature for Star Atlas -- search "mining" to find Mining Zones, "sells explosives" or "buys explosives" to find zones that trade explosives, plus combine with filter and sort
- Added 4 new filters to Star Atlas to quickly seek zones that have Repair, Upgrade, Doctor or Spice services
- Quadrants with Rare Trade Goods available now clearly marked on galactic map and in quadrant hovers
- Selling Kloxian Medical Bays to infected zones can now help break Infected Rumors
- Contact Introductions now list the name of the Contact's system and quadrant
- Improved mission offers to recognize round-trip missions that are only in the local quad
- Improved pricing on some of the cargo delivery missions during Plague Era and increased their ability to scale to your cargo/permit level
- Fixed issue with Ship Fuel displays in New Template
- Fixed bugs that allowed certain ships to move without using fuel