Release 1.05 and Let's Play!
Greetings Lords of Rigel! Release 1.05 includes Galactic Council Decrees. This let's play continues the one from September, with a Katraxi game involving skirmishes with the Tulocks and votes on galactic council decrees.
Release 1.05- Galactic Council Decrees
Council Decrees are active in games with diplomatic victories, elder species, and the Doomsday Clock active. Decrees provide economic sanctions to the faction leading in an economic category (BCs, Food, Industry, Research) and bonuses to other factions. Decrees stay active until a Lord of Rigel is elected, or a new decree is passed or fails a vote. Active decrees also reduce the Doomsday Clock, lowering risk of the last great war breaking out.
This update also includes a community requested color checker in new game that will warn if your faction is too close to an existing one.
Image 1. A Council Decree vote
Image 2. Council Decree option in New Game
Image 3. Faction Color Checker in New Game
What's Next?
The plan moving forward is to focus on performance and AI optimizations. New leaders, events, some technologies, and resources are also still planned over the next six months. We appreciate your continued support of Lord of Rigel. For those who have appreciated the game, please like the game. As can be seen from the updates the past few months, constructive feedback has been helpful for quality of life improvements implemented into the game.
Change Log:
Ticket #2102 Council Decrees
QOL- Votes to Win and Votes to Pass added to Galactic Council menus
Balance- Increased beam weapon velocity in tactical, increases accuracy
Balance- Increased galactic council abstention chance if votes are close to victory
Balance- Council votes better influenced by AI personality goals
Optimized player fleet combat order of operations
Fix for rare case of income resetting as 0 when colonizing a new system
Fix for missile weapon modification technology prerequisites
Fix for faction colors on planetary defenses in tactical, improving indicator visibility