A big update, the whole combat was redesigned and finished. Similarly all military technologies were adjusted and finished, tons of new techs were added as well. So, with this update, the most confusing parts of the game (combat and technologies) should be much more clear and work as described.
- [feature] New ship abilities, all existing ship abilities work.
- [feature] Ship components (as technologies).
- [feature] Accuracy and critical hits mechanics.
- [feature] Officer skills add to each stack separately (accuracy and critical hit chance based on officer's skill, luck and bonuses).
- [feature] Tractor beam and maneuvering mechanics.
- [feature] Fighters and Heavy fighters implemented.
- [feature] Different types of ship weapons (Laser, Ion, Plasma), some of those have bonuses vs specific targets.
- [feature] Hull structure types.
- [feature] More alien hulls and more diverse hulls.
- [feature] More starting hulls for the Empire.
- [feature] Rare resources redesigned and finished.
- [feature] Almost finished all technologies, all existing technologies work as intended.
- [feature] Many more technologies.
- [feature] Late start scenarios (like Rebellion) start with some technologies researched.
- [feature] New scenario "#3 Decline of the Empire" (unfinished).
- [feature] Improved galaxy generator.
- [removed] Removed fleet modernization mechanic, fleet specialization (bonus vs alien race) and fleet summary tabs
- [removed] Removed crystals rare resource.
- [balance] Science level bonuses adjusted.
- [balance] Budget bonus to research points generation increased.
- [balance] Fleet budget effect changed (accuracy and maneuverability).
- [balance] Aliens improve their technologies each era.
- [interface] Improved combat logs, tooltips greatly improved.
- [interface] Combat summery page redesigned.
- [interface] Beautification of shipyard page.
- [interface] Beautified planet list.
- [interface] Changed planet rare resource display and map rare resource display (bigger on low zoom).
- [interface] Support for female portraits added (graphics was not finished for this version yet).
- [interface] Intelligence screen lists alien ship designs (Military tab).
- [interface] Option to disable fps counter (options).
- [fix] Fixed all known battle related bugs.