This update brings new issues into the game based upon recent political events.

NEW ISSUES:

• Firing Big Bird


• Arming Syrian Rebels (new issue corresponding to broader middle east crisis)

STAT UPDATES:

• Obama's charisma stat lowered from 9 to 8 (based on debate performance)


• Chik-fi-let issue now has lower national importance

Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to present the 1.04 update notes for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion to customers.

NOTE: VERSION 1.04 IS NOT SAVE GAME COMPATIBLE WITH PREVIOUS UPDATES.

Version 1.04 Change Log:

[ Graphics ]

• Added new loading screen image.


• Fixed some button highlight bugs in the create mission system.


• Updated UI not to display game speed Infocards in multiplayer matches.


• Updated texture on Advent Rebel Titan.


• Updated texture on Vasari Loyalist Titan.


• Fixed Resource Drain particle on Vasari Colony capital ship that would start past moon/asteroids.

[ Gameplay ]

• Added five new maps:  Kabel, The Art of War, Triple Entente, Unstable Alliance and Random Huge - Ring. (Special thanks to Pbhead and Goafan77 for assisting with some of these.)


• Added new Corvette weapon damage type which all corvettes now use for their fore/aft weapons.


• Updated Corvette damage balance per new weapon damage type.


• The maximum number of superweapons a faction can field is now based on the number of planets they own. By default a faction can field 1 superweapon for every 4 owned gravity wells.


• The Frigate target filter will no longer improperly target Corvettes.


• Fixed bug with aiUseTime - OnlyWhenAboutToDie that was causing it not to activate in some circumstances.


• Changed all Flagships' Overload Engines ability aiUsetime to OnlyWhenMovingThresholdDistance; reduced cooldown from 300 to 120; increased duraction from 30 to 45.


• Players may no longer contract Pirate missions (via Diplomacy) against TEC Rebel factions who have researched Truce Amongst Rogues.


• Destroyed Titans now cost an additional 10% per level in resources and build time.


• Steam Cloud saves are now fully functional in multiplayer.


• Pirates -


• Pirate raiders will no longer linger at the Pirate planet when their missions are complete. They will now despawn after returning to base.


• TEC (All)


• Corsev Battlecruiser: Capped the maximum number of targets on Demolition Teams to 25 from unlimited.


• Corsev Battlecruiser: Updated Demolition Teams autocast to target Boarded vessels.


• Updated Proximity Mines to have a small HP restore rate.


• TEC Loyalists


• Novalith Deregulation now allows TEC Loyalists to field 2 superweapons for every 4 owned gravity wells.


• Fixed bug that caused the bonuses from Hardened Defenses to only be applied to Gauss Turrets.


• Removed duplicate PlanetModule entry in Disruption Matrix target filter. This was replaced with a Titan entry.


• TEC Rebels


• Changed Snipe aiUseTime to IsCapitalShipOrStarbaseOrTitan.


• Advent Loyalists


• Changed Coward's Submission to no longer convert friendly ships, Flagships, starbase constructors or temporary/illusion ships.


• The culture benefits of Global Unity will now properly dissipate if the player doesn't maintain enough research labs for the subject.


• Fury of the Unity damage bonus increased from 10% to 20%.


• Assimilated Populace updated to now provided 20 population every 60 seconds, three times.


• Coronata Titan:  Unity Mass changes - aiUseTime changed to IsCapitalShipOrStarbaseOrTitan; antimatter cost changed from 65/70/75/80 to 80/75/70/65; base damage increased from 1000/1500/2000/2500 to 2500/3500/4500/5500; damagetype changed from Physical to Energy.


• Advent Rebels


• Expulsion now uses a new buff modifier and will only modify existing culture, not create new culture.


• Eradica Titan:  Strength of the Fallen duration increased to 400 from 120.


• Eradica Titan:  Unyielding Will re-designed - the effects now scale as the titan takes hull damage (75%/50%/25%), granting higher levels of ability cooldown, antimatter restoration and damage negation. When destroyed, the Eradica become invulnerable and may chase enemies down.


• Updated string for Protection of the Unity to make it clear the effect only works within the player's culture.


• Vasari (All)


• Rankulas' Create Combat/Assault/Support Naintes and Reassemble abilities are now untargeted. The nano ship will appear adjacent to the caster.


• Updated nanite swarm strings to indicate the ability is no longer targeted.


• Changed Disintegration aiUseTime to IsCapitalShipOrStarbaseOrTitan.


• Vasari Loyalists


• Vorastra Titan: Fixed bug that caused the Maw's attract range to be slightly lower than its target range.


• Vorastra Titan: Removed Corvettes from the Maw's target filter.


• Stripped to the Core scuttle time is now dependent on the planet being stripped:  Asteroids/Dead Asteroids - 60 seconds; Desert - 240 seconds; Ice - 260 seconds; Volcanic - 280 seconds; Terran - 300 seconds; Home worlds - 400 seconds.


• Stripped to the Core income is now affected by Fleet Upkeep penalties.


• Shipboard Labs has been split into two research subjects:


• Shipboard Labs (Tier 7) will grant 1 military lab per capital ship.


• Empire Integration (Tier 7) will grant 1 civilian lab per capital ship.


• Civilian Evacuations income bonus is now affected by the global Income Speed option.


• The Capital Loss voiceover will no longer play if you haven't actually lost due to Mobile Rulership.


• Vasari Rebels


• Moved Starbase Mobilization from Defense to NonCombat tech tree with a pre-req. of Enhanced Tunneling.


• Starbase Mobilization is now disabled if the player doesn't maintain enough labs for the research to remain active.


• Vasari Rebel starbases now suffer a 25% weapon damage penalty for 60 seconds after exiting phase space.


• Added an appropriate error message when a starbase fails to jump to a gravity well due to their already being a player starbase present.


• Kultorask Titan:  Removed unintended 0 from AntiMatterRestoreRate passive upgrade.

[ Modding ]

• Added new Corvette ChanceToHitTargetType to gameplay.constants.


• Added new Corvette weapon damage type to gameplay.constants.


• DamagePercentBonus:CORVETTE:CapitalShip 0.65


• DamagePercentBonus:CORVETTE:VeryLight 0.50


• DamagePercentBonus:CORVETTE:Light 1.5


• DamagePercentBonus:CORVETTE:Medium 0.6


• DamagePercentBonus:CORVETTE:Heavy 0.5


• DamagePercentBonus:CORVETTE:VeryHeavy 0.55


• DamagePercentBonus:CORVETTE:Module 0.35


• DamagePercentBonus:CORVETTE:Pirate 0.50


• DamagePercentBonus:CORVETTE:Titan 0.7


• Added cannonsPerGravityWellRatio to gameplay.constants.


• Added cannonGravityWellRatioDenominator to gameplay.constants.


• Added new buff modifier - CultureSpreadModifier.


• New aiUseTargetCondition - HasBuff. Only autocasts on targets who have the specified buff.
  Form:
  aiUseTargetCondition "HasBuff"
  buffType "BuffMyBuff"


• Increased iconBackdropDefs from 3 to 5.


• New buffInstantActionType: ApplyBuffToFirstSpawnerNoFilterNoRange. Same usage as ApplyBuffToLastSpawnerNoFilterNoRange. 


• Galaxy Forge Updates:


• Added galaxy name to save file.


• Updated GalaxyScenarioDef with planet bonuses and other additions for future maps.


• Normalized some line endings.

 [ Misc ]

• Fixed bug that caused some of the research achievements not to unlock.
  


• Removed un-needed semicolon in gameplay.constants after enemyDPSInOrbitBodyISquadOwnerBuildRateScalar.


• Fixed incorrect effect entry in PlanetAsteroidBelt.entity for Stripped to the Core particle.


• Removed un-needed tilde from Effect_CoinDrop in SoundEffects.sounddata.


• Truncated file locations from all particle files.


• Various optimizations made to movement, IAttacker and rendering systems for improved performance.


• Removed un-needed .mesh extension from Vasari Loyalist Titan Factory MeshNameInfo entry.


• Removed un-needed .mesh extension from Vasari Rebel Titan Factory MeshNameInfo entry.


• Minor string adjustments to clarify when a ship can't phase jump.


• Increased formation distances between frigates and capital ships to prevent ships from clustering too closely during group phase jumps (which slowed things down while they waited for formation).


• Potential fix for iHyperspace related crash bug - this was a major culprit of many crash reports.


• Fixed AttackPlanet bug that caused the game to crash - this was a major culprit of many crash reports.


• Fixed a Checksum crash bug - this was another major culprit of many crash reports.