Halloween is upon us! Spooky shenanigans are in order, so as is customary, we have prepared a little something for you...


If you've been attention on Twitter, you might have spotted a creature that is seemingly ubiquitous. This character, whom we nicknamed internally "the Little Green Man", turns up in many, many quest artworks and seems to have a spectator's seat for many events around the galaxy. Many among our community have speculated that this little guy was definitely part of an upcoming faction, surely, otherwise why would he be here, why would he be there, why would he be everywhere?




Another part of that little guy's character was that, really, that smile just had to be hiding something evil. This affable-looking alien was probably up to all sorts of unsavory activities, for sure.


In the end, we decided all of you were right.

This is why in update 1.0.70, we're introducing a new minor faction, the Amblyr, an industrious people offering advantageous bonuses to Industry and Dust production. But it's also why this update features a new quest, Antihero with a Thousand Faces, in which all empires have to track the whereabouts of the most famous little green man, Rhync, and stop his streak of thievery and mischief before things escalate completely out of control... wait, that Rhync?


[NEW CONTENT]

• New minor faction, the Amblyr
• New hero, Rhync aka The Photobomber, that can be unlocked through a quest
• New quest, Antihero with a Thousand Faces

That's it!


We hope you enjoy Halloween, and remember to brush your teeth if you eat candy!

Halloween is upon us! Spooky shenanigans are in order, so as is customary, we have prepared a little something for you...


If you've been attention on Twitter, you might have spotted a creature that is seemingly ubiquitous. This character, whom we nicknamed internally "the Little Green Man", turns up in many, many quest artworks and seems to have a spectator's seat for many events around the galaxy. Many among our community have speculated that this little guy was definitely part of an upcoming faction, surely, otherwise why would he be here, why would he be there, why would he be everywhere?




Another part of that little guy's character was that, really, that smile just had to be hiding something evil. This affable-looking alien was probably up to all sorts of unsavory activities, for sure.


In the end, we decided all of you were right.

This is why in update 1.0.70, we're introducing a new minor faction, the Amblyr, an industrious people offering advantageous bonuses to Industry and Dust production. But it's also why this update features a new quest, Antihero with a Thousand Faces, in which all empires have to track the whereabouts of the most famous little green man, Rhync, and stop his streak of thievery and mischief before things escalate completely out of control... wait, that Rhync?


[NEW CONTENT]

• New minor faction, the Amblyr
• New hero, Rhync aka The Photobomber, that can be unlocked through a quest
• New quest, Antihero with a Thousand Faces

That's it!


We hope you enjoy Halloween, and remember to brush your teeth if you eat candy!

[FIXES]

• Fixed the exploration quest "The Good Life" (for real this time!)
• Fixed war pressure not reacting appropriately in "Endless" game speed
• Increased war pressure trend cap by x5 in all game speeds
• Softened impact of war duration on war pressure

[FIXES]

• Fixed the exploration quest "The Good Life" (for real this time!)
• Fixed war pressure not reacting appropriately in "Endless" game speed
• Increased war pressure trend cap by x5 in all game speeds
• Softened impact of war duration on war pressure

[FIXES]

• "Dust to Dust - Part 3" no longer fails if the pirate fleet is not destroyed in the first turn after the quest is triggered
• Fixed an issue with Windowed fullscreen mode as reported in this thread
• Added an error message to inform players in case something goes wrong when saving and giving the reason behind the issue
• Failing to start or load a game will no longer result in a stuck  situation: a message is displayed if the game fails to start, prompting to report the bug on the G2G platform
• Fixed an issue where a quest trigger could generate an infinite end turn
• Fixed an issue in the quest "The Good Life" preventing it from being completed

[FIXES]

• "Dust to Dust - Part 3" no longer fails if the pirate fleet is not destroyed in the first turn after the quest is triggered
• Fixed an issue with Windowed fullscreen mode as reported in this thread
• Added an error message to inform players in case something goes wrong when saving and giving the reason behind the issue
• Failing to start or load a game will no longer result in a stuck  situation: a message is displayed if the game fails to start, prompting to report the bug on the G2G platform
• Fixed an issue where a quest trigger could generate an infinite end turn
• Fixed an issue in the quest "The Good Life" preventing it from being completed

[FIXES]

• Fixed bailiff failing to correct some situations (singularities ending at unexpected times, happiness changes, etc.) resulting in bankruptcy and defeat
• Election actions are now correctly displayed in the Election screen after one of them is selected
• Fixed position of weapons on the Vodyani medium attack ship
• Fixed an issue where the AI was unable to create a proper planet destroyer ship
• Fixed Ark populations being mutinous after attaching while they should be content thanks to the law "Saints and Sinners bill"

[FIXES]

• Fixed bailiff failing to correct some situations (singularities ending at unexpected times, happiness changes, etc.) resulting in bankruptcy and defeat
• Election actions are now correctly displayed in the Election screen after one of them is selected
• Fixed position of weapons on the Vodyani medium attack ship
• Fixed an issue where the AI was unable to create a proper planet destroyer ship
• Fixed Ark populations being mutinous after attaching while they should be content thanks to the law "Saints and Sinners bill"

[FIXES]

• Fixed an issue where weapons did not shoot in few cases, notably missiles
• Fixed an issue where some ships didn't display animations anymore
• Fixed the display of flak particles when squadrons are getting shot at
• Fixed a case where saving caused errors. An error message is now displayed with details in case this happens
• Fixed infinite turn on outpost actions in a very rare case

[AI]

• Fixed an issue where the AI was not answering battle in some specific conditions
• Fixed an issue on Cravers quest mission "Of Our Own Brood - Part 1" where the fleet spawned wouldn't move, preventing completion

NOTE: The fix for empires suddenly crumbling through major bailiff issues is still undergoing testing, and will be available in an upcoming update.

[FIXES]

• Fixed an issue where weapons did not shoot in few cases, notably missiles
• Fixed an issue where some ships didn't display animations anymore
• Fixed the display of flak particles when squadrons are getting shot at
• Fixed a case where saving caused errors. An error message is now displayed with details in case this happens
• Fixed infinite turn on outpost actions in a very rare case

[AI]

• Fixed an issue where the AI was not answering battle in some specific conditions
• Fixed an issue on Cravers quest mission "Of Our Own Brood - Part 1" where the fleet spawned wouldn't move, preventing completion

NOTE: The fix for empires suddenly crumbling through major bailiff issues is still undergoing testing, and will be available in an upcoming update.