Version 1.0.0.4237
Ship editor
- You can now hide/show your layouts in the layout browser through the toggle button next to the delete button. Hidden layouts are not visible in the planet management tab but can normally edited in the ship editor.
- Weapon category is split into a Light-, Medium- and Heavy Weapons category
- Energy Systems and Engines are merged into the Energy Systems category
- Arthrox structures now centered correctly inside the ship editor
- Fixed certain default texts when no ship hull is loaded and after click on “new”
- Fixed a problem with Arthrox structure grids
- Fixed several template strings when auto creating layouts
- Added tooltips to the build menu register

Planet Management
- Fixed a bug that weapon platforms could not be dropped on the correct shipyard
- It’s no longer possible to drop a colony on a terraforming locked slot
- Fixed a bug that caused defense buildings not getting the correct defense bonus
- Added tooltips to the build menu register
- Fixed terraforming bugs and added more feedback when terraforming is in progress

Campaign
- Fixed mission task panel out of visibility range
- Human EP 2: Fixed a bug that could stop game progression when colonizing planets too early
- Human EP 2: Added more info to the ‘explore starsystems’ mission goal
- Human EP 4: Added corrected tutorial text
- Human EP 4: Destroying the X’or station in Delta-03 will now lead to a mission failure
- Human EP 4: Delta-X’or now move correctly to the last jumpgate
- X’or EP 2: Changed economic start settings
- X’or EP 3: Changed goal descriptions, so that it’s clearer what you have to do
- Delta-X’or ships will now move correctly to Zeta-07
- Destroying the X’or attack before reaching Delta-03 will not lead into a dead lock anymore
- Fixed cut and overlapping text areas in the transmission panel on the left
- Inactive / blocked starlanes are now gray colored on the galaxy map

Battle
- Shield effects of human ships now trigger correctly
- Shield energy increased on all shields
- It’s no longer possible to self-destroy own ships during a battle (self-destruction in battle will return in a later patch)
- Fixed ship abilities on tactical display disappear when selecting an already selected unit
- Fixed a possible crash if bullets of already destroyed ships hit other ships
- General performance in battles improved

Network
- Fixed not being able to see LAN games when multiple network adapters are installed in the system
- Fixed a bug that LAN games only appear in server browser 10 seconds after game is started

Camera
- Fixed a bug that dropped the camera in an unplayable area
- Fixed a bug when focusing fast moving units
- Fixed loss of selection in galaxy map
- Fixed camera “jumps” when zooming to units
- Higher camera acceleration in galaxy map
- Smoother camera transitions
- Focus Object key – Standard ‘F’ – Focus the camera to an object
o You can press F multiple times to go into different zoom ranges
- Added “Focus Object” key binding to the “Camera” section under controls

General
- Fixed empire management sliders not correct initialized after savegame loading
- Different possible crashes fixed when creating/modifying fleets
- Fixed calculation of race resources. Deep space structures on freighters and constructed deep space structures now count correctly
- Fixed different text templates in weapon tooltips
- Added scrollbars to technology management
- Added more sorting options to the planet overview of the empire management
- Fixed ship positions under medium and large shipyards
- Changed certain weapon names

General Fixes:

Fixed an issue with team chat where messages were being displayed to all players
Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when units attempted to capture certain points
Fixed the bug where Alt+Tab or Alt+Enter would set all subsequent mouse clicks to a ‘flare’
Fixed an issue where the mouse wouldn’t re-recognize the game screen after selecting items outside of it (especially, in multi monitor setups)
Fixed certain text overlap issues in different screens
Fixed a crash for humans where right clicking on a destroyed structure would cause the game to crash
Fixed multiple tabs remaining highlighted in the Help Screen after switching to other screens
Fixed an issue where the Engineer would auto-repair an un-constructed building only to where it had topped being constructed. Now the building must first finish construction before it can be repaired.
Help and Options screen’s tab buttons adjusted to be more precise
Added a feature where you can send a private chat message/whisper to a player in the lobby by right-cicking on their name
All team-mates will now receive a message when one ally donates resources to another
Creating Supply Depots and Spirit Catchers will not trigger the ‘Population Maximized’ audio file
The Fog-of-War has been optimized
A game host can no longer change the Race, Player-color or Team of other players in the same game
Added a loading image when creating or joining a game
Added Zali unit avatars and added a few for the humans and other miscellaneous units that were missing animated avatars
Fixed an issue with the Harvester where it would loop between healing and harvesting
A few Icons that were showing up wrong have been changed/altered
Updated Building and Unit descriptions
Added Buff/Debuff duration to icon mouseovers


Design & Balance Changes:

Zali Ability Changes:
Removed Preservation Tier 2 Turret Health Increase and replaced it with an ability for the Spine called Chrono-Warp.
Removed Global Turret Detection from Silence Tier 2 and moved it to Preservation Tier 1. Replaced the missing Silence ability with ‘Fly Trap’.

Harvester:
Can now consume its drones (Savior and Knitter)
The Mesh Knitter Drone ability has been moved to Tier 2 in the same Path.
New Ability – Chrono-Warp: Increases the speed of all nearby allies by 5 for 5 seconds.

Listener:
Increased the Damage of Eviscerate by 25

Striker:
Decreased the Splash increase of Explosive Vyl from 2 tiles to 1 tile

All Zali Turrets:
Decreased the LoS & Attack Range increase upgrade available in Silence at Tier 3 from +15 each to +6 each

Kobaloi Turret:
New Ability – Fly Trap: Slow all nearby enemies by 3 for 5 seconds, when activated.

Zali Temples:
Fixed an issue where no Over-Time effects applied to the Shrines (at all levels). Corrosive effects now apply to them.

Merc:
Increased Battle Fervor's crit. chance increase from 35% to 40% for the duration of the ability

Medic:
Nanobot Repair heal amount increased from 50 over 5 seconds to 75 over 5 seconds

Seeker:
Increased Electrified Beams's slow amount from 1.5 to 2

Behemoth:
The Flamethrower upgrade now applies to all ground based units (including buildings). Added & adjusted its stacking in the case of multiple Flamethrowers being used.