Star Ruler Update Released

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Updates to Star Ruler have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Version 1.0.1.6

Fixes

• Fixed an error in the stellar-pedia (Research World description)
  
• Docking now works in multiplayer
  
• Fixed research issues in multiplayer
  
• Re-ordering items in a planet queue now drags the last item of the group.
  
• Quantum Compressors had no effect on economic storage and ship bays.
  
• Stealth Hulls now execute their miss logic before their damage absorption.
  
• Fixed an issue with unicode localizations.
  
• Ringworlds were boosting both the size and level of structures, leading to epic strangeness.
  
• Small objects will no longer be cut off so drastically.
  
• Bussard Ramjets were ignoring the thrust multiplier in settings.txt
  
• The structure list was behaving weirdly (erratically reordering, removing the wrong level) when removing structures.
  
• The research queue was failing to save.Systems were being sync'd to a slightly different position on the client, which lead to some strangeness.
  

Changes

• Object ownership changes are managed differently now, reducing overall bandwidth usage.
  
• AIs now make liberal use of fighters.
  
• The default fighter design now uses the Fighter Hull, and has a longer flight time.
  
• AIs now intelligently queue up designs, leading to less wasted production capacity in games with many systems.
  
• Redid a significant portion of Sub System base code. Modders will need to redo any modifiers they have created, see the game's existing modifiers for examples.
  
• Updated German, Russian, French and Polish translations.AIs will be more intelligent about their research.
  

Additions

• Player names are now matched to their empire in the empire screen in multiplayer.
  
• A message is now displayed if you fail to connect to a server.
  
• Added the Fighter Hull, a hull for small ships (scale 1 or smaller) that has the ability to dodge attacks while moving. It is also light, slightly cheaper than normal, but very weak.
  
• Added an option to enable/disable Vertical Sync.
  
• Added console command zplane (default 140000) to control the near clipping plane.
  
• Large ships become rapidly more expensive to build as difficulties in construction lead to massive losses of resources.
  
• Added a new technology: Mega Construction. Advancing this technology will unlock the Ringworld (with two other techs researched), and reduce the cost of building massive ships.
  
• Fleet formations (wall, box, escort, wedge).
  
• Ship stances / engagement orders ("Engage at will", "Hold position", "Hold fire").
  
• Added new system window with more information, more controls, and multi-system support.
  
• Added new AI ship designs.Owned planets and ships can now be renamed through a button on the info panel. (Not fully supported in multiplayer)
  

 

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