This may have to do with your dislike of the written word.
Green arrow is my preferred research but sometimes I like to mix it up and add to my blue arrow.
I also research the shit out of blue person.
This may have to do with your dislike of the written word.
Yeah, it may take some getting used to. I just played half of one game and I said, 'Yes, this is what I wanted.' I'm patiently waiting for final release. I'll probably be gifting a few copies to family before Thursday.
Those patch notes are way too complex - I barely understand the game as it is! I've loaded up a new one - playing as the... Horatio people I think. I'm getting it a little more this time - though my borders don't seem to expanding very much at all. I'm finally getting my head around the tech tree - though something like a ctrl + f function would be nice - I know I need the technology to be able to travel worm holes but I'll be damned if I can find it.
Hello everyone,
First of all we wanted to all thank you for the amazing support you have given us these last months.
For those who havent seen it, we posted a little video to show you our gratitude
Weve been working real hard to make the game better, implementing new features, debugging it as much as possible and implementing the features that will be included in the Beta version.
Talking about that, we wanted to announce today that the BETA of the game will be available next Monday, end of the day on STEAM.
For those who have not yet purchased the game, you have until Sunday to benefit from the 25% off on the full price of the game.
These are the main new features that will be included in the Beta version of the game:
- 8 playable factions >> youll finally be able to discover the Amoeba, the Sowers and the new and last faction well announce tomorrow
- Multiplayer enabled >> Youll be able to plays against 7 other players online.
- German and French languages.
The Multiplayer and the Languages are first iterations so we hope you'll be able to help us to make them better.
Well continue working Full Throttle® so that we deliver a final product as great as it can get.
We aim to release the final game around July, the final date will depend on when well be fully satisfied by the game.
For us, the release is the just the beginning for Endless Space definitely not the end!
No word on revising that tech tree, huh? :/ My only complaint with the game.
I wish more devs would adhere to this methodology. Release an alpha/beta to satiate the fans and help generate a little buzz (and revenue). Then give the fans some level of feedback in the development to help shape parts of the game for mass consumption. Finally hold off on a full release until the dev team is happy with the product they've created.We aim to release the final game around July, the final date will depend on when well be fully satisfied by the game.
I wish more devs would adhere to this methodology. Release an alpha/beta to satiate the fans and help generate a little buzz (and revenue). Then give the fans some level of feedback in the development to help shape parts of the game for mass consumption. Finally hold off on a full release until the dev team is happy with the product they've created.
I know budgets and white collars prevent this from happening 99% of the time, but it's oh so nice when it does happen.
You never know. I've grown fond of it, although I could do wish there were a few more faction-specific techs in there.
What would you like to see, Aselith?
I'd just like it to be a little clearer as to tech progression in some areas. Like I found it extremely hard to find some upgrades when I started playing especially stuff like fleet cap (which I'm still not sure all the techs related to that) seems to be a nightmare to find all the techs for upgrading that. I'm sure you get used to it eventually but for new players it's just really hard to find out what you're even teching up to or where you want to be researching for. Like just for example there is a tech that decreases the scientific victory tech by 30% but it's at the end of the tree on the left side and why are techs that increase fleet size in the combat focused tree and why are ship logistics techs in the scientific/mining tree.
It just seems a little messy. I'd vastly prefer a branching but narrow tech tree like Civ games or flat progression tree like GalCiv.
Really what I'd prefer is a Combat > Scientific > Industrial 3 tree system which would seem pretty easy with their current techs.
Also that scientific victory research is pretty crazy. I got up there at like turn 130 or something and needed 450 turns of research. That seems a little excessive but maybe I'm not properly maximizing my research, I dunno. That was with the Sophons and me heavily investing in research planets.
I really like the sound of that faction. Roaming engineers!The Pilgrim faction, complete with Judi Dench, have been officially unveiled!
http://www.amplitude-studios.com/Articles/PILGRIMS
For those of you playing the Alpha, how is it?
Way way way back in the day I got real, real deep into Ascendancy. I've never found a 4x game after that to really get me going (Sins would, save for real time). Hopin this one is the one.
James Allen said:First off, let me say that the interface is the best I've seen in any strategy game. I'm not exaggerating.
The Pilgrim faction, complete with Judi Dench, have been officially unveiled!
http://www.amplitude-studios.com/Articles/PILGRIMS
Wow those ship designs
Hi everyone,
These past weeks, Amplitude has been working hard to reach the objective of the beta version.
Our main effort has been spent on:
• Achieving the first version of the multiplayer
• Completing the last 3 playables factions (art, gameplay)
• Improving the diplomatic system (better feedback, better attitude behavior)
• Tweaking the game parameters and content to improve the gameplay flow and depth
• Fixing many bugs
• Including some of the improvements you requested. This is just a start obviously
What will be delivered soon is still a beta and not the final game. There may be some remaining issues, especially as it is difficult to make a broad test of multiplayer without a beta. As usual, your feedback will be crucial.
We will publish a full release note of changes a few hours before the release, so that you can track our progress. The list will be long
Also we are doing our best on the localization to German and French, but our translators are slightly trailing behind (and we constantly add more text with new content!), so expect a few more days for these languages to be fully integrated.
0.42.0
CHANGES AND ADDITIONS
Added the multiplayer.
Added the French language.
GALAXY VIEW
Fixed several bugs concerning the galaxy generation.
When more than one other faction is stationed in a system (regardless of the fleets quantity), the player is now able to select which one he wants to attack.
Modified the star systems labels in the galaxy view. You can now see the current production, the hangar capacity and the link between resources and planets.
The user can now access a system hangar from the galaxy screen if there is no fleet in orbit.
Added a chat console. "Return" key is now used for chat in multiplayer. Numpad-Enter does still end turn though.
The player can open the Pause Menu by using ESC.
SYSTEM VIEW
When the user selects any action on a system in the empire management the system is highlighted.
Added some population feedback on planets in the system/planet view.
DIPLOMACY
Diplomacy should be smoother due to a fix on the trends now being capped.
The attitude value has a greater impact on the terms negotiation.
The player is able to offer resources along with peace.
Modified the cease fire term.
Cooperation agreement now takes 30 turns to become a full bonus.
- Turn 0: malus (-50% to trade routes)
- After 15 turns: no malus/bonus
- After 30 turns: bonus (+25% to trade routes)
PATHFINDING
Fixed several bugs concerning the pathfinding.
Fixed an issue where the moving fleet always tries to use up all the movement points.
The user can select a specific route for a fleet to take when moving:
- You can now queue movement orders by pressing and holding down SHIFT
- You can now force a fleet to move through empty space by holding down CTRL.
- If you wish to queue movement and travel through empty space press and hold CTRL+SHIFT.
VICTORY CONDITIONS
Modified the economic victory formula:
Economic victory points needed = 500000 + 5000 * (number of systems) - 40000 * (number of players)
FACTIONS
Added the Amoeba, Sower and Pilgrims factions.
Cloning trait has been boosted and now Horatios will have +1 food on all planets.
Deadly Weapons decreased for Hissho, increased for Cravers. Hissho still have the best bonus.
Fixed Cloning trait bonus that gave bonuses to all planets instead of planets up to Class II (Arid, Tundra).
Changed Amoeba diplomacy bonus so they can't have war bonuses.
Modified the Cravers diplomacy tech tree.
Removed Cravers' Diplomacy2 and changed their Diplomacy1 (only ceasefire exchange choices)
Tuned down the science rate from the Sophons.
INVASION
Changed all invasion mods' values (increased) and some effects.
Now Ground defense is displayed as: "+X Defense per [pop] on System".
Ground defense is now defined by the system's position compared to player and opponent frontiers.
- Inside player or ally frontiers: 20 Def
- Neutral (isolated Outpost): 15 Def
- Outpost inside enemy frontiers: 12 Def
Greatly improved Defense bonuses on improvements (5 to 20 => 12 to 100).
Updated Ground Defense bonuses from Melee attribute (+2 => +5, +5%).
HEROES
The hero hiring cost now changes according to number of heroes already in service.
Changed the value of HeroAbilityAdministrator04 & 05 (Minister of Propaganda 1 & 2). We don't want players to be able to nullify overpopulation maluses too soon; on a Hero it could become available after 30/40 turns.
AI
AI personalities have been reinforced to better fit their faction.
The AI is aware of the neutral zones.
Less weapon and defense mod bonuses for the AI on Normal to Impossible difficulties.
Improved the military AI: colony ship protection behavior.
Changed negotiations method for the AI for treaties and exchanges.
The AI will now give a much greater attention to colonization techs if no system can be colonized by his colony ships.
The AI will more likely start by making planetary improvements first on a new system (and that building will be Food or Industry).
RESEARCH
Removed the bonus on all planets on System Improvement Food 1.
Switched Food 2 with Food 5.
Lowered dust bonus on Dust 5 improvement.
Merged the Diplomacy Bonuses 3 and 4.
Corrected the MP values of the second-to-last weapon mod of each type; corrected MP values of defense mods.
Added 4 technological unlocks into the exploration & expansion tech tree.
TRADE ROUTES
Trade route brings in more Science and less Dust.
Corporate Trade routes bonuses (% and Wit multiplier) decreased.
MISC. (GAMEPLAY)
Increased disapproval due to overcolonization.
Increased Dust malus for systems outside frontiers (depending on territory : player/ally/neutral/enemy).
Slight increase of overpopulation disapproval.
Added "overcolonization disapproval reduction" on Star System Approval buildings.
There were no maluses to Food and Science during blockade. Just added them: -25% food; no Science (x0).
Monopoly bonuses for the strategic resources have been temporarily removed.
Reverted to bonuses without overcolonization malus decrease; those effects have been moved to new tech unlocks.
No Overcolonization disapproval on Outposts. It will be added only when changing to colony.
MISC. (GUI)
Removed the achievement score on the end game screen.
Added ship level feedback on ship icons.
Improved the scroll bar system.
Modified the tutorial system.
Removed some useless scrollbars.
Modified the fleet/system selection panel when assigning a hero.
IMPORTANT FIXES
Fixed an issue where upon reaching level 11, ships lose all their XP
Fixed an issue where the "Emergency Shelter" battle action causes a crash.
Fixed an issue where an assert message appears when the user attempts to transfer ships from the hangar.
Fixed an issue where a fleet can be invisible.
Fixed an issue where a null reference exception appears after an invasion.
Fixed several issues where sending gifts to the AI has no effect.
Fixed an issue where the user receives an assert message if they Right Click during the loading screen.
Fixed an issue where the empire management AI has an infinite loop of terraforming.
Fixed an issue where changing the quality level will cause an assert.
Fixed an issue where the game will not continue after ending the turn.
Fixed an issue where starting a manual ship battle will cause an assert.
Fixed an issue where conquering an empire home system causes an assert.
Fixed an issue where the user can increase science and dust income indefinitely.
OTHERS FIXES
Fixed an issue with the scrollbar of the selected modules panel in the ship design screen.
Fixed an issue where the player cannot scroll through the reject reasons in the diplomatic negotiations screen.
Fixed an issue where the user can close the resolution timer using the right click.
Fixed an issue where left-clicking on the slider button causes it to disappear
Fixed an issue where the treaty options can be displayed twice
Fixed an issue where the planetary improvements are not scrapped when there is not enough dust
Fixed an issue where the fleet icon remains after the budget scrap is performed
Fixed an issue where not enough empire slots are created by the galaxy generator (too many players/galaxy size).
Fixed an issue where the number of ships stationed in a hangar is not properly displayed on the system info tooltip
Fixed an issue where the galaxy scale slider overlaps with the fleet selection panel
Fixed an issue where AI trends per turn have no limits making the AIs seem very volatile.
Fixed an issue where ships remain stuck if the player/AI moves them in the same time when another player/AI attacks them
Fixed an issue where a 4-digits value overlaps the FIDS icon in the system view screen.
Fixed an issue where the end game screen text is incorrect after the player's elimination.
Fixed several issues where a cooperation agreement doesn't work as intended.
Fixed an issue where Dust donations lead to incorrect gains of attitude.
Fixed an issue where the empire management filters will reset after the player exits the empire management view.
Fixed an issue where the user can have diplomatic deals with other empires without being at peace.
Fixed an issue where the invasion button is not available.
Fixed several inconsistencies between battle card texts and hero ability descriptions (beam surge, gravity well, armor weak point, dust barrier).
Fixed an issue where the heroes' Melee attribute has no effects.
Fixed an issue where the nano-repair systems battle card has twice its effect.
Fixed an issue where after an empire has been eliminated the user can still offer diplomatic terms to that empire.
Fixed an issue where "Invulnerable Empire" is prioritized for the empire management AI.
Fixed an issue where the planetary colonization is not canceled if the planet is colonized via the colonization ship.
Fixed an issue where the defenders ship are warping-in at the start of the battle.
Fixed an issue where a defeated empire retains some ships in its hangars.
Fixed an issue where the AI moves out of the systems guarded by player fleets when loading a saved game.
Fixed an issue where the modules do not grey out in the ship design view.
Fixed an issue where the user can retrofit ships with Seed ship modules to rush expansion or increase population.
Fixed an issue where the user can assign heroes to fleets engaged in battle from the academy view.
Fixed an issue where the "Psychological Insulation" star system improvement does not grant an additional 1 population.
Fixed an issue where sometimes clicking on ships in the galaxy view does not produce any results.
Fixed an issue where sometimes diplomatic offers are neither accepted nor rejected by the AI.
Fixed an issue where no tooltip is displayed for Call and Inspect buttons on diplomatic status screen.
Fixed an issue where the first digit of the galaxy generation seed cannot be erased.
Fixed an issue where the confirmation message received after disabling tutorials in-game has no cancel button.
Fixed an issue where the in-game droplist from the options menu has the same color as the background.
Fixed an issue where the system view menu becomes unresponsive.
Fixed an issue where on the lowest resolution setting the user is unable to select pilgrims and amoeba on the last player slot in the lobby.
Fixed several text issues.
Man tons of bugs. None of the new races will move and the game just allows you to click on any planet and it keeps drawing more and more waypoints but your ships never go anywhere. Sigh. Turning it off till they fix it. Also got a ton of negotiation stuff and it was only on the 3rd turn before even researching any tech.
Played around 80 turns of the new patch. I REALLY like being able to see what is queued and if there's anything in the hangars for each system via the galaxy view. That's an awesome improvement.
I am curious if I encountered a new bug though. I was the Pilgrims and was playing against two Amoeba factions and one Sophon faction. I saw the Sophons zipping around the outskirts of my galaxy but I NEVER saw any of the Amoebas. And yet, both Amoeba factions not only sent me peace offers, but eventually became friendly. I never saw them even once and even though I unlocked the casimir effect, I never left my starter galaxy. Possibly a bug or possibly I just missed each of the factions by blinking at the exact right moment (twice even).
Apparently the Amoeba race starts with the ability to have contact with all races at the start of the game. Start a game as the Amoeba's, you'll see the entire galaxy and have contact with all races.
I would think us humans would have to do some kind of research (at least in xenolinguistics) if an alien race suddenly wanted to trade with us. It's kinda odd that the human factions have to research it to trade with each other though.I don't like how you seem to have to research every diplomatic option, its like... Trade, that's hunter gatherer tech...
0.43.5
CHANGES AND ADDITIONS
Added some optimizations on low configurations.
Increased the range of the lobby.
Display of the online games depends of the ES version.
FIXES
IMPORTANT FIXES
Fixed several issues of MP synchronization.
Fixed an issue where loading a saved game causes the heroes of the clients to be swapped with other heroes.
OTHER FIXES
Fixed an issue where the "Friends'Games" filter is not working properly on the online games screen.
Fixed an issue where the private session is displayed on the online games screen.
Fixed an issue where the default session is displayed on the online games screen.
Fixed an issue where the user can click on the chat window in the lobby and type messages.
Fixed several text issues.
Is anyone else having tons of crashes after the latest patch?
I play the game in Wine on Linux, so perhaps they've made a change that doesn't work well with Wine, but I've had nothing but crashes and game lock ups since the Beta. They usually seem to happen at the end of a turn, restoring the game lets me continue playing, but it'll crash again 10-15 turns later.
I was wondering if anyone else has had issues like this in Windows, or if I should just blame Wine? Thanks!
played yesterday for a couple of hours after the latest patch... no issues so far.
first time i played i felt soooo in over my head. i tried to absorb everything from the tuts but it felt like soo much info. got my ass whooped but had fun.
second go around felt much better and i felt like i had a better idea of what to do and what i wanted to do. i'm in first place after a slow start but my god i hate those pirates.
tech tree is awesome.
one thing that's been irking me is the battle summary. during the manual battle i kick ass and lose zero ships then the summary says i lost 1 or 2 or even 3. seems off and it didn't seem to be an issue before the big patch a few days ago.
either way loving it, thanks to Pylon for all the info and updates.
So glad i picked this up!
played yesterday for a couple of hours after the latest patch... no issues so far.
first time i played i felt soooo in over my head. i tried to absorb everything from the tuts but it felt like soo much info. got my ass whooped but had fun.
second go around felt much better and i felt like i had a better idea of what to do and what i wanted to do. i'm in first place after a slow start but my god i hate those pirates.
tech tree is awesome.
one thing that's been irking me is the battle summary. during the manual battle i kick ass and lose zero ships then the summary says i lost 1 or 2 or even 3. seems off and it didn't seem to be an issue before the big patch a few days ago.
either way loving it, thanks to Pylon for all the info and updates.
So glad i picked this up!
Missiles are the usuall culprit in late dying ships. 90% of the time (they also don't seem to show up graphically frequently). Sometimes though the damage from a shooting volley will not be calculated until the end of the phase (i.e., say you destroy the ship just as the third volley of the phase starts, it may still calculate the destroyed ship firing a third volley).
Just wanted to add that Endless space has probably the best value for the $$$ I have ever seen. If you like 4x games at all (civ, gal civ, etc...) you must buy this game! I think it even beats the value level of SINS / Galatic Civ when they were priced at launch of $40 or so.
0.45.2
CHANGES AND ADDITIONS
Galaxy Generation : Blue sun has hotter stars, protostar has cooler stars. Other weights were slightly changed to better reflect their star type.
Added new attitude modifiers (DiplomaticAttitudeModifierMilitaryPowerRespect, DiplomaticAttitudeModifierMilitaryPowerPity, DiplomaticAttitudeModifierMilitaryPowerWeaknessStr ess, DiplomaticAttitudeModifierMilitaryPowerTense)
Information buildings' maluses are mostly diplomatic rather than economic.
The Cravers' bonuses to FIDS lasts too long (it hasn't been changed since max number of turns in a game was changed from 500 to 300)
UE : Dust bonus. The % bonus was too long to start and to give a Dust advantage to the UE. As Dust is their main trait, we want them to earn more Dust than the others, even at the beginning (+30% => +1 per pop on each planet)
Pilgrim : Hero reduction cost. The hero XP bonus trait allows heroes to start at level 2 or level 3 (=> -4 upkeep on heroes)
Modified the Pirates difficulty.
Modified the missile display in battle mode.
When listing the sessions in the Join Game screen, take into account locked AIs for the current players
FIXES
OTHER FIXES
Fixed an issue where random events last all the game.
Fixed an issue where blockade stops the local use of ressources.
Fixed an issue where when joining a session as a client, the user does not receive any hero notification updates.
Fixed an issue where neither do tutorials or star tooltips explain the benefits of different stars.
Fixed an issue where loading a saved game causes the heroes of the clients to be swapped with other heroes.
Fixed an issue where players receive no warning message when changing a MP session to a SP one.
Fixed several text issues.