2.94 Key Features 

• Optimized Galaxy Map Generation Galaxy Maps are more optimized for player placement and player turn time.  

• Gameplay Balance Improvements.  We have updated citizen specialties, combat, ship hulls, and resources to make for a more enjoyable experience.   

• UI Screen Refinement   We enhanced the player UI by fixing bugs on the Planetary Improvement Screen, Shipyard Screen and Ship Designer Screen.   

January 23rd, 2025 Change Log 

AI 

• AI prioritizes culture techs more 

• Genius AI bonuses reduced from 33% warfare buff to 25%. 

• Fixed stuck turn issue when AI tries to build a Starbase on top of one of its rally points 

Art 

• Updated Battle Arenas  

• Replaced old Earth Image 

• Updated missing ship designer thumbnails 

• Fixed low resolution “The Criminals Syndicate” event image 

• Updated Minor Race and Hostile Entry sliders 

• Updated ship materials, lighting and textures 

• Fixed thumbnail for Drengin Worker ships 

Crash Fixes 

• Fixed a game crash where the AI is looking for wars that don't exist. 

• “Secret Policy Crime” reduction changed from eliminating all crime on colonies to reducing crime by 3% 

Gameplay 

Citizen Specialty Rework 

• Populations provide a percentage buff to Research and Manufacturing 

• “Minister of Justice” crime reduction reduced slightly 

• “Atmospheric Scrubbers” only available to Amphibious races now 

• Prisons are available earlier in the tech tree 

• Citizens and their specializations now provide a multiplier bonus rather than a flat bonus  

Colonies 

• Colony Capitals now provide a flat wealth reward instead of a percentage when leveled up 

• Farm Level’s effect on food production is increased from 5% to 10% 

• Taxation makes citizens more angry 

• Prison cost is reduced from 5 to 1 Duranitum 

• Corrosive worlds can potentially be colonized 

• “Colonial Law" and “Policy Crime” reduction on planets reduced from -0.1 to -0.03 

Combat 

• Weapon ranges slightly increased 

• Missiles now get an additional shot and give +1 more damage 

• Armor Degradation restored to 5% per turn 

• “Fighter Module Evasion” fixed to be flat instead of a multiplier 

Diplomacy 

• Players can trade Colonies and Starbases with each other in the Trade Screen 

• The AI will now ignore certain diplomatic conditions if other diplomatic conditions are in place 

Missions 

• Fixed bug where players are unable to complete “A Distant Signal” in “The Opportunity” mission 

• Updated “The Opportunity” mission to use “Space War Tactics” 

Research 

• “Aid Research” project now available as soon as the “Tech Capital” is built  

• “Subspace Scanning” moved behind “Artificial Gravity” in the tech tree 

• Tech costs now go up slightly faster 

• Fixed bug where “Cybnetic Ability” couldn't get the “Regenerative Gels” tech 

• “Nanite Repair Cloud” repairs per round reduced from 10% to 2% 

• Fixed bug where the tech tree does not show up correctly when loading an older save 

• Balance update for Starbase Relic bonuses from being harvested 

Resources 

• Buying and selling resources is much more market driven than before 

• Luxury resources have been made much rarer and more valuable 

• Bombarded worlds are much more likely to have luxury resources 

Ship Hull  

• Medium ships space increased from 32 to 36 

• Large ship space increased from 60 to 80 

• Huge ship space increased from 100 to 200 

• Cargo ship space increased from 20 to 30 

• Fixed bug where engine components weren't considering the mass of the ship as part of their space requirement 

Orbitals 

• Orbitals have been added behind a tech  

• Made Orbital icons smaller 

• Changed “Logistics Network” Orbital Icon 

Victory Conditions 

• Adjusted Prestige Victory to make it more difficult to achieve 

Localization 

• Fixed formatting and translation issues for all available languages 

Map Generation 

• Update the Auto-Explore system to be much faster, more intelligent and focus on Stars exploration 

• Increased the size of the largest single sector map 

• Planets will spawn more consistently with their spawn type  

• Maps spawn more stars than before  

• Abundant habitable planet spawn setting spawns more habitable planets 

• Max habitable planet cap is increased 

• Blackholes, in general, are slightly more common 

• Fixed a crash that occurs when a game has a lot of players, and the players are set in close proximity on a very large map 

• Distant player setting will attempt to evenly spread-out players amongst sectors 

FOW Refresh System  

• New caching system has been created for FOW that drastically reduced late game turn times on large maps 

• FOW is more optimized for turn systems, modifier systems, fleet systems and waypoint systems 

• Fixed the issue where the FOW will do a full refresh for its own objects, effecting late game performance 

• FOW no longer updates in real-time when an AI moves its ships 

Player Placement  

• Player placement will now attempt to put players mostly on their own in their own sector if the player chooses "very far" on the setting and there are multiple sectors 

• Players placed in the same sector will be separated by distance based the player distance settings 

• AI Players are no longer clumped together in a single sector if there are other sectors 

• Starting locations are fairer for each player based on the player settings 

• Player placement in maps is now faster and place players in satisfying and different locations 

Multiplayer 

• Fix bug when players try to leave a finished multiplayer game it will not allow them to return to the main menu  

• Fixed early desync when players attempt to mine with an asteroid ship 

Optimization 

• Decreased the time it takes to load a saved game 

• Improved save game load speed 

• Reduction in the late game frequency of AI ship designs 

Tutorial 

• If a game is already in progress the first-time tutorial screen will no longer appear 

UI 

• Fixed bug where the Diplomats wrongly reported they were providing a bonus to diplomacy in UI 

• Cultural Points are displayed in the Resource Bar 

• Fixed Report Button to bring up the Fleet Details screen 

• Fixed Tiny UI scaling issues 

Planet Screen 

• Added in planetary improvement filters  

• District list is smaller 

Ship Designer Screen 

• Ship Designer is updated to guarantee a ship is being designed for the player 

Shipyard Screen 

• Fixed text clipping bug for items in the build queue 

• Removed redundant "available projects" text in the Shipyard list 

• Obsolete and Favorite buttons easier to click 

• Resizing UI to make the list of ships cleaner 

• Fixed bug when Shipyard displays “N/A” for the owner after invading another planet  

• Build list in Shipyard properly fades out 
  
  

Megastructures DLC 

AI 

• Fixed AI from investing too much Gigamass into non-Megastructures  

Architect 

• Improved Architect construction effects 

• Fixed bug when building a Megastructure in a fleet, ships will still build if the architect had been ejected from the fleet 

Art 

• Updated Megastructure Materials and Orbitals 

Minor Civilization 

• Ringworlder quest is much less common 

Resources 

• Gas Giant Gigamass increased from 2 to 5 

• Gigamass techs are more expensive 

• Some ship components now use Energy instead of Gigamass 

• Balanced energy generation to Gigamass cost for Solar Farms and Dyson Spheres 

Ship Components 

• New ship components moved to be later in the tech tree 

• New ship components are not automatically designed by the AI for the player anymore 

Stellar Gateways 

• Toggle button is properly disabled when a Megastructure is under construction 

• Added correct icons for decommissioning a Stellar Gateway 

UI 

• Added “This Planet Has No Gigamass” text when a dead world has no Gigamass