Hey Captains – Update 1.3.0 is here! This update adds significant improvements to the management of heat & ‘needs’ resources (power/water/compute), makes the morale system far easier to understand, and adds improved graphics and expanded graphical options.

Like with our Command & Control Update in 1.2, there are several other balance adjustments, pacing tweaks (especially around the early and late game!), and bug fixes that have been added across the board. 

Thank you for all your feedback – we’re on track to release one major patch every week that addresses key issues you’ve helped identify. Your support is the only reason why we can do this, so stay tuned! There’s more exciting news to come. 

QoL Improvements:

• Added Advanced Graphic settings in the settings menu. 

  • SSAO On/Off

  • Grass On/Off

  • Lens Effect On/Off

  • Bloom On/Off

  • Vignette On/Off

  • Motion Blur On/Off

  • Depth of Field On/Off

• Smoothed out the pacing and the amount of objectives that are given in the early game to not overwhelm new players. 

• Shift key now works in the Ship interface to increase the amount of resources requested. 

• Changed some Exploration Recipes to use less rare resources. 

• Added Fuel and Supply resource info on all building info panels in the building palette. 

• Clicking on a Crew’s assignment will now select the building they are assigned to. 

Gameplay:

• We’ve heard quite a bit of feedback that the power, water, and compute systems are hard to understand. We’ve made some improvements to help solve these problems:

  • Clicking the Power/Water/Compute buttons in the HUD will now open a data layer for each system that will highlight producers and consumers. Providing more information about how much each building consumes or produces, as well as highlighting buildings with problems. 

  • This data layer will also appear when you attempt to place any building or network of a system type. 

  • Added more details in the palette and building info to show how much different buildings produce and consume, and which systems are optionally providing a boost. 

  • There is now a quick way to mouse over a network or producer to pull up information on a specific ‘island’ of that system. 

  • Better visuals to communicate when buildings are actually producing Power/Water/Compute: buildings will animate with visual feedback of that resource traveling along the network when it’s producing. 

  • Stronger failure treatment in the building info panel when a building has stopped working due to lack of a ‘need’ resource, like power. 

  • Production and Consumption values are now visible on buildings when selected for placement.

• Crew Morale has been another system that has been confusing players. This manifested as crew leaving your command for unclear reasons, and is a consistent and understandable complaint. We’ve made the following improvements:

  • You can now find a temperature map button in the HUD, which can be toggled on and off to see hot and cold areas. Temperature has a big effect on morale, and crew require shielding or gear to work in temperatures beyond a normal range.

  • Temperature will now have less of an effect in the early game, as crew are excited for the journey ahead and more willing to withstand discomfort. 

  • There is a new improved UI in the Crew Info Panel, providing details on morale drops. 

  • Crew no longer receive the somber status when another crew member leaves your command.

• We have made it possible to travel between planets at all times, even if there wasn’t a shuttle pad built. This means, if you travel to Kourou for the first time and forget some key resources, you can go back right away to pick them up. 

• Increased the amount of Starfleet prestige you get in the late game. Some exploration points now grant Starfleet prestige. 

• Increased the amount of crew you receive in the early game. 

• In an effort to make building storage pads for buildings that are full easier, there is a “build storage” option off of buildings with storage. This will allow you to place a storage pad of your choice that is set to hold the same resources as the source building. 

Visuals:

• Added many visual improvements to the game, including Lens Effects, Bloom, Motion Blue and Depth of Field. 

• Polished grass visuals on Kourou.

Misc:

• Added more environmental objects and VFX to Daegus. 

• More localized text across all languages. 

• Added visual details on all buildings with upgrades. 

• Added icons for X’Lehari exploration points. 

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a crash when switching to Spanish and trying to start a new game. 

• Fixed an issue where SFX were not playing or were delayed when buttons were pressed. 

• Output on the Tetryon Cleansing Shield is now visible in the building info panel. 

• Crew will no longer switch clothing on promotion. 

• Tired Crew status no longer flickers in Crew info panel. 

• Fixed a new issue with vehicles getting stuck at Exploration Points. 

• Opening Crew Overview screen should be smoother. 

• Crew will no longer walk through water sources. 

• The Strange Roots location should no longer appear on mini-map after loading a save game. 

• Fixed an issue where buildings were not protecting Crew from Tetryons when using shelter in place. 

• Shield Emitter should no longer stay animated when not powered. 

• Selecting a Cargo Vehicle Pad no longer shows icons over Crew. 

• Planetary Sensor now has a prioritize button while under construction. 

• Fixed the ordering of the dialogs when completing phases 1-3 for the Daegus Stabilizer.

• Fixed an issue where players were stuck on the Comms Relay objective.

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Hey Captains – Update 1.2.0 is here! This is a sizable update that brings advanced production & crew controls, quality of life for building (for example: you can now hold shift to place multiple structures!), UI changes to better display power/water/compute needs across your outposts, and the option to disable the tutorial.

Like with our Night Shift Rework in Update 1.1, there are several other balance adjustments, pacing tweaks, and bug fixes have been added across the board. 

We’d also like to take this moment to acknowledge our shared sense of loss over the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart and Walter Koenig. They inspired us. Helped bring out our best. And at times, thoughtfully and firmly challenged us.

They made this a universe we wanted to contribute to. Rest in peace. 

UPDATE 1.2.0 PATCH NOTES

Quality of Life Improvements:

• You can now use the Crew Overview menu to assign Utility Crew to various jobs.

  • Hauling jobs assuming there is storage available.

  • Construction jobs.

  • Explore jobs.

• You can now assign Crew to jobs at buildings in the building list inside the Crew Overview screen. 

• We’ve added the ability to disable the tutorial when starting a new game. 

• Holding Shift key while placing building will allow you to place multiple buildings. 

• You can now edit a buildings storage limits while it’s still under construction. 

• Added Power/Water/Compute values to Needs info when mousing over buildings in palette.

• General performance improvements

• Improved notification in Tech Tree when a new tier is unlocked. 

• Tetryon Particles resource tooltip now shows source. 

• Crew should use walkways more, especially on diagonals. 

• Crew will now eat food from the closest building. 

• Exploration Points will appear in the job list when crew are assigned. 

• “\[“ and  “]” can be assigned as keys. 

• Added a notification when injured Crew are at a Medical Facility and there is no staff assigned. 

• Camera no longer rubber bands when you have a Exploration Point/Crew/Building selected and click the mini-map.

Gameplay

• Recipe limits on crafting buildings can now be set. This respects the total amount currently on planet. 

• We sped up Crew base walk speed to speed up the pace of the game. 

• We’ve received feedback from many of you about the limited ability to mitigate against Tetryon Storms after we increased their intensity. In an attempt to improve this system, we’ve made some changes…

  • Shield Emitters will now partially block Tetryons at Level 1. (Level 2 blocks 100% of the Tetryons)

  • Shield Emitters now cost less to allow more coverage across the map. 

Content

• Added more localized text across the game.

• Updated recipes for Phasers and Tricoders.

• Added more animation variety to Crew portraits

• Slightly randomized hover sound on buildings and resources. 

Visuals:

• Dialed down Bloom at night. 

• Raiders will no longer shoot at the feet of Crew.

• Fixed Jittery animations in Crew portraits. 

• The visual for Crew shooting Roots is greatly improved. 

• Improved the look of the shields.

• Improved the Tetryon Storm effect. 

• Fixed an issue where the Grav Lift would disappear when Crew stood in place while hauling. 

Bug Fixes

Crew Behaviors:

• Fixed an issue where Crew would leave a vehicle to go to Shuttle Pad, then return to vehicle to park it in the Vehicle Bay. 

• Fixed an issue where crew would leave a vehicle stranded to go eat food. 

• Crew should do a better job of taking the closest shuttle when returning to the ship. 

• Fixed an issue where crew would sometimes ignore construction jobs. 

• New fix for a progression blocker where progressing through the Caves of Neral would trigger a dialogue with placeholder text.

• Fixed an issue where investigating the second source cave does not progress the objective. 

Misc:

• Fixed an issue where you couldn’t complete the place Stabilizer objective on Daegus. 

• Data displayed on Crew when starting a new game is consistent and more easy to compare stats. 

• Increased VO volume on beam down moment. 

• Cleaned up icons in the Basic Laboratory. 

• Crew name change will refresh without having to close and re-open the Crew Overview screen. 

• Shield Emitter Disabled notification will no longer trigger each time it's turned on. 

• Food Icons on ship now have proper colors.

• Update bottom half of Tetryon Schism VFX to be visible. 

• Fixed an issue with trees on Kourou where they were hiding underground. Tetryonic.

• “Can’t Work” notification over crew should appear over chatter dialogues. 

• Crew should no longer have the same name. 

• Lacking resources icon should no longer appear incorrectly over Resonating Caves. 

• Coverage ring now appears on the Engineering Office after it’s placed. 

• Shield Emitter will now properly deconstruct and return resources. 

• Building unlock notifications will no longer appear incorrectly from planet to planet. 

• Building deconstruction progress is properly preserved when loading a save game. 

• Fixed an issue where some Exploration Points had a greater than 0% chance of completion before assigning Crew. Fixed an issue where Crew would sometimes get stuck at Tetryon Impact sites. 

• Fixed a delay when using the select Crew explore command. 

• Fixed an issue where some Building tooltip hover and button click SFX weren’t playing. 

• Fixed a rare issue where Saves could break if an encounter spawns in a specific location. 

• Crew repair icon will no longer persist if started when Crew is returning to ship. 

• Fixed an issue where Outpost and Crew from Daegus would sometimes appear on Kourou. 

• Various crashes fixed. 

• When you disable DLSS it should go back to the last AA setting you had selected.

• Fixed an issue where the purple rings would  not disappear after discovering the source caves.

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