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Release Notes for Stars! 2.0a                            January 14th 1996
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<pre>Release Notes for Stars! 2.0a                            January 14th 1996
  
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In the two months since Stars! 2.0 was released, we've been busy improving
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the game.  We've gotten over 2,000 messages from people playing the game
 +
and have tried to respond to each one.  This upgrade, version 2.0a, is the
 +
result of your feedback, additional play testing, and our own ideas on how
 +
to improve the game.
  
In the two months since Stars! 2.0 was released, we've been busy improving the game.  We've gotten over 2,000 messages from people playing the game and have tried to respond to each one.  This upgrade, version 2.0a, is the result of your feedback, additional play testing, and our own ideas on how to improve the game.
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We have fixed every reproducible bug that has been reported to us, we have
 +
made a lot of game play changes to balance thing and eliminate loopholes,
 +
and we've added a few new features that we didn't want to make you wait
 +
until the next release for.
  
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All 2.0 games in progress may be safely upgraded to V2.0a if the following
 +
instructions are followed:
  
We have fixed every reproducible bug that has been reported to us, we have made a lot of game play changes to balance thing and eliminate loopholes, and we've added a few new features that we didn't want to make you wait until the next release for.
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1) All players take their turn with V2.0 and save and submit them.
 
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2) The host file (game.hst) is opened with V2.0a and the new turn is
 
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  generated.
All 2.0 games in progress may be safely upgraded to V2.0a if the following instructions are followed:
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3) All players now open their new turns with V2.0a and continue normally.
 
 
#All players take their turn with V2.0 and save and submit them.
 
 
 
#The host file (game.hst) is opened with V2.0a and the new turn is generated.
 
 
 
#All players now open their new turns with V2.0a and continue normally.
 
 
 
 
 
These steps are necessary because some message formats have changed.  All players must upgrade as soon as the host has upgraded in order to continue proper play.
 
  
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These steps are necessary because some message formats have changed.  All
 +
players must upgrade as soon as the host has upgraded in order to continue
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proper play.
  
 
Thank you for all your comments and ideas.
 
Thank you for all your comments and ideas.
 
  
 
Jeff Johnson and Jeff McBride
 
Jeff Johnson and Jeff McBride
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Fixes and changes for Stars! V2.0a:
 
Fixes and changes for Stars! V2.0a:
  
 
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NEW FEATURES
==NEW FEATURES==
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When you select a mine field into the summary pane the mine field highlights
When you select a mine field into the summary pane the mine field highlights in the scanner window.  This lets you see the bounds of your mine fields obscured by other mines.
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  in the scanner window.  This lets you see the bounds of your mine fields
 
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  obscured by other mines.
The radar overlay is now a popup menu allowing you to scale back the displayed radar coverage in increments of 10% to look for areas of low coverage an enemy stealth fleet might penetrate.
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The radar overlay is now a popup menu allowing you to scale back the
 
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  displayed radar coverage in increments of 10% to look for areas of
 +
  low coverage an enemy stealth fleet might penetrate.
 
Added a horizontal scroll bar to the fleet and planet reports.
 
Added a horizontal scroll bar to the fleet and planet reports.
 
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Load from Fleet and Wait from Fleet now work as waypoints on enemy fleets if
Load from Fleet and Wait from Fleet now work as waypoints on enemy fleets if your fleet has a Pick Pocket or Robber Baron Scanner.
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  your fleet has a Pick Pocket or Robber Baron Scanner.
 
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Ships with Pick Pocket or Robber Baron Scanners have an N% chance of avoiding
Ships with Pick Pocket or Robber Baron Scanners have an N% chance of avoiding combat where N is the ship design's base cloaking value maxed out at 70% for the Pick Pocket or 80% for the Robber Baron. Each stack of ships with the required parts is given a chance to avoid battle. Fleets with Attack or Patrol orders do not attempt to avoid combat.
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  combat where N is the ship design's base cloaking value maxed out at 70%
 
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  for the Pick Pocket or 80% for the Robber Baron. Each stack of ships with
The summary pane now shows the fuel and cargo gauges for enemy fleets if they are currently being scanned by a stealing scanner.
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  the required parts is given a chance to avoid battle. Fleets with Attack
 
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  or Patrol orders do not attempt to avoid combat.
The ship builder in resolutions greater than VGA now dynamically displays the current design's Jamming and Cloaking capabilities as well as its movement and initiative rates.
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The summary pane now shows the fuel and cargo gauges for enemy fleets if
 
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  they are currently being scanned by a stealing scanner.
The Report Menu now has the ability to dump basic information about the universe, planets and fleets to a text file. This capability will be greatly expanded for the V2.1 release.
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The ship builder in resolutions greater than VGA now dynamically displays
 
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  the current design's Jamming and Cloaking capabilities as well as its
 +
  movement and initiative rates.
 +
The Report Menu now has the ability to dump basic information about
 +
  the universe, planets and fleets to a text file. This capability will
 +
  be greatly expanded for the V2.1 release.
 
Assorted improvements in AI strategies and tactics.
 
Assorted improvements in AI strategies and tactics.
 
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You can now combine the -b command line parameter with -t to conditionally
You can now combine the -b command line parameter with -t to conditionally generate turns for a list of games.
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  generate turns for a list of games.
 
 
 
Salvage packets show up in the scanner window as yellow diamonds now.
 
Salvage packets show up in the scanner window as yellow diamonds now.
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The planet summary window now shows in parenthesis next to the planet value
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  the best value to which you can currently terraform the planet.
  
The planet summary window now shows in parenthesis next to the planet value the best value to which you can currently terraform the planet.
 
 
 
==GAME PLAY BALANCING==
 
  
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GAME PLAY BALANCING
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Rebalanced meta-morph:  Costs a bit more minerals and resources to build.
 
Rebalanced meta-morph:  Costs a bit more minerals and resources to build.
 
 
Reduced the Stealth and Super-Stealth Cloaks to 35% and 55% respectively.
 
Reduced the Stealth and Super-Stealth Cloaks to 35% and 55% respectively.
 
 
Increased the maximum cloaked percent from 96% to 97%.
 
Increased the maximum cloaked percent from 96% to 97%.
 
 
War Monger's initiative in battle is now +2 instead of +1.
 
War Monger's initiative in battle is now +2 instead of +1.
 
 
Decreased the effectiveness of SDI Planetary defenses to 1.0% from 1.5%.
 
Decreased the effectiveness of SDI Planetary defenses to 1.0% from 1.5%.
 
 
The War Monger may now build SDI Planetary defenses, up to 50 per planet.
 
The War Monger may now build SDI Planetary defenses, up to 50 per planet.
 
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Placing two identical mass drivers on the same starbase has the following
Placing two identical mass drivers on the same starbase has the following benefits now:
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  benefits now: 1)  You may catch incoming packets at one warp speed
 
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  greater than their nominal rating 2) Overflung packets from dual drive
#You may catch incoming packets at one warp speed greater than their nominal rating
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  starbases decay as if they were flung at one warp speed lower.
 
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The Jack of all Trades destroyer hulls now also have a built in 40/20 l.y.
#Overflung packets from dual drive starbases decay as if they were flung at one warp speed lower.
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  scanner.
 
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The Jack of all Trades has a maximum planetary population 20% greater than
The Jack of all Trades destroyer hulls now also have a built in 40/20 l.y. scanner.
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  the other races.
 
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The Jack of all Trades improves all 'Costs 25% extra' fields to Tech 4 if
The Jack of all Trades has a maximum planetary population 20% greater than the other races.
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  the checkbox in step 6 is checked.  (Proper use can cause both the bomber
 
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  and medium freighter initial designs to be upgraded).
The Jack of all Trades improves all 'Costs 25% extra' fields to Tech 4 if the checkbox in step 6 is checked.  (Proper use can cause both the bomber and medium freighter initial designs to be upgraded).
 
 
 
 
The maximum number of rounds in battle has been decreased from 16 to 12.
 
The maximum number of rounds in battle has been decreased from 16 to 12.
 
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Mineral packets now require more overhead for non Packet Physics races:
Mineral packets now require more overhead for non Packet Physics races: it takes 110kT to make a 100kT mono packet and 44kT of each mineral to make a 120kT combined packet.
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  it takes 110kT to make a 100kT mono packet and 44kT of each mineral to
 
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  make a 120kT combined packet.
Both fuel transports now produce 3kT/l.y. traveled (up to 180kT per year). However, if the transport is not powered by a ramscoop travelling at a free warp speed, the amount will only be 1/3 this amount.
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Both fuel transports now produce 3kT/l.y. traveled (up to 180kT per year).
 
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  However, if the transport is not powered by a ramscoop travelling at
Planets enclosed in mine fields now increase the mine field decay rate by 1% per planet for Space Demolition races and 4% for all others.
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  a free warp speed, the amount will only be 1/3 this amount.
 
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Planets enclosed in mine fields now increase the mine field decay rate by 1%
Space demolition race may now travel two warp speeds faster than stated limits through enemy mine fields, the Stealth race may exceed them by one warp speed.
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  per planet for Space Demolition races and 4% for all others.
 
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Space demolition race may now travel two warp speeds faster than stated
Fuel and Cargo no longer decreases the cloaking percentage of the Super Stealth race's fleets.
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  limits through enemy mine fields, the Stealth race may exceed them by
 
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  one warp speed.
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Fuel and Cargo no longer decreases the cloaking percentage of the Super
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  Stealth race's fleets.
 
The Stealth race may only steal cargo, not fuel.
 
The Stealth race may only steal cargo, not fuel.
 
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The Interspace-10 engine now counts its ideal speed for battle as 10 rather
The Interspace-10 engine now counts its ideal speed for battle as 10 rather than 9.
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  than 9.
 
 
 
The Tachyon Detector reduces cloak effectiveness by 5% now.
 
The Tachyon Detector reduces cloak effectiveness by 5% now.
 
 
Unlimited Stargates now cost less resources to build.
 
Unlimited Stargates now cost less resources to build.
 
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The Robo-Ultra-Miner's cost to build and mining rate have been halved, and
The Robo-Ultra-Miner's cost to build and mining rate have been halved, and it's weight has been cut to 1/3 it's prior weight.
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  it's weight has been cut to 1/3 it's prior weight.
 
 
 
Increased the cost of the Mass Driver 7 and 10.
 
Increased the cost of the Mass Driver 7 and 10.
 
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Self destruct now does an amount of damage equal to one fifth the ships power
Self destruct now does an amount of damage equal to one fifth the ships power rating plus (Ideal Warp Speed) ^ 3 * # of engines / 4.
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  rating plus (Ideal Warp Speed) ^ 3 * # of engines / 4.
 
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Drastically reduced the tech requirements for Stargates, the 100/250 is
Drastically reduced the tech requirements for Stargates, the 100/250 is available at Prop 5 / Const 5.
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  available at Prop 5 / Const 5.
 
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Interstellar Traveller race starts with 2 planets in non-tiny universes
Interstellar Traveller race starts with 2 planets in non-tiny universes and both have 100/250 stargates.
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  and both have 100/250 stargates.
 
 
 
Disabled tech win for shareware version.
 
Disabled tech win for shareware version.
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Cloaked ships in combat only have an N percent chance of being passed over
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  for targeting where N is their base cloaking value.
 +
Adjusted computation of ship power rating for beam weapons, engines and
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  thrusters.
  
Cloaked ships in combat only have an N percent chance of being passed over for targeting where N is their base cloaking value.
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BUG FIXES AND INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS
 
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted computation of ship power rating for beam weapons, engines and thrusters.
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Fixed a hang when Magno Needle weapons fired at targets in the same square
 
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  they are in.
 
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Mine laying and sweeping now supports huge fleets.  Mine fields can contain
==BUG FIXES AND INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS==
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  up to 1,000,000 mines, laying/sweeping > 32k mines a year is allowed.
 
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Huge mineral packets now do the proper amount of damage when hitting
Fixed a hang when Magno Needle weapons fired at targets in the same square they are in.
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  planets.  They also have the proper capacities.
 
 
Mine laying and sweeping now supports huge fleets.  Mine fields can contain up to 1,000,000 mines, laying/sweeping > 32k mines a year is allowed.
 
 
 
Huge mineral packets now do the proper amount of damage when hitting planets.  They also have the proper capacities.
 
 
 
 
Unlimited Stargates now work properly.
 
Unlimited Stargates now work properly.
 
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Taking the Super-Stealth/Jump Start combo no longer gives you two identical
Taking the Super-Stealth/Jump Start combo no longer gives you two identical freighter hulls designs.
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  freighter hulls designs.
 
 
 
Gigantic fleets now maintain proper cloaking values.
 
Gigantic fleets now maintain proper cloaking values.
 
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The control key now acts as an accelerator on the victory conditions page
The control key now acts as an accelerator on the victory conditions page just like the shift key does.
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  just like the shift key does.
 
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Change Password isn't grayed for single player games if you start with
Change Password isn't grayed for single player games if you start with a passworded race.
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  a passworded race.
 
 
 
Fixed some typos in the race wizard.
 
Fixed some typos in the race wizard.
 
 
Fixed a rare bug which would transmute '('s into 'w's in ship names.
 
Fixed a rare bug which would transmute '('s into 'w's in ship names.
 
 
Now allow huge remote mining fleets to work properly.
 
Now allow huge remote mining fleets to work properly.
 
 
Shields are now properly adjusted for Fortress and Lightning battle plans.
 
Shields are now properly adjusted for Fortress and Lightning battle plans.
 
 
Self Destruct orders now reliably trigger at the appropriate distances.
 
Self Destruct orders now reliably trigger at the appropriate distances.
 
 
Fixed a bug with the spend leftover advantage points on Mineral Conc.
 
Fixed a bug with the spend leftover advantage points on Mineral Conc.
 
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Added race file integrity code to the turn generation engine in many places
Added race file integrity code to the turn generation engine in many places to eliminate any advantage from doctoring race files.
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  to eliminate any advantage from doctoring race files.
 
 
 
Fleets using stargates no longer heal the year they transit.
 
Fleets using stargates no longer heal the year they transit.
 
 
Player icons shown in the summary window for mine fields are now correct.
 
Player icons shown in the summary window for mine fields are now correct.
 
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If you can manage to give a fleet orders to merge with itself (requires
If you can manage to give a fleet orders to merge with itself (requires some fancy merge/split orders) it no longer disappears to become one with the cosmos.
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  some fancy merge/split orders) it no longer disappears to become one
 
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  with the cosmos.
Sweeping for mines at a location where you don't detect any no longer cancels the sweep order.
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Sweeping for mines at a location where you don't detect any no longer cancels
 
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  the sweep order.
Mine fields for the Space Demolition race no longer detect fleets orbiting planets.
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Mine fields for the Space Demolition race no longer detect fleets orbiting
 
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  planets.
The production dialog now lists starbases based on smaller hulls than the current starbase hull as downgrades to help avoid accidental reductions in capabilities.
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The production dialog now lists starbases based on smaller hulls than the
 
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  current starbase hull as downgrades to help avoid accidental reductions
The score dialog now checks exceeds nearest score by X% when applicable even before the minimum number of years have passed.
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  in capabilities.
 
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The score dialog now checks exceeds nearest score by X% when applicable
Fixed some rare cases where auto build wouldn't build factories or defenses if the planet had huge quantities of minerals on the surface.
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  even before the minimum number of years have passed.
 
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Fixed some rare cases where auto build wouldn't build factories or defenses
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  if the planet had huge quantities of minerals on the surface.
 
Fixed round off error computing mining rates with race effecincies > 10.
 
Fixed round off error computing mining rates with race effecincies > 10.
 
 
Assorted minor text fixes in the tutorial.
 
Assorted minor text fixes in the tutorial.
 
 
Tutorial window now displays the correct total page count.
 
Tutorial window now displays the correct total page count.
 
 
Fixed confusion in the Tech Browser with respect to who gets what.
 
Fixed confusion in the Tech Browser with respect to who gets what.
 
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Players no longer get 10kT of each mineral for every ship in their colony
Players no longer get 10kT of each mineral for every ship in their colony fleets beyond the first one.  They do still get 3/4 salvage for the rest.
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  fleets beyond the first one.  They do still get 3/4 salvage for the rest.
 
 
 
Fixed the -t command line parameter.
 
Fixed the -t command line parameter.
 
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Auto terraform idle planets now interacts properly with other auto build
Auto terraform idle planets now interacts properly with other auto build orders.
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  orders.
 
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Populations of exactly the maximum allow no longer grow above the limit,
Populations of exactly the maximum allow no longer grow above the limit, then die off from overcrowding.
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  then die off from overcrowding.
 
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Maximum planet population for a Hyper-Expansion race with only Basic
Maximum planet population for a Hyper-Expansion race with only Basic Remote Mining is now 550,000 instead of 500,000.
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  Remote Mining is now 550,000 instead of 500,000.
 
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Fixed Fuel & Cargo tile amounts that would display as negative for huge
Fixed Fuel & Cargo tile amounts that would display as negative for huge amounts.
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  amounts.
 
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Playing Jack of all Trades and getting Construction 4 now gives you a
Playing Jack of all Trades and getting Construction 4 now gives you a B-17 bomber with both engines instead of a diseased one missing an engine.
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  B-17 bomber with both engines instead of a diseased one missing an engine.
 
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Starbases now display the correct cloak % if you have the Improved Starbases
Starbases now display the correct cloak % if you have the Improved Starbases l.r.t.
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  l.r.t.
 
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Taking War Monger + Low Tech starts at Tech 3 + low tech energy would
Taking War Monger + Low Tech starts at Tech 3 + low tech energy would accidentally start you with Missle Battery defenses causes a ton of asserts every time you selected the planet.
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  accidentally start you with Missle Battery defenses causes a ton of
 
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  asserts every time you selected the planet.
 
Damage display in starbase tile doesn't ever show 0% anymore.
 
Damage display in starbase tile doesn't ever show 0% anymore.
 
 
Optimal range for Ray weapons (area weapons with no radius) is now 1.
 
Optimal range for Ray weapons (area weapons with no radius) is now 1.
 
 
Fixed the tech browser display for Rail Gun.
 
Fixed the tech browser display for Rail Gun.
 
 
Fleets and Starbases involved in battles don't heal the same year.
 
Fleets and Starbases involved in battles don't heal the same year.
 
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If you start Stars! with a host filename on the command line Stars! will now
If you start Stars! with a host filename on the command line Stars! will now exit when you close the host dialog.
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  exit when you close the host dialog.
 
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Double-Clicking in reports doesn't hose the report window anymore.</pre>
Double-Clicking in reports doesn't hose the report window anymore.
 
  
 
{{P&V}}
 
{{P&V}}

Latest revision as of 04:07, 19 June 2008

Release Notes for Stars! 2.0a                            January 14th 1996

In the two months since Stars! 2.0 was released, we've been busy improving
the game.  We've gotten over 2,000 messages from people playing the game
and have tried to respond to each one.  This upgrade, version 2.0a, is the
result of your feedback, additional play testing, and our own ideas on how
to improve the game.

We have fixed every reproducible bug that has been reported to us, we have
made a lot of game play changes to balance thing and eliminate loopholes,
and we've added a few new features that we didn't want to make you wait
until the next release for.

All 2.0 games in progress may be safely upgraded to V2.0a if the following
instructions are followed:

1) All players take their turn with V2.0 and save and submit them.
2) The host file (game.hst) is opened with V2.0a and the new turn is
   generated.
3) All players now open their new turns with V2.0a and continue normally.

These steps are necessary because some message formats have changed.  All
players must upgrade as soon as the host has upgraded in order to continue
proper play.

Thank you for all your comments and ideas.

Jeff Johnson and Jeff McBride


Fixes and changes for Stars! V2.0a:

NEW FEATURES
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
When you select a mine field into the summary pane the mine field highlights
   in the scanner window.  This lets you see the bounds of your mine fields
   obscured by other mines.
The radar overlay is now a popup menu allowing you to scale back the
   displayed radar coverage in increments of 10% to look for areas of
   low coverage an enemy stealth fleet might penetrate.
Added a horizontal scroll bar to the fleet and planet reports.
Load from Fleet and Wait from Fleet now work as waypoints on enemy fleets if
   your fleet has a Pick Pocket or Robber Baron Scanner.
Ships with Pick Pocket or Robber Baron Scanners have an N% chance of avoiding
   combat where N is the ship design's base cloaking value maxed out at 70%
   for the Pick Pocket or 80% for the Robber Baron. Each stack of ships with
   the required parts is given a chance to avoid battle. Fleets with Attack
   or Patrol orders do not attempt to avoid combat.
The summary pane now shows the fuel and cargo gauges for enemy fleets if
   they are currently being scanned by a stealing scanner.
The ship builder in resolutions greater than VGA now dynamically displays
   the current design's Jamming and Cloaking capabilities as well as its
   movement and initiative rates.
The Report Menu now has the ability to dump basic information about
   the universe, planets and fleets to a text file. This capability will
   be greatly expanded for the V2.1 release.
Assorted improvements in AI strategies and tactics.
You can now combine the -b command line parameter with -t to conditionally
   generate turns for a list of games.
Salvage packets show up in the scanner window as yellow diamonds now.
The planet summary window now shows in parenthesis next to the planet value
   the best value to which you can currently terraform the planet.


GAME PLAY BALANCING
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rebalanced meta-morph:  Costs a bit more minerals and resources to build.
Reduced the Stealth and Super-Stealth Cloaks to 35% and 55% respectively.
Increased the maximum cloaked percent from 96% to 97%.
War Monger's initiative in battle is now +2 instead of +1.
Decreased the effectiveness of SDI Planetary defenses to 1.0% from 1.5%.
The War Monger may now build SDI Planetary defenses, up to 50 per planet.
Placing two identical mass drivers on the same starbase has the following
   benefits now:  1)  You may catch incoming packets at one warp speed
   greater than their nominal rating  2) Overflung packets from dual drive
   starbases decay as if they were flung at one warp speed lower.
The Jack of all Trades destroyer hulls now also have a built in 40/20 l.y.
   scanner.
The Jack of all Trades has a maximum planetary population 20% greater than
   the other races.
The Jack of all Trades improves all 'Costs 25% extra' fields to Tech 4 if
   the checkbox in step 6 is checked.  (Proper use can cause both the bomber
   and medium freighter initial designs to be upgraded).
The maximum number of rounds in battle has been decreased from 16 to 12.
Mineral packets now require more overhead for non Packet Physics races:
   it takes 110kT to make a 100kT mono packet and 44kT of each mineral to
   make a 120kT combined packet.
Both fuel transports now produce 3kT/l.y. traveled (up to 180kT per year).
   However, if the transport is not powered by a ramscoop travelling at
   a free warp speed, the amount will only be 1/3 this amount.
Planets enclosed in mine fields now increase the mine field decay rate by 1%
   per planet for Space Demolition races and 4% for all others.
Space demolition race may now travel two warp speeds faster than stated
   limits through enemy mine fields, the Stealth race may exceed them by
   one warp speed.
Fuel and Cargo no longer decreases the cloaking percentage of the Super
   Stealth race's fleets.
The Stealth race may only steal cargo, not fuel.
The Interspace-10 engine now counts its ideal speed for battle as 10 rather
   than 9.
The Tachyon Detector reduces cloak effectiveness by 5% now.
Unlimited Stargates now cost less resources to build.
The Robo-Ultra-Miner's cost to build and mining rate have been halved, and
   it's weight has been cut to 1/3 it's prior weight.
Increased the cost of the Mass Driver 7 and 10.
Self destruct now does an amount of damage equal to one fifth the ships power
   rating plus (Ideal Warp Speed) ^ 3 * # of engines / 4.
Drastically reduced the tech requirements for Stargates, the 100/250 is
   available at Prop 5 / Const 5.
Interstellar Traveller race starts with 2 planets in non-tiny universes
   and both have 100/250 stargates.
Disabled tech win for shareware version.
Cloaked ships in combat only have an N percent chance of being passed over
   for targeting where N is their base cloaking value.
Adjusted computation of ship power rating for beam weapons, engines and
   thrusters.

BUG FIXES AND INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fixed a hang when Magno Needle weapons fired at targets in the same square
   they are in.
Mine laying and sweeping now supports huge fleets.  Mine fields can contain
   up to 1,000,000 mines, laying/sweeping > 32k mines a year is allowed.
Huge mineral packets now do the proper amount of damage when hitting
   planets.  They also have the proper capacities.
Unlimited Stargates now work properly.
Taking the Super-Stealth/Jump Start combo no longer gives you two identical
   freighter hulls designs.
Gigantic fleets now maintain proper cloaking values.
The control key now acts as an accelerator on the victory conditions page
   just like the shift key does.
Change Password isn't grayed for single player games if you start with
   a passworded race.
Fixed some typos in the race wizard.
Fixed a rare bug which would transmute '('s into 'w's in ship names.
Now allow huge remote mining fleets to work properly.
Shields are now properly adjusted for Fortress and Lightning battle plans.
Self Destruct orders now reliably trigger at the appropriate distances.
Fixed a bug with the spend leftover advantage points on Mineral Conc.
Added race file integrity code to the turn generation engine in many places
   to eliminate any advantage from doctoring race files.
Fleets using stargates no longer heal the year they transit.
Player icons shown in the summary window for mine fields are now correct.
If you can manage to give a fleet orders to merge with itself (requires
   some fancy merge/split orders) it no longer disappears to become one
   with the cosmos.
Sweeping for mines at a location where you don't detect any no longer cancels
   the sweep order.
Mine fields for the Space Demolition race no longer detect fleets orbiting
   planets.
The production dialog now lists starbases based on smaller hulls than the
   current starbase hull as downgrades to help avoid accidental reductions
   in capabilities.
The score dialog now checks exceeds nearest score by X% when applicable
   even before the minimum number of years have passed.
Fixed some rare cases where auto build wouldn't build factories or defenses
   if the planet had huge quantities of minerals on the surface.
Fixed round off error computing mining rates with race effecincies > 10.
Assorted minor text fixes in the tutorial.
Tutorial window now displays the correct total page count.
Fixed confusion in the Tech Browser with respect to who gets what.
Players no longer get 10kT of each mineral for every ship in their colony
   fleets beyond the first one.  They do still get 3/4 salvage for the rest.
Fixed the -t command line parameter.
Auto terraform idle planets now interacts properly with other auto build
   orders.
Populations of exactly the maximum allow no longer grow above the limit,
   then die off from overcrowding.
Maximum planet population for a Hyper-Expansion race with only Basic
   Remote Mining is now 550,000 instead of 500,000.
Fixed Fuel & Cargo tile amounts that would display as negative for huge
   amounts.
Playing Jack of all Trades and getting Construction 4 now gives you a
   B-17 bomber with both engines instead of a diseased one missing an engine.
Starbases now display the correct cloak % if you have the Improved Starbases
   l.r.t.
Taking War Monger + Low Tech starts at Tech 3 + low tech energy would
   accidentally start you with Missle Battery defenses causes a ton of
   asserts every time you selected the planet.
Damage display in starbase tile doesn't ever show 0% anymore.
Optimal range for Ray weapons (area weapons with no radius) is now 1.
Fixed the tech browser display for Rail Gun.
Fleets and Starbases involved in battles don't heal the same year.
If you start Stars! with a host filename on the command line Stars! will now
   exit when you close the host dialog.
Double-Clicking in reports doesn't hose the report window anymore.

This article is a copy of official release notes originally included with a Stars! patch or full release from Crisium and should not be edited.