Open Realm of Stars 0.29.0

New features and updates

• Technology level now goes up to 20. Previous maximum was 10.
• New UI scaling for HiDPI displays.
• Starmap view has two new zoom levels, total of 5 different zoom levels.
• News Corporation view has been redesigned.
• Research view shows help when opened without any focus on technology.
• Research view has white glow on small technology buttons, so those should be easier to spot.
• New Space Race called: Parlameks, robotic race with diplomatic and trading focus.
• Ship hulls and ship components are now loaded from JSON.
• Custom races may now have custom diplomatic music.
• AI should try to win with ascension victory.
• Possibility to skip certain type of messages in star map view.

Bugfixes

• Most of the images are now loaded when actually needed, not at start. This should lower the memory requirements a bit.
• Fixed news titles: Some of these were too long to actually fit in news screen.
• Fleets never moved over space anomaly when using automated move.
• Fixed bug where too many lines were print on bombing view.
• Add missing menu clicks news view, research view, leaders view and ship view.
• Fixes issue where next level of rare technology could not be researched.

Open Realm of Stars 0.28.2

Bugfixes

• Fixes issue where custom constructed population build project is never finished.

Open Realm of Stars 0.28.1

Open Realm of Stars 0.28.1

Bugfixes

• Fixes weird graphical glitch on Windows when waiting for AI to take turn.
• Fixes wrong path for custom race image when playing on Windows.
• Fixes that custom constructed population race wasn't able to build new population.

Open Realm of Stars 0.28.0

New features and updates

• Adds more spacing to UI.
• Redesign ship design view.
• Redesign research view.
• New font colors for check boxes
• Adds delete saved game feature.
• Adds 12 new music.
• Adds new feature for space race: Spore colonization
• Adds new space race: Mycolians, plants that have spore colonization
• Starting galaxy settings are more beginner friendlier.
• New long distance routing. It can avoid collisions with stars and gas giants.
• Ascension victory, currently only human players can win this.
• Fleet view now shows near by star or blackhole

Bugfixes

• Fix bug where loading saved game did not warn if new save game is going to overwrite old game.
• Fixed bug where repair module was not calculated as armor.
• Probe Mk2 had wrong speed in design.
• Combat thrusters did not actually increased regular speed.
• AI Improvements/bug fixes:
  • AI does not always built "lab" on each planet
  • Fixed AI valuation for scientific achievements to build on planet.
  • If AI has extra credit it might start diplomatic trade instead of border crossing.
  • If AI now checks if it is more useful to buy/trade/sell tech instead of random.
  • Improve AI's valuation of tech in diplomatic trades.
  • AI should value more on colony ships
  • Improve valuation of scientific achievements
  • Lower the scoring for building when there are enough of production type, which space race workes do less 100% efficiency.
  • Raise the limit of scientific achievement project for 30 star years instead of 24.
  • Increase number of workers, even workers do work efficiently but production is low.
• Fix issue where Graviton Ripper increases opponent armor.
• Adds missing repair effect in combat
• Orbitals was shown wrong size on starmap if zoomed out or in
• Smaller orbital cannot be built if bigger one exists.
• Fix issue where AI could not win by Diplomacy.
• Fix issue where Galactic Olympic cancelation is in news until that voting is over.
• Fix issue where human player declares war against pirates when bombing their planet.
• Fix stats view missing sometimes few lines from top of the grid.
• Fixes possible very rare NPE from combat.
• Remove duplicate lines from end story texts.

Open Realm of Stars 0.27.0

New features and updates

• Space race editor, allows player to make custom space races.
• Government editor, allows player to make custom governments.
• Alonian image, namegenerators, speeches, bridges and ships are available for custom space race.
• Mod support for loading custom speeches, bridges and ship images.
• Improved explanation about planet's suitability.
• Random starting scenario is no longer such that Realm immediately starts losing population.
• New ready made space race called Fernids. These guys are getting food via photosynthesis.
• Allow human player to declare to be winner and let AI play game till end. So called Snowman option.
• Move external files into user's home folder.
• Improved AI for planet handling and building selection.
• If alliance member makes peace with third party, also other alliance party should get peace.
• Possibility to ask third party planet locations when in defesive pact against third party.
• Improved AI tactics when attacking against starbases and orbitals.
• Improved challenging AI exploring algorithm.
• Improved jammers in game.
• Doomed starting scenarios should be visible in background story.
• Tutorial texts has been improved.
• New UI Scheme called Dangerous Yellow.
• High contrast grid option when playing in bright daylight.

Bugfixes

• Fixed issue where colonization technology could be research even though it had no use.
• Fixed bug where Realm was lost but alliance with was still active.
• Fixed possible null pointer on exploring pirate lair.
• Fixed possible null pointer on artifact research.
• Fixed AI handling of artificial planets.
• Fixed bug where artificial planets could have tectonics.
• Fixed bug which caused space pirates not working after creating new space race system.
• Fixed bug where realm color did not change in realm setup view in dropdown menu.
• Fixed bug where Alteirians did not obsolete their Minor orbitals. They could have multiple these.

Open Realm of Stars 0.26.0

New features and updates

• New AI realm setup view.
• New player realm setup.
• Realms now have selectable/random starting scenario.
• Most of the game data is now stored in JSON files.
• Space races are now based on traits.
• Governments are now based on traits.
• Each space race should be more balanced.
• Each government should be more balanced.
• Planets have more features.
• Planets have temperature which tells how suitable planet is for certain space race.
• Planets have humidity which tells how much food planet can produce automatically
• Planets have gravity depending on planet size, larger planets have high gravity.
• There are four radiation levels: No radiation, Low, High and Very high radiation.
• Some of the space race features are now moved to government traits like armed freighters.
• Planets may have statuses which can be found during colonization or be even timed.
• There can be multiple statuses on planet.
• All speeches are now in JSON files.
• When viewing uncolonized planets, if it is not colonizable there is textual reason.
• Alonian space race is no longer. It's main feature is now as a starting scenario available for each space race.

Bugfixes

• Realm wide espionage is now called intelligence. Commander doing espionage on planets is called espionage.
• Fleet commander did not gains statistics for finding planets.
• Fleet commander did not get experience by finding planets.
• Ruler got too easily negotiator perk when doing diplomatic trades.
• Fleet commander did not gains statistics for trading.

Open Realm of Stars 0.25.0

New features and updates

• Starmap view is drawn only for tiles which are changing. This improves performance on starmap.
• When leader gains level and perks, it got explanation what perk and how it was gained.
• Improved background story generation for realms.
• Allow starmap zooming in and out.
• Redraw 64x64 map tiles, this also include Deep Space Anchor on all sizes.
• Technology progress is much slower when maximum turn amount is over 400 turns.
• Improved combat thrusters and added Combat thrusters Mk2 which generate energy.
• Planetary exploration with fleet commander.
• Trekker perk where commander gains more experience during planetary exploration.
• War hero perk which commander may gain via combat and is able to shoot more likely critical shots.
• Command gains experience when discovering new planets.
• Cartographer perk where commander gains double the experience when discovering new planets.
• Negotiator perk where ruler gains a bit of espionage after having enough diplomatic meetings.
• Possibility to stop governor making building project selections but still gain governor bonuses.
• Currently playing song display removed since it blocked user to click things behind it.
• Redraw blackhole tiles.
• Pacifist ruler cannot start war any more.

Bugfixes

• AI Attitude is now from SpaceRace or from ruler. No longer random one.
• Bombing with privateer ship is no long war declaration, since privateers are considered unknown ships.
• Governor is no longer required to build orbital.
• Fix bug where AI was calculating military alliance military powers wrongly.
• Fix negative star years in research view. Researching always now takes at least one turn.
• Obsoleting ship design now stops planets building that even planet view is not viewed.
• Fix NPE from Ambient lights control.

Open Realm of Stars 0.24.0Beta

Open Realm of Stars 0.24.0Beta

New features and updates

• Improved AI, Challenging AI selects best choice for next building project.
• Fixed issue where AI estimated wrongly defensive pacts.
• Hide current song when mouse cursor moves over the text.
• Adds icons if fleet has moved, or has moves left or is routed.
• Moving diagonally with no scanner now reveals that sector if sector is blocked.
• Turns are now called star years.
• Switched alternative names for Sporks and Centaurs. Centaurs are now alled Taurus. Sporks are called Sagittarian.
• There is option to make combat faster if wanted. This will affect on animation.
• Button for regular moves in starmap view.
• Tab and Shift+Tab change planet/fleet in starmap view.
• ESC key goes back from active view.
• Diplomacy and combat start sound effects were too loud.
• Different star types affect on what kind of radiation surround planets have.
• UI Scheme is selectable and new grey scheme.
• Realm background story generator and full story is shown when game ends.
• Planet view can now show uncolonized planets. Sorting order is show best planet at top.
• Possibility to hire leader from another realm if in trade alliance.
• Improved leader view.
• Two realms with same type of government get diplomacy bonus.
• News if planets are traded or conquered by another realm.
• Planetary events have now higher chance to happen.
• Precious gems planetary event.
• Added two new probe ship hulls.
• Destroyed planet as a new space anomaly.

Bugfixes

• Fixed type casting error when voting.
• Fixed possible race condition with SpotBugs.
• Banned nukes were banned one star year too early.
• Fixed issue where ship could be finished even space port was destroyed in espionage mission.
• Fixed AI war fatigue check when making a peace offer.
• Fixed check when war ends and checking the war fatigue.
• Upgrade ship sound effect is not played if there is not enough credit to upgrade the ship.
• Fixed issue where focus do not change when fleet encounters enemy fleet.
• Fixes issue where allied privateer attacked against ally.

Open Realm of Stars 0.23.0Beta

New features and updates

• Alonian Space Ship Bridge image.
• In diplomatic trade view it is possible to see relation detail in mouse tool tip.
• Tutorial has search option for free text search.
• Updated and added new tutorial texts.
• Ancient technology added, but no ascension victory yet.
• Ancient technology Gravity Ripper has animation and sound effect.
• Added abstain option in diplomatic victory voting.
• At least 50% of galaxy population needs to vote before diplomatic victory can be achieved.
• Galaxy secretary now choose what to vote in diplomatic voting, it is no longer random.
• Added Change log into main menu.
• Number of planets are shown in statistics view.
• Leaders are now recruited from Pool which makes that one can choose possible leaders and not get random one.
  • Pool size depends on planets which can supply new leader.
• Some of the images are loaded when actually needed and not stored for ever. This lowers memory requirements.
• Added 13 event pictures including planetary and random events.
• Starting planet could be something else than planet number 1.
• Food requirement is visible in Food production in planet view.

Bugfixes

• There should be no longer be news about terminated realms.
• There should be no news about leaders from terminated realms.
• Fixed a bug where Sol names caused conflict in AI missions.
• Fixes second realm Credit trade text when increasing the credit amount.
• When merging fleet which has no move left, merged fleet should lose the moves too.
• Fixed a bug when rushing building project button was enabled even it should not be.
• Fixed a but where broadcasting artifact could be found from regular artifact location.
• Fixes Molten lava and Arid planetary event activation.
• Fixes issue where ruler was left alive when realm was terminated.
• Adds Realm names in to random events where it wasn't mentioned earlier.

Open Realm of Stars 0.22.0Beta

New features and updates

• Adds three new star map music and one new combat music.
• Starmap can be scrolled by dragging it with mouse. This is configurable from options.
• In tactical combat weapon ranges can be show visually.
• First human space race starts from Planet Earth. Also all other planets resemble Sol.
• Ancient artifacts are discover-able.
• Galactic News Reader Station is discover-able in the Galaxy.
• Adds two new star images to game.
• Leaders with heirs are shown in family tree.
• Improved AI
  • AI Exploration has been improved
  • AI will change colonization target earlier if planet is being colonized other realm and planet is visible.
  • AI Handling of population now considers whole realm research production
• Added arrows keys to change realm in realm view.
• Space pirate can ask or pay protection credit not to attack against realm fleets.
• Corruption has been redesigned.
  • Leaders can be corrupted based on amount of planets, credits realm has. Also how long leader has been in same job affects for corruption.
• Random event: Aggressive wild life now place "building" on planet
• New space anomaly Leader in stasis.
  • Other leaders than mechions can be found from this space anomaly
  • Synthdroids leader can be found same space anomaly as Mechions.

Bugfixes

• Fixes issue where possible route was not shown before cursor was moved.
• Fixes issues where route was still shown until mouse was move when fleet was set to defend or fix.
• Fixes issue where focus was not correct when browsing next and previous messages.
• Changes wrong text on random event pop ups.
• New seed generations for PRNGs.
• Fixed typo in Galactic Info when clicking star.
• Fixes bug where diplomacy can be done with space monsters.
• Fixes NPE if destroy fleet mission do not have home planet.
• Fixes wrongly calculated heir chance.
• Fixes colony missions for space pirates.
• Fixes possible NPE from PlanetBombingView class.
• Stops autoexplore to search space anomalies for human player.
• Fixes AI always attack againts orbitals.
• Add missing description for Improved engineering rare tech.
• Fixes wrong size generated stars background.
• Fixes jammed gather mission fleet.
• Escaped defending fleet returns now to closest home port.
• Fixes rare NPE when drawing the star map.