Release Status: *** RELEASED ***

This month’s patch is fairly modest, but contains some improvements to the AI, more sound effects for Advent, and a much-requested save system enhancement. No longer will save games be invalidated on every update; you will be able to continue games in progress starting with the January (v1.32) patch onwards.

Version 1.33 Change Log

Save Games

• We’ve updated our save game system so it will no longer invalidate saves for most updates. Please note that Replays remain incompatible across versions.

Gameplay

• Added fleet supply scaler to game options. You may now increase maximum fleet supply in your games.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed exotics tutorial to reflect recent balance changes.

• Fixed softlock in research tutorial caused by exotics updates.

• Fixed erroneous assert for mod.io.

UI

• Moved sound options from game UI settings to Sound settings where they belong.

• Fixed missing characters in Simplified Chinese font; was causing text to not display.

VFX

• Updated explosions for asteroids and moons (Stripped to the Core).

AI

• Updated AI so it should now better defend its homeworld if Homeworld victory is enabled.

• Updated AI so it should now colonize planets closer to its homeworld before trying to grab ones further away.

• Updated how the AI considers enemies based on their homeworld distance and have them ignore NPCs in the calculation. This should make the AI contest the center of maps much more.

Audio

• Increased maximum playable sounds. Audio should sound better overall and no longer clip.

• Added new Advent sound effects:

  • Planet bomb muzzle.

  • Planet bomb impact.

  • Unity: Clairvoyance ambient.

  • Halcyon Carrier: Anima Tempest activate.

  • Halcyon Carrier: Telekinetic Push activate.

  • Revelation Battlecruiser: Guidance activate.

  • Revelation Battlecruiser: Provoke Hysteria activate and ambient.

  • Revelation Battlecruiser: Reverie activate and ambient.

  • Rapture Battlecruiser: Domination activate and impact.

  • Progenitor Mothership: Rebirth activate.

  • Progenitor Mothership: Shield Regeneration activate and ambient.

  • Iconus Guardian: Shield Projection ambient.