Hi everyone,
It’s only been 3 days since the new galaxy launched and the 0.85 Alpha patch was released – but the devs have managed to prepare this new 0.86 Alpha patch already 🙂 It’s just been released via Steam to all Alpha players.
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Hi everyone,
Alpha patch 0.85 has just been released via Steam to all Alpha players – along with the launch of the awesome new ‘Alpha 3‘ galaxy! If you didn’t catch yesterday’s announcement post we recommend you take a quick look as it also explains why the game is still in Alpha.
And if you got an email yesterday about your Steam Key arriving today – they’ve been emailed out today already so should be in your inboxes by now (or spam folders).
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Joining the new galaxy: after logging in, players will be able to join the ‘Alpha 3’ galaxy. Players that had previously joined the ‘Alpha 2‘ galaxy will also be able to continue their game there, but it’s been closed to new players.
A lot of what the devs have been working on lately hasn’t been seen in the game galaxy until now. Many of the new features and changes would have caused too much disruption to the existing galaxy, so we had to launch them together in this new ‘Alpha 3’ galaxy…
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Hi everyone,
Alpha patch 0.84 has just been released via Steam to all Alpha players.
This release includes new fleet merging and splitting functions, attack and return mode, UI improvements, visual enhancements and more. Alpha players will also notice that the game has been renamed to Outscape in their Steam library and the game itself. If you missed our announcements about the new name you can find out more here.
The changes in this patch represent a fraction of what we’ve been working on since the last patch, but as they are game-changers, they need to be released at the same time as the new galaxy on the way. We covered some of these changes in a recent dev diary post in case you missed it.
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Hi everyone,
Alpha patch 0.83 has just been released via Steam to all Alpha players.
There’s a lot going on in this patch: a new fleet management screen, the ability to upgrade ships, wreckage after battles and cargo containers!
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Hi everyone,
Alpha patch 0.82 has just been released via Steam to all Alpha players. The fleet context menu has been updated – including how to set a fleet’s warp speed and a new button for fleet transfer.
If you’re not sure exactly what the fleet context menu is – it’s the graphic and controls that show up around a fleet when it’s selected.
Updating the game client: the game should be automatically updated via Steam. Please check here if the download doesn’t automatically start when you launch Steam.So what’s new with the fleet context menu?
Hi everyone,
Alpha patch 0.81 has just been released via Steam to all Alpha players.
This release includes some Bug fixes including those that were introduced with the last update.
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Hi everyone,
Alpha patch 0.80 has just been released via Steam to all Alpha players.
This release includes improvements to the UI – the continuation of the new label system which was recently added to the star map.
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In the last UI update star systems got new, more informative labels e.g. it became possible to see if a planet in that system had a shipyard or whether any planets had an issue requiring attention.
This functionality has now been carried through to within the systems themselves and applied to the planet labels. Before, to see details of a planet you had to select the planet and enter the planet management view. With the new labels and tooltips it’s possible to see most of this information from the system view itself by hovering over each of the planets.
Hi everyone,
Alpha patch 0.79 has just been released via Steam to all Alpha players.
The focus of this patch was a scalability optimization – no new UI or gameplay enhancements were ready for this patch, but more improvements are on the way!
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Hi everyone,
Alpha patch 0.785 has just been released via Steam to all Alpha players. There are a couple of UI/UX changes and small bug fixes which are explained below.
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In the last update, the ability to select a fleet by clicking its trajectory line was reintroduced. Players with many fleets didn’t like the change as it made working in the star map awkward, so we’ve made it configurable via the Smart trajectories setting, as players with fewer fleets still find it useful (it is enabled by default).
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Hi everyone,
Alpha patch 0.78 has just been released via Steam to all Alpha players. This patch includes the new star system labels for the star map we previewed recently and several bug fixes.
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Something that has been requested a lot by players, is for more strategic information to be available from the star map view – the locations of shipyards in particular.
With this in mind, our designers went to work on the star system and planet labels, and this patch sees the first of these improvements live in the game!
The above image shows/explains an example of a star system label where a player has a colony in the system. It should feel familiar to existing players, but we’ve added extra info that shows:
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