Hi everyone,

Here are the patch notes for the v120 update that has just been released. It should download automatically the next time you launch Outscape from Steam.

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Hi everyone,

We’ve just released a new patch on Steam and the improvements to minefields that many of you have been patiently waiting for are finally here! There are also some other interesting balancing changes and bug fixes you might want to check out in the Patch Notes below.

Improvements to Minefields

There are a lot of changes to minefields in this patch. They’re mostly the same changes that were previewed on the forum several weeks ago (see Part 1 here). But the new Awaken the Dark galaxy was launched since then and there are some config changes specifically for that galaxy too.

You can find the full list of changes made to minefields in the Patch Notes below. If you’re not already familiar with minefields, you may instead prefer to skip the list of changes and jump straight to the updated wiki pages to see how each part works.

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Hi everyone,

We’ve just pushed another patch to Steam.

We usually avoid releasing patches on Fridays. But these changes are relatively minor and the display bug fix (see below) will eliminate a lot of possible confusion for players over the weekend. Plus the devs will be monitoring closely just in case.

As well as fixing the display bug, we’ve dialled down the vengeful wrath of an NPC guard fleet. If it doesn’t catch an enemy fleet fleeing the newbie protected zone quickly, it’ll give up the chase and head home to resume its defensive duties. Instead of devoting the rest of its existence to the enemy fleet’s pursuit, destruction and taunting of the vanquished wreck. [Read more…]

Hi everyone,

We’ve just pushed a small stability patch to Steam.

It’s mostly minor bug fixes but one of the bugs fixed was causing a lot of frustration for players due to its frequency. A game client error was triggered in multiple scenarios but most commonly when opening chat (see here). Apologies to those of you that were affected by it!

We still need to implement the changes to minefields and another patch will follow shortly. Please let us know if you’re having any issues in the game and we’ll address what we can in the next patch.

If you’re enjoying Outscape please help us out and let others know by rating us on Steam.

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Hi everyone,

We pushed a new patch earlier today. There are a few new features, changes and bug fixes. You can find the full details below.

We weren’t planning to release this patch today. But this morning one of the game servers went down for a few hours and it was better to push the changes we had ready alongside applying a fix to bring the servers back online.

While the servers were experiencing issues earlier the game was launching as normal but no orders were processed e.g. ordering a fleet to move or a building to construct had no effect. Apologies to those of you that were affected by this.

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Hi everyone,

We’ve got a new patch for you and there’s one new feature in particular we think you’ll love.

Many of you have been asking for some freighting automation for a while, so we’re very excited to have this first version ready for you.

The rest of the patch is mostly balancing changes. You can find all the details at the end of this post. If you have any questions or feedback please let us know on the forum.

Auto-Transfer of Resources for Fleets

Growing a successful empire requires freighting resources to where they’re needed most: Ziryl and Farsu from your mining colonies to your shipyards, Beron for construction to colonies that aren’t able to produce their own, Troops to reinforce a planet’s defense etc.

Fleets can now automatically transfer resources from a colony to either another colony or a jettison pod – and can do so continuously.

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Hi everyone,

Patch v112 has now been released. There are a couple of bug fixes and some rebalancing for the Government Buildings (Central AI Node for Syntis) that were added in the new Skirmish 2 and Main 2 galaxies.

If you haven’t yet started playing in either of these new galaxies you can find out more about them here.

Improvements to the New Government Buildings

Your empire has one government building (Central AI Node for Syntis) that massively boosts credit income on that colony.

In a new game you start with it pre-built on your home planet, but you can move it to another planet at any time if you choose.

Government Building Now Also Boosts Population Growth

We noticed that in the new galaxies population had become a bit of a bottleneck in the early stages. So we added a 50% population growth rate to the government building.

The knock-on effects of the faster growing population will be more credits and more personnel to construct more buildings.

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Hi everyone,

We’ve got another bug fix patch for you today. While there aren’t any new features, some of the bugs that have been fixed were significant and caused a lot of frustration.

Which is why we’ve pushed this patch today on a Friday (the 13th) rather than waiting until early next week. One of the bugs in particular was preventing players from entering the galaxy, and we expected more players would have been affected by it over the weekend – which releasing the patch today should avoid! And the devs will be keeping an eye on things in case any serious issues come up over the weekend.

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