Hi everyone,

We’re pleased to announce that Alpha patch 0.94 has finally been released! It’s been well over a month since the last patch went out so its arrival is well overdue. And it’s a big one. You can find the full list of changes at the end of this post.

Please note: the Skirmish galaxy was also closed with the release of this patch (we included a reminder this was happening a few days ago).

But without any further ado, let’s dive into some details…

Private messaging

A new private messaging tab has been added to the chat window

Hi everyone,

Alpha patch 0.937 has been released today via Steam to all Alpha players. Yes, the 3rd patch of the week! We needed to apply a hotfix to the servers related to this morning’s issues, but thought as we had a few other changes ready – why not push out another patch? There are a few changes and bug fixes – less notification spam should be nice 🙂 Check out the Full patch notes below for full details.

We’ll be back soon,

– The Outscape dev team

Hi everyone,

Although we released a patch only yesterday – we’ve got another for you today 🙂

Bug fixes only, but the devs will also be carrying out a couple of server maintenance tasks at the same time as applying this patch.

Thanks to all of you that reported these bugs and helped us with getting them fixed!

Hi everyone,

Alpha patch 0.935 has finally been released via Steam to all Alpha players. This patch includes several planet management improvements and a number of significant bug fixes.

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.

Hi everyone,

Alpha patch 0.92 has finally been released via Steam to all Alpha players. This patch includes a lot of new features and bug fixes including: smart fleet merging, player colony scanner, trade mechanics for fleets and planets, and more! Read on for full details 🙂

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.

Hi everyone,

Alpha patch 0.91 has been released today via Steam to all Alpha players. This patch includes a roll back of several of the recent fleet management changes, several bug fixes and visual improvements.

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.

Fleet management changes rolled back

The recent changes to fleet management triggered the strongest negative response we’ve ever seen from the community. So instead of continuing in the direction outlined in the dev diary, we agreed to rollback those recent changes. However, there were also aspects of the new system that players liked, so those changes have been kept.

Hi everyone,

Alpha patch 0.905 has been released today via Steam to all Alpha players. This patch contains the next round of changes to fleet management (covered in yesterday’s post) and the first version of automated colony development.

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.

Fleet management changes

The main purpose of this patch was to address as many of the issues raised by the community with Monday’s patch we could, as quickly as possible! If you didn’t catch yesterday’s post on the topic, you can find it here.