Matrix Games

CRASH FIXES
- fixed occasional crash when AI reviewed system threats
- fixed rare crash when you lose the game (if your empire is wiped out)

FLEETS AND MILITARY SHIPS
- fixed fleets so that they properly unload troops at colonies when commanded from mouse right-click
- further improved ability of carriers to attack targets when have no weapons (only fighter bays)
- automated military ships will no longer escort civilian ships when in foreign systems without military refueling rights
- automated military ships will no longer patrol bases that are now in foreign territory
- limited the response range of automated military ships when responding to incursions in your empire's territory (must be within one sector of current location)
- limited the number of automated military ships sent in response to incursions in your empire's territory
- limited the range at which fleets will auto-respond to attacks - never more than two sectors from current location, must also be within defense range from home base for Defend fleets

SHIP BEHAVIOR
- exploration ships set to explore a sector/system will now properly flee from space creatures (or other threats) and then resume their exploration
- escaping ships now initiate hyperjump countdown immediately
- ships now less inclined to flee from space creatures when the creatures are not nearby in system
- fixed bug where manually controlled ships would sometimes have their orders changed inappropriately (e.g. Exploration ships fleeing from distant creatures not attacking them)

COLONIES
- ensured colonies have all resources bonuses immediately after loading a game
- reduced colony happiness penalty when at war with race of dominant colony population
- rebalanced independent colonies: population grows slower, slightly more prevalent, lower starting population size
- Resettling or Exterminating at colonies is now paused when total population amount is below 30 million (avoids losing colony when all population removed)
- increased troop levels that AI uses to invade colonies

DIPLOMACY
- honoring Mutual Defense Pacts or Protectorates through declaring war on attacking empire no longer cascades other wars with third-party empires
- reduced reputation bonus from giving gifts
- slightly increased reputation penalty when invade independent colony
- increased envy diplomacy modifier - large empires envied by smaller ones
- increased offense caused by enslaving populations at your colonies
- added small reputation bonus when destroy SilverMist space creature
- empires no longer give gifts of zero credits when max gift size set to zero in empire policy

EMPIRE TERRITORY
- fixed bug where could build mining stations in foreign territory using Expansion Planner
- AI now more careful about honoring empire territory when building new bases, especially when starting a new game with a pre-expanded empire

INTELLIGENCE MISSIONS
- slightly reduced the difficulty level of all intelligence missions
- slightly reduced the chance of intelligence agents being detected by counter espionage

DISPLAY AND USER INTERFACE
- fixed bug where long range scanners would sometimes be drawn at wrong location
- view now scrolls smoothly when move mouse to corners of screen

OTHER
- fixed bug where sometimes not enough private ships would be built in an empire
- fixed bug where invisible space creatures sometimes haunted debris fields
- fixed bug where repairer of planet destroyer or debris field ship sometimes did not obtain the ship when complete

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automated military ships will no longer escort civilian ships when in foreign systems without military refueling rights
- automated military ships will no longer patrol bases that are now in foreign territory

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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

This will work fine with existing saved games, though it may take some time for the changes to take effect.

Regards,

- Erik

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ORIGINAL: Neotheone

K yeah found it. That was the scariest moment in my entire life. lol I've put a ton of hours into trying to learn this game and this save is the best one I've done so far. I would have died to lose it. My life would have been over. Thanks for speedy help and sorry for my excitement. I get that way when I'm frustrated and mad at the same time. :P

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ORIGINAL: Javaslinger

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ORIGINAL: Neotheone

K yeah found it. That was the scariest moment in my entire life. lol I've put a ton of hours into trying to learn this game and this save is the best one I've done so far. I would have died to lose it. My life would have been over. Thanks for speedy help and sorry for my excitement. I get that way when I'm frustrated and mad at the same time. :P

Wow... drama queen??

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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
- fixed bug where manually controlled ships would sometimes have their orders changed inappropriately (e.g. Exploration ships fleeing from distant creatures not attacking them)

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It looks like there are still problems related to this. I just started a game with patch 1.7.0.5 and I have a manually controlled destroyer that keeps overriding my attack order to flee from a half destroyed pirate starbase.

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ORIGINAL: Strat_84
Maybe the problem was the chair/keyboard interface after all.

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- automated military ships will no longer escort civilian ships when in foreign systems without military refueling rights
- automated military ships will no longer patrol bases that are now in foreign territory

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ORIGINAL: Okim

To Neotheon:

you should also check your options (automation and such) as the new folder that all updates create use default settings (you can copy/paste ini files form previous folder to return your settings back).

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ORIGINAL: Neotheone

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ORIGINAL: Okim

To Neotheon:

you should also check your options (automation and such) as the new folder that all updates create use default settings (you can copy/paste ini files form previous folder to return your settings back).

ack you are right. I had to change all my settings after the new patch as it went back to game defaults. Why you do it this way Matrixgames? Why not just make your patch move all the important files and folders to the new patched directory?

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- escaping ships now initiate hyperjump countdown immediately