V1.81

V 1.81 Update

Overview

Increased AI Aggression 
Ai is more likely to engage you multiple times in a single turn.  

New notification UI
We've updated notification system to make it more useful and informative.  Notifications messages now appear as scrolling list on the left-hand side of the screen. Notifications can be filtered based on priority or disabled off in the game options menu.

Better load times  
Starting a new game is significantly faster.  

Changelog

• Improved level loading time
• Updated notification system.  Notifications now appear on the left-hand side of the screen rather than the tab on the right.  Notifications can be filtered based on priority or turned off in the game options menu.
• Ai is more likely to engage you multiple times in a single turn.  
• Fixed occasionally blank battle prediction text on the Battle Preview window.
• Fixed an issue preventing Malevolent "Eager" traits bonus from show up in tooltips.
• Make the "Can not afford" and "Can afford" colors on tier 1 mercenaries more distinct.
• Replaced "Tariff Stations" tech specialization with "Trade Tariffs" in all tech trees. 
• Fixed issue preventing Assault Carriers from using High Capacity Carrier Modula.
• Fixing a case where sometimes a player is blocked from attacking an asteroid it had previously attacked and blown up.
• Added collapse and expand buttons to each header in the campaigns/scenarios list, to allow collapse scenarios for that campaign.  This will allow us to add more campaigns in the future.
• Built units now start with full movement points.
• Mining colonies being attacked or culture flipped now give an alert instead of displaying the battle confirmation dialog.
• The rebellion status of a planet is now properly cleared upon successful invasion
• Fixed a save crash in multiplayer.  
• Fixed several bugs that would make the audio stop playing in mid-game.
• Fixed a rare infinite loop while looking for patrol tile when the ship has no battle rating power. 
• Fixed an infinite tooltip loop.  
• Custom maps now properly randomize anomalies if the option is checked.
• Added "Planets Annexed" to match reports
• "Random" opponents can be assigned to teams.  
• Ship descriptions now remove multiple spaces 
• The email address entry field now gets keyboard focus when the Registration dialog is opened.
• Updated the Mercenary ship "The Wraith" to make it clear it gives a fleet-wide buff to repair.
• Updated Mercenary ship "The Willow" to have a Jamming of 75% from 50% to match its description. Also changed the tooltip from Evasion to Jamming.

Other Resources

V1.81 Forum Post