Game version 0.95.224 released

• [UI] Added missing label for when the colonists have nowhere to go when abandoning a colony. (Issue #1038)
• [UI] Fixed the logic that checks if alien colonists can be resettled to another planet within the current empire. (Issue #1038)

Game version 0.95.211 released

• [UI] Colony screen behavior were not using the zoom factor. (#1001)
• [UI] Skip deployment if there are no tanks to deploy. (#1008)
• [Labels] Text corrections. (#1009)
• [Campaign] Fix the duplicate planet Exterior 19.

Game version 0.95.210 released

Notable changes:

• [AI] Fixed Trader AI overriding the script-designated chat back to the default chat. (#924)
• [Labels] Fixed some parametric russian labels. (#987)
• [Labels] Added missing Hungarian labels about the settings screen.
• [UI] The button Start Battle is now only visible if all vehicles have been deployed. (#986)
• [UI] Fixed the trade screen's bounding box.
• [UI] Fixed the tooltip on the building upgrade panel remaining visible after clicking on the upgrade star.
• [AI] AI no longer does research before level 3.
• [Balance] AI on easy no longer deploys tanks to the planet's capacity but only 2/3.

Game version 0.95.209 released

Notable changes:

• [Missions] Fix the Escort Prototype mission not failing if the prototype gets destroyed but its escort survives. (Issue #974)
• [UI] Framerate statistics is not turned off by default. Use CTRL+F to toggle it. (Issue #979)

Game version 0.95.208 released

Notable changes:

• [AI] Fix AI ignoring colony needs in certain energy conditions.

Game version 0.95.207 released

Notable changes:

• [AI] AI no longer builds cheap buildings (housing, food factory) in case there is an energy shortage.
• [UI] Fix for research screen loosing the current technology when a research completes.
• [UI] In ground battle, the start battle button now shows only if all vehicles have been deployed.

Game version 0.95.206 released

Notable changes:

• [UI] Walking around the ship now uses custom mouse cursors. Thanks @p-smith!
• [UI] Scaled spacewar screen now properly displays mouse cursor over objects. Thanks @Zalewa

Game version 0.95.205 released

Notable changes:

• Fixed error in case the user and the auto-build removed a building at the same time. (Issue #920)
• [Simulation] Fixed tax and population calculation resulting in NaN to prevent proper planet death and causing other calculations to go haywire. (Issue #921)
• [UI] Fixed the continue button to be properly enabled/disabled after profile change. (Issue #922)

Game version 0.95.204 released

Notable changes:

• Updated links in the game and other tools to point to the new GitHub page.

Project migration

Due to the closing of Google Code, the project's sources have been moved to https://github.com/akarnokd/open-ig and the project files to Google Drive.

The Launcher may or may not automatically pick up the new location so players are advised to download a the new launcher manually:

https://github.com/akarnokd/open-ig/raw/master/open-ig-launcher.jar

Game version 0.95.203 released

Notable changes:

• [Trade] Fixed planet selection box not working. The box lists all player planets and depending on the item type, it may display "No room" for spaceports and "No mil. spaceport" for ships and fighters. [Issue #913]

Game version 0.95.202 released

Notable changes:

• Fixed wrong subtitle text in the Hungarian win video. (Issue #910)
• Fixed the +++ button not filling up the available vehicle count with vehicles (Issues #905)
• AI ships no longer stay in one place if the player attacked a planet the enemy fleet is next to.

Launcher version 0.44 released

Notable changes:

• More Spanish translation. Thanks X22Sec! [Issue #889]
• Fixed missing translations. [Issue #906]
• Release notes are now listed in the Launcher.

Game version 0.95.201 released

Notable changes:

• Fixed crash due invalid diplomatic relation entries caused by Mission 4. [Issue #902]
• Fixed NPE caused by losing mouse status information due desktop switch/UAC.
• [AI] AI will build ground cannons without unnecessary delays.
• [AI] AI will upgrade static defenses without unnecessary delays.
• [Groundwar] Fixed unit movement sometimes not correctly rotated into the movement direction.
• [Balance] Increased ground cannon damage against fighters.

Game version 0.95.200 released

Notable changes:

• Fixed crash in Mission 4 (two pirates).
• Added hp-skirmish attribute to battle.xml settings under space-entities/tech to allow specifying the hitpoints of the entry in skirmish games.
• Added space-skirmish attribute to battle.xml settings under buildins/hitpoints to allow specifying the hitpoints of a building in skirmish games.
• Halved the hitpoints of Space station 2, Space station 3, Plasma projector, Particle Projector and Meson projector in the campaign. For example, 3 Space station 3s with 5 Meson Projectors and a Hypershield will whitstand a full strength Dargslan attack by a margin of 25%, i.e., 2 structures will survive the encounter generally while the attacker is mostly destroyed.
• [AI] Fixed AI sending ill-equipped fleets to attack.
• [Campaign] Fixed some skirmish ships to be available to alien races during the campaign.

Game version 0.95.199 released

Notable changes:

• [Spacewar] Fixed Trader AI causing some problems with 3-way space battles (crash, wrong chat).
• [AI] Increased the initial money of aliens to 100,000 cr in the campaign to to better jump-start their economy.
• [AI] AI no longer produces items on level 1 in the campaign.
• [Cheats] Switching to other races in the campaign stops the main mission timers (helps greatly when debugging).
• [Cheats] CTRL+SHIFT+W destroys all enemy structures in spacewar (except Trader ships).
• [AI] Fixed ordering of planets with issues (somehow, it was reversed and the AI operated on the planet with the best conditions, not the worst one).
• [AI] Fixed AI unable to build a power plant if the missing energy was above the capacity of available power plant types.

Game version 0.95.198 released

Notable changes:

• [Missions] Fixed mission timer warning. [Issue #897]
• [UI] Added key bindings comma (,) and dot(.) to +1 and -1 the currently selected equipment on the equipment screen. [Issue #896]
• [AI] Changed the logic how power plants are selected for build. Now it will try to match the demand instead of building the cheapest outright.
• [AI] The AI now aggressively builds morale buildings.
• [AI] AI now switches to higher tax rate more eagerly.
• [UI] The current money tooltip now displays the last day's total income.
• [Balance] Alien Police now has only two levels of upgrade and reduced police coverage.
• [Balance] Water waporators now have only two upgrade levels.
• [AI] Fixed the fleet upgrade logic incorrectly assessing medium ship strengths.
• [Balance] Reduced the research cost of the first alien battleship, fixed lab requirement to be 1 of each.
• [AI] The AI now builds the military spaceports and factories much later, freeing up money in the early game.
• [Balance] Reduced the Ychom Minelayer's movement speed by 50%.
• [Balance] Increased the carry capacity of Garthog Battleships by 20-25% to compensate for the lack of special attack unit (radar jammer is pretty useless) in skirmish games.

Game version 0.95.197 released

Notable changes:

• [Groundwar] Added the ability to retreat from ground battle if the player is the attacker. Look for the retreat button above the zoom button. You need to click twice to confirm the retreat or right click to cancel and continue the ground battle, just like in the spacewar screen. [Issue #673]
• [UI] Ability to strip the selected ship of equipment on the Equipment screen via the S key. You may need to deselect any equipment slot on the right panel.
• [UI] Show how much of each equipment needs to be produced to fully upgrade the currently selected fleet or planet by pressing the U key (toggle). The small panel is displayed on the right side below the ship image. You may need to deselect any equipment slot to see the panel (or hide the fleets listing and not transferring between two fleets). For example, your 2 of 3 Destroyers lack Shield 1. You have 1 in inventory and the panel shows you need to produce 1. Let's say you researched Shield 2; the panel now indicates you need to produce 3.
• [UI] In the planets list table, whenever the last column shows the number and upgrade level of certain building types, the text coloring (after the stars) now indicate if yellow: not all buildings are upgraded to the same level; red: buildings are nonoperational for some reason.

Official Facebook page started

I've started the game's official Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/OpenImperiumGalactica

I'll post changes here and on Facebook as well.

Game version 0.95.196 released

Notable changes:

• [Spacewar] Fixed batch fighters not having the aggregated firepower and not considered as multiple attackers.
• [Groundwar] Fixed the logic that allowed conquering a planet by disabling the power plants and thus making the barracks unpowered as well. This comes up first in the campaign against the Garthogs: since they only have fortresses, destroying them won't yield you the fortress technology before level 4.
• [Campaign] Fixed the first mission of level 4 (M22) to correctly a detect the 7 additional planets colonized/conquered. (The previous version counted the 4 planets given by the script.)
• [UI] Added the number of current and maximum allowed tanks and vehicles on a planet to the information panel on the planet screen.