ART / MODELS
- Added: New Effects for Battleship Lightning Missile.
- Added: New very cool menu cutscenes.
- Changed: Updated Heavy Mortar Effects
- Changed: Updated Plasma Mortar Impact Effect
- Changed: BS Basic Primary Turret Effect updated.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Breaker Turret Effect.
- Changed: Reduced the particle amount of Hurricane torpedo's impact effect.
- Changed: Reduced the particle Frequency of Capital Railguns' projectile effects.
- Changed: Updated Nightmare Torpedo Impact FX.
- Changed: Updated Cruiser Repeater Turret FX.
- Changed: Reduced Cruiser Ion Blaster Effect Size.
- Changed: Reduced Impact Effect Size of BS Mortar & Cruiser Light Mortar.
- Changed: Reduced particle frequency of nomad capital explosions.
- Changed: EM Field Effect updated.
- Changed: Neutralizer Bomb Impact Effect.
- Changed: Hellfire rocket pods impact updated.
- Changed: EMP flak impact updated.
- Changed: Nomad BC Annihilator FX
- Changed: Cruiser Crimson Blaster Impact FX
- Changed: Updated Nomad Cruiser Repeater FX
- Changed: Updated Nomad Cruiser Annihilator FX
- Changed: Updated Nomad Cruiser Blaster FX
- Changed: Updated Nomad Cruiser Heavy Turret FX
- Changed: Updated Nomad Battleship Chaos Turret FX
- Changed: Updated Nomad Battleship Dispersion Cannon FX
- Changed: Updated Nomad Battleship Light Primary FX
- Changed: Updated Nomad Battleship Blaster FX
- Changed: Shire rehardpointed to add contrails and additional running lights
- Fixed: Dark blossom effect randomly going 'missing'.
- Fixed: Node missing name in the Sudbury beam.
- Fixed: Battleship Mars now uses the appropriate Core hacked AI turrets.
BALANCE
- Added: Ship upgrades!
- Added: Armor upgrades can be applied to all classes, altering your ship's hit points and mass.
- Added: Heavy Fighters can equip shield upgrades and customize their powerplants, allowing players to tune their ships more to their liking.
- Added: Light Fighters can customize their powerplants.
- Note: Upgrades are not distributed evenly across the entire game; there is an unlawful/civilian/military split, with some exceptions, such as Junker bases. One upgrade is not supposed to be better than the other, they are designed to give you more customization and playstyle options.
- Note: While upgrades are not available everywhere for purchase, they are not restricted by tech compatibility in any way. If you have an upgrade on a ship that has a slot for it, you can equip it (assuming the laws of the land allow you to). Make shady deals with players to get your hands on the powerplant or shield upgrade that you want.
- Changed: Mass reduced by 17.5%.
- Changed: Strafe force reduced by 10%.
- Changed: Fighter missiles limited to Very Heavy Fighters.
- Changed: Fighter missiles rebalanced: now punchier, more ammo-limited and with longer delay between firing.
- Changed: Fighter gun power usage formula adjusted, penalizing middle-of-the-road guns like BHG Warriors less.
- Changed: High shield damage "hybrid" fighter guns like class 1s deal less -- usually no -- energy damage, and instead use weapon types to do their increased shield damage. You will no longer have your energy surpressed by Justice Mk. III's.
- Changed: Light Fighter class balance:
- Changed: Reduced maximum turn rate proportionally. Every ship is as far away from the other as they were pre-5.3 in terms of turn rate, but in a smaller range.
- Changed: Increased response speed to make them feel less miserable and to compensate for the turn rate reduction.
- Added: Customizable powerplants.
- Removed: Access to missiles.
- Changed: Heavy Fighter class balance:
- Changed: Class received a broad balance pass. On top of that, accounting for powerplants now being modular we have retuned their stats to account for things such as ships who used to have heavy powerplants now have with a standard one by default, which is weaker.
- Added: Customizable powerplants.
- Added: Shield upgrades.
- Removed: Access to missiles.
- Changed: Very Heavy Fighter class balance:
- Added: Two dedicated missile slots. They are additive, so you will be able to run your typical loadout and have missiles at the same time.
- Changed: Bomber class balance:
- Changed: Bombs no longer ammo-based, instead burst-fire and +15 mass.
- Changed: Gunboat class balance:
- Changed: Now thrust at 200 m/s, with an average/sustained speed of 175 m/s.
- Changed: Increased Gunboat Primary turret damage by 25%, reduced armor pen from 75 to 50.
- Changed: Cruiser class balance:
- Changed: Now able to engine kill.
- Changed: Mass reduced by 10%.
- Changed: Mass Maximum turn speed increased by 10%.
- Changed: Balance pass over heavies and defense turrets.
- Changed: Average thrust speed increased by 5 m/s, from 155 to 160 m/s.
- Changed: Battlecruiser class balance:
- Changed: Now have very high (600) armor on their 'main body'.
- Changed: Components generally have 200 armor, with some easy-to-hit components having 250 or 300 armor.
- Changed: Destroyed components have 300 armor, making them a vulnerability compared to the main body of the ship.
- Changed: Main batteries now have a universal range of 2600 meters, and are generally slower muzzle velocity -- but more than make up for this in increased efficiency.
- Changed: Main batteries now all use different types of burstfire to prevent them from being permanently fired.
- Changed: Balance pass over heavies.
- Changed: Thrust speed reduced by 10 m/s, from 150 to 140 m/s.
- Changed: Cruiser flak:
Now triple-shot burstfire with higher ROF.
Power usage reduced by ~33%.
Dispersion increased from 3 to 4.5 degrees.
- Changed: Countermeasure Dropper changes:
- Changed: Countermeasure Dropper - 5 second cooldown, 50 ammo, 70% effectiveness, 1100 range
- Changed: Imp. Countermeasure Dropper - 6 second cooldown, 35 ammo, 75% effectiveness, 900 range
- Changed: Adv. Countermeasure Dropper - 7 second cooldown, 25 ammo, 80% effectiveness, 700 range
- Changed: Nomad Countermeasure - 6 second cooldown, 40 ammo, 75% effectiveness, 900 range
- Changed: Cloak Disruptor CM - 7 second cooldown, 20 ammo, 80% effectiveness, 700 range
- Changed: Akhetaten and Consul changed. BS shield -> BC shield. Powercore capacity and recharge rate reduced.
- Changed: Battleships' impulse speed changed: Heavies: 90 -> 95. Lights: 110 -> 105.
- Fixed: Blacktip can now mount class 1 guns.
- Fixed: Added infocards for differentiation between Internal and External GB Railguns.
- Fixed: Aspis re-export as an attempted crash fix.
ECONOMY / POBs
- Added: Diamond NuMining in Omega-11.
- Added: Niobium NuMining in Tau-23.
- Added: Low value and regional cargos restored to NPC traders. This includes Food, Oxygen, Water and Basic Alloy for most factions.
- Added: Restock Modules as a core POB functionality. These consume Hangar Provisions to resupply players who have autobuy enabled. POB owners can set a modifier to the price of restock services.
- Added: Hangar Provisions, fuel for POB Restock Modules. They are sold on planets, factories, refineries, military academies, shipyards, salvage stations, and freeports / black markets / trade platforms.
- Added: Mining Containers are now sold on planets, factories, mining stations, refineries, shipyards, salvage stations, and freeports / black markets / trade platforms.
- Added: APM Advanced Hardware, a Core HRC produced at Dagger Output in Omega-55.
- Added: Bioproduce, a POB alternative input for Consumer Goods, and alt product for Hydroponics.
- Added: Iron, an POB alternative input to Scrap Metal / Polymers for POBs.
- Added: Kyushu Rice. Produced on Planet Kyushu, can be produced on FA / Samura POBs.
- Added: econ data for reworked and added systems re-generated.
- Added: econ data for all new bases / systems.
- Added: econ data for Battleship De Grasse
- Added: econ data for Battleship Harlow
- Added: econ data for Battleship Rio Grande
- Added: econ data for Battleship Sado
- Added: econ data for Carrier Alvin Katz
- Added: econ data for Dawson Base
- Added: econ data for Destroyer Sicilia
- Added: econ data for Heaven's Gate
- Added: econ data for Hinsdale Refinery
- Added: econ data for Planet Kurile atmospheric docking point
- Added: econ data for Sedona Station
- Added: econ data for Shasta Orbital Skyhook
- Added: econ data for Battleship Resurgent
- Changed: econ data for Planet Gammu.
- Changed: econ data for Planet Kyushu.
- Changed: econ data for Planet Carlisle - now Bretonia's primary producer of Industrial Materials.
- Changed: econ data for Planet Sprague - now a reseller of Industrial Materials.
- Changed: Mecklenburg Prison now buys Rheinland Passengers.
- Changed: Alien Organisms now uses High Risk Commodity pricing curve.
- Changed: Volume of Pilots used in inmate processing doubled to 2.
- Changed: Volume override of Pilots used in inmate processing given to Snubs and Freighters to half volume.
- Changed: PoB Inmate processing now uses 25 criminal pilots instead of 50.
- Changed: Increased Synth Paste base value to 5, to standardise with Food Rations + Kyushu Rice.
- Changed: Increased Fire Pearl base value to 30, now uses High Risk Commodity pricing curve.
- Changed: Increased Hazmat Container base value to 30, now uses High Risk Commodity pricing curve.
- Changed: Increased Superconductor base value to 30, now uses High Risk Commodity pricing curve.
- Changed: Increased Nanocapacitor base value to 30, now uses High Risk Commodity pricing curve.
- Changed: Increased Quantum Multiplexor base value to 30, now uses High Risk Commodity pricing curve.
- Changed: Increased Terraforming Gasses base value to 30, now uses High Risk Commodity pricing curve.
ENCOUNTERS / NPCS
- Added: Wendigo NPC faction and playable ID. Alien thralls associated with The Vagrants.
- Added: Bretonia Archaeological Executive non-playable NPC faction. A high security BIS department that operates around Planet Darlington in Newcastle, similar to the ASF.
- Added: Restored police, navy and intel contraband scanning. Concealed contraband commodities are not detected by NPCs.
- Added: Restored pirate cargo scanning. Pirates will demand most types of High Risk Commodity, enemy contraband, and some POB-required goods.
- Added: Red/blue flashing lights to police factions' NPCs.
- Added: Large ship prefix (IFV) and nameset for Freelancers.
- Added: mining snub NPCs to Bristol, DSE, Kishiro and Samura.
- Added: Hegemon NPCs to DSE
- Added: Archon NPCs to Kishiro and Samura
- Added: bomber NPCs to Technocracy
- Added: bomber NPCs to various corporations
- Added: expanded suite of miner NPC encounter support files.
- Added: Hand-placed High Security Convoys consisting of an elite battletransport, gunboat, and several bombers. They carry High Risk Commodities along specific Trade Lanes:
- Newcastle, Military Surplus. Carlisle <> Scarborough.
- Newcastle, Super Alloy. Scarborough Shipyard <> Battleship Harlow.
- New Berlin, Ablative Armor. Planet New Berlin <> Wildau.
- New Berlin, Side Arms. Planet New Berlin <> Essen Station.
- New Tokyo, Engine Components. Yokohama Shipyard <> Narita Outpost.
- New York, Light Arms. Detroit Munitions <> Planet Manhattan.
- Added: Battlezone (up to BC) in Dublin near broken NL Jump Gate
- Added: Battlezone (up to GB) in Edinburgh within Flodden Debris Field.
- Added: Battlezone in Omega-47 (up to BS) between Casablanca and Planet Tangier.
- Added: Battlezone (up to bomber) in Omicron Kappa near the star.
- Added: Battlezone (up to BC) in Newcastle, north-east of Planet Carlisle.
- Added: Battlezone (up to BS) in Tau-44, north-west.
- Added: Encounter (Wild) in Omega-55.
- Added: Multiple Deep Omega Encounter and PvE zones.
- Changed: Battlezone in New London capped at gunboats.
- Changed: Encounter in Magellan east re-located south.
- Changed: Scorpion gunboats drop Scorpion Remains.
- Changed: Encounter/battlezone Hegemon armor reduced; Hailfires swapped for Novaspears.
- Changed: NPCs that have regens can now use them properly, like players, instead of one at a time. Credit to @Aingar.
- Fixed: Wild NPCs incorrect loadout.
- Fixed: Gaians now have positive empathy with LWB, Maquis, and Hogosha, and no longer have empathy with the Independent Pirates.
FLHOOK / CODING
- Added: Turret view camera can now be vertically stabilized. On by default on capital ships.
- Added: Added remote camera (camera attached to another ship), and free camera (camera detached from ship). Must be assigned a keybind to work.
- Added: Engine Kill soft speed cap functionality, customizable per ship.
- Added: NPCs can now use all required Nanobots or Shield Batteries at once, rather than using one at a time.
- Added: In-game patch notes.
- Added: FLUF settings menu, including many features such as borderless window toggle, UI colour overrides, and more.
- Added: Secret mechanic for the Deep Omegas and certain other places.
- Added: special_ammo flags:
- Added new ini value 'special_ammo' causing ammo to 'light up' in equip dealer when certain equipment is mounted.
- Changed: Burst fire reload mechanic revised - guns now automatically reload when not at full capacity. Firing again restarts the process.
- Changed: FLUF CrashWalker update.
INFOCARDS
- Added: Major story progression across the game, including thousands of revised infocards and rumours.
- Added: 163 new and backfilled news articles.
- Added: Significant updates to The Core's lore and history.
- Added: Significant updates to Erie Militant / Pennsylvania's lore and history.
- Added: Significant updates to Gammu AI's lore and history.
- Changed: AI NPC faction description updated.
- Changed: Murmillo infocard modernized.
- Changed: Zephyr infocard
- Changed: Argus infocard
- Changed: Bullhead infocard
- Changed: Mako infocard
- Fixed: Replaced many incorrect variations to Daam-K'vosh.
- Fixed: Replaced all infocard references of "Neimann" to "Niemann".
- Fixed: Replaced all infocard references of "Mollies" to "Mollys".
- Fixed: Capitalized all instances of Trade Lane and Jump Gate.
- Fixed: All infocards referencing Battlecruiser Livingstone instead of Livingston.
- Fixed: All infocard references of "Independent Mining Guild" replaced with "Independent Miners Guild".
- Fixed: Nomad Missile (no_bs_missile_launcher01_ammo) ammo infocard.
- Fixed: Ceuta infocard typo.
- Fixed: Weddell ice field infocard fix.
- Fixed: Chao Field infocard typo.
- Fixed: Basel infocard.
- Fixed: Shetland infocards updated so they no longer reference an active Gallic war.
- Fixed: Nauru infocard no longer references a magically built docking ring.
- Fixed: Gaian IFF now correctly displays allies.
- Fixed: Bora Bora infocard.
- Fixed: Edward Kane infocard typo.
- Fixed: Maquis large ship designations.
- Fixed: Freelancer large ship designations.
- Fixed: Interspace large ship designations.
- Fixed: LWB large ship designations.
- Fixed: Junker large ship designations.
- Fixed: Synth Foods IFF now displays LWB as enemies.
- Fixed: Falcata infocard.
- Fixed: Omega-11 Lumanda cloud infocard.
- Fixed: Edge Worlds SNAC infocard referencing the Reapers of Sirius.
- Fixed: Soltau no longer has infocards referencing the Gallic war, Dundee, and others.
- Fixed: Various infocard fixes for Gallia, primarily Burgundy and Picardy. Timeline issues, grammatical errors.
- Fixed: Insurgent (Coalition) infocard typo.
- Fixed: Xeno Light Fighter Engine infocard typo.
- Fixed: Fix: Incorrectly assigned infocard for collapsed jumpholes.
SERVER ADMINISTRATION / CONFIGS
- Added: TSK Official Faction ID.
- Added: Aegis Official Faction ID.
- Added: GNI Official Faction ID.
- Added: CDI Official Faction ID.
- Added: Wendigo (Central) ID - ZOI covering Liberty+1, Kusari, Taus, Manchester, Newcastle. Capable of disguising as
- Added: Wendigo (Western) ID - ZOI covering Gallia+1, Taus+1, Bretonia, Gallia.
- Added: x2 PVE bounty for Omega-55, as a trial for remote and dangerous NPCs.
- Added: Race track config added for Heisenbergring in Cologne.
- Added: Race track config added for Monte Carlo Tour Advanced in Provence.
- Added: Race track config added for The Pit Scrum in Omega-55.
- Changed: Existing race track times purged due to course, ship and equipment changes.
- Changed: Gallic Wild ID removed.
- Changed: Rheinland Wild ID ZOI extended to include Bretonia.
- Changed: Kusari Wild / Chochinbi ID ZOI extended to include Liberty.
- Changed: Kusari Wild / Chochinbi can now dock on KOI bases.
- Changed: Wendigos (Western) can dock on Royalist bases.
- Changed: Royalists can dock on Battlecruiser Valmy.
- Changed: Jump Drive entry points recalculated for new systems, and Languedoc, Omega-55, Tau-31, Newcastle, Provence.
SYSTEMS
Note: The Deep Omegas will be added shortly before the Discovery 20 year anniversary (click here), to build up the anticipation and keep things spoiler-free as much as possible, giving everyone a fair chance in the event.
- Added (on the 30th of August): The Deep Omegas. A self-contained remote cluster of five new Omega systems. The entrance to the cluster will rotate between one of three nearby systems each day. The Deep Omegas contain exploration content, as well as deadly hazards and lucrative rewards.
- Added: Omega-47, a de-merge of Omega-48.
- Added: Cobalt mining to the Akioud Cloud.
- Added: Hydrogen mining to the rings of Planet Rabat.
- Added: Iron mining to the El Aaiun Asteroid Field.
- Added: Titanium mining to the El Aaiun Asteroid Field.
- Added: Viernheim Wreck.
- Added: Omega-5, Omega-52, and Omega-55 Jump Holes.
- Changed: Field and planet infocards.
- Changed: Casablanca Base model, infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Carrier Orion infocard. Added new rumors.
- Changed: Madeira Base model, infocard and rumours.
- Changed:Ships sold on Madeira Base expanded to include Hegemon, Serenity, Civilian Gunboat
- Changed: Planet Tangier infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Primus Station models and infocard.
- Changed: Comprehensive NPC spawns and patrols
- Added: Omega-49, a de-merge of Omega-48.
- Added: Omega-5 and Unstable Dublin Jump Hole.
- Changed: Battleship Athos, infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Carrier Ben Warner, infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Lanzarote Station, model, infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Planet Gran Canaria infocard and rumours.
- Changed: All field and planet infocards.
- Changed: Lanzarote Station, model, infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Comprehensive NPC spawns and patrols
- Added: The Burrow, an anomalous system connecting Vespucci and Omega-7.
- Added: Planet Darlington Atmosphere.
- Added: Site Jarrow research camps.
- Changed: Sunderland Research Station renamed to Sunderland Research Aerostat.
- Changed: Sunderland Research Areostat changed from BIS to BAE.
- Changed: Alien City renamed to Site Jarrow.
- Changed: Baffin.
- Changed: Coronado Jump Hole removed - now connects solely to Tau-29.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrol paths.
- Changed: System starsphere.
- Changed: California.
- Changed: Willard Research Station location changed.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrol paths.
- Changed: Barrera Passage from the campaign mission 3 re-added.
- Changed: Cambridge.
- Changed:Battlecruiser Trier moved to system.
- Changed:Ships sold on Portsmouth Shipyard expanded to include Grouse, Serenity, Civilian Gunboat. Removed Royal Liner.
- Changed: Ships sold on Lisburn Rock replaced with Jackal, Greyhound, Bloodhound, Harrier, Buzzard, Barghest, Wolfhound, Borderworld Gunboat.
- Changed: Jump Holes moved away from nearby bases.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrol paths.
- Changed: Racetrack rings enlarged.[/b]
- Changed: Racetrack edited for compatibility with racing engines.
- Changed: Colorado.
- Added: Battleship Rio Grande dockable, moved back to Pueblo Station. Infocard and rumours updated.
- Added: Battlecruiser Armana near Hinsdale Refinery.
- Added: Frigate Keystone near Galileo Jump Hole.
- Added: Liberty military "Training Area" added near Galileo Jump Gate.
- Added: Anti-Kusari traffic checkpoint near Galileo Jump Gate.
- Added: Cruiser security checkpoints to Trade Lane junctions.
- Changed: Carrier Ohio moved to "Training Area", infocard updated.
- Changed: Ouray Base moved further from lanes.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrol paths extended.
- Changed: South asteroid field size increased.
- Changed: Mission vignettes extended.
- Changed: Coronado.
- Added: Added Hydrogen mining to the ring of Planet Salina.
- Changed: Alien artifact site activated on Jericho.
- Changed: Trade Lane project has been destroyed.
- Changed: Various bases and ships have suffered damage.
- Changed: Several new wrecks added.
- Changed: Barrier Gate infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Destroyer Insidious infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Scottsdale Base model, infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Sabah Shipyard model, infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Pecos infocard infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Baffin Jump Hole removed, replaced by unstable Tau-31 Jump Hole.
- Changed: NPC spawns updated.
- Changed: Many objects, props, and field infocards updated.
- Changed: System starsphere.
- Fixed: Scottsdale refinery wrong base type audio.
- Changed: Cortez.
- Added: Aruba Debris Field and salvage operation.
- Changed: Battleship Betheny wreck model and infocard.
- Changed: Battleship Yukon wreck model and infocard.
- Changed: Planet Curacao infocard.
- Changed: Luxury Liner Shetland moved to Curacao orbit.
- Changed: Montezuma and Magellan Jump Hole spaced out.
- Changed: System starsphere.
- Changed: Dublin.
- Added: Jump Bridge deployment zone, including partial minefield.
- Added: Battleship Somerset snub dockable, moved to Jump Bridge deployment zone. Infocard updated.
- Added: Unstable New London Drive Breach at deployment zone.
- Changed: Arranmore model and infocard.
- Changed:Ships sold on Arranmore expanded to include Arrasta, Mule, Hegemon, Rogue Destroyer, Pirate Transport, Pirate Train, Pilgrim Liner, Shire.
- Changed: Destroyer Shillelagh infocard.
- Changed: 1st and 5th Royal Cruiser Flotilla infocards updated.
- Changed: Sluagh and Powrie Brigade infocards updated.
- Changed: Rathlin moved to Edinburgh.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Changed: Mission vignettes extended.
- Changed: Dresden.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Penitence moved to Omicron Gamma.
- Changed: NPC spawns and zones.
- Changed: System starsphere.
- Changed: Edinburgh.
- Added: Kintyre and Coll Ice Fields.
- Added: Flodden Debris Field
- Added: Aberdeen Border Station wreck.
- Added: Leeds Jump Gate wreck.
- Added: Glenn, a moon of Planet Ayr.
- Changed: Perth Outpost swapped from BAF to BIS
- Changed: Perth Outpost model and infocard updated.
- Changed: Planet Gaia infocard.
- Changed: Fort Monach model and infocard.
- Changed: Rathlin moved to Islay.
- Changed: Jump Holes moved away from nearby bases.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Changed: Mission vignettes extended.
- Changed: Galileo.
- Added: Additional LN / KNF patrols. Patrols may or may not spontaneously attack each other on contact.
- Added: Special Platinum Ore miner NPCs added; miner factions will pirate one another for ore.
- Added: House border holoflags near Jump Gates.
- Added: Padua flavor rumors.
- Changed: Galileo Platinum field radiation decreased by 30-50%.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Changed: Hamburg.
- Added: Under-construction Bulwark at Alster Shipyard.
- Changed: Wedel Base model.
- Changed: Wedel Base and Frankfurt Jump Hole spaced out.
- Changed: Honshu.
- Added: Battleship Sado dockable, moved near Yukawa Shipyard. Infocard updated.
- Changed: Yukawa Shipyard model.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Changed: Ile-de-France.
- Added: Border Control Cruiser wrecks added to Rambouillet Shipyard
- Changed: Battleship Hossegor decommissioned and removed from Rambouillet Shipyard.
- Changed: Versailles Station changed from IDF Shipping to Imperial Shipping.
- Changed: Versailles Station model and infocard.
- Changed: Inverness.
- Added: Battlecruiser Momus and escorts.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Tuscaloosa moved to Ontario.
- Changed: Carrier Orion moved to Omega-47.
- Changed: Removed LSF NPCs.
- Changed: System starsphere
- Fixed: Carrier Praia changed from Zoner to Militant.
- Added: Iron mining in the Nyons Belt.
- Added: Battleship De Grasse, a dockable GN station. Infocard updated.
- Added: Remoulins Wreck.
- Added: Montpellier Minefield.
- Added: Limoux Base wreck.
- Added: Béziers Base, a replacement for Limoux Base.
- Added: Bedarieux, a moon of Planet Quillan.
- Added: Comprehensive patrol paths and NPC spawns.
- Changed: System layout, including Trade Lane and Jump Gate placement.
- Changed: System rotated to align with sector map position.
- Changed: All debris, asteroid field and nebula infocards.
- Changed: Gallic and Kusari battleship wreck infocards
- Changed: Briancon Station model and infocards.
- Changed: Lodeve Space Port model and infocard.
- Changed: Montelimar Base model and infocard.
- Changed: Nimes Station model and infocard.
- Changed: Mission vignettes expanded.
- Changed: Removed LSF NPCs.
- Changed: Leeds.
- Added: Battleship Ottawa wreck.
- Added: Iron and Titanium mining zones in Stokes Asteroid Field.
- Changed: Battleship Ark Royal moved next to Stokes Reconstruction Site.
- Changed: Objects spaced out more
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Changed: Mission vignettes expanded.
- Fixed: Northern debris field named.
- Changed: Magellan.
- Added: Freeport 4 wreck
- Added: Liberty/Bretonia lend-lease return depot near Cordova.
- Added: House border holoflags near Jump Gates.
- Changed: Mactan and adjacent Jump Holes spaced out.
- Changed: System starsphere.
- Changed: Newcastle overhaul.
- Added: Tau-31 Jump Hole.
- Added: Destroyer Ceuta, dockable Outcast base.
- Added: Battlecruiser Bastia, now non-dockable.
- Changed: System layout.
- Changed: System visuals.
- Changed: High level missions added to Battleship Harlow.
- Changed: Darlington area reworked.
- Changed: Exclusion corridors added.
- Changed: Battleship Harlow infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Gateshead Station model and infocard.
- Changed: Heaton Mining Station removed.
- Changed: Liner Verwood model, infocard - now snub only.
- Changed: Luxury Liner Shetland moved to Cortez.
- Changed: Mull Base model and infocard.
- Changed: Ships sold on Mull Base expanded to include Clydesdale, Voyager, Serenity, Repair Ship, Pirate Transport, Pirate Train.
- Changed: Planet Carlisle cityscape, infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Redcarr Refinery model and infocard.
- Changed: Scarborough Shipyard model, infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Ships sold on Scarborough Shipyard expanded to include Grouse, Serenity, Civilian Armored Transport, Royal Liner.
- Changed: Skye Base model and infocard.
- Changed: Sunderland Research Station moved to Planet Darlington Atmosphere.
- Changed: Patrol and trade paths added.
- Changed: Flavor set pieces and wrecks added.
- Changed: System starsphere.
- Fixed: Debris pieces incorrectly parented to Stockton Depot.
- Changed: New Berlin.
- Changed: Wildau Station construction complete.
- Changed: Trade Lane traffic overhauled
- Changed: New London.
- Changed: Battleship Somerset moved to Dublin.
- Changed: Dublin Staging Area updated.
- Changed: Battleship Essex infocard and rumours.
- Changed: Thames Outpost changed from BAF to BMM.
- Changed: Thames Outpost model and infocard.
- Changed: Trafalgar Base and Leeds Jump Hole moved apart.
- Changed: Kusari transport moved from Portsmouth Shipyard to Dublin Jump Gate.
- Changed: New Tokyo.
- Added: Ginza Bazaar, dockable KSP station with rumours.
- Changed: Battleship Hamamatsu moved to Planet New Tokyo orbit, infocard updated.
- Changed: Roppongi Station towed further away, hazard buoys deployed.
- Changed: Kure Shipyard model.
- Changed: Yokohama Shipyard model.
- Changed: Shinjuku Station model.
- Changed: Shinagawa Station model.
- Changed: Kabukicho and Kyushu Jump Hole spaced out.
- Changed: Overhaul of NPC spawns and diversity.
- Changed: New York.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Lehigh moved to Norfolk Shipyard, no longer dockable.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Changed: Omega-52.
- Changed: Omega-5 and Omega-48 Jump Holes removed.
- Changed: Omega-47 Jump Hole added, now connects solely to Omega-47.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrol paths.
- Fixed: All bases with wrong base type audio.
- Changed: Omega-55 overhaul.
- Added: Basel Rock, dockable Wild base.
- Added: Dagger Outpost, dockable Core base with rumours.
- Added: Gjallarbru Research Station, dockable Red Hessian base with rumours.
- Added: Prison Liner Helsingborg, dockable Bounty Hunter base with rumours.
- Added: Kamchatka Base wreck.
- Added: The Pit, an arena / race track at Bordholm Depot.
- Added: Multiple wrecks and mysteries.
- Changed: System layout, location and visuals.
- Changed: Bordholm Depot model, rumours and infocard.
- Changed: All planet and field infocards.[/pi]
- Changed: Ontario.
- Added: Niyodo Component and the Argonaut added to Cochrane Depot.
- Added: Many wrecks added.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Lehigh moved to New York.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Wyoming moved to Vespucci.
- Changed: Battleship Liberty Rose damaged and moved to Fort Ramsey.
- Changed: Battleship Atum moved to Vespucci.
- Changed: Cochrane Depot model and infocard.
- Changed: Construction Ship Robert Peary destroyed.
- Changed: Fort Ramsey model, rumours and infocard.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Tuscaloosa moved to Planet Sudbury, infocard updated.
- Changed: Sudbury beam terminated.
- Changed: Wendigo NPCs added.
- Changed: Omicron Alpha.
- Added: Siniestre nebula exclusion zones.
- Added: Sagradas asteroid exclusion zones.
- Fixed: Slight re-arrangement of Corsica rocks to make autopilot smoother.
- Changed: Omicron Gamma.
- Changed: Battlecruiser penitence moved to Tripoli Shipyard for repairs.
- Changed: Tripoli Shipyard model.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Krk changed from a Tribunus to a Consul. Added unique rumors.
- Fixed: Evia Research Complex bar background.
- Changed: Omicron Kappa.
- Added: Cenotaph graveyard.
- Added: Totono Debris Field, containing AI, Core and Corsair wreckage.
- Added: Planet Gammu mooring fixture and defense grid.
- Changed: Battleship Mars renamed to Hesione, changed from Core to AI.
- Changed: Hesione model, infocard, rumours.
- Changed: Planet Gammu changed from Core to AI, infocard updated.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Vis damaged, no longer dockable.
- Changed: Ciutadella Station infocard.
- Changed: Cenotaph infocard.
- Changed: Radiation damage reduced across the board, particularly near points of interest.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Fixed: Core NPCs no longer divebomb Planet Gammu.
- Changed: Omicron Mu.
- Added: Tribute to The Wizard, a community member that passed away in January. His Order character "Douglas Kane" is canonized on Akabat with a farewell rumor.
- Added: Battleship Hakodate destroyed, turned into wreck with debris field.
- Added: Many Order and Kusari wrecks.
- Added: Damaged ships to Fort Carthage.
- Changed: Fort Carthage model.
- Changed: Alexandria Wreck model and infocard.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Changed: Layout slightly changed. Minefield restored to its previous spot, buoys to Taba re-added.
- Fixed: Thebes rotated 180 degrees to help with undock orientation.
- Changed: Omicron Zeta.
- Added: Many Order and Core wrecks.
- Changed: Cairo Station destroyed and turned into a wreck.
- Changed: Capetown Station destroyed and turned into a wreck.
- Changed: Many existing wrecks turned into generics, to reduce X clutter on the map.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Added: Pinnacle Station, a Militant dockable base with rumours.
- Added: Titusville Construction Site near Planet Tremont.
- Changed: Trade Lanes towards Planet Tremont partially completed.
- Changed: Initial turns of Valley Forge racetrack mildly adjusted.
- Changed: Bristol bribe chance on Erie increased. Several Pennsylvania crashes fixed.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Changed: Provence overhaul and lore review.
- Added: Battleship Arles and Oblique wrecks, and salvage sites.
- Added: Sealed Orkney Jump Gate.
- Added: Chateau d'lf Prison Wreck.
- Added: Cavallion as a moon of Planet Marseille.
- Added: Frejus Wreck.
- Changed: System rotated to align with map location.
- Changed: All planets and field infocards. Duplicate field names fixed.
- Changed: Cannes Station changed from IDF Shipping to OS&C.
- Changed: Cannes Station model and infocard.
- Changed: Monaco Station model and infocard.
- Changed: Monte Carlo infocard.
- Changed: Planet Marseille infocard.
- Changed: Mission vignettes extended.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Fixed: Planet Saram exclusion zone fix.
- Fixed: Harrisburg Station mooring fixture orientation.
- Changed: Shikoku.
- Added: Anti-Liberty traffic checkpoint near the Galileo Jump Gate.
- Added: Hitokappu Logistics Area added
- Added: Cruiser checkpoint weapon platforms at all Trade Lane junctions
- Added: Weapon platforms near Fuchu Prison.
- Changed: Morioka Base moved further into Keiun Cloud.
- Changed: Shikoku upscaled and objects spaced out more.
- Changed: Mission vignettes extended.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Fixed: Noshima now calls itself a Freeport instead of a Luxury Liner.
- Changed: Sigma-15.
- Added: Several wrecks.
- Changed: Petra Base destroyed and turned into a wreck.
- Changed: Sigma-17.
- Added: Liner Fiji, a dockable Core base.
- Added: Bora Bora Construction Site.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Changed: Sigma-19.
- Added: New flavor set pieces added
- Changed: System upscaled.
- Changed: Objects spaced out more.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrol paths
- Changed: Mission vignettes extended.
- Changed: Sigma-59.
- Changed: Nishiara Base model and infocard.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols.
- Changed: Tau-29.
- Changed: Tau-29 sun corona size reduced
- Changed: Kyushu Jump Gate <> Nago Station Trade Lane extended by 1 ring.
- Changed: Baffin Jump Hole made more remote.
- Changed: Tau-31.
- Added: Newcastle Jump Hole
- Added: Battlecruiser Bastia made non-dockable, moved to Newcastle.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Livingston changed from BAF to BIS.
- Changed: Ships sold on Lewes Shipping Platform expanded to include Voyager, Grouse, Serenity.
- Changed: Objects spaced out more.
- Changed: Fixed a bug where the sun was doing 0 damage.
- Changed: New patrol paths and exclusion zones added,
- Changed: Mission vignettes updated.
- Changed: Tohoku.
- Added: Dimensional Breach to Earhart.
- Added: Ichigaya Laser Path.
- Changed: Battleship Matsumoto moved to Ichigaya Drydock for refitting. No longer dockable.
- Changed: Vespucci.
- Added: Fort Leneix, dockable Wendigo station. Infocard updated.
- Added: Added several wrecks.
- Added: Veracruz satellite network.
- Changed: Battleship Atum damaged, moved near Atacama Base. Infocard updated.
- Changed: Battlecruiser Wyoming damaged, moved to Fort Leneix. Infocard updated.
- Changed: Atacama Base infocard.
- Changed: Omega-55 Jump Hole removed, replaced by The Burrow.
- Changed: Planet Veracruz's "moons" replaced with actual moons.
- Changed: NPC spawns and patrols overhauled.
- Added: Battlezone and encounter markers. They will be displayed at all times with a clear white circle on the nav map. - Added: Scanners and engines to the Transit base. - Changed: All Jump Holes will now be able to take 4 ships in simultaneously instead of 1, to help prevent Jump Hole congestion in PvE and PvP. - Changed: Patrol and trade paths restored to all vanilla systems. Pop zones optimized and improved. - Changed: Patrol and trade paths + pop zones added to Omicron Pi. - Changed: Many objects in densely packed areas were spaced out more, in light of cruise speed buffs and improved systems layouts. Baseline used was 30-40k distance between any Jump Hole and a dockable base, and at least 20k between hostile bases/Trade Lanes. Additionally, many moved bases received asteroid exclusion zone corridors or spheres, to reduce/remove the travel time that the first change added.
- Holmfirth and adjacent jumpholes/jumpgates.
- Buffalo and adjacent jumpholes.
- Beaumont and New York jumphole.
- Falkland Base and Tau-23 jumphole.
- Orkney->Roussilon jumphole moved further south.
- Roussillon jumpholes and adjacent bases.
- Galileo bases and adjacent jumpholes.
- Ontario <->Colorado jumpholes and adjacent bases.
- Saverne Base and adjacent connections.
- Bering connections and Pacifica.
- Hudson connections and adjacent bases.
- Bruchsal and Sigma-15 jumphole.
- Sigma-13 connections and adjacent bases.
- Omega-7 -> Stuttgart jumpgate and adjacent bases.
- Ruiz Base and adjacent jumpholes.
- Omicron Minor hole in Delta moved closer to the center of the system.
- Added: Luxury Liner POB Models.
- Added: Infocard description to all encounters.
- Added: Liberty blackmarket guns to Valravn.
- Added: BHG snub weapons on Planet Houston.
- Added: Epirus Mooring Terminal extra dock points.
- Changed: Hokkaido minor layout rework, new patrol paths added, QA pass, objects spaced out better.
- Changed: Manchester mission vignettes updated, extra patrol paths added, minor flavor pieces added.
- Changed: Moved docking points on Liberty Battlecruiser forward a little bit to reduce chances of long snubs getting stuck when docking.
- Changed: Omega-11 trade lane completed.
- Changed: Cleanup of obsolete Omicron Minor wrecks. Red X removed from the nav map from generic wrecks around Toledo.
- Changed: Bering <-> Texas jumphole collapsed.
- Changed: Hudson <-> Hamburg jumphole collapsed.
- Changed: Sigma-13 <-> New Berlin jumphole collapsed.
- Changed: Ship sellpoints of molly bases re-visited.
- Changed: Saar swapped to MND IFF so MND has its own base.
- Changed: Undamaged Osiris solars updated to use cloak and engine effects.
- Changed: Undamaged Bretonian battleship, dreadnought, battlecruiser and cruiser solars updated to use engine effects.
- Changed: Undamaged Kusari battleship, battlecruiser and destroyer solars updated to use engine effects.
- Changed: Undamaged Liberty battleship, carrier, battlecruiser and destroyer solars updated to use engine effects.
- Changed: Ships sold on Singapore Shipyard expanded to include Grouse, Serenity, Civilian Gunboat.
- Changed: Conn music: Tau -> Omega.
- Fixed: Planets Creteil and Les Ulis' atmospheres are no longer abnormally large.
- Fixed: Crecy solar model loadout fixed.
- Fixed: Osiris and Murmillo dockable solars' undock points adjusted.
- Fixed: Birmingham ship sellpoints (or lack thereof).
- Fixed: Newport bar NPC crash to desktop.
- Fixed: Frankfurt Schatten exclusion zone size increased.
- Fixed: Alaska music.
- Fixed: The Ring showing incorrect docking lights.
- Fixed: Harrisburg selling Bretonian equipment.
- Fixed: RM <-> MND NPC Empathy.
- Fixed: OG SNAC added to Barrier Gate.
- Fixed: ALG ID is now sold on Briancon.
- Fixed: Leniex model issue.
- Fixed: Kusari Wild ID is now sold on Wild bases in Tohoku and Sigma-17.
- Fixed: Manhattan atmospheric entry point rotation.
- Fixed: Omega-11 asteroid band clipping into the sun.
- Fixed: Liberty lawful FWG removed from the HFGB package.
- Fixed: Royalist Gallic GB sellpoints.
- Fixed: Unintended Cologne Technocracy NPC spawns.
- Fixed: Hellfire Cruiser wreck archetype in Hudson.
- Fixed: Freeport-11 Equipment dealer wrongly labeled as Freeport 9.
- Fixed: Farmers Alliance NPCs replaced with LWB ones in Omega-7.
- Fixed: Vogtland exclusion zone made wider.
- Fixed: Deadly mines (Zone-21, Alaska, etc.) made deadlier to prevent people shield boosting through them.
- Fixed: Added Appropriate basic voicelines (Station/Shipyard/etc.) to all stations missing them.
- Fixed: San Diego station now uses correct voicelines.
Community:
@Lord Caedus - Infocard updates for Gallia
@EisenSeele - New weapons infocards
@Petitioner - New weapons infocards
@iiLeRoss - Infocards for encounters
@TheSauron - Deep Omega infocards
@Karst - Several bar rumors
@firesilver - equipment infocards
ADDITIONAL SOURCES
Credit to the Freelancer HD Modding Team for the Starspheres of Tau-31, Cortez, Magellan, Dresden, Omega-11, and Omega-7.
This August is a very special occasion for the Discovery mod and community - 20 years since our first public releases!
Over this time, Discovery has become an important part of many of our lives, whether that's thanks to fond memories going back to childhood, or from lifelong friends we've found among the community.
Whether you're someone who's been here from the beginning, or found this community more recently, we'd like you all to join us for a celebration of Discovery's long life and the thousands of players who have made it what it is today!
Several events have been arranged for you to enjoy, featuring a mixture of brand-new content, a callback to the past, and a guest spot from Discovery's very own creator, @Igiss!
Escape from Deep Omega
The Deep Omegas are a distant cluster of stars in the far south of the Walker Nebula - remote, dangerous, and largely unexplored.
You are a Freelancer, someone with no aspirations of groundbreaking discoveries or pushing back humanity's frontiers. You simply wanted to finish your cargo run and get paid. The last you remember, you were preparing to enter a Jump Hole in the Omegas, on your way to Planet Gran Canaria.
You awaken to sirens and the smell of smoke. You don't know where you are. Your ship is a wreck. Your NavCom screams of gravimetric hazards, and there is something in your cargo bay that was not there before. As you shake off the groggy confusion, you take in the sensor readings with horror:
You see the baleful eye that consumes all.
You must flee. You must escape the Deep Omegas.
Rules - The Deep Omegas will not be accessible until this event. During the event, there will only be one exit from the cluster, and no way in from outside.
- After the event, normal Deep Omega mechanics will be applied, with the entrance Jump Hole cycling daily between one of three different systems.
- On the day of the event, the special /restart OmegaSurvivor template will be made available. This will spawn you in space within the Deep Omegas.
- You will start in a heavily damaged freighter equipped only with a Mining Laser. This ship has the Explorer ID, which is a Freelancer ID with unique flavour text and a bespoke icon.
- This restart is placed in permadeath mode. Dying (whether you have docked or not) will send the character to Bastille.
- You must try and escape the Deep Omegas and reach Gran Canaria in Omega-49 to win. Successfully escaping to Gran Canaria allows you to claim the event's prize. - To receive the reward, your ship MUST be docked on Gran Canaria with the event cargo.
- Hint: There are spots scattered around the sector where less fortunate escapees met their end. You may be able to scavenge these for repairs or equipment.
- Hint: There are points of interest across the systems which may help or hinder you, but will provide insight into your circumstances and the Omega's fate.
- Hint: There may be some precarious safe harbours to be found where you can equip salvaged equipment.
Fleet Simulation - Royal Flush
For a decade, Liberty's military planners have concerned themselves primarily with piracy, and the suppression of the Insurgency and preceding movements. More recently, a new phrase has gripped Congress and Liberty's senior officers: peer adversary. Training syllabuses are being rapidly refreshed, and live fire exercises conducted in Colorado.
Despite this, these exercises are limited in size and scope by practicality. One place where no such limitations apply are the sophisticated simulations run by West Point. Calling on data captured from historic Liberty Navy campaigns, Operation Royal Flush is being meticulously recreated in virtual reality. In particular, war planners want to know how the current Navy would fare in a breaching attack against a fortified position held by a rival House.
While the blood spilled is digital, the pride of a modern cadre of Liberty officers rests on taking down the Battleship Oubli once again. Can this new generation surpass their predecessors?
Rules - The battle will take place in a special Leeds VR system, that replicates Leeds as of 2015.
- The battle lasts for approximately 1 hour. For the first 30 minutes, combatants can respawn in waves every 5 minutes (if your clock's minutes say 0 or 5, you can rejoin). For the second 30-minute period, death means you are done.
- For the day, the Gallic Navy will be renamed to the Gallic Royal Navy.
- Restarts will be provided for the LN, BAF and GRN (live at 4pm UTC). These are Camera Ships that start with $20mil.
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- Liberty will base from Midway Depot, Bretonia from Battleship Harlow. Their objective is to destroy the titan Battleship Oubli in orbit of Planet Leeds.
- Gallic forces will base from Stokes Station, their objective is to kill as many Liberty ships as possible.
- All stations contain their faction's ships and equipment.
- Funds and characters cannot be transferred in or out of the system.
- Points can be used to claim prizes post-event, with official faction tagged characters earning extra points.
- The old-style SNAC will be reintroduced for this event only as a bomber heavy weapon.
Final Celebration - Conn Catchup Finally, we'll be hosting a roundtable discussion in Discord's Events Stage. This will be a talk and Q&A about the mod, with a panel of devs - guest starring mod founder, @Igiss!
While this is going on, we'd love to see as many as possible of you in Conn to hang out. Staff will be on hand to give out prizes through two contests:
- A Discovery Trivia quiz, where the first eligible correct callout wins a reward. One prize per participant.
- A ship parade, where you win a prize if you bring a unique ship. Staff will be checking off each ship they've seen on a central list, so either be quick, or be obscure!
Additionally, everyone who comes along for the Conn Catchup will be eligible for a unique 20th Anniversary Holo-roundel.
This isn't the notice we wanted to be making, but we're having to push back 5.3's release date by a week, to Friday 22nd of August. We really believed we'd have everything finished in time for tomorrow, but unfortunately there is still a few features that need finalizing and quality assurance that needs completing.
This is to make sure the initial server experience is as stable and polished as it can be (while also ensuring we have Top Men on hand for when something inevitably goes wrong).
The 30th of August is also a very special day for Discovery, being the 20th anniversary of our first public mod release. On that Saturday, we're going to be hosting an anniversary event to celebrate Discovery and it's extremely long history - along with a special guest. An event thread will be posted shortly with the details, but be sure to save the date!
Finally, we've also got a Singularity patch wallpaper produced by @Sombs , which I feel suits the gravity of this announcement. I'm not sorry about the pun, but I would like to apologise for the delay, as I know everyone has been getting hyped for the patch. It's nearly here though, and we're hitting the 22nd one way or another.
On the story side of things, I'll also be posting some more news articles to keep people occupied in the meantime.
Given some recent developments, we have decided to explicitly restate the following in our server rules:
1.1.4 - Threatening players with sanctions/reports and impersonating staff is not permitted.
While we encourage players to reach out to involved players in a rule violation in good faith efforts to resolve situations amicably before resorting to submitting violation reports, sometimes it will just not be possible. Nothing lost in game is real and everything (except time) can be restored. There is no need to get angry. Threats to file violation reports, especially in the context of trying to extort some sort of outcome, will only make things worse and will not be tolerated. Pretending to be a member of staff for any reason will also not be tolerated.
This policy has always been and will continue to be in force, but had been absorbed into 1.0 at some point.
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