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Version 0.9.6

Gameplay

  • Allow using Alien Weapon Cache's temporary military power when settling any world

AI

  • The AI is no longer considering illegal actions when predicting player actions

GUI

  • Avoid selecting more than one card if one is enough
  • Disable selecting cards from hand if selecting any is illegal
  • Better card selection during discard to produce
  • Show number of cards drawn during explore in a separate icon
  • Draw borders around cards, and slightly offset card rows in tableaux
  • Fix bug where amount of temporary Xeno military needed was not displayed

Bugs

  • Avoid crash in some instances when consuming from Tranship Point
  • Avoid crash when starting a new game when choosing discard to produce

Misc

  • Custom cards can now be provided both in jpg and png format

Version 0.9.5

Gameplay

  • Regular cards from Xeno Invasion expansion added (no invasion game)
  • New expansion level: Rebel vs Imperium without The Gathering Storm
  • Alien Survey Technology no longer scores with Galactic Survey: SETI
  • Alien Oort Cloud Refinery is now optional to use with Diversified Economy

GUI

  • Enhanced action selection: Larger icons and border around selected actions
  • Indicate on the prestige icon whether Prestige/Search action is used, and whether Prestige is on the tile
  • Bind Shift+Space short cut to "Done" button
  • Corrected card image for Imperium War Faction
  • AA indicates Alien Artifacts in list of online games
  • Do not display tool tips for pay-for-military powers when using Imperium Supply Convoy
  • Do not display "(or pass if you want to flip a card)" when using Imperium Supply Convoy
  • Keyboard accelerators also for settle prompt

Campaigns

  • Campaigns for preset starting hands
  • Campaigns for perfect starting hands, provided by entranced
  • Support player ranges
  • Support customizable game options
  • Fix bug using Old Earth
  • Fix problems for cards with duplicate names
  • Add DRAW_FOUR flag (for preset start hands)
  • Add description at top of campaign.txt
  • Support campaign separators (names starting with === or ---)
  • Support custom cards

Changelog for 0.9.4 versions

0.9.4q

  • Fix crash when campaign key was not present in preferences file

0.9.4p

Bugs

  • Fix crashes when taking over using IL
  • Fix problems during payment when having Galactic Scavengers
  • Fix instances where log format from server was lost
  • Try to avoid weird bug where game begins over and over again

UI

  • Find forced goods while consuming
  • Only make useful cards in tableau selectable
  • Disable menu items while loading or replaying game
  • Don't write VPs in takeover tooltips if "VP in hand" is off
  • Compute military correctly is message box when attacking online with Rebel Alliance/Sneak Attack
  • Only display cost information in message box if enabled in options

New Game dialog

  • Campaign selection moved to new game dialog
  • Group Advanced, Goals and Takeover check boxes into "Game Options" group

Online

  • Autocompletion in server text box
  • Overhaul of the online "Create Game" dialog
  • Sortable games and users in lobby
  • Bolding own user and game in lobby
  • Change sensitivity of "Join Game" button depending on selected game
  • Change selected "Number of players" if value is too large

Logs

  • Colored log always on
  • Add "=== Game information ===" header at start and end of game
  • Add world name to discard to produce message
  • Change "draws" to "flips" in Gambling World log, and added verbose logs whether card is kept or discarded
  • Put back "(Debug game.)" message, and add it for loaded and server games as well
  • Switch order of Prestige leader message and bonus draw message
  • Correct timing of reshuffle message
  • Change timing of some draw and prestige messages
  • More verbose messages during consumption
  • Log number of drawn cards during Explore (verbose)

Tool tip

  • More card names and minor formatting in settle discount tool tip
  • Remove impossible payments from settle tool tip
  • Minor formatting in placement and discount tool tips
  • Add potential discount to discount tool tip
  • Add more "reduce to 0" tool tips

Debug

  • Debug shuffle/rotate and take card/VP/prestige menu items (commented out by default)
  • Update display and perform auto save after debug choices
  • Disable debug menu items when game is over

Misc

  • Export card locations (optional)
  • Specify campaign name from command line
  • Never kick AI players
  • Check for aborted game after settle_finish
  • Activate export even when waiting for other players
  • Customizable database user and password in server executable

Changelog for 0.8.1 versions

All changes listed here were incorporated into the official 0.9.4 version.

0.8.1m

User interface

  • Fix bug when trying to perform a Takeover having Imperium Fuel Depot
  • Update game state when reconnecting to an online game
  • Disallow performing Search and Prestige action at the same time
  • Display [AI] before online player names if they are controlled by the AI
  • Don't add takeover pass information when using Rebel Sneak Attack
  • Print seed even if it is 0

Export/Save/Load

  • Export the name of the player doing the export
  • Export whether players are played by the AI

Server

  • Resend optional play message if client reconnects
  • Remove server verification of choices (it was too buggy)
  • Customizable timeout for unstarted games
  • Save result to database immediately after the game has finished
  • Save waiting status in database
  • Send whether Prestige is on the tile and whether a player is controlled by the AI
  • Read additional server welcome messages from an optional file
  • Enhanced server logging
  • Remove prepare icon when player is replaced by AI

Misc

  • Reduce memory footprint
  • Load the new icons from installation directory, if installed
  • Try to load images from file before loading from images.data
  • Support for additional cards in cards.txt

0.8.1l

User interface

  • Move phase summary to the left and use icons instead of text
  • Auto-select forced choices for payment/consume/produce (optional)
  • Add pass information for takeover during settle choice
  • Much larger maximum log width
  • Reset card image for each game
  • Clear phases when game is over
  • Update DONE sensitivity when using Shift+F12
  • Display "Waiting for server" when waiting for server
  • Display "Waiting for opponents" also in offline games
  • Show action icons during opponent's search phase in online games
  • Use singular "Waiting for opponent" in two player games
  • Show a dialog with error message before the client crashes

Tool tips

  • Check for legal target when computing takeover tool tips
  • Display potential temporary military in tool tip
  • Keep "Additional attack when using ..." in tool tip even when power is used
  • Removed duplicate "activated" and "additional" temporary military notes on newer servers

Logging

  • Log start world draws
  • Put debug card messages in log
  • Slight change in timing of IL/Takeover log messages

Debug card dialog

  • Enable save/undo/redo after using the "Debug card" dialog
  • Enable the "Debug card" dialog when playing on debug servers
  • Add a cancel button to "Debug card" dialog
  • Do not instantly update moved cards anymore
  • Consistent order on debug cards

Export/Save/Load

  • New "Advanced options" dialog, with autosave and export options
  • Export game when finished (optional and instead of save log at end of game)
  • Include save game in export
  • Load from (offline) exported games
  • Export server information and tampered state
  • Configurable XLST style sheet for exported games
  • Recognize server chat messages in export
  • Don't allow loading games from before version 0.8.0

Server

  • Kick old player and use new connection if a logged in player logs in again
  • Simple server verification of choices
  • Send ping even when timeout is disabled
  • Debug flag (-debug) to accept "Debug card" dialog choices
  • Timestamps on server logs
  • More information of player state in server log
  • Server parameters to specify export file location (-e), style sheet (-ss) and server name (-s)
  • Usage information (-h)

Misc

  • Unify source code across platforms

0.8.1k

Tool tips

  • Cost information during placement (optional)
  • Goal description in goal tool tips
  • List trade values on goods during trade
  • Takeover tool tip depends on takeover power
  • Temporary settle discount in discount tool tip
  • ICT/IIF information in discount tool tip

User interface

  • Cost information during payment
  • Right-click also for deselecting all cards
  • Accelerators for Disconnect and Resign menu items
  • GUI option to always display key cues
  • Sort draw produce powers last
  • Interactive search in debug dialog
  • Deactivate "Add AI player" if game is full
  • "Extra strength" -> "Extra military"
  • "? VP" -> "? VPs"
  • "Choose goods to consume" -> "Choose good to consume" when only one good needed

Logging

  • Log draws from under Galactic Scavengers
  • Log card draws (optional)
  • Log discarded start world

Misc

  • Regenerate random seed whenever a new game is started
  • Send release information to server
  • Game round is 0 during start world selection

Server changes

  • Save messages in database and replay to reconnected clients
  • Export game when completed
  • Added timeout parameters (0 to disable)
  • Encrypt passwords in database
  • Remember client version
  • Make online AI remember saved cards

0.8.1j

  • Sort produce powers
  • Enhanced consume powers sorting
  • Display VP diffs for worlds that can be taken over
  • Display VP from goals in hand tool tip (assuming opponents do not place any cards)
  • F12/Shift+F12 selects/deselects all hand cards
  • Right-click card to select all others
  • More instances where only one card can be selected (like trading)
  • Grey out table cards when defending a takeover
  • Show accelerator reminders
  • Verbose log when card is saved
  • Log total tie breaker (and add "VPs" to final score messages)
  • Do not send empty chat messages
  • Select online game after it has been created
  • Export start world and Gambling World choices
  • Don't allow entering of too long game descriptions or passwords
  • Don't resign the game if escape is pressed in the resign dialog
  • Don't log AOCR's kind if it is in hand at game end
  • More visible errors during initialization
  • Log obscure cases where an AI activates temporary military for free

0.8.1i

Game interface

  • Graphical draw, discard and VP status
  • Display negative VPs in status
  • Display cards from log
  • Display VP score for 6-cost developments in card tool tip
  • Display VP score for cards in hand (optional)
  • Military icon is not shown if there is nothing special to see
  • VP tool tip:
    • Display breakdown of score
  • Military tool tip:
    • Specialized strength now relative (instead of absolute)
    • Added takeover defense and IMPERIUM attack strength
    • Do not write REBEL/IMPERIUM in military tool tip when takeovers are disabled
  • New Prestige tool tip:
    • Display whether a player has used his Search/Prestige action
    • Display whether the Prestige Leader has Prestige on tile or not
  • Settle discount icon (optional), with tool tip:
    • General settle discount
    • Specialized settle discount
    • Whether player can discard to place at 0 cost
    • Pay-for-military powers
  • Goal tool tip:
    • Report progress for some first goals (local games only)
  • Add Prestige icon to action buttons when deciding action in non-advanced mode

User interface

  • Enhanced keyboard support:
    • F1-F9 and Shift+F1-Shift+F9: Activate selectable cards in tableaux and hand
    • F1-F7 and Shift+F1-Shift+F4: Actions
    • Shift+Enter: 'Done' button
    • Shift+Up/Down: Change selection in drop down
    • F12: Open selection drop down
    • Numeric keys (1-9 and 0) removed for online play
    • Lobby shortcuts (Ctrl+R, Ctrl+J, Ctrl+S etc)
  • Short cuts for menu items
  • Menu items disabled if they do not have any effect
  • Graphical error messages if crashing during startup
  • Remember save location
  • Hitting enter in text input will accept dialogs
  • Disable Connect button when trying to connect to server
  • Clear lobby messages when changing server
  • Export game state to XML

Undo/Redo

  • A separate Undo menu
  • Redo choice (if previously undone)
  • Undo/redo round
  • Undo/redo game
  • Undo in saved games
  • Replay game

Message log (local games only)

  • Write welcome message and settings at start of game
  • Log phases ("--- Explore phase ---")
  • Log military attack and defense strength during takeover
  • Changed timing of messages during placement and paying for cards
  • Print end score (and tie breaker if needed) for all players
  • Print seed at end of game
  • Bolded start of round and "Refreshing draw deck" message
  • Colored log (optional)
    • Yellow for goals
    • Red for takeover notices
    • Purple for Search/Prestige action and Prestige bonuses
    • Blue for start of phases
  • Verbose messages (optional)
    • Note first player
    • When not placing a card
    • When drawing cards
    • When gaining Prestige
    • When discarding for "Draw then discard" powers
    • When changing Alien Oort Cloud Refinery's kind
  • Log discards and saved cards (optional)
  • Some other minor enhancements (esp for IL, GS and takeovers)

Interface options

  • Immediate preview of changed GUI parameters
  • Resize preview card continuously
  • Customizable log width
  • Settle discount icon on/off
  • Colored log on/off
  • Verbose log on/off
  • Log discards on/off
  • Autosave and -restore on/off
  • Save message log after each game on/off
  • Configurable auto save and log location
  • When starting a new game, use previous options

Game parameters

  • "Select Parameters..." -> "New..."
  • Set name of human player
  • Disable illegal player numbers when selecting expansions
  • Specify game seed

Command line parameters

  • -n: Set the name of the human player
  • -s: Load from save game
  • -g/-nog: Enable/Disable goal
  • -t/-not: Enable/Disable takeovers

Debug functionality

  • Sortable cards in debug dialog
  • Update cards instantly when Debug value changes
  • Disable undo/redo/save after moving cards in debug (to avoid crashing)

String changes

  • "Draw per type produced" -> "Draw per kind produced"
  • "6-cost development" -> "6-cost development giving ? VPs"
  • "Gene" -> "Genes"
  • Universal Symbionts' power now says "Produce on another Genes windfall"
  • "--- Round X begins ---" -> "=== Round X begins ==="
  • Consistent pluralization of VPs and cards

Bug fixes

  • Fix Psi-Crystal World second phase display bug
  • Fix crashes when loading new game during some player selections
  • Toggle Prestige also when Search and another action is selected
  • Do not crash if disconnecting after online game just has ended
  • Do not create game if "Create game" dialog is closed by escape
  • Disable "Add AI Player" when leaving a created game
  • Rejected login now disconnects from server
  • Do not crash if user presses escape while connecting
  • Disable some dialogs while waiting for opponent (to avoid unresponsiveness)
  • Don't lose tool tips when resizing window
  • Always disable action button when game is over
  • Fixed crash when moving debug from (None, Active)