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- New Stars
1.8.2 "Gateway" [31.07.24]
Fixed Fix: Combat -> Min range on turrets often freezes battles indefinitely [ships automatically moving towards targets results in no shots being fired]. Fix: Combat -> All projectiles are not visible in combat (outsid…
Patch notes4 changesFixBalance - New Stars
1.8.1 [25.07.2024]
Techs and building costs are now in-line with the wiki and are a lot more consistent. Fixed Fix: Tech -> Base cost ignores prerequisites for non-repeatable technologies Fix: Graphics -> VSync not applied when starting g…
Patch notes3 changesFix - New Stars
1.8.0 'GATEWAY' [18.07.2024]
Added Wiki -> wiki.newstarsgame.com Main Menu -> Galaxy visual selectable from main menu Pause Menu -> Restart button to pause menu Improved Galaxy -> Hyperlanes are now coloured to match galaxy Removed Empire -> Naval…
Patch notes3 changesGameplay - New Stars
1.7.1 'GATEWAY' [26.06.2024]
Added Add: Scroll Camera -> You can now move by hovering to corner of screen Improved Ubiquity -> Planet HUD -> World indicator shows colour of planet, rather than suitability for clarity System Name Text -> Planet HUD…
Event6 changesGameplayUI/audio - New Stars
New Stars DevLog #23 - 2 Years of Development!
Development on New Stars started two years ago today. Here are some recent changes. More Optimizations Saving the game no longer lags. AI now mostly uses multithreading. Unnecessary event calls have been reduced which d…
Event7 changesGameplayUI/audio - New Stars
1.7.0 'GATEWAY' [22.03.2024]
Improved Improve: Colony -> Add info to tooltip about migration for clarity. Optimized Optimize: Starbase Label HUD -> Should only update when siege progress changed, colony created, or month passed. Note: 'GATEWAY' Upd…
Patch notes2 changesGameplayUI/audio - New Stars
1.6.3 'META' [07.03.2024]
Animated combat fixes. Fixed Fix: Fleet -> After battles, fleets sometimes enter FTL in the middle of systems. When a fleet enters a battle, the order that was paused assumes the last position before the battle started,…
Patch notes5 changesFixBalance - New Stars
1.6.2 'META' [29.02.2024]
Patch for inevitable combat bugs that were created from the pathfinding rework star system rescaling. Improved Improve: Ship Builder -> Toggling should re-open Ubiquity if Ubiquity was open. Improve: Animated Combat ->…
Patch notes4 changesFix - New Stars
1.6.1 'META' [26.02.2024]
1.6.1 'META' [26.02.2024] Patch of crashing bug, and Ubiquity bug fixes. Fixed Fix: Starbase Panel -> Opening panel crashes game. Fix: Ubiquity -> Initial Load -> Ship colours are incorrect on initial load. Fix: Ubiquit…
Patch notes6 changesFixCompatibility
