Good evening galaxy! Today brings another regular update to your Star Ruler 2 game. Read about some of the update's highlights below, or scroll down for a full detailed changelog. Interested in Multiplayer? Join our Dev-astation Friday multiplayer game.

Research Overhaul

We've completely overhauled the way research works, changing it over to a grid-based approach with different technologies spread around for you to research.

The Expanse

A new galaxy map has also arrived in this update. In The Expanse, players are located in between the remnant homeworld in one direction, and a vast expanse of uncharted space in the other. You will have to defeat strong remnant fleets in order to colonize new systems in the expanse, and each system cleared will reveal new systems with even more powerful remnants!

Graphics Improvements

Planets can now have rings, and we've improved the aesthetics of stars and their coronas.

Full Changelog

Added

Added completely overhauled research system!
Large maps will now start containing barren planets - planets without a resource - in order to keep resources scarce and the game playable. Can be controlled with the "Resource Scarcity" slider.
Ships in move or attack orders now path around stars instead of moving or shooting through them.
Added unlockable 'Emergency Supplies' and 'Self-Destruct Device' subsystems.
Planets can now have rings.
Added quickbar for pending auto-imports.
Added Skip Drive and Ion Cannon as unlockable subsystems.
Added new map: The Expanse. Full of remnants, it expands as you defeat their ever-stronger fleets.

Changed

Bulkhead and Targeting Sensor now need to be unlocked through research.
Improved the aesthetics of stars and coronas.
Joining in progress no longer pauses the server while the player connects.
When defense destinations are set, defense is distributed equally from all sources across all destinations.

Balanced

Increased pressure from level 3 resources.
Hydroconductors now give +40% labor generation.

Fixed

Fix gate constructors being able to deploy without a maximum range.
Various performance improvements related to memory garbage collection steps, should reduce lag spikes in large games.
Animation was not properly threaded, leading to significantly reduced framerate in large galaxies.
Various notifications in multiplayer were blank or incorrectly labelled.
Fixed various issues with icons being rendered out of order.
Attempt to fix shader issues with specific graphics cards.

AI

The AI would not recognize its fleets if it upgraded their designs while the previous was being built.
The AI will use partially finished fleets if immediately necessary.
The AI has a basic understanding of Revenant parts.
Improved the AI's logic regarding remnants and internal defense. Notably, it can deal with The Expanse.
Improved the designs created by the AI.

[ 2014-11-21 01:24:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Star Ruler 2
Blind Mind Studios

Developer

Blind Mind Studios

Publisher

2015-03-27

Release

Strategy Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop

Galactic Economy

Colonize planets, each with one of dozens of resources, working in unison to create bustling centers of production. The resources you choose matter, and will guide your empire and its conflicts throughout the entire game.

Custom Ships

Design ships that fit your needs, strategies, and tactics using our new 'blueprint painting' approach to ship design. Quickly and intuitively lay out the armor, weapons, engines, and internals of your vessels.

Politics with Power

Diplomacy and influence gathering are reinvented as a core mechanic of the game, giving meaningful alternative options to players and serving as a platform of interaction both between players and AIs as well as humans in multiplayer. Harness your influence to annex territory, spy on enemies, aid allies, and more! You truly have the opportunity to affect the political landscape.

Massive Scale

Running on our internally developed Starflare Engine, Star Ruler 2 is able to make full use of multi-core cpus, and runs on both 32 bit and 64 bit machines. The size of a galaxy is only limited by your hardware and ambitions!

Intricate Research

Expand your knowledge through a grid of numerous technologies, big and small. Improve nearly every aspect of your empire.

Complete Moddability

You can modify the gameplay, graphics, interface, and virtually every other facet of the game through scripts and data files, giving unprecedented freedom to the modding community to implement any feature they want. Use the in-game mod editor to add or change most content, and upload your mod to the Steam Workshop!

Full Multiplayer

Star Ruler 2 features complete multiplayer support with up to 28 players and AIs in the same game.

Games above 8 players or in galaxies of several hundred systems may exceed the capacity of a typical home connection. Consider playing very large games on LAN.

Cross-Platform Support

Star Ruler 2 supports both Windows and Linux, with all game features supported fully on and between both operating systems.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Linux
Processor: SSE2 Capable processorMemory: 1 GB RAM
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD or Nvidia Graphics card w/ 512MB RAM. OpenGL 2.1 SupportNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 600 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Broadband required for internet play.
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Linux
Processor: Intel Core i7 or AMD Phenom IIMemory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 460 w/ 1GB RAMNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 600 MB available space

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