Hey Scavengers, Illustrious Monuments update for Deep Sky Derelicts has just arrived! It is filled with content and bug fixes to the brim! The wait was worth it. Trust me on that. Get ready for: - 3 new character levels (level cap now at 7) - 5 skill specializations, with 1 for each type - 7+ very rare Illustrious mods - 8 new extension mods - 5-6 additional room conditions that can affect both exploration and combat gameplay - Energy management changes, along with a brand-new Research lab - 5 more derelicts (9 per play-through in total) - Progression from Tier 1 to Tier 2 ships - 10 new enemies - New main and side missions (each derelict has at least 1 of each) - Updated Arena with revised encounters (max 20) - And more… Has been the waiting worth it? The complete changelog is below: *** STARTING A NEW GAME IS RECOMMENDED DUE TO NEW CONTENT. *** Bug reporting: When possible, please send us the output_log.txt and your save file to make bug hunting easier. Log file location: UsersAppDataLocalLowSnowhoundDeep Sky Derelictsoutput_log.txt Save file location: Program Files (x86)Steamuserdata######698640 emote (###### is a directory with numbers). Please check the date, as the number in the file name might not correspond to the order of save files in the game. You can email the files, and the bug report or a link to the bug forum, to support@snowhoundgames.com. Thank you! KNOWN ISSUES: - There are some problems with multiple displays. We will have to perform an engine upgrade to fix some of those and that was not possible for this release, so we’ll investigate these bugs in the near future. In the meanwhile, you might want to try some of these startup options as workarounds: -window-mode borderless, -adapter 0 (or 1 or 2 depending on your monitor setup), -show-screen-selector. - Some card sounds are missing. - Card layout in combat can get slightly messed up in some situations. CHANGES: - Character levels are now capped to 7. - Five new ability specialization branches available at level 4. - Tier 2 derelicts can now be unlocked by finding at least 2 location data from tier 1 derelicts and visiting the Sub-Governor. - 4 new quests. - 12 new rare Illustrious mods can be found, each with its own unique effect. Other new extensions and loot drops have also been added. - Research Workshop opened on Deep Sky Station. The workshop offers permanent scanning and energy upgrades. - The medical bay now offers partial heal options for bold but economically challenged scavengers. Reviving is now cheaper and heals the unit to 1 HP, leaving you in charge of further treatment. Other medical costs have also been slightly reduced. - The starmap shows the last visited derelict and the visited/unvisited/main quest completed status of derelicts. - New derelict layouts, some with multiple unlockable landing zones. - Map icons and colors have been overhauled. - The scanned area now gradually shrinks and disappears, with research upgrades available for both range and duration. - New enemies: Shocklings, Alpha Skinks, Preservers, Pyronics and scary Triumvirate squads. - Arena extended with new fights and rebalanced. - Rooms in derelicts can contain anomalies such as magnetic interference or low gravity, with either helpful or harmful effects both in and out of combat. - Energy changes: Everything has been multiplied by 10 (base energy is now 1000, scanning takes 50 energy) to make energy efficiency stats/upgrades more meaningful. - Crew shield/health status is now visible on the map screen. - Running out of energy does not result in an instant game over anymore. Instead, life support, shields and weapons are disabled and scavengers start losing health, giving you a chance to crawl back to safety. - Experience gain adjustments; higher level enemies now give more XP than before and lower level enemies give less. - Some enemies can resist stuns and lethal hits. - Help popups added for Boost and Retreat. - New items are marked in the inventory. - New cards and comic panel effects. - Fixed some skill bonuses not working correctly. - Fixed Power Generator revealing unseen map tiles. - Fixed some enemy encounters not starting automatically. - Too many card, ability and UI fixes to list. - Russian text fixes. - Added new character portraits including ones based on contest winners and Welovegames. Also polished some of the older portraits.