version 1.7.90 patch notes

General changes

Bugs fixes

• Removed the loading screen icon that remained on ultra-wide screens.

• Fixed a bug in marsyclopedia where undiscovered item could still show the info popup when using a gamepad

• Fixed a bug where lifeform events could propose twice the same lifeform

• Fixed a bug where the “mine mandate” could not be used on ocean locations

• Fixed a bug where you could get negative resources during a trade embargo

• Fixed a bug where megastructure costs were not contributing to tech cashback

• Fixed a bug where abilities in the last stage of the interstellar spaceship were wrongly highlighted

• Fixed a bug giving a warning about remaining exploration ability when the entire planet is explored

• Fixed a bug about the GMO effect being able to be applied to a lifeform and bring it below minimum.

• Fixed a bug where a new dedication was not picked after using the Tourist Magnet to found a city (and auto picking the humanist policy)

• Fixed a bug where a policy could be proposed to replace the same one

Improvements and gameplay changes (Independence DLC)

• After founding a new city, you can now choose from 2 new policies for your next city of that faction at the start of the next turn.

• You can now revert founding a city again (just like in the base game).

• If you haven’t founded a new city with a faction for a long time, you will get an event with a suggestion to change the policy of a specific faction or keep the current one. This event replaces the event in which you can choose to replace a policy of any faction.

• Upon receiving a faction mandate, you can now choose to receive a support boost instead.

• You can now select any color for your city, even colors that don’t match their faction.

Balance changes - Independence DLC

general balance

• Rewards for faction level ups have changed. You now only ever get 1 faction seat per faction level up to prevent heavy government swings in the late game:

  • level 1: 1 seat & 1 tier-1 mandate reward.

  • level 2: 1 seat & 1 tier-2 mandate reward.

  • level 3: 1 seat & 1 tier-3 mandate reward.

  • further: Level 3 is repeated, the influence requirements increase by 5 per level.

• Total seats amount and independence requirement lowered from 8 to 7.

• Increased the global comfort of living gained from autonomous from 1 to 2.

• Increased the global comfort of living gained from independence from 3 to 4.

• Lowered cost of Democratic Parliament from 50 to 44 water.

• Lowered cost of Leader Statue from 50 to 44 titanium.  

Faction centers:

• Faction centers now require 1/2/3/5 seats of their faction in government to be placed instead of 1/3/5/7.

• Lowered the amount of faction centers proposed. 

• Changed the Industrialists Logistics Center to require only 1 seat instead of 3. Lowered the cost from 31 power to 10 power. It now provides 1 resource-specific trade route per unique resource that the city produces. Adjacent mines also provide a trade route (just like the spaceport). It doesn’t generate negative comfort of living for adjacent cities anymore.

• Industrialists’ Mining center now requires 2 seats instead of 1. Power costs are increased from 19 to 20. It generates 1 heat per 3 mines instead of per 4 mines and only provides 1 negative comfort of living to adjacent cities instead of 2.

• Industrialists expansion cost lowered from 34 to 30 power. It now requires 3 seats instead of 5.

• Industrialists’ Robot Command Center’s seat requirements lowered from 7 to 5. Lowered its cost from 70 to 50 power. Lowered the amount that adjacent mines produce from 2 to 1.

• Scientists’ Exploration center cost lowered from 16 to 10 science. Lowered the exploration discount from 2 to 1 turn.

• Scientists’ Water Extraction center now requires 2 seats instead of 5. Costs are lowered from 38 to 20 science. Adjacent aquifers generate +50% ocean instead of +100%.

• Scientists’ Weather control Center costs are lowered from 36 to 30 science. Lifeform spread discount lowered from 25% to 20%.

• Scientists’ Observatory Center seat requirements are lowered from 7 to 5. Lowered the cost from 70 to 50 science. It now makes technologies get suggested twice as fast instead of 4 times as fast.

• Humanists’ Quality of Life Center costs are lowered from 11 to 10 food.

• Humanists’ Arboretum costs lowered from 22 to 20 food. It now requires 2 seats instead of 3.

• Humanists’ Large Scale Agriculture Center lowered from 45 to 30 food. It now requires 3 seats instead of 5. Adjacent outdoor farms now produce +4 food instead of +5.

• Humanists’ Leadership Center seat requirements lowered from 7 to 5. Lowered the costs from 70 to 50 food. It now only requires 5 population instead of 10 to provide 1 extra leader proposal.

Mandates:

• Increased Generator Surge power gain from 30 to 40.

• Rock Demolition now also provides you with 8 tritium.

• Rapid Expansion now provides 8 expansions instead of 6.

• Heavy Emissions now provides 20 heat and atmosphere instead of 15.

• Extreme Strip Mining now provides 40/50/60 resources from normal/large/gigantic deposits instead of 30/40/50.

• Advanced Prospecting now provides 12 science per looted resource instead of 8.

• Experimentation now sells projects for 10 science each instead of 8.

• Spread Life & Research now provides 25 science instead of 15.

• Quantum Fabrication now generates 40 resources instead of 30.

• Amphibiogen now provides 15 water and 15 nitrates instead of 25 science.

• Adopt as Pet now provides 12x the lifeform’s prestige instead of 10x.

• Outstanding Leadership now provides 4 leader actions and 60 support instead of 3 leader actions and 50 support.

• Advanced Dike Engineering now provides 30 titanium instead of 18.

• Mass Oxygen Import now provides 28 atmosphere and oxygen instead of 20.  

Scenarios:

• Lowered the seats required for victory (as you don’t get multiple seats now anymore for higher faction levels).

• Lowered the total requirements for the Interstellar Spaceships a little to balance for the fewer gained seats on higher faction levels.  

Difficulty:

• Slightly increased the expectation rise frequency, to match the beneficial changes mentioned above.