Patch Release Notes - 1.5b

It is my goal in 2021 to release a total remaster of StarDrive 2, and this is a juicy update on the Road to Remaster (tm).

If you find that I broke something in your saved games, please upload it somewhere so I can grab it and see what went wrong. I've got a long way to go yet before this game is in a remastered state, but I think this gives you a great taste of what's to come.

• Added an Auto Combat toggle to the battle screen to let the AI handle combat for you

• Continued optimizations of strategy map performance

• Swapped out a few building graphics courtesy of wolfy301

• Asteroid fields on the battlemap are now more asteroidy

• Enhanced weapon sound fx system to allow for more variation.

• Upgraded and rebalanced weapon sound fx for:

• PD lasers

• Medium lasers

• Vulcan Cannons

• Disruptor Cannons

• Anti Matter Cannon

• Artillery

• Mass Driver

• General improvements to Muzzle Flash FX across the board

• Modified weapons:

• Disruptor max cannon range reduction

• Anti Matter Cannon increased projectile speed

• Cluster cannon range decreased

• Removed the old ground combat system entirely, and all associated quests. An upgraded quest system will bring these back in a new form soon.

• Solar Systems that are out of sensor range will now have the display of their names dulled slightly as an indicator

• Hex tiles that are not in sensor range now have a slightly faded coloring as an indicator

• Hex tiles that are unexplored have an even further reduced coloring

• Softened the color of the huge empire name plates on the strategy map to increase map readability

• Fixed an issue where antimatter cannon fx trails would disappear immediately upon impacting with a ship

• Updated Microsingularity FX to be cooler

• Fixed inoperable cluster cannon weapon