Sea of Stars Early Access update - 8/28/2014

Hi all, it's been a while since the last update but this is a pretty significant one. A lot of improvements, small and big. In other exciting developments we're also releasing a new trailer video just in time for PAX and getting ready for another sizable content update introducing a new alien race. Stay tuned!

Today's change list:

• Fixed doubled-up items in stores

• Fixed being able to escape before encounter starts in combat

• Fixed being able to summon Klakar after/while escaping

• Fixed being able to summon Klakar before your own ships are on screen

• Fixed music not playing in Klakar/Muktian scripted messages

• Added a system to keep certain races (Tchorak) from being too close to Hope

• Fixed mercenary and left-item icons overlapping on starmap

• Made zooming in combat follow the mouse cursor position

• Made stealing items from neutral Zorg result in diplomatic downgrade

• Added more diplomatic messages to Zorg

• Made neutral fleets greet you even if you have met the race earlier

• Fixed mismatched star names on homeworld systems

• Fixed crash bug with trade inventory rendering while moving

• Made combat grid squares bigger when the combat map is larger

• Made a new placeholder for Klakar beacon image

• Added mouse-over mini-coins on items (at stores that deal with coins)

• Fixed antichronon beam description being too long

• Made new Galacticoin graphics

• Reassigned some star names to prevent crash (not enough orange)

• Fixed visual glitch caused by clicking on starmap while explore card is up

• Reduced twitchiness of ship path dragging in combat

• Smoothed transition from main menu to game

• Smarter Klakar arrival, should no longer smash into enemies

• Fixed Klakar weapons damaging allied spacecraft

• New music and sound effects in several places