Version 0.9.27 Released

I'm back now and recharged after a holiday.

Here is the completion of the tutorial/campaign work started in the last release. Existing players who mainly do skirmishes might not notice much change. This concludes the planned work on the tutorial/campaign, but of course I expect quite a bit of balancing work in the next couple of releases.

Please give feedback on the balance and difficulty if you can. As a result of previous feedback I have made some of the earlier missions easier. I also modified sensor sensitivity. Has this worked? Is it now too easy? Or, still too hard?

Next up are some new features. A skirmish neutral option has been suggested by a player (unknown ships display as neutral until they are at least categorised), so I will do that as part of adding a couple of new skirmish types (civilian defence & the focus mission from online duels). I will also have a look at the multi-monitor issue, but this is complicated by requiring a library upgrade and me not owning a second monitor.

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Current Version: 0.9.27 (23rd April 2016)

Known Issues:

• Steam Overlay can sometimes cause some Macs to hang on startup - need to disable Overlay
• Anonymous feedback that there are problems with multiple monitors. Currently only have a single monitor so as yet unable to see the problem.
• Report that the game halts Steam when starting for a second time (the first start is fine, but the second, non-concurrent start causes the issue). Currently unable to replicate. https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/4702wo/help_problem_with_steam_hanging_after_starting/

Immediate Roadmap:

• Balance/AI & Skirmish fixes & additions.
• Suggestions/feedback?
• Multi-monitor support? Neutral system?

0.9.26 (22nd March 2016) -> 0.9.27 (23rd April 2016)

• Don't allow entities without engines to plan movement & similar for other action types
• Fix bug when attempting to cancel launch of ship that was not launched
• Fix narrative button collider sizing bug
• Another(!) attempt at fixing misaligned alternative highlights
• Fix tutorial highlight bug with cancelled launches
• Display Quick Key options on turn control and stats components GUI elements
• Rename "current sig." to "previous sig." & "planned sig." to "current sig."
• Remove Basic sensors from loadout options
• Change sensor stats to make the active/passive split clearer
• Better checks that moves in tutorials are correct before continuing
• Update victory stripe conditions
• Don't show full stats tooltips in first 3 tutorial missions
• Consistent tooltip offset
• Updated narrative text on various missions/tutorials
• Remove hardest 3 steam achievements, because if I haven't got them in over 110 hours of gameplay they are probably too hard
• Turn cloud save back on
• Fix rare time bug with heightmarkers when a new entity is first displayed
• Combine Decode & Burglary missions into one
• Combine Loyalty & Seizure missions into one
• Only show offscreen indicator text in T4 if target is offscreen & make indicators larger for large screens
• Non-player ship's components now display tooltips if they are partially or fully id'ed
• Force ship rotation on loadout screen unless player is currently dragging
• Stop GUI items being highlighted if they are clipped
• Ensure final drone in T1 is a sphere after appearing
• Put a weaker weapon on the drone attacking the Shuttle in Pickup mission