Greetings Star Commanders!

We are wrapping up on Alpha 8 and have a new version for you. Some more bug fixes and a new bug submission area set up on the forums.

IMPORTANT: If you run into any errors while running the game PLEASE post the very first one that you get. Every other error after the first one is likely a cascading/domino effect and very difficult to diagnose and fix.. If you do receive an error, please take a screenshot, save the game and then load. From there take a screenshot of the first error you get after that. Again, subsequent errors are likely stemming from the first.

To get on the betatesting branch go to your library, right click on Star Command Galaxies, go to properties, click on the "Betas" tab and select the "betatesting" branch. The game will auto-update!

Patch notes below:

• FIXED: Enemies trigger animations
• FIXED: Enemies shooting after death
• FIXED: Garbled text on text popup
• FIXED: Crew details now displays proper information
• FIXED: Hover icons getting stuck behind crew members
• FIXED: Multiple purple icons on trade locations
• FIXED: Footsteps getting stuck on loop
• FIXED: Sounds are again in 3D
• FIXED: Clicking on GUI while teleporter is on no longer teleports your crew
• FIXED: Hid some loyalty items that shouldn’t have been showing
• FIXED: Shield status not getting saved
• FIXED: Shields not appearing
• FIXED: Shields on a ship when the first start even if they haven’t charged them
• FIXED: Mouseover on crew hire not giving the right info
• Beds now give limited HP when crew rest
• Revised hierarchy menu to better display how races feel about each other
• Added in intruder alert
• Added mission hover bubble above the appropriate node
• Limited active missions to 3 + Distress
• Tons of null reference error fixes

Known Issues (fixed next week):

• Enemy logic is going to be getting an entire rewrite and will be released post Alpha 8. It will be large and a patch for Alpha 8. After that enemies will be much more intelligent and not do odd things like beam aboard your ship and just stand still.
• Save corruptions (please post all first errors!)
• Loyalty penalties not registering correctly on game load

Cheers,
Warballoon