CHANGES AND ADDITIONS

• Added a global governor that allows the player to modify all their star system governors at once
• Added the ability to mod the loading screens
• Added 20 portraits for heroes
• Improved the construction queue:
• Bottom of all queues: You can now add an improvement at the bottom of the construction queue of all your systems by pressing CTRL when you click on the chosen improvement
• Top of all queues: You can now add an improvement at the top of the construction queue of all your systems by pressing CTRL + ALT when you click on the wanted improvement
• Top of one queue: You can now add an improvement at the top of the construction queue of a system by pressing ALT when you click on the chosen improvement
• Improved the military AI
• Improved the AI threat evaluation
• Improved the way the AI handles retreats
• Improved the AI ship design choices and fleet construction to reduce ship spamming in end game
• Added the ability for the AI to start the game with a custom faction
• Updated German localisation (thanks to Timo)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue with end game save and manual battle crashes
• Fixed several errors
• Fixed an issue with pirate fleets
• Fixed an issue with a changed diplomatic condition
• Fixed an issue where turn based improvements statuses were not progressing when another improvement has previously been bought out
• Fixed an issue where System Production Queue displayed an incorrect time to completion
• Fixed a multiplayer issue with rally points
• Fixed an issue where the game crashed when “Auto Explore” mode was activated if the fleet was guarded
• Fixed an issue with the empire influence
• Fixed an issue where the custom faction trait “Make Science, Not War” was not reducing weight costs on modules
• Fixed an issue where the improvement “Xenotourism Agencies” was affecting the colonisable but not colonised planets of the system
• Fixed an issue where the improvement “Advanced App Labs” was not reducing Science during construction
• Fixed a typo in a XML file
• Fixed an issue where the Mercurite bonus was not applied
• Fixed an issue with the description of the Sower technology “Inorganic Cultivation”
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip was not reflecting the gameplay
• Fixed an issue with the Pilgrim technology “Statis Center”
• Fixed an issue where the Portal Particle Screens tooltip was referring to the system instead of the empire