Star Traders 2 - Alpha v1.2.3 Released

[fallen]

A quick bug fix release to clear the decks a bit. Thanks to everyone for playing, reporting bugs and sending in suggestions!

There is no need to uninstall for this update.

v1.2.3 - 4/22/2016
- Crash and Bug Fixes
- Fixed bad icons in Exchange selling interface
- Improved Combat Preamble, Victory and Defeat Reports
- Improved Difficulty Scaling and Combat AI
- Balancing Trade Routes, Demand Levels, Economy Types
- Expanded and Improved Exploration Rewards

[Cory Trese]

And if you missed v1.2.1

v1.2.1 - 4/19/2016
- Added 34 new mission types: 8 Patrol Missions, 8 Blockade Missions, 8 Spy Missions, 10 Explorer Mission
- Improved Map Generator -- Better Indy Worlds, Better Quadrant Types, Select Map Density, Name Maps
- Improved Contacts: 22 all New Contact Types, better Contact Links, variable Contact Introduction Pricing
- Contacts offer discounts for Fuel, Repairs, Upgrades, Spice, and Doctor servcies
- New Combat Difficulty Scaling System, Revised Game Difficulty Options
- All new Mission generation system driven by goals
- Ask Contacts about Missions related to Conflicts, completion adds to Faction's Conflict Score
- Rebuilt Explorer, Spying, Blockading, Patroling Black Market mini-game screens
- All risk and reward factors displayed in card games
- Zenga Artifacts can now appear in Exploring, new Credit Skim results in Spying
- Improved animation in mini-games to make advantage of "remove a risk" cards clear
- Talents now stacked in Ship-to-Ship Combat, Card Games, Combat Preamble, Draw & Victory
- Black Market ignores Trade Law legality
- Cache button always available from Explorer screen to quickly get rewards
- Fixed ability to cycle Bribe-Tribute-Bribe-Tribute during Ship Combat Preamble
- Implemented more Traits, Rigid Lawful, Calm
- Implemented and fixed Talents: Life Saver, Terrifying Extortion, Jettison Cargo, Restoration
- Implemnted all of Spy's Talents: Character Insight, Data Haul, Secrets Unbound, improved Bolt
- Implemented More Talents: Artifact Hunter, Broadside, Scattershot, Devastating Approach, Boosted Shields, Rallying Cry
- Added Visuals for Orbital Stations from planet orbit screen
- Selling Intel Records increase Contact Influence as well as Rep
- Rebalanced XP requirements, Job Ranks, Talent points for all Character Levels
- Lock Priority during Template Creation
- Upgraded difficulty of xeno encountered in crew combat (Explore, Boarding)
- 20 New Awards

[grävling]

Do you need to delete your existing games? Many of my contacts in my explorer game now look like this:






Should I worry?

I'm going to make a new captain and play her in the meantime.

[MintDragon]

Mac OSX version is still at 1.2.1 (edit: iOS version too)

[fallen]

grävling - fixed for next.