Yarlen

Coming later this week, unless we find something terrible, is Beta 2.5 for Sins: Entrenchment! I've listed the changes below.

IMPORTANT: The primary function of this beta update is to test the new memory optimizations and to eliminate the crashes caused by running out of memory. 99% of the crashes that have been reported since Beta 2 are related to this.

Gameplay / Balance:

• Ogrov Torpedo Cruiser -
  • Cost changed from 450/100/75 to 490/100/70 (credits/metal/crystal).
  • Front bank damage reduced 20%.
  • Max hull points reduced from 680 to 580.
  • Max shield points reduced from 375 to 275.
  • Armor reuced from 3 to 1.
• Proximity Minefield -
  • Cost reduced from 1000/250/125 to 850/215/85.
• Solanus Adjudicator -
  • Cost changed from 1000/250/125 to 1100/210/135.
  • Front bank damage reduced 50%.
  • Max number of targets in front bank reduced from 6 to 5.
  • Max hull points increased from 680 to 860.
  • Max shield points increased from 375 to 490.
  • Armor reduced from 3 to 1.
• Advent Hangar Defense -
  • Homing mine squadron antimatter cost reduced from 100 to 50.
• Mines -
  • Tweaked mine detection conditions to remove case where scouts get stuck in range trying to reveal the same mine.
  • Improved mine clearing by scouts (attacks the closest mine).
• Homing Mine Squadron -
  • Deployment cost reduced from 850/200/100 to 725/170/85.
  • Fixed Homing Mines that wouldn't move to deploy.
• Aeria Drone Host -
  • Homing mine squadron antimatter cost reduced from 125 to 60.
• Sivuskras Ruiner -
  • Mine deployment cost reduced from 700/175/75 to 600/150/65.
  • Ruiner does not have weapons anymore.
• All scout frigate attack ranges increased from 2000 to 2500.
• Misc. Gameplay -
  • Ships joining fleets when they enter gravity wells are now properly added to their fleet's pip group.
  • Starbase constructors no longer auto-join fleets.
  • Meteor Storm (Advent) now correctly damages both hull and shields instead of just shields.
  • Starbase phase gate ability (Vasari) uses antimatter to activate as originally intended.
  • Fixed bug where anti-structure ships weren't using data to determine whether they focus fire or not.

User Interface / HUD:

• Starbases are now only auto-pinned if they belong to your empire.
• BuffInfoCard Improvement: Instant action query types selectively rendered based on type and context.
• BuffInfoCard Improvement: Frontal damage reduction now rendered.
• Fixed conditions for 'Not enough room to spawn star base' error message.
• Fixed bad error message when trying to deploy mines when another entity is under cursor.

Misc.:

• Tons of memory optimizations (still more to go!).
• Fix for buff system crash on exit that occurs when culture rate modifying buffs are on orbit bodies when the game is exited.