Version History for Space Empires IV
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Version 1.38:
1. Added - You can now hold the Shift key in the Select Package window to
add or remove resources at a rate of 10,000 per click.
2. Fixed - Spelling error in "Energy Dampner".
3. Fixed - AI was not following the "Maximum maintenance Percent of
Revenue" line correctly.
4. Fixed - The AI would still try to construct a unit design even if there
was no space for it anywhere in the galaxy, and would not move on
down the list of designs to purchase.
5. Fixed - The AI would often upgrade all of its facilities even when it didn't
really have the money to do so.
6. Fixed - Remove the extra "Weapon display" line for the Tractor Beam II.
7. Fixed - When a race accepts a subjugation treaty, all of its other existing
treaties will be broken, and all of those players will be notified.
8. Fixed - Re-fixed the problem with the Low Supply icon on fighter Groups.
9. Fixed - Fixed bug where non-cloaked defenders in an obscuring storm would
not battle visible enemies moving through the sector.
10. Note - If you turn on the Resupply Minister, it will give orders to any and
all ships, regardless of their individual minister setting.
Version 1.37:
1. Changed - Increased cost to retrofit.
2. Added - Command Line option -nd (which should be placed at the very end
of the line) which will prevent any display of dialogs.
3. Added - Exit Code when running the exe from the command line.
0 - Successful.
1 - Invalid Master Password.
2 - Invalid Player Password.
4. Fixed - When downsizing a ship using retrofit, the number of damaged
components display might show too high a number.
5. Fixed - Allegiance Converters should not work against ships with
Master Computers.
6. Fixed - All designs in the Designs Window are now listed sorted by name.
7. Fixed - Small fighter Groups would show the out of supply icon even
at 100% fuel.
8. Fixed - If a planet was destroyed in combat, all the units that were
housed on the planet would not be showed as killed in the
design statistics.
9. Fixed - Swept mines were not being added to the killed statistics.
10. Fixed - A player would not receive enemy fighter designs if the designs
were housed on a planet during combat.
11. Fixed - Simultaneous Game: The protector in a protectorate treaty would
often not store any resources.
12. Fixed - Rare Access Violation when Host is processing a turn.
13. Fixed - Added a fix for the garbled log message display even though unable
to repeat.
14. Fixed - Simultaneous Game: Changing the colony type would not take effect after
a turn was processed.
Version 1.36:
1. Fixed - Map Editor: Access Violation when you tried to edit a
planet after deleting one.
2. Fixed - Map Editor: After saving a planet with a name that does
not end in a roman numeral, the next time you tried to
add a planet in the same system, you would get a Range
Check Error.
3. Fixed - Map Editor: Removed systems names from the combo box that
are already in use.
4. Fixed - Occasional driver or VxD errors when using the Resolve
Combat feature.
5. Fixed - Compiling a turn from the command line was not working.
6. Fixed - Fighter Groups were getting a cumulative offfense and
defense modifier.
7. Fixed - Sometimes fighters would not fire on targets if their first
weapon could not target the remaining enemy pieces.
8. Fixed - A target planet in the combat simulator would show the wrong
player's population bars.
9. Fixed - Long Messages to other players would get cut off in the Log
Window.
10. Fixed - When a new empire is created by rebelling from an old one,
the new empire would have all of the log Messages from the
old empire.
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Sarge is coming...
Richard Arnesen
Director of Covert Ops
Shrapnel Games
http://www.shrapnelgames.com
Changes from 1.35 to current load...
Hybrid Mode
