We will be releasing The Trailblazers Update 3 on Wednesday April 30. This update features a number of improvements to Colonisation economies and Powerplay merits, alongside a range of other fixes and improvements.
Release Schedule (All times in UTC)
- 5AM - Servers offline for maintenance
- 1PM - Servers back
Please be aware these are estimated times and are subject to change.
Features of Note:
Colonisation
- The operation of economies and population growth within player colonised systems have been extensively reworked following player feedback. These changes are designed to allow significantly more flexibility in building out systems to create any desired economy, and to significantly boost the economic output of colonised systems.
Economic changes:
- Links will now automatically be created between completed constructions within systems. Links enable supporting facilities to supply a proportion of their economy to ports across the entire system, increasing the supply, demand and types of commodities available and altering shipyard and outfitting stock.[list]
- All constructions are divided into two types for the purpose of creating links: Ports and Supporting Facilities [list]
- Ports includes Outposts, Coriolis/Orbis/Ocellus Stations, Asteroid bases, Planetary Ports and Planetary Port Outposts
- Supporting Facilities includes Settlements, Installations and Hubs
- Strong links are created between a port and any facility located on or around the same local planetary body. They may also be created between ports if there are multiple of this type on or around the same body
- In the event multiple ports are present, the highest tier port will be linked to. If both ports are of the same tier, the port which was built first will be selected
- In the event both a planetary and space-based ports are present, planetary facilities will create strong links with the planetary port, which will pass these strong links on to the orbital port following the same prioritisation rules regarding tier and build order
- System 1: Body 1 has several facilities on the surface, whilst body 2 and 3 have ports in orbit
- Weak links will be created between each body 1 facility and both ports around body 2 and 3
- System 2: Body 1 has several facilities and a port on the surface, with another port in orbit
- Strong links will be created between each facility and the port on the surface. A further strong link will be created between the planetary and orbiting port
- System 3: Body 3 has a port in orbit, with a mix of planetary and orbital facilities located at bodies 1, 2, 3 and 5
- Strong links will be created between the body 3 port and all facilities located at body 3
- Weak links will be created between the body 3 port and each facility located at bodies 1, 2 and 5
- Orbiting an Earth like world
- On or orbiting a terraformable body
- On or orbiting a body with organics
- On or orbiting an icy body
- On or orbiting a planet that is tidally locked to its star
- On or orbiting a moon that is tidally locked to its planet and its subsequent parent planet(s) are tidally locked to the star
- In a system with major or pristine resources
- On or orbiting a body with volcanism
- In a system with low or depleted resources
- High Tech Economy:
- Orbiting an ammonia world
- Orbiting an earth like world
- On or orbiting a body with geologicals
- On or orbiting a body with organics
- Nil
- In a system with major or pristine resources
- In a system with low or depleted resources
- Orbiting an ammonia world
- In a system with a black hole
- Orbiting an earth like world
- On or orbiting a body with geologicals
- On or orbiting a body with organics
- Orbiting a water world
- In a system with a white dwarf
- In a system with a neutron star
- Nil
- HighTech
- Tourism
- Military
- Agriculture
- Hightech
- Military
- Tourism
- Water world
- Agriculture
- Tourism
- HighTech
- Tourism
- HighTech
- Industrial
- Extraction
- Rocky ice
- Industrial
- Refinery
- Refinery
- ndustrial
- Extraction
- Agriculture
- Terraforming
- Extraction
- Industrial
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Population Growth Changes:
- The overall level of facility output is determined by the population associated with that facility - a higher population results in greater output of commodities. With the colonisation beta release, this population number was at a reduced level for balancing purposes.
- With this update, populations will now be significantly increased, enabling commanders to build fully operational economies and supply chains for self-sustaining colonisation efforts.
- Populations within colonised systems will now grow at a significantly faster rate with a significantly higher population limit. Overall population capacity remains determined by the port and facility types built within a system.
- Populations will grow on each weekly maintenance tick. Populations growth is based on a curve and will grow quickly for the first month before slowing to a more gradual pace, enabling quick establishment of strong economies.
Additional Changes
- Law and order around system colonisation ships and construction sites is now enforced by Brewer Corporation.
- Brewer Corporation has elected to begin naming it's system colonisation ships.
Port Customisation
- Added "Facility Customisation" button within Station Services for architects when docked at their orbital facilities. This allows architects to apply paintjobs to the following:[list]
- Coriolis Stations
- Ocellus Stations
- Orbis Stations
- Asteroid Bases
- Outposts
Powerplay
- Offensive and Defensive multipliers to merit gains have been implemented across all Powerplay systems.
- Offensive actions (taking unoccupied systems, undermining etc) will receive +5% bonus merits
- Defensive actions (Reinforcing) will result in -35% merits gained.[list]
- This is the first in a number of planned changes which are intended encourage and reward offensive actions within Powerplay. We will continue to monitor feedback and impact and adjust accordingly.
- Updated powerplay galaxy map panel to include this multiplier
- Acquisition: Collect Escape Pods → Sell commodities for large profit
- Acquisition: Collect Escape Pods → Transfer "Employee Data" & "Political Data"
- Reinforcement: Collect Escape Pods → Reboot mission completion
- Undermining: Collect Escape Pods → Hand in salvage
- Undermining: Collect Escape Pods → Hand in salvage
- Acquisition: Collect Escape Pods → Sell mined resources
- Undermining: Collect Escape Pods → Complete aid and humanitarian missions
- Acquisition: Collect Escape Pods → Scan ships & wakes (contested systems)
- Reinforcement: Collect Escape Pods → Hand in salvage
- Undermining: Collect Escape Pods → Hand in salvage
- Acquisition: Collect Escape Pods → Sell rare goods
Issue Tracker Fixes:
- Fixed instances of stutter during general gameplay
- Fixed instances of disconnects when jumping to supercruise or hyperspace [list]
- We will continue to monitor data and reports following these fixes to ensure both issues are now fully resolved. Please continue to report any further instances where this occurs.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed the hitcheck on the Corsair's side engines
- Fixed Corsair multiplayer audio. UI Panels in second chair now go beep as expected
- Fixed Corsair engine sounds being too loud when rolling at maximum speed
- Fixed instances of colonisation contact missing from list of contacts
- Fixed instances of missing construction points
- Fixed Alastor Military not counting towards the facility requirement of Military Hubs
- Fixed Planet ports not selling more than 3 commodity types
- Fixed on foot settlements not having correct max commodities supplied. They will now have approximately 3 for small, 5 for medium and 7 for large
- Fixed instances where constructions could not be renamed
- Fixed incorrect images being shown in facility construction selector
- Reduced the orbital speed of ports constructed around Neutron Stars, White Dwarfs and Blackholes
- Fixed many construction depot and beacon launch locations around stars to more closely respect their heat output, their stellar rings and any binary partners they might share an orbit with. [list]
- This is the cause of most failures to claim starsystems. This may still occur in some instances, and the team are working to resolve these.
