• “Revenge of Antares Race Pack” DLC

  We are bringing back the three iconic races that were first introduced with Master of Orion II: the elegant yet xenophobic [b]Elerian[/b], the peaceful aquatic [b]Trilarian[/b] and the skilled traders [b]Gnolam[/b] join the fight for Orion!

• Update v54.6 highlights

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• The Antarans are back!
• Leaders and Governors
• Minor Civilizations
• Ship profiles for Tactical Battles
• A complete revamp to Espionage
• Support for Mods in Multiplayer

Detailed Changes v54.6

• Improved evaluation of planet rating for better deal evaluation
• Improved invasion analysis and execution
• Improved Opportunity Rating and Opportunity Threshold analysis
• The AI is now better at handling its Command Points at an Empire level
• The AI is now better at organizing its defenses
• Decreased colony ship output
• Improved war possibility factor analysis regarding economic considerations

• Pollution:[list]
• Pollution Processor cleaning effect increased from 10 to 15
• Core Waste Dump cleaning effect increased from 100 to 150
• Pollution absorption for Barren biomes increased to 60 (previous 30)

• Research cell output increased from 2 to 3.
• Techtree nodes cost increased by 33%.

• Technologies that do not belong to a race’s techtree or are void because of Victory Conditions selection no longer appear in the techtree
• Recyclotron structure added

• Added Ramming
• Improved AIs selection of opening moves when entering combat
• Improved battlefield hazard generations better selection algorithm plus more quantity and diversity

• Added new charging sound
• Added notification sounds
• Intro sounds added for: Amoeba, Eel, Squid and Dragon.
• Updated Warp sound

• Economic Victory conditions graph improvements
• The production queue is now fully functional
• Added info during Cinematic battles for easier reference
• Improved selection and formations visuals and feedback
• New battle log with more information
• Added Range Day indicator
• Added "requires" field to Tech Applications
• Added scientific victory requirement to scientific victory tech apps
• Added and revised several tooltips
• Use full empire name instead of race name in the title of espionage attack report
• Hide view planet button in mission debriefing for empire missions
• Integrated agent captured popup

• Blanding error at the end of "new tech added"
• Fixed inconsistencies between a monster destruction event and text
• Fix for bombing flow AI attacks player’s colony
• Fix for Escape button sometimes not responding
• Fix for the game locking up/infinite processing turn after encountering the first race
• Fix for an unusual softlock in strategy mode
• Fix for Blueprint changes not being saved
• Localization fix for: Key for 'Toggle Auto-turn' not ticking Auto-turn checkbox
• Localization fix for old Pollution Immunity perk description in custom races
• Fix for Missing key at Empire selection pop-up
• Fix for a grammatical error in notifications appearing after annual payment agreement ends
• Fix for negotiate button taking the player to a normal audience
• Fix for upgrade button disappearing when editing a blueprint name after unlocking an upgrade
• Fix for the Upgrade blueprints button appearing even when there’s is nothing to upgrade
• Added Imminent biome degradation notification
• Biome degradation now happens at the correct time
• Colony production grid distribution fixed
• Fix for incorrect food delta in colonies when polluted
• Pollution Cleaning structures now are shown in pollution tooltip
• Fix for subterranean farms not updating tile value in food line
• Fix for incorrect production values showing after building the neutron collider
• Fix for production speed, now it affects production costs instead of productive output
• Difficulty level (production bonus for AI) is now calculated properly. Added additional cleanup per AI difficulty
• Fix for weapons not being selectable after selecting an enemy
• Fixes for some issues on specials and squadrons info update
• Fixed several issues related to selecting multiple ships and giving them orders
• Fixed automatic toggle on weapons when receiving a general/weapon focus order
• Fixed tooltips for modules that don’t have a weapon type
• Fix for hotkeys being enabled in the tutorial that could guide the player into an incorrect flow
• Autorepair achievement icon art fixed
• Fix for tooltip displaying incorrect security level information
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Amoeba from attacking in tactical battles
• Fix for inconsistency in a tech bonus in two different languages