Great update! I noticed that automation actually automates everything in this version. Great work and please continue to the updates for us vanilla owners with tight wallets.

<t> In my recent game of Distant Worlds, I decided to go pirate hunting with my one of my fleets. Upon issuing a move order to a nearby, uncharted star, I received an unhandled exception error. It said something about Blockade in the error description. The game did not crash or anything, but the ...

I like the diplo ship idea. They would add variety to the civilian ships you see flying around and make for interesting situations. Such as, "Our diplomatic envoy has been captured/destroyed!" Wars could get more interesting with this, I think.

<t> Great patch! I really enjoyed the improved UI. The real little things like potential colonies appearing red in the Exp. Planner if there are threats around make a big difference. The game is also much more stable at this version than it was at 1.0.4.9, which is great. I have experienced two bugs ...

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FYI, we'll be adding something like this in the next version of this beta.

Thanks
Elliot

Do you have a rough guess on when the next version is to be released? I'm itchin' to try it.

<t> I agree. Some of the music in DW does feel out of place for a game set in deep space, but luckily, it is easy to add music to the game.<br/>
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I've added music from SW: Empire At War (many good tracks here) and MoO2. Now, I don't know how DW makes its playlists, but I've noticed that after ...

I find that Cruisers make good Kaltor killing ships.

<r> I would like to see Machine/Synthetic races added to the game like the Mekklar or Cynoids from MoO. I want to be the horde threatening the galaxy, and giant bugs aren't that scary. Your race can just invent some kind of super insecticide or something and eradicate them. Synthetics are usually ...