Open Beta Patch v1.32d (22 june 2026)

[Vic]

thanks solops, the perils of using open beta

beta6 posted.

mostly a number of behind the hood changes (for future) and some fixes.

best wishes,
Vic

[solops]

Getting a crash during AI turn processing on turn 194. Cannot tell you more than that.

[Vic]

Posted beta7, fixed a crash and several glitches and minor bugs.

Thanks for all the continued feedback.

As you might have noticed the latest patches address bugs and not ease-of-life/UI/AI or other improvements. This is because I am trying to maximize my development time for a big new feature rich update. More about this later Just rest assured that the apparent reduction of dev activity on the forums and patches front actually is a sign of increased effort.

best wishes,
Vic

[Leslac]

Good to hear mate, keep up the good work

[Nachtjager]

I don't think anyone would ever accuse you of being inefficient with your development time. It's nice to hear that new features are coming, keep up the great work!

[Destragon]

Good work, can't wait for the big one. [8D]

[Vic]

Bump. Just a fix of a crash i introduced in previous beta.

Sorry for that guys.

Best wishes,
Vic

[Vic]

Bump! Small patch

[eddieballgame]

Thank you Vic

[Jorgas]

Im randomly losing cities to myself, in the latest beta not every turn, but if i place troops in a city ill usually, i don't always get the message that says i've conquered the city, then in the click after it's telling me i've lost it.

i end up with a newly conquered city that had 100 happiness in pop/workers , decimated to very low numbers and it's pretty much like i've just conquered it. and then i have to bring in troops to quell the unrest, which causes the city to be lost and conquered again, which puts the hapiness at 0 for pop and workers.

[Vic]

@Jorgas,
Fixed in beta9. Sry for the inconvenience :/ Thanks for testing!

[Jorgas]

inconvenience is something to be expected when you do play on a beta branch, happy to help , thanks for fixing the issue so fast, have a good week!

[Vic]

Bump. Super big new patch that adds Air Forces to the game.
Please test and provide feedback.

[DTurtle]

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4910515

You screwed up a few of the file names

[Clux]

So far looks great, changing what Turtle said the game doesn't crash at the moment.

[Destragon]

Hell yes. I can't test much right now, because I'm already testing beta updates in two other games, but this sounds great already.

Edit:
I haven't tried the proper mechanics yet, but my first bit of feedback is that the model design process needs to be reworked a little. This was already a small issue beforehand, but it's become a bigger issue now that we have airplanes with 7 components.
Instead of the process being "click one of the components, get to the next screen", it should list all component choices (engine, fuel tank, weapon, etc) on one single screen and display the unit's stats on that screen, too, which should dynamically change as you select the different components. It would make designing units a lot clearer, especially with airplanes where you only get to see the statistics like operational range on the very last screen and if you don't like those stats, you have to go back all the way to the beginning, restarting the process.

[Vic]

bump!
And we're already at beta11

Thanks for all the quick feedback. Its been really appreciated.

best,
vic

[Emx77]

This was fast. Great job. 👍

[DasTactic]

Hi Vic,
I hope you've recovered.

Great to see the Airforce addition to the game.

Here are a few notes while testing...
- Air tech shows up even if Air Forces disabled in planet generation. And then shows in the TECH screen outside borders.
- Air Tech Council shows up and can be selected even if Air Forces disabled.
- Show airforce viability in planet generation summary (or on atmosphere screens) (air pressure > gravity).
- Air recon graphic of explosion looks wrong.

And some other things with the game in general:
- Tech 3 start should have the player in control of Recycling/Scavenging + Truck Station/Transport Hub.
- MNG --> LEADER: Why show ‘Natural Relation Points’ at start?
- ‘Biosphere and Atmosphere’ and ‘Biosphere details’ from planet Auvillary Info in reports.
- Explain s o d c in Biosphere details.
- Scroll-wheel to scroll displays.

[Maerchen]

Attention:
In order to test the new Air Forces addition you'll need to flag "Air Forces enabled" in the PLANET GENERATION setup page.

I do not see the flag option. Where is it located?