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1.2.3

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* Fix date calculation causing years not to increase
* Fix Ermigen homeworld event problem preventing contact at Mytuk

1.2.2
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* Alien Comm doesn't exit immediately when alien decides to attack
* Fix a bunch of alien ID issues causing homeworlds to not properly spawn the correct aliens (left-over bug when refactoring the alien ID issues in 1.1.6)

1.1.9
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* new Help & Info Dialog
* screen help pages
* F1 key to open help dialog
* add detailed tooltips
* tooltip mode setting
* fix ship hull damage when upgrading ship hull
* fix hitting keys while save dialog is up in New Game
* fix hitting keys while dialogs are popped up
* remove penalty for reducing stats in PsyEval
* in Creation show a notification instead of a ShowCrewDialog
* Unknown Materials and Components show "Identify" message for Disassembly in Creation
* hide tooltop dialog when switching screens

1.1.7
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* Low Res (Classic) aka, Extra Chunky Mode, and High Res (xBRZ), aka Smooth Mode, option in Options Display, defaults to off (Smooth/xBRZ)
* Fix solar system regenerating when returning to bridge every single time
* Fix Approach Planet flag not resetting properly causing constant camera movement returning to bridge
* Fix gaseous planets anomalies not showing high enough above the surface
* Adjust shield power usage (it was 8x higher in non-Combat)
* Adjust overall shield power usage (it was 10x higher than expected)

1.1.6
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* More fixes to end of combat dialog
* Convert all old graphics to xBRZ filters (should look a lot better now)
* Fix alien conversations for planets IDs over 1000

Release Notes:
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1.1.5
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* Fix end of combat dialog
* Add missing material for one of the asteroids
* Fix max crew member level
* Fix achievements not unlocking for max log and systems visited
* Fix Unity Player resolution problem causing low res rendering

1.1.4
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* Fix Mac and Steam initialization

1.1.3
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* Steam support
* fixed a ton of story events and log entries
* minor cosmetic fixes and additions

1.1.2
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Main fixes:
* more tooltips on Combat screen
* remove Load Progress screen
* write app version to save game file
* add Steam libraries and stub out calls to Steam
* fix wandering aliens not properly approaching
* fix short and long range displays showing multiple bogies
* fix issues with dead planets LOD
* fix Combat showing multiple after effects dialogs
* fix Combat loading multiple times
* fix exception with no shield installed during combat
* add some polish to PsyEval and NewGame screens
* fix wandering aliens using improper IDs
* adjust time to complete some engineering tasks
* fix History Display starting target location
* save and restore Main Game console text
* fix sun flare showing when not a solar system
* added scuttle bot results to Combat screen
* fixed team update issue in Creation screen
* fix text being entered in comm screens while dialog was displayed
* fix some event text
* remember open displays between screen loads
* fix alien ship copies in Combat
* fix scuttle bot dialog in Combat
* increase delay before tooltips are displayed

Event fixes:
* fix Phador Moch repair and aard repair events
* fix system events adding multiple system notes
* fix wrong system for the trojan gate in the log
* fix trojan gate event sequence

1.1.1
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* fixed alien contacts not properly saving between sessions
* faster cube rotation on start
* music for most screens remembers last playback location and continues
* system notes automatically added for many log entries that reference systems
* fixed xp gain from researching artifacts sometimes out of range
* fixed a couple of typos in log entries
* fixed thermoplast creation (again)
* fixed flying to a planet when not at a valid system
* fixed visit date on system info display
* fixed missing asteroid material
* fixed adding gun nodes not increasing maximum number of gun nodes
* fixed ship config display not updating ship type images
* history display now allows targeting
* resting will now possibly create a random alien encounter (like the original)

1.1.0
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Main fixes:
* issues with Combat - retreating and victory conditions, infinite level load issue, clearing wandering alien ships afterwards
* reworked xp gain
* reworked skill checks and insanity logic
* fixed story event issues related to system id being off by 1 from the original
* fixed random alien contact information
* fixed some music start/stop issues
* tons of cosmetic fixes such as bold text for items you can create, filtering revealed systems in Sector Map, etc.
* fixed asteroids showing the collision mesh, added a nice emission effect
* added engineering teams progress to Creation
* fixed Anomaly clicking
* added a file version check so older save game files can be detected

Event fixes:
* fixed off by 1 error for system ids
* added system notes for systems found by the 2nd Data Buoy event
* fixed check for the Detonator in the Temple of Iron event line

1.0.9
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* Fixed infinite probe scanning if on Easy difficulty
* Fixed dialog spamming of crew members going insane
* Fixed engaging engines with insufficient fuel from Sector Map
* Fixed many text boxes not properly clearing text if scramble animating
* Fixed element group name not showing up in Cargo
* Sped up research of artifacts
* Sped up probe info gather rates
* Fixed text wrapping in Alien and Crew Comm screens
* Fixed engineering teams not updating properly in Creation
* Fixed cancel confirm of engineering teams ignoring confirm yes/no
* Fixed researching and other ship tick events in Main Menu
* Upgrade to Unity 2019.3.15

1.0.8
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* tweaks to asteroids
* fix artifact names out of range

1.0.7
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* fix music start/stop
* fix resetting ship when destroying game screen

1.0.6 Beta
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* fix intro star field not hiding
* fix crew researching in main menu

1.0.5 Beta
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* Initial beta release

I haven't looked into GOG as a release platform yet.  In the meantime, you can claim a steam key if you want.

Steam keys should be available through the itch.io app.  You click the "Claim Key" button.

Yes, I will get some.  I put a request in to Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1412980/Ironseed_25th_Anniversary_Edition/

Forget what I said about using overusing the Rest command after version 1.1.1.  Resting can sometimes attract aliens to drop by.. some of which are not friendly.

If you're not ready for combat, go to the Security Cube and attempt to Evade.  The Science Cube, Short and Long Range scans will show the location of an alien ship and its proximty.

• fixed alien contacts not properly saving between sessions
• faster cube rotation on start 
• music for most screens remembers last playback location and continues 
• system notes automatically added for many log entries that reference systems 
• fixed xp gain from researching artifacts sometimes out of range 
• fixed a couple of typos/formating issues in log entries 
• fixed thermoplast creation (again) 
• fixed flying to a planet when not at a valid system 
• fixed visit date on system info display 
• fixed missing asteroid material 
• fixed adding gun nodes not increasing the maximum number of gun nodes
• fixed ship config display not updating ship type images
• history display now allows targeting 
• resting will now possibly create a random alien encounter (like the original)

1. Set all your crew to "Researching".
2. Encode them all.
3. Save game

Next:

1. Scan the first planet
2. Go to Bot Display
3. Drop your Minebot and Manufactory
4. Encode your crew and Save
5. Go to Bot Display and the Cache tab
6. Go to Med Cube and click the Rest button
7. Collect the items in the Planet Cache on the Bot Display
8. Rinse and repeat steps 6 and 7 as much you want
9. Decode crew that go insane
10. Collect your bots
11. Go to Creation and dismantle your bots to get more Probes (or make some with your new raw materials) until you have 4 Probes.

I'll add the probe auto scanning to the "Nice to Have" list. =)  I'm trying to find a balance between having stuff to do vs really irritating and monotonous stuff to do.  I sped up a few things on the last release.  Cube rotation is something I'm thinking of speeding up significantly for example.

Yeah, I got lucky and got a Thermoplast and then promptly lost the probe in a Sun. haha  Always save before a scan!

Thanks for the feedback so far.

Probe destruction rates were ok when I was testing.  If you're a bit lazy (and being more safe) you can scan the planets but don't collect anomalies.  Got to the Bot Config display and click the "Cache" tab.  Anomalies are stored in the planetary cache.  You collect them that way without a risk of a probe being destroyed.

You can not create Thermoplast but you can find it if you're lucky.  Thermoplast should not show up in Creation until you have the log event.  I could probably add a filter to the anomalies but it's kinda cool if you do get lucky to get some.  You don't actually find any through the events, only the ability to make it.

** Spoiler Alert **

Go to Suenyo system (134.6, 122.2, 131.2) -> Find Derelict Ship -> Thermal Plates added to cargo -> Research Plates to learn how to make Thermoplast

v1.1.0 pushed.. see the dev log for more details.  Unfortunately you will have to start a new save game.  This could not avoided due to corruption with the system ids and events.

Almost done with testing of new version.  Found a couple of more issues with Combat if you retreat and system/planet id's that were affecting events.

Working on version 1.10.0

Tons of bug fixes in the next version.

Thank you for your feedback! =)

I'll see what I can do over the weekend to fix these bugs.

Probe screen plays the correct song.  Sector Map song was originally Probe and sector.mod was played for some of the random aliens.  I set it to the Sector Map because I think it gets boring to hear too much of probe.mod. =)

Anomalie clicking is a bit annoying.  Something wrong with the rotation of the hitbox.  I will see what I can do to fix it.

Star reveal code is there but it doesn't seem to be working right.  I will check.  Maybe I left some debug in there or something.  It needs to work right because some events reveal hidden systems.  It's supposed to reveal 60 light years out as you travel.

There were some new events added by another programmer later on that I think I missed.  I will have to go through them and check.  There's a message about fuel and returning to Mars that I don't see.

I will do a lot more playing this weekend.  Thanks again for testing.  I do want this game to be a good experience for anyone returning to it 25 years later. =)

Please let me know if v1.0.9 (either 32 or 64 bit versions) fix your issue.  Thanks.  It will take a few more hours for all new versions to be pushed.

Please let me know if there are any more issues.

I'm hoping the upgrade to Unity will the video issue some users are experiencing.

I successfully upgraded to the latest Unity without breaking anything.. that's a first!  They broke the camera stacking a while back and I was stuck without having to do major rewriting of the scenes.  Apparently enough people complained and they added it back.  =P  I will clean up the code and get a build put together.  I'm hoping this will fix your video issues.

Thank you, that means a lot. =)  I do the same thing for indie studios - buying DLC just to help them out.

I'm going to also try upgrading to a later version of Unity and see if that fixes your problem.  I've got a number of minor fixes I'm testing now.

Yeah, I saw that.  I'm sorry we haven't been able to figure out your problem =(

To answer your question about crew insanity:

Encode and Decode as needed

Raise your crew level and create Mind Enhancers

Tweak values using Psy Eval

Thanks.  

I've fixed the Easy problem on Probe Scan.  Stupid simple bug that slipped through.

Found the problem with Sector Map and Insufficient Fuel.

I've found a couple of more minor issues that have been plaguing the game that I couldn't track down like some of the text updates and Creation teams not updating properly.  Those will be fixed. 

I will do a better testing pass this time around. =)

Apparently =)  I want to look at that "Insufficient Fuel" bug too that you mentioned.  Might take a couple of days.. the machine I was using to build died and I've got to set up my laptop to rebuild the assets and build the installers in addition to debugging the issue.

You wouldn't happen to be on "Easy" difficulty would you?

No more development, this is the final version of this version of the game.  We may do a sequel at some point.  There was a partially complete version of Ironseed 2 called Beyond the Rim.

https://channel7.itch.io/ironseed

Originally released in 1994, this is the rewritten-from-scratch 25th Anniversary Edition!  The entire game has been recreated using a modern 3D engine to be as faithful to the original as possible.