{"id":3238,"date":"2015-02-17T11:43:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T11:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2015-02-17T11:43:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T11:43:51","slug":"gratuitous-space-battles-2-update-1-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2015\/02\/17\/gratuitous-space-battles-2-update-1-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratuitous Space Battles 2 Update 1.17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time again! its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousspacebattles2.com\/index.html\">Gratuitous Space Battles 2 <\/a>beta update day! Currently the patch is still being put together, but if you can&#8217;t wait, you can just re-use your download link to grab the latest copy, 1.17. Here is a video with me demonstrating some of the new features: (uploaded in HD at considerable inconvenience on my rural broadband :D)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_41psLV9v7s?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And the complete changelist is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Version Beta 1.17 Feb<\/em><br \/>\n<em>==========================<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1) Added a bunch of new voiceover sounds.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2) Fixed crash bug relating to very complex scenes.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>3) You can now place visual components beneath the ship hull.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>4) Fixed GUI issue on R&amp;D screen for modules.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>5) You can now disable the suns lens flare under options.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>6) Added new &#8216;reset to zero&#8217; button for object rotation on ship design screen.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>7) Choose battle screen now only shows high scores for difficulties that are present.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>8) Module order on design screen is no longer scrambled.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>9) Fixed composite objects shrinking slightly when split in ship visual design screen.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>10) Composite objects on ship visual design screen now have a blue outline.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>11) Fixed some display bugs relating to composite objects on ship visual design screen.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>12) Composite objects now sorted to the bottom on the ship visual design screen.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>13) Engine glows have more variety now, plus contrails and engine glows displayed more sensibly in the ship editor.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>14) Ship visuals editor now shows tooltips &amp; display values for the object sliders.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>15) Crash at end of challenge games now fixed.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>16) Inbox for messages now displayed on online screen.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>17) Pop-up indicator for new messages added to main menu.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>18) new option to send another GSB user a message from the online screen.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>19) Fixed issue where challenge fleets would appear in the wrong place.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>20) Fixed bug where text-entry carat was sometimes in the wrong place.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>21) Balance: Reduced resistance of light and medium shields.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>22) Added new second tutorial mission.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>23) Balance: Increased capability but reduced range of gunship mounted disruptor bomb.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>24) Added new anti-shield bomb for fighters &amp; gunships.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>25) Sounds added for shield impact and failure.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>26) Larger more apparent visual effect for radiation damage.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>27) Added fuel indicator readout when you click on your fighters\/gunships for details.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousspacebattles2.com\/index.html\">Gratuitous Space Battles 2<\/a> is a space strategy game where you design your own spaceships and space-fleets and then pit them in hands-off battles against either AI fleets, or fleets designed by other players, and you can grab it right now (in beta) from this link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousspacebattles2.com\/register.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3239\" src=\"http:\/\/positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/buy_button.png\" alt=\"buy_button\" width=\"600\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/buy_button.png 600w, https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/buy_button-300x45.png 300w, https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/buy_button-317x48.png 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time again! its Gratuitous Space Battles 2 beta update day! Currently the patch is still being put together, but if you can&#8217;t wait, you can just re-use your download link to grab the latest copy, 1.17. 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