{"id":3447,"date":"2015-07-12T14:13:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T13:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2015-07-12T14:13:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T13:13:04","slug":"gratuitous-space-battles-gets-custom-textures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2015\/07\/12\/gratuitous-space-battles-gets-custom-textures\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratuitous Space Battles gets Custom Textures"},"content":{"rendered":"

*note, only the windows patch is live at the moment, linux & mac updates are in progress.<\/em><\/p>\n

I just released version .136 of Gratuitous Space Battles 2<\/a>. The changelog is this…<\/p>\n

Version Release 1.36 July<\/em>
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\n1) Fixed potential random crash when first starting a battle.<\/em>
\n2) Balance Change: An across-the-board 30% boost in the hit-points of all frigate modules.<\/em>
\n3) Balance Change: Double the damage of frigate anti-fighter missiles from 9 to 18.<\/em>
\n4) Balance Change: 50% boost for the damage from a frigate flak cannon from 5 to 7.5.<\/em>
\n5) Balance Change: 50% Boost for the beam power (time it can stay on) for both frigate tractor beam variants.<\/em>
\n6) Balance Change: Increased the tractor beam recharge rates for frigates by 25%.<\/em>
\n7) Balance Change: Increased the thrust of all frigate engines by 25%.<\/em>
\n8) Balance Change: Increased the shield pen of Heavy beam laser for frigates to 15 so it can now do damage to all frigate shields but plasmatic, and also damage light cruiser shields.<\/em>
\n9) Balance Change: Increased heavy frigate plasma shield penetration from 19 to 23 so it is also a viable option to damage cruisers with heavy shields.<\/em>
\n10) Fixed campaign bug where you could re-deploy already deployed ships.<\/em>
\n11) New Feature: You can assign custom textures to any part of a ship, even modded textures, and include them within challenges, using new right-click option.<\/em>
\n12) Holding down shift now allows for pixel perfect ship design movement using the arrow keys.<\/em><\/p>\n

But the most exciting bit is the new ‘custom textures’ feature. Its so exciting I made a video about it. I might one day write a play about it, or compose an opera. For now, here is the video:<\/p>\n