*** CLOSED BETA UPDATES & DISCUSSION/BUG REPORTS IV ***

Wow, you really got lucky on taking out all the engines with it being a 10% chance lol. Its definitely an edge case that hasn't been considered until now -- yes, the hull should go down if the engines are completely disabled. Will report.

 

The bug you have above is a complicated one, which they're trying to resolve. Its got a couple of factors involved, that one. I think its the last bug when it comes to movement/popping etc...

 

Another build/update to the server for the weekend:

• Fixed an issue that was preventing players from skipping their repair phase.
• The game will now correctly show one damage number when the player’s ship is hit directly between two hex sides.
• The enemies destroyed popup now has a delay before it appears so it doesn’t appear before the ship explosion animation has completed.
• The Galaxy Map will now prioritize showing the icon for the most powerful structure in a given sector.
• Fixed an issue where the Shipyard was displaying double the number of systems on a ship.
• Mac Players should now be correctly able to download and play Space Wars on Steam if they have redeemed the beta code.
• In the rare case where a ship’s engine integrity hits 0 any further damage that would be dealt to the engine will now be dealt to that ship’s hull instead.
• Skills that increase a ship's movement will now display the correctly modified movement value in combat.
• Addressed an issue that would cause Genari stations to shift position when they were hit.
• Addressed an issue where some Missile weapons were displaying incorrect damage values.
• The modified Movement, Initiative, and Power values will now be displayed when the officer skill Stress Engines is activated.
• The officer skill Stress Engines will now deal damage to the ship’s engines and hull upon the conclusion of the allocation phase it was activated.
  

The next big project step is building a full tutorial, which is very important for new players, so they don't get frustrated/click around without knowing what to do in combat.

 

The general errors do get reported to the programmers, but I do wonder how that -136 movement happened. I'll do some playtesting today, but its possible that the new build that got updated last night has introduced some new bugs.
The insufficient power one does come up often though, and is known.

 

You should get a minimum of 1 crew repaired per repair point? (used to be 5%, but its brought down now to 1% or minimum 1 crew).

 

Crew repair, moving platform, and slaughter II getting worked on today/tomorrow.

As for XP gained from hitting engines, that's something I purposely held off on because XP is being isolated only to damaging a ship's hull and destroying it.

 

Couple of fixes added to a late night build tonight (thanks to the programmer working on a sunday)

- Fixed an issue where crew repairs were not always correctly enforcing a 1 point minimum.
- Fixed an issue with captain skill points not being correctly refreshed when returning to a spacedock.
- Fixed an issue with skill upgrades that prevented previous skill ranks from being removed. This would incorrectly double up on some skill effects.

Amish: the damaged missile thing is a more complex bug (that whole healing up between AI waves getting screwy) -- so that's something more comprehensive they're still working on.