Stars Beyond Reach Beta Phase 3 Release Notes

Version 0.910

(This isn't done yet, we're still working on it.)

• The game now actually explains what EXP and levels do in tooltips on those stats, AND it explains how the starting levels on them are increased, and by extension how market items work.
  • Thanks to kasnavada for reminding us of this oversight.

• The precondition/goal suffixes no longer say "current: x, target: y" at the end of them. Now it just tells you what the current value is, because the actual other text already told you the target (and in a few cases it was telling you the wrong target anyhow).
  • Thanks to nas1m for reporting.

• Fixed a "Unlogged death from source: None" message that was showing up from event-based deaths.

• Fixed an issue where the amount of littered trash was not properly being shown in the top bar for problems, thus making it look like a teeny problem when really it was huuuuge.
  • Thanks to nas1m and ptarth for reporting.

• Fixed a Missing Localization:Reports_Inventory error.
  • Thanks to Aklyon for reporting.

Balance

• The costs of fire and police and parks have been adjusted downwards substantially. On the flip side, the costs of the higher-tier housing has gone up.
  • Thanks to kasnavada for suggesting.

• The service needs on hazmat have gone down dramatically, and the rest of the waste category stuff. Same with the hospital. It's just a lot clearer this way.
  • Thanks to nas1m for and kasnavada for inspiring this change.

Pollution

• Chemical plants now provide a territory-wide buff to hazmat, making them an excellent combo rather than a required service.
  • Thanks to nas1m for and kasnavada for inspiring this change.

• Hazmat strength is now over 3x what it previously was.
  • Thanks to nas1m for and kasnavada and ptarth for reporting.

• The amount of extra pollution that gets output from buildings in a territory based on littered trash and dead bodies is now scaled down linearly for buildings with a base output less than 100.
  • Thanks to nas1m and ptarth for inspiring this change.

• The more polluters you stack in one territory, the more of a (very small) multiplier they now get on themselves.
  • This helps to combat the ultra-strong hazmat squads now. Basically you eventually do need to build up your hazmat more, but it's not something that you have to build so much of in the early game.
  • So far balance on this feels pretty natural, but we shall see.

Prior Beta Notes

It's unusual that we'd split a beta period into THREE sets of release notes, but this has gone on far longer than expected. In particular after the last release in the prior release notes, it's a whole new game. So it was time to start with a fresh release notes page, too.

Stars Beyond Reach Beta Phase 2 Release Notes