Alpha build 58 is live. It answers what you told us during the first incursions, the same day.
This is not a required update: Alpha build 57 keeps working. To get the new build, exit Steam completely and start it again. The server restarted once at 16:31 UTC, after a five-minute notice, and nothing was wiped.
Minimize the incursion bar
The TIDE INCURSION bar has a small button at its right end. Press it and the bar shrinks to a chip at the right of the screen, with the fleet, its health and the time left, and the TOP COMMANDERS board is put away. The + on the chip brings both back. A new incursion always comes up whole.
- In the base view the bar lay over the base's top bar and its COLLECT ALL button. Minimize it to clear them. A click on the bar itself also goes through to what is under it now.
- The TOP COMMANDERS board lay over the FLEETS panel. While the panel is open, the board, or the minimized bar, now stands beside it.
Armor and hull apart in a battle
Every ship in the two lists of the battle screen now has an armor bar over its hull bar, and both figures under them, for example ARMOR 97% HULL 100%.
Armor goes first, so you can see at a glance which enemy ship has already been hit. That matters most against an incursion fleet, which keeps its damage from one battle to the next. A ship reads 100% only when it is untouched.
Four Miner Rebellion modules can be unlocked
Standard Thruster, Afterburner, Cargo Expander and Mobile Refinery stayed LOCKED after their research was finished. They unlock now. If you had already finished the research, they are available at once.
Still open
- Cargo modules and refinery rigs have no effect yet.
- Special modules that run on a duration and a cooldown never switch on.
Both are in the bug tracker. The changelog has the full list. Thank you for a very busy day of testing.