Greetings Explorers, Today we’ve released a new version of the game manual, which can be found in the local files of Master of Orion (Game properties / Local files / Browse local files / Manuals). The updated version includes the Revenge of Antares features. Let us know what you think about it! We also want to inform you that a new stability patch is currently being worked on, and it should be…
Greetings explorers, Today we have released a hotfix patch for Master of Orion. Thanks for all the reports that have made it possible! · Fix for Leaders ships bonuses were calculated wrong on tactical battle. · Fix for the Move Fleet hotkey not always working. · Fix for Move fleet and Jump through wormhole swapped hotkeys. · Fix for Non-aggression pact needing an audience to be broken. · Fix fo…
Greetings explorers, Today we have released a hotfix patch for Master of Orion. Thanks for all the reports that have made it possible! Version 54.8 Patch Notes · Fix for being able to engage multiple Antarans fleets in one battle when travelling to their dimension using a civilian ship · Fix for Antarans bringing more ships than expected to battles · Fix for russian DLC voice actors listed as E…
Greetings explorers, A hotfix is now available for download, if it hasn't already updated for you. It addresses some of the issues you've reported since version 54.6 went live last week. Below you can find the patch notes. Balance · Reduce size of Augmented Engines to prevent temporary weak Mrrshan destroyer Bug Fixes · Fix for a hardlock occurring after hitting the “next turn” button under cer…
Greetings Explorers, Today 1st of December we are proud to present you what is one of the biggest game updates since the beginning of Early Access. As you may notice, this build has some obvious influences from Master of Orion II, but it is also the result of processing a lot of feedback that you have been provided since it all started. So once again, thank you for your input and support. The n…
Wargaming Labs and NGD Studios Release Epic Expansion, Introducing New Alien Races and more November 18, 2016 — The battle to conquer Orion is set to become even more challenging. On December 1, Master of Orion’s anticipated “Revenge of Antares" DLC will become available, giving access to independent civilizations, a new victory condition and more. The expansion also introduces three new playab…
Greetings Explorers, Today we released a mini update to address some of the issues what you have reported since v51.2 was deployed. Read on for the notes, don’t hesitate to report if any other ongoing issue and please keep the feedback coming! · Fix for an endless processing turn related to a perk from the Sakkra’s. · Fix for an endless processing turn issue caused by AI bombardment/invasion. ·…
As you may know, we have heavily relied on your feedback since the beginning of the journey of Master of Orion. It has guided us through the whole development process, it has also helped us staying true to this legendary franchise and we really can’t thank you enough for that. Since the very first day of Early Access, we have been collecting your main concerns and requests, and making sure that…
Greetings Explorers, As teased yesterday, during the 20th Anniversary of MOO 2 , today we've released a new update for Master of Orion. It brings significant improvements in various fields, and it also introduces the highly demanded “mod support” feature. Main highlights of the update: · Mod support (Single Player) · New Pollution mechanics* · New Gravity mechanics* · Improved AI · New interfac…
Greetings explorers, Today – the 31st of October 2016 – isn’t any ordinary day. It marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares ! This second, very popular entry of the saga is still considered to be one of the best 4X sci-fi titles of all times. Two decades after its birth the game continues to enjoy a large active player base worldwide. As a tribute to th…
Greetings Explorers, It is a great honor to inform you that Master of Orion has been nominated for the prestigious Golden Joystick Award for PC Game of the Year. We are both proud and grateful to have received this nomination alongside so many other outstanding games! In order to celebrate this, we have updated the client today, adding the Golden Joystick logo and a brief text on the main scree…
Greetings Explorers, Today we've released a set of bug fixes for Master of Orion. The development team continues to work on the next major patch, but we felt these fixes should not be held back until then. Master of Orion v49.5 Patch Notes · Fix for: The AI seems to ask for too much for a truce even when on the losing side of a war · Fix for: Pressing the Enter key repeatedly when opening the t…
Greetings Explorers, A hotfix is now available for download, if it hasn't already updated for you. We're continuing to work on fixes for other issues that you've reported, so please keep an eye on the known issues thread . We'll be updating that as more issues are discovered and reported, and will get fixes for them out to you as soon as possible. Master of Orion v49.4 Hotfix Notes · Fix for: S…
Greetings Explorers, Today we've published the first post-release update for Master of Orion. There are many "quality of life" improvements in this update, especially when it comes to the user interface and tooltip information. Read on for the update notes, and be sure to visit the bugfixes link --we had to post them on the forum due to the character count. Master of Orion - Patch Notes v49.3 G…
Greetings explorers, We're releasing a new build today to fix some of the nasty bugs you've been reporting. Work is getting started on the game's first major patch, but we wanted to get these fixed as soon as possible. Master of Orion - v48.4.1 Patch Notes · It is no longer possible to play as a destroyed race in multiplayer by loading a save · Fixed an issue with corrupted save files that coul…
Greetings explorers, We just released a small hotfix to address an issue with the tutorial. This hotfix applies to the Windows operating system. We will release the hotfix for other operating systems as soon as possible. You can find the note below, and more details here . - Fixed an issue that prevented saving the match in tutorial matches that were loaded from previous tutorial saves
Greetings explorers, To coincide with the release of Master of Orion, we've published an update to the game. In addition to delivering the remaining content for Collector's Edition owners -- the digital art book, orchestral sound track and musical scores for three tracks -- we've also made further improvements to AI, the user interface, pirates and managed to get a highly requested feature impl…
Greetings Explorers, We wanted to share some insights of the Early Access phase, as a way to say thank you for all your support, and for all the precious feedback that we've received (and continue receiving). We wouldn't be where we are without you. Enjoy!
Greetings Explorers, This is a small hotfix, but an important one. - Fixed an issue that could prevent the game from loading based on the system language For the full patch notes from today's version 47.0 update, click the link below!
Greetings Explorers, Today we’ve released an update for Master of Orion. This brings the official game version to 47.0. Due to character limits in Steam news articles, we were unable to include the bugfixes in this post. Click here to read through the list of Bugfixes. Master of Orion - Patch Notes v47.0 General · Updated algorithm to calculate victory chances before a battle · Added Random sta…
Greetings Explorers, Over the past six months Master of Orion has been in Early Access on Steam and it has been an incredibly valuable experience. In this crucial time we've received an unbelievable amount of feedback on the game. Player passion for Master of Orion is exactly why we incorporated the Early Access route into the development process. It's been a long road with challenges along the…
Greetings Explorers, Today we released a hotfix patch to address some of the issues you've reported since version 46.4 went live last week. Below you can find the patch notes. - Fixed a soft-lock that could be caused by the AI declaring war under certain conditions - Fixed a soft-lock that could be caused by hitting the ESC key in the Galactic Council - Fixed a bug preventing Tactical orders fr…
Greetings Explorers, As with previous updates, Master of Orion's Game Director, Andrés "Chilko" Chilkowski is back with the latest status update from the development team. Andrés covers some of the big changes that arrived with Early Access phase 6, as well as details on specific AI improvements. Visit the link below to read more and join in the discussion!
Welcome to Early Access 6! I have to keep this short because we're near the character limit, so read on for the patch notes! For the bugfixes, please visit this forum thread . Master of Orion - Patch Notes v46.4 General · Added gamepad support · Added options for Start button, new navigation bindings, tactical camera modifier L1 + right stick rotates tactical camera · Added Tobii eye-tracking s…
Greetings Explorers, After reading your feedback and careful consideration we are making additional adjustments to population growth. Here is a high level overview of the changes in today's update: · We've slightly increased food requirements for population growth in general and we doubled them when the colony is about to become full (to compensate for all the food/pop. growth structures on a m…
Greetings Explorers, Today we've released a hotfix patch to addres some issues that were discovered since version 45.3 released on June 24th. - Fixed bug that prevented Diplomatic Tone from being updated after gifting something to the AI - Fixed Open Borders and Offensive Pact checking the incorrect side of deal for Accept Embassy - Halved AI evaluation of Accept Embassy if the AI already has a…
Welcome to Early Access 5! We have an update from the game director coming later today, so we'll keep this short and let you get right into the patch notes. Please note: While save files from previous versions should work with this build, we recommend starting fresh to fully experience the changes in this update. This is especially important when it comes to colony and empire management feedbac…
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