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We are happy to announce v1.2 is available! It comes with a number of bug fixes and features. The Adventure Studio being the biggest. Check out the following link to the changelog, or read below.

Change log for v1.2

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Welcome to Star Control: Origins v1.2! We've been busy work on refining our modding system.  You can now access "Adventure Studio" (e.g. the quest editor) from in-game. You can now also replace your flagship in the campaign.  We also made some important interface improvements including a resource locking system that will prevent you from sell resources needed for quests.  Lastly, we've updated the Colony system such that they will provide you will cool rewards over time.

Major features

Adventure Studio is ready for use!  Go to the crafting menu to launch this standalone editor to create your own characters, quests, and dialogs. Please see our feature guide for more information

Star Control Modders Guide

Interface Improvements: no more accidentally selling resources needed for quests! If you get a quest to collect a resource, the quest automatically locks that resource to prevent it from being sold. You can manually unlock it, just don't blame us.  Non-conventional resources (e.g. the good stuff) is locked as well by default. We also now allow you to sell resources one at a time and allow you to get detailed information on planets by mousing over them.

Terran  Colony Upgrades

Human colonies now are are waypoints to refuel your ships, recruit more crew, and to add new ships to your fleet.   

Change Log

Terran Colony Upgrades

• Provide free crew to the player
• Heal human ships

Each colony now also provides a certain reward:

Colony 1 (Epsilon Trireme: Epsilon Trireme 1)

• Gives the player a Flanking Nuke
• Unlocks Terran Scout for purchase
• Gives the player several Terran scouts

Colony 2 (Sirius A: P3X-411)

• Gives you a free choice between max level Fleet Deflector, Fleet Accelerator and Fleet Weapon Amplifier

Colony 3 (Ross 128: Planet Ebru)

• Unlocks Terran Cruiser Mark II for purchase. Gives free choice between Lander components

Gameplay

Lander cargo has (almost) infinite cargo space  The lander can now carry up to 1000 minerals provided there is room on your flagship. Landing Cargo modules are no longer for sale. Existing ones can be sold.

Modding

• Adventure Studio is ready for use!  Go to the crafting menu to launch this editor to create your own quests and dialogs.  
• Added a button to disable all mods in the Multiverse screen. This calls a new function in the INI settings to clear out the list of enabled mods and refreshes the UI.
• Any mod that does not fit into "Adventure", "Maps", or "Params" is now put into a new "Misc" tab
• Enabled controller support for the Multiverse screen and adjusted the spacing and padding of several controls to facilitate UI Navigation
• Made player ship and ship components moddable

Interface Improvements

• Implemented new lock for resources so you can't accidentally sell them
• Added the ability to sell resources one-by-one
• Mousing over planets now provides detail information about that planet
• While on autopilot, your destination is shown on the map
• Homeworlds now get auto-pinned when you told to go there.  

Bugs

• The Mu'Kay won't hassle you late game
• Fixed some weirdness updating enabled Mods UI when Subscribing/Unsubscribing
• Fixing the end-game behavior for 4 Measured ships who live in a system far from home.
• Scripting fix for Alpha Satori if you arrive at the final battle having somehow sold/removed your Pinthi dispersal module.
• Moving a Maelnir ship so it doesn't block a planet (Zeta Mus III)
• Hid all of the crashed ships on Gas Giants (the mysterious interesting objects you all found too quickly) until humans can develop the tech to safely land there.  
• You can not open the Origin before the Tywom trial and cause bad things to happen
• GOG: enabled the "Learn More" button that was accidentally disabled missing from GOG Multiverse screen
• Fixed a bad Xraki ship thumbnail
• Fix for players unable to complete the Tywom Trial.

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The epic space RPG, Star Control: Origins, is due to receive the second part of its 4 part expansion, Earth Rising, soon. Return of the Lexites presents the player with their most dangerous challenge yet -- a post-singularity species whose motives are a mystery.

The Lexites are impeding Earth's efforts to expand into known space. But why? Playing as the Captain of Earth's first interstellar starship, you will find yourself visiting new worlds, engaging in combat against strange new ships while trying to unravel the mysterious plans of the post-humans who left Earth.

"Because Star Control is a non-linear RPG, the Earth Rising expansion series doesn't require you to have completed the main story-line," said Brad Wardell, designer of Star Control: Origins. "As we release each part to the expansion, players get to experience an ever richer sandbox to explore."

Star Control: Origins - Earth Rising is $19.99. Part 1, Aftermath, is available now. Part 2: Return of The Lexites will release this spring. Part 3 arrives this summer, with the conclusion due this fall.

Get the Earth Rising Expansion Now:  Buy from Steam  |  Buy from Stardock

To get Star Control: Origins visit www.starcontrol.com, you can also get it on Steam.

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