BOTE - Changelog

January 2004 - January 2011

V0.72 -> V0.8 (Alpha 6)
New Views and Events:
- Complete new Khaoron skin
- Reworked some older skins
- New views for ship combat tactics, ship combat orders and ship combat information implemented
- New event for ship combat implemented
- New event for the end game (Game Over) implemented
- Implemented new event for the destruction of a race
- New event on extinction of a race
- Implemented new event for victory
- New Demographics view
- New Top-5 systems view
- New victory conditions view

New Features:
- Khaoron as new playable race
- Space anomalies implemented
- Presentation, Tooltips, AI attention implemented for space anomalies
- Frequency of space anomalies via the options dialog and command set Ini
- Various victory conditions added
- For victory in Optionsdialog and ini file set
- While the game does not disable more changeable options in the Options dialog
- Wireframe sphere around graphics on terraforming planets
- Display of the exact morale change in the behind the Morale Event Impieriumsnachrichtenübersicht
- Implemented event for morale empire extinction of system attack
- Un-buildable orders are shown with a darker background
- Select a resource symbol before construction contract for special buildings (building work without compulsion)
- A new flagship icon
- New shipicon for stealth ships
- Labelled vessels are highlighted with an oval glow
- Observance of avoidance and retreat commands in the fight calculation
- New morale events (flagship destroyed, outpost destroyed, starbase destroyed)
- Switching through systems in trade view with arrow keys

Changes:
- Renewed sequence of calculations during the new round (of ship movements from ship combat system against attack)
- Extension of the statistical calculations to demographics and match points
- Security reports can now be sorted via different parameters (in ascending or descending)
- But can never gain experience
- For negative credits may no longer be built warships
- Building the x-can be built only once per empire or only from a certain race to be removed during system acquisition (eg, distributors)
- If you are affiliated with a Minor Race that can build ships, their system will have a shipyard when they join you
- Troops with troops and descriptions come from StringTable.txt (language dependent)
- Work assignment bars are now displayed slightly rounded off
- Destroyed Empire (human and AI controlled) are now properly removed
- Event in first contact increased font size for breed description
- Increases to maximum Tooltipwidth 300px
- Research at game start a little slower, afterwards a little faster

AI:
- Combat AI implemented
- In assessing the dangerousness of sectors go defensive strengths of vessels is an only half
- The less Terraform options are available, the higher Außenpostenbauprioritäten
- Maneuverability is now relatively strong in the evaluation of offensive and defensive strengths ship
- System-AI largely improved
- War is declared only when really militarily stronger

Bugfixes:
- On ship dismantling ships were not in the fleet added to the Shiphistory
- Ship orders are correctly reset on completion of terraforming, colonization and Substations for all vessels involved
- First contact in event was not for lack of the graphic image displayed in the absence of graphics
- Fixed buffer overflow in internal security points and negative bonuses in the calculation Intel
- Fixed bug when undoing the racial acquaintance between two races (always made known)
- Bug fix in the calculation of the fight beam attack
- Fixed error in the copy constructor and assignment operator for ships
- Are in stock now negative Credit not grant credit huge gifts by diplomacy offer
- Are selected for terraforming planets no longer shown as a straight terra formed when the command changes
- Pointer to display a tooltip does not change now
- Fixed a bug in the display of fleet names of minor race ships

Internal code:
- Optimization of struggle calculation (Performance +)
- Built-in function to the overall chance of winning calculation
- New generic function for drawing a ship (view, view fleet, fight view)
- New general function to clear vessels (and thereby also to be noted that Fleet)
- General function to add new ships to Shiphistory list
- New general function for calculating the required laps for a construction project
- Internal Star Maps (range map) can now be created for individual race
- Star maps are calculated at a central location once and not at various points during next round ()
- New virtual Close () function for event screens (what happens when you close a screen event)
- Static Font object for sector labels no longer needed
- Modified post-frequent increments of iterators in pre-incrememtents (Performance +)
- Implemented in some parts missing const correctness
- Technically revised fleet menu code
- Mouse overs and redraw drastically in all views of the ships
- Pre_increments wherever possible and memset programmed more safely

Data:
- New backgroundmusic for Hayoun, Khaorons and Rotharians
- New Building "Omega Homeyard"
- Spelling mistake fixed
- Added alien-ships in shiplist (but ingame not used yet)
- Recolored small duranium- and energyicon

V0.71 -> V0.72
- Scroll bars are hidden by default in the galaxy view
- New initiatives commands (scroll bars show, star and system density Minor)
- Implemented scrolling with the left mouse button in galaxy view
- Tech level in organic, energy and construction technology to give 2% bonus on each production
- Systems of resources distribution in system overview marked (* before resource)
- Implemented more tech level (plus possible future technologies)
- Bribe resistance implemented
- Tooltips implemented many other
- Ships of unknown breeds appear anywhere, anytime with a question mark icon
- Trade routes always generate a minimal credit (previously also possible NULL)
- Minor performance optimizations
- Fixed some bugs 

V0.70 -> V0.71 (Alpha 5.1)

• project set to VS2008 standard
• complete ToolTip-architecture implemented
• tooltips at various locations in program manifested
• tooltip delay in ini file modifiable
• minors build their own ships
• new symbols for all minors with ships
• scrollbars in galaxy view disabled by default
• new ini commands (turn scrollbar on/off, star and minor system density on galaxy map)
• scrolling with pressed-down left mouse-button and dragging implemented
• tech level increasings in bio-, energy
• and construction tech yields a 2% bonus on corresponding production value
• systems with resource allocators are labelled with a * before the resource in system overview
• further tech levels implemented (plus future techs)
• bribe resistance implemented
• a lot of new tooltips implemented at various locations in-game
• ships of unknown races are labelled with a question mark everywhere they show up
• trade routes generate at least 1 credits (before ZERO credits were possible)
• smaller performance optimizations
• multi-button mouse extra buttons for switching systems
• right click resets system, duration and resource button in diplomacy offer menu
• maneuvrability now internally up to 9 (phenomenal)
• some new structure and ship graphics
• some balancing changes at building and ships stats
• (near-)all bugs reported in Alpha5 v0.7 fixed
• crashes at turn shift by wild mouse clicking should now be fixed (respectively less often occuring)
• copyright information updated to the year 2010

V_0.62b -> V0.7 (Alpha5)

• complete code restructuring and partial reprogramming
• Use of GDI+ (no longer the simpler GDI)
• much higher resolution on galaxy map plus mini-map for better overview
• atmospheric event screens at certain in-game events
• Cartare Invaders as playable race (but no longer the Khaoron due to race skin copyrights)
• new graphics in virtually every part of the game (planets, ships, buildings, troops)
• new atmospheric music and sound
• new buildings with exciting new abilities
• new ships especially for minor races with fitting realistic description
• a few new race images
• new fonts
• Maintainance costs for ships
• Crew experience and troop experience implemented (however without experience gain at ship battles yet)
• completely new race system with unlimited major races (requires modding of course)
• Firearcs, weapon mounts etc. for a lot more differentiated battles
• lots of balancing adaptions (diplomacy, research, ships, combat)
• different starting conditions for each major (especially starting number and type of ships)
• a lot of bugfixes as usual
• additional display information in ship design
• display of available resources on planets in system view
• plus
• and minus-buttons for easier reallocation of workers
• Deritium demands and gifts now possible within diplomacy menu
• like a ton of improvements at code framework
• a lot of improvements on general look&feel
• complete German manual
• and lots more!

V_0.62 -> V0.62b

• War pact offerable when already having a war with the soon-to-be-common enemy
• AI collects ships now before a system attack
• Combat without shooting his allied fleet (deliberately) now possible
• Draw in combat possible (and reported)
• Performance optimizations
• Buttons in Diplomacy offer menu are reacting now
• Time for developing later tech levels slightly reduced
• small changes to the major race diplomacy AI
• Bugfixes
• Skin improvements
• Special research only needs 66% of research points (all research of the same level added up and then 66% of the RP)
• Cartare transporters 2 and 3 have now range high

V_0.60 -> V_0.62 (Alpha4 Refit)

• Start-buildings externally moddable
• MinorRaces.data contains name of graphic file to avoid translation issues
• MajorRaces.data contains diplomacy bonus
• new file: Moral.data -> all morale values of all major races on each possible event having morale effects
• new file: MoralEvents.data -> text file for describing morale events at empire view
• Resource routes implemented
• GUI added for resource routes
• Deritium dependent on number of deposit-planets in system
• Maximum storage capacity added
• two complete new sets of special techs implemented
• Monopoly advantage of double resource production added
• Bug at bombardment fixed
• Diplomacy bug after conquering a minor race fixed
• Start-ships externally moddable
• Blockade (Order) implemented
• Blockade effects implemented
• dynamic race prefixes (thus easier modding)
• Minors have structures of their most similar major race
• conquered or diplomatically won minor systems have some resource right from the start
• Report about interstellar storage status
• complete new race UI for the Coalition of Planets
• COMPLETELY NEW CONTENT!

V_0.52 -> V_0.60 (Alpha4)

• complete Heyoun style built-in
• Heyoun playable as race
• complete intelligence system now in-game
• BotE is as of now resolution-independent
• no more restrictions to installation path choice
• BotE completely compatible with running under linux
• AI further enhanced
• AI bombards systems
• AI builds outposts in order to expand
• new global resource view
• new algorithm for galaxy generation
• additional new planetary graphics added
• new ship
• and building graphics added
• ship and building data modified resp. added
• new internal graphic loading system
• enhanced sound system
• voice output at important events added
• higher resolution of galaxy map therefore more detailed graphics
• again changes to the bombardment damage
• new torpedo type added (for details see ship editor)
• free minor race systems are displayed in white color
• new Coalition emblem on galaxy map
• planet bonusses too small -> fixed
• known grammar issues fixed
• all known bugs fixed
• new ini-commands, i.e. difficulty level (AI) adjustable

V_0.51 -> V_0.52

• AI tears down superfluous buildings
• bugs from the Khaoron update fixed
• invasion of independent/ungoverned systems possible
• additional buttons sensitive to mouseovers
• surplus population at colonization will be redistributed where possible
• no discrete planet selection possible anymore when colonizing
• obsolete ship classes are no longer shown inside ship design menu
• changes to ship cost calculation
• changes to system attack
• (hopefully) removal of program termination at the end of turn
• (hopefully) removal of load and save error
• RAM-usage at turn end reduced from ca. 80MB to ca. 30MB
• (hopefully) graphic (stars) load and display bug fixed
• algorithms for system bombardement changed, so that more damage will be done
• fleet terraforming crash fixed
• non-inhabited, terraformed planets will be painted white
• further known bugs fixed

V_0.50 -> V_0.51

• complete Khaoron style inbuilt
• Khaorons playable as race
• all known bugs fixed
• new build and ship list
• new ship pics
• changes to the diplomacy AI (AI demands less frequently)
• change of relationship to the mininum value on the given level after accepting treaty
• fonts are smoothed in their own way
• optimization in the graphics load function

V_0.45v -> V_0.50 (Alpha3)

• partially AI implementation
• AI manages systems
• AI builds ships and fleets
• AI colonizes systems
• AI expands on the map
• AI reacts on enemy ships
• AI sets up traderoutes
• military strength has impact on treaty proposals
• Minorraces terraform planets in their home system
• Terraforming help of planets in
  minorracesystems improves relationships
• Deritium transport via transporter built-in
• new sound effects on various locations
• setting up either hardware
• or software sounddevice via ini-command
• miscellaneous background music for the major races
• current ship routes made visual
• all lists inside the empire view now scrollable
• Overhaul of ship costs at the ship design menu
• Maintainance costs will now be taken into calculations
• many, many new planet images added
• revisioned Rotharian galaxy map
• new buildings including their graphic files added to the data base
• new ships added
• further ship names added
• ship name generating a bit changed
• new minor races implemented
• all minor race descriptions reviewed
• several new minor race special buildings added
• new Rotharian font
• new Font-Loader class programmed
• Descriptions for special research and planetary classes no longer hardcoded
• Bug with non-combat-ships-only-battle fixed
• Bug with list sort fixed
• Bug with buildings with empire-wide moral effects fixed
• Bug with setting up trade routes fixed
• many smaller optimizations done

V_0.45b -> V0.45c

• improved netcode
• Soundbug filling up RAM fixed
• smaller changes on the balancing
• ini-file now available in botf2 folder
• cleaned up smaller bugs
• a colony ship can now colonize more than one planet simultaneously by splitting up the colonists

V_0.45 -> V0.45b

• Bug with visible trade routes fixed
• Bug with Deritium mines fixed
• to load a save game won't lead to crashes any longer
• Autosave function implemented
• load game added to game start dialog
• Clients can save games now
• increased pop growth

V_0.42 -> V_0.45 (Alpha2)

• some smaller bugs fixed
• FMOD Sound-engine for audio-playback
• Cloaking built-in complete
• Buildings overview slightly changed
• ingame ship-design completed
• further areas of special research implemented
• Display of status symbols reworked
• galaxy map slightly reworked
• some menu-repositionings
• complete network-functionality implemented
• ingame Chat
• complete new planetary graphics added
• Rotharian building placed in the code
• several minor bugs fixed

V_0.41 -> V_0.42

• all known bugs from the alpha1-version fixed
• always save as.. added
• Traderoutes added
• Stellar depository (for food and resources) added
• Upgrade-costs for building are now calculated different, when somehow related buildings are scapped
• Troops/Units implemented
• Troops can be built now
• System-attack added
• System-bombardement added
• military conquering of enemy systems now added
• all messages and morale effects related to system attacks are now implemented
• Optimization of savegame-size
• Transportation with ships added
• workers menu slightly changed
• Planet-boni added
• Territories similar to Botf added
• Deritium deposits added
• many additional ship properties implemented
• battle-algorithms adapted to new ship properties and stats
• Display of latinum change with respect to last turn

V_0.40 -> V_0.41

• new graphics added
• Bug with fleet movement fixed
• new empire news overview added
• many news for player
• Display of available resources on planets
• System overview added
• Ship overview of available ships added
• Ship overview of lost ships added
• partial morale system with people's opinion implemented
• Bug fixed that AI did not offer defense pact
• Display of research descriptions added
• Menu handling in buildings overview and energy menu improved
• all current Coalition graphics added
• all diplomatic texts added
• some minorraces added
• some Bugs fixed

V_0.35 -> V_0.40

• 4 smaller bugs fixed
• smaller optimizations taken -> 30% lower ram usage
• first small networking code added
• 2 new building characteristics added
• BotE now compatible to BotE buildings editor
• BotE now compatible to BotE minor race editor
• Number of system names now variable
• first prerelease version of battle algorithm
• optimized galaxy view (i.e. faster, improved controls, better graphics, etc.)
• range map improved
• highly optimized pathfinding algorithm for ships on map (Dijkstra algorithm)
• multicolored suns in star systems
• new planet descriptions and view
• ca. 100 minor races in-game
• 200 buildings of Coalition, Heyoun and Khaoron
• Scanning and scan strength implemented
• several small bugs fixed and optimizations made
• build list now scrollable
• many smaller things added

V_0.32 -> V_0.35

• global stock exchange added
• stock exchange management implemented
• Costs of quick-buy of build job now depending on stock exchange prices
• Quick-buy of build job has effects on stock market price
• tax income for monopoly owners
• monopoly acquisition now working
• monopoly overview menu implemented
• news of monopoly acquisition implemented
• Transfer overview menu added
• Market prices of resources are display in a chart
• no fixed number of buildings in database necessary anymore
• system class reworked (build list abstracted)
• build list is now its own class
• system class reworked (production abstracted)
• system production is now its own class
• building features reworked and added
• Algorithm for buildings and upgrades in build list re-done
• empire-wide moral effects added
• buildings scrapping reworked
• several small bugs fixed
• saving and loading game possible

V_0.31 -> V_0.32

• Fleet view added
• Fleet management implemented
• Ship orders now applicable to fleets
• window graphics no longer changeable
• scroll bars in menus removed where they were not needed
• colored bars alongside ship pics that show the "health" of a ship added
• Flagship declaration now possible
• Ship designmenu completely added
• now nigh-infinitely many ships addable to fleets
• Fleet management control extended (direct adding and removing according to ship type)

V_0.3 -> V_0.31

• Bug in building list fixed
• Ship classes completely reviewed and reworked where necessary
• Ships are now buildable
• Deritium is now storable
• automatic ship name generation (just Terrans)
• Ship display at lower view reworked
• Ship orders partially implemented
• Terraforming of planets possible
• Colonization of planeten possible
• Construction of stations now possible
• Scrap-order added

V_0.27 -> V_0.3

• Bug at defense pact offers by AI player solved
• AI now also offers war pacts
• AI makes gifts
• AI makes demands
• AI not only considers their own relations at trade offer but also the one of their counterpart
• Bug at accepting demands by player fixed
• Bug (crash in diplomacy view with little minors in-game) fixed
• AI reacts on player-made demands
• Text at AI-major race offers available
• AI also accepts offers from minor races
• AI makes offers to minor races
• AI makes gifts to minor races
• AI can bribe minor races
• Deterioration of relationships lowered when not directly declaring war
• Accepting offers of minors depending on their type of minor

V_0.26 -> V_0.27

• diplomacy with major races partially implemented except for accrediting given resources
• diplomatic answers of majors
• pics of majors added
• automatic treaty cancellation bug with minor races fixed
• relationship deterioration bug after refusal by minors fixed
• nearly all texts for the special techs added
• after refusal, resources and gifts are put back on the original account
• when accepting offers, sent-along credits are properly added to your number of credits
• Check for alliances on war declaration
• Defense pact added
• War pact implemented
• Resource-gifts only possible when already having a trade contract
• some effects of treaties on sectors
• partly implementation of major race AI
• Quicksort-Algorithm for sorting used
• Gifts to major races as well as their effects
• Gifts on offers to major races are considered
• AI gives gifts when offering treaties now as well
• AI determines duration of a treaty at offer
• Bug in diplomacy input menu fixed
• global mean storage resources in statistics

V_0.25 -> V_0.26

• long-term good relationships to minors makes it more difficult for other to "bribe in"
• Bribing of minors completely implemented
• research screen slightly changed

V_0.24 -> V_0.25

• Algorithm for building in the build-list reworked
• Diplo-Offers now dependant on current relationship level to the other race
• minor races do offers now
• Diplomacy-Input-Screen added
• Reaction to offers from minor races possible
• minor races can terminate a contract/deal
• latinum gifts implemented
• resource gifts implemented
• minor races consume ressources
• diplomatic offer screen changed
• news about successfully sent gifts
• membership leads to adding the system to your control
• minor race dissociation leads to canceling membership treaty and deterioration of relationship value
• common shipyard use in alliance and affiliation
• display of many new diplomatic texts
• treaties are now manually cancelable
• graphics for the buildmenu at CoPs and rot added
• minor race specific buildings available in build list after membership
• Value of resource gifts depend on type
• probability of war declaration dep. on type

V_0.23 -> V_0.24

• Diplomacyscreen
• Offers added
• diplomatic offers to smaller races possible
• News about diplomatic offers

V_0.2 -> V_0.23

• added minor races
• "Getting to know each other" amongst minor races now possible
• Diplomacyscreen
• Information added
• Relations to minor races implemented
• Sending gifts
• News about transfered gifts
• Colors implemented at the workers-assignment-bar

V_0.19b -> V_0.2

• planetary graphics worked over
• now 10 graphics per class available
• system-secession at low morale
• Researchscreen
• normal research completely implemented
• special research to a great extend implemented
• complex: Economics, Production, Research and Security/Intel implemented
• News about research advancements

V_0.19 -> V_0.19b

• Informationscreen added
• industrial news
• famines
• news about famines
• morale-minus when having famine in system

V_0.00 -> V_0.19a

• general Look&Feel
• completed generating of the galaxy
• Galaxy-, Buildmenu-, Energymenu-, workermenu-, Overviewmenu-screen built-in
• general functionality of all menus
• many small things..

BotE-Changelog

V0.80 -> V0.81 (Alpha 6.1, 05.05.2011)

GUI Changes:
- If more than 6 majors are available, it is possible to scroll through the majorlogos in the intelligence menu
- Technological progress is now also shown in the major races "first contact" screen
- More detailed information are shown in the ship-tooltip and ship design menu (sensors, size, maintenance ...)
- You now can scroll the messages in the Diplomacy inbox
- New tooltip in the new diplomacy menu, which shows the properties of the race
- New tooltip in the research menu, which shows new buildings or ships you'll get through this technology
- New tooltip in the planet view when the mouse is held over the owner's name

New features:
- BotE can now handle more than 6 majors (systems are created properly for other majors)
- Every race is now able to have multiple properties
- Special race ability "needs no food" implemented
- Added option in the settingsdialog to hide the minimap

Changes:
- BotE.ini and BotE.log are now saved in "My Documents / Birth of the Empires /"
- Anomalies affect the chance of winning a battle
- The shield improvement by Ion Storms is limited to the twice of the ship's maximum shieldpower
- Increased required "ship combat victories" and "successful sabotage actions" for victory
- Ship ability "fighter" now provides 30% bonus against small ships and has no disadvantages
- Ship ability "anti-fighter" now provides 30% bonus against fighter and has no disadvantages

AI:
- New research AI: AI now also explores special research
- During a war the AI no longer sends demands to the player
- AI can not make offers to Minors, when the player can not
- The AI cancels terraforming if the sector is owned by someone

Bugfixes:
- Turning of the music in the settingsdialog is now more simple
- Diplomatic offers to human players were always rejected if they were actually ignored
- Corrected strength of Heyoun troops from 50 to 5
- List of free shipnames were not transferred in MP. If another server loaded the savegame errors occured
- Fixed a Bug which reseted all characteristics of majors , no race had a racial property
- If multiple majors used the same shiplist, the game gave them too many startships
- Fixed an error in the calculation of the hit probability of beam weapons
- Galaxy generation algorithm improved (especially with many systems and many Minors)
- The command "flagship" no longer resets the commands of the old flagship
- Many bug fixes in the code
- Several small bug fixes in the *.data files
- Corruption was not evaluated correctly

Data:
- changed a few planet graphics
- Improved Ship Descriptions (german only)
- Renamed the spacestations of the Coaltition and the Omega-Alliance
- RacePlanetNames.data file is no longer needed
- Heyouns have new sounds

Internal Code:
- Calculation of the shipstrenght (offensive and defensive) optimized
- Order of processing the diplomacy messages changed completely

BotE-Changelog
(see also here: http://birth-of-the-empires.de/wiki/index.php/Changelog)

V0.81 -> V0.90 (Alpha 7 - 22.02.2013)

Generally:
- a great many little changes and additions to improve playing sense
- general look-and-feel improved
- stabitiliy improved
- source code in parts strong revised or completely new programmed
- many bug fixes in the code

New features:
- sixth and thereby last major race (Omega Alliance) playable
- Aliens (alien entities) implemented
- random events implemented
- new game functions selectable in the options dialog
- galaxy size and shape pre-adjustable at starting game
- more different troops each major race
- some hotkeys für ships, especially to find idle ships -> improves handling
- some new ship commands (e.g. Repair, Blockade)
- Ion Storm: new ship command "improve shields" (stations a ships in an Ion Storm as long as it isn't yet at maximum improved shields, then sets it idle)

GUI Changes:
- completely new start screens (old dialog replaced)
- labor unit management: display of active workers above worker boxes
- labor unit management: display of system storage and % under worker boxes
- Overall rating (result from last turn) displayed in NaviCon
- ship design screen: ship tooltip when user moves mouse over ship image
- ship design screen: implemented scrolling with keyboard keys (up & down)
- diplomacy: races sortable and status displayed coloured
- more symbols in build select list
- ship command menue: new structured
- ship command and combat order now displayed separately
- troops-tooltip implemented
- symbol is displayed if colony ships terraforming or colonizing

Changes:
- system attack perhaps leads to liberation (no seperate ship command implemented yet)
- ship command Flagship now as immediate order and (new) cancel is available
- change in rating ships making less than 10 damage to hull (winning chance and build costs)
- double click effects optimized (double clicks onto news are doing jumps to reasonable screens and -new- in galaxy map affected sector is marked
- affiliation impacts starched

AI:
- AI kills any own troops because it doesn't know how to use them and otherwise troops might have negative impact

Data:
- images of Terrans ships exchanged
- Shiplist over-reworked (maintenance costs, speed 1 only beginner ships, now up to tech 14)
- only German shiplist: Außenposten renamed into Outpost (easier matching of Shiplist.data)
- Rok'Hanar-Ships renamed into Da'unor (easier matching of Shiplist.data)
- Buildings.data over-worked (upgrades less frequently, but up to tech 14)
- new Omega Alliance building: Tetroin-4c Processing Plant
- new Terrans building: Titan Boost Facilities
- MajorPlanets.data (planets of major race systems pre-adjustable)