Pandora: First Contact

Version 1.0.1

• starter units are now dropped by a pod
• added German manual
• pace setting now affects growth rate and alien aggression
• minimap is now centered on a player's starting position
• voice audio is now streamed to reduce startup times
• tweaked ruin placement; tweaked language; minor GUI tweaks
• several bugfixes

Version 1.0.2

• fixed crash when the global pollution becomes too high

Version 1.1.2

• Adds a new planetary market advancement towards the end of the colonization era which unlocks the ability to trade resources. Once unlocked, food and minerals may be bought and sold through the economy panel, providing new strategies on the way to economic superiority. Prices fluctuate with time and are affected by ongoing market trading so you'll have to time your purchases well to get the most out of it.
• Also adds city-specific tax rates to allow more control over growth migration, new music, and several fixes, balance changes and usability improvements.

Version 1.2.0

• advancements now have a production component
• AI now refits units
• added desert vegetation, operation images, new territory feature images, escape key to updater to skip update, space, enter and numpad enter keys to updater to download update, ability to queue any uncovered technology for research, to modify players slots in the game lobby after loading a game and to start a game without other players
• added healthDamage attribute to promoteUnits to allow modding Field Training damage
• AI factions and aliens now destroy improvements and roads again
• building improvements and cities, as well as removing forests, fungus and hives now increases alien aggression
• colonization Fervor now spawns where it is produced, consumes a colonist and also provides a colonial trooper
• formers no longer suffer damage from fungus after completing the fungus cultivation advancement
• improved high-dpi support
• several other smaller changes and bugfixes

Version 1.3.0

• Added substantial new features and content. Among them are the ability for formers to harvest tiles, raise and lower land, as well as several new construction options. Diplomacy has been improved with the possibility of asking other factions to declare war or offer peace to third parties. Alliances are now more meaningful through shared vision. Multiplayer support has also been improved with drop-in functionality and the ability to reconnect to games. Thanks to community member and player, Puxxup, this update also comes with a brand new Italian translation.
• Other changes include balance tweaks and fixes.

Version 1.3.1

• changed growth production from converts 4 production into 1 growth, to 2 production into 1 growth
• AI players now have alien aggression modifiers based on the difficulty, settable in WorldParameters.xml
• AI players now have a growth bonus based on the difficulty, settable in WorldParameters.xml
• fixed support for Windows XP

Version 1.3.2

• fixed crash when converting an alien

Version 1.4.0

• Adds the first expansion pack "Return of the Messari": The ancient Messari return to Pandora with all their might, deploying portals and terrifying ion storms. From these portals come forces never before seen by mankind, and an infestation spreads across Pandora. The strongest factions are the ones that have to fear them most, but they will spare no one.
• Also includes new population growth technologies, new tips and a great amount of balance changes.

Version 1.4.1

• added bombardment effect and hints about victory achievements only being unlockable in single-player through the New Game panel
• tweaked city and street graphics
• field training now deals constant damage again (20%) and does not promote above rank 10
• reduced operation cooldowns from 3, 5, 10, 20 to 2, 4, 8, 16
• reduced Imperium unit upkeep from +50% to +25%
• growth modifiers from faction, projects, buildings etc. are now evaluated before migration
• migration due to takeover is now displayed separately in the growth hint
• tweaked growth penalty from starvation
• several bug fixes

Version 1.4.2

• added Dutch translation, ability to change game content through the updater screen and translators to credits
• server now waits on clients for turn processing before executing unit and operation orders to reduce movement lag in late game
• increased (and made modifiable) the score impact of a technology's tier, which results in the AI producing units with better components
• minor score tweaks for certain technologies
• improved game browser with incompatible version warnings
• fixed no panel showing in the menu screen after loading a game from inside the world screen, allied victories not declaring all allies as winners and new game panel not using translated "Faction" string

Version 1.4.3

• changed fullscreen modes to use OpenGL scaling instead of changing the display resolution

Version 1.4.4

• added French translation thanks to Steve Torres
• fixed issues with Steam overlay on Linux

Version 1.4.5

• fixed crash when researching Nukes with French localization active