The path to FX v1.82
The first release in the v1.8x series came in the form of FX v1.80, a Chinese-only version the community had been getting its hopes up for based on the huge list of new updates that would be introduced in this version compared to v1.72. However, when v1.80 came out after nearly waiting for half a year it was a huge disappointment. Several promised updates were left out, others were buggy and didn't work properly whilst others didn't seem as awesome as earlier screenshots implied. Therefore, v1.80 was considered more as a private beta for the FX Community rather than a full public release.
The latest release of FX dates back to the 5th Febraury of 2008, when FX v1.81 was released. This version, nicknamed 'New Hope', marked the 'real' beginning of the FX v1.8x series by introducing several new abilities/features for the current races, as well an English translation. Some of these features were buggy, while others seemed to ruin the overall balance for the race it belongs to. As a result, the team has been focusing on removing/fixing the new abilities/features and said the solution to the problems they caused would come in the form of FX v1.82, the next scheduled release in the FX v1.8x series that is centered about further debugging the new features and abilities found in FX v1.80 and FX v1.81. After nearly 4 months of waiting, we've finally received word that FX v1.82 is on its way.
About FX v1.82
In the forum post made by Sajuuk at our community today the release date and further explaination of the new 'Power Supply' feature for the Progenitors was included. Again, we don't have an official confirmation by the development team itself yet, but as Sajuuk has been involved with one of the developers several times before and never was posting false news it is more than likely it is true.
- FX v1.82 is said to be released next week, which is in the period 23-29 June 2008. This is the expected release date, there can always be some kind of delay which results in the actual version being released 1-2 weeks later.
- The new Progenitor unit that was expected to be a platform and was seen in several screenshots here, here and here turns out to be a 'Pyramid' that is made for balancing things out. They are generators and energy level seen at the top right in several screenshots represents the construction speed of the Progenitor race.
I.e. if the level is at 130%, the construction speed will be 30% faster than normal. This also applies for the research speed. However, if the pyramids are destroyed the production speed will fall and you won't be able to build anymore.
This is a way to counter the slow and expansive build- and research times of the Progenitors, but once that comes with a price. Protecting these generators will now be a priority, without them your fleet has to survive while you rapidly construct new ones.
Overview
Last but not least an overview of all features that have been posted and thus are likely to be included in FX v1.82:
- The Kadeshi Crystal Unit system (Cu) is a new feature for the Kadeshi. Weapon upgrades now require additional crystals besides only resource units. The amount of crystals you have will be displayed right next to your RU bar. How these crystals can be obtained is yet unknown. The icons at the top left are the concerning technologies that use this new feature. Upon hovering over them you see the costs for the concerning technology. If a technology has been researched, the icon will light up. If the technologies can be researched by simply clicking on them is unknown.
- The Turanic Raiders will have a new unit that the news entry lists as a 'Heavy Frigate-Class' unit the Turanics stole from the Imperial Taiidan while it still was unused.
- The Progenitors will have the power supply feature as explained above.
- Several bugs with the new abilities/features found in FX v1.80-FX v1.81 will be fixed.
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