Update 0.8.0.6

Hello captains,

Another smaller update, have fun!

Added/Changed

- Changed the sprite of the Great Gate (a little bigger)

- Changed the sprite of the normal gates to be larger, current jumpgate sprites remain in the prologue area

- Changed the zoom level on new game (more zoomed out)

- Added Mercenary that can jump in to support with callsign and battle cry supplied by our esteemed beta testers. This can trigger with a low chance when hull damage is taken. This mercenary can also jump in if you already have an existing hired mercenary.

- Ability cooldowns persist through saves/changes to skill trees

- Omnitac and the introduction to mercenaries quest is moved to the Frontier (first area after prologue).

- Omnitac space stations have been added to each sector from the fourth onwards.

- Added active buffs/debuffs to the HUD to give more insight as to what is currently active

- Removed Clear Home Station button in Captain General, it already has a button next to the Home Station information

- You can now change your name/icon in game, and change your title (Conquest rank and some others which will be expanded upon)

- Added bulk opening option for Locked Containers

- Locked Containers will always give a credit reward of part of the cost of opening it.

- Added a few extra options to the inventory filter, see the popup when hovering the field for details.

- Travel information UI element will remain active whilst traveling (going through gates etc.)

Balance

- Whenever a player brings the combatstrength of a system to 0, it will be prone for takeover (makes removing Meridia's Chosen from the conquest map easier)

Fixes

- Fix for a new mercenary not properly spawning if you had a mercenary before

- Fixed always on top toggle, it was now secretly enabling the experimental map feature. :)

- Potential fix for ships starting to repair when switching ships but the ship isn't even damaged

- Added functionality to prevent duplicate system names when generating the galaxy, the check is also done when loading a savegame, so any existing duplicates will be fixed

- Fixed travel ETA not always being correct

- Fixed shields not always disappearing when loading in travel

If you find any annoying / interesting bugs or just want to give your opinion. Let us know on Discord or the Steam forums. Thank you all for enjoying Vanguard Galaxy.

Cheers,

Bat Roost Games