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 Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 10:28 pm Post subject: Starscape New Edition available |
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Starscape 1.5 is now available, Get it while it's hot!. Existing users can get the new installer from the customer panel
Or the new demo is available to all here.
This is one of the biggest updates that Starscape has ever had; here's a brief overview of some of the new features and changes
- Compatibility with the new online high score system (At long last, this will support Survival Mode, and will change on a monthly basis. Look out for the new score table going online sometime within the next couple of days - that's a promise!)
- Major overhaul of Bosses 1, 2 and 5. They are even more fun now, and are also quite a bit tougher; so should be a bit more of a challenge - We hope you are up to it
- Warp map icons and the in game Aegis status icons have all been updated to be more logical and easier on the eye.
- Survival unlimited has been playtested extensively, and numerous tweaks have been introduced to perfect gameplay.
- Lots of fixes for minor annoyances/glitches/things that might leave you feel cheated (Yes - the Aegis crew have had intensive training from Bud Weisman, and should be far more accurate with those laser turrets now!)
- Gameplay balancing tweaks based on extensive forum feedback (thanks everyone!)
- Yet more special effects (we always like to add a little eye candy. Hopefully the new Aegis explosion should be a consolation for losing your crew!)
- Even more compatibility code for problem pads (Starscape has been tested in house with more than fifty common game controllers under all operating systems)
...and lots, lots more: check out the forum announcement for a detailed list of all new features in Starscape 1.5 |
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Oops! I complete forgot to add:
The music in this download version is lower quality and half the length that you are used to in previous versions (we wanted to reduce download size), but don't worry: you'll be able to download an extended music pack from the customer panel - and the good news is that version 1.5 can play back far higher quality music files. The extended pack is compressed at a far mroe favourable bitrate than anyone has heard before, you can pick out far more detail in the music.
Should be up tommorrow - it's ready to go, but in all the excitment of finishing 1.5 I completely forgot -sorry. I'll make another announcement as soon as it's ready.
CD version users don't need to bother - as the CD version already uses even less compression  |
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