Space Empires III Changes

New Features & Changes

Last Updated: 11/24/98

11/24/98 - Version 1.17

Fixed all known bugs.
Improved AI ability to open and close warp points.

11/9/98 - Version 1.16
Fixed all known bugs.

5/16/98 - Version 1.15
Fixed all known bugs.

5/11/98 - Version 1.14
Fixed all known bugs.

3/16/98 - Version 1.13
Fixed all known bugs.
Put the Tech Level Maximums and the Tech Level Costs in the "tech.txt" file. Players can now edit this file to change the tech costs or increase the highest tech level in an area.
Made the "Comps.bmp" and "Facility.bmp" files external to the game. Now players can edit the existing pictures or add new ones. This is used in conjunction with the SE3 Editor.
Provided support for the data files that the SE3 Editor produces.

2/17/98 - Version 1.12
Fixed all known bugs.

2/3/98 - Version 1.11
Fixed all known bugs.
The Victory Condition "Percent score of another player" has been changed so that it is now "Percent score of all other players".
Made sabotage events twice as expensive as espionage events.
Made Riot and Rebellion sabotage intel events much harder to get.

1/21/98 - Version 1.10
Fixed all known bugs.

1/6/98 - Version 1.09
Fixed all known bugs.
Decreased the damage Phased-Polaron beams do.
Top speed of Capital Ship Missles is back to 4.
Improved the AI in various areas.

12/22/97 - Version 1.08
Fixed all known bugs.
Decreased the damage of Capital Ship Missles slightly.
Improved the AI a bit for games starting at high tech. Also increased their exploration rate.

12/15/97 - Version 1.07
Fixed all known bugs.
Increased Fighter shields yet again.
Top speed of Capital Ship Missles decreased to 3.
Mildly increased the tech cost of Capital Ship Missles and Plasmas.
Improved AIs colonizing research and speed of colonizing in a game.
You cannot retrofit a ship which has cargo.
Added ability to increase ship sizes in game settings.
Added ability to choose "Normal Shields" as a technology area to exclude from a game.
Added a scrolling list for the Orders List in the Ship Report Window.

12/08/97 - Version 1.06
Fixed all known bugs.
Fighter shields are now stronger at higher levels.
The Point-Defense tech costs a little more.
Lock Map now prevents any type of movement of the Galaxy Map.
Next/Previous Fleet buttons only highlight ships which belong to that fleet.
Added ability to Scrap all selected ships.
Added ability to Retrofit all selected ships.
Added Cargo display mode to the Ships List Window.
Added Orders display mode to the Ships List Window.
The Repair Queues window is now resizable.
The Planet List, All Known Planets, Ships List, and Repair Queues window will now remember their previous state (if they were maximized, they will come up maximized the next time they are displayed).

12/01/97 - Version 1.05
Fixed all known bugs.
Increased the cost of Sun Destroyers (a lot).
Added settings for Maximum Player Ships and Maximum Player Mines to the Machine Options.
Added HotKeys for Load (Ctrl G) and Save (Ctrl S).
Added HotKeys for Zoom In (+) and Zoom Out (-) on the Galaxy Window.
Added a "Lock Map" button to the Galaxy Window.
Added a check box "Show Mines" on the All Ships List Window.
Added Next Fleet/Previous Fleet buttons to the Ship List Window.
Added Next/Previous Planet buttons on the Tactical Toolbar.
Added HotKeys for Next Planet (Ctrl M) and Previous Planet (Ctrl N).
Added HotKeys for Next Fleet (Shift Del) and Previous Fleet (Shift Ins).
Ministers don't touch human fleets
Added Empire Option so that Next/Previous only stop once at a location
Clicking on a log message about New Tech, will display the Reseach Window with that tech selected.
Added a Resupply and Return Menu Item for the Ship List (HotKey "E").
Only ships that have some cargo capacity are shown in the Transfer Window.
You can now right click on enemy ships in the Ship List Window and get an option for "Enemy Design Report" if you have seen this design in combat (if its in your Enemy Designs Window).

11/17/97 - Version 1.04
Fixed all known bugs.
Added "Add Purchase at Location" to the right-click popup menu on the System Window.
Added "Select All" and "Select None" to the popup menu on the Tactical Combat Ship List.
Added a "Targetings for Selected Ships" button on the Tactical Combat Window.
Simple Fleets!
Added a "View Ally Treaties" ability to the Politics Window.

11/10/97 - Version 1.03
Fixed all known bugs.
If you attack through a Warp Point, and you have ships in the destination system, then the defending ships are not "Unknown".
AI improved such that it will now heavily research Open Warp Point technology if it is cut off from the rest of the galaxy.
Softened up Rebellions a bit so they're not so frequent.
Softened up Intel so that its a little easier to defend.
Added Sentry command.
Added Estimated Remaining Cost to the Research Window.
Added 10% increment change to pct when holding the Shift key in the Research and Intelligence Windows.
Added 3 new modes to the Ship List Window.
Added more options about Ship List display to the Empire Options window.
Added ship status icons to the Ship List Window, and the All Ships List Window.

10/20/97 - Version 1.02
Fixed all known bugs.
Changed the tech levels allowable in the shareware version so that play is more balanced.
Increased the size of Capital Ship Missles to 5 spaces.
Increased the amount of damage the Point-Defense Cannons do.
Improved the AutoTarget and AutoMove AI when dealing with seekers.

10/13/97 - Version 1.01
Minor enhancements to the AI's retrofitting abilities.
Improved the AI's base design (more point defense!).