EVIL GALACTIC EMPEROR TAXES ALL #21 - 0.50 Update - My Colony Game Tips:
59This episode covers most of the new things in releases 0.43 to 0.50 and talks a bit about the Galactic Emperor Taxes that hit all players very hard. See more below.
Below are the patch notes from the various versions:
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My Colony v0.50.0 Changelog
New Stuff
New Structures: Bloodletting Station, Spire of Knowledge, Quantum Sugar Cloner, Uranium Silo
New Unit: Ancientbug
New premium content: Orb of Radiance
Changes
GBT: Added cooldown time between GBT trades, increased transaction civics costs, GBT contracts with lot sizes above your trading capacity no longer appear, You can no longer trade in lot sizes above your gifting capacity, The server can now limit the size and price of your trades.
Storage Limits added: Aluminum, Uranium, Gold, and Clay now have storage requirements.
Resource Decay: Resources left sitting outside of storage will now decay.
Collect All: You can now collect all gifts at once with a single click.
Message Reporting: There is a new in-game mechanism to report abusive PM's.
Rebalancing: Antanium Synthesis Lab and Triantanium Refinery now offer a small amount of storage. Money generation from the Investment Bank and Clothing Sweatshop has been reduced.
Tech Window: Each available tech now shows what new structures is contributes to.
Online Colonies: Colonies played in online mode now require an internet connection to play.
Right Click: Mouse users can now quickly move vehicles using the right click button.
UI Changes: A bunch of small UI improvements carried over from Antiquitas v1.0.0 were added.
Galactic Emperor Tax: Possibly the last tax the emperor will ever collect!
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My Colony v0.48.0 Changelog
New Structures: Supermarket, Megamart, Hall of Congress, Ancient Alien Ore Refinery, Ant Paste Synthesizer, Small Sugar Processor
New Techs: Political Theater, Ant Paste Synthesis
New Vehicles: Sugar Rover
New ad-free Unit: Turbo Drone
Changes: Multiple vehicles can now be queued up in a single building for construction. I also made the Zolarg Mound create more food than it used to, to make Zolarg Ice World not so hard at the very beginning.
Fixes: Fixed an issue where Synthetic Crystalline could no longer be built. Also fixed a bug where building roads on a large map would cause a lot of lag. Other small fixes here and there.
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My Colony v0.47.0 Changelog
New Stuff
New Structures: Diamond Solar Tower, Bureau of Bureaucracy, Cloth Farm, Relic Cauldron
On Desktop/Tablet devices, there is a new toggle in the building construction popup window that lets you turn building "chaining" on or off.
Insectoids gain the Alien Language tech that humans already have
Changes
Ice world is now slightly less dark
Giorgio Institute and Center for AI Learning now store Alien Relics
Star Gate can now import/export Alien Relics
Game will now auto-save when moved to the background
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My Colony v0.46.0 Changelog
New Stuff
Added new experimental lighting engine to the game
Colonies now go through a day/night cycle
Added in-game link to the release notes
New engine settings: Building Animations, Lighting Effects, Day/Night Cycle, Particle Effects
New structures: Small Light Post, Glow Goo, Paste Boiler, Atmosphere Scrubber
New ad-free content: Small Red Light Post, Small Green Light Post, Security Wall, Security Wall Light
Changes
Zolarg Mound now produces a small amount of food even if you have no sugar
All buildings can now be built in "chain" mode, regardless of size
When the game has a display width less than 1000px, there is a new building confirmation window at the bottom of the screen that shows total cost of all queued buildings
The ice world is now a bit darker by default
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My Colony v0.45.0 Changelog
New Stuff
New Structures: Unholy Pit of Stuff, Unholy Mound of Worship,
Unholy Core Mine
New Resource: Alien Relic
New Premium Content: Creative Mode
Changes
LIS Black Market Bazzar now randomly gives out a random resource in exchange for 1 coin. Goods are always flowing in through the black market.
Unfinished changes to the 'New Game' flow
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My Colony v0.44.0 Changelog
New Stuff
New Resource: Trash
New Structures: Microincinerator, Incinerator, Small Trash Pit,
Landfill, Small Recycling Center, Medium Recycling Center, Conference Hall, Advanced Medical Research Center, Unholy Brew Pit
New Premium Content: Blue Residential Tower
Changes
Warehouses (of all sizes) now store Crystalline.
Canceling building construction mid-way now returns all resources back to the player.
New Galactic Emperor one-time windfall profits tax for online colonies.