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Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/6/2011 4:35:24 PM   
SeanD


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Status: offline 		Enjoy the fixes and AI improvements found in the expansion via this substantial new update

Matrix Games and Code Force (www.codeforce.co.nz) are excited to release a major new update for their award-winning space strategy game, Distant Worlds. The comprehensive 1.0.7.0 update includes all the bugfixes, mod advances, and AI improvements found in version 1.5.0.8 of the expansion, Return of the Shakturi, but without the actual expansion content.

David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said “The 1.0.7.0 update is almost like a dry run for Distant Worlds owners still on the fence about buying the expansion. Although there are a huge number of fixes and improvements brought with 1.0.7.0, this update is just the tip of the iceberg for Return of the Shakturi!”

Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time, 4X space strategy game. You can run the game as slow or as fast as you like, with intelligent advisors and many different settings for warnings and auto-pause triggers to help you manage your empire at your own pace. Experience the full depth and detail of large turn-based strategy games, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.

Vast galaxies are made to order: up to 1400 star systems, with up to 50,000 planets, moons and asteroids. Galaxies are so deep, fun and immersive that you won’t want to finish the game... Build, expand and improve your empire endlessly. The galaxy is packed with life and activity. Encounter other empires, independent alien colonies, traders, pirates and space monsters. Explore star systems, asteroid fields, gas clouds, supernovae, galactic storms and black holes. Discover evidence of civilizations long since past, uncovering secrets about the galaxy's troubled history...

Best of all, you can play the game your way: enjoy a quick, intense game in a crowded galaxy or take your time in an epic game spread across a vast galaxy!

Get the update here. The update is comprehensive and will bring all previous versions of Distant Worlds to 1.0.7.0.Get more information on Distant Worlds from its official product page.

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/6/2011 5:19:41 PM   
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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/6/2011 6:37:25 PM   
Data


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Status: offline 		it should be the same as in 1.5.0.8 but without the ROTS parts. Erik posted the list here

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2775092

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/6/2011 8:49:34 PM   
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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/6/2011 11:39:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Do RotS owners have to use this too?  Or can we wait until the next update?

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/6/2011 11:40:53 PM   
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Do RotS owners have to use this too?  Or can we wait until the next update?


This is a DW only update

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/7/2011 12:32:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		is return of the S getting an update as well

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/7/2011 12:44:34 AM   
cookie monster


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is return of the S getting an update as well


IIRC Erik Rutins said they were gonna update vanilla DW, then move onto something special for ROTS.

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/7/2011 7:08:37 AM   
Data


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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/13/2011 2:27:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		I click the link to get to the download v.1.0.7.0, but there is no hot link for that upgrade. Is there something I'm missing here? Thanks, Bander.

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/13/2011 3:08:19 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Bandersnatch

I click the link to get to the download v.1.0.7.0, but there is no hot link for that upgrade. Is there something I'm missing here? Thanks, Bander.


On the screen which opens up it's under the latest news. You then follow the links.

The easiest way is to use the in game updater for official patches.

You can always follow the links and manually download and install if the in game updater doesn't work.

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/13/2011 6:09:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hmm... If this is a DW only update, and I have ROTS, then should my Updater be trying to download and install it (which it is)? If I install it, will it screw up ROTS?

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/13/2011 8:00:34 AM   
Data


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Status: offline 		It should not but better someone from Matrix confirms it.

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/13/2011 4:16:59 PM   
Bandersnatch

 

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Status: offline 		I've tried every approach and they all take me back to the same page. All the links are active except 1.0.7.0., which is at the top. PS. I've got a desktop, and a laptop, and they produce identical results. I'll check back in a couple of weeks. Bander

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/13/2011 4:23:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		That's strange, Bander. Does this link not work?

ftp://ftp.matrixgames.com/pub/DistantWorlds/DistantWorlds-Update-v1070.zip


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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/13/2011 4:37:38 PM   
Nebuladon


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Status: offline 		Great update! I noticed that automation actually automates everything in this version. Great work and please continue to the updates for us vanilla owners with tight wallets. :)

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/13/2011 10:02:26 PM   
Bandersnatch

 

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Status: offline 		It works, by jumpinjimmini, it sure does. Popped right up it did all neat nice and official like. Thanks much

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/13/2011 10:09:16 PM   
Data


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Status: offline 		There, another happy and patched Bandersnatch

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/14/2011 1:43:00 AM   
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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/15/2011 1:01:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		AWESOME DUDE, really really awesome. You seldom see support for the original versions of games, most devs just focus on the add-ons and try to force players to buy the add-on for even the smallest bug fixes/enhancements.

Cheers and a pint of beer to your name!!


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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/15/2011 8:11:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the great support and update. I am still on the fence for the expansion, but that is mostly because I didn't find the time yet to play the original that much.
Keep up the good work!

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/15/2011 11:48:17 AM   
Webbco


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Status: offline 		Gertjan, just from my experience, the expansion really transformed the game for me into something that was a lot better and I found myself suddenly making time for the game - time that I should have spent working!!!

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/15/2011 11:54:11 AM   
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time that I should have spent working


ahh, the things that we should do.....and don't do because of the things we wanna do. I'm still talking about work, I responsible that way

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/16/2011 12:35:16 AM   
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Cheers and a pint of beer to your name!!


Actually Merker....we all lavish aged, vintage Romulan Ale on this forum.

....just ask Data!

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/16/2011 8:11:19 AM   
Data


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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/16/2011 6:14:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Data

I lavish aged, vintage Romulan Ale....you can use beer
It's mine, my preciousss


Damn.....he's got his emotion chip in again!

Igard, if you read this....enhance your Ale cellar security!

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/17/2011 6:30:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		So, will there be ROTS patch soon?

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/17/2011 7:08:30 PM   
Data


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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/17/2011 7:10:09 PM   
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So, will there be ROTS patch soon?


Perhaps CodeForce will be patching the ''current bug reports'' list.

Of course I don't know exactly what they're working on.

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RE: Distant Worlds Gets a Major Update - 5/17/2011 7:11:17 PM   
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