Alpha 7 Update - AI and Combat

New Features and Improvements

• Replaced the single music track with multiple songs made by Dos88
• Added in a new menu which shows what ships are currently in transit or the size of fleets over enemy planets
• Alien civilizations now have different max population for different types of planets
  • Some civilizations also get different planet types for their home planet
• Added a new visualization or diplomatic relationships in the information menu
• Added in a new map function
  • It currently shows the current population and factories on known planets, while also showing the planet type of known planets.
• Added in multiple new technologies related to production
  • Total is about 12 new technologies
• Diplomacy now requires a technology to fully unlock
• Ability to send fleets to planets is now based on current boarders rather than maximum boarder achieved
• AI is now more intelligent
  • It will only declare war on discovered enemies
  • It can now build buildings on its own planets
  • It will reinforce planets that that boarder an enemy
  • It will now attack using fleets from planets that the enemy can't reach first
  • if it can't find any suitable safe fleets it will take part of a defensive fleet for attacking
  • AI can colonize more planets per turn
  • AI should attack its least powerful neighbors once it hits the late game stage
  • It will also base the game stage on the number of planets it can potentially reach instead of the number of total uncolonized planets remaining
• Ship Battles now occur on a 5x12 hex shaped map
  • Possible movements are now highlighted 
  • AI has been updated to work using the new hex shaped tiles (some minor issues still being worked on)

Bug Fixes and Balance Changes

• fixed a sync issue with tax rates
• fixed an issue with certain tech unlocked causing ship prices to become incorrect
• fixed an issue where certain ship techs would not unlock properly, adding to the armor instead of weapons option
• redid planet balancing to increase the number of tech points produced on planets per production point
• fixed some bugged techs that gave incorrect bonuses when unlocked
• increased cost of factories
• reduced cost of technology points
• fixed many issues caused by starting a new game without restarting the program
• fixed a bug with colony ships being able to colonize without a colony module
• fixed bugs with spies executing way to frequently
• fixed a bug with spy missions attacking any planet not controlled by a player