Known bugs & new features

InterAction_studios · December 22, 2018, 6:25pm

This topic will be regularly updated with (i) known bugs in the current version you’re playing and (ii) fixes, additions, etc. already implemented in the upcoming version (which is not yet available).

CURRENT KNOWN BUGS

If you have a technical problem, please refer to: 🛠 Troubleshooting
Galaxy map: Wormholes will be clipped incorrectly if you zoom in too close.
Galaxy map: Planets will remain invisible if their orbit brings them into view while camera is not moving. Workaround: move camera to refresh view.
Galaxy view can be rarely stuck (especially if you click buttons while simultaneously pressing the 1-6 keyboard shortcut keys)
If you are docked to a planet with docking restrictions (hot, electric, etc), then you can sell the equipment that allowed you to dock without consequences.
Trip estimates do not automatically update. Workaround: Re-calculate the trip if you buy fuel / change engine / etc.
“Sell food” button does not automatically enable itself as you gain more food. Workaround: Click away and re-select it.
If you filter the galaxy screen per shop, then shops can be exposed at the constellation level even if they haven’t been explored at the star system level yet.
Sound effects will continue to play at the “amplified” frequency after a Damage Amplifier expires. Workaround: Release and re-press fire button.
Windows mouse cursor will be made visible if you unplug and re-plug your mouse during the game. Workaround: Restart game.
Sometimes the ESC or P key won’t work to bring up the in-game pause menu. Workaround: Press the “Windows logo” key to make the game lose focus. Upon return, the ESC/P keys should work again.
Travelling very fast might make your spacecraft become invisible (see Changing map filter mid-travel makes the ship invisible?)
Some UI elements might not immediately change color when you apply a new theme (e.g. stats shown when selecting a planet in the galaxy) (see Early Access version 69 - #253 by Sammarald). Workaround: deselect and re-select.
Galaxy: The [-] and [+] keys to zoom in/out don’t work while viewing a planet (see Early Access version 69 - #262 by VerMishelb). Workaround: exit viewing screen first, or use mouse wheel.
Graphics options: Changing “low/high” detail mid-mission will not fully apply changes until mission is restarted (or player disconnects and reconnects).
Various cosmetic graphics/sound effects might continue for a short time after their originating enemy has been killed.
Multiplayer: Chat log language is always inherited from the host. There is no support for each participant viewing the chat log in their own language.
There are many graphical glitches that result from pausing the game exactly on the frame which an enemy/projectile/effect/object is spawned. Most common manifestations are enemies appearing at the center of the screen and/or with textures missing. This is a result of incomplete initialization. Similarly, when joining paused multiplayer games, a lot of things will look wrong.
Multiplayer: In very rare occasions, enemy health bars will temporarily be of the wrong size when joining a multiplayer game (Early Access version 113 - #305 by QuackQuack)
Multiplayer: When joining in-progress games, “Waves Insight” won’t work until the next wave.
Multiplayer: When joining in-progress games, boss music will still play even if boss has already been defeated.
Pausing the mission immediately after completing a wave will show the previous wave’s title at the bottom of the pause screen, but the wave counter at the bottom-right will have advanced to the next wave (Early Access version 118 - #242 by QuackQuack)
While travelling through a wormhole, spiral fader will cover screen even if in the meantime map has been covered by another tab (e.g., Galactic Store) (cosmetic, harmless)
During an ongoing trip, changes to “smooth galaxy zoom” option will not be correctly applied (CIU version 136 - #228 by OfficalK12)
Multiplayer: Custom cuisines will not affect food already present at the time of joining (2 bugs (different))
Retro missions: On some waves it’s possible for certain enemies to disappear while they are still visible on screen (CIU version 137 - #266 by OrvilleTheOrca).
It’s possible to activate a Dimensional Phaseout on the exact frame you get killed. In this case, the Dimensional Phaseout will be used up but will have no effect (CIU version 139 - #239 by KnockoffFeline)
If you click on the “Inbox” button immediately after logging in, it’s possible to see an empty Inbox, even though messages exist. Workaround: Click on one of the message category buttons at the bottom-left and the messages will appear (@TheGoldenBoss128)
“Profile” tab: “Missions won” does not take Droid Raid missions into consideration.
When you join multiplayer games (or start a recording) the cuisine of any food already on the screen has already been decided by the host. Only new food items will be determined by your own cuisines (
Early Access version 121 - #220 by InterAction_studios )

UPCOMING FIXES & NEW FEATURES

New features – Tweaks – Bug fixes – Internal changes

Episodes v.24

CI3: Unlocking “Secret Weapon” now enables Utensil Poker starting from Chapter 5 to match CI3 behaviour (was from beginning of mission) (@OrvilleTheOrca Bug)
Various dialog backgrounds now respect “User Interface Opacity” set in Color Theme (e.g. Accounts screen and all ContextDialogs) (experimental)
Electric+Hot environments: Thunder is now colored red.
Striptease boss (“Sweater Chicken”): Scarf now also reddens in Summer Edition.
Summer: Fixed wrong replication of CI3 boss vest color when host is not in Summer mode, but joining player is (or vice versa)
Christmas Edition: Eggs (baubles) and antenna egg are now whiter.
[Moved this EpisodeServer v.23.1.2 fix from server-side to client-side] Account import/export: Fixed incorrect handling (player kick) of e-mails with uppercase characters.

EpisodeServer v.24

[Removed this EpisodeServer v.23.1.2 fix from server-side] Account import/export: Fixed incorrect handling (player kick) of e-mails with uppercase characters.

Universe

Deleted users who haven’t logged in during the past week and have less than 10 minutes of playtime, and also users who haven’t logged in during the past 4 weeks and have less than an hour of playtime, and also users who haven’t logged in during the last 12 months and haven’t set an e-mail. Note that users with any purchase are never
deleted.
Droid Raid waves: Food bubble items now use repeatable RNG (CIU only, not in CI4) (@RBCube Idea)
Summer: Fixed wrong replication of CI3 boss vest color when host is not in Summer mode, but joining player is (or vice versa) (@Pinanas Bug)
“Dive Bombers” wave: Added Clean Sweep bonus (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“The Ski Lift” wave: Next lift is now spawned immediately after previous one is destroyed (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“The Ski Lift” wave: Increased lifts from 5 to 6 (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Bar Chart” wave: Prevented line-of-sight-avoiding enemies from spawning (@Meowinus Idea)
“The Aquarium” wave: Fish speed up more in high difficulties (@TheGoldenBoss128 @dangtiendung1812 Idea)
“The Ice Cream Factory” wave: Reduced scoops to 2 bounces, reduced enemy spawn difficulty by 25% (@Fractorial Idea)
Translations: Squadron assignment expiration date is now properly localized (@Saifkhaled)
“Laser Matrix” wave: Number of holes now reduces number of enemies (to keep total number constant)
“Laser Matrix” wave: Movement speed now depends on difficulty (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Spoonfuls” wave: Movement speed now depends on difficulty (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Cluckwise-Anticluckwise” wave: Reworked random layout algorithm. Fixed cases where enemies spawn on-screen. (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Pong” wave: Default spacecraft direction is now up (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Volcanic Eruption” wave: Default spacecraft direction is now up (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Choo choo!” wave: Prevented Balloon/Assassins/Berserk chickens from spawning (@MafiaPlay2 Bug)
“Fireworks Display” wave: Prevented Balloon/Assassins/Berserk chickens from spawning (@MafiaPlay2 Bug)
“Bar Chart” wave: Prevented Ballon chickens from spawning
“Bar Chart” wave: Increased zoom by 10% (@Meowinus Idea)
“Let’s Go Fly a Kite” wave: Prevented Balloon/Assassins/Berserk chickens from spawning (@OrvilleTheOrca Bug)
“Cluckwise-Anticluckwise” wave: Made outermost gears indestructible. Doubled gear rotation rate (@RBCube Idea)
Inbox: Action button is now included in scrolling area for these messages: “New Contact”, “New Squadron”, “New Squadron Assignment”, “New League Dare”, “New Friendly Dare” (@ImmortalXX0XX Bug)
“Flower Bouquet”, “Tree of Life”, “Inquisitorius”, and “Chicken Fortification” waves: Removed Clean Sweep bonus (@Sihok-Adssres @owoing @TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
Fix attempt #2: Squawk Block waves: Fixes cases of Slobs disappearing prematurely. This is a general fix that will pull Slobs quicker when they approach the edge of the screen. (@TomNguyen @PlasmaX Bug)
League: Constrained right-column text for dares to not overlap “locate” button (@TomNguyen Bug)
“The Aquarium” wave: Fish initial ‘flop’ now enters screen more deeply (@TheGoldenBoss128)
“The Trampoline” wave: Increased enemy speed at low difficulties (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Pong” wave: Increased number of balls from 4 to 6 (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Bubble Trouble”, “The Aquarium”, “Fishing with Dynamite”, “Bowling Alley”, “Splat!”, “Let’s go Fly a Kite”, “Radial Assault”, “Shooting Range” waves: Reduced enemy difficulty handicap (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Ramming speed” wave: Prevented Balloon Chickens from spawning in upside-down variation (@Quockydoan Idea)
“Audio Equalizer” wave: Prevented Balloon Chickens from spawning (@KaizoKaioticVN Idea)
Mission Config screen: Fixed wrong maxLineWidth for Pot Luck weapons (@Pinanas)
Striptease boss (“Sweater Chicken”): Scarf now also reddens in Summer Edition (@RBCube Bug)
Electric+Hot environments: Thunder is now colored red (@Pinanas Idea)
Compiled with VS 17.14.5
“Inquisitorius” wave: spinning speed now depends on difficulty (@TheGoldenBoss128 @Sihok-Adssres Idea)
“Convection” wave: Enemy speed now depends on difficulty (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Spinning Croissant” wave: Now has 2 croissants (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Go Karts” wave: Raised bottom lane slightly to be within reach of forward-firing weapons even when Kart does a wheelie (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
Christmas Edition: Eggs (baubles) and antenna egg are now whiter. (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
Key Rush missions: Starfield background is now colored gold (@Pinanas Idea)
DLC messages (overlaid mid-right of screen) now use outlined font (to remain readable under all circumstances)
“Bowling Alley” and “Radial Assault” waves: Movement speed now depends on difficulty (@Sihok-Adssres Idea)
“Flower Power” wave: Center enemy is now selected from miniboss tier. (@Sihok-Adssres Idea)
“Egg Billiards” wave: Removed initial firing delay (@Sihok-Adssres Idea)
“Ramming Speed” wave: Movement speed now depends on difficulty (@Sihok-Adssres Idea)
“Biohazard” wave: Removed central ring of barriers (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Ferris Wheel” and “Biohazard” waves: Rotary gear speed now depends on difficulty (@Meowinus Idea)
Various dialog backgrounds now respect “User Interface Opacity” set in Color Theme (e.g. Accounts, Copy Paintjob, Assign to Squadron, Buy Spacecraft Hardpoint, Contraband, Choose Gift Recipient, Ask for Email during purchase) (experimental) (@KaizoKaioticVN Idea)
Multiplayer: Fixed guest being able to unpause host’s game (@KaiSmithNinja @S.H.D170 @Pinanas Bug)
“The Gate” wave: Gate now randomly starts positioned in upper/lower half (@OrvilleTheOrca Idea)
“Biohazard” wave: Spinning direction is now random. Rotary Gear always spins in the same direction as spawning of enemies. (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
“Let’s Go Fly a Kite” wave: First kite now appears randomly from left or right (@TheGoldenBoss128 Idea)
iOS: Added Summer content to CIU (summer detection for 2025 now extends to June+July+August)
Translations: “Low memory” phrase now uses localized numeric digits (@Pinanas )

v.156.2

Electric+Hot environments: Thunder immunity effect is now also colored red (@Pinanas Bug)
“The Ski Lift” wave: Fixed barrier spacing on cable curve (@Mohammed_exe Bug)