Major Technology Glitch while playing Orthin

[Khalayn]

I just bought the game and was eager to play the Orthins as high-energy weapons bugs are the best.

As I was starting to construct a few destroyers to destroy pirates, I suddenly realized that I could build a range of ships I defintely had not research yet. I was still in the process of researching nuclear missiles. After building a heavy cruiser and attacking the pirates, I had to realize that the technology glitch in a major way and I had Hellbore weaponry on my cruiser.

The save game is attached. If you need additional information, feel to ask

[sven]

After building a heavy cruiser and attacking the pirates, I had to realize that the technology glitch in a major way and I had Hellbore weaponry on my cruiser.

On Stardate 1115, it looks like you went exploring in the Options menu, and hit the button that says "cheat"

This button is a bit dangerous -- because if you don't know what to look for, it doesn't actually appear to do anything. But, when you hit it, your coin supply is boosted by 10,000, and your techs are quietly advanced to include just about everything outside the very late game super weapons.

(If you wait 15 seconds or so, and hit "cheat" again, you'll be granted even those super techs.)

You're not the first new tester to trigger the cheat feature accidentally -- I think I should probably start popping up a notification when it happens. Ideally a silly message from your advisers -- just so people realize that the button does, indeed, do something

[Khalayn]

Hey,

yeah, I didn't notice that I clicked on that button. Just realized it's there after you pointing it out.

Well, guess I'm no smart Orthin. ^^ And yeah, a warning would be nice. Maybe a "Yes" or "No" decision panel...

Anyways, great game so far!

[sven]

yeah, I didn't notice that I clicked on that button. Just realized it's there after you pointing it out.

Well, guess I'm no smart Orthin. ^^ And yeah, a warning would be nice.

I added a little patch in the lastest stable build that should create a simple "event" notification after the "cheat" resource and tech bonuses are applied. Cheating can certainly be useful for testers working to track down and isolate specific bugs, and I may add some more buttons giving people the ability to trigger more specific kinds of cheats in the future. But, for now, hopefully new players will find the button less confusing