Requires downloading full version of Alpha 3. Fixes an issue preventing players from buying ships from busy shipyards.
HOW TO INSTALL THE ALPHA 3.1 PATCH
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1. Download Outlier Open Skies Alpha 3 if you haven't done so.
2. Extract the Alpha 3 download if you haven't done so.
3. Copy the version of "Outlier Open Skies.jar" included in the patch
over the Alpha 3 version.
4. Start the game.
5. Version in lower left should read "Alpha 3.1" if patch was applied
properly.
See the included HOWTO image if you need clarification.
WHAT THIS FIXES
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When you buy a ship at a shipyard, the ship is delivered
to an empty docking port. In Alpha 3, there were only 2
docking ports available and recent trading changes made
trading with shipyards more likely for NPCs, so there was
a strong possibility you couldn't buy a ship because there
would be no docking port available for the delivery.
This patch adds 4 docking ports to the shipyard and makes
some tweaks to the economics data. This increases shipyard
availability so you can buy new ships more often.
If a shipyard cannot deliver a ship at the time you are docked,
then the option to buy ships will simply not be present. This
will indicate that the shipyard cannot make a ship delivery
at this time.
COMPATIBILITY
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This patch is compatible with saves from Alpha 3, however
the changes will only apply to new shipyards. This means that
an existing shipyard would have to be destroyed and a replacement
built for the changes to take effect.
It is recommended to start a new game if possible after applying
the patch because the new game will contain no shipyards with
old configurations.
SOURCE CODE
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These changes will be included in Alpha 4 when it is released.
If you require the source code for these changes, please contact
me at masternerdguy@yahoo.com to request the latest source code.
LICENSE
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The same license terms that applied to Alpha 3 apply to the
Alpha 3.1 patch included in this download. Please see the Alpha
3 release for full license details.
