Genesis Alpha One Update 2.0

Changes and Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue where sometimes the Harvester doesn’t get unloaded by carrier robots
Made a change so that Spores now hide in crates
Carrier Robots show damage numbers and health status if damaged
Carrier Robots will recover health if on a robot station
All robots are visible on the building menu map
The limit of maximum robots has been increased from 5 to 8
Current robot amount is visible on ship status screen
Inventory colour coding changed. If an action (command/weapon selection) is impossible it will be grey, if possible white and if selected orange
Placed, carried turrets and energy barriers will be upgraded if the corresponding defence scheme gets upgraded

New Feature – Game Difficulty and Custom Game Mode

Game difficulty can be changed at any time via the in-game menu.

Easy

Reduced Alien damage
Increased Player damage
Increased Crew defence damage
Improved defences
Sentry Gun damage, Energy Barrier health
Player receives more health from collecting biomass
Time until module takes damage from power down increased
Destruction of damaged modules (energy nodes) takes longer until they collapse (gas leak and critical condition)
Recovery of damaged modules is faster when rebooting energy nodes


Normal (Default)

Time until module takes damage from power down increased
Destruction of damaged modules (energy nodes) takes longer until they collapse (gas leak and critical condition)


Hard

Spawn rate (eggs) increased from 10 to 15
Increased chance of aliens to be spawn eggs
Chance to spawn aliens in tractor beam and harvester return increased
Chance to spawn aliens from crates increased
Spawn delay on planet expeditions reduced
Crew recovery reduced
Player does not receive any health from collecting biomass

Custom Game

In the Start New Mission menu there is now the option to customise your mission and includes the following options:

Galaxy Seed to allow players to explore the same universe as their fellow Captains
Sun Density
Cluster Hazard Density
Metal Resource Amount
Weapon Resource Amount
Engine Resource Amount
Plant Resource Amount
Rogue Commander Amount
Trader Amount
Required Genesis tier level
Distributed non-artefact schemes
Player regains resources from destructing modules
Max Reactor Amount


Guard Bots (Warbot & Maintenance Bot)

The Guard Bots are a brand-new feature to Genesis Alpha One and can be produced in the workshop, after you’ve found the schematics. Guard Bots can be given instructions via the command menu in the same way as the crew can be interacted with by talking to them. If not, deactivated Guard Bots will remain at a distance of 30 meters of their last ordered position.

There is a maximum of 5 Guard Bots at a time and they will recover health when not under attack and can be taken on planet expeditions. Talking to the guard bots will allow the following commands:

Rename the guard bot
Choose weaponry (if available)
Guard bot hints (talk)
Info stats


Guard Bot Commands

Guard: Follows the player or selected crew member
Stay / Defence: Bots will stay at this position and only seek targets in close proximity and will also save the position as one of 3 waypoints.
Patrol: Bots will move on the path connected by the saved waypoints. On attacks, stays within distance to its last patrol position.
Deactivated: Remains at his current position until receiving another command

Guard Bot 1: Heavy Warbot

The Heavy Warbots will kill on enemies on sight, but only if they are moving! If the enemy remains still, then your bots will not be able to target the alien threat. The Warbots will not target spores and eggs. Be careful though, as the aliens will target and attack the Warbots!

Slow
Heavy Armour
Unable to enter the maintenance areas
Will deactivate if out of ammo and the player will require 1 plutonium to replenish the ammo


Heavy War-Bot Weapons

The Warbot has one weapon by default though the player can unlock other weapons and select them by talking to the robot.

Low frequency weapons will have heavy damage
High frequency weapons will have low damage

Guard Bot 2: Maintenance Bot

The Maintenance Bots will be able to reboot energy nodes which are attacked by the alien threat, and what’s even better about these little helpers, is that they are ignored by aliens!