Nexus - The Jupiter Incident news & patch notes

ADDITIONS • Added GUI scaling option for use with very high display resolutions. FIXES • Eliminated administrator mode dependency when installed into Program Files. Saved games, logs etc. are stored in the user’s AppData folder. • Restored Windows XP compatibility. • Fixed incorrect loading back of in-mission saves containing ship formations causing crash when the formation leader destroyed. • Fixed unwanted activation of absolute ship movement when switching to Steam panel with Shift+Tab. MODDING ADDITIONS • Added Steam Workshop support. • Added the feature “optional mod”. These can be switched on/off individually and used along either the main campaign, multiplayer or any of the standalone mods overriding their models, textures, movies, sounds, missions etc. • A standalone mod can be an alternation of the main campaign iself. We hope you enjoy the game now even more and we hope to see some great mods!

ADDITIONS • Added GUI scaling option for use with very high display resolutions. FIXES • Eliminated administrator mode dependency when installed into Program Files. Saved games, logs etc. are stored in the user’s AppData folder. • Restored Windows XP compatibility. • Fixed incorrect loading back of in-mission saves containing ship formations causing crash when the formation leader destroyed. • Fixed unwanted activation of absolute ship movement when switching to Steam panel with Shift+Tab. MODDING ADDITIONS • Added Steam Workshop support. • Added the feature “optional mod”. These can be switched on/off individually and used along either the main campaign, multiplayer or any of the standalone mods overriding their models, textures, movies, sounds, missions etc. • A standalone mod can be an alternation of the main campaign iself. We hope you enjoy the game now even more and we hope to see some great mods!

Dear Nexus fans, in addition to the huge update we have published today ( http://steamcommunity.com/app/6420/discussions/ ) we have also put the official Soundtrack online on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/444760 Enjoy! Cheers Your Nordic Games Team

Dear Nexus fans, in addition to the huge update we have published today ( http://steamcommunity.com/app/6420/discussions/ ) we have also put the official Soundtrack online on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/444760 Enjoy! Cheers Your Nordic Games Team

After we acquired the Nexus franchise our goal was to make the game experience better but unfortunately our hands were tied for a long time. Now we were finally able to do actual work on Nexus and this resulted in a lot that we actually did. ADDITIONS • Added option to use the current desktop resolution. It’s the default. • Enabled using modern monitor resolutions including Full HD. • Added correct displaying of GUI elements, briefings and subtitles with modern monitor aspect ratios: 16:9, 16:10, 21:9 • Added separate field-of-view setups for different monitor aspect ratios. • Added VSync option. It’s on by default. • All available text languages are selectable from the launcher. • All available audio languages are selectable from the launcher. • Added multiplayer NAT resolver to help connecting to Internet servers. • Added accepting Steam invites for multiplayer game. FIXES • Removed obsolete DirectX 8 executable versions. • Fixed disappearing of the loading animation in fullscreen mode under modern OSs. Also dimming is applied to the GUI during loading. • Fixed mouse cursor latency. • Fixed lagging of NPC mission dialogs with the unpacked data files. • Fixed the issue shortcuts stop working after switching tasks with Alt+Tab. MODDING ADDITIONS • Editor window size is configurable from mod_tools launcher. • Configured window size is independent from the fullscreen game resolution. • Nexus can be started in windowed mode from mod_tools launcher. • Nexus can be started in windowed mode with the /win command line option. • Mission Editor enables returning to main menu and load another mission. • Mission and Solar System Editor enables editing main campaign’s missions. • Published former developer tool Briefing Editor to ease altering main campaign’s mission briefing scenes. • Published former developer localization tool NexLoc to ease adding new translations. • Options saved to the user’s AppData folder instead of the registry. MODDING FIXES • Fixed Converter crash under under modern OSs. • Editor windows startup arrangement changed, Quit buttons added. • Editors warn about unsaved changes. • Solar System Editor uses the usual solar system navigation GUI. We hope you all enjoy Nexus now even more!

After we acquired the Nexus franchise our goal was to make the game experience better but unfortunately our hands were tied for a long time. Now we were finally able to do actual work on Nexus and this resulted in a lot that we actually did. ADDITIONS • Added option to use the current desktop resolution. It’s the default. • Enabled using modern monitor resolutions including Full HD. • Added correct displaying of GUI elements, briefings and subtitles with modern monitor aspect ratios: 16:9, 16:10, 21:9 • Added separate field-of-view setups for different monitor aspect ratios. • Added VSync option. It’s on by default. • All available text languages are selectable from the launcher. • All available audio languages are selectable from the launcher. • Added multiplayer NAT resolver to help connecting to Internet servers. • Added accepting Steam invites for multiplayer game. FIXES • Removed obsolete DirectX 8 executable versions. • Fixed disappearing of the loading animation in fullscreen mode under modern OSs. Also dimming is applied to the GUI during loading. • Fixed mouse cursor latency. • Fixed lagging of NPC mission dialogs with the unpacked data files. • Fixed the issue shortcuts stop working after switching tasks with Alt+Tab. MODDING ADDITIONS • Editor window size is configurable from mod_tools launcher. • Configured window size is independent from the fullscreen game resolution. • Nexus can be started in windowed mode from mod_tools launcher. • Nexus can be started in windowed mode with the /win command line option. • Mission Editor enables returning to main menu and load another mission. • Mission and Solar System Editor enables editing main campaign’s missions. • Published former developer tool Briefing Editor to ease altering main campaign’s mission briefing scenes. • Published former developer localization tool NexLoc to ease adding new translations. • Options saved to the user’s AppData folder instead of the registry. MODDING FIXES • Fixed Converter crash under under modern OSs. • Editor windows startup arrangement changed, Quit buttons added. • Editors warn about unsaved changes. • Solar System Editor uses the usual solar system navigation GUI. We hope you all enjoy Nexus now even more!

To access the beta please do the following: Follow this guide http://ds.nordicgames.at/SteamBetaBranchGuide.jpg Under Step 1 select "Nexus: The Jupiter Incident" There is no password needed The branch for Step 6 is named community What we did: -) Added German and Russian localization files (including audio) -) Added DX9 runtime install -) Improved the install script so that language changing and run as admin works -) Extracted all the data from the nexus_00.dap and nexus_00.dat (more mod friendly) -) Failed to find Steam should be gone. We would like to do even more but unfortunately the source code seems lost and without that much more isnt really possible I am afraid. Please let me know if you see any issues with this update.

To access the beta please do the following: Follow this guide http://ds.nordicgames.at/SteamBetaBranchGuide.jpg Under Step 1 select "Nexus: The Jupiter Incident" There is no password needed The branch for Step 6 is named community What we did: -) Added German and Russian localization files (including audio) -) Added DX9 runtime install -) Improved the install script so that language changing and run as admin works -) Extracted all the data from the nexus_00.dap and nexus_00.dat (more mod friendly) -) Failed to find Steam should be gone. We would like to do even more but unfortunately the source code seems lost and without that much more isnt really possible I am afraid. Please let me know if you see any issues with this update.