Discovery 4.87: Conquest - Update 6

After two months of work since the release of update 5, a lot of critical bugs have been successfully fixed and a lot of tasks from our to-do list are finally done. Due to the importance of some of the fixed bugs, such as the so-called "tractor bug", and the fix to mooring fixtures, it was decided to skip the niceties and release this update as soon as possible, which is why you may notice some oddities in a few corners of the mod, such as undated infocards and whatnot, as the team did not have enough time to fix those and the discomfort they might cause would be easily ignorable compared to the discomfort some bugs in update 5 were causing.

Additionally, second phase of snubcraft balance overhaul is included in this update, and as you may notice, a lot of changes which were promised for some time are now included. Please take the time to study the new system of fighter weapons before choosing your new loadout, as both class 7 and class 8 faction guns are now valid options for very heavy fighters, and are no longer considered different grades of the same gun. In general, class 7 guns are more efficient and have higher speed and refire, while class 8 guns offer more firepower at cost of efficiency and speed. Please note that a lot of stat infocards are outdated, and a lot of the guns which received type changes are currently using placeholder infocards. Hopefully, we'll be releasing a mini-update soon solely to take care of these two issues.

As planned, this will be the last beta update for Discovery 4.87 Conquest and the team will start working on the final release of this version after this update, so please use the appropriate bug report threads to report any issue you may find, so they can be fixed for the final release. We'd also like to thank everyone who have helped us spot and fix as many bugs as possible up until now.

Complete list of bug fixes and changes included in update 6:

Code:
- Added Beginner restart.

- New Kusari VHFs by Durandal.

- Improved rewrite of shipcompat plugin by Kazinsal.

- Fix for ammolimit plugin (the "tractor bug") by Adoxa

- Major layout overhaul for Omega and Omicron systems.

- Minor tweaks to Bretonia systems layout.

- Cosmetic updates to Chester.

- Empty/removed systems have a 1-way jumphole out of the system.

- Cloak effects for human and nomad variations adjusted.

- Phase 2 of snubcraft equipment balance overhaul.

- Fixed the general shipcompat issue with bomber torps on SHFs.

- Fixed the IFF of Java Station platforms.

- Fixed Outcast snubs engine infocards.

- Added shieldbuster Nomad laser.

- Added DEFILER wreck to Omicron Minor graveyard.

- Added sellpoints for some of the lower-end codenames.

- Reverted cap ship battlerazors to their 4.86 state.

- Adjusted ship sellpoints on Outcast & Molly bases.

- Added event commodities. Can be granted by server admins.

- Enabled Fluorine and Alien Organisms mining for Planetform.

- Added a bonus for house freighter on mining corporation IDs.

- Fixed the issue which was making stationary asteroid miners dockable.

- Fixed planet mooring fixtures to allow safe undocking for larger ships.

- Some bases missing ship dealers have had the appropriate rooms added.

- Reclassified existing Kusari VHFs as heavy fighters.

- Reclassified repair ships as super heavy fighters.

- Fixed the asymmetric hardpoints on Bastet.

- Fixed Siashi torpedo hardpoint firing arc.

- Fixed Civilian Shuttle's cruise speed.

- Purchasable engines added for Gunboats and Transports.

- Added lawful weapons to Zwickau Depot and Hikone Base.

- Hispanic Omicrons system layout extensively revised.

- Omega-49, Cayman, and Omega-47 system layouts revised.

- Omicron-74 no longer a full Guard system. Livadia Shipyard is the only Guard base.

- Adjusted exclusion zones in Omicron-85 to make access between bases easier.

- Moved a sun in Nagano to form a binary pair instead of three isolated suns.

- Various balance adjustments.

- Various techcompat fixes.

- Various infocard fixes.

- Various rephack fixes.

- Various economy fixes.

Notice To Other Server Owners

Changes made in update 6 following the implementation of Adoxa's engine change plugin have caused a few compatibility issues with the existing player database as well as the current version of DSAccountManager. Please download the updated version of DSAM server control tool from this thread and follow the given instructions to fix this problem and to make sure your player database will continue to function properly.

If you have not downloaded and installed Discovery 4.87: Conquest, then see the following link
Discovery 4.87 Beta Release

If the automatic update does not work, the update can be downloaded manually from here. Unzip the contents of this directory inside your Discovery installation.