Development Update: 5 October 2016 — Stars in Shadow Steam update #96761

Salutations and greetings! As always, we thank you for your Early Access support and for your helpful feedback and suggestions. Keep them coming! Work continues on diplomacy improvements. This week's patch contains primarily fixes, but we did make some modifications to the planet types to add a little variety to the many Arid worlds that you will often find in your empire. Patch Notes for 5 October 2016 (ver. 17304) Changes and Additions Planets are now rated for atmospheric density (listed in the Planet Status window), which affects habitability. Arid world types can have either "Normal" or "Thin" atmospheres. Arid worlds now contain a small ice biome in addition to the "arid" biome. Two new Arid variants: Steppes (cold) and Desert (hot) worlds will now spawn in new...