Premier PC videogames publisher Iceberg Interactive announces that patch v1.400 is now available for both the English and German retail versions of Shining Pixel Studios’ 4x space strategy game Armada 2526.

New features that have been added to the game are the ability to randomly choose factions when setting up a custom game and ‘The Gray Order’, a new race and faction with the ability to convert other races to their own as well as convert populations on planets they don’t own by infecting them with a special virus. On top of this, eight new ship models have been added for The Gray Order.

Additionally, the patch includes various minor changes and bug fixes. The German patch also contains fixes and changes related to the German localization. For more information, please read the full patch notes.

Please download the patch by clicking one of the links below:

About Armada 2526

Although the game is complex, and the possible strategies endless, powerful help and advisor features, help you get up to speed quickly. Unlike many games in this genre, Armada 2526 focuses on providing a game that can be finished in a reasonable time, and emphasizes battle and strategy over economic micro-management.

The game consists of two sections. The Star Map is where you run your empire: manage your colonies, deploy your fleets, do research, and conduct diplomacy. It uses a turn based system, so you can take as long as you wish to plan your actions. However, once battle is joined, you switch to the battle module and fight it out in a real-time 3D system that brings to life the beauty and visceral carnage of space combat.

Armada 2526 version 1.400 patch notes

<> New Features <>

Gray Order: A new race and faction, The Gray Order, have been added. They have the special ability to convert other races to their own. They can also convert population on planets they don’t own by infecting them with a special virus.
Eight new ship models have been added for them.

Random Faction Selection: Factions can be set to be randomly chosen when setting up a custom game.

<> Minor Changes <>

•	All text localized.
•	AI can create space stations
•	AI can found colonies if it doesn’t have a planet
•	AI Raid plan. Mainly used by Unn Pirates, that now behave sensibly.
•	AI considers range extension benefits when choosing colonies. Can found colonies purely to increase range
•	AI moves base ships to facilitate exploration and attack
•	Better AI for choosing colony attack options
•	New AI algorithm for building defenses. Builds many more defenses
•	AI Colonization limited on easy mode
•	Reduced infection rates and unpopularity due to infections
•	Increased effectiveness of infection counter-measures
•	AI To make contamination attacks
•	Can choose what agents to contaminate with.
•	Adjusted VP multipliers
•	Improved tech vp calculation
•	AI deletes unneeded research centers
•	AI will research terraforming
•	Adjusted ai algorithm for defenses
•	AI maintains a treasury reserve
•	Added display of turn limit to scenario description and turn display tool tip
•	AI removes polluting buildings to cure unrest
•	AI reduces excess defenses
•	Tweaked AI fondness for rich and poor planets

<> Bug Fixes <>

•	Fixed problem with delete game button not working.
•	Fixed slowdown problem in battles.
•	Fixed bug loading a game from front end when another game had been played
•	Mods won’t crash if no militia types
•	Fixed bug updating star map names before battle
•	Escape key ignored during deployment
•	Fixed bug that caused attacking ships to move slowly sometimes
•	Fixed bug with Tutorial and Rim scenarios changing default faction capabilities
•	Fixed bug with finish button not working on victory screen
•	Fixed bug with sound quality inversion
•	Fixed various spelling mistakes
•	Fixed problem when sometimes AI won’t start new tech
•	Fixed problem with auto transports not transporting when AI expects player to colonize
•	Fixed bug in calculation of fleet ETAs on tool tips
•	Fixed bug using designer maps larger than 300 x 300
•	Fixed occasional crash opening colony window