Hi all,



So, we've had quite good results from optional betas to test out fixes and make sure they're ready for prime time. Without offering any ironclad guarantees, because who can say what the future holds, I do want to continue doing them when possible as it helps us get really useful feedback from you, our players.



With that in mind I want to announce a small, focused beta hotfix that is now available to opt in. It is targeted at a bug that allowed you to click on any fleet or space creature in the galaxy and order them to space debris, etc. As hilarious as it was to have the Ether Drake go and serenely observe anomalies for you (and the first person to produce a quality photoshop of the Drake wearing a lab coat or similar wins an entirely non-tangible, symbolic prize from me), it's not OK to have that as an exploit in multiplayer, etc.



So, in the interest of getting a fix in your hands sooner, here's the beta patch. If it's found to be good we'll roll it out officially in the coming days.



Changelog is really short so no spoiler wall needed:



- Fixed being able to give orders to fleets you did not own in some cases

- Fixed nanite assemblers tech not being available to machine empires due to disabling positronic AI for them

- Fixed busted tooltip for Purifiers, Swarm and Exterminators

- Fixed devouring swarm opinion penalty being broken



Give it a try and let us know how it works out for you.



PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN OPT-IN PATCH. YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE TO JOIN IN ORDER TO TEST THE NEW VERSION.



Here's how to opt in:



Right click on Stellaris in your Steam library -> select Properties -> go to the Betas tab -> select "1.8.3_beta"