News
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10JAN05 | New Hyperion V1.4 Gamma update! Go to the downloads section to get it! |
15AUG04 | Updated the Unit Statitics in the reference section to sort them by Unit Score and Rank, whereas before they were listed as they appear in the UNIT.DAT file. The Unit Score directly relates to the Unit's Research Cost and Church Dislike Score. |
20JUN04 | EFS Galaxy loader created by lordmoore! Go to the downloads section to get it! |
17AUG03 | Added Boris' Hyperion FLC files! Go to the downloads section to get them! |
26JUL03 | Hyperion V1.4 Beta in development! Go to the downloads section to get it! |
26JUL03 | Hyperion V1.4 Alpha Reference information update! |
28MAY03 | New Hyperion V1.4 Alpha in development! There's no official link on the downloads section yet so see this forum post for more information about it and also check out some of the other Hyperion forum posts as well... |
28SEP01 | Rebellion Scenario for Hyperion by Tiberius has been added! Go to the downloads section to get it! This is an excellent scenario for beginner to expert players. |
28SEP01 | Finally updated the link to the Nova Forum! |
20JUN01 | Random19FEB01 has been updated by reducing the strengths of the starting League units on House homeworlds. Go to the downloads section to get it! |
20JUN01 | Hyperion V1.375.20JUN01 available! Go to the downloads section to download the latest *.DAT files. This update fixes a bug with the League Bulk Haulers that was causing the game to crash in the Random19FEB01 galaxy. |
10JUN01 | Completely new multi-/single-player galaxy, Random19FEB01, available! Go to the downloads section to get it! |
10JUN01 | Updated the Spartan Galaxy to work with the latest Hyperion patch! Go to the downloads section to get it! |
10JUN01 | Hyperion V1.375.10JUN01 available! Go to the downloads section to download the latest *.DAT files and see the changes. |
01FEB01 | Added Unit Statistics Tables to the Reference section. |
31JAN01 | Added Microsoft Excel Unit Statistics Spreadsheet to the Reference section. |
01JAN01 | Added Lessons Learned and Quirks section to the Documentation! Go to the documentation section to take a look. |
01JAN01 | Hyperion V1.375.17DEC2K available! Go to the downloads section to download the latest *.DAT files and see the changes. Minor update - changed the movement rate formula so that Energy, Chemicals, and Monopols are twice as effective for propulsion of non-foot units. Changed the name of Unknown in STRBUILD.DAT to University. |
21NOV2K | Added P. Sean ONeal's Website to the Links Section. Go to the Links section for more information. |
19NOV2K | EFS Editor Updated! This release is being made available so that people can start to use the Editor and get a feel for its interface and other capabilities. The development is still in the early stages. Go to the EFS Editor section for more information. |
19NOV2K | Hyperion Unit and Technology Spreadsheets available! This is the spreadsheet used to design all of the Hyperion Units and Technology Research Costs. Go to the downloads section to get it! |
06NOV2K | Hyperion V1.375.06NOV2K available! Go to the downloads section to download the latest *.DAT files and see the changes. Minor update - most notable is that Militia are buildable in Farms only and some of the documentation has been updated. |
14OCT2K | The new animations have now been broken up into smaller chunks available for download. Go here to get them! |
01OCT2K | Hyperionized Original Galaxy updated for use with Hyperion V1.375! Go to the downloads section to get it! |
01OCT2K | Corinthian Galaxy updated for use with Hyperion V1.375! Go to the downloads section to get it! |
14AUG2K | Soren Savegame Scenario with Universal Wherehouse OFF Available! Don't blame me!!! Russel asked for it! Go to the downloads section to get it! |
13AUG2K | Hyperion V1.375.13AUG2K available! Go to the downloads section to download the latest *.DAT files and see the changes. This is a major update - several units were moved around to accomodate the computer AI. |
13AUG2K | Soren Savegame Scenario Available! Go to the downloads section to get it! |
01JUL2K | Hyperion V1.35.01JUL2K available! Go to the downloads section to download the latest *.DAT files and see the changes. This is a minor update. |
01JUL2K | Added the tutorials section. This contains the Hyperion Tutorial for the Original EFS galaxy and will include other tips in the future. |
21MAY2K | Hyperion V1.35.21MAY2K available! This is a major update! Go to the downloads section to download the latest *.DAT files and 7 new FLCs I've added. The unit formulas have been changed to eliminate statistic offsets for most of the statistics. Technology bonuses are now applied to a unit's statistics based on which technologies a unit requires. Technologies indirectly influenced a unit's statistics and resource requirements in previous versions of Hyperion, but now these are affected directly by the unit's technology prerequisites. The Church builds Inquisitors and other Church units identified in the Manowitz section! Many other balancing, error corrections, and other enhancements! |
01APR2K | Added years 4966 - 4971 to the Tutorial Section. The tutorial now covers the first 15 years of the game. |
17MAR2K | Klaus Borek generated a PDF version of my tutorial - thanks Klaus! The PDF version covers years 4956-4965. |
11MAR2K | Added years 4960 - 4965 to the Tutorial Section. The tutorial now covers the first 10 years of the game. |
06MAR2K | Added a Tutorial to the Reference Section. The Tutorial so far covers the years A.D. 4956 - 4959, more years to follow... |
06MAR2K | Updated the Reference Section to include unit attack modes and part of the technology research point costs. |
19FEB2K | Hyperion V1.35.19FEB2K available! Only 2 fixes, but I had accidentally set it so that Militia were only buildable in Forts. Now they can be built everywhere again. Also Space Carriers that have Direct have had it moved over to Ranged Space. Go to the downloads section to download the latest *.DAT files. |
10FEB2K | There is a new EFS Forum available! Hyperion, Nova, and many other topics can be discussed there - check it out! Thanks to Klaus Borek for his all his hard work in creating the new Forum! |
29JAN00 | Hyperionized version of the original EFS galaxy available! Goto the Downloads section to get it! |
05JAN00 | Updated the Documentation section, by adding the Attack Modes and Contributors (finally!) sections. |
04JAN00 | Hyperion V1.35.04JAN00 available! Mostly minor fixes, go to the downloads section to download the latest *.DAT files or click here to see the changes. |
11DEC99 | Fixed the bug that was causing the Corinthian Galaxy to get into an endless loop on the Rebel's first turn!. Go to the downloads section to get it! |
10DEC99 | Added some more experiments to the Research section |
09DEC99 | Added some links to the Links section |
09DEC99 | Added Movement Type to the Documentation section |
23NOV99 | Working on the Documentation section |
23NOV99 | Added Hyperion website to the Fading Suns Jumpweb |
21NOV99 | Hyperion V1.35 beta announced! Goto the downloads section to get it! |
19NOV99 | The main Hyperion site is now up at Crosswinds.net |
18NOV99 | Currently in the process of redesigning the Hyperion website! Some of the links do not have much meat yet, but I'm trying to update them as fast as I can. |