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Ex Astris 2008-05-15 snapshot is now available.

The economy was corrected from the previous release. A simple supply/demand model is used for determining the value of goods and the price is then negotiated based on the player's "Negotiation" skill.

Also, there are Ubuntu and MacOS binaries available for download with this release.

Ex Astris 2008-05-15 snapshot is now available.

There are many changes to the organization of the code to make it a little more maintainable as well as basic game play features added including warping between planets and buying and selling of goods and refueling your vehicle.

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