v1.5.3 - Bugfix update

• Fixes an issue where it was possible for the player's story stage value to be used before it was set.

v1.5.2 - Refactor and polish update

• Updates esccdbg script to correctly clear mission values.
  
• Updates function names so that they work better with intellisense.
  
• Updates the transports in story mission 2, story mission 3, side mission 1, and side mission 2 so that they broadcast messages more often.
  
• Fixes an issue in story mission 2 where the freighter would not broadcast messages.
  
• Fixes an issue with story mission 4 where the military base's icon would get removed.
  
• Fixes an issue where the player could bypass the Swenks dialogue in story mission 5.

v1.5.1 - Story mission 4 update

• Makes the following changes to story mission 4:
  
  • The station will no longer display chatter until after the mission is over.
    
  • Removed the mission bulletin board from the station in mission 4.
    
  • Added a prefix to in-mission functions for intellisense.
    
  • Replaced _MethodName with methodName.
    
  • Fixes redundant usage of Sector()
    
  • Condenses the background pirate spawning code into a reusable function.
    
  • Fixes the torpedo slammer args to standardize them.

v1.5 - Balance and bugfix update

• Fixes an issue in esccdbg where the player could not replay side mission 1 / 2 in debug mode.
  
• Side mission 1 and 2 are only available every 30 minutes instead of every 20 minutes.
  
• Fixes a bug in side mission 1 where the escaping transports are not properly counted.
  
• Fixes a bug in side mission 2 where the escaping transports are not properly counted.
  
• Fixes a bug in side mission 1, side mission 2, story mission 2, and story mission 3 where the pirates would not depart after the player fails the mission.
  
• Makes the transports jump out faster in story mission 2 and 3 when a new transport spawns.
  
• Fixes an issue where a player could abandon or fail side mission 1 or side mission 2 then immediately take it again.

v1.4.5 - QoL and Balance update

• Makes a small optimization to how the bulletin board marker is colored.
  
• Fixes a bug where Swenks does not attack sometimes. (Getting point defense turrets breaks his AI for some reason)
  
• Fixes a bug where the LOTW faction could possibly not get set.
  
• Adds a prerender function to side mission 1 to show dropped titanium ores.
  
• Refactors the initialization function of side mission 1 to support adding the prerender function.
  
• All missions now auto-track.
  
• Adds a prerender function to story mission 2 to show dropped titanium ores.
  
• Refactors the initialization function of story mission 2 to support adding the prerender function.
  
• Reduces the odds of exotic / legendary drops in side mission 1.
  
• Adds a callback to makes Swenks friendly when he first spawns in - this is similar to how Swoks works.
  
• Increments required ESCC version to 1.7.40.

v1.4.4 - This one's for you, KPOHOC

• Adds radio chatter.
  
• Reorders a couple of things in the debug module.
  
• Adds flags for external program.
  
• Renames a few variables
  
• If you compare Swenks to Swoks, he gets mad but also drops additional loot.

1.4.3 - Bugfix

• Fixes an issue where Swenks would not spawn after completing the story.

v1.4.2 - SDK EDS Update

• Final form of disabling SDK Extended Docking Shields

v1.4.1 - Cleanup update

• Mission 1 / the side missions will be added to core campaign stations (see ESCC 1.7.37 notes)
  
• Increments required version of ESCC to 1.3.37

v1.4 - The Swenks polish update

• Moves the Lord of the Wastes debug module into its own esccdbg instance.
  
• The seed of the m-tcs that swenks drops will now be random instead of fixed.
  
• lotwframeworkmission.lua removed.
  
• Adds lotwquestutility.lua - done based on the KOTH / Main story quest utility. No function difference from the framework mission but completely rebuilt using a standard template.
  
• Removes missionbulletins.lua - adding / removing mission bulletins is handled by lotwquestutility.lua now.
  
• Updates bulletinboard.lua so that a yellow ! will show by a station that has the main mission that starts the quest, as well as both side missions.
  
• Makes side mission 1 and side mission 2 less farmable. They can only be completed once every 15 minutes now, rather than letting the player scum military installations for new bulletins.
  
• Numerous changes to values behind the scenes - the story stage is now based on a single value rather than five or so different ones.
  
• This does have a compatibility function to pull over old versions if you have completed the mission before.
  
• player\init.lua updated to account for the change from lotwframeworkmission to lotwquestutility
  
• All mission files have been renamed - instead of lotwmission1.lua, lotwmission2.lua, etc. they are now named lotwstory1.lua, lotwstory2.lua, etc.
  
• Fixes numerous issues in the missions, such as removing unnecessary instantiations of globalPhase, using global no boss encounters where appropriate, etc.
  
• The freighters and loot transports will now passively shoot at the player.
  
• You will get a bonus reward from story mission 4 if you manage to complete it in less than 3 tries and the station ends the mission with over 85% HP
  
• Fixes an issue with story mission 2 and side mission 1 where a bad faction seed could cause freighters to spawn with less than the intended amount of ore.
  
• The amount of ore in the final freigther in side mission 1 now depends on the danger level. It could contain anywhere from 6,000 to 15,000 ore.
  
• Adds bonus items to the final loot transport in side mission 2 depending on the danger level. The player is guaranteed 1 rare+ item drop per 2 levels (so +5 items at danger 10)
  
• Makes the following changes to Boss Swenks:
  
  • Moves Swenks's boss script into scripts/entity/story
    
  • A message explaining that Swenks has activated his iron curtain will be broadcast whenever Swenks goes invulnerable.
    
  • Destroying Swenks's alies will now shorten the duration of his invulnerability by 5 seconds.
    
  • Increased the multiplier on Swenks's avenger script to compensate for this.
    
  • The first time an ally is destroyed when Swenks is invulnerable, he will broadcast a chat message hinting that the player should kill his allies to reduce the duration of his invulnerability.
    
  • When Swenks is invulnerable, the iron curtain animation will play.
    
  • A message will now be broadcast when Swenks is no longer invulnerable.