This patch makes planting spies cheaper, makes radar find planets and gates quicker, decreases the death cost so it's harder to get an economic loss, and improves a lot of other more minor issues, mostly balance or UI related.

0.840 change list:

• halved cost of planting spies
  
• doubled initial radar range for planets and gates
  
• now additional radar is worth 3x for finding planets and gates
  
• no longer have a max radar range for planets and gates
  
• increased GroundTrapDelayMult from 0.2 to 0.4 (traps in space will take longer to trigger)
  
• jump gate price is now the lowest race price instead of the average
  
• clone cost now 20% cheaper (takes more deaths to get to an economic loss)
  
• can now click on race names in system/sector maps to talk to that race
  
• can now highlight race name on system/sector maps to get race info
  
• now components on the "ground" will display in a larger font if a type of component that you are currently using
  
• tech drops should no longer be below the level of the spawner
  
• greatly increased chances of a destroyed asteroid dropping resources that are useful to races
  
• increased nexus HealthMult from 3.0 to 5.0
  
• halved nexus spawn chances
  
• increased HappyEgoChanceMult from 3.0 to 5.0 (happy crew level up faster)
  
• decreased MadEgoChanceMult from 1.0 to 0.25 (unhappy crew level up slower)
  
• increased chip spawn chance from 2.5 to 3.5
  
• fixed some data not getting reset on client when abandoning a sector
  
• marked new weapons as not being used for tech
  
• fast charge shields, swarm missiles, and light missiles can no longer be tech
  
• doubled ancient recharge station buff time
  
• made Nexus buffs more powerful
  
• added helm as an OR requirement for escape pods
  
• decreased space junk health from 5-10 to 2-4 per level
  
• updated diplomatic win highlight text to mention new medium reward chest reward
  
• now get modifier icon when highlighting on system/sector map
  
• now make sure player has met at least one of the races in question when message is sent about a rejected peace treaty offer
  
• added effect to Talon Nexus buff
  
• added effect to Legion Nexus buff
  
• added effect to Overlord Nexus buff
  
• added a tip that happy crew level up faster
  
• added 6 more trait spots on relation diplomacy screen since temporary resources can add a lot
  
• fixed Swarm Projectiles saying 0.3% chance when it should be 25% (just a display issue)
  
• fixed highlight issue on player status effect icons when ui_scale is not 1.0
  
• clone cost now has commas when necessary
  
• formated economic win highlight text better
  
• added info on how the Drox guild gets paid in economic loss highlight text
  
• rate info in race description will now use commas if needed
  
• fixed BlessingBarrage translation not working
  
• changed coloring of not meeting part of an OR requirement from red to yellow