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1.055 USA Claiming races 2yo eligibility changed. Now 1 run. More claimers. League mode players can now view sire stats (previous bug reintroduced as requested).
Starters Orders 7 is the latest in the acclaimed horse racing management series from Strategic Designs Ltd. New features include in-depth breeding stats and lineage, realistic dynamic commentary, newspaper style race and form cards, new racecourses, old-school style betting shop race modes and more.
| App ID | 978960 |
|---|---|
| App type | Game |
| Developer | Strategic Designs Ltd. |
| Publisher | Strategic Designs Ltd. |
| Homepage | https://www.startersorders.com |
| Release date | 2019-05-02 07:13 UTC |
| Release state | released |
| Controller support | partial |
| Store page | store.steampowered.com/app/978960 |
| Last store refresh | 5 hours ago |
| # | Executable | Arguments | OS | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | so7.exe | windows |
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| Date | Price | Regular | Discount |
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| 2026-09-11 21:55 UTC | $34.99 | $34.99 |
| DLC | AppID | Release | Price |
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| Branch | Build ID | Description | Updated | Password |
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| public | 7886768 | 2021-12-15 08:35 UTC |
| Depot | Name | OS | Size | Download | Public manifest | Notes |
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| 228985 | windows | from app 228980 · shared install | ||||
| 228990 | windows | from app 228980 · shared install | ||||
| 978961 | windows | 3.53 GB | 1.21 GB | 2802822050537179077 |
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| 7886768 | public | 2021-12-15 08:35 UTC | 5 hours ago |
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1.055 USA Claiming races 2yo eligibility changed. Now 1 run. More claimers. League mode players can now view sire stats (previous bug reintroduced as requested).
Foreign support races fix. US mode selling races now claimers with level weights. Jockey AI bend related steering mods. League mode stats now visible. Flat horses improvement/form peak curve improved. Optimisations. Autorun/race processing speed increases. UK Showcase Ascot fix.
1.047 Foreign jumps trainer count bug fixed. Betting market sometimes corrupted. Fixed. Possible corrupted AI trainer horse breeding index check/fix Season flat champ horse calc bug fixed. Pace Jockey AI mods/fix relating to momentum and potential. Should smooth out horse progress during a race a little possibly improving consistency slightly. Possible (rare) crash fix. Possible rare index corruption (maybe rare crash) at end of season fixed.
Possible memory leak fixed on imports. Sound API update (OpenAL). fix related crash on launch issues. Initial screen resolution detect fix. Possible startup crash fix.
Trainer mode crash fix. Old comms option (jumps calls related) fix. Comms crash fixed. Old SO6 style comms. Occasional stutter during race fixed. Crash fix. Skipping race. Followed horse in auction interupt fix. Disable audio speech fix. End of season possible lock up (rare) fixed. Possible Speech fix. Old style SO6 commentary integrated as a back up option in case of issues with Text-to-Speech (rare crashes). Revert to standard comms in the Options (select USE NEW TTS STYLE COMMS in options).
1.044 Trainer mode crash fix. Old comms option (jumps calls related) fix. Comms crash fixed. Old SO6 style comms. Occasional stutter during race fixed. Crash fix. Skipping race. Followed horse in auction interupt fix. Disable audio speech fix. End of season possible lock up (rare) fixed. Possible Speech fix. Old style SO6 commentary integrated as a back up option in case of issues with Text-to-Speech (rare crashes). Revert to standard comms in the Options (select USE NEW TTS STYLE COMMS in options).
1.030 Licence check. Exports will be disabled if there is a licence conflict. This should stop the user losing all their exports (HDB file) when a conflict occurs. Players should not use more than one licence or have the web and Steam build both installed or use save files or exports from a third part. Any of these three could cause a licence conflict. Possible fix for shader related racecourse crash on some machines. 'N'otes option added to some breeding screens. Stallions retired to stud that are followed by the player will generate a notification email. Export licence conflicts small log fi
1.028 Kit. Duplicate horses (of different ages) may now compete in kit races. Game races minor pace mod. Kit. Pacifier effect added (previously there was no effect and game horses that required a pacifier would not be penalised in kit races). Nag added to export screen reminding players that non league mode game horses cannot be entered into online league. 1.027 Showcase file. 'C' now referes to male horse that has not been gelded. Fixes issue with older horses race entries. Late season. More 3youp handicaps and less 4youp. 1.024-1.026 Kit fixes. Possible active horse indexing bug fixed. Loadi
1.010 Memory leaks/issues fixed. Physics engine - race related leaks fixed. Kit: Significant memory leak relating to exported lineage. Fixed. Kit: Exports Lineage now limited to 6 generations. Fixes HDB file sizes. Kit: Possible lineage related crash fixed. TAB fixed in betting shop.
1.008 Minor progression tweaks (flat related only). Extra verification regarding league play games status. Possible bug in backup process under certain conditions. Fixed. Kit racecard bug resulting active game buttons. Fixed. Jockey (UK) name fix. Trainer AI mod (first run of season) - listed races. Checks to avoid possible invalid stallion breeding reference related crash. Adjustments to aging profile (flat vs jumps). Retirement code minor adjustments.
Missing globe buttons image stable menu crash fix. Stats missing maturity rate fix. Mental state can be reported wrongly (icon). Fixed. Minor trainer entry AI fix (combined). Top horses filter (sex) fix.
0.152 Prep race (new code) related crash fixed. Options (new game) screen. Silks selection image corruption fix. Breeding status on tables now sortable. Sort proxies fixed or added to average breeding dist. fields. 0.151 Race kit bug fixed. Race kit init improved. 0.150 Game data object (primary) summary data added to finance screen. Mainly for debugging and modders use. PRESS 'D' to toggle. Bug fix resulting in start game lockup relating to modded trainer data files. Back/quit button fixed. Breeding Mares table now returns correct sort on returning to screen. AI mods to allow some horses (mai
0.149 AI optimisations to speed up autoruns etc. Some extra lower handicaps replacing maiden races with field problems (not 2yo). Possible lock up end of first season (usualy jumps) related to no Stallions available fixed. Bug related to withdrawing prepped horses (if required) fixed. Prep horse suplimented for race without considering current declarations and conflicts. Fixed. Disance and race value now considered. Win table icon wrong (introduced last patch) fixed. maxruns and maxwins fix. Handicapping tweaks primary regarding Novice and Maiden runners. Lower ratings for poor performances. F
0.142 1024 x 768 screen mode layout fixes. Flat Novice race eligibility changes to reflect BHA: Not won more than 2 flat races. Not won class 1 race. Not won more than 2 class 2 races. (3yo up) winner with >= 3 excluded. Trainer ranking fix. Possible race sequence related memory leak fixed. Old injuries listed as current fixed. Some Injuries not recorded in historical store fixed. fixes. Use sparingly and with care - possible walk overs. AI changes for trainer horse entry (regarding prepped horses). Possible breeding fix relating to pref distance spread - feedback. Player recieving breeding of
Age sort proxy fix for main home menu and training menu tables. Minor horse trainer entry AI tweaks regarding lightly raced horses. Horse breed data store bug fixed. Interupt skip on SALE (tommorow) added. Bullet on SALES screen. More trainer AI horse entry tweaks (regarding 2 and 3yo). Bug where horse with one run get's underestimated and a minimum rating after season start despite form. fixed.
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