Well, here I am with it. It's an unofficial patch. Don't tell anyone on CFC.
Patch v8e has been released. This patch needs to be installed on top of the
version 8 main file.
It will break savegames from earlier patches.
Changelog:
1. Psych Chaplain specialist no longer gives an Espionage point, but one extra Great People point instead.
2. The Interstellar Gate victory now requires six instead of five Subspace Generators.
3. Subspace Generators are produced 25% faster with control of the Manifold Nexus.
4. Factions are more likely to land on the biggest landmass.
5. The Spartans and Hive will tend to land a little further away from the group than the others.
6. Modified native life spawning pattern.
The big thing is the modification of starting positions. Previously factions would tend to land on too small islands.
Native life still doesn't spawn often enough. Increasing that will have to be for the next patch or version.