20240401

• Fixed start cash 💵 in fire watch 🚒 mission.
• Fixed rendering glitches with mothership.
• Fixed not all unit production buildings allowing power down.
• Fixed not all helicopters being able to automatically target other aircraft.
• Fixed miners not deploying when blocked by actors.
• Fixed scrap blocking miners from deploying at resource nodes.
• Fixed capturing base building unlocking the whole tech tree.
• Fixed teleport network not disabling when powered down.
• Fixed empty storage indicator and replaced it with estimated income.
• Fixed the build menu not appearing when main base is lost and builder not selected.
• Fixed broken sand/grass/snow to tech tile transitions.
• Fixed tankers entering enemy resource towers.
• Added the 3 x 3 = 9 map remake.
• Added new 8 player map Rain in the Fight.
• Added new map Diminishing Results replacing Diminishing Returns.
• Added new map Meiotic Division.
• Added more street lamps. 💡
• Added chat history support.
• Added a no build zone 🚧 around all resource extractors to prevent blocking.
• Added shadows to intelligent land mines.
• Added shadows to gold balls that miners drop when destroyed.
• Added shadow to scrap that vehicles drop when destroyed.
• Added shadows to resource icons.
• Added Yuruki ore purifier to match Synapol ore smelter.
• Added new orbital railgun strike artwork and effects.
• Added shadows below high bridges.
• Balancing changes:
  • Capturable resource extractors generate less funds. 📉
  • Televators now only require radars instead of tech centers.
  • Both factions now have ore refiners. Increased cost a bit.
  • Broker pod is no longer trainable. 🏦
  • Rocket pod moved to Synapol and increased firing rate.
  • Mortar pod moved to Synapol and reduced cost slightly.
  • Sniper and flame pod can't detect cloaked units anymore.
  • Mortar and flame pod no longer explode violently when killed.
  • Technician can detect cloaked units and repair pods.
  • Synapol elite pod is now available to all factions and increased cost.
  • Bomber pod moved from Synapol to Yuruki.
  • Electric pod now mirrors the rocket pod for Yuruki.
  • Rebalanced Howitzer and Shield.
  • Increased line of sight for walls and gates.
  • Changed weapons for aircraft.
  • Removed auto targeting for transport airplanes and widened attack range.
  • Swapped bike and buggy factions and buffed stats.
  • Swapped countermeasure and hacker tank.
  • Increased costs for stealth tanks.
  • Removed attacking from inside transport tank.
  • Rebalanced missile tank and stealth tank.
  • Changed Yuruki assault tank projectile sprite.
  • Increased damage to bomber pod against fortification.
  • Rebalanced ships and increased their line of sights.
  • Increased costs for advanced and artillery boats.
  • Allow recon tank to detect underwater units as well.
  • Increased natural resource deposits.
  • Traders can now order builders and bike/buggy.
  • Aircraft repair on trade platform is possible now.
  • Disabled gates/walls on bot matches. 🤖

Based upon an development version of @OpenRA.

20231125

• Removed screen shake from drop pod explosions.
• Fixed AI not building ore smelters in late game.
• Fixed AI training too few broker pods in late game.
• Fixed submarines being unable to target mine layers.
• Fixed missile sub being unable to target structures under fog.
• Fixed AI building tech buildings too early.
• Fixed force field overlay being too bright.
• Fixed Crater Defense breaches not getting displayed correctly.
• Fixed stone cliffs being traversable.
• Fixed smoke emitter for aircraft.
• Fixed elite pod not targeting air actors.
• Fixed different resource types showing the same tooltip.
• Fixed weapon circle range for bunker.
• Fixed miners not deploying when blocked by friendlies.
• Fixed unloading a vehicle from transport aircraft using the wrong cursor.
• Fixed air transport vehicle and pods conflicting.
• Fixed wrong palette for harbor shadows.
• Fixed Fire Watch mission not ending when all fires are out.
• Fixed map background leaking through UI edges.
• Fixed shore and dirt tiles not displaying hit effects.
• Fixed grass shore tiles being not aligned correctly.
• Fixed faction images for storage buildings.
• Fixed Z offsets for mines.
• Added water trails to submarines.
• Added shadows, centerpieces, corner and damage variants to high walls.
• Added sparks effect for actors targeted midair.
• Added twinkle ✨ effects for resources.
• Added explored map as new default for skirmish and multiplayer.
• Added transformation sounds for miners.
• Added upscaled sounds for the radar.
• Added extra silo sprites for miner building.
• Added an audio notification on building capture.
• Added shooting animation for lightning tank.
• Added new map Deliquescence by @SiegeSpud.
• Added lights and details to Doubles, Tournament Island, Sandy Shores, Tomb Raiders, Mount Brosnan, Harbor.
• Added a remastered version of map Crescendo.
• Added new crates as decorational props.
• Added reloading sound for minelayers.
• Added a new explosion sound for land and water mines.
• Added big water splash artwork to water mines when they explode.
• Added crane props.
• Added electric pod. ⚡
• Added high lamp post prop. 💡
• Removed pods ejecting on sell on Crater Defense.
• Removed terrain light source as they reveal starting positions.
• Removed WIP artwork mothership.
• Removed manual submerging for submarines.
• Changed lightning effect projectile.
• Changed railgun tank artwork.
• Changed checkbox artwork. ☑️
• Changed the layout for in-game encyclopedia. 📖
• Changed IRC in multiplayer lobbies to automatically connect. 💬
• Changed names to avoid confusion:
  • Hacker pods to Broker 📈 pods as there is already a Hacker tank. ⌨️
  • Tech Reconstructor to Nano Reconstructor as it heals everything.
  • Mine to AI Mine as they only trigger on enemies now.
• Changed balancing:
  • Increased storage hit points.
  • Increased harbor and starport energy 🔌 requirement.
  • Reduced reload delay, increased speed, removed inaccuracy from Synapol's AA tank.
  • Increased Synapol's AA Turret reload delay.
  • Mothership base is now indestructible.
  • Decreased charge up time for orbital railgun.
  • Bomber pod is now Synapol exclusive.
  • Reduced hit points of Ramp Buggy and Gatling Bike.
  • Increased Ramp Buggy and Gatling Bike weapon's effectiveness.
  • Increased Gatling Bike's moving and turn speed.

Based upon an unstable version of @OpenRA.

20230917

• Added new production queue for unarmed utility vehicles.
• Added a new load screen based on original artwork.
• Added a larger auto target radius for the bomber pod.
• Added AI subroutines for using the bomber pod.
• Added sand to dirt auto-tiling.
• Added new health bar UI elements.
• Added new artwork for the repairing indicator.
• Added mine deployment animation for ground mine layer.
• Added electric pad decorational prop for tech tiles.
• Added player color land mines to match water ones.
• Added small crate props to the editor.
• Added civilian structure props to the editor.
• Fixed aircraft chain gun attacking aircraft but dealing no damage.
• Fixed water trails spawning on beach tiles.
• Fixed missing large snow cliff shadow corner tile.
• Fixed selectable bounds and hit shape for pods.
• Fixed missing crosshair indicators for pods.
• Fixed button UI panel borders.
• Fixed Synapol generator, trade platform, tech center, field generator, storage not showing up in map editor.
• Fixed wrong dimensions for support power icons causing blurriness.
• Fixed hitshapes for civilian buildings.
• Fixed wrong offset for damaged lightning tower shadow.
• Changed naval transport so that it can hold two vehicles.
• Changed naval transport to also travel ice water transition tiles.
• Changed land minelayer to the same stats as the naval one.
• Changed main base to be more durable.
• Changed main base and outpost lights to shine wider.
• Changed civilian props to not use player colors.
• Removed money transport from single-player missions.
• Removed the ability to load huge vehicles into naval transporters.

Based on an upcoming release of @OpenRA.

20230820

• Added a load screen stripe 🚧 and added back the logo.
• Added new map Tyrian Sun. 🌇
• Added a timer for orbital railgun strikes. ⌚
• Added new map Octaflake. ❄️
• Added terrain type overlay to the dropdown and added a hotkey to the editor.
• Added a deploy animation to the water mine layer.
• Added overhauled glyphs to UI and revamped menu artwork.
• Added new per faction water mine layer and reload animation.
• Added new cursors to match the new side bar.
• Added auto tiling from sand to grass.
• Added a new build queue for light and support vehicles.
• Added a money transport to give funds to allies. 💸
• Fixed a crash when starting mission Firewatch. 🚒
• Fixed firefighters idling when there is fire around them. 🧑‍🚒
• Fixed CTRL + S hotkey in the editor.
• Fixed wrong terrain type for an ice cliff edge tile.
• Fixed bot power down decision being inconsistent after game load.
• Fixed wrong tile category for oceanic 🌊 and sand 🏝️ tiles.
• Fixed bots not building water mine layers.
• Fixed bots not using transport tanks.
• Fixed bots not building snipers.
• Fixed ground units auto targetting aircraft.
• Fixed blurry icons in the build palette. 👓

Based on a development version of @OpenRA.

20230717

• Fixed 🍫 @chocolatey packages sometimes not getting uploaded.
• Fixed pre-releases not getting announced in-game.
• Fixed map Fire Souls 🔥 not distributing resource fields evenly and added more details.
• Fixed a desync when spawning miners. 🚨
• Added new map "Soapovidl"
• Added Warbone II to replace Warbone
• Changed Hacker Tank ⌨️
  • It can now hack enemy units, so they fight on your side for some time.
  • The ability to hack missiles has been removed.
• All sprites have been recompressed for faster load times. ⏳

Based on a development version of @OpenRA.

20230618

• Added new towers for Crater Defense mission and added more enemies.
• Added a default radar for all mini-game missions.
• Added a toggle to Hacker Tank shrouding to avoid information leaks.
• Added smoke instead of sparks to damaged aircraft.
• Added a duplicate unit cube. 🧊
• Added mine layer boat. 🛥️
• Fixed miner not spawning on a teleport pad.
• Fixed resource storage overlapping with other buildings.
• Fixed overlapping issues with the power generator. 🔌
• Fixed selling base displays a pad rollout animation instead of reversing.
• Fixed compilation with @mono.
• Fixed bots not using building variants.
• Rebalanced transport copter and dropship:
  • Increased speed a bit.
  • More passengers are allowed in.
• Rebalanced Bomber Pod: 💣
  • It can now attack all ground units.
  • Hitting a building won't instantly destroy it.
  • To compensate, speed and hit points were increased.

Based on a development version of @OpenRA

20230416

• Fixed game objective not accounting for enemy mining towers in Itrium.
• Fixed Ramp Buggy being buildable in early missions.
• Fixed a crash in actor stats export used for balancing.
• Fixed the make install-man rule on Unix platforms.
• Fixed system library configuration on Unix platforms.
• Fixed selection priorities of builders, miners and tankers.
• Fixed storage using up too much excess footprint.
• Fixed server list showing the wrong game.
• Fixed remap of bomber pod being too subtle.
• Fixed offset for the ore smelter.
• Fixed mining towers spawning tankers when there is no storage.
• Added back icons for pods in the build palette.
• Added the Another Beautiful Winter Remake replacing the original.
• Added support for cloud spawners in the map editor.
• Added the gatling bike as anti-pod vehicle.
• Added the buggy as anti-pod vehicle counterpart removing its bombing ability.
• Added an in-game Encyclopedia describing buildings.
• Added an in-game global chat connected to IRC/Discord/Matrix.
• Added more features to the dedicated server launch script.
• Increased speed of rocket pod projectile.
• Decreased weapon reload time for rocket pod.
• Removed power generator prerequisite from the tech tree.

Based on an unreleased hotfix of @OpenRA.

20230305

This marks the second stable release, spanning a development period of almost 2 years with 23 pre-releases worth of changes. Thanks to everyone who participated in making this happen.

Last-minute changes include:

• Added 3 player map Turncoat Trail by @SiegeSpud.
• Added more transient text notifications.

Based upon a stable version of @OpenRA.

20230212

• Added Ramp Buggy (Yuruki) to mirror Bomber Pod (Synapol)
• Added Sniper exclusivity for Synapol.
• Added Elite pod exclusivity for Yuruki.
• Added soundtrack Empty Streets by Tim Beek.
• Fixed UI calling infantry scouts instead of pods.
• Fixed the order of the pods build palette.
• Fixed a glitch when selling the pod assembly.
• Fixed Ore Smelter not disappearing when sold.
• Fixed Windows uninstall not removing the registry entry.
• Fixed master server icon due to new website URL.
• Removed Python dependency for build scripts.

Based on a pre-release version of @OpenRA.

20221228

• Fixed builders built by a Synapol player deploying into Yuruki outpost.
• Fixed a crash when joystick dragging into top right.
• Fixed power plants and starport getting ignored by AI when attacked.
• Fixed AI not assigning all boats and submarines to naval squads.
• Fixed fire brigade not exiting the fire department.
• Fixed fire brigade showing a construction ring.
• Fixed target line color of firefighter pods. 🟦
• Fixed support powers charging when radars are disabled.
• Added a naval transporter.
• Added bot support to the mine layer.
• Added native support for Apple Silicon (dropped support for macOS < 10.11)
• Rebalanced aircraft
  • Rocket/Blasters are now hit-and-run with some reload time in between.
  • Chain guns are now even more anti infantry, with less damage against everything else.
  • Helicopters and planes better match up the damage despite planes circling.

Based on a pre-release version of @OpenRA.