The Unity game engine is now updated to 6.3 behind the scenes. 이제 런처에서 한국어를 선택 할 수 있습니다 - Thankyou community localisers. The Korean discord: FTD Korean Discord
The Unity game engine is now updated to 6.3 behind the scenes.
이제 런처에서 한국어를 선택 할 수 있습니다 - Thankyou community localisers.
The Korean discord:
FTD Korean Discord
Just some small hot fixes. Also worthy of mention is that Korean is now localised by volunteer localisers. Well done guys and thanks! Fixes Rigging , Fixed rigging sometimes getting reconnected to the wrong blocks. Korean community discord: Korean community discord
Just some small hot fixes. Also worthy of mention is that Korean is now localised by volunteer localisers. Well done guys and thanks!
Rigging, Fixed rigging sometimes getting reconnected to the wrong blocks.
Korean community discord:
Korean community discord
4.3.3 Additions: Warp drives - Added tooltip explaining warp behaviour. Fixes: Map - Fixed map going bright in certain areas and zoom levels. Simple weapons - Fixed simple weapons with custom shells not loading shells from ammo controllers. Sails - Sails now look much better when
Additions:
Warp drives - Added tooltip explaining warp behaviour.
Fixes:
Map - Fixed map going bright in certain areas and zoom levels.
Simple weapons - Fixed simple weapons with custom shells not loading shells from ammo controllers.
Sails - Sails now look much better when furled.
Sails - Fixed several bugs with sails; failure to save, deformed furled appearance, messed up furls in some scenarios.
Rigging - Fixed rigging losing colour after position change.
Rigging - Fixed Rigging soft locking the game if deleted while in UI.
Neter
Frigatebird (DWG): New plane which replaces the Gotha; a large attack plane using APS turrets and L missiles. Skims on the sea when out of combat. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 30-40.
Gotha (DWG): Retired.
Paddlegun (DWG): Major overhaul but retains its general design concept. It's now much more durable with more active defenses. Difficulties unchanged (Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 30-40)
Crossbones (DWG): Minor deco fix
Crossbones (DWG): Fixed BB logic which may have disabled most weaponry in some situations.
Plunderer (DWG): Critical fix for most weaponry not firing.
Alcazar (OW): Minor deco fix
Stalwart (OW): Major update; revised armour scheme, added LAMS, updates to turret ammo/composition. The lore has also been updated. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 35-45.
Sinner's Pit (WF): Overhauled structure, still classified as a decorative structure. The BP name now uses "Sinners Pit" instead of "SinnersPit".
Hysteria (TG): Updated power priority to prioritise Heartstone.
Disgust (TG): Added weapon control for dorsal laser turret.
Gravitas (TG): Generalised overhaul; reduced spinblock/subvehicles and size but remains just as deadly with compressed firepower and armour. Difficulties unchanged (Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 90-100)
Isochronous (LH): Fixed a few quirks and improved aiming/detection.
Thunderbird (LH): Fixed BB logic for shielding.
Heracles (SS): Fixed disconnected deco under the nose.
Kaspian (SS): New plane, Aerodyne corporation; a surface-hugging Ekranoplan (plane/boat hybrid) which fires laser guided amphibious missiles capable of hitting surface ships and submarines. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-40.
Mako Shark (SS): New ship, Selachii corporation; a fearsome addition to the shark ship line featuring a pair of potent plasma cannons. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 40-80.
Tigershark (SS): Generalised overhaul, now features BB missiles with a top-down trajectory. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 50-80.
Novgorod (SS): Overhauled, remains loyal to its zeppelin design and anti-naval firepower. It's now escorted by six "Dreki" missile drones and spawns "Gumble" drones during combat. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 40-60.
Lamprey (GT): Fixed mantlet connection for primary weapon.
Stratus (GT): Deco coloration fix
AotE
Nosey (TG): New walker elite unit, Thanatos subforms; the past collides with the future in this bipedal mechanical dinosaur, outfit with a multitude of cannons and missiles. Adventure difficulty 70-100.
Glao
Bedrock HQ (OFD): New headquarters; OFD flexes their industrial prowess with this glorious structure! Includes a Stalactite mini-fighter for additional defence. This actively replaces the older corporate HQ.
Calcite (OFD): Fixed an issue with interceptors.
Cobalt (OFD): Fixed an issue with interceptors.
Copper (OFD): Fixed an issue with interceptors.
Graphite Mining Platform (OFD): New resource gatherer; a robust and well-armed mobile fortress which serves as the lifeblood of the faction. Actively replaces the older Gathering Pod.
Katana (GI): Added thruster trails, removed various spinblocked sections, removed out-of-control scuttling as it triggered it immediately upon entering combat.
From The Depths v4.3.2 — Stable Release The headline feature of this update is the new sail system created by Luxon after many months of work. A long list of fixes across missiles, fires, steam, APS and more have also been done during this extensive update period. Also in this up
The headline feature of this update is the new sail system created by Luxon after many months of work. A long list of fixes across missiles, fires, steam, APS and more have also been done during this extensive update period.
Also in this update I (Sean) have implemented a huge optimisation for buoyancy which should no longer make airpumps the crazy lag machines they used to be. After this update goes live I'll be looking at some other ways to further optimise performance which I've already had the initial OK on.
Some Neter updates didn't make it in time, they'll be added next week at some point in a patch.
Thanks again to all campaign builders and bounty entrants!
Enjoy! Ship by Odez using new sails.
Sails 2.0 - Added a new system to create sails, having an origin block that you connect to special attachment points.
Broadside 2.0- Added an option to prefer broadside switching across the front or back, improved behaviour for getting the fastest switch method, preventions for "broadside chasing".
Breadboard - Breadboard maths evaluator now has a .normalized function for vectors.
Debugger - Added debugging for fires and laser in the damage debugger.
Prefab - Added block only, no deco mode to the prefab tool.
Blueprint Spawner - Added a toggle to override the default 30s spawn timer trigger on ACBs if something is already held.
Steam - Added Steam valve multiplayer synchronisation when used with ACBs.
Steam - Added the ability to change the power priority of steam crank motors.
Missiles - Added large interceptor type.
Prefab - Prefab size can now be entered manually using the keyboard.
APS - Can now select your preferred firing effect.
APS - Added railgun barrels to APS, they act as regular barrels with a built-in railgun magnet.
Flamers - Bottom connection flamers idle aim direction can now be set for their full rotation.
HA Buoyancy - Heavy armour now take 2.5ish alloy to float it instead of 4. This is a direct buff to ships.
Decoration - Spotlights can now be hidden by decorations.
Resources - All constructs now have a minimum of 10 material storage to avoid soft locks in adventure mode.
Paddles - Changed HP/armour/cost from 75/3/3 to 175/35/5.
ERA - Changed sloped ERA cost from 2.5 to 5.
Lua - Changed from slua to MoonSharp so it should work on MacOS again.
Refill - APS refill now also refills rail charge and absorption from the UI in designer.
Airpumps/Buoyancy - Added Sean's ultramega airpump and buoyancy optimisation 2029 TM.
Missiles - Interceptor range has been reduced on all types.
Missiles - Torpedoes are no longer slowed down by damage to them.
Missiles - Air interceptors will no longer target torpedoes.
Missiles - Thump and HEAT no longer work on proximity fuse missiles. Incendiary and EMP work at reduced effectiveness at 20% less damage.
Building - It is now possible to edit decorations in mouse build mode.
Steam - Valves should no longer be EMP susceptible.
Prefab - Prefab max size increased to 999.
Weapons - Weapon sync can now be saved inside of prefabs and subobjects.
Targeting - Targeting logic has been adjusted, now targets are determined by occupied cells on a craft rather than individual blocks (affects AI targeting and missiles.)
APS - Railgun casings have 40% reduced recoil for energy used on them.
APS - Hollow point head now gives a higher speed increase.
APS - Railgun component cost and performance has been increased.
APS - Longer recoil absorbers now give extra recoil capacity based on length.
Armour - ERA now weakens frag projectiles.
ACBs - Fixed a bug where Wheel [spring length] would affect [solid extension length] by mistake.
APS - Fixed a bug causing 4-barreled guns to invert the rotation of decorations placed upon them.
APS - APS barrels should no longer disappear when repaired in a specific order.
APS - Fixed illegal connections on 3x3 omni and 3m elevation mantlet.
Blueprint spawner - Fixed a bug causing vehicles held by blueprint spawners to account for collision avoidance of the mothership.
Docking station - Fixed a bug causing vehicles released from the mothership by docking the mothership itself to have no drag.
Control - Fixed a bug causing "AI control only" to still respond to player targeting if it has a valid target.
Steam - Fixed several bugs preventing steam components from connecting properly.
Steam - Small visual fix to the Steam shaft bearing 1m mesh.
Fortress - Fixed a bug causing fortresses to fall apart once their origin thruster gets disconnected.
Decoration - Fixed a bug causing the "Apply with mirror" option to delete decorations on said block if the mirror line goes through its position.
Weapons - Fixed a bug causing altitude shells to detonate prematurely.
Weapons - Fixed bug that caused CIWS controlled missiles to fire even when set to AI only.
Warp drive - Fixed a bug causing warp drive energy to be saved into a vehicle, making it necessary to charge a warp drive before saving a vehicle.
LAMS - Various fixes for handling target switching, aiming, overkill calculation, visuals and sounds. Also better coordination between nodes/interceptors.
UI - Flagship settings should no longer duplicate or swap if you have subspawns.
UI - Stopped a bug where having the detection panel open and the block you interacted with being destroyed could cause a soft lock.
Game - Fixed an exception that occurs a lot in the background to do with water level calculations.
AI- Broadside 2.0 now uses the correct side when trying to use the side with the highest firepower.
CRAM - Stopped a bug that would cause the game to crash if a CRAM fusing box was deleted in certain circumstances.
Gamespeed - Fixed an issue where game speed wasn't properly processed above 1. Affected things like material mining yields.
CRAM/Plasma - Changed how barrel orientation is handled to allow decorations to be placed at different orientations without needing adjustment.
Building - When using block by block build, subobjects should now load in correctly.
Breadboard - Component position shouldn't be altered on save and load.
Porthole - Small visual fix to the porthole mesh.
Strat view - Fix for duplication of fleet names in the strategic UI.
Missile Breadboard - Changed 11 single instance parameter outputs to lists which should stop the issue with splitting parameters across multiple output components of the same type.
Missile Breadboard - Self Info no longer incorrectly converts velocity to universal coordinates. Launch Vehicle Info labels corrected from "local coords" to "standard coords".
Fleets - Fixed craft duplication in strategic view caused by drones being added to the fleet twice on load (once from saved fleet data, once from parent construct spawning).
Missiles - The labels for ejection elevation and azimuth were wrong when looking at the GBS.
Missiles - When using the reload all designer function the mesh would remain in the gantry after firing. Fixed.
Missiles - Multiple missile breadboard parameter output components of the same type now all contribute their values instead of only the last one working.
Clampy foot - Fixed bug that would cause the physics thread to break if the foot was deleted or destroyed while clamped.
Fires - Fixed bug where a loop would cause fire damage to exponentially increase if next to a subobject.
Fires - Fuel should no longer be teleported from 1 layer to another by a pulse laser shot.
Fires - Small intense fires will no longer merge with larger fires unless they are within a 10% tolerance of each other. This also prevents the teleporting of fuel over large distances.
General - Added protection to V menu when camera locked on an enemy to prevent changing of settings on the enemy. Exploit fix.
Steam - Fixed several bugs preventing steam components from connecting properly.
Atlas: Aesthetic improvements.
Coyote: Miscellaneous fixes.
Crossbones: Generalised improvements to speed, armour, firepower and defensive functionality, plus a new popup missile turret in the bow. Adventure difficulty increased to 35-45 from 30-40.
Great Souvenir: Weapon/balance optimisations, fixed leaking helium pumps, reinforced paddlewheel supports.
Hoplite: Missiles no longer fire while out of range.
Jacob's Treehouse: 500mm APS turret can now rotate properly.
Kraken: Fixed disconnected camera detection.
Marauder: Main gun shell composition adjusted, now uses a "point at" behaviour and will broadside when the target is too close. Fuel engine replaced with a steam engine, various aesthetic improvements including an 8-spoke paddlewheel. No difficulty changes.
Moray: Side APS turrets updated to be dual-purpose between AA and CIWS. Minor miscellaneous improvements.
Plunderer: Raised superstructure, adjusted APS loadout, deco adjustments.
Tarpon: Finally has its horn back, now using integrated audio files rather than external URLs.
Vanguard: Added FoF restrictions to turrets.
Alcazar: Overhauled; retains its general shape/role but has been internally redesigned. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 50-60.
Claymore: Added LWC/failsafe restrictions so it shouldn't obliterate itself when trying to shoot subs.
Eyrie: Side turrets can now aim upwards properly, and added missing pellets for the frontal CRAM cannons.
Palstave: Added missing IFF for missiles.
Stalwart: Overhauled; similar shape/form with a large central CRAM/bell tower and improved AA capabilities. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 35-45.
Angstrom: Missile module adjustments.
Ascension Prototype: Fixed an internal disconnection.
Candela: Overhauled; removed carrier capabilities, augmented to be more general-purpose rather than dedicated anti-swarmer. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 75-95.
Cathode: New/reintroduced submarine, Horizon corporation; a large, dedicated sub hunter with variable behaviours to adapt to certain scenarios. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 75-90.
Dipole: Added trail gens and redecorated the thruster pods.
Dynamo: Added aesthetic magnetic cargo mounts to the bottom and changed rear thruster deco. Improved internal redundancy, deco adjustments and behavioural bugfixing.
Eclipse: Gave the AI mainframe a name.
Faraday: Added aesthetic magnetic cargo mounts to the bottom and changed rear thruster deco. Fixed rear interceptor composition and increased the amount, added green ion trails to missiles.
Hydrovolt: Fixed a ground collision issue.
Isochronous: New ship, Horizon corporation; a water skimmer with a focus on plasma broadsiding. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 50-70.
Jupiter: New ship/skimmer, Kikenna corporation; a large, luxury yacht with a large plasma cannon and frontsiding capabilities. Rumors say that upon spotting an enemy, one of its slot machines always lands on a jackpot. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 60-75.
Luxon: Added trail gens.
Quadrupole: Added trail gens and redecorated the thruster pods.
Quartz Stone Fortress: Overhauled; "Slorp Corp is now unleashed upon Neter." Faction HQ.
Tesla: New ship/skimmer, O.H.M. corporation; a dedicated carrier craft carrying 4 Monopoles, armed with its own laser array. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 40-60.
Thunderbolt: Primarily aesthetic update, minor functional adjustments. Adventure difficulty reduced to 10-30.
Thyristor: Decorated L missiles and added secondary torpedo propellers to them, improved stability against submarines, and named the AI.
Acceptance: New plane, Eris Subforms; a hypersonic attack plane which creates a fiery inferno with its missile barrage. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-30.
Agony: Updated raft around the main craft, missile loadout adjustments, functionality cleanup. Adventure difficulty increased by 5 (50-60).
Cope Swarm: New plane/drone swarm; hypersonic microjets which circle around a target and unleash volleys of missiles. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-35.
Curiosity: Lasers can fire again.
Jealousy: Functional cleanup, now uses 8 rotating PACs.
Loathing: Functional cleanup, now uses 1Q lasers.
Mirth Swarm: New drone swarm; a group of small attack planes which deliver a massive payload of APS "bombs" before circling at a distance to reload. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 25-35.
Obsession: Fixed adventure difficulty; now 35-45 instead of the default 20-80.
Spite: Updated armour scheme, adjusted PAC. No difficulty changes.
Tolerance Swarm: Adjusted scuttling parameters.
Valor Swarm: Overhauled; a trio of large drones that deliver a barrage of large missiles, primarily to combat frontsiders and ships. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 30-40.
Wonder: Generalised aesthetic overhaul, including new animatronic parts, and improved laser tetris.
Albatross: Overhauled; a dedicated anti-submarine bomber with a singular special nuclear torpedo. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 30-60. Poles removed from the armour scheme.
Allegiance: Beaming optimisation.
Angel Shark: Added BB code to vary the hull number.
Basking Shark: Added BB code to vary the hull number. Fixed a disconnected detection piece.
Black Current: Changed the cluster missile sub munitions from frag to incendiary with proximity fuse. Fixed rudders missing pivots.
Blacktip Shark: Added BB code to vary the hull number, added camo.
Bullshark: Added BB code to vary the hull number. Updated hologram projectors for the eyes to use local imagery.
Catshark: Added BB code to vary the hull number, plus replaced ACB functions. Updated hologram projectors for the rear turret ring to use local imagery.
Catshark (story mission): Updated hologram projectors to use local imagery.
Chrysaor: Added BB code to vary the hull number. Fixed unpainted beams.
Dryad: Added BB code to vary the hull number. Poles removed from the armour scheme, rigging added.
Greatwhite: Added BB code to vary the hull number.
Harpy Squadron: Cosmetic improvements (also applies to the Ashes of the Empire version).
Heracles: New plane, Aerodyne Incorporated; a small aerial broadsider that strikes from high and afar with APS and CRAM munitions. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-40. Poles removed from the armour scheme.
Iron Maiden: Main APS turret RPM increased to 10 from 9, shells changed to APHE. Minor colour fixes.
Lako: Changed AI pathfinding to water, removed deprecated PID blocks.
ReefShark: Added BB code to vary the hull number.
Remora: Added missile decos.
Resolute: Improved roll PIDs, optimised block count of AI systems, minor APS adjustments, improved EMP insulation.
Sentry: New design which replaces the "Anti Air Cannon" but performs the same functionality as an AA structure. This should retroactively apply to previous campaigns.
Thresher Shark: Added BB code to vary the hull number, plus replaced ACB functions. Fixed the CIWS "hat" not dialed to the same weapon control channel as the gun.
TigerShark: Added BB code to vary the hull number.
Typhoon: Major hull rework; readjusted missile amounts and their payloads, reworked EMP insulation, added ACB functions to BB, added a hull number script. No difficulty changes.
Tyr: Added more laser warners to the front and middle, cleaned up duplicate decorations.
Valiant: Fixed a broken torpedo tube and disabled damage debugging.
Victoria: Main APS turret RPM increased to 10 from 9, shells changed to APHE. Minor colour fixes.
WhaleShark: Added BB code to vary the hull number.
Aetos: Aesthetic improvements, added a tail control surface to improve roll authority, fixed blocked intakes for central lift.
Harpia: Fixed blocked air intakes for small CJEs.
ICBM: Fixed some issues with BB behaviour.
Lamprey: Generalised improvements to weaponry, frontal armour and thruster response; missiles now have decoration. No difficulty change.
Peacekeeper: Added lore.
Phalaris: New thrustercraft, Rusted Ram tribe; an aggressive rushdown craft using a potent flamethrower. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 25-35.
Stratus: New cargo/builder thrustercraft which replaces the Weaver.
Thunderclap: Changed barrel decos so it shouldn't get mistaken for CRAMs anymore. Fixed rear turret firing restrictions.
Weaver: Retired, replaced by the Stratus, including the preset spawn on the map. (New campaign required, though the Weaver still suffices for older campaigns.)
Dark Star: Fixed disconnected steam pistons.
ORION: Adjusted scuttling parameters to prevent premature scuttling.
Velocity: Improved flight performance, adjusted missile loadout.
Charger: Corrected grammar/spelling issues in lore.
Charon: Fixed a typo in one of its hologram projectors.
The Last Rite: Overhauled; a ramming thrustercraft with amphibious capabilities equipped with a potent drill. No difficulty changes.
Fixed the "Scarlet Skies" campaign victory trigger to properly be addressed as a victory condition, updated the short description for both pass/fail conditions, and fixed a broken victory condition to be necessary again.
Fixed a misplaced Fulgurite in the TG campaign; it is now properly placed in an RZ as intended.
DWG fleet colour slightly adjusted; secondary alpha increased from 0.64 to 0.78 (applies to both Neter and Ashes of the Empire).
Disruptor (LH): New tank, Armoured Core corporation; a hovertank that utilises a burst laser, and the first example of their newer line of tanks. Adventure difficulty 40-60.
Dune Hauler (DWG): New tank; a minelayer truck which retreats and scatters a large amount of mines behind it to devastate landbound pursuers. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 0-20.
Heracles (SS): New plane, same as the Neter version. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 25-55.
Jackal (SE): Added BB behaviour to missiles to make them perform a top-down trajectory, altered firing behaviour of the missile launcher, added animimic suspension, and will try to seek cover if possible. Poles removed from the armour scheme.
Qualm Swarm (TG): Removed from spawning in both campaign and adventure while major performance issues are investigated. It's still available in the designer menu.
Scallywag (DWG): New tank, Crooked Masts faction; a small, versatile land unit based heavily around missile armaments. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 5-15.
Thor (SE): Fixed the side turrets that were stuck in place, added deco to the roadwheels.
Wolf Spider Drone (SE): Fixed wheel deco.
Calcite (OFD): New ship; follows the general design of other OFD ships and uses CRAM for its primary weaponry. Medium difficulty.
Chlorine (OFD): New sub; a frontsider with a large frontal APS turret using AP fragmentation shells. Hard difficulty.
Cobalt (OFD): Generalised improvements. Set to easy difficulty.
Copper (OFD): Generalised improvements. Set to godly difficulty.
Demolitionist (GI): Fixed missile decorations, replaced spinblock claws to not have spinblocks.
Emerald (OFD): Bridge now painted correctly, increased size of bottom thrusters.
Plasma guide: Updates to correct some reported issues. (Note: this temporarily makes the voiceover inaccurate for the "Accelerators" and "Collectors" sections.)
Lasers: Corrected AP references for a laser tip and for laser couplers to mention intensity instead.
Severance (APS Prefab): Corrected description to state it's 7x7, not 5x5.
Hey everyone! Thanks for another great year of FTD, the necromancy spells still hold and FTD is still going. We are working on a new game (and have been for over a year now) which is completely not builder game or FTD related and is more of a tactical game like x-com but 1st and
Hey everyone! Thanks for another great year of FTD, the necromancy spells still hold and FTD is still going. We are working on a new game (and have been for over a year now) which is completely not builder game or FTD related and is more of a tactical game like x-com but 1st and 3rd person. We'll let you know more about that later in the year, stay tuned and keep in touch! Still more FTD plans in the works too! Moving on...
Well this is a year late because of issues outside of our hands but Japanese is now supported in the game, I know we already have a rather large Japanese fan base and its great to FINALLY give them a localisation option. 皆さん、こんにちは！ (I'm trying ok!)
I did want to get you a sails update for Christmas but it is still in testing and still needs to be localised and I'd rather it was done right than rushed so it is coming, SOON! TM. Here's a picture from early testing.
The elves have been hard at work making an update to the Christmas Campaign. You can find it under the Content menu and by loading that "planet."
I actually promised to highlight some rather cool machinima earlier in the year and forgot. The great Misallocation series by the United Builders server and maybe some friends. They have pushed the FTD limits and then some and I am in awe of how they managed to take some of the scenes they did, well worth a watch!
The pilot:
View game pageThe episode1 trailer:
View game page
A big shout out to all of the other content creators that still make FTD content. Lath, Borderwise, Gmodism, Rorsten, ApertureGaming, 3dwrecker, LightoftheWorld3, Kringe224, Mizarluke, Hawkins, JustaWrench, TheGingerSpartan15, HamaTV, the many tournament organisers, and probably many more that I am just not aware of! There is a channel on the discord for sharing video or twitch content, if you need the role let a mod know and share away!
Thanks again everyone, have a great holiday period!
Sean
UI:
Added Q menu nodes for refilling or reloading all weapons and a reload all option.
Changed hierarchy to split up resources from ammo and energy type weapons.
Localisation:
Added Japanese localisation support.
Christmas!:
Christmas campaign has been updated with many designs.
Breadboard:
Fixed Base and Current thrust pins in Missile SelfInfo - Current thrust can no longer be reset early to 0, and Base thrust now shows base value instead of health modified thrust.
Fixed breadboards sometimes not loading when multiple components tried to write to a dictionary.
Fixed copying, pasting, and duplicating accumulator components with altered values.
CJE (Custom Jet Engine):
Fixed game crash when replacing jet generators.
Seabird Cannon Fortress
Should no longer be built by HQs (static spawns on the map are retained)
Wanda
Fixed pitching capability, can now properly aim at naval units
The Flayed Soul
Fixed displayed design attributes such as its cost
Pelekan
Adventure difficulty increased to 30-50 (was set a bit too low before)
Asphodel
Balance/propulsion dynamics reworked, allowing it to be stable even with AI turned off
Dryad
Overhauled, retains its original identity
No difficulty changes
Iron Maiden
Difficulty reduced to easy
Cassiopiea (renamed to Cassiopeia)
Internal overhaul
No difficulty changes
Singularity
Internal overhaul
No difficulty changes
Phalanx
Retired, replaced by Qualm Swarm
Qualm Swarm ⭐ NEW
New tank; a trio of warping beetles armed with CRAM and flamethrowers
Note: Beetles may flip after warping
Adventure difficulty 20-40
From the Depths - Additional Fixes 🔧 Fixes Missiles: Improved missile guidance handling of roll so that turning thrusters don't keep firing when pointed at a target Breadboard: Fixed connection colours not being saved in breadboard prefabs. Fixed naming an anchor component "star
Missiles:
Improved missile guidance handling of roll so that turning thrusters don't keep firing when pointed at a target
Breadboard:
Fixed connection colours not being saved in breadboard prefabs.
Fixed naming an anchor component "start" or "Start" causing the breadboard to automatically move to that location.
Additional NaN (Not a Number) protections for missile breadboards.
Fixed set target position and set target offset disabling guidance modules when active.
UI:
Fixed file selection menus breaking when a folder is deleted.
Breadboard:
Changed multiply component clamping to allow smaller numbers.
Flying Squirrel
Overhauled propulsion/evasion
Price reduced without compromising evasion
Riverhome
Fixed clipping issue with frontal shield and smokestacks
Palisade
Overhauled; still retains its original concept but heavily improved
Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 30-40
Palstave
Difficulty reduced to hard from godly
Quadrupole
Added proper structuring to the material platform
Added BB notation
Alarmed
Torso should now anchor to the base more reliably
Harmony Swarm
Fixed a critical issue with missing BB components
Hyperion
Difficulty increased to godly as originally intended
Allegiance
Fixed disconnected cooler on main gun
Falcon Squadron
An incorrect version was submitted, which has now been addressed
Iron Maiden
Fixed block missing from hull
Victoria
Fixed block missing from hull
Rapromium's Dockyard
Potential fix for leaving the resource zone
This will only apply in new campaigns
From the Depths - Version 4.3.0 Patch Notes Release Date: December 3rd, 2025 Hey everyone, a sort of surprise update for most of you. I did a bit of a secret project and created missile breadboards! These allow for some interesting missile behaviours and guidance without being as
Release Date: December 3rd, 2025
Hey everyone, a sort of surprise update for most of you. I did a bit of a secret project and created missile breadboards! These allow for some interesting missile behaviours and guidance without being as broken as a LUA missile by using seeker information. Some of these might filter into campaign designs eventually, it takes time. This also comes with a gigantic UI change to regular breadboards that includes prefabs, checkpoint based undo redo and command based undo redo as well as many new shortcuts, components etc. This has been done with a huge amount of back and forth from experienced bread bakers and a huge shout out goes to the testers who provided critical feedback on some very, very complex issues. Awesome community as usual thanks! Credit to Cornholio's breadthing mod that contained some of the ideas implemented, it still has a few cool things in it for bakers so once he's updated it, check it out!
AS USUAL BEWARE OF MODS AFTER A STABLE UPDATE. IF YOU HAVE WEIRD ERRORS YOU PROBABLY HAVE A MOD ACTIVE.
ONE OTHER VERY IMPORTANT THING. A BUG WAS FIXED IN AIRPLANE 2.0 TO DO WITH PIDs AND PITCH CONTROL. THIS MAY HAVE AFFECTED YOUR VEHICLES THOUGH UNLIKELY.
In other news its that time of year again, Christmas! The discord community have once again started "Building Christmas" for the Christmas Campaign. if you'd like to join in you can find the very obvious channel underneath the general chat. Here is one of Dr Kreuzer's incredibly cool builds for it!
Missile Breadboards:
Missile Breadboard Controller and Missile Breadboard Receiver components.
New missile breadboard system that allows fine control of missiles - breadboard controller block can be placed anywhere, and missiles must have a receiver component to receive instructions. Missiles use 1 board instance with their own variables running through it.
Breadboard System:
Area select, multiple select, and drag components.
Copy and paste components, including multiple select copy and paste.
Duplicate groups of components while maintaining connections.
Apply colours to components and connections.
Command-based undo/redo system for creating, deleting, and moving components, connections, and pins.
Checkpoint-based undo/redo system with manual and auto-checkpointing.
Various new keybinds with a new help panel to display them.
New friendly information components.
New self information components.
New vector manipulation components.
New anchor component for navigating large canvases like bookmarks.
Inputs and Outputs now have their own dedicated UI section.
Prefab system (note: each system is unique and breadboard prefabs can't be shared between systems)
Decoration:
Mirrored parts for standard doors
Breadboard:
Camera is now locked while in breadboard unless middle mouse is pressed to release, preventing the camera from consuming events
UI scaling improvements to maintain readability at different zoom levels
Toggles added to printer and comment components to clarify zoom/scaling behaviour
Missiles:
Added configurable cone slider for IR and Radar seekers.
Can now set missile thrust to 0 via breadboard.
Removed the single-pixel IR blind spot.
Added drag to rear-launched missiles.
AI:
C menu now features a collapsible hierarchy of AIs when multiple are present on a vehicle, ordered by priority with ID as fallback.
AI Mainframe Tab now includes a section for missile breadboards.
AI (Airplane 2.0)
Fix for pitch demand in this particular AI. Please review your PIDs if your vehicle uses this AI and is behaving erratically.
Breadboard:
Button section now scales correctly on large resolutions.
Missiles:
Fixed missile laser painters becoming sticky when intersecting other laser painters - properly clears laser state when no valid targets are hit.
Missiles with 0 thrust no longer consume fuel.
Fixed gimbal locking by changing how guidance works (removed a method that incorrectly removed roll from missile movement)
Laser designator heads can no longer be pasted into the middle of missiles.
ECM:
Now correctly outputs true velocity position instead of perturbed velocity position.
Once again thankyou to all Kotl, kotl helpers and players who have contributed to the campaigns.
Party Barrel (Distillery subspawn)
Fixed material allocation.
Felix Flieger B5 Geier
AI behaviour/PID tweaks to keep it from diving into the water.
Scrapper
Updated lore.
Amberjack ⭐ NEW
New airship, Sven Kno corporation: A dedicated submarine hunter that harpoons naval units and blasts them with a shotgun-esque cannon.
Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-40.
Distillery ⭐ NEW
New defense installation: A weaponized distillery that deploys explosive "party barrel" subspawns at incoming foes.
Easy difficulty, will be augmented into the campaign at a later time.
Jacob's Treehouse
Overhauled; still retains its general aesthetic but is now much more formidable with its varied arsenal.
Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-40.
Jacob's Scorn
Retired.
Panjandrum
Overhauled; rebuilt entirely with improved structuring but keeps a similar aesthetic and behaviour.
Spawns with 2 Smoker ships.
Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-30.
Sai ⭐ NEW
New ship: Replaces the previous Scrapper as a fast hoverboat armed with torpedoes and an APS cannon.
Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 10-20.
Scrapper
Overhauled; a general merging of Jacob's Scorn and Scuttlegun into a more efficient threat.
Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 10-20.
Scuttlegun
Retired.
Smoker
Retired as a standalone campaign unit as it now spawns with the new Panjandrum.
Still spawns in Adventure.
Swordfish
Overhauled; rebuilt to modern aesthetics as a fast, aerial CRAM broadsider.
Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 15-25.
Wanda
Minor rework; increased vulnerabilities and weaponry generally reduced in firepower to keep it in line with other easy difficulty craft.
Difficulties unchanged.
Abactor
Changed propeller layout, improving velocity and turning capabilities.
Crossbones
Adjusted scuttling, added yaw control to paddlewheels, slight idle elevation to cannon barrels.
Motte
Overhauled; this is now a defense installation which will be added to the map in a future update.
The ship version has been retired.
NOTE: Any Mottes on an existing campaign save will spawn as this fortress on the map! Going forward they will no longer be produced.
Hydrovolt
Overhauled; a close-range attack submarine with a potent laser.
Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 45-55.
Fuse
Difficulty decreased to medium.
Angstrom
Overhauled ship, O.H.M. corporation: Known as "The Official LH Missile Spammer."
Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 50-65.
Dipole
Updated thruster/trail colours.
Gigawatt
Removed unused boiler, fixed stuck flare doors.
Terawatt
Overhauled Ship, O.H.M. corporation: An armoured yet manoeuverable skimmer focused around plasma firepower.
Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 65-80.
Thunderbolt
Updated general design to faction standards and updated detection.
This also applies to the version in AotE.
Hysteria
Switched to air travel mode to address campaign issues of it spawning in the water.
Harmony Swarm
Overhauled BB to address major desyncs in MP.
This update also applies to the AotE version.
Spire
Added missing blueprint.
Caracara
Fixed missing lore.
Wasp
Reworked armour and most components to bring it up to expected standards for its difficulty.
Retribution
Guns are now burst-fire using different ammo.
Overhauled AI behaviour and PIDs to improve mobility/stability.
Added BB thrust vectoring.
Aesthetic improvements.
No difficulty changes.
Allegiance
Reworked EMP insulation.
Updated APS ammo.
Added deco to torpedoes.
Adjusted internals.
No difficulty changes.
Argonaut
Numerous generalised updates.
No difficulty changes.
Bullshark
Minor paint correction.
Excalibur
Numerous generalised updates.
No difficulty changes.
Falcon Squadron
Fixed variable geometry wings being stuck.
Resolute
Numerous generalised updates.
No difficulty changes.
Spiral Squadron
Improved AI for attack runs.
Trondheim
Reworked EMP insulation.
Added more material storage.
Catshark
Beaming/EMP insulation improvements.
Iron Maiden
Reworked EMP insulation.
Adjusted roll foil controls.
Paladin
Adjusted PIDs.
Added new roll foils/rudder.
Tuned power distribution.
Valiant
Optimised APS parts.
Reworked EMP insulation.
Added more air compartments.
Removed holoprojector with broken link.
Victoria
Reworked EMP insulation.
Adjusted roll foil controls.
Eridanus
Overhauled thrustercraft, Heavy Onslaught corporation: A small plasma frontsider escorted by two small missile planes.
Easy difficulty, Adventure difficulty 20-30.
Fission
Overhauled drone, Crushing Blow corporation: A fragile craft which deploys a missile almost as large as itself.
Only spawns in Adventure, Adventure difficulty 15-30.
Fission Trifecta ⭐ NEW
New drone, Crushing Blow corporation: Same as Fission but there's three of them.
Easy difficulty, Adventure difficulty 30-45.
Gemini
Overhauled spacecraft, Orbital Strike corporation: A large design which aims a pulse laser at its victims.
Easy difficulty, Adventure difficulty 35-50.
Various SD Designs
Received thruster/trail colour updates.
Coehorn ⭐ NEW
New tank: Bombards foes with vertically-launched mortars.
Easy difficulty, Adventure difficulty 20-50.
Paladin (renamed to Centurion)
Renamed to resolve duplicate name issue with SS Paladin.
Fixed spear not working properly.
Updated behaviour to be more dynamic.
Minor aesthetic updates.
We discovered a critical memory issue within the breadboard system which is why some of you were reporting it as feeling slow. This patch fixes the problem. Please note the other work on breadboard I've mentioned previously and some of you on the discord have seen me working on i
We discovered a critical memory issue within the breadboard system which is why some of you were reporting it as feeling slow. This patch fixes the problem. Please note the other work on breadboard I've mentioned previously and some of you on the discord have seen me working on is not this update, its now entering a test phase.
I've had some reports following the security fix that people have lost access to their FTD profile. This is caused by antivirus it seems, you need to add exceptions to your AV.
Thanks and happy building!
This build updates unity to 6000.0.60f1 to fix a flaw in security discovered by a white hat hacker that Unity rolled out a critical patch for.
This build updates unity to 6000.0.60f1 to fix a flaw in security discovered by a white hat hacker that Unity rolled out a critical patch for.
Stable 4.2.8 Hello all, update with mainly multiplayer fixes. Setting this live so people can benefit from it before I undertake more extensive testing a major breadboard UI and component update as well as possibly missile bread boards. Following that a new sail system is due in
Hello all, update with mainly multiplayer fixes. Setting this live so people can benefit from it before I undertake more extensive testing a major breadboard UI and component update as well as possibly missile bread boards. Following that a new sail system is due in December/January. Thanks to everyone for helping report a lot of these bugs!
Multiplayer, Fixes for control surface synchronisation in multiplayer.
Multiplayer, Fixes for client/host aps shell editing in multiplayer.
Multiplayer, Build mode paint tool in multiplayer now syncs correctly when there are more than 2 players.
Multiplayer, Paint sprayer now syncs properly in multiplayer.
Multiplayer, Resource zone radius and growth rate is now properly synced in multiplayer.
Multiplayer, Weapon status returns are now sent from the server to the client machines.
Multiplayer, Drive syncing between players in multiplayer is more accurate.
Multiplayer, Changing a colour palette in multiplayer now works between clients.
World editor, Banned blocks cannot be bypassed by using the hotbar.
Steam Jet, UI now shows actual capped thrust instead of the theoretical thrust.
APS, Fix for APS colour picker blue values not saving properly. You might see slight variations in alpha due to this but it will be very, very small.
Missiles, Fix for missile initialise smoke cutting out if a short range thruster with a low cut off is used.
Fuel Engine, Fixes for fuel engine exhaust error handling and threading.
LWC, Turrets send aim and fire commands to child turrets and so all turrets and weapons in a hierarchy can now be controlled by one LWC.(This may impact edge cases but those would've been working via a bug.)
Breadboard, AI breadboards are now properly assigned an ID so that variable reader/writer in 'Breadboard mode' writes/reads exclusively to/from the correct AI breadboard.
Breadboard, Double to Long conversion was broken in the breadboard, fixed now.
Jet and missile colour pickers can go to 0.02 alpha and don't disable the toggle.
Jet/Missile smoke, Black smoke should now be possible.
Bugfixes mostly. Additions Controls, It is now possible to focus enemy craft through the AI control menu. Changes Gameplay, It is no longer possible to build within 75m of an enemy craft (In combat only). Fixes Plates, Triangle plate mirroring fixed APS, DIF (Direct-Input-Feed) c
Bugfixes mostly.
Additions
Controls, It is now possible to focus enemy craft through the AI control menu.
Changes
Gameplay, It is no longer possible to build within 75m of an enemy craft (In combat only).
Fixes
Plates, Triangle plate mirroring fixed
APS, DIF (Direct-Input-Feed) cannon reloads can no longer be bypassed by changing the cannon gauge or using separators. (In combat only).
Steam, Fixed the large steam boiler connector not properly connecting while rotated into a specific position.
Flamethrower, Fixed the back connection flamethrower base, it no longer points south.
Controls, Fixed a bug that made it impossible to focus on the adventure raft while using legacy controls.
Missiles, Fixed bug that caused missile sync to fail unless they are set to full salvo.
A Love Letter to Our Amazing Community 💙 AS WITH ALL UPDATES TO VANILLA, MODS MAY BREAK. PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, DISABLE MODS FIRST BEFORE BOTHERING DEVELOPERS. Greetings, Builders and Commanders! We've been listening to your feedback, reading your suggestions, and wat
Greetings, Builders and Commanders!
We've been listening to your feedback, reading your suggestions, and watching your incredible creations, and we're thrilled to deliver another update packed with the features YOU asked for! This update is all about giving you more creative freedom, smoother building experiences, and those quality-of-life improvements that make designing your dream war machines even more enjoyable.
I know some people think we don't listen but we've listened to your feedback following the camera update at Christmas time and Nick allowed Luxon (new dev) and Sean to go wild in the code. SO! You can now select different camera options along with simultaneous mode in the options to get your camera back to how it was for you oldies. Sorry this has taken so long but it was quite a complicated task.
Linux and Mac players, we are aware of some issues but until Unity issues fixes we can't do much just now. We do plan to update to the latest LTS version but its a huge task so its scheduled for later in the year.
Camera stuff:
The trail generator is a new block that lets you go crazy with your trails, manipulating this can make some really unique things!
You can now also colour your jets, CJE's and ions!
Please note the new slider on the colour picker for CJE for controlling afterburner saturation.
I'll let the update notes tell the rest of the story....
Colour Your World: Jets, ions, missiles, and flamers now have full colour pickers! Paint your exhaust trails, engine lights, and weapon effects, taste the rainbow?
Trail Generator Block: A brand new block for creating custom visual effects - the possibilities are endless!
Missile Customisation: Choose between smoke or ion trails for your missiles, complete with colour customisation (note this is purely visual)
Hologram Enhancements: Added alpha channel control for hologram text opacity. Added new Current Target channel data support. Use the {CurrentTargetDataX} command where X is the AI channel number. Holograms themselves can only support Alpha cutout but someone might find a use for that so we included it.
You asked for better decoration support, and we delivered:
Missing Mirrors Added: Triangle-to-triangle, quarter pole, hollow quarter pole, negative quarter pole, quarter sphere, and plane triangle meshes now have their mirror counterparts. There may still be a little work required here with some shapes but they'll come soon.
Deco Attachments: Decorations now attach to moving parts - ship wheels, vehicle controllers, flamers and drive wheels will move your decorations with them!
Armour Refit Integration: The armour refit system can now affect decorations of corresponding colours and materials
Piston & Wheel Hiding: Decorations can now hide pistons and wheels for cleaner aesthetic builds
Mirror-Aware Deletion: The "delete all decorations" command now offers to delete mirrored decorations too
Attack Run 3.0: A powerful new AI behaviour combining Attack Run 1.0 and 2.0, with target prediction and 3D distance calculations. Note we cannot feed weapon prediction (yet.)
Weapon Control Toggle: Added option to disable player control of specific weapons
Breadboard Integration: Door states and moving light offsets are now fully controllable via breadboard
Craft can now be focused on via the AI menu.
Area Deletion: Right-click with the prefab selector to delete entire areas quickly
Camera Control Presets: Choose from Legacy, Standard, or Streamlined camera settings to match your playstyle
Pause-Friendly Building: Build mode now works properly when the game is paused
Added plate beams and fixed their stats.
Smoke Generator Origins: Moved the origin point of smoke effects for better positioning
Fleet Organisation: Forces are now alphabetically organised (flagships at top, drones below motherships)
Decorative Railing: Cost reduced from 3 to 1
Camera Targeting: Prevents locking onto out-of-play targets beyond 5km for better gameplay flow
CRAM Visuals: Added incendiary texture for incendiary CRAM pellets
Turrets with resting azimuth positions no longer leave ghost blocks when deleted
Fixed fuel usage calculations for flamers
Corrected alpha values in shell tracer colour pickers
Hidden duplicate weapon variables in breadboard (existing setups still work!)
APS shells should no longer get stuck in planar shields in certain situations.
Fixed the decoration UI displaying extremely long numbers from floating-point errors
Resolved decoration duplication glitch when undoing prefab area deletions
Fixed rendering bug where some blocks prevented parts of constructs from appearing
Corrected CJE components incorrectly connecting to intake sides
ACBs set to trigger on "ACB taking damage" no longer trigger when repaired
Fixed duplicate complex controller keybind issues
Updated deprecated naming conventions for complex control outputs
Improved jet smoke appearance and eliminated gaps
Optimised jets and ions code for better performance
Plugged memory leak regarding simple weapon muzzle flashes
Plugged memory leak related to nuclear explosions
Various fixes for breadboards getters/setters that caused null ref errors.
UV Count Display: Mesh UV counts are now shown alongside vertex counts in the modding menu
Neter Expansion: Added a land spawn multiplayer designer instance for more testing opportunities
Thank you for continuing to make From the Depths the incredible game it is today. Your creativity, feedback, and passion drive every update we make. We can't wait to see what amazing creations you'll build with these new tools!
Happy Building! The From the Depths Development Team ⚓
Craft Updates
Thanks KOTL and bounty builders for delivering more great updates to the campaign craft!
[Neter]
Eyrie (OW): Fixed front CRAM turret sharing connectors.
Ennui (TG): Fixed naming scheme for plasma cannons, other minor fixes.
Axion (LH): Now classified as medium difficulty as intended.
Static (LH): Updated aesthetics.
Megalodon (SS): Updated CIWS parameters.
Sapphire (LH): Renamed to Byte.
Quadropole (LH): Overhauled; hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 55-75.
Hydra (SS): Difficulty changed to hard from godly.
Aetos (GT): Difficulty changed to godly from medium.
Falkenheim (DWG): Fixed rolling issue with aerofoils.
Brandistock (OW): Improved FoF restrictions, shouldn't shoot its crenellations anymore.
Bulwark (OW): Internally rebuilt, new weaponry/armouring. Adventure difficulty changed to 50-80 from 50-60.
Halberd (OW): Fixed torpedo decoys.
Joy (TG): Armouring improvements, new missiles, shield now has an AI mainframe so it shouldn't despawn automatically in campaign.
Optimism (TG): Optimistic about its new APS and armouring improvements.
Candela (LH): Generalised improvements
Superradiance (LH): Generalised improvements
Dawn Cutter (SD): Fixed incorrect speed metric.
Bulwark (OW): Deco/minor functional fixes.
Eyrie (OW): Deco/minor functional fixes.
Halberd (OW): Deco/minor functional fixes.
Ascension Prototype (LH): Redesigned, but same general concept. This is a campaign-only static spawn.
Aquila (GT): Fixed difficulty to be medium.
Event Horizon (SD): Minor lore tweak.
Caspian (LH): Generalised updates; no changes in difficulty.
Luxon (LH): Overhauled plane; flies high over naval units and rains down guided bombs. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 10-30.
Watt (LH): New ship; small water skimmer that follows the traditional LH skimmer build. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 10-30.
Chrysaor (SS): New ship; a high-speed, close-quarters ship armed with a powerful flamethrower. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-60.
Spiral Squadron (SS): Propulsion overhauled, updated collision avoidance to allow it to fire its weapons properly.
Spirit (SS): Cosmetic updates
Type19 (SS): Updated roll control rudders to properly keep the craft stable.
Foreboding Skyfort (GT): New installation; a floating weapons platform designed to be a defensive structure. It has not yet been augmented onto the map.
Thunderclap (GT): Updated turret restrictions to keep them from getting stuck.
Venator (GT): Cosmetic updates
Amusement (TG): Reduced speed slightly so that the torso could keep up with the body.
Aetos (GT): Relocated fuel, should now remain stable against space targets.
Iron Gate (GT): Numerous fixes and improvements. Campaign difficulty unchanged, adventure difficulty broadened to 35-65 (from 35-45).
Aardvark Refinery (GT): Replaced old dediblades with modern props; design itself will be fully replaced/overhauled at a later date.
Abactor (DWG): Difficulty decreased to hard from godly.
Albacore (DWG): Generalised update; godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 30-40.
Atlas (DWG): Removed alloy blocks that were still present.
Plunderer (DWG): Generalised overhaul; godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 30-40.
Vanguard (DWG): Aesthetic overhaul to include more Goldwater decorations.
Stockade (OW): Generalised update to improve combat effectiveness. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 25-35.
Harmony Swarm (TG): New drone unit; a group of coordinated insect-like drones that hover over enemies and rain hellfire. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 30-50. This unit will also be in AotE.
Lachesism (TG): Should actually use its PAC now.
Meek Swarm (TG): Generalised update; difficulties unchanged.
Wonder (TG): Added thrust vectoring, stability improvements.
Annularis (SS): Updated flight deck to look more like tarmac as intended.
Bullshark (SS): Heavy overhaul; retains its primary role as an AA ship, but now a bit stronger. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 60-90.
Thunderchild (SS): New rudder and roll control foils. Converted ACB functions to Breadboard.
Whaleshark (SS): Added scuttling to Squale drone.
Post Last Alpha update: (update note dump, may be duplicates)
Albacore (DWG): Minor aesthetic fixes, moved breadboard to more secure location
Stockade (OW): Fixed IR cameras being blocked by windows
Chrysaor (SS): Minor paint fix
Marauder (DWG): Updated scuttling
Plunderer (DWG): Fixed clearance issues on rear propeller, slightly reduced motor drive on paddles. Overall, it's a bit faster.
Eyrie (OW): Fixed non-connected laser components
Gorgon (WF): Increased spawn height if spawned in designer; a fix for its spawn height in campaign will be introduced at a later time.
Horror (TG): Difficulty reduced to easy, awaiting future rework.
Nostalgia (TG): Difficulty reduced to easy, awaiting future rework.
Wonder (TG): Updated steam gear transmissions, improving top speed.
Thryistor (LH): New thrustercraft; high focus on plasma firepower to brawl with larger opponents. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 60-80
Orbit (LH): Removed from designer menu as intended since the unit is retired. BP still available in the files.
Braveheart (SS): Difficulty reduced to hard, awaiting improvements.
Bullshark (SS): Improved surge protection around AI bunker.
Spirit (SS): Fixed thrust vectoring, added a couple color trails.
Type19 (SS): Re-added missing bow turret controller.
Apollo (GT): Removed from designer menu as intended since the unit is retired. BP still available in the files.
Crivetz (GT): Removed excess gantries that weren't connected to anything.
Djinn (GT): New Iron Blockade airship; launches a massive volley of large missiles at its foes. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 75-85.
Hyperion (SS): New Iron Blockade airship; a missile-lobbing command vessel escorted by 4 Myrmidons. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 85-95.
Lazarus (GT): Re-introduced after receiving the required updates to modern specs, and now belongs to Iron Storm. Still remains a carrier that deploys 4 Chieftain drones. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 30-40.
Myrmidon (GT): New Iron Blockade airship; small vessel, big gun...for its size. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 10-20. Will be added to defensive preset fleets in the future.
Slasher (WF): Fixed rear PAC turret getting stuck.
Meek Swarm (TG): Difficulty increased to hard.
Thryistor (LH): Fixed an error with missile connections.
Sabre (SS): Overhauled; still remains a support anti-munition ship with a Selachii makeover. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-40
Djinn (GT): Minor optimisations
Lazarus (GT): Fixed scuttling altitude being too low
Vortice (GT): Fixed a clearance issue on the rear CJE.
Laniakea (SD): Overhauled; "Have mercy for the player, for I will not." Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 100.
Nero (SD): New satellite focused around plasma weaponry. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 50-70.
Astrados (GT): Retired, replaced by Harpia.
Harpia (GT): New Iron Storm airship; keeps at a longer range and uses strong lateral motion and advanced weaponry. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 75-85
Moray (DWG): Fixed some grammatical issues with lore. Adventure difficulty updated from 20-30 to 20-40.
Bulwark (OW): Increased max altitude scuttling height.
Catshark (SS): Updated to alloy exterior hull, internal armouring revised.
Type19 (SS): Overhauled; a nimble ship that easily outpaces most other ships and broadsides with plasma and missiles. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 30-50.
Harpia (GT): Fixed a CIWS controller using the wrong receiver, causing detection deficiencies.
ICBM (GT): Fixed a breadboard behaviour.
Kobold (GT): Fixed misplaced ducts.
Empyrean (GT): Re-added ICBM subspawn
Extinction (GT): Updated ICBM subspawns
Pyre (GT): Updated ICBM subspawn
Cunette (OW): New hybrid ship; a slow broadsider with a slew of APS guns on both sides. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-30.
Harmony Swarm (TG): Fixed a NaN overflow in the dev logging.
Armageddon Protocol (SD): Updated with newer version of the SD Nuke.
Hypernova (SD): Fixed jet clearance issues.
Laniakea (SD): Fixed some general issues reported by the community.
SD Nuke (SD): BB updated.
[AotE]
The following tanks for WF have received some generalised improvements: Accuser, Inferno, Pariah, Pilgrim, Ravager, Reaver, Salvation, Slayer
Brimstone (WF): New priest-style flamethrower tank; pulls in victims with a harpoon to burn them to a crisp. Adventure difficulty 30-100
Harmony Swarm (TG): New drone unit, details above in Neter updates. Adventure difficulty 60-100.
Firefly (LH): Replaced by Thunderbolt akin to Neter.
Updated LH structures to use their updated Neter versions where applicable.
A majority of non-LH designs had LH fleet paint upon loading in. This has been fixed for most, if not all designs.
All faction tanks should have now have a maximum scuttle height of at least 200m, preventing them from unintentionally scuttling at higher elevations, such as tile
Bulk fix to wheel decos for all active faction tanks.
Desert Boa (DWG): Overhauled; a large separating tanker unit to better accommodate the mobile HQ style for the Gutter Rats.
Dauntless (Player): Overhauled to modern quality standards, retains the original concept.
Kingmaker (Player): New tank; large design which which fires HE CRAM shells.
Knight (Player): New tank; medium-sized design which fires APS HEAT shells.
Ranger (Player): New tank; small-sized design intended to be autonomous, fires APS sabot shells.
Apostate (WF): New tank/land harvester; replaces the Pilgrim Harvester. Campaigns updated to include this as the preset harvesters for the faction.
Most player structures now have a heartstone and self-sustained battery. This still requires the player avatar to move close to these structures for this to take effect. May update spawn point in the near future to address dying upon spawn if the avatar isn't moved to a nearby structure fast enough.
Desert Boa (DWG): Spawning issues should be better addressed. Note that some odd behaviour may still exist.
- Player vehicles introduced from last patch (Dauntless, Kingmaker, Knight, Ranger) all now have Heartstones.
- Added lore for DWG Karambit, Python, and Rattler.
[Glao]
Cobalt (OFD): Added turret restrictions to keep turret from getting stuck.
Gold Turret (OFD): Upgraded to be more effective.
Adventurer (GI): New cargo thrustercraft with light missile weaponry, no arrows in its knees.
Quartz (OFD): Renamed to Sapphire.
[Prefabs]
Flyswatter Interceptor Array: Fixed ACB to actually control the missile controller.
Alpha build Live 4.2.5 Access the alpha builds by going into the Steam library, find the game, right click on it and go to properties. Click on the betas tab and choose alphatest alphatesst Just remember that this doesn't always hold the latest version of the game and should only
Access the alpha builds by going into the Steam library, find the game, right click on it and go to properties. Click on the betas tab and choose alphatest alphatesst
Just remember that this doesn't always hold the latest version of the game and should only be used to test things. On a stable update always remember to swap back to stable.
Animation block, Removed errors when trying to spawn a locked avatar type.
UI compass, Fixed the azimuth positions of enemy markers on the in game compass.
UI, The screen no longer rotates when the mouse cursor is moved to a different screen/application.
CRAM, New CRAM 2 way connector now connects front and down instead of right and down, as per other 'corner style' connector pieces/pipes. You'll need to replace any of these.
Missiles, Fixed exceptions that can occur when gantry blocks are deleted in certain positions.
LWC, Deleting an LWC that had an active failafe check should no longer lock the weapon.
Missiles, New proximity fuse component now uses 8 hitscan rays to find a target and will move the detonation point onto the target. EMP, incendiary, and HE move to the contact point. Frag moves to the contact point and is directed towards the contact point. Thump is also applied for consistency at the contact point. This means it should achieve the optimal hit on the target regardless of payload type removing any potential for a "noob trap."
Changes (These can be rebound) Key binds, Numpad 2 is no longer bound to camera-mode-cycle which is now purely TAB. Numpad 2 is reserved specficially for construct-mode-camera. Key binds, Numpad 0 is bound specifically to the free-camera mode. Construct camera, Construct camera n
Changes
(These can be rebound)
Key binds, Numpad 2 is no longer bound to camera-mode-cycle which is now purely TAB. Numpad 2 is reserved specficially for construct-mode-camera.
Key binds, Numpad 0 is bound specifically to the free-camera mode.
Construct camera, Construct camera now has a maximum of 9 cameras per user and cameras can be re-ordered and easily activated/added/removed from the UI.
Construct camera, The default camera for a vehicle now has roll and pitch stabilisation enabled by default, with buttons on the UI to disable them or add yaw stabilisation.
Construct camera, Reduced the smooth duration in the construct camera orbit distance scroller.
Drills, Components of the drill system are now immune to impact damage like rubber to make them more viable.
Fixes
Regression, Fixed the UI issue in the width value of the prefab window.
Saves, Construct saving now has a check to make sure that the save is valid before overwriting the original file as the JSON serialisation has been known to fail and write empty white space.
Fill tool, Fixed an issue with the fill tool when filling far from the origin of the game world.
CRAM, Two way connector now has a mirror part.
Pivots, Pivot parts should now render as decorations correctly.
APS, 7m clip now uses the correct mesh.
Add
Modding, Added to the ExampleMod all the other UnityEngine.[X]Module.Dll DLLS that may be required for mods to reference.
Missile, Added a basic proximity fuse component back into game.
Campaign
Neter
Bucanneer (DWG): Standardized weaponry to Sven Kno CRAM weaponry, minor aesthetic update.
Coyote (DWG): Added deco to missiles, fixed LWC parameters.
Jacobs Folly (DWG): Fixed turret rotation getting stuck
Ransack (DWG): Added torpedo decos, adjusted shield activation range
Sailfish (DWG): New Sven Kno thrustercraft; a highly-aggressive, swift monstrosity that gets in close to incinerate its targets. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 35-45.
Tug of War (DWG): Replaced some reinforced wood with regular wood.
Walrus (DWG): Partial overhaul using Riverhome hull as a basis; slightly cheaper with more appropriate weaponry. Cargo craft so no difficulties to note. Original Walrus has been converted to an SM version for story missions.
Harrow (WF): Overhauled water skimmer; gets in close to broadside with a powerful flamethrower. Difficulties unchanged.
Pandemonium (WF): Overhauled water skimmer; a ramming craft outfit with your typical WF melee arsenal of sawblades. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 35-45.
Veles (WF): Fixed APS being incorrect gauge.
Wrecker (WF): Slight aesthetic change
Fear (TG): Updated interceptor positions so they can properly fire.
Pearl Swarm (TG): Retired, replaced by Tolerance Swarm.
Tolerance (TG): Changed to now be a swarm design, which spawns 5 of them.
Anode (LH): Overhauled; a durable, PAC-equipped submarine that broadsides from afar. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 35-55.
Candela (LH): Overhauled; large carrier-style water skimmer that still retains the firepower and mobility of their other large skimmers. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 65-85.
Chrysoprase (LH): Fixed EMP protection, slightly improved primary weapon.
Coulomb (LH): Added a combat subroutine for fighting submarines.
Gigawatt (LH): Updated detection, added a combat subroutine for fighting submarines.
Hydrovolt (LH): Much less susceptible to self damage with PAC.
Megawatt (LH): Minor detection updates.
Superradiance (LH): New LH water skimmer; when you hear the gun charge, pray. Godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 65-85.
Thunderbolt (LH): Updated movement, minor deco update.
Craftsman (SS): Fixed an issue that made it dive into the water.
Submarine Pen (SS): Produced submarines should no longer clip into the structure.
Lowly Skybase (GT): New decorative structure, replaces Rusted Ram Small House.
Hydroponics Spire (GT): New decorative structure, replaces Hydroponics Farm.
Neutrino (SD): New drone; a drone-like design that gets in close to zap with laser weaponry. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 1-20.
Pulsar (SD): Overhauled; frontsider thrustercraft with burst plasma and laser weapons. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 20-30.
Ashes
Accuser (WF): General improvements.
Acolyte (WF): Complete internal overhaul improving the gun/armor and adding anti air capabilities
Inferno (WF): Fixed targeting issues when multiple enemies are present.
Pariah (WF): Improved the shell for the main gun
Rapture (WF): Fixed an AI issue
Ravager (WF): Added ramming against smaller targets and laser defense
Saviour (WF): Fully rebuilt to be more like the Zealots style, difficulties unchanged.
Hey everyone, in case you didn't notice. Stable is now on 4.2.3. Nick's been pulling extra shifts to listen to feedback and concerns and has addressed a lot of these with the changes below. Thanks to everyone who engaged in a constructive manner. Happy New Year to everyone when i
Hey everyone, in case you didn't notice. Stable is now on 4.2.3. Nick's been pulling extra shifts to listen to feedback and concerns and has addressed a lot of these with the changes below. Thanks to everyone who engaged in a constructive manner.
Happy New Year to everyone when it comes and to those already in the future! 👽
Add
Simultaneous mode option where UHJK (or any other combination) can be used for vehicles and WASD for the camera/build mode simultaneously with no need to toggle between vehicle controls on and off. See the Vehicle Key mapping tab of the UI for more details.
Tutorials, Added a voice-over volume slider to the build guides (there is already one in the tutorials)
Change
Crosshair, Tidied up the drawing of the crosshair. It no longer appears in keyboard based building mode.
Camera, Warping the avatar to a vehicle will make that vehicle the focus of the construct cam so that when you toggle into the construct cam it is your focus.
Fix
UI, Fixed the mouse button function messages so that they are correct for mouse-based building. (LC = place, RC = remove)
Camera, Projectile camera no longer disables weapons.
Detection, Detection UI no longer goes crazy when the detection equipment being viewed is destroyed.
Regression, AC viewer tool now calculates stacked armour AC correctly again.
Camera, Focusing on enemy units now focuses on the center of mass of the enemy unit, not their origin.
AI, Fixed the enemy simulator.
Regression, Got the remote control and remote terminal working again.
Regression, Made it easier to build a new vehicle from free cam by looking at empty space and pressing B.
Camera, Tab now correctly comes out of projectile focus mode.
Camera, Fixed residual camera movement being applied after resetting the view in the construct cam, making cam swapping more reliable.
Little update to the cross hair elements of the UI.. no cross hair is now shown in keyboard based building and none in general views when the mouse cursor is active. Fixed a bit of misleading UI text that stated incorrectly the purpose of left and right click when in mouse based
Little update to the cross hair elements of the UI.. no cross hair is now shown in keyboard based building and none in general views when the mouse cursor is active. Fixed a bit of misleading UI text that stated incorrectly the purpose of left and right click when in mouse based building.
Patch 4.2.2 address some of the feedback we received about the camera update. One of the most common complaints was the remapping of vehicle controls to WASD (etc) such that camera/build controls and vehicle controls share the same keyboard space and are toggled with CTRL. i.e. C
Patch 4.2.2 address some of the feedback we received about the camera update. One of the most common complaints was the remapping of vehicle controls to WASD (etc) such that camera/build controls and vehicle controls share the same keyboard space and are toggled with CTRL. i.e. CTRL is pressed to swap between camera controls (and Q and E as interaction and fleet control UI) and vehicle controls.
This patch addresses that issue by providing a button in the Vehicle Key Map tab of the options menu to rebind the vehicle to UHJK (etc). There is also a button to bind back to WASD (etc) if you wish. When the bindings are in UHJK (etc) the game has no conflicts between WASDQE for camera/UI/building and vehicle control and as such activates SIMULTANEOUS mode in which CTRL is unused and both camera/UI/building commands and vehicle commands are executable simultaneously- the way FTD has always been.
Another complaint was that warping the avatar to a vehicle did not make that vehicle the focus of the construct-cam. That's been fixed. This means that when you press tab to swap from avatar to construct cam your construct cam will be looking at the construct your avatar is on. Thanks for raising that issue.
Projectile cam no longer disables weapon use and can be tabbed out of as per other modes.
And I fixed a residual camera movement that made it quite hard to tab out of construct cam immediately after moving the camera around.
Various other small fixes are included in the patch, and the previous patches dealt with things like the avatar jumping out of chairs whenever space was pressed.
Thanks for bearing with me whilst I gather up all this feedback and address as much of it as I can.
Happy holidays to you all,
Nick Smart,
Project lead
HELLO DEPTHIANS. Wishing you all a great Holiday period! Before I begin... ALPHA TEST, BETA TEST AND EXPERIMENTAL BRANCH USERS. CHANGE TO STABLE. The Christmas Campaign is live and updated in this build. Thankyou to all of the Christmas builders! Microsoft OneDrive continues to b
HELLO DEPTHIANS.
Wishing you all a great Holiday period!
Before I begin...
Microsoft OneDrive continues to be a royal pain. If you are experiencing issues like crashes or strange behaviours in game then please use the support system or go to the help channel in the discord or give me (Sean) a DM on there and I'll try to help! There is a workaround to bypass your Documents shell path if need be until we have a way to move the profile to avoid this in the future. Many people assume they don't have it when infact windows updates have stealth installed it and it has indeed hijacked a shell path. The issue is that it places file locks which prevents the game from being to access files it needs resulting in all manner of problems.
Moving on!
Under the hood we are on now on Unity 6, this did result in some changes to certain text colours and fonts. We've changed a few that were reported but the rest we are ok with. The change to Unity 6 may allow us in the future to move over to the Universal Render Pipeline but that's a different story for another time.
So Rambot is now something that is an optional spawn (unless the scenario or instance is designed to have it spawn automatically. You can spawn Rambot by pressing Shift + G by default. It's best to do this on a focused vehicle.
There are new options for spawning on spawn points and for the instance itself. You'll want to select "Player AND avatar" on any spawn points so that both the camera and the avatar can spawn there.
Heart stone energy now governs Rambot's weapons. Being on a friendly vehicle will preserve the energy state but a heart stone is needed to recharge. Depending on the game mode Rambot can still die if energy is 0.
To select a vehicle to focus on, we look at it and left click on it. This then focuses the vehicle and uses a default orbit camera that is placed above the skin of the vehicle (if no other camera has been set.)
The little green marker here is our camera position. To unfocus the vehicle just left click anywhere off of it.
You can also use these buttons or their keybinds to traverse and focus on other vehicles or cameras.
Pressing Tab will cycle through any configured cameras.
Camera positions can be edited using these buttons (yes they are buttons) in middle mouse mode or you can set the position of your current camera using Ctrl + Tab by default at the position you are at.
Binoculars are now built in to the camera. Just use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
Once focused we can take control of a vehicle if a vehicle controller exists on it by pressing Left Ctrl by default.
When we are in control a green vignette appears.
Please note the default vehicle control keys have changed to something people are more familiar with in other games. W,A,S,D.
If you have multiple controllers use this to swap to the one you want to use while driving.
If we right click we can control weapons. Control of weapons is indicated by a red vignette. Please note you can also click on the weapon groups now on their icons and there are more of them.
Enemy information is now displayed when you place the mouse over them. The location and size of this can be configured in the Misc section of the options. You can focus on an enemy and order an attack by left clicking on it. To unfocus just left click anywhere off it.
Pressing Shift + T by default will enter tools mode. Here you can access tools such as the spray can for working with free cam instead of being tied to Rambot.
In camera edit mode you can add more advanced options to the camera. Add new camera positions, stabilise its pitch,yaw and roll, keep it above water and so on. By manipularing these you can create unique viewpoints that mirror other games. Like creating an arcade plane viewpoint or a boat view akin to world of warships.
Feedback can be provided in the discord. (Link is on the launcher.) Please make sure you aren't making duplicates by using the search function before you post.
A lot of bugfixes and work hasn't been logged properly. We've been split between projects (announcement of a new game in Januaryish. No it is not FTD related.) and had a high amount of staff changes. Apologies for this but many, many bugs reported have been addressed. Thanks to everyone who has reported them!
Tutorials, The initial tutorial has been split into two tutorials: one for camera controls and one for avatar controls. Other tutorials have been changed as needed.
CRAM, Changed base lifetime to 60 from 40.
CRAM, Changed mortar turn rate from 2 degrees to 8 degrees to increase mortar effectiveness. You'll still need good detection to make them work.
Missiles, Changed cluster holders and ejectors to have slightly higher health. Extensions now have a significant health boost and higher ammo cost. Subject to changes in future based on feedback.
CRAM, 2,3,4,5 way connectors added.
Build guides, Voice overs have now been recorded and added to all build guides.
Diplomacy, Changed diplomacy material amount given to 30% value from 80% value.
Armour Refit, Added warning about requiring materials to perform the refit.
Weapons, Fixed aiming issue where many weapons would fire despite not being aimed at the target (simple weapons, plasma, potentially CRAM, APS and flamer tool.
Camera, The camera-system has a new mode that can easily focus a construct with customisable camera points
Camera, There is a specific free-camera mode that can be used to move the camera around the world
Camera, Construct camera points can be set to be maintained above water
Camera, Construct camera points can be set to hide your vehicle during weapon aiming if your construct gets in the way to maintain your line of sight
Camera, Construct camera points can be set to visually tunnel through your vehicle during weapon aiming to maintain your line of sight
Camera, Construct camera points can be set to move forwards when aiming to maintain your line of sight
Camera, Construct camera points can be set to ignore vehicle roll, pitch, or yaw.
Camera, Construct camera points can be named / moved / rotated.
Camera, Construct camera points can be easily 'saved' using CTRL + TAB to snap them to the current position of the camera
Camera, Construct camera points can be easily 'loaded' using TAB to snap the camera to the saved position
Camera, Construct camera points can be easily moved using WASD ALT and SPACE when not driving vehicles
Camera, Primary camera modes can focus enemy vehicles by left clicking on them.
Avatar, The avatar has been made optional. You can spawn/dismiss the avatar easily in most game modes.
Avatar, The avatar uses energy when firing his avatar weapons. When his energy is below 20% his weapon will not fire. Heartstones are used to replenish energy. Energy will is used for life support when away from a friendly vehicle.
Avatar, The binocular item has been removed. Zooming is available at any time in any of the primary camera modes by using the mouse wheel.
Tools, Many avatar 'skills' are now player tools that can be used in tools-mode (shift+T) with or without the avatar being present.
Vehicle control. When your avatar is on a vehicle or your construct-mode camera is activated on that vehicle you will control whichever vehicle controller is closest to the camera. This is to make it easier to drive a vehicle without needing an avatar present/in position.
Vehicle control, CTRL activates/deactivates vehicle control mode
Vehicle control Vehicles are now driven using the WASD (QE) (FR) (TG) keys not UHJK (YI) (IK) (OL) as before
Vehicle control There is now a green vignette in the corner of the screen when in vehicle control mode to remind you that you are in vehicle control mode
Weapon control When your avatar is on a vehicle or your construct-mode camera is activated on that vehicle you will be able to control all weapons on the vehicle.
Weapon control Right click activates/deactivates vehicle weapon mode
Weapon control There is no 'off' / 'AI' slot for weapons anymore. Deactivate (right click) weapon mode to stop aiming/firing.
Weapon control With the mouse cursor visible (middle click) you can aim weapons using the mouse cursor. In free look mode you can aim weapons using the centre-of-screen cross hair.
Weapon control There is now a red vignette in the corner of the screen when in weapon control mode to remind you that you are in weapon control mode
Campaign Log Dump - Note there could be duplicates
There are more updates due over the next month or two that'll trickle in via small updates.
Thankyou to Kotl, Kotl helpers and players who have worked on bounties!
Ransack (DWG): Removed decorative, non-functioning guns. Primary APS ammo updated to incendiary, other minor updates. Adventure difficulty increased to 20-40 from 15-35.
Ennui (TG): Overhauled; still retains its original design concept but now with more modernized technology. Difficulties unchanged.
Lachesism (TG): New godly sub; a large weapons platform using PAC/APS with complementary spotter drones. Adventure difficulty 70-100.
Armageddon Protocol (SD): New godly plane; twin Velocity planes that deploy nukes capable of pursuing targets at any altitude, including underwater and in space. Adventure difficulty 60-100.
Updated Felix vehicle controller to be for air units.
Pulverizer (WF): Removed non-functional laser tracer, replaced with wireless snooper, added 1 extra GPP for 100% efficiency.
Conduit (LH): Updated with repair tentacles to handle build jobs.
Current (LH): Retired as Conduit now handles all its functions.
Gamma Squad (LH): New submarine, easy difficulty; a trio of PAC submarines. Adventure difficulty 20-40.
Aurora (SS): Fixed invisible glass on cockpit.
Novgorod (SS): Updated scuttling to properly scuttle when sitting on water.
Kobold (GT): Minor, generalized updates.
Wasp (GT): Fixed scuttling to properly scuttle when landing in water.
Hypernova (SD): Fixed a couple untethered decos.
O.C.P.L.A.C. (SD): Potential fix for spawning too high and failing to stabilize before hitting gravity.
Complementary nuke BP and singular version of the Velocity nuke carrier have been added to files.
Sinners Luck (DWG): New godly difficulty ship; large houseboat-style with a plethora of CRAM broadsiding. Adventure difficulty 20-40
Tug of War (DWG): New godly difficulty ship; large gun platform with a spinal-mounted, high RoF APS cannon. Adventure difficulty 20-40
Stronghold (OW): Firing restrictions set for turrets, tuned active defenses.
Warden (OW): Minor aesthetic updates.
Pontus (WF): Bugfixes from previous committal.
Firefly (LH): Retired, replaced by Thunderbolt (see below)
Gigawatt (LH): New hard difficulty ship; a large water skimmer with a plethora of weaponry. Adventure difficulty 55-75.
Skyscraper (LH): Aesthetic overhaul; this is a cosmetic building.
Thunderbolt (LH): New medium difficulty plane, replaces Firefly. Adventure difficulty 15-35
Tempest (LH): Updated with missile decos, improved laser efficiency, and reworked surge protector layout.
Asphodel (SS): Updated missile settings, improved armouring, redesigned radar dish somewhat
Balmung (SS): New hard difficulty ship; alongside Nothung (see below), replaces Rhea. Adventure difficulty 55-75
Cyclone (SS): Updated hydrofoils and fixed turning issues it may have had.
Nothung (SS): New hard difficulty ship; alongside Balmung, replaces Rhea. Adventure difficulty 55-75.
Reefshark (SS): Various fixes/improvements alongside changes to AI behaviour.
Rhea (SS): Retired, replaced by Balmung and Nothung.
Nimbus (GT): Updated missile interceptor parameters.
Onslaught (GT): Improved roll control.
Peacekeeper (GT): Now serves as the HQ for Tribe of the Iron Storm. Any other spawning of it has been removed.
Venator (GT): Overhauled, but still retains its difficulty levels. (Medium, adventure difficulty 45).
Crucible (SD): Fully retired, info removed from editor. BP remains in files.
Lepton (SD): Minor updates.
Davy Jones Outpost (DWG): Fixed some odd paint and refinery piping.
Smoker (DWG): Optimised AI connection (DWG economy saved)
Buzzsaw (WF): Saws should now spin properly.
Earth Raker (WF): Melee weapons should now spin properly.
Pontus (WF): Redesigned, now uses steam drills.
Black Current (SS): Fixed frontal VLS altitude restrictions.
Guernsey (SS): Greatly improved in terms of weaponry and aesthetics; should spawn in the water more appropriately to not smash into its spotter plane subvehicle.
Alchemist's Lair (GT): Adjusted scuttling.
Magnetar (SD): Added scuttling and speed metrics.
Fishing Hole (DWG): May be a repost of one that was previously submitted, but the fortress has been vastly overhauled.
Sinner's Outpost (DWG): Redesigned; this version has also replaced the version used in the DWG story missions. In turn, the duplicate Sea Cobra in those missions has been removed.
Halberd (OW): Fixed disconnected AI/detection pieces.
Stronghold (OW): Heavily updated; firepower focused back on CRAMs, slightly improved AA, reduced block/volume count slightly.
Warden (OW): Redesigned, but retains its original purpose.
Wrecker (WF): Redesigned and modernized; difficulties unchanged.
Amusement (TG): Redesigned; difficulties unchanged.
Euphoria (TG): Breadboard logic fix for PAC.
Impulse (TG): Breadboard logic fix for PAC.
Cherenkov (LH): Minor updates, should shoot itself less.
Conduit (LH): Redesigned, still remains a cargo craft.
Coulomb (LH): Redesigned, burst laser hydrofoil ship. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 40.
Aerotyrant (SS): Fixed hole in windshield.
Sacrilego (SS): Minor deco fix.
Stralsund (SS): Corrected missile interceptor receiving on wrong channel.
Watchman (SS): Redesigned; difficulties unchanged.
Crivetz (GT): Redesigned; medium difficulty.
Nimbus (GT): Redesigned; hard difficulty.
Pelekan (GT): Iron Pelican replacement; hard difficulty.
Pyre (GT): AI fixes.
Warbird (GT): Redesigned; medium difficulty, may increase in difficulty with future updates.
Casimir (SD): Redesigned; medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 16.
Lepton (SD): New SD drone, replaces Star Cry; hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 10.
- RZ descriptions for Quest for Neter have gotten some grammatical fixes.
- Removed Annotations from Kookie Kestrel, Peacebreaker, and TGS version of Ghost
Fixed scuttling for LH Cherenkov.
Updated scuttling for Sunfish and Monkey Barrel.
- Updated default Ghost with a more optimised shell.
- Added Ghost TGS variant to a new built-in folder.
- Attack on Conger MP mission actually spawns the Conger appropriately now.
Fishing Hole (DWG): Entirely redesigned, heavily improved in both functionality and aesthetics. It even has fish!
Veles (WF): Redesigned; a large, Zealot-style rammer with melee PACs and grinders. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty unchanged.
Disgust (TG): Various LWC fixes, updated missiles.
Fear (TG): Overhauled with a new torso, major cosmetic updates.
Gravitas (TG): Added mainframes to shield plates.
Black Current (SS): Updated towed decoys to (hopefully) not get stuck, minor aesthetic updates
Bullshark (SS): Potential fix for missiles getting stuck.
Megalodon (SS): Air pumps should now always remain active.
Aardwolf (GT): Improved EMP protection, steam engines more efficient.
Hobgoblin (GT): Comprehensive overhaul to upgrade weaponry. Difficulties unchanged.
Iron Gate (GT): Entirely remade; hard difficulty, adventure difficulty unchanged.
Thunderclap (GT): Entirely remade; godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 80.
Venator (GT): Deco cleanup, EMP insulation improved, block optimization.
O.R.I.O.N. (SD): New small bombardment satellite using APS as its weaponry. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 20
Proctor (OW): Updated firing restrictions, should shoot itself less.
Cherenkov (LH): Slightly increased missile firepower, EMP routing protection improved, removed disconnected invisible missile gantries.
Asphodel (SS): Further updates to the recently-submitted version; I apparently forgot to commit this.
Bullshark (SS): Potential fix for missiles getting stuck.
- Player stock craft have been improved/stabilized and use the updated connection logic.
- Player stock aircraft (Kookie Kestrel, Peacebreaker) now have an ACB to set main drive to 100% at the start of the mission. This is to prevent possible nosediving/instability before the player can react.
- SM (story mission) designs are now using the updated connection logic. Most that used mimics have had those converted to deco, improving performance slightly by virtue of lower block count.
- Most if not all SM craft should now have more appropriate scuttling.
- Some SM craft had superfluous components that weren't needed for the missions (such as flares) and these have been cleaned up a bit, which should improve performance on some missions. Note that there may still be a few flares and such.
- SM craft using APS have had some range restrictions applied in some cases to reduce the likelihood of a cheap shot ruining the mission.
- Most SM ships now desire a shorter broadside range for engagement, should help improve interaction.
- Material allowance for most missions and par times for a few missions have been adjusted a bit.
- Some spawns in missions have been made a little closer to improve interaction time, others have different spawn locations for follow-up waves to make it less likely for them to spawn on/adjacent to the player.
- DWG mission Cargo Calamity now has 3 Shrikes in its second wave rather than 2 Shrikes and a Felix.
- SS mission Martyrdom now has an additional Martyr in the last wave.
- New mission version of the Allegiance to replace the original version in the SS mission A Prowler's Torment. No actual changes aside from the aforementioned range adjustments.
- New mission version of the Chorus to replace the Retarius in the SS mission A Hornet's Memoir. This version is heavily altered to use propellers instead of jets, and missiles also adjusted. Other superfluous parts not needed for story missions was also removed. The mission also features another Harpoon in the second wave.
- New mission version of the Catshark added to replace original version in the mission; turns out it could just solo the SS mission Breakneck Blitz if it wasn't unlucky so I had to nerf it a bit to be slower, no LAMS, less RoF on guns, and one less L torpedo. It still nearly solos the dang mission, might look to nerf the shells next if necessary.
- SS mission Circuit Breaker now has an improved coal factory that shouldn't be buried partially into the ground, and by virtue, also more durable. There's also another Felix bomber, and the distance that the DWG units need to travel has also been increased.
- SS mission Ace Combat has another Drake that spawns with the Piraiba, and there will now be reinforcement waves. These craft aren't necessary to kill but ignore them at your own risk; they'll pile in before you know it!
Accuser (WF): New Priest-style APS tank. Adventure difficulty 25-85
Acolyte (WF): New Priest-style PAC tank. Adventure difficulty 20-80
Pariah (WF): New Zealot-style APS tank. Adventure difficulty 30-100
Ravager (WF): Overhauled, Priest-style APS tank. Adventure difficulty 25-100
Reaver (WF): Overhauled, Zealot-style command tank. Adventure difficulty 20-80
Karambit (DWG): New Sand Scorpions autocannon tank; adventure difficulty 25.
Khopesh (DWG): Reduced adventure difficulty.
Shotel (DWG): New Sand Scorpions tank destroyer, replaces Taipan. Adventure difficulty 45.
Pilgrim (WF): Added repair tentacles so it can actually do repair jobs.
Saviour (WF): Decoration update.
Slayer (WF): Decoration update.
Beholder (WF): Redesigned, priest-style elite tank.
Forsaken (WF): Redesigned, zealot-style standard tank.
Inferno (WF): New zealot-style tank.
Pilgrim (WF): Redesigned, cargo tank.
Rapture (WF): Redesigned, zealot-style tank.
Salvation (WF): New priest-style tank.
Smite (WF): Redesigned, zealot-style suicide tank.
Hadron (SE): Renamed to "Thor".
Jackal (SE): Fixed IFF connection.
Orion (SE): Renamed to "Janus".
Harasser (WF): Entirely remade; an armoured car using a flamethrower and a deployable nuke. Adventure difficulty 30
- Fixed an issue where an archived design was still in a pre-deployed SS fleet. Fixed for both versions of the campaign.
HELLO DEPTHIANS. The camera update is now in the alphatest build. Please note that by going into alphatest you fully accept that stuff can break and might be changed. Also this update has been in testing for a very long time, we've had it at gameshows, we've watched 10000 hour ve
HELLO DEPTHIANS.
The camera update is now in the alphatest build. Please note that by going into alphatest you fully accept that stuff can break and might be changed.
Also this update has been in testing for a very long time, we've had it at gameshows, we've watched 10000 hour veterans and 0 hour noobs; Veterans, you will be fighting your muscle memory to begin with! Noobs, don't click around randomly!
Experimental testers, thank you very much! You'll need to right click on any keymaps that have had their defaults changed in the options.
Microsoft OneDrive continues to be a royal pain. If you are experiencing issues like crashes or strange behaviours in game then please use the support system or go to the help channel in the discord or give me (Sean) a DM on there and I'll try to help! There is a workaround to bypass your Documents shell path if need be until we have a way to move the profile to avoid this in the future. Many people assume they don't have it when infact windows updates have stealth installed it and it has indeed hijacked a shell path. The issue is that it places file locks which prevents the game from being to access files it needs resulting in all manner of problems.
With that information firm in your mind, lets continue...
So rambot is now something that is an optional spawn (unless the scenario or instance is designed to have him spawn automatically. World editors, this is something you need to look out for. There are new options for spawning on spawn points and for the instance itself. You'll want to select "Player AND avatar" on any spawn points so that both the camera and the avatar can spawn there.) You can spawn rambot by pressing Shift + G by default. It's best to do this on a focused vehicle.
Heart stone energy now governs rambot's weapons. Being on a friendly vehicle will preserve the energy state but a heart stone is needed to recharge. Depending on the game mode rambot can still die if energy is 0. We'll probably be tweaking this as time goes on but to start with its very strict and something like the chaingun will burn through energy very quickly.
To select a vehicle to focus on, we look at it and left click on it. This then focuses the vehicle and uses a default orbit camera that is placed above the vehicle (if no other camera has been set.)
The little green marker here is our camera position. To unfocus the vehicle just left click anywhere off of it.
Once focused we can take control of a vehicle if a vehicle controller exists on it by pressing Left Ctrl by default. (Note all keybinds are editable in the options)
When we are in control a green vignette appears briefly. Again the opacity of this is configurable in the options.
If we right click we can control weapons. Control of weapons is indicated by a red vignette. Please note you can also click on the weapon groups now on their icons and there are more of them.
Please note the default vehicle control keys have changed to something people are more familiar with in other games.
Pressing Tab will cycle through any configured cameras.
Camera positions can be edited using these buttons (yes they are buttons) in middle mouse mode or you can store a position at your current position using Ctrl + Tab by default.
In camera edit mode you can add more advanced options to the camera. Some of these are very useful for things like fighters where you want the camera to be less aggressive!
The binoculars are now built into the camera, just use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
Enemy information is now displayed when you place the mouse over them. You can focus on an enemy and order an attack by left clicking on it. To unfocus just left click anywhere off it.
That's the main stuff! If I think of anything else or I'm made aware of anything else I'll add it to the stable post whenever it goes stable. Feedback can be provided in the alphatest forum on the discord. Please make sure you aren't making duplicates by using the search function before you post.
With regards to campaign there will be a few changes coming to address some of the issues raised by players. In this patch diplomacy values are adjusted. By stable the area of enemies drawn into combat will be increased to bring more of the approaching enemies into combat. Defence platforms are being added (per difficulty) to HQs, those are being worked on at the moment.
A lot of bugfixes and work hasn't been logged properly. We've been split between projects (announcement of a new game in Januaryish. No it is not FTD related.) and had a high amount of staff changes. Apologies for this but many, many bugs reported have been addressed. Thanks to everyone who has reported them!
Tutorials, The initial tutorial has been split into two tutorials: one for camera controls and one for avatar controls. Other tutorials have been changed as needed.
CRAM, 2,3,4,5 way connectors added.
Build guides, Voice overs have now been recorded and added to all build guides.
Diplomacy, Changed diplomacy material amount given to 30% value from 80% value.
Armour Refit, Added warning about requiring materials to perform the refit.
Camera, The camera-system has a new mode that can easily focus a construct with customisable camera points
Camera, There is a specific free-camera mode that can be used to move the camera around the world
Camera, Construct camera points can be set to be maintained above water
Camera, Construct camera points can be set to hide your vehicle during weapon aiming if your construct gets in the way to maintain your line of sight
Camera, Construct camera points can be set to visually tunnel through your vehicle during weapon aiming to maintain your line of sight
Camera, Construct camera points can be set to move forwards when aiming to maintain your line of sight
Camera, Construct camera points can be set to ignore vehicle roll, pitch, or yaw.
Camera, Construct camera points can be named / moved / rotated.
Camera, Construct camera points can be easily 'saved' using CTRL + TAB to snap them to the current position of the camera
Camera, Construct camera points can be easily 'loaded' using TAB to snap the camera to the saved position
Camera, Construct camera points can be easily moved using WASD ALT and SPACE when not driving vehicles
Camera, Primary camera modes can focus enemy vehicles by left clicking on them.
Avatar, The avatar has been made optional. You can spawn/dismiss the avatar easily in most game modes.
Avatar, The avatar uses energy when firing his avatar weapons. When his energy is below 20% his weapon will not fire. Heartstones are used to replenish energy. Energy will is used for life support when away from a friendly vehicle.
Avatar, The binocular item has been removed. Zooming is available at any time in any of the primary camera modes by using the mouse wheel.
Vehicle control. When your avatar is on a vehicle or your construct-mode camera is activated on that vehicle you will control whichever vehicle controller is closest to the camera. This is to make it easier to drive a vehicle without needing an avatar present/in position.
Vehicle control, CTRL activates/deactivates vehicle control mode
Vehicle control Vehicles are now driven using the WASD (QE) (FR) (TG) keys not UHJK (YI) (IK) (OL) as before
Vehicle control There is now a green vignette in the corner of the screen when in vehicle control mode to remind you that you are in vehicle control mode
Weapon control When your avatar is on a vehicle or your construct-mode camera is activated on that vehicle you will be able to control all weapons on the vehicle.
Weapon control Right click activates/deactivates vehicle weapon mode
Weapon control There is no 'off' / 'AI' slot for weapons anymore. Deactivate (right click) weapon mode to stop aiming/firing.
Weapon control With the mouse cursor visible (middle click) you can aim weapons using the mouse cursor. In free look mode you can aim weapons using the centre-of-screen cross hair.
Weapon control There is now a red vignette in the corner of the screen when in weapon control mode to remind you that you are in weapon control mode
There are more updates due over the next month or two that'll trickle in via small updates.
Thankyou to Kotl, Kotl helpers and players who have worked on bounties!
Ransack (DWG): Removed decorative, non-functioning guns. Primary APS ammo updated to incendiary, other minor updates. Adventure difficulty increased to 20-40 from 15-35.
Ennui (TG): Overhauled; still retains its original design concept but now with more modernized technology. Difficulties unchanged.
Lachesism (TG): New godly sub; a large weapons platform using PAC/APS with complementary spotter drones. Adventure difficulty 70-100.
Armageddon Protocol (SD): New godly plane; twin Velocity planes that deploy nukes capable of pursuing targets at any altitude, including underwater and in space. Adventure difficulty 60-100.
Updated Felix vehicle controller to be for air units.
Pulverizer (WF): Removed non-functional laser tracer, replaced with wireless snooper, added 1 extra GPP for 100% efficiency.
Conduit (LH): Updated with repair tentacles to handle build jobs.
Current (LH): Retired as Conduit now handles all its functions.
Gamma Squad (LH): New submarine, easy difficulty; a trio of PAC submarines. Adventure difficulty 20-40.
Aurora (SS): Fixed invisible glass on cockpit.
Novgorod (SS): Updated scuttling to properly scuttle when sitting on water.
Kobold (GT): Minor, generalized updates.
Wasp (GT): Fixed scuttling to properly scuttle when landing in water.
Hypernova (SD): Fixed a couple untethered decos.
O.C.P.L.A.C. (SD): Potential fix for spawning too high and failing to stabilize before hitting gravity.
Complementary nuke BP and singular version of the Velocity nuke carrier have been added to files.
Sinners Luck (DWG): New godly difficulty ship; large houseboat-style with a plethora of CRAM broadsiding. Adventure difficulty 20-40
Tug of War (DWG): New godly difficulty ship; large gun platform with a spinal-mounted, high RoF APS cannon. Adventure difficulty 20-40
Stronghold (OW): Firing restrictions set for turrets, tuned active defenses.
Warden (OW): Minor aesthetic updates.
Pontus (WF): Bugfixes from previous committal.
Firefly (LH): Retired, replaced by Thunderbolt (see below)
Gigawatt (LH): New hard difficulty ship; a large water skimmer with a plethora of weaponry. Adventure difficulty 55-75.
Skyscraper (LH): Aesthetic overhaul; this is a cosmetic building.
Thunderbolt (LH): New medium difficulty plane, replaces Firefly. Adventure difficulty 15-35
Tempest (LH): Updated with missile decos, improved laser efficiency, and reworked surge protector layout.
Asphodel (SS): Updated missile settings, improved armouring, redesigned radar dish somewhat
Balmung (SS): New hard difficulty ship; alongside Nothung (see below), replaces Rhea. Adventure difficulty 55-75
Cyclone (SS): Updated hydrofoils and fixed turning issues it may have had.
Nothung (SS): New hard difficulty ship; alongside Balmung, replaces Rhea. Adventure difficulty 55-75.
Reefshark (SS): Various fixes/improvements alongside changes to AI behaviour.
Rhea (SS): Retired, replaced by Balmung and Nothung.
Nimbus (GT): Updated missile interceptor parameters.
Onslaught (GT): Improved roll control.
Peacekeeper (GT): Now serves as the HQ for Tribe of the Iron Storm. Any other spawning of it has been removed.
Venator (GT): Overhauled, but still retains its difficulty levels. (Medium, adventure difficulty 45).
Crucible (SD): Fully retired, info removed from editor. BP remains in files.
Lepton (SD): Minor updates.
Davy Jones Outpost (DWG): Fixed some odd paint and refinery piping.
Smoker (DWG): Optimised AI connection (DWG economy saved)
Buzzsaw (WF): Saws should now spin properly.
Earth Raker (WF): Melee weapons should now spin properly.
Pontus (WF): Redesigned, now uses steam drills.
Black Current (SS): Fixed frontal VLS altitude restrictions.
Guernsey (SS): Greatly improved in terms of weaponry and aesthetics; should spawn in the water more appropriately to not smash into its spotter plane subvehicle.
Alchemist's Lair (GT): Adjusted scuttling.
Magnetar (SD): Added scuttling and speed metrics.
Fishing Hole (DWG): May be a repost of one that was previously submitted, but the fortress has been vastly overhauled.
Sinner's Outpost (DWG): Redesigned; this version has also replaced the version used in the DWG story missions. In turn, the duplicate Sea Cobra in those missions has been removed.
Halberd (OW): Fixed disconnected AI/detection pieces.
Stronghold (OW): Heavily updated; firepower focused back on CRAMs, slightly improved AA, reduced block/volume count slightly.
Warden (OW): Redesigned, but retains its original purpose.
Wrecker (WF): Redesigned and modernized; difficulties unchanged.
Amusement (TG): Redesigned; difficulties unchanged.
Euphoria (TG): Breadboard logic fix for PAC.
Impulse (TG): Breadboard logic fix for PAC.
Cherenkov (LH): Minor updates, should shoot itself less.
Conduit (LH): Redesigned, still remains a cargo craft.
Coulomb (LH): Redesigned, burst laser hydrofoil ship. Medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 40.
Aerotyrant (SS): Fixed hole in windshield.
Sacrilego (SS): Minor deco fix.
Stralsund (SS): Corrected missile interceptor receiving on wrong channel.
Watchman (SS): Redesigned; difficulties unchanged.
Crivetz (GT): Redesigned; medium difficulty.
Nimbus (GT): Redesigned; hard difficulty.
Pelekan (GT): Iron Pelican replacement; hard difficulty.
Pyre (GT): AI fixes.
Warbird (GT): Redesigned; medium difficulty, may increase in difficulty with future updates.
Casimir (SD): Redesigned; medium difficulty, adventure difficulty 16.
Lepton (SD): New SD drone, replaces Star Cry; hard difficulty, adventure difficulty 10.
- RZ descriptions for Quest for Neter have gotten some grammatical fixes.
- Removed Annotations from Kookie Kestrel, Peacebreaker, and TGS version of Ghost
Fixed scuttling for LH Cherenkov.
Updated scuttling for Sunfish and Monkey Barrel.
- Updated default Ghost with a more optimised shell.
- Added Ghost TGS variant to a new built-in folder.
- Attack on Conger MP mission actually spawns the Conger appropriately now.
Fishing Hole (DWG): Entirely redesigned, heavily improved in both functionality and aesthetics. It even has fish!
Veles (WF): Redesigned; a large, Zealot-style rammer with melee PACs and grinders. Hard difficulty, adventure difficulty unchanged.
Disgust (TG): Various LWC fixes, updated missiles.
Fear (TG): Overhauled with a new torso, major cosmetic updates.
Gravitas (TG): Added mainframes to shield plates.
Black Current (SS): Updated towed decoys to (hopefully) not get stuck, minor aesthetic updates
Bullshark (SS): Potential fix for missiles getting stuck.
Megalodon (SS): Air pumps should now always remain active.
Aardwolf (GT): Improved EMP protection, steam engines more efficient.
Hobgoblin (GT): Comprehensive overhaul to upgrade weaponry. Difficulties unchanged.
Iron Gate (GT): Entirely remade; hard difficulty, adventure difficulty unchanged.
Thunderclap (GT): Entirely remade; godly difficulty, adventure difficulty 80.
Venator (GT): Deco cleanup, EMP insulation improved, block optimization.
O.R.I.O.N. (SD): New small bombardment satellite using APS as its weaponry. Easy difficulty, adventure difficulty 20
Proctor (OW): Updated firing restrictions, should shoot itself less.
Cherenkov (LH): Slightly increased missile firepower, EMP routing protection improved, removed disconnected invisible missile gantries.
Asphodel (SS): Further updates to the recently-submitted version; I apparently forgot to commit this.
Bullshark (SS): Potential fix for missiles getting stuck.
- Player stock craft have been improved/stabilized and use the updated connection logic.
- Player stock aircraft (Kookie Kestrel, Peacebreaker) now have an ACB to set main drive to 100% at the start of the mission. This is to prevent possible nosediving/instability before the player can react.
- SM (story mission) designs are now using the updated connection logic. Most that used mimics have had those converted to deco, improving performance slightly by virtue of lower block count.
- Most if not all SM craft should now have more appropriate scuttling.
- Some SM craft had superfluous components that weren't needed for the missions (such as flares) and these have been cleaned up a bit, which should improve performance on some missions. Note that there may still be a few flares and such.
- SM craft using APS have had some range restrictions applied in some cases to reduce the likelihood of a cheap shot ruining the mission.
- Most SM ships now desire a shorter broadside range for engagement, should help improve interaction.
- Material allowance for most missions and par times for a few missions have been adjusted a bit.
- Some spawns in missions have been made a little closer to improve interaction time, others have different spawn locations for follow-up waves to make it less likely for them to spawn on/adjacent to the player.
- DWG mission Cargo Calamity now has 3 Shrikes in its second wave rather than 2 Shrikes and a Felix.
- SS mission Martyrdom now has an additional Martyr in the last wave.
- New mission version of the Allegiance to replace the original version in the SS mission A Prowler's Torment. No actual changes aside from the aforementioned range adjustments.
- New mission version of the Chorus to replace the Retarius in the SS mission A Hornet's Memoir. This version is heavily altered to use propellers instead of jets, and missiles also adjusted. Other superfluous parts not needed for story missions was also removed. The mission also features another Harpoon in the second wave.
- New mission version of the Catshark added to replace original version in the mission; turns out it could just solo the SS mission Breakneck Blitz if it wasn't unlucky so I had to nerf it a bit to be slower, no LAMS, less RoF on guns, and one less L torpedo. It still nearly solos the dang mission, might look to nerf the shells next if necessary.
- SS mission Circuit Breaker now has an improved coal factory that shouldn't be buried partially into the ground, and by virtue, also more durable. There's also another Felix bomber, and the distance that the DWG units need to travel has also been increased.
- SS mission Ace Combat has another Drake that spawns with the Piraiba, and there will now be reinforcement waves. These craft aren't necessary to kill but ignore them at your own risk; they'll pile in before you know it!
Accuser (WF): New Priest-style APS tank. Adventure difficulty 25-85
Acolyte (WF): New Priest-style PAC tank. Adventure difficulty 20-80
Pariah (WF): New Zealot-style APS tank. Adventure difficulty 30-100
Ravager (WF): Overhauled, Priest-style APS tank. Adventure difficulty 25-100
Reaver (WF): Overhauled, Zealot-style command tank. Adventure difficulty 20-80
Karambit (DWG): New Sand Scorpions autocannon tank; adventure difficulty 25.
Khopesh (DWG): Reduced adventure difficulty.
Shotel (DWG): New Sand Scorpions tank destroyer, replaces Taipan. Adventure difficulty 45.
Pilgrim (WF): Added repair tentacles so it can actually do repair jobs.
Saviour (WF): Decoration update.
Slayer (WF): Decoration update.
Beholder (WF): Redesigned, priest-style elite tank.
Forsaken (WF): Redesigned, zealot-style standard tank.
Inferno (WF): New zealot-style tank.
Pilgrim (WF): Redesigned, cargo tank.
Rapture (WF): Redesigned, zealot-style tank.
Salvation (WF): New priest-style tank.
Smite (WF): Redesigned, zealot-style suicide tank.
Hadron (SE): Renamed to "Thor".
Jackal (SE): Fixed IFF connection.
Orion (SE): Renamed to "Janus".
Harasser (WF): Entirely remade; an armoured car using a flamethrower and a deployable nuke. Adventure difficulty 30
- Fixed an issue where an archived design was still in a pre-deployed SS fleet. Fixed for both versions of the campaign.
Fixes: APS, APS ammo intakes are checked more frequently, reducing inaccuracy at low calibers in cases where intakes are the throughput limit. APS, Fixed builtin shells created by the client not showing up at the host in multiplayer games. Steam, Fixed steam crank generators conn
Fixes:
APS, [BUGS-3940] [BUGS-4144] APS ammo intakes are checked more frequently, reducing inaccuracy at low calibers in cases where intakes are the throughput limit.
APS, Fixed builtin shells created by the client not showing up at the host in multiplayer games.
Steam, [BUGS-4137] Fixed steam crank generators connecting even when placed at a 90° rotation.