Hi All,
Update #15 is a smaller update that brings tactical pause to the campaign, new voice lines for Inquisitress and Kraegar, more dynamic campaign mission music, and long list of bug fixes.
Thank you very much for your bug reports and feedback! :)
This post includes the full October 5 hotfix changelog, which went out in game but was not posted on Steam.
Changelog: Update #15
New
- Campaign now has a tactical pause in the top bar. While paused you can queue orders, and aim abilities.
- Inquisitress and Kraegar have many new voice lines for commands and abilities
- Some campaign missions now use dynamic music that reacts to combat and mission events
- Added new sfx to commando, titan and iron-wing
- Added separate game speed settings for Campaign and Co-op
- Anrubic commander units now have their own hotkey customization
- The Xol Harvester now has its own customizable hotkey entry
Improvements
- Locked Trinity briefings now show orders text instead of mission details
- Boss progress and health bars now render below HUD tooltips
- Quick-tap cinematic skip is now more reliable on pre-rendered videos
- Armor in the unit UI can now display decimals
- Weapon range now better represents minimum-range weapons
- Temporary mind control is now handled separately from permanent conversion
- Siege Mech leash behavior has been adjusted in Walkers of War
- Rebalanced and normalized many sounds, including music, unit sfx, and voice lines
- Updated unit and weapon hit effects
- Improved Windows DX12 pipeline cache preparation to reduce shader hitching
- Host replay uploads now retry more reliably after match end
- Updated campaign, settings and matchmaking text in multiple languages
PvE Balance
- Shadowtide's Dimensional Anchor can no longer be attacked by players
- Strider can now carry Arandi Phoenix Guard
- Arandi Judgement, Valkaru Mortar Brute and the Galactic War Endari Devourer can no longer be loaded into Strider
- Valkaru Cannoneer and Brute ground-impact shots now pass through units and explode on terrain
- Galactic War: Heart of Conflict scoring has been rebalanced between objective wins and Harvester kills
Bugfixes
- FIXED Some Vynthra units did not receive the Tier 2 Infuse bonus
- FIXED Galavax's Consecrated Conduit did not refresh its cost after canceling an upgrade
- FIXED Weapons with zero accuracy, such as dummy weapons, could deal damage
- FIXED Buildings could load units before construction was complete
- FIXED Valkaru Cannoneers engaged in melee instead of respecting their minimum range
- FIXED Galactic War: Anrubic Assimilate could target other friendly units and structures
- FIXED Galactic War: Hatun had the wrong weapon range
- FIXED Teleport destinations could end up too far from the target inside large ravines
- FIXED Relayed Xol units could land on unreachable high ground, and canceling a relay now drops units on valid nearby ground
- FIXED Pickups did not work on some maps
- FIXED The versus Molten Core tooltip was wrong
- FIXED Valkaru Brute tooltips did not show damage per shot and showed the wrong splash range
- FIXED Ironwing's upgraded Barrage did not use its new weapon and showed the wrong debuff visuals
- FIXED Xol Replicate startup visibility, decal placement and replicated material issues, including on replicated ships
- FIXED Xol Recall and Molten Core visuals did not show correctly for other players
- FIXED Defiant units spun while stunned
- FIXED Synapse healing did not work correctly on all variants, including campaign
- FIXED The Roller laser beam flickered
- FIXED Chronowarper beam visuals pointed at the wrong location after teleporting while sieged
- FIXED Enemy Resonator healing range decals were visible to opponents
- FIXED Co-op extraction roads and some decals ignored creep and fog visibility
- FIXED Some hit effects appeared detached from unit and structure bodies
- FIXED Hair shadow flicker in the Whalesong cinematic
- FIXED An audio issue with the Xol Catalyst Laser ability
Changelog: October 5 Hotfix
New
- Added new Galactic War leader talking heads for Vynthra and the Inquisitress
- Startup now warns if a previous crash may have been caused by corrupted game files
Improvements
- Overlapping creep types no longer leave neutral gaps
- The galaxy menu now adapts better to smaller and narrower screens
- Reduced expensive real-time shadowing on units and many match-map lights
- Zilkara now uses the Vynthra portrait in campaign dialogue
- Improved the Ordained dialogue portrait with higher-detail textures
- Added season banner artwork support to more Galactic War screens
- Filled in more missing translations across supported languages
Balancing
- Xol World Forge costs more (100/100 to 150/150) and its aura is temporarily disabled
- Xol World Forge talent now doubles Army Upgrade effectiveness instead of unlocking tier-2 progression
- Spectron now has shorter range, slower attacks and reduced max bonus damage
- Anrubic Grapple and enemy-target Merge deal less damage
- Replicate costs more on non-Xol targets and can no longer target Scouting Drones
- Resonator has less range while carrying a Spectron
- Xol Catalyst Big Splash slow now behaves correctly and received follow-up tuning
- Xol can no longer build on enemy creep
- Grell Seedlings now only count allied Grell home creep
Bugfixes
- FIXED A crash when clicking links in War info and news screens
- FIXED A crash during heavy combat caused by vision and target scanning
- FIXED Several crashes and stability issues around instant research, DOT effects and turret cleanup
- FIXED A crowd-movement path update crash
- FIXED A rare host freeze or crash from failed random point selection during mutator events
- FIXED Mission 2 progression could get stuck
- FIXED The Versus Tutorial objective to kill the Grell wave could not be completed
- FIXED Solo surrender entered a spectate state instead of exiting the match
- FIXED The Juggernaut failed to attack enemies extremely close behind or beside it
- FIXED Arandi's free Harvester could push you over the Harvester cap
- FIXED Skyclutch unlocked the Elderwomb instead of the Incubator
- FIXED The Sunder Missile tooltip was wrong
- FIXED The Sunder Missile radius upgrade granted movement speed to Ironwing
- FIXED The Cataclyst Ground Ripper ability used the wrong hotkey. It can now be rebound
- FIXED Wall segments did not spawn between placed pillars
- FIXED Wall segments were placed at the wrong angle in some spots
- FIXED The Xol Resonator model did not show for other players after construction finished
- FIXED Xol World Engine issues near a Hexite Pit on Echis Point
- FIXED Building tooltips did not show discounted costs
- FIXED Scrollbars in several Galactic War map menus
- FIXED Match found flashing the game on the taskbar when the game is unfocused
- FIXED Galaxy map controls became unresponsive after closing the settings menu
- FIXED A display issue with the Xol Hero Merge cooldown and availability after first use
- FIXED Galactic War: The Anrubic World Forge research-slot upgrade did not update for other players
- FIXED Galactic War: Anrubic Resonators could not load T2 units for other players after the unlock was researched
- FIXED Galactic War: Anrubic Spectron Blink removed the Assimilate tag from units that already had it
- FIXED Blurry visuals on Windows systems using display scaling
- FIXED Profile pictures sometimes downloaded again when entering the Galactic War map and slowed performance
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