We're happy to announce version 2.39.0 which is live on Steam right now. Changelog below and also on our Website

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Changelog:

Features

• Major overhaul to the visibility system that drives the networked information used by the mini-map (and in-game visibility of entities).

  • For more information see the detailed write-up here. https://www.empiresmod.com/posts/visibility-system-overhaul/

• Updated the resource income display on the HUD and mini-map:

  • Resource delta and income values now show up to two decimal places when appropriate (e.g. a refinery output of 1.75 will now display as-is, instead of rounding to 1.8).

  • Decimal places are hidden entirely if the value is a whole number.

  • Slightly increased the width of the top-right HUD panel to accommodate the extra digits.

  • Resource delta now uses a moving average of changes over the last 1 second, instead of displaying changes instantly and clearing them after 1 second. This change was made in response to player feedback that the numbers were updating too frequently and were distracting.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a server crash relating to the command vehicle being unexpectedly removed.

• Fixed a server crash relating to maps that spawn buildings without an initial team being set.

• Fixed a bug with capture points awarding victory to the incorrect team.

• Fixed a problem with ablative armor’s HUD icon. The VTF texture file became corrupt due to an issue in the build pipeline that publishes the game.

• Fixed a bug where the Biological Machine Gun’s damage-over-time effect was being unintentionally reduced by armor angle modifiers.

Script/Game Balance

Infantry Weapons

• SMG3 (NF Heavy Carbine)

  • Damage reduced from 32 to 30

  • Minimal Damage reduced from 18 to 14

  • FalloffEnd reduced from 10000 to 5000

  • Clip Size increased from 12 to 14

  • Reduced overall accuracy

Vehicle Armors

• Adjusted the angle modifier range from 0–45° to 0–60°. Damage now decreases more gradually, reaching the full reduction only at impact angles greater than 60°. The modifier is used by all armor types, most notably Deflective armor.

• Regenerative

  • Increased Regeneration from 3/s to 4/s

• Absorbant

  • Increased Speed to Damage Reduction from -0.00007 to -0.0001

• Capacitive

  • Reduced Damage to Heat from 0.05 to 0.02

  • Reduced Speed to Damage Modifier from 0.000035 to 0 Ablative

  • Increased Damage to Heat from 0 to 0.01

    • This is something all armors have, it was forgotten until now

• Deflective

  • Reduced Angle Modifier Damage Reduction from 1 to 0.8

Vehicle Engines

• Engine heat from driving input is now only applied if handbrake is off and the vehicle is moving.

  • This has been changed to combat Fission engine cooling being applied while stationary. (Handbrake or driving against walls etc.)

• Fission

  • Reduced Heat at Max from -4 to -3

• Bio Diesel

  • Increased Cooling by 0.25

• 3 Phase

  • Reduced Heat Output at Max from 4 to 3

Vehicle Weapons

• Nuclear Warhead

  • Increased Weight from 150 to 180

  • Increased Heat from 75 to 100

• Railgun

  • Added armor penetration. 20% of damage will ignore armor. (Calculated after damage multipliers and armor resistances.)

• Salvo Homing Missiles

  • Heat from 5 to 4

Other changes

• Explosions that apply heat or biological damage-over-time now reduce effects based on distance to the explosion (falloff).

• Reduced the rate at which the repair station repairs the armor and hull of command vehicles.

  • Reduced Repair Station Repair (Hull) from 75 to 5

  • Reduced Repair Station Repair (Armor) from 0.25 to 0.025