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Version 0.9.17 Released

Here is the first post-release update.

The main change is the addition of four new missions towards the end of the single-player campaign: Clear, Factory, Rescue & Last Stand. Now there are 20 missions total. In addition to the missions there are a number of potential bug fixes and cosmetic changes.

Next up is Steam Achievements (if possible), plus more cosmetic changes.


Current Version: 0.9.17 (23rd November 2015)

Known Issues:
* Steam Overlay can sometimes cause some macs to hang on startup - need to disable Overlay
* One report of regular crashes, as yet unable to replicate - fixed?
* Sometimes the mouse jumps into distance preview mode during a Play Phase, as yet unable to consistently replicate - might be fixed in 0.9.17

Immediate Roadmap:
* Steam Achievements
* Look again at the tutorial
* Online improvements
* More randomized skirmishes?
* Balance/AI suggestions/feedback?
* Display component stats on tooltip?
* Performance enhancements?
* More missions?

0.9.16 (12th November 2015) -> 0.9.17 (23rd November 2015)
* Caught missed situations in Decode & Burglary scripting
* Updated component description text
* Make Loadout stats flash colour on load/unload & increased font size
* Only depreview mouse pointer if in preview mode
* Remove = gap in some < or > conditional tests
* Codebreaker in Decode now only targets drones
* Added text to say the 'F' key is for focus (as well as center) & the station in Layers has shields & the codebreaker has a jammer
* Position noise markers better on focus buttons (esp. for 1920 resolutions)
* Position "ALT+mouse" hint better (esp. for 1920 resolutions)
* Fix bug where drones launched from stations had no texture applied
* Fix bug where a corrupted .dat file (how did that happen?) can cause TurnPlayTime out of bounds and break the game
* Fix bug where use of the loadout filter may cause filtered components to be reused in the loadout grid causing the grid to act strangely
* Fix bug where replaying a turn in which a stacked entity is first detected and becomes Categorised or better causes crash
* Make it possible to skip the first two (introductory) missions
* Added 4 new SP missions: Clear, Factory, Rescue, Last Stand
* Remove SSL to speed online communication (no secret information is transmitted for Steam users)
* Force garbage collection during display of phase markers