This update is also only accessible by switching to our Experimental branches (instructions on how to do so here) - although please be aware they have slower load times and worse performance than normal builds due to the extra logging they contain!
This is a quick update intended to fix many of the most serious stability / game issues reported in Milestone 5, plus a few other relatively quick fixes for more minor issues. We'll release another hotfix later this week, so please keep reporting any bugs you encounter!
Gameplay Changes:
- The Panic penalty for completing a UFO Crash Site after that UFO type has been delegated has been replaced with an Operations Point cost, which ranges from 35 (Scout) to 120 (Harvester) - hopefully this helps the system feel more like a cost than an outright punishment.
- This penalty is now displayed in red text rather than green text.
- Request Alloys and Request Alenium strategic operations are now only available from Phase 2 onwards.
- The cost of a strategic operation now renders on one line when hovering over the button.
- Updated the roadmap UI element to reflect the new content added in Milestone 5.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed certain tactical missions hanging on the loading screen at 90% loaded (this was due to map corruption and affected the Boreal, Farm, and Western Town biomes).
- Fixed a crash that would occur when the Scout UFO Delegation popup should appear - most frequently this would occur after the Funding Report on Day 60, but could also occur when a dropship returns to base after finishing a Scout UFO mission.
- Fixed a crash that would occur whenever a UFO or mission containing a Sebillian Elite would spawn on the Geoscape (due to a corrupted unit loadout).
- Fixed tactical mission saves becoming corrupted as soon as a civilian had evacuated from the map (sadly this doesn't fix the corrupted saves, but it will stop the corruption happening in future).
- Fixed a crash that would occur if you blew up an enemy unit on a roof with grenades.
- Fixed the Raise Funds strategic operation not working correctly.
- Fixed Engineer Supporters incorrectly displaying text saying they boosted Research project speed (rather than Engineering project speed).
- Fixed The General providing +10 Cleaner Network Progress if captured during the first mission, causing the UI for the Network Progress to appear when it should not. Instead, he now reduces Doomsday by -10.
- Fixed the player needing to pay monthly wages for the 15 soldiers in the recruitment pool.
- Fixed a Cleaner soldier incorrectly surviving a sniper shot during the tutorial.
- Fixed a Cleaner incorrectly killing your soldier with reaction fire during the retreat at the end of the tutorial.
- Fixed the game showing a Unity logo splash screen instead of the Goldhawk / Hooded Horse logos.