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!
The build fixes a couple of quite serious bugs from 5.10.0 around troops getting stuck in the Airborne state after the UOO mission, and the game repeatedly crashing on save once the strategic operations get into a particular state. However, in both cases, you'll need to roll back to a previous save before the bugs appeared in your game - these fixes stop campaigns getting broken, but they can't fix saves that have already got into a broken state!
Gameplay Changes - Strategy:
- Added a pop-up notification when the aliens recruit an Infiltrator.
- Added a pop-up notification that triggers when you recruit all supporters in a region and receive a region bonus.
- Added a Symbiote Autopsy research project with artwork and all other related things (e.g. the Corpse Analysis project etc).
- Added research text for the Singularity Core research project. This should mean that all research projects in the game now have text.
- Reduced the "interception radius" of units on the Geoscape, meaning they need to get closer to one another to initiate combat. Coupled with another fix, this should help address the problem where UFOs attacking bases on the coast never trigger "Trail Until Over Land" combat.
- Visually updated the Geoscape buttons that launch the UOO missions and Operation Endgame, and the Rush Replace aircraft button.
- The Operation Endgame button should now spawn immediately after the Operation Endgame research is finished (rather than 10 minutes later in-game).
- Added tooltips to the Recruit Supporter, Eliminate Supporter, Region Bonus and Operations Point elements.
- Updated various autopsies to better display the weapons of units with integrated weapons (e.g. Mentarch).
Gameplay Changes - Tactical:
- The doors in the underground military base maps (Xenonaut Base Defence, ATLAS Base, Cleaner Base) no longer autoclose and can now be operated like normal doors.
- You can now click outside the Tactical Inventory screen to accept the changes and close the panel.
- Fixed the missing shadow on the crashed Battleship UFO hull in the tactical combat.
- MARS Smoke Launcher now has sound / visual effects that are more appropriate for a smoke launcher.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed a crash that would occur on save in certain circumstances on the Geoscape.
- Fixed units being stuck in the Airborne state when returning from the UOO missions (you'll need to load a save from during or before the UOO mission to fix this issue in existing campaigns, as this fix can't fix saves that are already broken).
- Fixed a bug where loading a tactical save could make UFOs briefly appear with black boxes and shroud errors.