Our first major content update for Early Access is here! The first part of the campaign and additional single player content accompanies a host of improvements.
New Content and Features
- Added Book 1 of the campaign mode featuring 5 missions.
- Campaign missions support in-mission save and load.
- Two of the heroes are available to be unlocked in the current missions. If you also unlock the achievement, you will receive an alternate art version.
- Added Trials mode with 10 trials. Trials are set game scenarios with special rules.
- Trials have set rewards. Any Glyphs you already own the max of will be converted to Bits when awarded so you can obtain something else.
- A top score is recorded (completion time or point value depending on the situation) and displayed in the Trial selection screen.
- As with the campaign, more Trials will be added as we move closer to release.
- Added a Survival variant of the Stygian map.
- It is now possible to save and restore camera positions during a match. (Default binds: Ctrl+Numpad 2/4/6/8 to save, Numpad 2/4/6/8 to restore)
- There is now a short sequence at the beginning of matches where the Harbinger appears and creates the initial Projection unit, giving players a little more time to get oriented.
- Added additional team colors for Custom Matches.
Fixes/Improvements
- Higher difficulty AI are now more responsive in giving newly created squads proper orders.
- AI now has special handling and tactics for stealth units.
- Improved AI behavior when it has a hand full of Glyphs that aren't useful in the current situation.
- Fixed a bug that prevented Pulse Cannons from automatically ugprading when an untargetable structure is nearby (such as the force fields in Colossus)
- Fixed a bug that caused an unintended 62 FPS cap.
- Fixed a bug where structures that were recently destroyed could still be selected.
- Fixed a bug where if the Mimic cloned a unit under the effects of a control change Tech, the Mimic's controller would change as well.
- Improved unit pathing and reach detection when moving large groups.
- Fixed melee units ordered to attack a building that get knocked back sometimes not re-engaging.
- When playing a solo AI match, if the human player dies, the game now ends immediately without waiting for the AI competition to resolve.
- When an enemy Harbinger remains visible and unmoving, the UI will no longer generate a repeated ping alert and will hold off until the situation actually changes (enemy moves significantly or visibility is lost and restored)
- Fixed a bug that caused the AI to mis-evaluate the strength of certain special units such as the Super Destroyer.
- Fixed a UI issue where when running fullscreen with the Windows Task Bar assigned to a position other than the bottom of the screen, the cursor would be offset.
- Fixed a bug where the game save data couldn't be accessed (load or save) when Steam is in offline mode.
- Glyphs in the Collection are now sorted alphabetically except for new unviewed Glyphs which display first.
- Fixed enemy units in Survival not using unit special abilities.
- Cipher: Removed a 1 second cooldown on its basic attack that caused unintuitive behavior.