The Machine adapts, and so do its enemies. SuperCruisers are no longer mindlessly locking onto younow, they patrol, linger, and wait. Meanwhile, rebels have developed a sense of restraint (no more attacking stray animals), and your bulk androids will no longer mistake the Rebel Alliance for a threat. Elsewhere, resource production no longer locks up when storage is full, revenge squads are a little less apocalyptic in Chapter One, and some particularly confused building ghosts have been given clearer instructions. For those suffering from existential crises, contemplation of intrinsic thoughts is now actually available. Theres plenty more under the hood heres whats changed. [quote]"You adapt, evolve, compete, or die. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman[/quote]

Building the Machine

Update 8 Changelog

• Intrusive Thoughts contemplation: Fixed an issue where this was not properly available in the prior build.
• Tooltip cleanup for completed projects: The requirements section is no longer shown, as it was inaccurately displaying current information for completed projects.
• Rebel Anthroneuroweave project: Fixed a bug where being at cap on Anthroneuroweave would prevent this project from properly completing.
• Seeking Meeting With Shell Company text: Clarified wording: "Time to get out a PMC Impostor and have it pretend to be a human contractor."
• Offscreen unit deaths: Fixed a bug where units that died offscreen were momentarily displaying their burning remains in the center of the map.
• SecForce SuperCruisers movement logic: No longer beelines directly toward you, which previously caused odd patterns that made them seem like they were spawning on top of you. They now patrol the map, shooting at any of your units or buildings they see.
• SecForce SuperCruisers engagement logic: Occasionally, they will directly pursue your units or other enemies. If you engage in an action-over-time event (such as an investigation), they will specifically move to harass those units. Ironically, by making them less aggressive, they have become more of a persistent threat.
• Nice Alterations contemplation: No longer available if the related NPC is dead.
• Resource production chains: Having both excess storage and surplus of a resource will no longer block production chains. This issue was notably affecting cotton but could impact other resources as well.
• Wealth income fixes: Fixed an issue where Wealth income from deals (e.g., selling BrainPals) was not properly applied.
• Building ghost snapping: Snapping logic, introduced last update, is now less aggressive (as per player feedback). Added a new setting allowing players to adjust the sensitivity or turn it off entirely.
• Rebel behavior adjustments: Rebels will no longer attack helpless animals.
• TPS Reports storage warnings: Fixed an issue where too many reports were complaining about lack of storage when it was not actually relevant (e.g., with cotton).
• Unit order standardization: Units in the sidebar now follow a consistent order, matching their organization in other menus. Previously, the order was essentially random.
• Error Prevention: Hardened the [noparse]CalculateIsValidTargetForMachineStructureRightNow()[/noparse] method against rare threading issues that could cause exceptions shortly after building deaths.
• Rendering exception fix: Fixed a rare threading exception that could occur during rendering when buildings were destroyed.
• PMC Revenge units: Dramatically weaker in Chapter One to prevent them from being game-endingly difficult for new players. Also now weak-from-above in general, making them easier to deal with at any time.
• Codebreakers during Probe The Titan: Fixed an issue where having Codebreakers too early could prevent project completion. The project now correctly considers both decrypted and encrypted data.
• Mental energy cost on weapons: Fixed an issue where weapons adding a mental energy cost were mistakenly applying that cost to bulk androids. This was causing bulk androids to fire sporadically, depending on how much mental energy was available.
• Consumable item effectiveness upgrades: Now explicitly explain their effects.
• Military Batteries: Repair Spiders, Repair Crabs, Contraband Scanners, and Neuroweave Factories now all have battery backups that prevent them from going offline when your electricity is below baseline. This helps players in a bad situation not be softlocked by roaming bands of enemies.

Full Changelog

Guides to Tame the Machine

• Aggro, Awareness, and Alarms
• How to Improve Engineering
• Should I Restart If I Skipped to the Final Doom?

New Minds, Start Here

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