Winter Planetary Update

New content

• New planet in Skirmish mode with three large maps
• New colorful Crystal biome
• The main gameplay theme for the maps: Gates and keys! There's up to eight different colored pairs of gates and key generators
• One of the maps has a new victory condition: hold a base for a given period of time
• Added modified versions of a couple of existing maps now with 6 and 8 players (you can find these under custom scenarios)
• Two new neutral units will now appear on the maps: Apex and Primal Pylon
• Added Movement Node map object that refills commander's movement points

Features and improvements

• The Swordmaster building now gives the choice of which of commander's attributes to level up
• Status effects on units in combat now display the remaining duration in the unit info panel
• Added more info about units which transform during different phases of the day-night cycle to the unit info panel
• Added an indicator to highlight commanders bypassing turrets, cybersnares and other hazards thanks to their Scout skill
• Added the "switch commander to training mode" button also to the active commander button on the right
• It's now possible to change starting factions and commanders in the scenario menus with the mouse wheel
• Switched the "build for a fusion core" button in base building catalog panels from gold to white
• Camera now follows commanders traveling between bases to their destination
• Mining probes now indicate they have a production limit of 20 turns
• Added numbers to the Black Market UI to show how many items of each kind a commander has to sell
• Added support for custom tooltips on static map objects, like the shuttle in the Fossorian campaign
• When a low level commander has full skill slots, higher level skills show in the level up dialog instead
• Added a custom message to Liberator's special attack tooltip when there are no targets
• Range of buried worms gets displayed when holding shift
• Added custom texts for the retreat button when retreating is not available
• Factions of neutral bases in scenarios/skirmish maps get randomized when starting a new game
• AI now sells extra items in markets
• Improved use of the Scout skill by AI commanders

Community translations

• Brazilian Portuguese is now the third community-translated language in the game!
• Updated Hungarian and Russian translations with texts for this update

Fixes

• Fixed a couple of sneaky memory leaks
• AI commanders could get killed due to multiple threats on a tile
• AI commanders could get stuck on getting scouting bonus from building
• Fixed when AI siege defender had only melee units in loopholes, they didn't charge
• Fixed stack status effect preview on Meatboys was breaking the 'special' button tooltip
• Fixed when units go outside of shield and attack a Saw-ty, the Saw-ty retaliated against the shield even though the attacker is already outside
• Fixed Saw-ty pre-retaliation when attacked from a loophole
• Fixed a rare bug with overlapping units and objects on the world map flickering
• Fixed Regenerate ability at level 2 cost 1/10th of what it should have
• Fixed empty object preview in the dialog panel when re-opening a visited building by a commander that's out of frame by moving the camera to them first
• Fixed war machines couldn't be picked up after dropping one unit to a slot and then placing the rest of the moved stack
• Fixed trading buildings at some bases did cost other resources than coins, a possible soft lock in player progression
• Fixed dead units stuck with with white flash in auto combat
• Fixed retreated commanders were given the 'dead' flag, sometimes causing a player to be defeated too early
• Fixed a few sounds playing from the darkness during AI player turns
• Fixed random units on some maps always spawning as their upgraded versions, limiting variety
• Fixed inventory slots stuck as disabled once their item was once shown as disabled after encountering a supercharged cloud
• Fixed teleports on the map were becoming visible in the fog of war too early
• Disabled dangerous objects, traps and turrets getting triggered by commanders at nearby bases
• Fixed remembered armies in the orbital fog of war layer lost after load
• Fixed orbital layer showing editor random item markers when viewed after scenario start
• Fixed layout of objectives was sometimes a bit wonky after a new objective replaced one of the existing ones
• Fixed combat manuals and datascrolls giving movement bonus when picked up
• Fixed building biofarms on biofarm veins could block some neighboring tiles
• Hopefully fixed units artifacting on certain HW configurations on Linux

Known issues

• While we've been working on optimization, the AI turns are still relatively slow on the 6+8 player maps or the biggest maps with open layouts