Hello Riders, This is a major update featuring a new AI team and numerous other updates in preparation for the implementation of new stage type.

Gameplay

• Rework units spawner: increase total units per team to 60, also limit units per tier
• Added ability to Disassemble and Enhance weapons.
• Added Prestige button to reset all progress after all galaxies completed.
• Rebalance all guns - legendary minigun is quite similar to any other gun of common rarity.
• Increased chance of rare guns with progress
• Tweaked gun mods: nerf damage mods, tweak explosive ammo radius. Roll only one gun in Mod Install window by default.
• Reworked Mortario boss.
• Added multiple explosion packs to AI DistantExplosions module; make bosses spawn multi-stage explosions
• Reworked Space-Station: now it can be destroyed and so the related mission (capturing/defending) fails. Reworked station capture progress bar.
• Update Stage rewards on Map when there are no items left in given category
• Added Repair module.
• Added combat saw unit node.
• Made common drones affected by EMP/hack effects. Removed EMP/hack resists from all common units for now.
• Apply temporary EMP effect to player when go out of stage bounds
• Reduced screen shake from explosions. Added rotational camera shake, also consider distance of shake source from camera.
• Made player invincible after triggering stage portal
• Reduced base radius of Cargo Hook to 2.5 from 4
• Tweaked Proximity scanner to ping with max rate only when very close to Intel area
• Removed Armor module from player's upgrades; RP is refunded if Player has researched it.
• Tweaked loot drops; Scale stage time from 60 seconds to 2.5 minutes with galaxy progression.
• Added conditions to different missions to appear only from/until certain galaxy progress.
• Updated station rank by galaxy progress.
• Reduced Repair pack drop base chance to 60%, but reduce fall-off btw galaxies.
• Added 'damage resist' labels and damage labels for fire effect.
• Increased density of conditions in the generated map.
• Added reset tutorials.
• Added audio transitions to AudioPlayer.
• Optimized destruction of composite objects, Dissolve all sprites on node with multiple sprites.

AI

• Added AI grapple module
• Added move-around-target AI mode.
• Added AI unit with Repair module (it repairs its allies around).
• AI fixed powerUPs order in case multiple powers present of aim- and non-aim types
• AI: Kamikadze units will not explode if the target has left the explosion radius.
• Added an extra chance check when spawning Kamikadze units.
• Fixed calculation of AI shooting pause.
• Reworked rank system for AI units.
• AI/Testing: added Play Bot to automate play testing. Render charts to visualize Play test stats over galaxy progress. Link: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2539090/view/5713445657758755531

Graphics/UI

• Redesign all units, added movement trails and unit destroy VFX
• Added Charge module VFX
• Updated Research screen layout.
• Made dust particles Lit
• Added parallax mode to use player's body position instead of camera's position.
• Improved clarity of progress bar module.
• Updated loading screen hints
• Increased camera speed on Map and Research screens.
• Shortened rarity titles in gun install window diffs.

Bugfixes

• (!) Player obtained immunity (on current stage) to kinetic damage after receiving certain amount of kinetic damage
• Fixed: sometimes damage labels can be seen in the wrong position in the 1st frame after spawn.
• Fixed end position of laser line in some cases of unit scaling
• Added more error handling for Collect-Intel missions
• Disabled movement in the first phase of Tutorial
• Fixes: anomalies amount starts from max value sometimes (not increasing gradually)
• UI: make inventory window re-focus last item when context menu is closed