cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md

# XX May 2024
## Post-Acropolis #1 // May Royal Invitational

This patch will include bugfixes, audiovisual improvements, and balance changes.

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We are still hunting for desyncs! Please submit your critical logs to cm-issues on [our Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/s5SKBmY).

## Patch summary
This massive update to Cosmonarchy brings with it many new features, including:
- Much improved minimap scaling, c. DarkenedFantasies
- Preferred colors config option, c. Veeq7
- A new fledgling game mode, Uprising, commissioned by Btyb

We are also bringing you a myriad of stability and bugfixes, with highlights including:
- Fewer desyncs and crashes! Thanks for all the reports!
- Improved AI handling for scenarios with custom layouts (e.g. tutorials), c. Veeq7
- A fix for decolliding units still being able to process orders, like attack, c. DF

A menagerie of balance adjustments are coming in hot! Here are the big ones:
- The time costs of Fulcrum addons have dropped, and some tier 1 units have been given some love
- Key lategame Protoss production is now markedly more expensive
- The Optecton, Demiurge, and Clarion have received significant changes
- The Hydralisk has lots its armor penetration, in exchange for the Vorvrokor and Nathrokor gaining 1 armor rend

Lastly, we have loads of improvements to our audiovisuals! Among these are:
- A whole host of new reads for passives and weapons
- New models for the Hierophant and Optecton
- New unit responses for the Patriarch
- The arrival of the banter system (currently used for Eidolon, Hierophant, and Patriarch)

Cosmonarchy is firmly in the best spot it's ever been, and we intend to keep pushing that milestone further forward! Keep your feedback rolling in as we shift our sights onto team games and singleplayer content for the next little while. GG!
- Pr0nogo

## Internals
- Cleaned up sound randomization, resolving some desyncs
- Prospectively fixed 'debug' being the default game mode on first run (c. DF)
- Overhauled trigger system for custom maps (c. Veeq7)

## General
- **Minimap**:
	- Minimap sizes are now scaled more granularly (c. DF)
	- Minimap camera now updates much more swiftly (c. DF)
- **Config**:
	- **New:** preferred colors! (c. Veeq7)
		- Specify a list of preferred player colors, common or per race
		- Set 'shuffle' to 'true' to randomly receive a color
		- Colors are only selected if available on a given tileset
		- In the event of preference conflicts between players, the lower player ID gets the color
- **Game modes**:
	- **NEW:** Uprising (commisioned by Btyb)
		- Neutral hostile camps appear at unoccupied expansions on map start.
		- **Very WIP!**

## Computer AI
- **Priorities**:
	- Slightly increase Zerg tech priorities
	- Set addon priorities to be 1 less than factory priorities, prospectively resolving a Terran softlock
- **Kiting logic**:
	- No longer runs for Dilettantes

## Bugfixes
- **Stability**:
	- Resolved three rare nullsprite crashes (r. climois, lolrsk8s, and Krankendau)
	- Fixed an issue where building placement and targeting states were not cleared when selection changed, causing bad UX and rare crashes (c. Veeq7)
	- Fixed potential randomseed issues with certain ability casts
- **Gameplay**:
	- Units which need to decollide are now prohibited from processing orders (c. DF)
	- Rally points attached to units are now cleared if the unit exits vision (r. Hupsaiya)
	- Improved performance of Zoryusthaleth Swarming Omen (c. Veeq7)
	- Cancelling gas caps no longer prevents harvesting in certain circumstances (r. Hamster)
	- Konvilisk and Cherbrathalor attacks can no longer bounce more than once (r. lolrsk8s)
	- Crushing Tide attacks are now properly capped at 3 targets, from 4 (r. lolrsk8s)
	- Disconnecting from Quarries now cancels any units queued at the Quarry (r. The Shambler)
	- Disconnecting from Lodestones no longer unloads their cargo (r. Londier)
	- Strigas no longer try to use cliff advantage (r. Hamster)
	- Successive Sevenstep attacks no longer reset Mind Matter handling (r. lolrsk8s)
	- Zerg Larvae can no longer die by wandering over cagra-free terrain, as long as their parent structure remains alive (r. Krankendau, c. DF)
	- Treasuries now leave behind rubble
	- Ezigrisant regression can no longer break gas node harvestability (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Ocsal Gosvileths no longer pass on Ocsal debuff to structures (r. TheBeaver99)
- **Tilesets:**
	- Fixed height and pathing flags on Jungle World -> dirt cliff south ramps (r. The Shambler)
- **Audiovisuals**:
	- Irradiate overlay is now properly inherited by regressing Zerg (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Olympian Mythical Might SFX no longer plays more often than intended (r. lolrsk8s)
	- Improved player color contrast when picking random player colors (c. Veeq7)
	- Fixed Tyrannized and Worshiping statuses remaining on armor tooltips after expiry
- **Triggers**:
	- Restored 'Set Next Scenario' trigger action functionality
- **Computer AI**:
	- Prospectively fixed Terran AI not repairing units and structures under some conditions
	- Prospectively fixed general AI responses to cloaked and hidden threats

## Audiovisuals
- **Replaced sprites for**:
	- Hierophant (c. Baelethal)
	- Optecton
- **Added reads for**:
	- Maverick Stimpack (inject, proc, expire)
	- Savant Breathing Battery (form switch)
	- Madcap Cabeirus Feeders achieving full stacks
	- Olympian Dishonorable Discharge (proc)
	- Magnetar Law of Attraction (proc)
	- Gladius Binding Plasma charge (visuals) and proc (audio)
	- Vengeful Ascension (buffs)
	- Herald Triumphant Rise / Patriarch Astral Rule (debuffs)
	- Mind Tyrant Tyranny (channel)
	- Demiurge Worship (looping overlay on victims)
- **Added unit responses for:**
	- Patriarch
- **Added new projectile for**:
	- Positron
- **Added weapon impacts for**:
	- Salamander
	- Magister
- **Added portraits** (c. jun3hong) **for**:
	- Striga
	- Pythean
	- Amaranth
- **Added banter for**:
	- Eidolon - successful missile strike
	- Hierophant - a nearby enemy dies with full Signify stacks
	- Patriarch - splashes 8 or more victims
- **Advisors**:
	- Replaced default Zerg advisor
	- Achieved custom advisor support for:
		- Missile arming
		- Missile launching (c. DF)

## Terran
- [Cyprian](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/cyprian):
	- Weapon range now 7, from 6
- [Shaman](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/shaman):
	- Mineral cost now 125, from 150 
- [Eidolon](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/eidolon):
	- Mineral cost now 50, from 75
- [Cyclops](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/cyclops):
	- Mineral cost now 75, from 100
	- *Personally, I quite fear the Cyclops meta.*
- [Blackjack](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/blackjack):
	- Mineral cost now 100, from 125
	- HP now 75, from 85
- [Matador](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/matador):
	- Turn rate now 16, from 24
	- Now moves 25% faster
- [Phalanx](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/phalanx):
	- Turn rate now 16, from 10
- [Salamander](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/salamander):
	- Mineral cost now 100, from 150
	- HP now 150, from 160
	- Weapon range now 6, from 5
- [Seraph](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/seraph):
	- Irradiate cast range now 6, from 8
- [Paladin](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/paladin):
	- Splash radii now 24/48/72, from 12/24/48
	- Missiles now move notably faster
- [Tinkerer's Tower](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/tinkerers-tower):
	- Gas cost now 75, from 100
- [Scrapyard](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/scrapyard):
	- Time cost now 15, from 20
- [Palladium](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/palladium):
	- Time cost now 25, from 30

## Protoss
- [Legionnaire](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/legionnaire):
	- Time cost now 17, from 16
	- Sight range now 6, from 7
- [Amaranth](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/amaranth):
	- Shields now 40, from 20
- [Pariah](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/pariah):
	- Now blocks titanic movement (e.g. Penumbra, Optecton)
- [Archon](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/archon):
	- Mineral cost now 350, from 500
	- Armor now 3, from 4
- [Optecton](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/optecton):
	- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 500/250/60, from 450/200/50
	- Collision size now significantly larger
	- No longer collides with small units
	- Turn rate now 10, from 40
	- Now moves ~14% faster
	- Transport space cost now 20, from 8
	- Skybond Ray weapon removed
- [Patriarch](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/patriarch):
	- HP now 180, from 200
	- Armor now 3, from 4
	- Weapon splash radius now 9/18/36, from 12/24/48
	- Astral Rule no longer Ascends victims
- [Demiurge](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/demiurge):
	- Worship:
		- No longer seizes hostile units
		- No longer expires without a nearby Demiurge
		- No longer affects structures
		- Now applies a debuff to all hostile units within 6 range of the Demiurge
		- Units with this debuff are stunned and untargetable upon death, for 5 seconds
		- After 5 seconds, if a Demiurge is still within 6 range, the unit is mind controlled and regains (100 + 33% of max life) hitpoints
- [Clarion](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/clarion):
	- Phase Link damage no longer procs onhits
	- *This will be revisited later on.*
- [Gladius](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/gladius):
	- Binding Plasma:
		- No longer procs immediately on unit death
- [Gateway](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/gateway):
	- Armor now 3, from 4
- [Lattice](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/lattice):
	- Build area now 3x3, from 3x2
- [Grand Library](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/grand-library):
	- HP now 800, from 1000
	- Shields now 400, from 500
	- Build area now 4x4, from 5x4
- [Ancestral Archives](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/ancestral-archives):
	- Mineral and time costs now 800/75, from 600/70
	- HP now 900, from 600
	- Armor now 5, from 4
	- Build area now 5x4, from 3x2
- [Synthetic Synod](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/synthetic-synod):
	- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 600/600/75, from 500/500/70

## Zerg
- [Vorvrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/vorvrokor):
	- HP now 75, from 70
	- **New:** Hidebreaker
		- Attacks now rend 1 armor for 3 seconds.
- [Nathrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/vorvrokor):
	- **New:** Hidebreaker
		- Air attacks now rend 1 armor for 3 seconds.
- [Hydralisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/hydralisk):
	- Armor penetration now 0, from 2
- [Izirokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/izirokor):
	- Time cost now 20, from 25
	- Weapon cooldown now 0.83, from 0.92
	- *This unit received an indirect nerf from the Crushing Tide bugfix, so these changes take that into account, while also improving their accessibility.*
- [Vornath Pond](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/vornath-pond):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 75/75, from 50/100