cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md

# 27 July 2024
## Year 2, month 7, patch 3
## Tyrant's Tale - main stage

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

Download [Fraud Launcher 2](https://fraudsclub.com/files/Fraud%20Launcher%202.zip) for easier setup and maintenance!

Download [CrownLink](https://github.com/impromptu1583/CrownLink/releases) (and [this dependency](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe)) for smoother network play! (Place `CrownLink.snp` in your `Cosmonarchy\Starcraft\` directory!)

We are still hunting for desyncs! Please submit your `Critical` and `Sync Randoms` text files from the `logs` folder to the **cm-issues** "Desync error megathread" on [our Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/s5SKBmY).

## Patch summary

Forthcoming.

## Internals
- **Pathfinding** calculation timer now instant, from 1.25 seconds (c. Veeq7)
- Replays now include version hash in their filename (c. Veeq7)
- **Game Modes:**
	- **The Turning:** (c. Veeq7)
		- Zombies now attack units within their vision radius
		- Fallen combatants return throughout the game, spawning at random points on the map
	- **NEW: Embraced:** (c. Veeq7)
		- All units and structures are Blissfully Embraced
		- This gamemode will be iterated on later

## Bugfixes
- **Stability:**
	- In **Massacre** mode, fixed memory out-of-bounds P12 resource allocations (r. 3crow)
- **Gameplay:**
	- **Diadem**s no longer gain turn speed after lifting off and landing (r. jakulangski)
	- **Hypnagogue** - **Through the Looking Glass**:
		- No longer flips allied positions (r. GreenEggs'NSpam, c. Veeq7)
		- No longer fails to teleport Hypnagogue when solo (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- In **Massacre** mode, cancelling a Zerg structure no longer gives vespene (r. Btyb)
- **Audiovisuals:**
	- **Vengeance** no longer creates overlyas on stationary structures
	- Fixed bad cropping on **Zethrokor** burrow graphic
	- Fixed bad background color on **Ovileth** death graphic
- **User Interface:**
	- Added **Sasyrvoleth** aura display (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Fixed Discord gamemode display for **Duopoly**

## Audiovisuals
- New unit responses for:
	- Cataphract

## Terran
- **Cornerstone: MASTERS OF NONE:**
	- When unloaded from a transport, deployed units now perform their deployment animation before being able to operate (c. Veeq7)