# 7 October 2023

## Designer's Notes

Patch goals include:
- Complete tileset updates to use the more height levels
- Revise or remove 2.5 and 3.5 tech for Terran
- Continue to address overdetermined role overlaps

## Latest content
- [Ascension #5 - Imminent Growth](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACFHAM2MlxP3_sacU_4VUoJ5iMeUU2a7)
- [Pr0totype #26 - The Wild Worlds...](https://youtu.be/TgiH2EBvXBo)
- [Ascension Format Explainer](https://youtu.be/kl0RlFWqvXU)

## Tilesets
- The following tiles now provide a height difference:
	- Jungle: Swamp, sunken jungle
- The following tiles were deprecated and are now removed:
	- Jungle: Sunken jungle cliffs for temple and dirt

## UI
- Scrolling with middle-mouse button is now buttery-smooth, complete with a config option (c. Veeq7)
	- This sometimes creates pixel artifacts, which will be addressed in time
- Joining a lobby now plays a sound (with help from DF)

## Bugfixes
- Stability:
	- Fixed a very rare crash related to the Mortothrokor death animation (r. TheBeaver99)
- Gameplay:
	- Zerg regression will no longer fail if the attacker is killed or otherwise unavailable before their projectile kills the Zerg target (r. Mystery Meat & DF)
	- Partially-resolved an issue with Zerg regression on burrowed units (r. lolrsk8s)
	- Mind Tyrany Maelstrom now correctly slows flingy units
	- Claymore Kelvin Munitions is now correctly cleared for flingy units (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Salvage has been removed for real this time (r. lucifirius & GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Fixed failed Magnetar attacks when turning or at max range (r. Mystery Meat)
	- Savant Power Siphon now correctly reduces the attack rate of turreted units (e.g. Goliaths) (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Units which transform from other units (i.e. regression, Vagrant, Axitrilisk) now properly inherit their facing angles (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Resolved hotkey conflict between Analogue and Architect (r. DF), Apostle and Tinkerer's Tower (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- AI:
	- On competitive maps (class 1 and 2), AI can no longer roll greed builds
- Audiovisuals:
	- Names are now correctly redrawn when selecting Anchors and Lodestones
	- Removed the Attack button on garrisons, since it currently does nothing (r. neblime)
	- Improve sync between Golem attack animation and actual damage (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Added placeholder liftoff and landing dust overlays for Mantle and Starpad (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Mortothrokors now leave behind corpses (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Mind Tyrant Maelstrom tooltip has been corrected
	- Cleaned up tooltips that referenced 'weapon range' without involving weapons
	- Talos now uses the Shaman portrait instead of Data Disc
	- Vagrant Shade and Vagrant now use the same portrait (r. TheBeaver99)

## Terran
- [Azazel](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/azazel):
	- Sublime Shepherd:
		- No longer provides bonuses to enemy units
- [Scrapyard](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/scrapyard)
	- Time cost now 20, from 25
- [Blackjack](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/blackjack):
	- Time cost now 18, from 20
	- Weapon range now 6, from 5
- [Matador](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/matador):
	- Time cost now 18, from 20
	- Twinstrike Cannons weapon range now 5, from 4
	- Cinder Servos now grants +2 armor, from +1
## Protoss
- [Pylon](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/pylon):
	- Mineral cost now 75, from 50
- [Accantor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/accantor):
	- Transport space now 6, from 4

## Zerg
- [Nathrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/nathrokor):
	- Mineral cost now 75, from 50