# 17 December 2023

## Designer's Notes

Patch goals include:
- Making inroads on PVPGN (oldschool battle.net) server support
- Deploying more audiovisual improvements
- Continuing AI performance and customization improvements, commissioned by 3crow
- Making adjustments and revisions to a select few units

## Latest content
- [Ascension #7 - A Final Ascent](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACFHAM2MlxN8pAhSHiAcq34rUfLiUpXz)
- [Pr0totype #33 - Throwing Down the Gauntlet](https://youtu.be/sAtBPzaKwwQ)
- [Pr0totype #34 - The Heights of Competition](https://youtu.be/iqCUmPU4Vg4)

## Patch summary

Forthcoming.

## Game Modes
- NEW: Massacre
	- Earn 3 vespene gas from any units created or killed
	- Vespene nodes are destroyed on map start
	- Commissioned by Btyb!
- Omnipresence:
	- Omnivale:
		- Can now spawn Larva (c. Veeq7)
		- Can no longer train Droleths conventionally
- Faction Wars:
	- Faction selection is now synchronized for replays and multiplayer

## UI
- Starting resources now display instantly, instead of counting up from zero or from previous match total (c. DF)
- Added a minimum delay for custom advisor lines
- Implemented custom advisor handling for the following events:
	- Protoss structure completion

## Bugfixes
- Stability:
	- Protected against a rare client-side nullsprite crash (r. Veeq7)
- Gameplay:
	- Fixed mnemonic hotkey conflict between Analogue and Architect (r. DF)
- Audiovisual:
	- "Addon complete" notifications now correctly play for Lodestones when players have no custom advisor set
	- Player colors now correctly randomize in replays on ice tileset maps (c. Veeq7)
	- Lanifect remains now correctly inherit player color
	- Corrected tooltip for Talos Fusion Sealers
- AI:
	- Prospectively fixed AI Droleths getting stuck inside structures
	- Improved consistency for repairing damaged structures (still needs work)
	- Improved ratio of Terran production-to-unit requests
	- Improved timing of static defense requests, attacks, and more in the early stages of the game
	- Fixed preferences for Pazuzu, Zealot, and Dracadin (r. Baelethal)
	- Fixed Zerg attack requests not always taking into account the correct tech structure
- Tileset:
	- Fixed height flags on sandy sunken pit tiles, ramps, and doodads (r. TheBeaver99)

## AI
- The following build orders have received tune-ups:
	- Terran:
		- Armor 1 - Tank Push (formerly Phalanx Timing)
		- Raider 3 - Uprising
		- Orbital 1 - Rapid Starpads (formerly 2Port Wraith)
	- Protoss:
		- General 5 - The Swordsmiths
		- Templar 4 - Initiates
		- Skylord 4 - Exalted
	- Zerg:
		- Swarming 3 - Instant Quazeth
		- Sunblot 3 - Skittering Duo

## Audiovisuals
- Updated weapon SFX for:
	- Sentinel (weapon fire)