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XX February 2024

Prospective patch notes

Designer's Notes

Patch goals include:

  • Revising early-game pacing to promote increased scale
  • Adjusting mid-game options for more distinct combat roles
  • Deploying more audiovisual improvements

Latest content

Patch summary

  • Removed an internal order timer, making unit handling more responsive
  • Reduced time costs of many rank-and-file units to promote increased army scale
  • Adjusted resource costs and availabilities of many powerhouse units to allow for heavier early-game gas spending
  • Revised Terran addons to no require tech, but now be more expensive on average (and have some orders still issuable while detached)
  • Revised Stimpack to grant its buff after a short delay (still deals damage immediately)

General

  • The title music has been replaced (c. Enozlliks)
  • Resources:
    • Depleted Mineral Fields now provide 3 resources per return, from 2
    • Worker wandering has had its range expanded, but still respects discrete orders by not wandering if another worker is about to finish a harvest (c. Veeq7)
  • Name changes:
    • Vornath Pond (formerly Nathrok Lake)
    • Kalkiir Lake (formerly Kalkiir Pond)
    • Skibact Scab (formerly Skithrok Scab)
    • Tethvith Swamp (formerly Bactith Swamp)
  • Internals:
    • Removed implicit order timer, making order handling more responsive (c. Veeq7)
      • Small stops during harvest and return orders are no longer present, slightly improving harvest efficiency
      • Changing orders is now more responsive, improving stutter-stepping behaviors
      • Queued orders and patrol paths are now processed instantly
      • Lobotomy Mines now start moving twice as fast after unburrowing
      • Caveat: Doesn't currently apply to Diadems
    • Updated hotloading to fix some cases where file updates didn't prompt mpq regeneration (c. Veeq7)
    • Tilde and ESC are now always used as shortcuts for closing the console
    • Quitting in singleplayer now always shows the score screen, even in scenarios (c. DF)
    • Custom trigger recolor accuracy has been improved (c. Veeq7)
    • Reinstated unit responses and other SFX for heroes/neutrals/critters
  • Config:
    • Added a new grid-exclusive option for enabling extended control groups on R, F, V, T, G, and B (c. Veeq7)
    • Added an option to move console toggle to F12, freeing up tilde for another control group (c. Veeq7)
    • Added a config option to only show selection lines and circles while ALT is held
    • Added error handling to prevent option mismatches (c. Veeq7)
  • Custom triggers:
    • New conditions:
      • "unit_color"
      • "exit_if", "exit_preserve_if", "wait_if", "wait_until" (control flow actions; c. Veeq7)
      • "wait" (c. Veeq7)
      • "print" (c. Veeq7)
    • New gameplay actions:
      • "kill"
      • "move_unit"
    • New game state actions:
      • "set_mineral_yields" (c. Veeq7)
      • "set_gas_yields" (c. Veeq7)
      • "set_unit_stat"
      • "set_unit_behavior"
    • New UI actions:
      • "set_player_team_ui"
      • "show_button" and "hide_button" (c. Veeq7)
  • Advisors:
    • Added support for army, base, and ally under attack events
    • Added HADRAL custom advisor

Game modes

Maps

  • The Terran tutorial, Further Notice, is now available in the campaigns directory
  • HYDRA refurbished -> vz02 is now available in the co-op directory
  • Mapcrap Returns #1 submissions are now available as a separate download

Bugfixes

  • Stability:
    • Safeguarded against an AI-related nullsprite crash
    • Safeguarded against a rare nullsprite crash (r. lolrsk8s)
  • Gameplay:
    • Correctly set Larva spawn timer to 12 seconds, from 11.33 (c. Veeq7)
    • Fixed Mason slow-mo movement when its repair target died before the Mason arrived (c. DF)
    • Fixed Masons repairing targets for one frame regardless of distance (c. DF)
    • Reclaimed Ocsal units no longer regress (r. Neblime)
    • Fixed a rare case where Apostles could continue reclaiming after death (r. TheBeaver99)
    • Fixed Lobotomy Mines not targeting units that had previously burrowed (c. DF)
    • Fixed logic for Stewards returning to Solarions upon taking any damage, instead of the intended 50% HP threshold
    • Improved decollision behaviors for iscript units (c. DF)
    • Fixed Dilettante corpses not being consumable (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
    • Lardfix: the fading of music no longer slows down navigation between certain menus (c. DF)
    • Prospectively resolved errant unit interactions when restarting maps (r. lolrsk8s, c. DF & Veeq7)
  • AI:
    • Fixed request handling for Artisan, Vornath Pond, and Skibact Scab
  • Audiovisuals:
    • Added missing Adrenal Frenzy (Nathrokor) armor tooltip
    • Fixed Wyvern overlays appearing beneath the unit (r. Neblime)
    • Lobotomy Mine tooltip no longer displays the Spider Mines tooltip (r. 3crow)
    • Corrected Star Sovereign Intervention tooltip (r. TheBeaver99)
    • Corrected production icons for Hotshot, Nathrok Lake, Skithrok Scab, Mortothrokor
    • Fixed colors on Pariah walk cycle (c. lolrsk8s)
    • Fixed Anchor shadow alignment (c. DF)
    • Fixed "set_player_unit_name" custom trigger action (c. DF)
    • Filled in missing unit responses for Protathalor (r. jakulangski)
    • Corrected Shaman Visionary Mode death SFX
    • Corrected Luminary Aural Assault tooltip (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
    • Corrected Lanifect ability deactivation tooltip
    • Fixed an order limit error string (r. Pokill99)
    • Adjusted unit ranks to weed out unwanted unit sorting
    • Lardfix: Cagra tile variants are now synced between players (c. DF)

Audiovisuals

  • New sprites:
    • Quarry, Rotary (c. Solstice)
  • Visual adjustments:
    • Improved Mortothrokor selection circle, death animation timing
    • Improved Legionnaire shadow, walk and attack animations
    • Marginally increased Goliath scale; adjusted a few minor details
  • Auditory adjustments:
    • Changed sound flags for Zealot death SFX to allow it to overlap
    • Improved under attack responses for Scribe, Cabalist, Mind Tyrant, Archon, Panoptus
    • Improved Goliath death SFX
    • Removed extra Eidolon revive SFX (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
  • New weapon SFX: (some c. lolrsk8s & IskatuMesk)
    • Weaponfire: Matador (Cinder), Scribe, Artisan, Analogue
    • Weaponhit: Penumbra, Dracadin
  • New unit responses for:
    • Hadron, Prostration Stage, Ardent Authority, Argosy, Izirokor (c. IskatuMesk)
    • Hotshot, Dracadin, Optecton
    • Golem (c. lolrsk8s)
  • New (placeholder) portraits for: (many c. jun3hong)
    • Savant, Madcap, Olympian, Dilettante, Sevenstep, Hypnagogue, Cyclops, Madrigal, Cataphract, Claymore, Gorgon, Wyvern, Salamander, Sundog, Phobos, Hippogriff
    • Legionnaire, Hierophant, Amaranth, Herald, Atreus, Vagrant, Pariah, Potentate, Sycophant, Optecton, Patriarch, Servitor, Positron, Empress, Aurora, Gladius, Exemplar, Epigraph, Empyrean, Star Sovereign, Anthelion
    • Cikralisk, Protathalor, Mortothrokor, Izirokor/Tethzorokor, Skithrokor, Kagralisk, Evigrilisk, Keskathalor, Zoryusthaleth, Rililisk

AI

  • Terran:
    • Removed old tech checks delaying Commandment requests
    • Improved support for custom layouts which request Treasuries instead of Ministries
  • Zerg:
    • Increased Hachirosk request count within most Zerg build orders

Terran

  • Addons:
    • No longer become disabled when lifted off
    • Cannot train units or arm missiles when detached
  • Morningstar:
    • Time cost now 40, from 30
  • Talos:
    • Now requires Atlas
  • Maverick:
    • Time cost now 11, from 12
    • Inject Stimpack:
      • Now grants the buff 1.5 seconds after activation
      • Still damages immediately on use
  • Harakan:
    • Time cost now 16, from 18
  • Cleric:
    • Time cost now 14, from 15
    • HP now 75, from 80
  • Autocrat:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 150/150, from 200/100
  • Vulture:
    • Time cost now 18, from 20
  • Lobotomy Mine:
    • Now only collides with tiny units (itself and Rilirokors)
    • Can now be manually detonated (will still apply its slow effect to nearby units)
    • Effect range now 2, from ~1.6
  • Cyclops:
    • Time cost now 18, from 20
  • Goliath:
    • Mineral cost now 175, from 200
  • Blackjack:
    • Time cost now 16, from 18
    • HP now 85, from 95
  • Madrigal:
    • Gas cost now 125, from 100
    • Weapon ranges now 7, from 8
  • Trojan:
    • Increased turn rate to improve responsivity of load/unload commands
  • Valkyrie:
    • Mineral cost now 175, from 200
    • Now moves ~15% faster
  • Ministry:
    • Time cost now 75, from 80
  • Treasury:
    • Time cost now 45, from 50
  • Quarry:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 125/100, from 75/75
    • No longer requires Atlas
  • Anvil:
    • No longer requires Atlas
  • Sentinel:
    • Mineral, gas, and time costs now 200/50/35, from 250/0/25
  • Covenant:
    • Mineral, gas, and time costs now 100/100/25, from 75/75/15
    • No longer requires Atlas
  • Guildhall:
    • Mineral, gas, and time costs now 200/200/30, from 150/150/25
    • No longer requires Daedala
  • Palladium:
    • Mineral, gas, and time costs now 150/100/30, from 100/50/20
    • No longer requires Atlas
  • Mantle:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 200/150, from 250/100
  • Starpad:
    • Mineral cost now 125, from 100
    • HP now 500, from 600
  • Starport:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 150/225, from 200/150
    • HP now 1000, from 1100

Protoss

  • Envoy:
    • Increased turn rate to improve responsivity of load/unload commands
    • Transport capacity now 10, from 8
  • Artisan:
    • Mineral, gas, and time costs now 50/50/25, from 75/75/30
    • HP now 40, from 30
    • Shields now 40, from 50
    • Armor now 1, from 2
    • No longer warps in structures
    • New: Radiant Rifts:
      • Now channels for 2 seconds to return resources with no need for a town center
  • Witness:
    • Time cost now 30, from 35
  • Zealot:
    • Time cost now 22, from 25
  • Dracadin:
    • Mineral and time costs now 125/28, from 150/30
  • Ecclesiast:
    • Mineral and time costs now 50/22, from 75/25
    • HP now 75, from 70
    • Shields now 40, from 50
    • A net nerf to durability in line with the unit's mineral cost reduction.
  • Legionnaire:
    • Time cost now 16, from 20
    • Shields now 45, from 50
    • Weapon damage now 1x10, from 2x6
    • Weapon cooldown now 0.79, from 0.83
    • Now better versus armor, while reducing its previous DPS ceiling.
  • Amaranth:
    • Mineral and time costs now 150/22, from 200/25
    • HP now 140, from 120
    • Shields now 20, from 40
    • Armor now 2, from 3
  • Herald:
    • Mineral and time costs now 125/25, from 150/30
    • Significantly sped up attack animation
  • Atreus:
    • Mineral cost now 200, from 250
    • Shields now 60, from 70
    • Armor now 2, from 3
  • Vagrant:
    • Time cost now 22, from 25
  • Charlatan:
    • Time cost now 28, from 30
  • Barghest:
    • Mineral cost now 100, from 125
  • Simulacrum:
    • Time cost now 16, from 18
  • Manifold:
    • Time cost now 20, from 25
  • Idol:
    • Mineral cost now 75, from 100
    • HP now 75, from 90
    • Shields now 40, from 45
    • Reducing durability in line with the unit's mineral cost reduction.
  • Servitor:
    • Time cost now 18, from 20
  • Architect:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 250/200, from 300/150
  • Lanifect:
    • Mineral cost now 125, from 150
    • Armor penetration now 2, from 1
  • Nexus:
    • Time cost now 75, from 80
  • Embassy:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 125/125, from 200/75
  • Crucible:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 200/350, from 450/450
    • Khaydarin Charge efficiency boost now 50%, from 100%
  • Matrix:
    • Mineral cost now 150, from 200
  • Grand Library:
    • Mineral cost now 350, from 400
  • Stargate:
    • HP now 450, from 500
  • Argosy:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 450/550, from 500/400

Zerg

  • Ovileth:
    • Time cost now 22, from 20
    • Armor now 2, from 1
  • Iroleth:
    • Mineral, gas, and time costs now 75/75/28, from 125/50/30
    • Increased turn rate to improve responsivity of load/unload commands
  • Liiralisk:
    • Mineral cost now 75, from 100
    • Weapon range now 6, from 5
    • Now moves ~20% faster
  • Kalkalisk:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 75/75, from 100/50
  • Cikralisk:
    • Mineral, gas, and time costs now 75/75/22, from 125/50/25
    • HP now 65, from 60
  • Protathalor:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 100/75, from 125/50
    • HP now 85, from 80
  • Mutalisk:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 125/125, from 200/75
  • Sovroleth:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 75/125, from 100/100
    • Corpse Cocoon incubation time now 4 seconds, from 2
  • Tosgrilisk:
    • HP now 160, from 140
    • Now moves ~10% slower
  • Axitrilisk:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 200/50, from 150/75
  • Mortothrokor:
    • Gas cost now 75, from 50
    • HP now 180, from 150
    • Now moves ~7% faster
  • Izirokor:
    • Mineral cost now 100, from 125
    • HP now 105, from 120
    • Weapon damage now 7, from 8
    • Weapon cooldown now 0.92, from 0.83
  • Tethzorokor:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 150/50, from 200/0
  • Vithrilisk:
    • Sight range now 8, from 9
    • Now moves ~15% faster
  • Kagralisk:
    • Mineral cost now 100, from 125
    • Weapon range now 6, from 7
  • Evigrilisk:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 175/75, from 200/50
    • HP now 280, from 250
    • Now moves ~10% slower
  • Almaksalisk:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 150/125, from 200/75
    • Now moves ~5% slower
    • Weapon cooldown now 0.83, from 0.75
  • Geszithalor:
    • Mineral, gas, and time costs now 200/200/45, from 250/175/40
  • Alkajelisk:
    • Armor penetration now 3, from 4
  • Zoryusthaleth:
    • Mineral cost now 175, from 200
    • HP now 200, from 220
    • Transport space cost now 4, from 2
  • Gorgrokor:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 125/100, from 150/75
  • Konvilisk:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 100/175, from 200/125
  • Vilgorokor:
    • Mineral and gas costs now 200/75, from 250/50
    • NEW: Reconstitution:
      • When taking direct damage, the Vilgorokor emits a small Carapace Swarm field that lasts for 5 seconds and absorbs up to 100 damage.
    • Now mutates into the Isthrathaleth
  • Matraleth:
    • Gas cost now 125, from 100
    • HP now 140, from 120
    • Now moves ~15% slower
    • NEW: Blissful Embrace:
      • Now also casts this ability
  • Zarcavrokor:
    • Now moves ~7% slower
  • Tetcaerokor:
    • Gas cost now 150, from 125
    • Now moves ~16% slower
  • Isthrathaleth:
    • Mineral, gas, and time costs now 50/200/30, from 75/150/25
    • HP now 140, from 120
    • Armor now 3, from 4
    • Now mutates from the Vilgorokor and Ocsal Larva
    • Now requires Almakis Antre, from Elthisth Mound
  • Akistrokor:
    • Gas and time costs now 175/35, from 200/40
    • Blissful Embrace:
      • Channel time now 3 seconds, from 1 second
  • Larvosk Cesiant:
    • Gas and time costs now 125/30, from 75/25
    • HP now 240, from 250
    • No longer requires Irol Iris
  • Ocsal Cesiant:
    • Gas cost now 225, from 200
    • HP now 280, from 300
    • Now requires Irol Iris, from Othstol Oviform
  • Skortrith Cesiant:
    • Mineral, gas, and time costs now 50/50/20, from 100/0/12
    • Weapon damage now 32, from 40
  • Spirtith Cesiant:
    • Gas and time costs now 25/18, from 0/20

Factions

  • Hotshot:
    • Time cost now 12, from 14
    • HP now 65, from 60
    • Now moves 10% faster
    • Weapon range now 4, from 3
  • New: Qilin:
    • Hecaton (replaces Trojan at Starpad)
    • Nimble transport. Heals loaded units.
  • New: Auriel:
    • Hecaton (replaces Apostle at Captaincy)
    • Mid-range infantry with a powerful damage over time effect. Incinerates corpses to create Apollyoid fields.
  • New: Adherent:
    • Sacred (replaces Legionnaire at Gateway)
    • Durable melee brawler with increased movement speed
  • New: Nathrelisk:
    • Zorthos (replaces Nathrokor)
    • Sustaining fighter strain that releases a short-lived healing field on attack