cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md
2026-01-07 22:47:41 -05:00

8.4 KiB

7 January 2026

Year 4, month 1, patch 1

Patch goals

  • Continue balancing for all races
  • Continue Askosi development
  • Further improve audiovisuals
  • Subscribe on ko-fi to get a sneak peek of the incoming changes!

Notes in italics are from Pr0nogo

Core changes

User Interface (c. Jesse)

  • You can now select Askosi!
    • Starcraft modding history is made.
  • Singleplayer Menu:
    • Added tutorial buttons in main singleplayer screen
  • Multiplayer Menu:
    • Now auto-selects CrownLink, with the option to select other network providers
    • Added better communication about CrownLink connection status
  • Ingame Options Menu:
    • Added additional latency compensation options to the latency menu (c. Jesse)
    • We will eventually retire DBC thanks to these new options!

Desyncs

  • Improved floating point determinism (c. Veeq7)
  • Disabled celebrations (e.g. Christmas) from appearing in Ranked play, reducing desync count from mismatched active skins
  • Enabled desync errors to be reported more than once per session (no longer have to restart client between desync errors)
  • ReplayKraken now auto-uploads desync materials and indicates when a game has had a desync, improving our ability to track and triage desync issues

Triggers

  • Added set_nydus_link for creating Nydus-style links between two units (b. 3crow)
  • Added buttonset to set_unit_stat (b. 3crow)

Bugfixes

  • Stability
    • Protected against a rare crash related to issuing orders via minimap (r. Newt, c. DF)
  • Gameplay:
    • Prevented Anodyne Annex from applying to allied units (r. Moonpaw)
  • Audiovisual
    • Fixed missing construction SFX for Ogun
    • Corrected Olympian Titan's Fist weapon range (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
    • Corrected Herald wireframe (r. TheBeaver99)
    • Corrected tooltip for Corpse Cocoon (r. Concealed Organic)
    • Lardfix: Terran vespene status icon had missing borders (c. Raenarill)

Audiovisuals

  • New advisor: Bloodsummon (b. Hamster)
  • New sprites for:
    • Cleric (c. DeltaCadmius & Solstice), incl. Futurist Federation variant
    • Simulacrum (c. DeltaCadimus), incl. Astral Omen variant
  • Modified sprites for:
    • Mason, Maverick, Harakan, Cyprian (c. Solstice)
  • New portrait for:
    • Simulacrum (c. DeltaCadimus)
  • New unit responses for:
    • Sevenstep (c. The Shambler)
    • Sycophant
    • Liiralisk
  • Amaranth banter can now only play if the Amaranth is above 80% life
  • Added visuals for:
    • Adrenal Frenzy
  • Added weaponhit SFX for:
    • Blackguard
  • New icons for: (c. Raenarill)
    • Weapons: Adherent, Cabalist, Golem, Vibrance, Cikralisk, Protathalor, Ghitorokor, Kagralisk, Evigrilisk, Okrimnilisk, Konvilisk, Akistrokor
    • Passives: Dishonorable Discharge, Deathless Procession, Eternal Service, Lithe Organelle, Crushing Tide, Lashing Limbs, Endless Limbs, Miasma

Balance changes

Terran

  • Cyprian:
    • Resource cost 50/50 » 75/50
    • Acknowledgement of early-game power-to-cost ratio.
  • Cleric:
    • Nanorepair:
      • Each target can now only be healed by one Cleric
      • Now increases target armor by 2, from 1
  • Shaman:
    • Resource costs 100/100 » 200/200
    • Build time 30 » 35
    • HP 140 » 160
    • Nanite Field:
      • Heal amount 4 » 8
      • Can no longer heal a unit more frequently than once per second
  • Apostle:
    • Armor 2 » 1
    • Death and revive animations vastly lengthened
    • Reducing stackability
  • Autocrat:
    • Death and revive animations vastly lengthened
    • Reducing stackability
  • Dilettante:
    • NEW: Beginner's Luck
      • Dodges an attack every 2 seconds
    • Fun, AND thematic!
  • Cyclops:
    • Build time 16 » 20
    • Demand more Fulcrums (and thus more commitment) from Cyclops flood builds
  • Triton:
    • Resource costs 150/150 » 150/100
    • Lobotomy Warhead:
      • Stun timer 3 » 4
      • Slow timer 6 » 8
  • Wraith:
    • HP 100 » 110
  • Magnetar:
    • Yamato Cannon:
      • Weapon damage 250 » 75
      • Now applies Apollyoid Adhesive for 10 seconds
  • Stockade:
    • Time cost 45 » 50
    • Slight nudge-back to first-unit timings in bio openers.
  • Tencendur:
    • HP 450 » 600
  • NEW: Quadriga:
    • Factional Valkyrie replacement: reinforced gunboat for the Golden Republic
  • NEW: Serathiel:
    • Factional Seraph replacement: combat specialist for the Hecaton Coalition

Protoss

  • Dracadin:
    • HP 120 » 140
    • Also applies to Order of the Sacred Saber variant
  • Legionnaire:
    • Shields 45 » 60
  • Amaranth:
    • Shields 60 » 80
  • Mind Tyrant:
    • Maledictus:
      • Malefactors can now only Tyrannize victims if the Tyrant has 10 energy, and each Tyrannized victim expends 10 energy.
  • Manifold:
    • HP 70 » 80
    • Shields 30 » 50
  • Rogue Gallery:
    • Resource costs 150/100 » 150/75
  • Manifold (Starbound):
    • HP 80 » 90
    • Shields 30 » 50

Zerg

  • Adrenal Frenzy:
    • Used by Quazrokor and Nathrokor
    • No longer procs when attacking allies
  • Agrileth:
    • Now has Cagragenesis
  • Zethrokor:
    • Collision size reduced by ~10%
    • Also applies to Sovrokor
  • Quazilisk:
    • Now has Adrenal Frenzy
  • Bactalisk:
    • Corrosive Acid:
      • Attack cooldown 1.5 » 1.33
    • Experimenting with Bactalisk cost-efficiency
  • Tethzorokor:
    • HP 240 » 220
    • Resource costs 150/25 » 150/50
    • Build time 25 » 28
  • Lakizilisk:
    • HP 130 » 140
  • Ultrokor:
    • Kaiser Blades:
      • Weapon cooldown 0.67 » 0.58
  • Tethvith Swamp:
    • Resource costs 150/150 » 400/250
    • Build time 45 » 50
  • Zozarc Gorge:
    • Resource costs 500/350 » 300/450
  • NEW: Malkothrokor:
    • Mobile hive organ; requires Othstol Oviform
    • Concept by Pr0nogo; bountied by jakulangski!
  • NEW: Ogroszaleth:
    • Area-denial strain; requires Rakzogth Roost
    • Concept by Pr0nogo; bountied by SmrtyCakes!
  • NEW: Rakzogth Roost:
    • Crowd control node; requires Othstol Oviform
  • Yblyleth:
    • Now replaces Agrileth, from Ovileth