cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md

25 January 2024

Year 3, month 1, patch 2

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

Download Fraud Launcher 2 for easier setup and maintenance! Version 2.2 and up now includes an automatic download of CrownLink, a networking alternative for Cosmonarchy!

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.

Resources

• Vespene Geysers and Vespene Ridges now have smaller collision profiles, slightly increasing the value of oversaturation

AI

• Updated aiscripts to properly use factional replacements in scenarios

Editor

• NEW: Units preplaced for 'user select' players are now created at map start (use responsibly...)
• NEW: Units preplaced with the 'lifted' unit property are now only created for players if the unit's race matches the player's race
• NEW: Volatile Egg unit (id 416)
  • when placed for P1-P8 and cloaked, any preplaced units for that player will be created, allowing players to select their race without spawning melee units

Bugfixes

• Stability:
  • Attempt to fix a middle mouse button scroll crash (r. TopRamen & iliektoeatgrass; c. DF, Jesse, & Veeq7)
• Gameplay:
  • Units will now only target Solarions over Stewards if the Solarion is within weapon range (a. Veeq7)
• Audiovisuals:
  • Unit response randomization has been restored (c. DF)
  • Unit portraits now animate when playing unit responses in-game (c. DF)
  • Hotshots now use their shadows instead of the Madcap's
  • Player names (and damage taken) now display on completed structures (a. DF)

Audiovisuals

• New sprites for:
  • Golem
  • Ocsal Cesiant
• Updated sprite for:
  • Madcap (a. Solstice)
  • Legionnaire
  • Cicatus

Terran

• Goliath:
  • Twin Autocannons:
    • Weapon damage 1x4 » 1x5
• Stockade:
  • Resource costs 150/0 » 125/0
• Fulcrum:
  • Resource costs 200/50 » 175/50

Protoss

• Golem:
  • Collision size slightly adjusted to fit new model

Zerg

• Broodspawn:
  • Death Cycle:
    • Ensnare timer 3 seconds » 1 second