cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md

23 March 2024

Prospective patch notes

This patch will include audiovisual improvements and mild balance adjustments.

General

• Internals:
  • CPU throttling is now disabled, as it offers no benefit to modern CPUs (c. Veeq7)

Game modes:

• Omnipresence:
  • Now limited to two races, from three, based on player selection
  • Terran adds Protoss, Protoss adds Zerg, Zerg adds Terran
  • Can be overridden in scenarios using new crig action set_omnipresence_state
• The Turning:
  • Fixed order limit being reached by zombies

Bugfixes

• Stability:
  • Prospectively fixed a rare nullsprite crash (r. The Shambler)
• Gameplay:
  • Removed detector flag from Axtoth Axis (r. TheBeaver99)
• Audiovisual:
  • Losing a structure with an addon still attached no longer plays the "abandon addon" advisor event (r. TheBeaver99)
  • Fixed advisor events not playing for structure warp completion if your race was not Protoss, and addon completion if your race was not Terran (r. TheBeaver99)
  • Corrected Vagrant Shade portrait (r. TheBeaver99)

Audiovisuals

• Revised graphics for:
  • Kalkalisk (c. Solstice; cocoon birth animation not yet implemented)
• Added unit responses for:
  • Empress (c. M & Chumbeque)
• Added birth animations for:
  • Protathalor, Tethzorokor, Gorgrokor, Vilgorokor
• Added SFX for:
  • Terran addon self-construction
  • Madcaps reaching full stacks of Cabeirus Feeders

Protoss

• Zealot:
  • Transport space cost now 3, from 2
• Amaranth:
  • Transport space cost now 3, from 2
• Herald:
  • Transport space cost now 3, from 4
• Mind Tyrant:
  • Transport space cost now 6, from 4
• Idol:
  • Transport space cost now 3, from 2
• Positron:
  • Transport space cost now 3, from 4
• Architect:
  • Transport space cost now 8, from 6
• Demiurge:
  • Transport space cost now 10, from 6