cosmonarchy-bw-release/patchnotes.md

19 September 2026

Year 4, month 9, patch 2

Patch goals

• Continue technical improvements, bugfixes, and audiovisual additions ahead of the Gauntlet Stages!
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Core

• User Interface:
  • The HUD can now be toggled with F11! (c. Jesse, b. Londier)
    • Send us your screenshots...
  • Shift-tab now correctly sets minimap colors to red, blue, etc for replay/witness (a. Jesse & DF)
    • Additional functionality forthcoming...
• Triggers:
  • New custom trigger actions: (c. Jesse)
    • set_hud - accepts racial names for racial HUDs
    • set_hud_visibility - accepts Visible (default), Hidden (as with F11), or Cinematic (must be turned off manually in triggers)
  • New custom trigger subcommand for set_unit_stat
    • transport_capacity (b. Lucifirius) -- enables transporting via any unit, modifies transport capacity on any transport
• User-defined resource areas: (c. DF)
  • Our methodology for user-defined resource areas has changed from the previous system!
  • The location-based system has been removed.
  • To use the new system:
    • Select the resource nodes you wish to assign to a specific resarea
    • Tick burrowed (bottom-left-most status flag) in the unit property panel
    • Set the HP field to the intended resarea id (a number between 1 and 255)
• Editor / UMS:
  • Installation traps have been reimplemented!
  • The following unit ids are deprecated and should be updated to the new versions in maps (unit layer and triggers):
    • Unit id: old id -> new id
    • Nanite Assembly: 203 -> 261
    • Kalkiir Lake: 204 -> 549
    • Sentinel: 209 -> 260
    • Tarasque: 210 -> 263
    • Anticthon: 211 -> 289
    • Kethraj Keep: 212 -> 303

Bugfixes

• Gameplay:
  • Fixed Arquebus attempting to attack air units (r. Londier)
  • Installation doors can once again be disabled and enabled via triggers
• Audiovisual:
  • Resolved error printout when loading recently-repowered Engrams (r. Concealed Organic)
  • Corrected Maverick (Golden) weaponfire SFX (r. lolrsk8s)
• Triggers:
  • Allowed set_player_color to apply to player 12 (r. 3crow, c. Veeq7)

Audiovisuals

• New models for:
  • Ministry, Captaincy (c. Solstice & fasswawds)
• Tweaked models for:
  • Cyprian, Eidolon, Hippogriff, Watchdog, Treasury, Quarry, Starpad, Rotary, Zethrokor, Quazilisk (c. Solstice)
• Modified weapon VFX for Okrimnilisk
• Updated wireframes for Savant, Vulture (Upstart), Tartarus Mine, Piety Ward, Tarasque, Rotary, Witness, Cicatus, Vestige, Simulacrum, Phontis (c. jun3hong)
• Added placeholder portrait for Vespene nodes (c. jun3hong)
• Added factional portraits for: Alzurokor, Arquebus, Azanthrokor, Broadside, Camazotz, Cannibal, Cutlass, Garvrokor, Goremast, Morrigan, Quadriga, Serathiel, Shaman (Upstart), Sovrokor, Tartarus Mine, Valkyrie (Hecaton), Vulture (Hecaton), Vulture (Upstart) (c. jun3hong)

Terran factions

• NEW: Cyprian (Hecaton):
  • Factional Cyprian variant for Hecaton Coalition; Has Kelvin Munitions
• NEW: Memphis:
  • Factional Matador replacement for Upstarts; Has anti-air Flak Mode