cosmonarchy-bw-release/patchnotes.md

5 April 2025

Year 3, month 4, patch 1

Patch summary

• Made balance adjustments following the March Invitational
• Deployed the Yblyleth, a factional Ovileth replacement for the Zorthos Tendril
• Made several bugfixes, including a fix for replays crashing from commands executed during a game pause (c. DF)
• Replaced the Architect sprite, courtesy of DeltaCadimus
• Added a few new terrain blends to Desert

Bugfixes

• Stability:
  • Excessive chat messages and other commands during pauses no longer desync or crash replays (c. DF)
• Gameplay:
  • Fixed Facade still providing Prying Eyes when lifted
  • Resolve mnemonic hotkey conflict between Watchdog and Cestus (r. Neblime)
• Audiovisuals:
  • Fix disappearing Lanifect button when queues are full (r. Tudor)
  • Use Protoss cloaking SFX for Vibrance (r. lolrsk8s)
  • Fix Gorgon passive tooltip (r. Bashka91)

Audiovisuals:

• New model for:
  • Architect (c. DeltaCadimus)

Terran

• Vestry:
  • Build time 20 » 15
• Covenant:
  • Build time 25 » 22
• Tinkerer's Tower:
  • Build time 25 » 20
• Guildhall:
  • Build time 30 » 22
• Palladium:
  • Build time 25 » 22
• Future Station:
  • Build time 40 » 30
• Biotic Bastion:
  • Build time 45 » 30
• Rotary:
  • Build time 25 » 20
• Commandment:
  • Build time 30 » 22
• Hadron:
  • Build time 45 » 30

Protoss

• Accantor:
  • Plasma Shell:
    • Weapon range 9 » 8
• Extatus:
  • Now has Astral Blessing, from Astral Tether
• Ardent Authority:
  • Resource costs 300/200 » 250/200

Zerg

• Regression:
  • Flyer -> ground regressions are now shifted downwards, and can no longer spawn on unwalkable terrain
• Gosvileth:
  • Now regresses to Droleth where possible
• NEW: Yblyleth:
  • Zorthos Tendril: Ovileth replacement. Ground transport strain with cagra spread & Rilirokor corpse autophagy while burrowed