20250725

This is a bugfix 🩹 patch on top of the current stable release:

• Remove one cell gap around outposts
• Fixed support powers charging before the building appeared #1341
• Fixed support powers not pausing on low power
• Fixed 🖱️ cursor being hard to see on water #1349
• Fixed passengers dying when unloading from air transport #1353
• Fixed a crash when force moving air transports #1354
• Fixed size of the news panel for shorter messages

20250715

Fixes

• Added more subtle fade-out animations for landed drop pods #1300
• Added ♾️ infinite unit queueing in the production palette #1304
• Added a longer chassis for the main battle tank in #1326
• Fixed a crash when a new user joins IRC #1301
• Fixed a crash when leaving Skirmish #1302
• Fixed #️⃣ IRC disconnecting when leaving the lobby
• Fixed Z sorting for map decorations 🌵 #1319
• Fixed Z sorting for aircraft on trade platform #1320
• Fixed 📰 news panel being too small for changelog
• Fixed missing bridge shadows in Disruptive Innovation #1324
• Fixed mobile AA perspective #1323
• Fixed a shadow offset for Yuruki barracks #1328

Balance

• Air super units death explosions deal more damage #1305
• Reduce pods speed in 🌲 forests #1306
• Don't allow mining towers to transform back due to #1207, #1298
• Increased Railgun Strike charge interval and time to hit #1307

Campaign

• Added resource tower counters in Fillum missions #1281
• Added mining towers in Harbor Defense to reactivate ore smelters #1285
• Remove the enemy mining outpost in Ice River #1275
• Remove special pods for players in Ice River #1275
• Send the colonists to attack when all buildings are destroyed in Itrium #1270
• Fixed faction colors in Asteroid Invasion being too dark #1246
• Fixed turrets destroying the harbors with friendly fire #1286
• Fixed enemy units in Crater Defense only using one entry point
• Fixed patrols not shooting at intruders in Scientist Rescue #1277
• Fixed blocked actors staying at entry point in Crater Defense #1282
• Fixed actors in large crowds not moving to target in Harbor Defense #1284

Based on a stable release of @OpenRA

20250628

This is a hotfix release building upon the last stable release.

• Fixed a crash in IRC chat when returning to the lobby #1295
• Fixed the dedicated server not being available on all platforms.

Based on a stable release of @OpenRA

20250627

This is a patch release building upon the last stable release.

• Fixed line wrap in IRC chat #1266
• Fixed 🚒 fire department units being available in skirmish #1268
• Fixed fire brigade units defaulting to unlimited refill 🧯
• Fixed aircraft shadows in encyclopedia previews #1292
• Fixed combo boxes in mission browser being too wide #1274
• Fixed spammable sound effects not interrupting #1269
• Fixed naval minelayers not obeying orders to restock #1250
• Fixed outposts on the right border of the map not providing build area #896
• Fixed inconsistent ore placement and miner deployment on terrain #1235
• Fixed failure to reconnect when disconnecting from IRC #1267
• Added an encyclopedia page for the dual artillery #1293
• Added guard mode for 🔧 technicians #1276

Based on a stable release of @OpenRA

20250413

This is a stable release that contains changes from the previous pre-releases plus

• Fixed unbalanced resource for map Keep off the Glass #1242
• Fixed camera being in an incorrect position of first frame of the shellmap
• Fixed malformed line error in IRC chat
• Fixed % values in observer vision stats #1221
• Fixed localization problems in observer stats
• Added squad survival goal to the Scientist Rescue mission briefing #1245
• Added 🚒 fire brigade units to the global rules for use in other maps #1227
• Added thousand separator to currencies 💲 in observer stats #1222

Based on a stable release of @OpenRA

20250209

Fixes

• Fixed faction tooltip texts #1224
• Fixed deadlocks and improved usability in mission Scientist Rescue #1220
• Fixed minor tiling mistakes in Twin Lakes #1195
• Fixed air unit attack move behavior #1201
• Fixed Linux AppImage depending on libfuse2
• Fixed in game news not displaying the latest release
• Fixed encyclopedia mentioning numbers disconnected from game rules
• Fixed ore purifier not being disabled in newbie tutorial mission

Content

• Added redrawn Speeder sprites #1192
• Added redrawn Patrol Boat sprites #1193
• Added redrawn Fire Truck sprites #1208
• Added map Eclipse (4v4) and Nowheres land (1v1, Naval Conquest) #1223
• Added AA aircraft units #1196
• Added Observer unit #1202
• Added new map: Hypodermic (1v1) #1218
• Added new map: Keep off the Glass (1v1)
• Added new Carrier Drone shooting sprite. #1210
• Added new water refill indicator to Firewatch mission #1211
• Added new voices for fire department vehicle units #1211
• Added new artwork for the fire fighting tank #1211
• Added an air tanker strike mechanic to Fire Watch mission #1134
• Added difficulty modes to Fire Watch mission #1134
• Added light to trees in flames #1215
• Added a Marine AI to Naval Conquest maps #1219
• Added production icons to the encyclopedia and increased sprite size
• Removed Antifreeze (1v1) map #1217

Based on an upcoming release of @OpenRA

20240908

Fixes

• Fixed a crash in Scientist Rescue mission #1107
• Correct Broker Pod's arc ZOffset #1126
• Fixed only some aircraft landing on Trading Platform to 🛠️ repair. #1139
• Don't play animation on Ore Purifier/Smelter when it's being sold #1142
• Fixed units hiding behind high walls #1083
• Changed tooltip of cacti from 'Tree' to 'Cactus' #1157
• Fixed some incorrectly placed high wall pieces in Swampy Frontier map #1183
• Fixed macOS 🍎 Disc Image build
• Fixed bots building multiple Modules before economy #1118
• Fixed bots not building ore purifiers
• Fixed bots building more Modules than production speed bonus
• Fixed a crash when deploying a destroyed miner
• Fixed bots trying to place harbors in deep sea
• Fixed some skirmish map disabling harbors triggering a custom gameplay warning in the lobby
• Fixed ramps near resource towers counting as flat terrain
• Fixed critters blocking off mining areas #1178
• Fixed Drop Pods not deploying on ice 🧊 #1168
• Fixed missing bridge shadow on minimaps #1168
• Fixed Drop Pods not being ordered on ramps (they still won't land there) #1186

UI

• Change Broker Pod positioning in the panel #1110
• Reorganize Main Base and Ore Smelters ordering on the construction panel #1113
• Added range circles to Nuke and Railgun support powers #1159
• Mention pods's woods hiding capabilities in their encyclopedia entry #1154
• Mention behemoth unit in factions' description #1173
• Renamed all bots consistently after their abilities
• Added player name fetching from @itchio client on Windows 🪟
• Darkened the swamp minimap color to match the sprites better
• Added back production tooltip icons
• Fixed click through disabled command bar buttons

Content

• Added palm trees. #1109
• Added new map Ixnay On The Hombre #1117
• Added bot 🤖 glyph to indicate player is not human #1122
• Re-drawn Gunship sprites. #1141
• Encyclopedia update #1128
• Added new mining prop. #1145
• Added factory props. #1148 and #1153
• Added new map Slippery Tensions #1162
• Add new map: Twin Lakes #1163
• Added new map Supercharged #1165
• Added new maps Processing Station, Split Three, War Playground #1172
• Added new map: Weldyn Channel #1176 and #1190
• Added wind turbine props. #1188
• Added new mission: Infiltration Commando #1056
• Added new tileset beautiful: Black Sand #1181
• Fixed building construction being allowed on a corner ramp piece #1152
• Fixed reconnaissance tank vanishing on deployment #1160

Balance

• Balance Torpedo Boat #1079
• Balance Battleship #1096
• Balance Mothership #998
• Add more resources to map Ixnay On The Hombre #1127
• Enlarged map Fight At The River #1108
• Gave Missile Sub the same LOS than the Drone Ship #1133
• Made Bomber jet non-repulsable #1135
• Upgrade map Ixnay On The Hombre #1146
• Give the watchtower more visibility #1161
• Added back Broker Pod 💹 but without deployable ability and prevent bots from building them #1158
• Change ECM and Hacker Tanks #1084
• Increase Combat Units Cost and Tweak AI #1171
• Gave the dropzone a LOS #1169
• Make Force Field affect buildings #1185
• Allow ships to capture watchtowers and flagposts, and planes flagposts #1175
• Changed Smelter/Ore Purifier to give bonus on resource collection instead of just generating cash
• Added pods being able to traverse and hide in forests

Sound

• Made Mothership's laser weapon quieter. 😶 #1144

Based on a development snapshot of @OpenRA

20240803

Features

• Added tracers to instant hit bullets. #957
• Added new projectile InstantExplode (unused). #993
• Added play map button.
• Added a water refill 🚰 mechanic to the Fire Watch mission.
• Added 🟢 friend vs. 🔴 foe colors. #935
• Added automatic ordering units to clear resource spots for miner deployment. #1075

Content

• New Missions:

  • Fillum Resources Claim #967
  • Fillum Crater #968
  • Harbor Defense #969
  • Asteroid Invasion #970
  • Scientist 🧑‍🔬 Rescue #1036

• New Conquest Maps:

  • Woody 🪵 Passage (3v3) #971
  • Swamp Conquest #995
  • Swampy Frontier map (2v2) #1025
  • Tyrian Dawn map (3v3) #1026
  • Dark Waters #1010
  • Fight At The River #1034 #1054
  • Duel Of The Shades #1039
  • Lost Eisley 🏜️ (4P) #1020 #1029
  • A Nuclear Winter (2v2) #1102
  • Fractional Freezing (1v1) #1080
  • Bay Under The Rain (4P)

• Added artwork for Lightning Boat. #984

• Map update: Clovergried #990

• New behemoth aircraft (not yet enabled)

  • Added Mothership unit. #985
  • Added Battleship unit. #1000

• Added extra road tiles for diagonal bridges. #982

• Added sounds and effects to Televator. #1002 and #1008

• Update Howitzer's power icon #1014

• Updated Televator's support power icon. #1011

• Updated artwork of Shield's icon. #1012

• Updated Banshee's weapon artwork. #1016

• Upgraded map Mount Brosnan #1021

• Added surveillance effect. #1057

• Added Torpedo Boat unit. #1059

• Enlarged Lightning Tank sprites. #1064

• Update builder artwork differing by faction. #1072 #1074

• Voiceovers 🎙️

  • Re-recorded all announcer voices. #1022
  • Re-recorded Stealth Tank voices. #1030
  • Re-recorded generic unit voices. #1028
  • Increased the quality of flamewh33l's voice lines. #1031
  • Increased the quality of generic ship's voice lines. #1032
  • Re-recorded Miner voices. #1043
  • Re-recorded seed critter voice. #1044
  • Re-recorded beast critter voice. #1045
  • Re-recorded technician voice. #1052
  • Re-recorded Flame Pod voices. #1062
  • Added re-recorded generic voice. #1068
  • Re-recorded Builder voices. #1085
  • Added new assault tank voice. #1086
  • Re-recorded Electric Pod voices. #1092
  • Re-recorded Civilian Pod voices. #1095
  • Re-recorded Elite Pod voices. #1098
  • Re-recorded Broker Pod voices. #1099

• Higher quality sounds. #1046 #1050

• Added repairing sounds for Repair Tank and Technician. #1063

Balancing

• Technicians disabled by ECM can't capture buildings. #952
• Swapped AA guns for Light and Patrol boats. #989
• Allowed Speeder and Banshee to target ground actors. #991
• Removed Air from ValidTargets for Speeder and Banshee. #994
• Swapped lightning boat and railgun boat . #1017
• Increase Banshee and Speeder damages vs non-buildings #1040
• Rebranded Medium Boat as Mercenery Boat #1061
• Differentiation between the two factions' scouts #1097 #1101
• Televator can now teleport units across the whole map.
• Reworked Hacker Tank temporary capturing. #1023
• Hacker tanks are now immune to temporary owner change and ECM tanks immune to ECM.
• Swapped secondary abilities of ECM and Hacker Tank.

Fixes

• Don't animate ore purifier & Ore smelter when disabled. #976
• Fixed diagonal facings on submarine artwork. #983
• Gave back heavy machine gun sounds to bunkers. #986
• Decreased interval for idle animations of Ore Smelter/Purifier. #987
• Updated armament offsets for machine gun pod. #988
• Added missing bridge shadows for Harbour map. #996
• Fixed aircraft shadows not rotating correctly. #1005
• Fixed tiling errors on map Clovergrief. #1003
• Fixed Missile Submarine's generic name. #1027
• Fixed animals capturing neutral buildings. #1049
• Overhaul to Ice River mission #1055
• Allow Synapol AI to produce builders #1065
• Try to improve performance be decreasing targeting scan intervals. #1087
• Fixed Electric Pod outline for north facing. #1094
• Fixed Ore smelter/purifier glitching animations when damaged. #1105
• Fixed bridge shadows being walkable. #953
• Fixed Drop Pods being allowed on invalid terrain. #944
• Fixed units staying behind resource towers. #942
• Fixed units bought at trader not be selectable with counterparts.
• Fixed scouts not lifting on their own on map start. #1058
• Fixed a crash when planes attacked invalid targets. #1060
• Fixed gold balls spawning in resource zones, blocking miners. #1075
• Fixed a crash when Drop Pods were deploying into situations where they can't find a path. #1067
• Fixed skirmish button spamming causing UI glitches. #981
• Fixed a crash when aircraft were entering carriers. #1006
• Fixed different build menu hotkeys for PvP and PvE. #1037
• Fixed a crash when bots tried to attack with dead units. #1076
• Fixed a multiplayer crash around APC ejecting. #1089

Based on a development snapshot of @OpenRA

20240401

• Fixed start cash 💵 in fire watch 🚒 mission.
• Fixed rendering glitches with mothership.
• Fixed not all unit production buildings allowing power down.
• Fixed not all helicopters being able to automatically target other aircraft.
• Fixed miners not deploying when blocked by actors.
• Fixed scrap blocking miners from deploying at resource nodes.
• Fixed capturing base building unlocking the whole tech tree.
• Fixed teleport network not disabling when powered down.
• Fixed empty storage indicator and replaced it with estimated income.
• Fixed the build menu not appearing when main base is lost and builder not selected.
• Fixed broken sand/grass/snow to tech tile transitions.
• Fixed tankers entering enemy resource towers.
• Added the 3 x 3 = 9 map remake.
• Added new 8 player map Rain in the Fight.
• Added new map Diminishing Results replacing Diminishing Returns.
• Added new map Meiotic Division.
• Added more street lamps. 💡
• Added chat history support.
• Added a no build zone 🚧 around all resource extractors to prevent blocking.
• Added shadows to intelligent land mines.
• Added shadows to gold balls that miners drop when destroyed.
• Added shadow to scrap that vehicles drop when destroyed.
• Added shadows to resource icons.
• Added Yuruki ore purifier to match Synapol ore smelter.
• Added new orbital railgun strike artwork and effects.
• Added shadows below high bridges.
• Balancing changes:
  • Capturable resource extractors generate less funds. 📉
  • Televators now only require radars instead of tech centers.
  • Both factions now have ore refiners. Increased cost a bit.
  • Broker pod is no longer trainable. 🏦
  • Rocket pod moved to Synapol and increased firing rate.
  • Mortar pod moved to Synapol and reduced cost slightly.
  • Sniper and flame pod can't detect cloaked units anymore.
  • Mortar and flame pod no longer explode violently when killed.
  • Technician can detect cloaked units and repair pods.
  • Synapol elite pod is now available to all factions and increased cost.
  • Bomber pod moved from Synapol to Yuruki.
  • Electric pod now mirrors the rocket pod for Yuruki.
  • Rebalanced Howitzer and Shield.
  • Increased line of sight for walls and gates.
  • Changed weapons for aircraft.
  • Removed auto targeting for transport airplanes and widened attack range.
  • Swapped bike and buggy factions and buffed stats.
  • Swapped countermeasure and hacker tank.
  • Increased costs for stealth tanks.
  • Removed attacking from inside transport tank.
  • Rebalanced missile tank and stealth tank.
  • Changed Yuruki assault tank projectile sprite.
  • Increased damage to bomber pod against fortification.
  • Rebalanced ships and increased their line of sights.
  • Increased costs for advanced and artillery boats.
  • Allow recon tank to detect underwater units as well.
  • Increased natural resource deposits.
  • Traders can now order builders and bike/buggy.
  • Aircraft repair on trade platform is possible now.
  • Disabled gates/walls on bot matches. 🤖

Based upon an development version of @OpenRA.

20231125

• Removed screen shake from drop pod explosions.
• Fixed AI not building ore smelters in late game.
• Fixed AI training too few broker pods in late game.
• Fixed submarines being unable to target mine layers.
• Fixed missile sub being unable to target structures under fog.
• Fixed AI building tech buildings too early.
• Fixed force field overlay being too bright.
• Fixed Crater Defense breaches not getting displayed correctly.
• Fixed stone cliffs being traversable.
• Fixed smoke emitter for aircraft.
• Fixed elite pod not targeting air actors.
• Fixed different resource types showing the same tooltip.
• Fixed weapon circle range for bunker.
• Fixed miners not deploying when blocked by friendlies.
• Fixed unloading a vehicle from transport aircraft using the wrong cursor.
• Fixed air transport vehicle and pods conflicting.
• Fixed wrong palette for harbor shadows.
• Fixed Fire Watch mission not ending when all fires are out.
• Fixed map background leaking through UI edges.
• Fixed shore and dirt tiles not displaying hit effects.
• Fixed grass shore tiles being not aligned correctly.
• Fixed faction images for storage buildings.
• Fixed Z offsets for mines.
• Added water trails to submarines.
• Added shadows, centerpieces, corner and damage variants to high walls.
• Added sparks effect for actors targeted midair.
• Added twinkle ✨ effects for resources.
• Added explored map as new default for skirmish and multiplayer.
• Added transformation sounds for miners.
• Added upscaled sounds for the radar.
• Added extra silo sprites for miner building.
• Added an audio notification on building capture.
• Added shooting animation for lightning tank.
• Added new map Deliquescence by @SiegeSpud.
• Added lights and details to Doubles, Tournament Island, Sandy Shores, Tomb Raiders, Mount Brosnan, Harbor.
• Added a remastered version of map Crescendo.
• Added new crates as decorational props.
• Added reloading sound for minelayers.
• Added a new explosion sound for land and water mines.
• Added big water splash artwork to water mines when they explode.
• Added crane props.
• Added electric pod. ⚡
• Added high lamp post prop. 💡
• Removed pods ejecting on sell on Crater Defense.
• Removed terrain light source as they reveal starting positions.
• Removed WIP artwork mothership.
• Removed manual submerging for submarines.
• Changed lightning effect projectile.
• Changed railgun tank artwork.
• Changed checkbox artwork. ☑️
• Changed the layout for in-game encyclopedia. 📖
• Changed IRC in multiplayer lobbies to automatically connect. 💬
• Changed names to avoid confusion:
  • Hacker pods to Broker 📈 pods as there is already a Hacker tank. ⌨️
  • Tech Reconstructor to Nano Reconstructor as it heals everything.
  • Mine to AI Mine as they only trigger on enemies now.
• Changed balancing:
  • Increased storage hit points.
  • Increased harbor and starport energy 🔌 requirement.
  • Reduced reload delay, increased speed, removed inaccuracy from Synapol's AA tank.
  • Increased Synapol's AA Turret reload delay.
  • Mothership base is now indestructible.
  • Decreased charge up time for orbital railgun.
  • Bomber pod is now Synapol exclusive.
  • Reduced hit points of Ramp Buggy and Gatling Bike.
  • Increased Ramp Buggy and Gatling Bike weapon's effectiveness.
  • Increased Gatling Bike's moving and turn speed.

Based upon an unstable version of @OpenRA.