Changelog

This is the changelog for the next stable release. The changelog for the development branch can be found separately. Additionally, changes from earlier releases can be found on the historical changelogs page.

Next Release

Red Alert

Fixed the AI not building airfields as Ukraine. [#15598]
Fixed dogs dieing due to grenadier explosion. [#15594]

Playtest 20180825

General Improvements

Added a visual indicator for authenticated servers. [#15504]
Fixed crash when a non-admin player mouses over a bot in the lobby. [#15557]
Fixed infantry not using the correct death voices. [#15417]
Fixed the AI not recovering idle harvesters. [#15440]
Fixed infantry showing multiple overlapping sprites in the map editor. [#15495]
Fixed badge label padding. [#15499]
Fixed glitch with Ready checkbox when spectator transfers away admin. [#15469]
Fixed missing profile indicator for spectators. [#15467]
Fixed chat causing a crash under certain circumstances. [#15466]
Fixed "Invalid configuration command" message when starting a singleplayer mission. [#15483]
Fixed potential download issues on Windows systems. [#15519]
Fixed server list not updating when a game starts or finishes. [#15498]
Disabled render threading on Windows machines due to taskbar issues. [#15465, #15550]
Reverted addition of Restart button for multiplayer replays due to crashes. [#15506]
Reverted RA/TD sprite format memory optimization due to visual glitches. [#15470]
Reverted support for edge scrolling while an "inverted" drag scroll movement is in progress. [#15535]

Red Alert

Added support for installing assets from community-patched Origin versions of 'The Ultimate Collection'. [#15488]
Fixed tiling and decoration owner on several maps. [#15409, #15457]
Fixed death animations of Einstein, Delphi and Dr. Chan. [#15473]
Fixed mission crashes due to name clashes between actor names and Lua API namespace. [#15481]
Fixed vehicle husk positions not correctly updating when Chronoshifted. [#15505]
Fixed vehicles not returning after the Chronoshift duration has elapsed. [#15509]
Balance changes [#15500]
- Reduced Missile Sub damage buff vs. Wood to 10%
- Removed 2nd passenger slot from Ranger

Dune 2000

Fixed one of Fremen's death animations displaying Sardaukar run frames. [#15418]

Tiberian Dawn

Added support for installing assets from community-patched Origin versions of 'The Ultimate Collection'. [#15488]
Fixed several map issues. [#15409, #15457, #15463]
Fixed mission crashes due to name clashes between actor names and Lua API namespace. [#15481]

Engine/Modding/Utility/Scripts

Added Engine.SupportDir argument. [#15514]
Improved server support for black- and white-listing player accounts. [#15504]
Fixed several compiler warnings on linux. [#15558]
Fixed GivesExperienceModifier not working. [#15528]
Fixed a typo in DefineGroundCorpseDefault update rule. [#15409]
Fixed a crash and added a warning on truncated orders. [#15554]
Removed creation of unused irc.log. [#15428]
Removed leftover references to removed ExternalPort from scripts. [#15458]

Packaging

Fixed AppImage compatibility problems with Linux Mint. [#15496]

Playtest 20180729

General Improvements

Added in-game player accounts integrated with the OpenRA forum. [#15333]
Added preset colors and the ability to save custom colors to the color chooser. [#14853, #14947, #15197]
Added options for game admins to move players to spectators and transfer admin to other players. [#15307, #15353]
Added text selection and modification support to text fields. [#14980]
Added a "Slowest" gamespeed. [#14861]
Added "Restart" button for multiplayer replays. [#15216]
Added FPS counter to to the performance debug text. [#15222]
Added tooltip descriptions to neutral buildings. [#15144]
Added support for edge scrolling during an "inverted" drag scroll movement. [#14597]
Added a "Separate Team Spawns" game option to enable truly random spawn locations. [#15137, #15287]
Added death animations to units and vehicles that die when a player surrenders or loses a match. [#15279]
Added support for the dark mode of macOS 10.14. [#15379]
Fixed a shroud-related game exploit. [#15179]
Fixed a crash when clicking on empty replay map previews. [#14899]
Fixed a crash when spectating a map that plays a movie in the radar panel. [#15057]
Fixed a crash when invalid or not yet created LAN games are discovered. [#14929]
Fixed a crash when all selected units die while attack-moving. [#14976]
Fixed a crash when ordering a unit to guard a dying unit. [#15122]
Fixed various other potential crashes related to orders. [#15176]
Fixed the AI building excessive numbers of power plants. [#14594]
Fixed units losing the ability to rearm when the structure they are using is sold or destroyed under them. [#15178]
Fixed infantry and building decorations overlapping (veterancy, repair and similar symbols). [#15147]
Fixed the harvester spawned with a new refinery not always going for closest resource patch. [#14874]
Fixed missions not always showing in their correct campaign category on Windows. [#14868]
Fixed incorrect production icon overlay rendering in the spectator UI. [#14915]
Fixed multi-turreted units not appearing in the map editor. [#14975]
Fixed units near bridges being killed when the bridge is repaired or destroyed. [#15025]
Fixed the map editor accepting invalid filenames and then failing. [#15089]
Fixed the news-feed querying the web when the Fetch News option is disabled. [#15324]
Fixed a calculation error prevented cash from being spent uniformly while building a unit/structure. [#15387]
Fixed an issue that would prevent units from moving into an adjacent cell. [#15339]
Fixed the game always resetting to the main menu after leaving a match. [#15361, #15388]
Improved performance and memory usage. [#14913, #14928, #14935, #14932, #14917, #14934, #14930, #14931, #14933, #14900, #14943, #14940. #14977, #15036, #15034, #15069, #14984, #15098, #15109, #15121, #15148, #15129, #15149, #15182, #15194, #15198, #15290, #15375, #15385, #15400, #15407]

Red Alert

Added parachuting artwork for infantry. [#15106]
Added a heal indicator to infantry while healing via a captured Hospital. [#15147]
Added Oil Pumps and some other map decorations for the desert tileset. [#14815]
Fixed desert bridges not being destroyable. [#15159]
Fixed V2 launcher losing the ability to target while reloading. [#14926]
Fixed Mechanic not auto-repairing ships. [#14951]
Fixed several issues related to aircraft crashes. [#14982]
Fixed infantry using wrong death animations in some situations. [#15260]
Fixed "full" harvester artwork not being used. [#15253]
Fixed BOXES01 appearing in the wrong category in the map editor. [#15253]
Fixed "wobbling" transport helicopter on the shellmap. [#15270]
Fixed starting cash being configurable on several minigame maps where it does not make sense. [#14950]
Fixed incorrect Cruiser and Destroyer turret offsets. [#14945]
Fixed Chronoshift and Iron Curtain timers being cleared when a MCV/Construction yard deploys. [#15300]
Fixed incorrect Medic and Mechanic idle animations. [#15402]
Fixed missing hijacker idle animation. [#15408]
Updated the maps Pitfight and Ascent to their latest versions. [#14888]
Changed Short Game defeat condition to not count Silos. [#14941]
Changed Service Depot and Fake Service Depot hit-boxes to better match their sprite. [#14897]
Changed pip color to gray for Civilians and blue for Thief, Medic, Mechanic, Spy. [#15354]
Changed Kill Bounties game option to be disabled by default (and removed from campaigns). [#15180]
Removed Kill Bounty value scaling based on unit veterancy. [#15342]
Removed unused gate actors. [#15069, #15205]
Removed the "Training Camp" minigame map. [#15206]
Balance changes [#15091, #14982, #15302, #15340]
- AA Gun inter-shot delay increased by 20%
- Sam Site Vision increased from 6 to 8 cells
- Added 2nd passenger slot to Ranger
- Added 10 cell Submarine detection radius to Subpen and Naval Yard
- Shock Trooper price increased from 300 to 350
- Tesla Tank speed decreased by 12%
- Missile Sub vision increased from 6c0 to 8c0, damage vs wood armor doubled
- Lowered selection priority of Minelayers
- Artillery cost increased to 850 from 800
- Phase Transport and Mobile Gap Generator swapped between England and France
- Phase Transport Cloaking speed reduced from 9 seconds to 6
- Chrono Tank Chronoshift charge time reduced to ~9 seconds
- Unified base structure sight ranges to 5 cells
- Unified tech structure sight ranges to 4 cells
- Reduced fake structure sight ranges to 1 cell
- Allow fake structures to build off other fake structures
- Walls remain on the map after their owner is defeated
- Tech structures revert to neutral after their owner is defeated
- Increased the build speed of tier 3 units by 20%
- Decreased the Refinery sell value to 300
- Construction yards deployed from a Chronoshifted MCV receive a 50% damage penalty when the timer elapses

Tiberian Dawn

Added more difficulty settings to missions Nod06a and Nod06b. [#14842, #14854]
Fixed production tab numbering increasing indefinitely as structures are destroyed or sold. [#15217]
Fixed Orca and Apache losing the ability to target while reloading. [#14926]
Fixed infantry using wrong death animations in some situations. [#15260]
Fixed buildings being able to be placed on and block bridges. [#14844]
Fixed incorrect Communications Center tooltip in Nod03b. [#15253]
Fixed incorrect explosion effects on AA weapons. [#15348]
Changed Service Depot hit-box better match its sprite. [#14897]
Changed pip color to gray for Civilians. [#15354]
Changed water crossings to Rough terrain. [#14909]
Changed civilian Crop Fields to be targetable and destroyable. [#15331]
Balance changes: [#14982, #15163, #15150]
- Walls remain on the map after their owner is defeated
- Tech structures revert to neutral after their owner is defeated
- Apache damage vs prone infantry increased from 50% to 80%
- MCV price reduced from 4000 to 3500
- Repair pad full-repair time has been improved and standardized to 55% of each vehicles build time
- APC effectiveness has been comprehensively reduced:
  - Price increased from 550 to 600
  - Build duration increased by 5%
  - HP decreased by 10%
  - Turn speed reduced by 40%
  - Vision range reduced from 7 cells to 6
  - Anti-air range reduced from 7 cells to 5
  - Ant-ground projectile speed reduced by 60%
- Power changes:
  - Power plant health increased by 10%, build time reduced by 30%
  - Airstrip, War Factor, Refinery power usage standardized to 40
  - Repair pad power usage reduced from 30 to 20
- Rocket Launcher price reduced from 1000 to 900.
- Significantly decreased destroyed wreckage lifetime for Jeep, Bike, Buggy, APC
- Oil Derrick health decreased by 20%
- Engineer capture threshold increased to 55%

Dune 2000

Added ability to place turrets on top of walls. [#14862]
Added Ordos mission 5. [#14798]
Fixed crash in Atreides mission 5. [#15032]
Fixed missing Death Hand missile launched audio notification. [#15253]
Fixed upgrade research triggering production animations on structures. [#15391]
Balance changes:
- Changed building sight ranges to better match the original game. [#15319]
- Walls remain on the map after their owner is defeated [#14982]
- Added vision and VTOL husk to the carryall while in process of lifting harvesters [#14956]

Engine/Modding

Added support for mod-specific ingame credits tab. [#15204]
Added --dump-sequence-sheets Utility command. [#15094]
Added lint tests to check unknown field definitions on traits and weapons. [#15288]
Added new and significantly improved --update-mod and --update-map commands to replace the old --upgrade-* commands. [#14964, #15005, #15009, #15011, #15090, #15095, #15096, #15010, #15125, #15128, #15156, #15219, #15295, #15335]
Added support for GIMP and JASC palettes with per-color alpha. [#14851]
Added customizable production queue limit. [#15006]
Added logic to allow disabling hold status on a queue. [#14916]
Added HpPerStep override to Repairable. [#15111]
Added DamageTypes to Kill() and made some traits use it. [#14777]
Added IsPlayerPalette support to WithDecoration. [#14760]
Added GrantExternalConditionToCrusher trait. [#15022]
Added GrantRandomCondition trait. [#14216]
Added TooltipDescription trait. [#14890]
Added CashTricklerMultiplier trait. [#15306]
Added Replaceable and Replacement traits. [#14862]
Added Polygon HitShape. [#14840]
Added IsPlayerPalette support to Bullet, Missile and GravityBomb. [#14818]
Added lua functions for DeliverCash and DeliverExperience. [#14791]
Added CaptureTypes to GiveCashOnCapture. [#15072]
Added CargoConditions support to Passenger to grant a condition to actors inside transports. [#15066]
Added custom cursor support to GrantExternalConditionPower. [#14757]
Added a stance filter to TooltipDescription. [#15144, #15203]
Added ReloadingCondition to grant a condition from an Armament. [#15140]
Added some additional mod metadata in master server game advertisements. [#15185]
Added make.ps1 command shortcuts. [#14882]
Added support for Dark Reign format wav audio files [#15007]
Added support for multiple AutoCarryable traits on an actor. [#14837]
Added condition support to BaseProvider, AttackSuicides, ThrowsShrapnel, WithTurretAttackAnimation, WithTurretAimAnimation, FreeActor, GrantConditionOnDeploy, EjectOnDeath, SpawnActorsOnSell. [#14738, #14759, #14817, #14895, #14896, #15043, #15328, #15341]
Added DamageInterval and DamageDuration for continous-damage support. [#14988]
Added LaunchEffect* as a more flexible alternative to WithMuzzleFlash. [#14988]
Added AlwaysConsiderTurnAsMove property to Mobile (to display move anims while turning). [#15317]
Added Lua wrappers for the Nuke and Ion Cannon. [#14790]
Added additional unit tests for the MiniYaml parser. [#15157]
Added Radar.Ping Lua API for scripted maps to trigger radar pings. [#15359]
Added support for wget as a fallback for curl in the build scripts. [#15351]
Added a PlaceBuildingInit. [#15040]
Fixed launch-game.cmd accepting wrong mod IDs. [#14831]
Fixed crashes caused by partial abstract actor definitions. [#14859, #15001]
Fixed the utility crashing while updating maps with invalid rules. [#14948]
Fixed Asset Browser not handling multiple files with same name correctly. [#14249]
Fixed projectiles not using IRulesetLoaded properly. [#15064]
Fixed GrantConditionOnTerrain not accounting for custom layers. [#14684]
Fixed ShakesOnDeath.Intensity being used for duration and added Duration. [#15108]
Fixed AI interaction with custom layers. [#14974]
Fixed an infinite loop if a helicopter does not define any rearm buildings. [#14946]
Fixed empty groups being displayed in the mission chooser. [#15031]
Fixed carried units not being killed properly when the Carryall is killed. [#15030]
Fixed beacon and reveal times of NukePower when SkipAscent is true. [#14286]
Fixed the passing of arguments in linux server scripts. [#15103]
Fixed various situations that could cause negative player cash. [#14424]
Fixed the linter hiding errors for maps with custom rules. [#15252]
Fixed units losing their "Moving" status (e.g. for GrantConditionOnMovement, animations) under certain conditions. [#15224]
Fixed negative prerequisites being shown in tooltip. [#15065]
Fixed With*Animation traits crashing if the actor has more than one With*SpriteBody trait. [#15145]
Fixed LaserZap beam source not tracking the source muzzle. [#14988]
Fixed the requirement for mods to define a MapBuildRadius trait. [#15366]
Fixed the requirement for mods to define a PowerManager trait if they don't use power. [#15365]
Fixed the prerequisite lint test not accounting for LobbyPrerequisiteCheckbox and other custom traits. [#15344]
Fixed Explodes ignoring DeathTypes when damaged below the trigger threshold. [#15382]
Fixed GrantConditionOnBotOwner not working on player actors. [#15272]
Moved WormManager from Mods.D2k to Mods.Common as ActorSpawnManager. [#14349]
Moved AimSequence from WithAttackAnimation to a new WithAimAnimation. [#15140]
Moved most of the movement parameters from Mobile to new shared Locomotor traits on the world actor. [#14893, #15115, #15262]
Moved SupportPowerDecisions to a single parent node. [#15263]
Moved WithSpriteTurret.AimSequence to a dedicated WithTurretAimAnimation trait. [#14846]
Changed map editor to load an EditorPlayer to avoid loading unnecessary traits. [#14997, #15209]
Changed EmitInfantryOnSell to SpawnActorsOnSell and removed the internal e1 default. [#15161, #15171]
Changed default damage source on Explodes to the actor being destroyed. [#15304]
Changed PowerShell requirement to version 3 or higher. [#15088]
Removed some redundant yaml overrides. [#15269]
Removed various bogus/outdated yaml entries across all mods. [#15253, #15258]
Removed TileSet.Palette and the PaletteFromCurrentTileset trait. [#15028]
Removed the unused IsWater flag. [#14839]
Removed the deprecated Difficulty member from MapGlobal (lua). [#14978]
Removed WithReloadingSpriteTurret (use conditions instead). [#14845]
Removed hardcoded screen shaking from bridge traits (use ShakesOnDeath instead). [#15108]
Removed all remaining internal .aud sound defaults from Mods.Common. [#14892]
Removed default corpse sequences from Parachutable. [#15326]
Removed pre-20171014 upgrade rules. [#14949]
Removed support for the RA2 .bag file. [#15037]
Removed obsolete CheckDeathTypes lint rule. [#15210]
Removed redundant explicit ScanRadius parameters. [#14742]
Improved/de-duplicated/modularized some code in HackyAI in preparation for future improvements. [#14685, #14889, #15607]