Release v0.4.5 · fenio/zod

A big batch of gameplay polish, AI/pathfinding fixes, and — new this release — diagnostics that make bug reports actually actionable.

Start screen & UI

The game now starts truly frozen. Until you click "Start / Resume", no orders, no production or build-queue changes, no cannon placement or driver eject — not even a unit's voice. No more accidental commands (or phantom audio) before kickoff. (#76, #91)
Camera centers on your own fort at game start, regardless of resolution — it used to land off-screen on wide displays. (#74)
Menu list scrollbars are draggable / click-to-jump — reach map 35 in one drag instead of 35 clicks on the arrow. (#78)
Options remember game speed and volume between sessions, and the mouse wheel raises/lowers them. (#73)
Starting squads spawn spaced out instead of stacked at the fort door.

A robot that peels off to grab a flag/vehicle now rejoins its group, so you keep control of the whole group instead of being left steering only the leader.
Units stop chasing attackers they can't reach (e.g. across water) and hold position instead of shuffling at the shoreline forever. (#71)
Grab polish: no phantom re-grab of a vehicle already being boarded, and a peeling unit no longer twitches the wrong way first.

Lost commands fixed — the click-vs-drag threshold went from 1px to 5px, so an ordinary click reliably registers as an order. (#39)
The move/capture destination marker no longer double-draws. (#38)

zod_diag.log now auto-captures suspicious events as they happen: a move order to an unreachable spot, a unit stuck with no progress, being attacked by an unreachable unit, or a match that can't end.
The F12 / \ unit dump is richer (owner, can-move, crewed vs. driverless, per-team census). If something misbehaves, select it, press F12, and attach zod_diag.log to an issue.

The Windows zip and Android APK are attached below.