V1.5.3.2

Commanders are now more powerful and rush-resistant in the early game with a better Peashooter and more health. The health buff is reduced at higher levels and turned into a nerf if you stack too many speed modules. Commanders also have a stealth buff with the Racketeer cost increase.

There are many interface features/fixes in this version with the most noticeable being the new tab playerlist. The layout of the playerlist is still a work in progress. Recent work outside the game has been on getting planetwars running as well as a singleplayer galactic conquest campaign.

Balance

Commanders:

• Increased Peashooter DPS by 14%.
• Peashooter is now better at hitting raiders.
• Starting health increased by ~800. This increase is reduced to ~400 by level 6. Details below.
• Speed module (+10% speed) now costs 100 health.

Base health per level before the change:

• Strike: 2500 - 2500 - 3000 - 4000 - 5000 - 6000
• Recon: 1650 - 1650 - 2100 - 2600 - 3100 - 3600
• Support: 2000 - 2000 - 2500 - 3000 - 3700 - 4500
• Guardian: 3000 - 3000 - 3800 - 4900 - 6000 - 7200

Base health per level after the change:

• Strike: 3200 - 3200 - 3800 - 4600 - 5500 - 6400
• Recon: 2400 - 2400 - 2800 - 3200 - 3600 - 4000
• Support: 2800 - 2800 - 3400 - 3800 - 4500 - 5000
• Guardian: 3600 - 3600 - 4400 - 5500 - 6600 - 7600

Racketeer:

• Cost 350 → 380

Slashers:

• Now run out of range of short ranged turrets (not by default, since they are set to hold position and have tactical AI disabled by default).
• The @Xivender thing should now be fixed thanks to an engine change by @hokomoko

Reef and Shogun

• Footprint size 4x4 → 10x10. This should make them less intimate with terrain and each other.

Heavy Tank Factory:

• Unfurls 4x faster to bring it in line with other factories.

Krow:

• EMP and disarm now interrupt cluster bomb dropping (similar to Thunderbird).

Kodachi:

• Slightly higher aim point. It is a little easier to hit.

Interface

Text to speech:

• Disabled by default (volume is set to zero).
• Disables itself during catchup.

Controls and hotkeys:

• Added binding for clear map marks.
• Removed Tab overlay hotkey.
• Tab now opens the new playerlist.
• Added another way to set terraform height. Hold Alt and click/scroll the mousewheel while placing a structure to set height.
• Reenabled hold to terraform structure by default.
• Enabled factory production hotkeys by default.
• Enabled safe alt factory queue insert by default.

Panels and layout:

• No storage energy warning now flashes on energy stall as well as excess.
• Fixed space+click on factory failing to bring up unit info.
• Fixed missing tooltip during structure placement.
• Left click to select on minimap setting is now remembered correctly.

Visuals:

• Improved terraform construction point visuals. Construction points now draw as icons that represent the type of terraform command corresponding to the point.
• Changed 'self' teamcolour from teal to green to aid recognition.
• Improved and moved some ally team colours.
• Improved performance of overhead icons, command drawing and certain wobbly sphere visuals (shield and singu).
• Singularity Reactor is now more shiny.

Game Options

• Very easy chickens is now easier.
• Added a modoption to make water level control easier with options Manual, Dry and Flooded. The Dry and Flooded options automatically turn the map into a land or sea map respectively.

Notable Menu Changes

• Updated Circuit AI.
• Fixed various settings failing to apply, such as camera scroll speed and map drag speed.

Game Fixes

• Removed some unused buildpics to save on filesize.
• Fixed a bug in which constructors are unable to repair while stalling high priority metal.
• Fixed wonky landing pad turn rates.
• Fixed Krow cluster bomb tag for AIs.