DRAFT for NEXT release

This is a draft for the next release, these changes are not live and not guaranteed to stay. For the latest stable release notes see changelog. For the unprocessed, technical list of changes see the commit log.

v1.6.10.0

Gameplay

Receiving AFK player's units is now opt-in
Players can receive more than one extra commander if team player counts are sufficiently lopsided

Graphics

Remove Cyclops' unused small gun from model

UI

Missile silo's 'select missiles' bound to Any+D by default
Label text has option to be now ally-colored in chat
Better handling of "enemy inactive" popup window
Quitting to menu no longer triggers a resign
Proper handling of metal display with excessive metal mults

Chickens

More chicken types can see and attack underwater targets
Chicken units are no longer slowed by water
Chicken Tube and Spire more powerful

Game fixes

Fixed Disruptor Bomb potentially doing no slow damage if launching unit dies before impact
Athena land/fly preset works properly
Fixed a Linux/Mesa shader error
Fixed Swift clogging factory pad
Fixed various rare code errors
Dodo help window shows correct damage value
Resign button works when already resigned
Fixed team economy display when spectating
Fixed Ctrl + left-click selection as spec

Website/server

Unlocks page properly displays remaining donation ("kudos") points
Allow restricting rooms by rank
Fixed donator badges showing for some non-donators

Misc.

Don't prompt for crash report when killing game's process

v1.6.9.0

Balance

Replaced Cyclops' combination cannon/slow beam with a single disruptor cannon

This is intended to enforce its role as an anti-heavy unit, reducing its effectiveness against small units

Graphics

Added new Strike Commander skins: Chitin, Renegade

Sounds

New sounds for various weapons
Zombie mode sounds are back

GUI

Missile silo has "select missiles" button

Fixes

Fixed units sometimes being permanently disabled by lightning
Save/load now handles morph properly
Fixed Outlaw (and similar) sphere GFX not appearing underwater
Fixed lights being cut off when slightly offscreen
Fixed gaps in blocks of nanoframes started with Q
Athena no longer appears in gesture menu
Workaround campaign disappearing terraform bug: restore effects of initial non-building terraform on game load
Smarter parsing of disabled units string
Fixed various Lua errors appearing ingame

Misc.

Mex placement widget can no longer be disabled (accidentally or otherwise)

Planetwars planets

Sea planets:

(2v2)
Juno: Bellicose Islands -> Shimmershore v1.0
Poseidon: IncultaV2wetV3
Vasuda: Paradise Lost v2 -> Columbia Basin 1.1

(3v3)
Ceres: Porky_Islands -> Sapphire Shores
Sagan: DeltaSiegeDry -> Bellicose Islands
Tegmine: Sierra -> Paradise Lost v2

Other planets:

(2v2)
Trantor: Quicksilver -> Downpour 1.1
Asellus: Tumult -> Otago 1.1
Slade: Ternion -> Cold Snap 2
Yggdrasil: Tombstone Desert -> TartarusV7
Alterf: StormSiege -> Gecko Isle 1
Chertan: Sapphire Shores -> TandemCraters
Xi: Charlie in the Hills -> Aetherian Void 1.6

(2v2 -> 3v3)
Gryphon: Desert Plateaus -> Charlie in the Hills
Shiva: Tabula
Carbine: Tartarus -> Sierra

(3v3)
Mu: HighGroundsDelta -> DeltaSiegeDry
Vectron: Emain Macha v3 -> Gehenna Rising 3

ADDED MAPS:
Shimmershore
Columbia Basin
Gehenna Rising
Cold Snap
Aetherian Void
Downpour
Otago
Gecko Isle
TandemCraters

MOVED FROM 2v2 to 3v3:
Charlie in the Hills
Tabula

REMOVED MAPS:
Porky_Islands {feel it works better in large teams}
Emain Macha v3 {meh, needed a 3v3 spot}
Quicksilver {mildly asymmetric, performance issues?}
Desert Plateaus {asymmetric}
Ternion {super asymmetric}
Tumult {seems too big for 2v2}
StormSiege {seems too big for 2v2}
Tombstone Desert {disliked map?}
HighGroundsDelta {I remember having some issue with it in campaign}

v1.6.5.5

Features

Added autosave functionality

GUI

Added option to not automatically unpause the game in singleplayer when closing menu
Added a slider to scale healthbar size
Pregame building queue anti-spam: now limited to 30 buildings
Camera pan speed setting in main menu affects all camera types
Prettier loading bar

Main menu