Mindustry News

As 6.0 is more or less stable now, updates have slowed down significantly. This is likely to be one of the last notable releases before 7.0.

• Fixed same-line logic comments not parsing
  
• Fixed Kamikaze achievement not triggering with flying units [Steam]
  
• Fixed mass driver rotating before payload is received
  
• Fixed bullets dealing splash damage twice upon collision splash damage of certain bullets has been increased to compensate
  
• Fixed floating point errors in core database leading to incorrect rounding
  
• Fixed unit payloads snapping rotations when entering reconstructors
  
• Fixed builder AI placing drills on incorrect/mixed resources & clogging crafters
  
• Fixed editor mirror filter being offset in certain situations
  
• Fixed music randomly cutting off after quit to main menu
  
  
• Campaign: Made invasion chance scale with nearby enemy base count
  
• Campaign: Added 20-minute invasion grace period after sector capture
  
  
• Made impact reactor warmup time scale with boost (@Quezler)
  
• Made players prioritize highest tier core when respawning
  
• Made logic programs reset all state on edits
  
• Made logic blocks no longer change 'last accessed' names when no edits are made
  
• Made naval paths preload on maps with spawn points on liquids
  
• Made Plastanium sprite slightly more distinct
  
• Made ground units avoid walking in slag/deep water even when it is the only valid path
  
• Made fire disappear faster in rain
  
• Made conveyor items render under most blocks
  
• Made server prevent duplicate IP connections
  
• Made crosses render on item/liquid sources & sorters in schematics
  
• Made building disabled state save upon world reload
  
• Made status indicators smaller for 1x1 blocks
  
• Made mod browser list mods by last update time
  
  
• Implemented automatic mod list updates (currently, every 4 hours)
  
• Improved unit selection visuals (@Voz-Duh)
  
• Improved power status information (@Slava0135)
  
• Added boost % bar to overdrive projectors (@Quezler)
  
• Added IPv6 address support to join dialog (@markozajc)
  
• Added core item incineration rule (@Quezler)
  
• Added carried payloads to unit status bars & info (Partially implemented by @Slava0135)
  
• Added slight shine effect, triggering upon building rotation
  
• Removed overflow gate inventory
  
• Increased power source output
  
• Many other minor bugfixes & tweaks
  

In light of user feedback, I will be making some changes to the way co-op works in the campaign. These changes are in no way final, and may be reverted if problems are found with the approach.

Currently, the campaign only affects the host player. While clients connected to the host are allowed to use the hosts's research, they cannot progress themselves. This is because there was no straightforward way for me to carry over 5.0's "parallel progression" system with shared items, as global inventories no longer exist.

To improve the co-op experience, I will be implementing the following changes:

1. Any research the host does will transfer over to all connected clients, even after they disconnect. To prevent gaps in the tech tree, every direct dependency will unlocked as well.

This means is that if you connect to a host and they research a Meltdown, for example, you will permanently get the Meltdown unlocked, along with the Arc, Lancer, etc.

2. Clients will be able to use any research they have, even if the host doesn't have it unlocked.

3. Clients will receive a copy of all the resources the host is producing on the current map, distributed to all their sectors. If they do not have space for the materials anywhere, they won't get any.

4. Clients will be able to research new tech in multiplayer, even if it depends on technology that only the host has. The item cost will be taken from their local inventory - not from the host.

For example, if the host has unlocked the Scorch but the client has not, the client will still be able to research the Arc turret, which normally would require researching the Scorch. In doing so, they will unlock the Scorch as well, to prevent random tech tree gaps.


This system is not particularly intuitive, but it's probably better than the current state of co-op.