ZEPHON News

This patch fixes a multiplayer crash.

[h5]Bug Fixes[/h5]

• Fixed multiplayer crash when a unit is created.
  

This patch improves a few engine capabilities.

[h5]General[/h5]

• Improved VRAM management.
  
• Improved logging to be able to track some outstanding crashes.
  

This patch focuses on fixing some outstanding crashes.

[h5]Bug Fixes[/h5]

• Fixed game potentially not starting due to incorrect IGD initialization handling.
  
• Fixed an issue that could prevent an ironman game from saving properly when quitting to desktop.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when AI Reaming Crodeus uses Swallow.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur during turn processing.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur during GUI recreation.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when recreating the Vulkan swap chain.
  
• Disable some Vulkan layers that may cause issues.
  

This patch focuses on balance as well as minor fixes and UI improvements.

[h5]General[/h5]

• Traits are now sorted (first by color: white, blue, green, red; then by rank: higher rank first; then by duration: longer duration first; then alphabetically).
  
• Quest objectives hint now mentions cycling between highlighted tiles.
  

[h5]Balance[/h5]

• Hijack no longer works on Hero units.
  
• Increased Outrider cargo slots from 1 to 2.
  
• Increased Commander Orbital Bombardment damage from 8 to 12.
  
• Increased Commander Orbital Bombardment armor penetration from 6 to 7.
  
• Increased Ithuriel Harbinger Plasma Cannon damage from 6 to 8.
  
• Increased Ithuriel Harbinger Plasma Cannon armor penetration from 5 to 6.
  
• Increased Elohim Maelstrom Judgement From Above damage from +10% to +17%.
  
• Reduced Elohim Maelstrom Elysian Battery damage from 8 to 6.
  
• Reduced Elohim Maelstrom Elysian Battery armor penetration from 6 to 5.
  
• Reduced House on the Borderland algae from 2 to 1.5.
  
• Reduced Cysilical Growths chips from 2 to 1.5.
  
• Reduced Bio-Acid Spray armor penetration from 3 to 2.
  
• Reduced Something Wicked cooldown from 10 to 5.
  
• Neutral Abkluths are now more likely to spawn.
  

Rogue Operative

• Increased Independent population loyalty upkeep from +25% to +50%.
  
• Small Scale Op now gives +0.5 loyalty per population (only affects population 1 to 6).
  
• Comprehensive Connexion now gives +0.5 loyalty per population (only affects population 7 to 12).
  
• Increased Icarus Satellite damage from 8 to 12.
  
• Increased Icarus Satellite armor penetration from 6 to 7.
  
• Increased Trash Camo cover damage reduction from 5% to 8%.
  
• Increased Ghost Corps damage from 5% to 10%.
  
• Changed ICAR Blueprints from -25% influence cost for augments to "Allows applying other augments on already augmented units".
  

Furtive Tribunal

• Increased The Outsider duration from 5 to 10.
  
• Increased Comprador Science research from +1 to +2.
  
• Increased Scimystic Scismatics influence from +1 to +2.
  

Fallen Soldier

• Reduced Parthian Equilibrium evasion damage reduction from 25% to 17%.
  
• Changed Parthian Equilibrium +2 accuracy to +17% attacks.
  

[h5]Bug Fixes[/h5]

• Fixed Storm of Storms not applying to the center tile.
  
• Fixed crash after a player is defeated and Stormheart Facility is taken over by an AI player.
  
• Fixed Something Wicked not showing damage preview.
  
• Fixed English language always being set when the game is first started, even if Steam is set to a different language.
  

[h5]Modding[/h5]

• Faction xmls can now specify `headquartersUnit=""`.
  
• Fixed issues using the `removeBuilding` effect.
  
• Fixed crash that would occur because of missing patch notes translations for custom languages; now English patch notes are shown instead.
  

This patch adds quest objectives to the introduction game, fixes a crash when hovering over resources, and rebalances several outposts.

[h5]New[/h5]

• Introduction game now has guiding quest objectives.
  

[h5]Balance[/h5]

• Changed Crystal Basin 17% invulnerable damage reduction to 33% cover damage reduction.
  
• Increased Phase Generator damage reflection from 33% to 50%.
  
• Increased Microchip Fabricator heal from 2 to 4.
  
• Increased Recycling Tanks heal from 2 to 4.
  

[h5]Bug Fixes[/h5]

• Fixed a crash that could occur when hovering over resources.