0.2.1 is Live! New Units, Some Graphics Uplift, Formations and More

Hey Everyone,

0.2.1 is now available! Thanks to everyone who helped to test it and offer suggestions while it was on the beta branch.

As always, feel free to provide feedback and report any bugs you come across on Discord or the Steam forums.

[h2]Summary[/h2]

More Laboratory units
Graphics uplift for many human buildings, icons and some terrain tiles
Move formations and a lot of other QoL features
More points of interest on maps
Artifacts and more module types for spaceships
Extra skills, a 4th stratagem slot, balance changes and more

[h2]0.2.1[/h2]

[h3]Laboratory Units[/h3]

Added 10 new Robot alternative units to unlock.
Added 2 new Human alternative units to unlock. The AA Cyborg and The Transporter.
Reduced the cost of alternative units to 75 biomass. Previously unlocked units will refund 25 biomass on load

[h3]Graphical Improvements[/h3]

Improved many human structures with extra detailing. Connectors now also have appropriate corner and 3 way connections.
Improved some terrain tiles
Improved most skill icons

[h3]Robot Hordes and More Map Points of Interest[/h3]

Robot hordes are available across more maps and endless mode. Watch out for their heavy vehicles and drop pods.
Added swamp tile and creatures to Caelus Region
Added whirlpool tiles and scavengers to Seth 148
Added scavengers to Anomaly Oscar
Added Robot outposts to Ignis Rift
Added laser towers to lost colony

[h3]New Buildings[/h3]

Forge to both the humans and robots. Allowing you to purchase tier 1 and tier 2 items for your captain
Terminus Cannon to the humans. A high tier rapid firing cannon with incredibly long range and firepower.

[h3]New Spaceship Modules and Artifact System[/h3]

Garden Module for humans. Boosts crew efficiency based on the number of adjacent Quarters, Armouries and Academies.
Academy Module for humans, upgradable from Armoury modules. Units start with some experience
Warehouse Module, upgradable from Manufacturing modules. Boosts construction speed
Radar Module upgradable from Relay modules. Displays the path of one horde group
Containment Module, upgradable from Laboratory modules. Activates 1 collected artifact
Artifacts. Items that can be collected in the game that provide buffs or new spaceship weapons
Improved some of the spaceship GUI numbers to be a bit clearer

[h3]New Stratagems and a 4th Slot[/h3]

Added a 4th stratagem slot to The Laboratory
Added 4 new stratagems

[h3]Lots of QoL[/h3]

Formation Move, Dragging the right mouse button with units selected will now place formation markers. This can also be toggled for attack-move.
Units will now follow another unit when you right click them
You can rally barracks on to other units or bunkers
Added a toggle for mouse map scrolling
Added the ability to delete units by pressing delete (default)
Added a toggle for right click to be attack move by default in the controls panel
If you hold control and drag walls they will now place as 2x2
Turrets can now be manually targeted
Added hotkeys for the captain and ship panel
Explosive radius of unit projectiles and their spread is now displayed in the GUI
Added a toggle for idle markers
Added a garrison bar to units to display their current garrisoned capacity
Added the ability to right click the minimap to move units
Added a controls reset button
Added a captain marker to the minimap
Achievement status now updates immediately
Added a UI volume slider
Your last The Survivor custom loadout now saves
Some improvements to range indicators
Various improvements to the GUI including clearer button selection in the main menu map selection panel and spaceship module information.

[h3]General[/h3]

Removed the start up splash screen
Added some new captain skills
Items may be found in wreckage pickups
Small performance improvements to large Robot Bases

[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]

Armour now provides a % reduction in damage. Many armour values have been changed to adjust for this.
Destroyers have regained their cleave attack
Wall heat reduction changed from 5% to 7%
Battery rework. Reduced their cost significantly and they now act like solar panels for the adjacency bonus and can boost solar panel output to 11.
Armoury units may now have different cost/upkeep
Wardrum MBT Attack Speed 2 -> 3, Splash 0.35 -> 0.3, Damage 40x2 -> 50x2
Reclaimed Health 40 -> 50, Armour 2 -> 3
Avengers Health 40 -> 55, Armour 1 -> 2 Effort 40->45
Flamer Health 30 -> 40
Viper Splash Radius 1.25 -> 1.1
Tortoise Effort Cost 450 -> 400, Ore Cost 20 -> 15
Obliterator Damage 20 -> 25, Credit Cost 700 -> 600, Uranium Cost 8 -> 5
Cyborg Ore Cost 6 -> 4
Forcefield Armour when powered 5 -> 3
Monolith, Rocketeers and Rocketoids can no longer shoot air
Slip Cannon Attack speed 2.5 -> 3
Heal drone engagement stop distance 1 -> 2.1
Sky Ranger 100 -> 90 Ore 3 -> 1
Brute Ore 3 -> 2 Health 80 -> 100
Bike Ore 4 -> 1 Crystals 3 -> 5
Plasmoid Damage 10 -> 15
Recycling items now gives 100
item level instead of 100. This is displayed on the recycle tooltip when you drag an item over it

[h3]Modding[/h3]

Added the ability to change some building stats
Added the ability to change unit cost

[h3]Map Editor[/h3]

Dragging the mouse in the map editor will now continuously place units or buildings when the mouse is moved
Added the new units and buildings from this update
Added flavour text triggers based on cycle

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

Fixed various issues with the GUI when selecting and deselecting units
Fixed some sprites not matching units if a laboratory unit is in use
Fixed various issues with the Survivors perks and modifiers
Fixed demolishing drop pod launchers removing T2 units on load
Fixed forcefield wall placement in the map editor
The Beam sound effect will now pause when the game is paused
Fixed some enemy AOE attacks not triggering ghost buildings

I'm planning for 0.2.2 to be of a somewhat similar size to this one as I start to focus more on getting the first part of the campaign out later this year.