The Pre-Release Update #2! (1.0.0.021)

[p]Finally back from my self-imposed holidays! Well, to be honest that was a while ago, but I've been too lazy to post my compiled changes (what a surprise)...

Unlike previous times, nothing too impressive here, just a lot of smoothing, tightening of certain screws, fat trimming, and whatnot. And by that I mean polishing, major fixes, and the trimming of certain dialogue to make the tutorial a bit less overwhelming, and at the time faster to convey important info (as details are already covered by our recently added Guide Menu).[/p][p][/p][p]CHANGES [/p]

[p]Brand new Intro Screen![/p][p][/p]

[p]Major Bugfixes - Of all kinds really (list would be too long to include here), most of them visual/non-game-breaking, but a few rare crashes were fixed nonetheless (especially regarding the multithreading)... All known memory leaks are now gone as well.[/p]
[p]Text Improvements - Tons of rewrites, trimming, and more... Mostly to dialogue, but also to a few UI components.[/p]
[p]Improvements to the Latest Features - Guide, Unit Modifiers, and much much more. They're now officially 100% finished![/p]
[p]Art Reworks - Shields (small and big variants now), Stat Icons, UI art improvements, etc.[/p]
[p]New SFX - To the Corruptor Enemy, Crimson Moon, Ascension Core/mechanic, and Capture mechanic.[/p]
[p]Pause Info Improvements (and fixes) - New info conveyed on pause menu (based on user feedback): Waves until Airdrops. Plus major reworks/fixes to other existing counters (which has also lead me to rework day/night cycle in-game logic for certain quite specific interactions).[/p]
[p]Optimizations - To Saving, Multithreading, visuals, ...[/p]
[p]Major AI Improvements - To Territorial Units (mostly Apex Enemies, but exclusive to them)... They're a lot more efficient at wandering around while hunting for Units now.[/p]
[p]Countless UX & Balance Improvements![/p]

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]As stated previously, all features are in! So it's just polish now indeed. I'm still addressing suggestions and feedback as always though, so feel free to give your thoughts down below![/p][p] [/p][p]As always, most of the feedback gathered and addressed from our Reddit. [/p][p]Feedback Form [/p][p]Discord Server (Dev Updates)[/p][p]- the_procrastinator[/p]