Echoes of the Architects News

Echoes of the Architects Demo - Update 0.98.1

Increased the collection speed and storage multiplier on the Pair unit class
Increased the cooldown and reduced the initial cooldown of the Instant Build tactic
Increased the price of the fast brain modules
Reduced the damage reduction on the Protector and Shield defense modules
Improved the order of the filter categories
Added more Echo behavior overrides
Added new "My Behavior" conditions
Added new ally/enemy unit count conditions
Auto-filters out out of range targets for bases
Auto-select the target filter tab when editing a priority
Retry failed server requests and display an error message after too many fails
"More than x meters from closest ally/enemy" filters are now considered valid if there's no ally/enemy
Increased max shadow distance in higher quality levels
Increased opacity of the time scale buttons
Integrated new design UI sound effects
Move the Forgotten Deterrence map at the end of the list
Moved the design button up in the main menu
Renamed the "Position" target type to "Hotspot" and added the corresponding visuals on the map
Renamed the ally/enemy base related target selectors to better reflect their behavior
Rolled back the changes on approach and attack/repair range display
Improved the Abandonned Portal, Forgotten Deterrence, Lost Wrecks and Toxic Core maps
Improved the shield VFX
Updated translations
Memory usage optimizations
Fixed errors when editing a priority with deleted conditions
Fixed the ally/enemy base filters using player/opponent bases instead of target's ally/enemy ones
Fixed the build duration of the Slow and Low Memory brain modules
Fixed the conditions and target filters overlapping
Fixed the control options not always correctly saved
Fixed the debug indicators shifting position after a few matches
Fixed the distance from closest ally/enemy/resource filters
Fixed the map modifiers highlighter
Fixed the self-destruct modules min countdown displayed in the stats

Echoes of the Architects Demo - Update 0.92

Added colors in the stats
Added distance from closest ally/enemy/resource target filters
Added more ally/enemy presence conditions
Added target filter and condition parameters
Added target filters invert option
Added the Side filter category to the Approach and Self-Destruct action
Improved the auto-definition of the action when changing a utility module
Increased the armor and build duration of the Heavy Tank unit platform module
Increased the build cost mutiplier of all the advanced unit classes
Increased the build cost of the Basic brain module
Increased the build cost of the Heavy Tank unit platform module
Increased the build cost of the Low Memory and Slow brain modules
Increased the build cost of the Rhover unit platform module
Increased the build duration mutiplier of the Pair and Giant unit classes
Increased the build duration of the Saw, Mortar and Railgun attack modules
Increased the build duration of the advanced brain modules
Increased the build duration of the advanced unit collector modules
Increased the cost of the Dropship unit platform module
Increased the damage and reduced the approach distance of the Mortar and Railgun attack modules
Inverted the default camera key bindings for zoom in/out and move up/down
Made the "Approach and Self-Destruct" action and the ally/enemy filters work with resources and positions
Railgun now ignores target shields
Reduced the build cost and duration and increased the range of the Machine Gun attack module
Reduced the build cost and increased the armor of the Dropship unit platform module
Reduced the build duration of the Hovercraft unit platform module
Reduced the collection speed and capacity of the unit platform modules with several utility slots
Reduced the collection speed and increased the build cost of the Payload collector module
Reduced the cost of the Spitter and Factory base construction modules
Reduced the damage dealt by the Blaster and Saw attack modules
Reduced the move speed of the bigger unit classes
Reduced the storage capacity of the Excavator base storage module
Removed filters from the Store action
Restored the Constructor module type filter
The Hack tactic now only inverts the ally/enemy team on targeted units (not on bases anymore) and area damage from hacked attackers don't impact allies anymore (still impact enemies)
Tweaked the Colossal Heart, Desolated Artefact and Forgotten Deterrence maps
Tweaked the Rhover model
Tweaked the drones position on base spawn spots
Tweaked the unit editor UI
Updated translations
Fixed combination of filters from the same category
Fixed some modules randomly not appearing in the unit thumbnails
Fixed the unit thumbnails showing shadows coming from the main menu scene
Fixed the "Attacked" target filter
Fixed the Approach and Self-Destruct action string missing the target selector
Fixed the brain frequency stat delta scale
Fixed the storage conditions

Echoes of the Architects Demo - Update 0.88

Added the map selection panel for freeplay
Added the "Approach and Selft-Destruct" action
Changed the Forgotten Deterrence lava effects: each eruption now deals 75% damage to units and 20% to bases
Reduced the build cost of all the self-destruct modules (-50%)
Reduced the damage done by the Slash tactic (-50% -> -30%)
Changed the Colossal Heart modifiers (increase attackers range instead of reducing their rate of fire)
Decreased the max budget of all maps except Forgotten Deterrence (~-20%)
Increased the build cost of the Fast brain module (75 -> 100)
Increased the damage done by self-destruct modules (60 -> 100)
Reduced Dropship move speed (3 m/s -> 2.5 m/s)
Reduced Heavy Tank's armor (400 -> 300)
Reduced the build cost multiplier of the Swarm unit class (225% -> 220%)
Reduced the build duration multiplier of the Swarm unit class (375% -> 350%)
Improved the flanking paths to be more predictable
Added numerical delta on stats
Tweaked the tactics' descriptions
Tweaked the map modifiers' descriptions
Changed the loading screen
Updated translations
Fixed moving target filters ignoring flanking units
Fixed full collecting units being blocked when another unit is collecting the same resource
Fixed bases initial armor on Desolated Artefact
Fixed errors about the blur shader
Fixed errors after game over when using base distance target filters
Fixed the position of the brain modules on the Hovercraft
Fixed division by zero errors
Fixed the selft-destruct modules not hidden while the parent unit is invisible

Echoes of the Architects Demo - Update 0.85

Fixed flanking
Fixed the description of the Fast Large Memory and Small Memory brain modules

Echoes of the Architects Demo - Update 0.84

Added "Not/Moving Away From Me" target filters
Added 1 priority slot to all the brain modules except the Huge Memory one
Added a repair range multiplier on the unit classes
Added a shield range multiplier on the unit classes
Increased the build cost multiplier of the Swarm and Titan unit classes
Increased the build duration multiplier of the advanced unit classes
Reduced the collection speed multiplier for the Giant and Titan unit classes
Reduced the range multiplier for the Pair and Swarm unit classes
Added an initial cooldown of 60 seconds to the Hit Hard and Stealth tactics
Increased the cooldown of the Stealth tactic (60 -> 120 seconds)
Increased the enemy damage reduction of the Hack tactic (-50% -> -60%)
Increased the initial cooldown of the Fury and Hack tactics (30 -> 60 seconds)
Doubled the armor of all the base platforms except the Light one
Increased the build cost of the Spitter and Factory construction modules (300 -> 400)
Increase the build cost of the Dropship and Light Tank unit platform modules (250 -> 300)
Reduced the armor of the advanced unit platform modules (Dropship: 120 -> 100, Hovercraft: 150 -> 100, Light Tank: 330 -> 300, Heavy Tank: 420 -> 400)
Reduced the build cost of the Rhover unit platform module (200 -> 150)
Increased the cost of the (self-)Shield module (150 -> 200)
Increased the range of the Protector (1 -> 1.5m) and Dome (2.5 -> 3.5m) shield modules
Reduced the cost of the Miner collection module (200 -> 250)
Reduced the cost of the Payload collection module (200 -> 150)
Integrated new map ambiences (all maps now have a specific one)
Integrated new hit sound effects
Fixed the unit list position when opening the unit editor
Fixed units unable to attack/repair slower targets fleeing from them