3721

Patch 3721 (19 September, 2021)

Lobby

• Improved visibility of balance patchnotes
• Improved CPU benchmark to take into account RAM
• Removed large map preview when map preview is hidden (map generator)
• Prevented kyros lobby from displaying spawn location when map preview is hidden (map generator)
• Fixed ACU display in large map preview
• Fixed the link for curated map button

Gameplay

• Removed reclaim rate from scoreboard mass income
• Added decals on a lot of projectiles impact and tree falling effect for aesthetics
• Added feature : preselection of mex when selection engineer and hovering the cursor over a mass spot
• Allowed battleship/battlecruiser to render their weapon reload bar
• Speed up Aeon static shields death animation to match other faction
• Added a hotkey for dock
• Made sonars more reliable to hit

Bugs

• Fixed game resulting in draw when it should not
• Fixed units doing some friendlyfire and inaccurate damage
• Fixed Cybran ACU sonar that was working without the torpedo upgrade
• Fixed unit cap display in coop
• Fixed some UI scaling issues
• Fixed game ID displayed in the scoreboard
• Fixed a warning with shield overspill function
• Fixed a bug happening when engies were not able to build
• Fixed some warnings due to lava trees missing textures
• Fixed aoe damage not working properly on build drones
• Fixed hotkey not working with Seraphim SACU in buildmode

Performances

• Optimized cybran build effects and reduced the number of drones spawned by hives
• Code optimisation related to weapons
• Call to faster function
• Improved UEF build beam logic
• Simplified Seraphim flash effect at finished structure
• Simplified UEF static shield build effect
• Optimized math calculations
• Optimized function to generate random numbers
• Optimized logic for structure rotation toward enemies (for point defenses, artillery)
• Optimized HQ logic
• Prefetch data in the lobby to speed up loading screen
• Removed unused code which aimed to rock boats
• Optimized the access to the current layer of a unit
• Optimized trashbag
• Benchmark tool for developers allowing to evaluate easily code impact on performances

AI

• Fixed a bug preventing AI from firing nukes from Aeon SML
• Fixed AI's ACU upgrade in coop
• Fixed arty range issues with AI
• Removed unused code for AI
• Improved description of AI code
• Fixed AI platoon function
• Fixed AI game result

Other

• Improved and more visible weather
• Added new props for maps
• Display beetle as cloaked for the owner
• Removed duplicates of adjacency visual effects
• Added field engineer icon to Cybran/Seraphim/Aeon, so it display in case they possess one.
• Updated loading tips
• Prevented observers from pinging
• Prevented sending resources to enemies
• Fixed tooltip to support experimental transporter
• Improved code style consistency
• Fixed chrono damper and RAS description
• Removed Aquatic tag from T3 UEF maa
• Fixed the visual of several cybran unit's weapon
• Added old patchnotes changes until the version 3636
• Test code with FAF lua language
• Better naming of T3 maa unit folders
• Small refactoring with regard to taunts
• Add textures for map generator

Contributors

• Jip
• Uveso
• speed2
• KionX
• Sheikah
• KeyBlue
• Relent0r
• Dragun
• Askaholic
• Madmax
• Tagada
• FemtoZetta
• Rowey
• Divran
• Timocov
• Melanol
• Benzi-Junior
• slinkingant
• WhenDayBreaks
• SnaggleFox
• keyser