Build 52168 System Builder is now available in experimental mode. No saving/loading of systems yet. Use mass to determine what planets can orbit other planets (only a lower mass planet can orbit a large mass body with the sun being the exception. No binary systems yet.) You can also add placeholder (simple primitive) planets in the system editor by pressing 'a'. UI Updates: Mouse over on units provides significantly more detail about the state of the unit, and in the case of builders, what they're building Ongoing improvements to unit flocking and flow field path finding AI not only builds to advanced factories now, but fabbers will also assist now. Build air defenses! Metal spots now have a mode where you can turn on a strategic icon for them. Particularly useful on mostly water planets. Advanced bombers will no longer do double damage to primary target (main damage + splash) Commander can no longer build nukes or anti-nukes. Ctrl-P now has more modes. It cycles between Client, Server and Sim stats. When reporting "lag" or framerate issues, please make note of the frame rate on each of these pages as it's helpful in determining where the problem was with performance. Random name cycle button for planet editor Fix for linux not translating Ctrl+[key] and Shift+[key] key presses properly The client should now make use of your display name if you have one set (http://store.uberent.com/account/MyAccount) Never ending circle nukes shouldn't any more. Quick match now is 1v1, and also fixes an issue where quick match frequently wasn't working.
Size of Update: ~13MB Other Changes Many new Lava and Metal world brushes & features Metal Spot Icons: New Anti-Nuke Build icon Unit Info Box: Tactical missile launcher now has a strategic icon Build costs for nuke and anti-nuke missiles are now shown Manouver and Roam settings should now work.* * Untested, based on code change Unit Changes T1 Bot New Name: Dox Nuclear Missile Now damages allies New description: LR-96 -Pacifier- Missile Anti-Nuke Missile New description: SR-24 -Shield- Missile Defense Modders See PA Modding Changes for a list of changes that affect mods.
Ctrl+N is the shortcut for this. So glad this was added! EDIT: Although it doesn't work when you're picking your location.. Which is an important time to have it!
Thanks - my checkin notes had it as Ctrl-M, which I knew wasn't right, but been a long enough day, I couldn't remember what the actual mapping was.
The whole 'mass' system confuses me, as it feels like when i create a planet and go back to the system editor, it uses what ever the mass slider was set to before. Also, I hope soon we will be able to load in previously saved planets!
I couldn't agree more about this. You want things as easy as possible for picking spawns so it doesn't take forever, and having the Strat Icon visible for Metal during that period would go a long want to making things clearer for the user I think. Mike
In the planet editor, if you click re-build it doesn't clear the old planet first. This lets you stack multiple planet types on top of each other. I'll add it to the tracker. Lava & Metal: All Biomes:
That's pretty cool, the second one looks like it has moss growing on it from years of neglect EDIT. Maybe it could even be used as a nice bit of lore? In the Progenitors bid to take over the universe, they covered their super weapon planets in earth and sand to avoid detection. Had any rival commander occupied a planet near these covert planet destoyers they would soon find themselves blasted into oblivion! Years of neglect have left the interior of these planets exposed, and their weapons disfunctional.. OR ARE THEY??
You already can; going to edit planet and loading it in will load it into the game, but you cannot load any other planets in after that (apart from tiny suns and tiny planets)
WAIT!!, I like this bug. the Lava+Metal mix is awesome. may be they should add it as a feature! a melted metal texture around the lava edges would be a plus
T1 Bot New Name: Dox Not a big fan of the new name. Saying build Doxs (Dox's? Doxi?) sounds weird compared to saying build ants or humming birds in my opinion.
