Release Build 76766 now live

Release Build 76766

Leaderboards
- If player is inactive for 7 or more days, you will no longer show up on Leaderboards

Bugfix/Polish
- Current game list should have improved responsiveness (changed games list to make use of compression to reduce bandwidth requirements).
- Improved server browser behavior (sorting is now by time arrived instead of by game name)
- Adjusted start position for Unit Cannon so it looks right
- Umbrella adjusted for visual improvements
- New icons for nuke and anti-nuke ammo to reflect current color scheme
- Naval Umbrella redesigned to better match visuals of land version
- Art pass for Holkins (land and naval)
- New build bar icon for Holkins to match new look
- Server backend perf tweaks
- Improved support for non English alphabets in directory names
- Improvements on path handling overall
- Crash logging improvements
- Fixed a bug on player surrender
- AI fabbers will now try to avoid building where they are standing (should fix long delay for AI to start doing stuff at start of game)
- Neural net data updated
- AI will prioritize areas where a commander is present
- Nav crash fix
- AI fix for building too many fabbers
- AI now anticipates upcoming economy income for area builds
- AI should expand faster
- AI will no longer believe Dox can attack while underwater
- Minor changes on how AI prioritizes planets
- Added stuck detection fro AI platoons attempting to use a teleporter
- AI now will use "Feeder Planets" when available to safely store units and feed them into more dangerous zones of battle
- Layout polish on Kickstarter dialog
- Recent contacts in chat list are now sortable
- Opening new player guide when you are playing against AI will pause the game
- Water depth parameter in editor
- My planets now work with custom planets
- Can now delete more than 1 landing spot in editor

Wow that was unexpected

Err, no expected push of PTE bug fixes to main.
Still nice to see.
Now let the real changes hit PTE

A lot of odd updates. I dont know why but I'm really excited about the water depth parameters x3

Sorry everyone. No Commander updates for me to post.

Maybe next time.

I know we have been playing with this in PTE.. but new pushes of builds always makes me giddy!

Thanks Uber

Any update on the progress of our ati cards and high contrast?, Please let me know if you need more details.

Starting planets code made it into server_browser.js but not the html in server_browser.html

Code:

 <img style="position:absolute;bottom:0;right:0;" src="" data-bind="visible: $data.starting_planet, attr: { src: '/ui/main/game/server_browser/img/icon_planet_start.png' }" width="20" />

All of the Faster Server Browser optimisations and feed filtering (except 304 not modified) have been implemented:

Code:

"gFasterServerBrowser_filtered_total":0,"gFasterServerBrowser_no_TitleData_count":0,"gFasterServerBrowser_no_system_count":0,"gFasterServerBrowser_old_game_count":0

Current feed is < 0.2 Mbit/s

AMAZING

im getting "could not retrieve game list because network connection could not be found" in custom game under multiplayer section, any idea why?

Updates to the AI in 76766:

• fabber_economy_builds
  • New high priority MEX area build for one fabber
  • Advanced MEX priorities increased
• factory_naval_builds
  • Typo fixed

Yay

Edit: Why not post the update notes on steam and the official build tracking thread etc?

You should e-mail a player when this happens to encourage them to play again.

Yes! It would be good for Uber but I know that I would actually want a notice like this.

Theif, anyways, services like mandrill you can send up to 12k free!, hell i'd be shocked if notifications by email wasn't already playfab thing.

The depth thing is great. I made a planet that's entirely ocean except for one tiny little island. It's like Waterworld!

I called it Verne. Because Leagues Under the Sea.

the Linux download at https://store.uberent.com/Download/Install?titleId=4 has not been updated yet, any ETA?

PS: would love to play the auto-updating steam build but I have to use --software-ui and this trick doesn't seem to work on the steam version

@jables sometimes seems to forget about that.

Fortunately, there are at least three alternative updaters for Linux that do the same thing as the UberLauncher. By the way, it's possible to add start-up parameters to games in Steam, eh? Or do you mean that the game just doesn't function from inside of Steam when you do that?

Available Linux patchers:

• Pyrus' Python PA Patcher
• UberWillam's GO Patcher
• DeathByDenim's (hey hey!) Qt4 Patcher (work in progress)

Hah, thanks for making me take a second look at the Steam parameters, I had gone the command-line route which didn't remove the bug but using the Steam UI the --software-ui works