Version/2.31.x

2.31.2

Release: (2021/03/27)

Features

• Increased player icon fade distances 4000 units for revive, 3000 for everything else (ammo/health/squad icons).
  • Also increased their scale very slightly as of last patch.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that would cause certain buildings to stop functioning after triggering it to recycle, then cancelling the recycle. (Turrets/Radar(Vehicle scanning function only, research capability was unaffected))
• Fixed a visual bug with melee which would cause the dynamic crosshair to expand even though it didn't increase bullet spread.
• Fixed vehicle preset ordering to fix issues with commander interface dropdowns.
• Fixed a bug with vehicle looping sounds (Engine sounds mostly) being hardcode limited to 2500 attenuation distance, regardless of the sound script's attenuation definition.
  • Along side this general vehicle sound attenuation has been increased, meaning you can hear them from futher away. (And louder for longer distances)

Script/Game Balance

Vehicle Armors

• Composite
  • Increased Cost from 30 to 40.

Vehicle Weapons

Machine Guns

• • Standard Machine Gun
    • Decreased Heat from 1 to 0.8
    • Increased Reload Time from 3.5 to 4
  • .50cal Machine Gun
    • Decreased Heat from 0.8 to 0.6
    • Decreased Weight from 50 to 45
    • Increased Clip Size from 70 to 80
    • Increased Total Ammo Clip from 4 to 5
    • Increased Reload Time from 6.8 to 7
    • Decreased Projectile Spread from 0.013 to 0.01
  • .50cal Heavy Machine Gun
    • Decreased Cost from 95 to 90
    • Decreased Damage from 23 to 20
    • Decreased Cycle Time from 0.06 to 0.045
    • Increased Clip Size from 110 to 120
    • Increased Total Ammo Clips from 4 to 6
    • Increased Reload Time from 7.5 to 9
    • Decreased Projectile Spread from 0.013 to 0.008
  • Chain Gun
    • Decreased Damage from 14 to 13
    • Increased Heat from 0.35 to 0.7
    • Decreased Weight from 50 to 40
    • Increased Cycle Time from 0.04 to 0.06
    • Decreased Clip Size from 125 to 100
    • Increased Total Ammo Clips from 3 to 4
  • Medium Chain Gun
    • Decreased Cost from 70 to 60
    • Increased Heat from 0.45 to 0.7
    • Decreased Weight from 65 to 50
    • Increased Cycle Time from 0.035 to 0.045
    • Decreased Clip Size from 175 to 150
    • Increased Total Ammo Clips from 3 to 5
    • Decreased Projectile Spread from 0.03 to 0.0275

Cannons

• • Standard Cannon
    • Reduced Heat from 10 to 9
  • Ranged Cannon
    • Decreased Cost from 85 to 80
  • High-Explosive Cannon
    • Decreased Cost from 80 to 70
    • Decreased Gravity from 0.4125 to 0.4
    • Increased Weight from 60 to 70
  • Plasma Cannon
    • Decreased Cost from 130 to 110
    • Decreased Gravity from 0.4 to 0.35
    • Railgun
    • Decreased Cost from 160 to 120
  • Biological Cannon
    • Decreased Cost from 130 to 100
    • Decreased Gravity from 0.37 to 0.35
    • Decreased Projectile Spread from 1 to 0.5
    • Decreased Explosion Radius from 200 to 150
    • Increased Vehicle Bio Time from 4.25 to 5
    • Increased Vehicle Bio Interval from 0.4 to 0.5
    • Increased Infantry Bio Damage from 3 to 4
    • Decreased Infantry Bio Time from 7 to 5
    • Decreased Infantry Bio Interval from 1 to 0.5

Missiles Launchers

• • Standard Missile Launcher
    • Increased Weight from 30 to 40
    • Decreased Cycle Time from 1.2 to 1.1
  • Upgraded Missile Launcher
    • Decreased Heat from 8 to 6.5
    • Increased Explosion Radius from 100 to 150
  • Biological Missile Launcher
    • Increased Heat from 6 to 12
  • Nuclear Missile Launcher
    • Increased Cost from 140 to 200
  • Guided Missile Launcher
    • Increased Heat from 7.5 to 9
  • Homing Missile Launcher
    • Decreased Cost from 140 to 100
    • Increased Damage from 55 to 60
    • Decreased Lock Range Modifier from 0.00029 to 0.0002
      • This means it increases the time it takes to lock onto a target by 0.2s by 1000 units
• Grenade Launchers
  • Biological Grenade Launcher
    • Decreased Cost from 60 to 50
    • Increased Weight from 40 to 50
    • Increased Damage from 30 to 40
    • Decreased Cycle Time from 2.5 to 2
    • Decreased Heat from 14 to 13
    • Increased Total Ammo Clips from 4 to 5
    • Decreased Grenade Timer from 6 to 3
    • Increased Player Bio Damage from 10/s for 3s to 10/s for 4s
    • Increased Vehicle Bio Damage from 5/s for 5s to 10/s for 4s

Vehicle Engines

• Bio Diesel
  • All Chassis
    • Decreased Heat At Max from 1 to 0

Research

• High Caliber Rounds (.50cal)
  • Moved from Projectile Physics to Electrical Engineering
  • Increased Cost from 180 to 240
  • Increased time from 45 to 60
• Advanced Machining
  • Increased Cost from 360 to 600
  • Increased Time from 90 to 120
• Composite Armored
  • Increased Cost from 480 to 600
• Gas Turbine
  • Increased Cost from 360 to 450

Chassis

• Armored Fighting Vehicle
  • Increased Available Weight from 320 to 330

2.31.1

Release: (2021/03/20)

Features

• Player names and revive icons now follow ragdolls correctly rather than staying at the death location.
• Changed the revive icon to something simpler that is able to be re-colored in code and faded as to not block too much space on screen.
  • Revive icon is now red for team mates and yellow for squad mates.
  • Revive icon now fades out when close to the crosshair and if the player is too far away. (3000 units)
• Tweaked player name fade distance and position on screen in an effort to make them less likely to block your view.
• Player health colors are now drawn Red->Orange->Yellow->Green, rather than a linear transition of Red->Green.
• Tweaked position of ammo/health request icons along with the squad member icon.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue causing spotting/targeting to be unreliable, this was due to incorrect parameters on the collision traces.
• Fixed bad parameters on prone collision checks causing team mates to be able to block a prone attempt.
• Bullets no longer collide with projectiles, this should fix issues where tanks would shoot their own shells/missiles. (Although this affects all bullets)

Script/Game Balance

Vehicle Handling

• Armored Fighting Vehicle
  • Reduced Max Steering at Slow Speed from 50 to 45
• Armored Personnel Carrier (NF)
  • Reduced Max Steering at Slow Speed from 40 to 35
• Medium Tank (BE)
  • Increased Max Steering at Fast Speed from 10 to 12

Research

• Plasma Cannon Projectile
  • Increased Cost from 240 to 360
  • Increased Time from 60 to 90
• Plasma Tipped Rounds
  • Increased Cost from 240 to 360
  • Increased Time from 60 to 90
• Upgraded Missile Warhead
  • Reduced Cost from 360 to 240
  • Reduced Time from 90 to 60
• Salvo Missile Launcher (NEW)
  • Cost = 180
  • Time = 45
• Guided Missiles
  • Reduced Cost from 360 to 240
  • Reduced Time from 90 to 60
• Chemical Dispersion (NEW)
  • Cost = 120
  • Time = 60
  • Contains Biological Warhead
  • Contains Biological Grenades (NEW)
    • Cost = 120
    • Time = 30
• Projectile Coating (NEW)
  • Cost = 120
  • Time = 60
  • Contains Biological Projectile
    • Reduced Cost from 360 to 240
    • Reduced Time from 90 to 60
  • Contains Biological Cannon
• Upgraded Chassis
  • Increased Cost from 480 to 600
• Medium Tank Chassis
  • Increased Cost from 360 to 450
• Artillery Tank Chassis
  • Increased Cost from 480 to 600
• Advanced Chassis
  • Reduced Time from 150 to 120
• Heavy Tank Chassis
  • Reduced Time from 180 to 120
  • Reduced Cost from 720 to 600.

Armors

• Increased Composite Cost from 20 to 30.

Weapons

• Biological Warhead
  • Reduced Player Bio Damage from 5 to 4
  • Reduced Player Bio Time from 10 to 8
  • Reduced Player Bio Interval from 1 to 0.5
  • Increased Vehicle Bio Damage from 7 to 8
  • Reduced Vehicle Bio Time from 10 to 8
• Biological Grenade Launcher (NEW)
• Removed Weapons
  • Machine Guns
    • Plasma Machine Gun (2 slot)
  • Cannons
    • Plasma Cannon (3 slot)
    • Heavy-duty Ranged Cannon (3 slot)
    • Thermobaric Cannon (3 slot)
    • Biological Cannon (2 slot)
  • Missiles
    • Heavy-duty Missile Launcher (3 slot)
    • Virulent Missile Launcher (3 slot)
    • Advanced Salvo Missile Launcher (3 slot)
    • TOW Guided Missile Launcher (3 slot)
    • Homing Missile Launcher (2 slot)
    • Salvo Homing Missile Launcher (3 slot)

Infantry Weapons

Rather than listing the individual changes (Which would be a long list), please follow the link below for all of the changes.

https://git.empiresmod.com/empires_public/empires_scripts/-/merge_requests/209/diffs