Fixes:

• Fixed several client crashes.
  
• Fixed a server crash.
  
• Fix anti-aliasing + ultra setting.
  

Balance:

• Bunker: Tweaked this map to reduce incidence of boring stalemates, we'll be keeping an eye out to see if more is needed. Removed the far NW and far SE redstone mines, giving 2 expansions per team instead of 3. Lowered the height of the natural defensive walls around each base.
  
• 15% movement slow now also applies while charging or spinning up a ranged weapon (in addition to while zooming/scoping).
  

Changes and Additions:

• We added automatic crash reporting.
  
• We now show the remaining health of your killer on the death dialog.
  
• We now show healers and siege icons on loadout minimap.
  

Fixes:

• Overlay not clearing fixed (fix some sticky dialogs and missing errors).
  
• Music restarting fixed (I think).
  
• Server message spam fixed.
  
• Auto detecting resolution scale fixed.
  
• Middle mouse zoom / bind bugs fixed.
  

Engine Updated:

• We updated our engine to Unreal 4.12 (from 4.11).
  
• This update contains network improvements, foliage scalability, and anti-speedhack fixes.
  
• This was a big change, so there may be a few things to fix this week.
  

Balance:

• Sixth sense now reveals nearby enemies for allies too.
  
• Humans are no longer slowed by simply having a ranged weapon selected (was 10% on most weapons, 30% on marksman's bow).
  
• All units are now slowed by 15% while zooming/scoping with a ranged weapon.
  

Changes and Additions:

• Many map elements are now hidden for commander view, allowing better vision of the battlefield in; Morning, Bunker.
  
• Added some dedicated Newbie AI Commander servers, can only join these with <= 20 games played.
  
• Greek localization added.
  
• Polish localization updated.
  
• Improved tooltips for many items, e.g. explaining stacking rules and explaining what the disruptor actually does.
  
• Added network error for d/cing from server.
  
• Added helper messages about muting players.
  
• Added helper messages about votes.
  
• Added in new roof to Morning, touched up on a few materials.
  
• Updated post-processing effects for Eden.
  
• Added melee attack swoosh effects.
  
• Added more detailed death event log.
  
• Increased default network bandwidth from 10kb/s to 20kb/s, added an option for this under gameplay.
  
• Voice lines from the communication wheel or quick spots are now spatialized if the player is nearby.
  
• Added impeach progress messages to chat.
  
• Updated Eden center area props.
  
• Updated Beast first person ranged weapon animations.
  
• Added Foliage scalability settings.
  
• Officer aura now has an effect. Health regen buffed from 2/tick to 5/tick. AI Commanders now assign officers.
  
• Added look at me animation to votes.
  

Fixes:

• Losthills rock collision fixed so projectiles don't blow up in thin air.
  
• Fix for chat muting not working sometimes.
  
• Stairs collision fixed on Snowblind.
  
• Fix for overtime victory going to a random team.
  
• Chat backer is always enabled in Snowblind until we get outlines working.
  
• Fix commander info height.
  
• Hide mini stamina if dead.
  
• Fix for death dialog sometimes not knowing what killed you.
  
• Fixed many axis keybinding bugs.
  
• Fixed a movement component crash.
  
• Fix missing materials on lods for siege workshop and shock tower.
  
• Fix elected commanders not being cleared after a match, this was allowing players to take comm without a vote.
  
• Filter out infinite duration buffs from SCT messages.
  
• Server messages are now stored and restored, and use brighter colours .
  
• Fixes for AI commanders not respecting warmup takeover time.
  
• Vote limit for team votes are per team.
  
• Made commander vote stat data more reliable.
  
• Fixed size of allies on loadout minimap.
  
• Fixed several bugs with removing assigned officers when players leave or swap teams.
  
• Loadout scoreboard has votes now.
  
• Fix ant trails for practice with bots games.
  
• Fix for chat scrolling when wrapped lines are visibile.
  
• Fix spawn building not being replicated to commander (was breaking spawn preview locations).
  
• Fixed bow and discharger equip animations.
  
• Fix height positions on death dialog.
  
• Fix server messages not causing chat auto scroll.
  
• Fix bot sounds playing in 2d when playing practice vs bots.
  
• Fix starting tab highlight in game options.
  
• Fixed that weird global sound that played when a relocator failed.
  
• Clear lag compensation history after teleporting so that players don't get hit by rewound traces after they have teleported.
  
• Revert change that played melee attack anims in predicted reference frame so that other player's impact effect and animation line up.
  
• Sound spam fix when killing buildings during practice with bots.
  
• Fix resuming from menu if you are both queued to spawn and the match has ended.
  

What are we working on?:

• Network improvements
  
• Foliage scalability
  
• Anti Cheat
  
• Officer Improvements
  
• Detailed death event log
  

Hotfixes:

Changes and Additions:

• Improved human fps equip animations.
  
• Updated animations for: grenade launcher, medpack, legionnaire, rocket launcher, pulse cannon.
  
• Added "new patch" alerts.
  
• "Commander please prioritize" requires a shift click now to avoid misclick spam.
  
• Team select join buttons disable if you would not be able to join that team, no more spamming to get the "would be imbalanced" message.
  
• Research tips improved for characters.
  
• Big spawn map on Loadout now has full gameplay information (same as FPS).
  
• Loadout minimap now shows commander orders and pings, plus marked enemies.
  
• Added healer and siege icons to the RTS minimap.
  
• Gun Game: progress is now only set back every 2 deaths so the game moves forward faster. Also added increased health and stamina regen. Fixed early match end.
  
• Default game list sort is now 'has players + sort by lowest ping'.
  
• Default off hide empty servers.
  
• Polish language updated.
  
• Icons updated for some items.
  

Fixes:

• Fix some cases of stats not recording.
  
• Fix a case where cosmetics would not work after changing maps.
  
• Fix for commanding dialog not working sometimes.
  
• Fix for keys count in steam inventory.
  
• Fix for steam inventory not updating sometimes.
  
• Fix for bug where keys would appear to be inside crates.
  
• Fix bot and notbot checkboxes showing nothing if both are checked.
  

Changes and Additions

• Increased default Casual player count to 16v16 (from 12v12)
  
• Added item action queuing so a quick swap and click will use the item reliably
  
• Item equip delays reduced to 100ms
  
• Weapons fire will induce a maximum of 200ms unequip time
  
• Block once again resets the attack sequence
  
• Practice with bots has mode options now
  
• Updated most weapon icons
  
• Brought back auto attack bind by request
  
• Server list will remember your preferences for options not overridden by current mode
  
• We now convert mana count to shots remaining count
  
• Vote chat messages include info on how to vote
  
• New flame shield effect
  
• Show your self position on the minimap while dead or spectating, also show the position of the player you are currently spectating
  
• Updated medpack use animation
  
• Score popups now show gameplay stat value, action name, then score e.g. 380 Player Damage +38
  

Fixes

• Fix for servers losing track of clients (this caused the server list to show less players than were really on the server, plus caused stat submission to fail for those players)
  
• Blocking ranged attacks should be even more reliable
  
• Fixed savage gun aim offset
  
• Fixed some inconsistencies with queuing to spawn, should always send you to spectator now no matter what combo or shortcuts you use
  
• Ejecting from kong/buggy no longer breaks death dialog + damage direction info
  
• Other players Leaps now update at higher priority, so you will see their current position more accurately
  
• Fix ballista/catapult casting a hidden shadow when they are dead
  
• Fix ballista/catapult never going away when a player exits the vehicle
  
• Fix request approved weapons not slotting sometimes
  
• Commander has access to concede vote now
  
• Fix some weapon sounds sticking when swapping to melee while charged
  
• Hide fog for commanders on SnowBlind
  
• Fix some tooltip icon aspect ratios
  
• Game list clear filters also clears search input
  
• Fix successive dialogs not always clearing the previous properly
  
• Nearby healer check makes sure they would be able to rez you
  
• Fix space to free spectate often returning you to the map origin
  

New Mode: Gun Game

• This mode is a free-for-all race to the finish as players change weapons with each kill
  
• As this is Savage, Melee will always also be available
  
• Deaths in this mode will set you back 1 weapon progress and change your Race
  
• This option will occasionally be available via the end match map vote
  
• Tell us what you think about this bonus mode right here on the community forum! Also, let us know if you think of a better name.
  

0.1.27

• Fix for infinite ammo bug
  
• Firewards less loud
  
• Fix for self footstep spacialization
  
• Fix for building foundation height in Morning
  
• Updated mana crystal tooltip
  
• Death tips persist to the queued to spawn spectator screen too
  
• Added logging to help us track down stats bugs
  

Changes and Additions

• Reworked human siege movement: should no longer completely fail sometimes, has fps independent turn rates, fixed cases where client mispredicted movement
  
• Made some minor adjustments to Loadout item icons to help differentiate them, tinted all icons by tech line
  
• Morning has walls that go all the way up
  
• Auto run will now not engage if W is down, and will cancel if W/S are pressed
  
• Updated K.O.N.G. walk animation
  

Fixes

• Fixed bots often not choosing weapon upgrades
  
• Fix bot weapon minimum range for beasts
  
• Fixed a server crash
  

Changes and Additions

• AI Commander Casual Mode servers added: these servers are intended for new players to learn the game without significant differences in Commander skill leading to unfair games
  
• Commander can now hold both mouse buttons and drag to quickly rotate the camera
  
• Players now only get the in-world onscreen order for the nearest commander alert
  
• Players see a brief ant trail when they are issued a direct order or an alert is placed nearby
  
• You can now double click a spawn point to attempt to spawn there immediately
  
• Morning: roof is hidden for commander view
  
• Morning: added blockers to prevent shooting the enemy base with only 1 wall down.
  
• Morning: you now cannot build in the tunnels
  
• Tips added explaining you can click and drag to rotate buildings
  
• Continuous attack is now optional - see the controls settings
  
• Lobbies are now visible by default
  
• Updated Morning wall textures
  

Fixes

• Auto accept request check frequency increased
  
• Fix more game server messages
  
• Fix researching spam msg
  
• Morning added to player called map vote
  
• Fix tip typo
  
• Fixed building hotkey collision with player view hotkey
  

What else are we doing this week?

• We're redoing our vehicle movement so it doesn't bug out sometimes
  
• We're improving our art, effects, and animations
  
• We're experimenting with improving the Commander interface, particularly regarding issuing orders to players
  
• We're fixing general bugs
  
• We're working on couple of secret things
  
• Think we should be doing something else? Post to let us know!
  

New Map: Morning

Changes and Additions

• Set up sound occlusion, e.g. buildings and terrain will dampen sounds that occur behind them
  
• Increased sound falloff distances across the board. Will keep an eye (ear) on this.
  
• Characters grunt when taking damage
  
• Updated building icons
  
• Allow team size modification when hosting Official Casual games
  
• Updated coil rifle scope textures
  
• End game map vote will pull a random selection of options from the available map pool
  
• AI Commander will research Stronghold level 3 before 3rd tech building
  
• Updated Chaplain Forcefield sound effects
  
• Adjusted Legionnaire melee attack 2 timing
  
• Rearrange research/buildings/buffs/tower upgrades so that the tech lines are always in a consistent order (elec-mag-chem, strata-fire-entropy)
  

Fixes

• Death tips don’t repeat in the same match
  
• Fix many sound spatialization bugs e.g. sounds were playing in 2d when they should have been playing from a location in world
  
• Spire impacts are less loud
  
• Launcher impact was missing attenuation/spatialization
  
• Hide and disable continuous attack bind, it's redundant now - you can bind primary action to mouse 4 if you want both
  

Changes and Additions

• Can now switch to a ranged weapon or item during the flurry time of attacks instead of needing to wait for the end of the attack.
  
• Block no longer breaks the attack sequence.
  
• Add a flurry time to the final attack in the sequence that can only be used to block or switch to a weapon or item.
  
• Reduce flurry time of Legionnaire's first attack from 1.333s to 1.0s
  
• Holding down left mouse button will now continuously attack instead of needing to press it once for every attack.
  

• Added info about in-game levelling to the How-To / Learn sections
  
• Added more neutrals to Bunker (2 monkits per hill)
  
• Temp Snowblind neutrals replaced with existing updated ones for now
  
• Added some race specific death tips
  
• Add "Commanding is Hard" prompt, recommend newbies play some practice with bot commander games first
  
• Commander player request mode moved to server, improving responsiveness and feedback to team
  
• Added Auto Balance, AI Commander options to custom games
  
• Updated Chaplain resurrect sound effects
  

• Enabled self shadowing on weapon fp meshes
  
• Tweaked Stalker 3rd person aiming
  
• Tweaked animations for Scavenger
  
• Scavenger gun aim tweaks
  
• Updated Legionnaire animations
  
• Savage bow aim updated
  
• Cleaned up human gun aim offset
  
• Updated Predator animations
  
• Updated Launcher fire animations
  
• Updated Repeater position and animations
  
• Updated Flux fps animations
  
• Updated Scattergun animations
  

Balance

• Added diminishing returns for buff resource generation:. each additional factorium/shrine of the same type only provides half the regen rate of the previous one i.e. regen rates for 1 to 5 shrines now: 1, 1.5, 1.75, 1.875, 1.9375 instead of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  

Fixes

• Fix muting player so it also mutes VOIP
  
• Replaced the commander screen edge scrolling with a version using mouse position instead of hovering buttons, this should fix any edge cases (heh) where the scroll wasn't detected.
  
• Fix incinerator tooltip to use new projectile count
  
• Fixed the falling through world kill box for Eden, Bunker, Lost Hills
  
• Fix for sound channel settings not being remembered
  
• Free things are always free, even if your balance is negative. Should fix some bad Loadout states
  
• Fix pawn on player state not always being reset when detaching from controller (caused some crashes and spawn bugs)
  
• Fix a few server crashes
  
• Weapon related client crash fixes
  

Changes and Additions

• You can now switch from ranged weapons/items immediately
  
• Switching while spinning up/charging a weapon will cancel the shot
  
• Add 0.25s equip time for all weapons/items
  
• Added Officer auras, providing a small amount of health regen to nearby units
  
• Improved human commander ability and building tooltips
  
• Lower score thresholds for account level 40+
  
• Added more obvious refire delay feedback for long delay weapons
  
• Updated the rocket launcher and grenade launcher animations
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where axis binds exclusivity by category wouldn't work
  
• Fixed a client crash
  
• Fix server name not resetting when resetting to default settings
  
• Fix red lobster effect
  
• Game messages fixes
  
• Fix no chat when entering spectator interface from game menu
  
• Fix emblem star replication
  
• Refresh 3d preview after request is auto accepted
  
• FPS loadout errors will no longer return you to the loadout if you already spawned
  
• Fixed no results button being pushed off the game list
  
• Fixed bots not completing buildings all the way
  
• Fixed a server crash