Version 1.2.14

New

• AI now uses transports.

• New and improved tutorial tips.

General

• Mass unit order key shortcuts now work even with a unit selected.

• Mark tile and mass unit orders now trigger on key press instead of key release to be more reactive.

• Notification list now scrolls to the bottom when a new notification is added.

• Left-clicking on a notification no longer removes it (right-clicking still does).

• In The Last Days of Earth, it is now possible to diplomatically interact with Anchorite and ZEPHON during the five preparation turns in order to improve relations with them.

• Added hint to duplicate items that they do not stack.

• The in-game pause menu no longer has a button to copy the world seed; both the world seed and world parameters string can be copied from the in-game game lobby.

• Improved overwatch action hint.

• Tweaked outpost text to say "+X% for controlling city" instead of "+X% inside city".

• Show attack area and show cliff highlights are now on by default.

• Introduction game difficulty is now set to easy instead of very easy, but only requires defeating the Heartless Artificer.

• Slightly tweaked the gameplay language across the game to be clearer where possible.

Balance

• Increased Ark of Goldrauch range from 1 to 2.

• Decreased Atmospheric Anchor chips from 1 to 0.5.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash that could occur when canceling a building order.

• Fixed spacebar key closing tip panel.

• Fixed fly movement action validation.

Tutorial Tips

New

• Affinities: Explains affinity benefits and researching outside your affinity.

• Area Order Units: Explains how to order all units in an area (Ctrl+Click).

• Caches: Explains collecting resource caches.

• Communications: Explains diplomacy and the communications screen.

• Damage Cap: Explains that damage is capped by a single group member's hitpoints.

• Debuff: Explains when a unit is suffering from a debuff.

• Engineers: Explains using Engineers to found new cities.

• Enter City: Explains how to enter a city by clicking its headquarters.

• Fallen Soldier: Explains the unique mechanics of the Fallen Soldier faction.

• Leader Abilities: Explains using leader abilities and their influence cost.

• Mass Order Units: Explains how to order all units or all idle units.

• Next Task: Explains the task button and interface hints.

• Operations: Explains map-wide operations, charges, and dismantling.

• Outposts: Explains capturing outposts and their bonuses.

• Overwatch: Explains overwatch mechanics and attack areas.

• Research Laboratory: Recommends building Research Laboratories for faster research.

• Tile Effect: Explains when a unit is standing on a tile with a status effect.

• Unit Levels: Explains unit experience and hero leveling.

Updated

• Acquire Tile: Clarified text and mentioned it takes turns.

• Alliance Victory: Clarified that NPCs will never agree to ally with one another.

• Close-Quarters Fire: Added Militant icon and improved clarity.

• Construct Barracks: Mentioned construction takes turns.

• Equip Item: Instruction to use Left Mouse Button.

• Found City: Mentioned that Engineers found cities.

• Movement: Added explanation of the green movement area and orange cliff lines.

• Recon: Specifically mentions Outriders and Sharpshooters and the 3-tile radius.

• Transports: Simplified text and added the Transport trait icon.

• Bleed, Enemy In City, Healing, Housing, Loyalty, NPCs, Population, Produce Units and Research: Improved clarity and consistency.

Removed

• Combat: Replaced by Damage Cap.

• Combat (Advanced): Renamed to Damage Calculation.