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Zero-K v1.5.2.20

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Recently we've been focused on polish and fixes. Here are three main aspects:
  • Zero-K now has an official discord server and we've linked it to our main server chat. Join us here: https://discord.gg/suJfSc5
  • Steam testing is underway. We have a steam package and test keys to give to those willing to help us test it. Players can now log in to the site or lobby using their steam account instead of with a password.
  • We've tightened the crash report loop which has yielded a high rate of engine bug fixes (as seen in the image).

Balance


Balance work has fallen by the wayside with our focus on polish. That said, we've been balancing for so long that little needs to be done. The Defender change is mostly madness and the other changes are fixes for consistency.

Defender:
  • Reload time 11.5s -> 12.5s.
The aim is to reduce their effectiveness as sustained fire support against Skirmishers or LLTs without impacting their burst damage against small raids or aircraft.

Puppy:
  • Sight range 425 -> 560 (same as Flea)
This makes Puppy a better scout.

Moderator:
  • Sight range 660 -> 473 (110% weapon range, like most units)
The large sight range was a holdover from when it had more range.

Goliath:
  • Slowbeam range reduced by 10.
This is mainly a unit AI fix. Previously it could stop at max range without being able to fire its main gun.

Engine


Last month, Kloot and hokomoko (two engine developers) were active in fixing some performance issues introduced in the last 6 months. Much of the performance has been brought back and there are even improvements - such as faster loading for midgame rejoin. We've implemented automatic crash reporting (opt-in) and have entered a phase of tracking the development versions of the engine to report crashes and use the latest fixes. Thanks to Kloot these fixes come in quite rapidly.

Some performance offenders have also been tracked down and removed from Zero-K code and the game seems to run smoother as a result. Our near term plan is to continue following the engine version to fix the most common crashes. Once that is done we would like to call players to test the 64 bit windows builds of Spring as they seemed to yield further performance improvements.

AI


We now have deployment support for third party AIs. Circuit AI was added a few weeks ago and has since been updated from 0.9.11.b to 0.9.12 to fix a few crashes.

Interface


Most (all?) the extra windows that occur throughout the game now have the techpanel skin and fixed spacing. The new UI skin is now basically complete.

Command menu:
  • Improved the logic of when grid hotkeys are available and when the menu switches back to the order tabs.
  • Grid hotkeys now hide when not available (for example during structure placement position selection).

Fixes


Here are some fixes since Zero-K v1.5.2.5
  • Game end "Overwhelming advantage" reveals cloaked units
  • Disabled click-and-hold structure terraform by default. It is scary upon discovery. Use 'B' to set structure height or enable click-and-hold in the settings.
  • Translated the factory assist widget to a gadget. This fixes some cases where user orders on incomplete constructors would be overridden. Also fixes factory assist with commshare.
  • Fixed some energy spending and distribution problems in overdrive. There were edge cases to do with team games that would make low storage players have too much of their energy income sent to overdrive.
  • Fixed some errors upon loading saved games.
  • Fixed some units failing to emit smoke when damaged.
  • Fixed some cloaked units which were smoking when cloaked (cloaking is supposed to block smoking).
  • Improved the reliability of reserve.
  • Fixed an issue with resigning before the game starts (it's now blocked).
  • Fixed settings search hanging Spring.
  • Fixed large terraform performance hog with it's new smooth update rate by reducing the update rate when the terraform becomes large.
  • Fixed Trident sometimes closing while airborne.
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Recently we've been focused on polish and fixes


Thanks for focusing on polish! I don't know any fixes, but I think that other nations also need some focusing on, just my thoughts.

Forgive me this silly joke, great job!

I'm willing to help test steam stuff, can do it on both linux and windows. Let me know what I need to know.
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Recently we've been focused on polish and fixes.

Dziękuję bardzo za poświęcenie szczególnej uwagi mojejmu narodowi.

Najwyższy czas żeby nasza mniejszość w tym miejscu została zauważona i w pełni zaakceptowana.
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7 years ago
Polskaaaaa bialo-czerwoniiii~!
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7 years ago
Great news, how do I join Steam testing?
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7 years ago
Great job all !!!

Btw the smooth update rate for terraforming is incredibly cool.

Am I mistaken, or the steam release is edging really close now?
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The era of the defender is over! Now the battle for static supremacy starts once again.
[Spoiler]
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7 years ago
Firewalker is an artillery, why u compare to Skirm..
But still, why can't you just stun Firewalker and proceed to destroy?

Googlefrog, holding shift whilst game is commencing "Choose start pos" causes chubby to crash, idk why but it might be issuing build orders.
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7 years ago
Apparently the shift crash is fixed in Spring 644. I'll try to set it tonight. The last two times I tried to change from 588 we found some blocking errors or crashes so we'll see how it goes this time.
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7 years ago
<3333
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7 years ago
>Y444
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edit: done
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7 years ago
Tell CZrankAdminLicho your steam login and he'll give it to you. I think he has his PM blocked on zk lobby server, so better PM him in discord.
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Ah he has his PM blocked? Because I asked him to help TRrankTrojaner_ to install ZK on steam.

His name on steam is Trojaner25.

EDIT: no it's wrong, i can't remember his name. Hopefully he will reply in forum.
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