Version/0.5.492

0.5.492

Public Version 0.5.492 rev34036 was released on July 4, 2014 - Alpha 5 — Under Siege (Developer Post)

Changes

• Nerfed pila
• Turrets can now require manning to work - This is the case for mortars
• Metal graphic replaced
• Language choice moved to main menu
• Raiders leave after doing sufficient damage
• Orbital drop raiders less numerous but can punch through thin roofs
• XML saver only saves data that does not match defaults - cleaner save files
• Mining plain rock sometimes leaves rock debris
• Starting equipment comes in drop pods
• Starting sleeping spots removed
• Hooked in PDB loading so modders can use code debuggers to step through their code
• Raiders will opportunistically kidnap incapacitated colonists and retreat
• Time displayed in months and years
• Weapon accuracy defined as 4 miss percentages for the different ranges (4/15/30/50 cells)
• Changed loyalty and fear to a single value - mood
• Split witnessed death thought into witnessed ally death and witnessed stranger death
• Increased many research costs
• Map generator will not produce empty deserts

New Contents

New Gameplay

• Sieges
  • Enemies take siege positions
  • Recieve supplies from orbit
  • Place sandbags
  • Place mortars
  • Eat, sleep, fight fires
• Mortars
  • Incendieary and Dry Explosive
  • Manual targeting
• Events
  • Psychic Drone
    • Negative thoughts for a time
  • Ancient Ship Part Crash
  • Ever-increasing psychic drone
    • Kills nearby plants
  • Agent Revealed
• Royal Bed integrated
• Scyther mechanoid
  • Fast
  • Doesn't use cover
  • Accurate and deadly charge lance weapon
• Gear and clothing system
• Thoughts
  • Cabin Fever
  • Naked
• End-game Launchable Ship
• Biome system for animal and plant generation

Optimized Gameplay

• Storage and Bill filter options: Allow buried, colonist corpses, stranger corpses
• Basic biome support for plants
• Option to automatically make a home region around new constructions - Defaults to on
• Alerts
  • Make starting stockpiles
  • Unforbid starting resources
  • Take starting weapons
  • Change growing zone type
  • Need sawmill
• New history and statistics tracking
  • Optional opt-in upload for balancing purposes

Bug Fixes

• Optimized particle registry and saturation
• Optimized large amounts of fire
• Storytellers don't clog up event queues as often
• Fixed starting resources and guns spawning in same square
• Plant ecology more stable over time

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