16 juillet

Patch v1.4 Released

This is a minor hotfix to resolve a quick-to-fix crash that was able to be diagnosed and fixed as a result of the crash reporter that was added in the previous patch. It also resolves a couple gameplay issues that crept into the previous patch.

NOTE: If you are hosting your own dedicated server, your server will stop appearing in the server list until you shut it down, let Steam patch Formicide, and restart the server.

• Fixed a client crash that could occur when transitioning from the loading screen into the game when joining a game already in progress. This was the single biggest offender of crashes that have been submitted so far through the crash reporter.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the "warning blare" to be played when the enemy team has capured all of the beacons on the map.

• Fixed a bug that allowed the Cannoner to use his Mortar ult extremely quickly.
  
• Fixed a bug that could allow the Hunter to "steal" health even when not hitting any enemies.

• Updated the tutorial window to reflect the point capping change made in the previous patch: when controlling all 3 beacons, your team will be getting 2 points per tick.

13 juillet

Patch v1.3 Released

This patch is a minor update that adds a new crash reporter, resolves two crashes, has several class balance updates, and includes a number of other minor server manager and UI updates.

NOTE: If you are hosting your own dedicated server, your server will stop appearing in the server list until you shut it down, let Steam patch Formicide, and restart the server.

• A new crash reporter window will display if either the client or server manager crash. Clicking the submit button in this window sends anonymized information about the crash to us, which will help in diagnosing and fixing issues.
  
• Point rewards for capping have changed. Instead of it being (your beacons - enemy beacons) to calculate your point addition per tick, you now receive 1 point per tick if you own 2 beacons, and 2 points per tick if you own all 3.

• Fixed a client crash that occurred in some situations when playing with the game muted or the volume set to zero. One case this crash would consistently happen was when the "game starting in" countdown timer reached zero.
  
• Fixed a server crash that could occur if a projectile or object a player owned got a kill after a player left their team.

• Launching the server through the client now happens much more quickly, and no longer disables all controls in the server list while launching.
  
• Separated the server manager console output out from the main window into its own window. The window can be accessed from a new "View" menu. The main purpose of this change is to improve server performance when hosting on a single core machine.
  
• Reduced the max number of lines to display in the server manager console output from 400 to 300.

• Added a sound and visual effect when attempting to dig next to rock.

• Shotgun damage increased to 24 from 22 per bullet.
  
• Shotgun overcharged damage increased to 36 from 30 per bullet.

• Bloodseeker slash lifesteal reduced to 30 from 40.
  
• Bloodseeker slash only heals a maximum of 30 per slash, regardless of how many targets are hit.

• Mass Motion Sensor now also provides a 150% damage buff to the Gauss Gun's standard left click attack.
  
• Mass Motion Sensor cooldown reduced to 26.6 seconds from 30.
  
• Mass Motion Sensor duration reduced to 6 seconds from 12.
  
• Mega Cannon firing delay increased to 1.3 seconds from 0.6 seconds.

• Removed Repair Gun.
  
• Added Repair Blast to Pulse Cannon (right click).
  
• Repair Shield duration increased to 6 seconds from 1.
  
• Repair Shield cooldown increased to 5 seconds from 0.5.
  
• Repair Shield provides a heal over time, 25 health/sec.
  
• Repair Shield provides energy over time, 10 energy/sec.
  
• Repair Shield damage reduction improved to 60% from 40%.
  
• Turret Hit Points reduced to 1800 from 2200. (A shielded turret effectively now has 2880 hit points, previously had 3080.)