1.04 Combined Arms - Final

Features

• Added Machine Shop tech structure (provides Mechanics/Artificers in the same way Hospitals provide Medics/Rejuvenators).

Balance

• Increased Heroes of the Union charge time to 4 minutes.
• Increased Heroes of the Union rate of fire boost from +33% to +66%.
• Grenadiers/Flamethrowers no longer targetable by Heroes of the Union.
• Increased Nuke Cannon splash radius and damage vs heavy armor. Improved deploy behavior to allow pre-targeting.
• Troop Crawler price increased from 1.5k to 1.6k
• Reduced V2 projectile speed slightly.
• Terror Dogs take reduced damage from each other's explosions.
• Reduced Thrasher HP/damage in line with Heavy->Lasher. Increase Atomic Thrasher speed.
• Increased Disruptor damage vs defenses.
• Increased Zone Trooper/Defender HP from 14k to 16k.
• Reduced Zone Defender shield damage reduction slightly.
• Increased X-O speed slightly.
• Increased Wolverine HP from 27.5k to 30k, increased splash damage, increased speed slightly.
• Increased Firestorm Missile damage vs heavy armor.
• Make Jumpjet Troopers immune to mind control when airborne. Changed to Aircraft armor (no gameplay difference).
• Increased Viper damage.
• Increased Cyclops range by 1.
• Increased Obliterator spread so damage applies more consistently.
• Increased range of Laser IFV/Reckoner by 1. Increased damage.
• Tibcore upgrade applies to IFV/Reckoner.
• Make Leecher orbs targetable by Chrono Prison.
• Increased Devastator damage vs light armor.
• Slightly increased Tripod damage.
• Slightly increased Atomizer initial hit damage.
• Reduced Zeus damage vs heavy armor.
• Reduced Grenadier IFV damage vs buildings/defenses.
• Add AirToGround modifier to Harrier missiles.
• Prevent Shock/Tesla Trooper, IFV, Reckoner, Battle Fortress, Chrono Prison from auto attacking static AA in defensive stance.
• Increase static AA aircraft stealth detection range by 1.

Art/SFX

• Updated Pitbull sprite & added new voice lines.
• (H)MLRS voice lines.
• BTR voice lines.
• Added Thrasher Tank Turret
• Updated Tech Building Sprites

Fixes/UI

• Cloning Vat crash fix.
• Prevent blocked Temple Prime exit from infinitely accumulating money.
• Fixed (H)MLRS & Pitbull turrets not tracking target when reloading.
• Fix queued hacking orders resetting the current hack.
• Menu background freeze fix.
• Stop looping ambient sounds when game is paused.
• Added targeting tints for Tib Stealth & Frenzy.
• Add target range circle to Helios Bomb.
• Upgrades, Team Value and Build Order tabs added to spectator/replay UI.
• Don't include Troop Crawler in army value stats.
• Fix Nod Banshee/Harvester/MCV husk color in campaign missions.
• Fixed water pixel in Howitzer sprite.
• Corrected Apoc to Apoc Eradicator upgrade path.
• Tooltip corrections.
• Fix unattached Mini Drone cancelling activities after stopping aiming.
• Reduced intractable bounds for Sat Hack, Ion Surge, Kill Zone and Rift to prevent cursor blocking.
• Cyberscrin heals properly on tib.
• Fix Cloning Vat not updating source when primary building is sold in SQ.
• Added workaround for rally point crash.
• Prevent XO firing when parachuting.
• Fix odd Kirov attack move behavior.
• Fix (HMLRS) moving forward when attack moving if target dies, even if other targets are within range.
• Fix Surgical Strike not being available in Testing Grounds.

Campaign/Maps

• Mission 22 improvements.
• Removed base regen from Yuri/Mastermind in missions 15/20.
• Disable GPS for AI in campaign.
• Allow Guardian Drones and Mini Drones to be built in mission 23.
• Prevent Advanced Comms Center being built in mission 7.
• Remove non-elite regen from Boris in mission 12.
• Enable all non-reinforcement support powers in test maps.
• Increased Laser Fence regen on mission 15.
• Prevent loading multiple trucks with a single shipment of liquid tib in mission 29.
• Remove missile silos from Chernobyl maps.
• Enabled Microwave Tank (and its upgrade) on final two missions.
• Fixed briefing typos.