Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War 1.9.3

Changelog:
## General
* Dying units now pay back queued costs.
* Units that need to be recovered in quests can no longer spawn in wire weed.


## Balance
* Gargantuan Squiggoth is now Assault Vehicle.
* Gargantuan Squiggoth's Supa Lobba now has Massive Blast.
* Stormraven Gunship is now Assault Vehicle.
* Stormtalon Gunship now has Strafing Run.
* Lord Commissar now has Stubborn.
* Bullgryn's Brute Shield now also increases damage by 10%.
* Combi-Bolters are now Twin-Linked.
* Venomcrawler now has Fleet.
* Tesseract Vault's C'tan abilities now have 10 instead of 8 accuracy.
* Kroot Hounds and Vespid Stingwings are now considered Tau units.


## Bug Fixes
* Fixed crash in Hotseat mode if a player had a "<" in his name.
* Fixed double-clicking on disband unit then OK crashes the game.
* Fixed Deathshriek mentioning a max range of 1.
* Fixed Venomthrope missing Override Instinctive Behaviour.
* Fixed Gargantuan Squiggoth having 2 Suppa Lobbas instead of 1, compensated with giving Suppa Lobba 2 attacks instead of 1.
* Fixed Cybork Implants not mentioning you can target monsters.
* Fixed Tau Headquarters overcharged mode firing effect being incorrectly placed.
* Fixed units that are in the process of dying from gaining or losing traits. This could result in ghost units.
* Fixed turn timer forcing the turn to end while there are actions in progress. This could result in overwatch happening on the opponent's turn.
* Fixed being able to give orders while the turn timer is at 0.


## Modding
* Added ability to specify `faction` in unit type. See KrootHound.xml.

Hi everyone, we're about to release a minor update for Warhammer 40,000: Gladius.

It consists of two fixes. Please let us know if you encounter any technical issue.

Changelog:
## Bug Fixes
* Fixed a map generator issue that could result in not all accessible land tiles being connected.
* Fixed audio not playing in rare circumstances.

We're releasing a new update for Gladius. It's a fixes update, so let us know if you spot more issues which are in need of dev intervention.

Changelog:

## Balance
* Asyuran's Crucible now gives +1 loyalty instead of +2 food.

## Bug Fixes
* Added missing language string for "or" used by technology requirements.
* Fixed Destructor not damaging targets without line of sight to.
* Fixed being able to teleport into a city with Dimensional Corridor.
* Fixed Malanthrope being able to consume map boundary tiles.
* Fixed kills not counting for achievements for non-host players.
* Fixed resources not reflecting the change from a newly captured outpost right away.
* Fixed Fleshbane trait not showing.
* Fixed kills from returned or reflected damage resulting in incorrect morale and experience change.
* Fixed a Vulkan error reported by new validation layers.

## Modding
* Fixed Webway Travel not working on new modded factions.
* Extensions without the base file will now produce a warning instead of an error.
* Added the ability to specify the image to show when a resource is selected in the compendium and when an upgrade is researched with image="" in xml resources, similarly to icon="".

По итогу кривая сборка.

General
• Added max FPS sliders to video settings.
• Music streaming now uses more optimal buffers to minimize playback issues.
• Action hints now say if an action is a free action.
• Improved drone research descriptions to mention who gains the ability to deploy them.
• Improved Convert Auxiliary and For The Greater Good descriptions to mention that the cost scales with target strength.
• Enslaved units can no longer be converted with Convert Auxiliary.
• Updated game start splash screen.

Balance
• Commander, Crisis Battlesuit, Stealth Battlesuit and Broadside Battlesuit now cost food and ore instead of only ore.
• Reduced morale loss traits like Fearless now also reduce the morale loss of abilities and traits such as Aura of Fear and Break Composure, and not only of morale loss for deaths.
• Reduced morale penalties from -25/-50% back to -17/-33%.
• Reduced Iron Halo invulnerable damage reduction from 50% to 33%.
• Increased Psychic Hood witchfire damage reduction from +25% to +33%.
• Increased Relic Plating witchfire damage reduction from +25% to +33%.
• Reduced Repulsor Grid ranged damage reduction from +33% to +17%.
• Reduced Rosarius invulnerable damage reduction from 50% to 33%.
• Increased Nova Shield invulnerable damage reduction from 33% to 50%.
• Reduced Riptide Shield Generator invulnerable damage reduction from 33% to 17%.
• Reduced Shield Generator invulnerable damage reduction from 50% to 17%.
• Reduced Stimulant Injector feel no pain damage reduction from 33% to 17%.
• Reduced Warp Field invulnerable damage reduction from 67% to 50%.
• Reduced Stealth Drones group size to 2.
• Increased Waaagh! attack bonus from +4% back up to +5% per level.

Bug Fixes
• Fixed Flechette Discharger not working.
• Fixed transports not being selectable after a summon expiries inside.
• Fixed +% weapon modifiers sometimes not working (in particular, Cadre Fireblade's Volley Fire and KV128 Stormsurge's Stabilising Anchors).
• Fixed +% weapon modifiers sometimes stacking incorrectly.
• Fixed Pulse Rifle being affected by Brachyuran Assemblies instead of Mor'tonium Accelerators.
• Fixed Pulse Bomb being affected by Blast Phasing instead of Mor'tonium Accelerators.
• Fixed not being able to select a faction you own in multiplayer.
• Fixed server leave messages not being sent properly.
• Fixed surrendering not doing anything if you have no cities.
• Fixed Sensor Spines not working.
• Fixed games getting stuck on "Please Wait" after ending the turn.
• Fixed Supporting Fire Warriors achievement counting when doing regular attacks.
• Fixed outposts controlled by Fortresses of Redemption not changing control when a player surrenders.
• Fixed Vectored Retro-Thrusters research description.
• Fixed missing flavor for Nova Fire and Nova Shield.
• Fixed Tau heroes building research having the wrong icon.
• Improved state blocking logic to reduce a category of gameplay crashes.
• Fixed crash if you are placing a unit in debug mode and swap player faction without deselecting the unit placement first. Happy lobsters.
• Fixed Kauyon ranged damage reduction not working correctly at higher levels.
• Fixed Possession spawning level 10 Chaos Spawns.
• Fixed typos.

Modding
• An action's modifiers are now used to modify weapon action attributes instead of `accuracyFactorMax`, `accuracyFactorMin`, `attacksFactorMax`, `attacksFactorMin`, `damageFactorMax`, `damageFactorMin`, `rangeFactorMax`, `rangeFactorMin`.
• Added `attacksPerCharge` action modifier effect for Lord's Void Strike.
• Attribute effect's set="" is now deprecated in favor of base="". Both no longer override add="" values.
• Barrage is now implemented with `preventOverwatch` effect.
• Chameleonic Skin is now implemented with `meleeOverwatch` effect.

After the Chaos Space Marines and Tyranids DLCs, a new faction joins the fight for the domination of Gladius Prime. Driven by a constant ambition to expand and spread the word of the Greater Good across the Galaxy, they will seek to assimilate or eliminate all the other opposition races on the planet.

With 31 new units, the T’au can deploy an impressive and lethal army. Between swarms of drones and powerful battlesuits, the T’au player will never have a shortage of tactical options. The T’au warfare doctrine has been carefully represented in Gladius. Their army is a ranged-based force relying on superior technology and devastating firepower. Through subversion, propaganda and assimilation of the indigenous lifeforms, they can find new allies and completely disrupt the enemy morale, paving the way for planetary conquest.

The T’au DLC for Warhammer 40,000: Gladius is out now on PC.

The T’au arsenal

Convert Auxiliaries
One of the most powerful weapons of the T’au is their ability to seek new allies. They can spend influence to convert certain neutral units like Kroot Hounds and the brand new Vespid Stingwing to their cause.

For the Greater Good
The core philosophical concept at the heart of the T’au. Demoralize your opponents and destroy their units’ morale by spending influence. Proselytize and immediately gain population in your cities.

Subversion
Turn your enemies’ servants against their masters. Through precise use of propaganda, you will be able to cripple the loyalty of enemy cities.

Battlesuits
A T'au Battlesuit is an advanced powered combat exoskeleton that forms an integral part of the T'au Fire Caste's military forces. Customize them by upgrading with advanced support systems.

Drones and Markerlights
Deploy many different designs of drones, miracles of T’au technology that provide offensive, defensive and tactical support. Make use of Markerlights to maximize your firepower.

## General
* AI players now get faction-based names on world creation.
* AI spectator players are now named [Spectator] instead of [AI].
* Increased patch size for land mass to generate less narrow land passages.
* Weapons that come from upgrades are now colored blue.
* Changed icon of Spectators to an eye.

## Balance
* Reduced Waaagh! attack speed bonus from +5% to +4% per level.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed Master of Possession and Warpsmith not gaining Extra Infantry Armour.
* Fixed Tantalising Icon causing Ork heroes to generate negative influence on combat.
* Fixed Waaagh! being affected by influence upkeep and output from tiles and items instead of only from unit upkeep.

## General
* New game player settings, including colors, difficulties, factions and teams, are now saved.
* Changing world size no longer automatically changes the amount of players.
* Battle estimate traits are now decompressed for increased readability.
* Passive actions can no longer be disabled by default.
* Added --simulateHighNetworkLatency "Delay network processing to simulate high latency." executable argument.

## Balance
* Fearless and Zealot now decrease morale loss by 50% instead of giving morale immunity.
* Removed Space Marines city tier upgrades providing resource bonuses to all features.
* Reduced Space Marines Fortress of Redemption influence upkeep from 3 to 2.
* Fortress of Redemption cooldown now scales with game pace.
* Waaagh! now grants +5...+25% attacks instead of +4...+20% damage and +2...+10% feel no pain damage reduction.
* Scrolls of Magnus now grants +6 instead of +20% research.
* Tantalising Icon now grants +8 instead of +20% influence.
* Reduced Gargoyles group size from 9 to 8.
* Reduced Gargoyles cost by 25%.
* Reduced Hormagaunts group size from 10 to 8.
* Reduced Hormagaunts cost by 33%.
* Moved Shield Vane back from tier 6 to 2.
* The Triarch Stalker's Targeting Relay now only affects infantry again.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed crash that would occur when joining a multiplayer game and afterwards hosting a multiplayer game.
* Fixed crash when using Warp Blast Lance against a unit with Psychic Block.
* Fixed unavailable reason not showing for unit actions.
* Fixed crash when activating the same consumable item multiple times.
* Fixed Destroyer Lord's Destruction Protocols applying to allies instead of enemies.
* Fixed being able to move items between units while there are actions in progress.
* Fixed unit state transition inconsistencies that could result in crashes.
* Fixed Imperial Bastion tech hint.
* Fixed crash when using an operation and afterwards hovering over a unit in a new game.
* Fixed Void Strike not being usable until after max charges are accumulated.
* Fixed Russian translation typos and errors.

## Balance
* Crushing Claws are no longer unwieldy.
* Moved Carnifex Bone Mace from tier 4 to 5.
* Moved Ripper Dispersion from tier 5 to 4.
* Moved Carnifex Bio-Plasma from tier 5 to 6.
* Moved Aggressive Expansion from tier 6 to 5.
* Reduced Bone Mace and Thresher Scythe attacks from 2 to 1.
* Bone Mace is no longer unwieldy.
* Increased Thresher Scythe damage from 1.5 to 3.
* Increased Killshot bonus damage from +33% to +50%.
* Increased Bio-Plasmic Cannon armour penetration from 4 to 6.
* Increased the hit points of all Tyranid monstrous creatures by 6.
* Increased Tempestus Scions group size from 6 to 7.
* Orkoid Fungus now grants 5 biomass on consume.

## General
* Improved text rendering.
* Lowered video memory requirements.
* Fallback font is now used when the default font does not have the requested glyphs, such as when trying to display Russian or Simplified Chinese characters while having the game language set to English.
* Added the ability to automatically send usage statistics and crash reports to Proxy Studios to help improve the game's features, stability and performance. You can read more about this feature and opt-out in the settings.
* When crashing during loading, Gladius now asks Steam to verify the integrity of game files to try to reduce support requests dealing with corrupt or missing files.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed a rare quest bug.
* Fixed Enslavers giving twice as much experience as they should.
* Fixed drop list text sometimes not being cut and droplist arrows not rotating when the drop list opens and closes.
* Fixed Rampage trait not always showing.

General
Added a confirmation dialog when destroying an item.
Improved multiplayer code. This should fix crashes and glitches due to high ping.

Balance
Increased Prey Adaption research gained from +2 (+3 with upgrade) to +3 (+4 with upgrade). With the recent buffs to other factions and the nerf to Malanthrope hitpoints we can restore some of their former power.
Increased Savage Apressants influence cost reduction from -25% to -33%.
Increased Haruspex Crushing Claws damage by 50%.
Increased Trygon Scything Talons attacks from 2 to 3.
Reduced Orbital Scan radius from 2 to 1.
Changed Oration of Restoration from restore 20% hipoints to restore 6 hitpoints.
Changed Machine Empathy from restore 10% hitpoints to restore 3 hitpoints. No longer affects fortifications.
Changed Shaken and Broken effects from -17% and -33% to -25% and -50%.
Changed Quantum Shielding from going on cooldown after being attacked to persisting until the end of the turn if damage is taken.
Reduced Quantum Shielding armour from +4 to +2.
Adjusted the morale values of many units based on the leadership values from 8th edition tabletop.
Increased Poisoned trait bonus damage from +0.25...+2.25 to +0.25...+4.25.

Bug Fixes
Fixed Tesseract Vault's abilities having incorrect fixed accuracy, preventing modifiers from working on them.
Fixed a crash that could occur when ending the turn against AI.
It is no longer possible to construct fortifications on special features.
Fixed a crash that could occur when completing a quest.
Fixed several descriptions.
Fixed players getting kicked from the lobby when removing an AI player or changing the map size.
Fixed outdated floating messages showing up when scrolling around the map.
Fixed cargo panel unit positions not persisting between clients and server in multiplayer.
Fixed clients not using the server's animation speed, resulting in potential animation glitches.
Fixed Destroyer Lord's Destruction Protocols.
Fixed revealed tiles with attackers not staying visible until the end of the turn.
Fixed And They Shall Know No Fear missing on several Space Marine units.
Fixed Aura of Fear icon.
Fixed Reclaim Unit effect not getting rendered.
Fixed crash when founding a city.
Fixed a rare issue that could result in nothing getting rendered.

This version addresses the costs of several units that were performing too well compared to their counterparts of other factions, as well as buffing some underused upgrades. We also doubled the regeneration of Necrons as well as Orks in Orkoid Fungus, because these are iconic concepts and simply were too weak considering the prevalence of focus fire.

## Balance
* The Maulerfiend's Lasher Tendrils now reduce attacks by 33% instead of 1.
* The Venomcrawler's Devourer of Souls now grants +2 hitpoints instead of +10%, keeping it in line with other regeneration.
* Increased Heldrake cost and upkeep by 50%.
* Increased Defiler cost and upkeep by 33%.
* Reduced Daemonforge damage bonus from +33% to +25%.
* Increased Tyranid Prime Adaptive Biology from +15...+45% to +20...+60%.
* Increased Vindicator cost and upkeep by 33%.
* Changed Captain's Deeds of Glory influence gain from +4...+8 to +2...+6. The skill provided too much influence and with the improved Space Marines economy they are less dependent on it.
* The Captain's Orbital Bombardment is no longer affected by the Captain's level, items and status effects.
* Removed Fortress of Redemption cooldown getting slightly reduced by city tier upgrades.
* Increased Orkoid Fungus healing from 1 to 2.
* Increased Fear Da Orks influence bonus from +25% to +33%.
* Increased Grot Scavengers ore bonus from +25% to +33%.
* Increased The Lord's Command influence cost reduction from -25% to -33%.
* Increased Reanimation Protocols and Living Metal healing from 1 to 2.
* Increased Reanimation Protocols and Living Metal healing bonus from +25% to +33%.
* Increased Accelerated Regrowth healing bonus from +25% to +33%.
* Increased Tesla attacks from +33% to +50%.
* Increased Immortals cost and upkeep by 33%. With the Tesla and Reanimation Protocols changes these need to be a bit costlier again, which also goes with their status as elite troops.
* Mindshackle Scarabs now directly reduce the morale of the target enemy unit by 4/8/12 instead of causing Fear.
* Tiles with Necron Tombs are now guaranteed to have at least +20% resources in total (production and loyalty count double).
* Slightly increased Necron Tomb density.
* Increased Regeneration healing from 1 to 2.
* Reverted Stealth only granting ranged damage reduction if the unit has action points left.
* Increased Void Shield Generator cost and upkeep by 33%.
* Reduced Void Shield Generator hitpoints from 32 to 16.
* Reduced Noctilith Crown hitpoints from 36 to 24.
* Changed Void Shield, Kustom Force Field and Telekine Dome from stacking ranged damage reduction to non-stacking ranged invulnerable damage reduction.
* Halved death morale gain and loss from 1 per experience value to 0.5 per experience value to make morale less swingy.
* Halved morale regeneration from 20% to 10%.

## General
* Unit action buttons, item buttons and cargo buttons now show their keyboard hotkey in their hint.
* Spectators no longer see "Enemy Turn" in the center of the screen and "Please Wait" on the end turn button.
* Unit overlay now shows the amount of cargo a transport is carrying -- white if any units can be unloaded, gray otherwise.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed Void Shield Generator cost increase not working properly.
* Fixed Big Mek benefitting from 'Eavy Armour (they already have Mega Armour).
* Fixed debug panel cooldown button not affecting items.
* Fixed Warboss dying when increasing Big Boss level.
* Fixed a crash that would happen when two cities try to acquire the same tile at the same time.
* Fixed Quantum Shielding going on cooldown when toggled off.
* Fixed wildlife unleashing when damaged by Wire Weed.
* Fixed spectators unlocking "Life, But Not As We Know It".

## Modding
* Percentages in the WorldParameters.xml now count against total land tiles instead of remaining placement candidates. Some values have been adjusted to give similar worlds as before.

## Balance
* Weapon upgrades now provide +1 armour penetration instead of +25% damage in order to exactly compensate armour upgrades.
* Skyfire weapons now have regular (instead of increased) accuracy against skimmers. Skyfire weapons were too much of a hard counter to skimmers, especially the Necron vehicle lineup.
* A Predator's Killshot now grants +33% damage instead of +2 armour penetration against vehicles and fortifications, which makes it more effective in virtually all situations.
* Increased Hormagaunts cost and upkeep by 50%. In combination with Toxin Sacks on tier 2 (which increase their damage against infantry by 50%) their cost was just too low.
* Increased Void Shield Generator cost and upkeep by 50%.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed a crash that could occur due to an artefact being destroyed.
* Fixed accuracy above 100% not being capped by squad member hitpoints.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when ending the turn.
* Fixed Lord Commissar's Iron Will healing him when the skill is acquired or the passive toggled on.
* Fixed being able to use items on cooldown.
* Fixed cooldown not showing correctly on items.
* Fixed being able to disable Projected Void Shield, Lasher Tendrils.

## New
* Added the ability to rebind controls through a new Controls tab in the settings screen.
* Added video setting to show cliff highlights.

## Balance
* Decreased Immortals cost by 25%. This is to make them a more viable alternative to Necron Warriors.
* Increased Tomb Blades cost by 33%.
* Moved Shield Vanes upgrade from tier 2 to 6. Being able to remove Tomb Blades' only downside (low resiliance) so early made them too powerful.
* Canoptek Spyders now come with the Fabricator Claw Array without requiring an upgrade. This should make Necron vehicle builds more viable and reduces the high number of Canoptek Spyder upgrades.
* Triarch Stalker's Targeting Relay now also affects vehicles. Annihilation Barges really struggled with synergies and this gives the Necron vehicle lineup more options.
* Reduced Dimensional Corridor cost from 40 to 30 influence. Dimensional Stability reduces the cost further to 20.
* Reduced Prey Adaptation research from 3 to 2, up to 3 with upgrade. Tyranids had it a bit too easy with research due to this passive stacking throughout the mid-game.
* Increased Tyranid Warriors group size from 2 to 3. This it to make Tyranid Warrior builds a more viable alternative to gaunt builds.
* Increased Tyranid Warriors cost from 40 to 60.
* Moved Tyranid Warriors research from tier 1 to tier 2.
* Moved Gargoyles research from tier 2 to tier 1.
* Malanthropes can no longer consume tiles in enemy cities.
* Reduced Malanthrope hitpoints from 16 to 12. Malanthropes were used to tank too many overwatch shots, which is contrary to their supportive role.
* Reduced Malanthrope Toxic Miasma cooldown from 10 to 5.
* Increased Malanthrope Grapsing Tail cooldown from 1 to 3.
* Spore Mines no longer give experience when suiciding.
* Spore Mines are no longer reclaimable.
* Space Marines' Fortress Expansion, Advanced Redoubts and Fortress Supreme upgrades now also increase resources from features by 25% and reduce Deploy Fortress of Redemption cooldown by 1. Space Marines needed some gradual economic boosts throughout their research to keep them competitive in the mid- and late-game.
* Increased Scavenger ore per kill value from 2 to 3. Orks' economy needed some love.
* Reduced Big Mek cost by 33%. Now costs ore and energy instead of food and ore. Energy upkeep instead of food upkeep. The Big Mek was slightly too costly and his resources did not match his role.
* Halved Noctilith Crown's attacks from 6 to 3. Noctilith Crown's damage surpassed Imperial Bastion's while also giving invulnerable damage reduction.
* Void Shield Generator now costs half ore and half energy with energy upkeep. Energy matches its supportive role better.
* Changed Fear from -50% circumstance melee damage to -33% melee accuracy. Fear incorrectly scaled high-damage weapons due to squad members dying, by scaling accuracy the results are more consistent across weapons.
* Noctilith Crown now costs half ore and half energy with energy upkeep. Energy matches its supportive role better.
* Increased Chaos Cultist construct Noctilith Crown cooldown from 5 to 10.
* Invulnerable damage reduction no longer stacks.
* Lictors now require the Flesh Hooks upgrade to receive the additional weapon.
* Lictors' Chameleonic Skin now allows them to overwatch with melee weapons instead of increasing ranged damage reduction.
* Moved Tyranid Megafauna Sac from tier 5 to 4.
* Moved Tyranid Ripper Dispersion from tier 4 to 5.
* Changed Fear from decreased melee accuracy to lose 2 morale each turn. Fear was too hard of an immediate counter to Orks.
* Changed Stealth to only work if the unit has actions remaining. This models the flavor of Stealth better and gives Lictors a more interesting dynamic.
* Items now go on a 1 turn cooldown when assigned to a new hero.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed sporadic unit state crashes.
* Fixed ground transports being able to deploy across cliffs.
* Fixed Ram Raider achievement sometimes not unlocking.
* Fixed disband confirmation prompt showing up for other players' units.
* Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when using Jokaero Digital Weapons.
* Fixed tile resources sometimes showing 0%.
* Fixed rivers adding +10% food bonus on coast tiles.
* Fixed flying units capturing outposts when a city is destroyed.
* Fixed fortifications not capturing outposts when a city is destroyed.
* Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when destroying a city.
* Fixed attack estimate weapon damage sometimes being incorrect because it showed the damage of each weapon independently instead of simulating hitpoint loss and squad member death.
* Fixed multi-weapon combat being dependent on weapon order and sometimes doing less damage after buffs because of squad members dying before a blast-weapon does damage. Now all weapon damage is calculate before any members are killed off so weapon order no longer maters.
* Fixed Ammo Runt research missing Big Mek requirement.
* Fixed several typos.
* Removed inconsequential trait Slow and Purposeful from Gargantuan Squiggoth.
* Fixed Tyranid buildings not having a team color.
* Fixed Waaagh! description.
* Fixed Waaagh! feel no pain damage reduction not stacking properly with other feel no pain damage reductions..
* Fixed Spectators getting the Explore Map Steam achievement.
* Fixed buildings not being visualized properly in multiplayer when first built.
* Fixed a visualization issue with units that have healed in a transport and are afterwards disembarking.
* Fixed Swarms trait not showing on Canoptek Scarabs.