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CHANGELIST:

Mechanics

• [p]you can land by flying close to a perch, no button required[/p][/*]
• [p]Dash and acrobatics have separate buttons/controls[/p][/*]
• [p]added a deflection indicator to show where your bullets might land relative to the reticule[/p][/*]
• [p]enemies may spawn when escorting traders[/p][/*]
• [p]escorting trade ships may spawn enemies[/p][/*]
• [p]races give splinters[/p][/*]
• [p]races are optional and no longer required to unlock birds[/p][/*]
• [p]added caustic effects to shocklance[/p][/*]
• [p]added incendiary effects to shocklance[/p][/*]
• [p]improved collision accuracy and tighter movement to walls and so forth[/p][/*]
• [p]Added destructible  balloon visual FX and damage visualization. Tear holes into balloons[/p][p][/p][/*]

Warbird mechanics

• [p]player warbird model updated with individual feathers and detail[/p][/*]
• [p]player warbird has a leveled head when turning (as birds of prey do).[/p][/*]
• [p]player warbird has wing flexing and steering animations[/p][/*]
• [p]added a subtle wing retract when it's about to hit a wall or obstacle[/p][/*]
• [p]improved landing and diving animations[/p][/*]
• [p]overhauled bird collision response[/p][/*]
• [p]improved player bird collision avoidance to be less annoying[/p][p][/p][/*]

Balancing and QoL

• [p]more fast travel opportunities[/p][/*]
• [p]reduced every escort mission in length[/p][/*]
• [p]reduces distances for story escort missions[/p][/*]
• [p]reduced minimum distance for fast travel to 800 instead of 1000 units[/p][/*]
• [p]increased the explosion trigger range for the drop-able sea mines[/p][/*]
• [p]prevented overcharging all ammo pots[/p][/*]
• [p]removed the block from aim assist when targeting friendlies[/p][/*]
• [p]made distance a target may be locked greater[/p][/*]
• [p]easy mode provides generous auto aim assist[/p][/*]
• [p]added more randomness to the defense and scramble missions[/p][/*]
• [p]reduced the range at which random enemy patrols spawn, so they don't interfere with missions so much[/p][/*]
• [p]made it that random patrols or fortress patrols don't respawn instantly..[/p][/*]
• [p]when dropping a deliverable item in a mission the mini map target will draw a line to it instead of the end location[/p][/*]
• [p]rebalanced agility stat[/p][/*]
• [p]rebalanced player health points[/p][/*]
• [p]made friendly forces spawn earlier and in the center of the action[/p][/*]
• [p]enemy units may appear from the clouds rather than the distance[/p][/*]
• [p]spawn enemies in tighter formations[/p][/*]
• [p]certain battles feature more enemies[/p][/*]
• [p]improved enemy handling[/p][/*]
• [p]improved turret behavior[/p][/*]
• [p]improved turret aiming[/p][/*]
• [p]turrets that lose a target return to a neutral angle/mode[/p][/*]
• [p]improved AI aiming[/p][/*]
• [p]increased enemy damage[/p][/*]
• [p]improved AI creature behavior and turn behavior in dogfights[/p][/*]
• [p]improved wreckdive enemy spawn[/p][/*]
• [p]improved the collision avoidance of AI units[/p][/*]
• [p]enemies with rockets have a limited set of salvos[/p][/*]
• [p]weavers gained a small set of rocket salvos[/p][/*]
• [p]rocket damage reduced and different armor penetration values introduced (good against small turrets , bad against armored targets[/p][/*]
• [p]reduced impact of explosions on the physics of airships[/p][/*]
• [p]jet stream has been lowered|[/p][/*]
• [p]corrected maw intersections /diving[/p][/*]
• [p]changed fov[/p][/*]
• [p]side mission locations are now more randomly placed[/p][p][/p][/*]

Mouse and Keyboard Controls

• [p]New singular mouse scheme[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed gun gameplay required removal of the flying turret scheme[/p][/*]
• [p]Mouse movement always aims but also makes the bird follow[/p][/*]
• [p]WASD can be set to separate acrobatics OR additional core flight controls[/p][/*]
• [p]Arrow keys are additional core flight controls[/p][/*]
• [p]MMB orbits the mouse[/p][/*]
• [p]orbiting the mouse or tracking targets with RMB now doesn't cause weirdness.[/p][/*]
• [p]reset mouse when taking off[/p][/*]
• [p]changed that under mkb controls the fast travel on the map is LMB based and more button-ey[/p][/*]
• [p]improved chapter selection mkb buttons[/p][/*]
• [p]Added rollovers to perch NPC portraits.[/p][p][/p][/*]

General Controls

• [p]added a map button[/p][/*]
• [p]made photomode turning on gamepad more sensitive[/p][/*]
• [p]added a fire button prompt to the weapons section of the tutorial[/p][/*]
• [p]added a drop item button prompt to the bombing tutorial[/p][/*]
• [p]made sub target cycling much faster.[/p][/*]
• [p]improved chapter select with rollovers and design[/p][/*]
• [p]braking has been replaced by an upward boost[/p][/*]
• [p]dash button only dashes[/p][/*]
• [p]barrel rolls are combined with dives and upward boost into an acrobatics button[/p][/*]
• [p]added a deadcurve to the controller update[/p][/*]
• [p]implemented an auto target feature, where it targets what you are firing at.  locking is only required for subtargets.[/p][p][/p][/*]

Content

• [p]added 5 sets of bird armor[/p][/*]
• [p]you can buy various armor sets at armorers throughout the Ursee[/p][/*]
• [p]added traderoutes to Kytera, saladmount and peteh's[/p][/*]
• [p]Verne piranha, pteron and capital ship added as pirate enemies[/p][/*]
• [p]added missing voice acting[/p][/*]
• [p]trader and mission giver NPCs also got voiced[/p][/*]
• [p]made a supporter DLC armorset that will be available at release[/p][/*]
• [p]added two new trading ships[/p][/*]
• [p]increased amount of trading ships[/p][/*]
• [p]added wreckdive missions to sark's hollo[/p][/*]
• [p]added more mission variety to npc mission givers[/p][/*]
• [p]moved fort falsestar South[/p][/*]
• [p]moved fort Hull to in between NorthGate and Basilicus Secundus[/p][p][/p][/*]

World Content

• [p]remade Dunkle[/p][/*]
• [p]remade madoin[/p][/*]
• [p]remade Basilucus Primus and Secundus[/p][/*]
• [p]remade Castellus[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expanded the Pirate town around Atun[/p][/*]
• [p]remade every pirate hidey-hole[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expanded every fort and every faction variant[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expanded Imperial Peak and Harbour[/p][/*]
• [p]remade Cleftspire[/p][/*]
• [p]remade Sark's Hollow[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expanded Northgate[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expanded Westgate[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expanded Mawbridge[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expandedOberon's Reach,[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expandedStargazer[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expanded Port Remit[/p][/*]
• [p]remade the Mawspring Neverin[/p][/*]
• [p]remade the Side mission locations, the trains, the dark falcon cave, the argon air fortress[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expanded Redmouth[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expanded Shard[/p][/*]
• [p]added lore teases to Shard[/p][/*]
• [p]remade and expanded Saladmount[/p][/*]
• [p]improved the Tree[/p][/*]
• [p]expanded the volcanoes[/p][/*]
• [p]remade Caldera[/p][/*]
• [p]expanded the caves and remade the cave entrances[/p][/*]
• [p]Added Entagon Buildings to settlements that lore -wise are under Borgia control[/p][/*]
• [p]Added Clocks[/p][/*]
• [p]The Entagon headquarters are spawned at appropriate chapters to indicate House Borgia progression[/p][/*]
• [p]added a few static temples dedicated to the daughter at a few imperial spots[/p][/*]
• [p]Entagonized the Dreadnot![/p][/*]
• [p]added a few animated naval gun emplacements[/p][/*]
• [p]added a 'green district' to westgate[/p][/*]
• [p]added a 'stone district' to port remit[/p][/*]
• [p]added a few fishin boats and fish[/p][/*]
• [p]added some details to witchrock and kithera biochemists[/p][/*]

Visuals

• [p]improved all portraits[/p][/*]
• [p]improved clouds[/p][/*]
• [p]Added a dynamic light system for point lights, explosions and tracer fire[/p][/*]
• [p]increased the amount of clouds that may spawn, (not the density, just that here are fewer clear zones)[/p][/*]
• [p]improved wreckdive visuals[/p][/*]
• [p]added climbing rigging to ships[/p][/*]
• [p]added more detail to ships[/p][/*]
• [p]added splash fx to ships[/p][/*]
• [p]improved water splash effects[/p][/*]
• [p]improved cave water rendering[/p][/*]
• [p]improved cave light rendering[/p][/*]
• [p]improved wreck diving animations[/p][/*]
• [p]increased the amount of clouds that may spawn, (not the density, just that here are fewer clear zones)[/p][/*]
• [p]removed reflections from clouds and splashes[/p][/*]
• [p]changed fonts for readability[/p][/*]
• [p]reduced landing overshoot[/p][/*]
• [p]upgraded the nodbomb cutscene[/p][/*]
• [p]improved metallic surfaces[/p][/*]
• [p]improved capital airships and surface ship detail[/p][/*]
• [p]made lights more visible deeper in the depth mist[/p][/*]
• [p]added a drop shadow for readability[/p][/*]
• [p]improved chapter selection visuals[/p][/*]
• [p]fixed some wonky sails on trading ships[/p][/*]
• [p]improved sky and starscape[/p][/*]
• [p]improved sun and moon visuals[/p][/*]
• [p]new ocean water[/p][/*]
• [p]improved water reflection[/p][/*]
• [p]new maw effects[/p][/*]
• [p]new splash effects[/p][/*]
• [p]updated lava[/p][/*]
• [p]overhauled cave visuals[/p][/*]
• [p]lights go on at night[/p][/*]
• [p]added fish, sark and tentacles as food in the world[/p][/*]
• [p]upgraded mosaur design[/p][/*]
• [p]improved crabton visuals[/p][/*]
• [p]improved creature skin shading[/p][p][/p][/*]

Bugfixes

• [p]prevented the undersea temples from bugging[/p][/*]
• [p]preventing mission ships being set to the bottom of undersea temples and preventing mission progression[/p][/*]
• [p]prevented capital ships from clipping thru buildings.[/p][/*]
• [p]renamed the duplicate fort Libertum, fort Hull[/p][/*]
• [p]multiple mission givers on a perch won't get confused with their missions[/p][/*]
• [p]fixed issues with settings menu[/p][/*]
• [p]removed a floating item at peteh's[/p][/*]
• [p]fixed some spelling[/p][/*]
• [p]FIX perch exit issue[/p][/*]
• [p]fixed that some enemies would not notice the player and fly away[/p][/*]
• [p]moved some traderoute nodes around so tradeships don't clip thru islands at points.[/p][/*]
• [p]fixed some npc genders to match the voice (hoping this week brings the missing voices)[/p][/*]
• [p]fixed the fenix tail from being misplaced[/p][/*]
• [p][/p][/*]
• [p]fixed crabton not appearing, chapter 1 finale not ending.[/p][/*]
• [p]fixed an issue where units would spawn much to far away.[/p][/*]
• [p]fixed pirate French voice lines[/p][/*]
• [p]fixed the water displacement a thousand times|[/p][/*]
• [p]improved perlin noise generation performance[/p][/*]
• [p]improved trade oute banter[/p][/*]
• [p]prevented ships from capsizing or other weird behavior[/p][/*]

App features

• [p]supporting higher monitor refresh raters[/p][/*]
• [p]added window mode settings[/p][/*]
• [p]moved to il2cpp for performance[/p][/*]
• [p]improved memory usage[/p][/*]
• [p]added a music volume slider[/p][/*]
• [p]made playstation glyphs appear if a sony branded controller is connected[/p][/*]
• [p]added supersampling AA options[/p][/*]
• [p]improved framerate independent values[/p][/*]
• [p]screenshots save to my pictures folder[/p][/*]
• [p]updated to latest input system to support a wider range of controllers [/p][/*]

Steamdeck

• [p]reduced the shadow quality in high to accommodate the steamdeck better.[/p][/*]
• [p]added 85%downsampling option[/p][/*]
• [p]attempted some performance improvements for steamdeck[/p][/*]
• [p]allowed all compatible resolutions on Steamdeck[/p][p][/p][/*]

Linux

• [p]The native Linux option has been removed. Its simply to much for me to support additional platforms for two games. The game runs good on Proton 9 and for now that is the official support. I hope Linux players can understand that for a Solodev there are constraints.[/p][/*]