Update 61 (Wolf 359)

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Here is the changelog:

I:\Interface

• Language mods can use É, Ú, Í, Ó, Á, and Ñ characters that have been added to the game's Latin font
• Mod support has been added to the game but it is very early in development - a short guide.
• Resource counters at the top of the screen will update more quickly than before
• The art for the Castle mech has been given a new look
• See a mech's loadout with additional info by mousing over icons in the mech card not only during battles but also in other menus
• Not sure whether you should click on something during combat? Hover your mouse cursor over on-screen elements to see information pop-ups
• Check your current keybinds by pressing Escape
• Get more information on your city's needs by hovering your mouse cursor over the stats in Hangar > Calendar
• Allow cursor to go to another monitor in fullscreen and restrict the aspect ratio from the new launch menu options (previously you had to manually edit a settings config file)

B:\Balance

• ///Buffs
• Railgun spread reduced from 4 degrees to 1 degree, improving the accuracy
• Railgun damage and armor penetration gain from energy has been increased significantly
• Initial projectile speed of railgun has been doubled
• Increased the lifetime of explosive shells by 10%
• Reduced Tentacle mech's weight from 73 to 65
• Reduced Tentacle mech's base reload time from 4 to 1
• Explosive ammunition explosion damage doubled
• The speed limit for projectiles has been removed, which led to low damage and armor penetration when using a mod with increased projectile speed
• Rocket flight duration has been increased by 10% longer
• Kinetic and thermal projectiles will properly damage multiple enemies within the same game tick, which leads to increased damage against clusters of enemies
• Toxin sprayer damage increased from 3 to 4
• Toxin sprayer projectile speed increased from 7 to 9
• Removed gun recoil for all energy-dependent kinetic weapons
• Plasma gun research time reduced from 20 to 14 days
• Plasma gun projectile starting speed has been increased from 5 to 7
• Number of scientists required for Tesla node in Research has been reduced from 100 to 50
• Bjorn cost for a flamethrower has been reduced from 160 to 100
• Flamethrower production time reduced from 3 to 2 days
• Toxin sprayer production time reduced from 4 to 3 days
• Toxin sprayer production cost in Skalaknit has been reduced from 150 to 90
• ///Nerfs
• Railgun rate of fire reduced from 200 to 20
• Railgun weight increased from 24 to 40
• Railgun energy consumption increased from 30 to 50
• Railgun base damage and armor penetration has been set to 0
• Railgun rate of fire no longer depends on energy
• Increased Plate mech's reload time from 3 to 4
• Increased Plate mech's weight from 50 to 60
• Reduced Tentacle mech's base ammo amount from 1 to 0.5
• Reduced the knockback effect of explosions on Operarius
• Toxin sprayer spread increased from 5 to 10 degrees, reducing the accuracy
• Plasma gun production time increased from 4 to 5 days
• Plasma gun production cost in Munilon has been increased from 110 to 180
• Research time for Tesla node has been increased from 4 to 8 days
• Railgun production time increased from 3 to 5 days
• Tesla weapon production time increased from 3 to 5 days

E:\Engineering

• Dismantle any items in the production queue to refund resources with the new "Dismantle" button in Production
• Fixed the bug with armor disappearing after loading a punch card onto a mech that already had armor

H:\Hangar

• Resource grinders take note: the number of Brucus encounters available within one day persists across multiple encounters for each map type
• Changed the spawn behavior of red and gold sword icons on the map; they were appearing either too close to the city or to each other, leading to random difficulty spikes at the start
• Reduced District 4's production of artillery shells from 0.5-1-4-9-16 to 0.5-1-3-5-9

C:\Combat

• Depth charge research node added for city artillery - destroy enemies and open passages underwater
• Ovums have been given a tentacle texture that connects them to the ground
• Desert maps will always be affected by storms, similar to map cells affected by the global mega storm
• Storms have been upgraded - all objects caught up in storm-afflicted maps will be moved in the direction of the wind for two seconds with a break of 10 seconds
• Mech AI changed to be less likely to get stuck inside walls
• Walls get tougher the deeper they are within terrain
• Watch your step - volcanic meteorites have doubled in size
• Tundra maps have a snow texture that helps distinguish them visually from others
• Mechs will more often get into an optimal position for long-range shooting after reaching a destination
• Tornado size doubled to make them look more scary
• Both mechs and Operarius will circle inside bigger tornadoes
• Tornadoes will have a 50% chance of disappearing when changing direction, allowing mechs trapped inside to escape

O:\Other_changes

• Changed the weights of monsters in the bestiary to make them more believable
• Various spelling corrections in English localization
• Fixed a crash related to the Orbital Gun map and Fragellum trying to grapple the gun with their tentacles
• The rare error in line 2986 may or may not be fixed; let me know in the discord's #bugs channel if it reappears
• Returning a mech from the Hangar to Engineering should not reset the ammo ratio if the mech has an auxiliary C-RAM module installed
• Boss health will no longer extend outside the display circle in the regular battle screen view
• Fixed exploit with an endless buff for energy weapons: swapping weapon modules with another module will no longer save the temporary wiring settings from the weapon test chamber
• The hospital pipe texture is back; it disappeared due to a bug with cyborg research
• Improved memory and particle clean up after battles
• Fixed huge versions of weapons not receiving the correct increase in weight and energy consumption
• Adjusted the volume of gun sounds and order bark to better hear shots in the distance
• Corrected text on page 12 of the base manual about the type of damage received after blocking an attack with armor
• More tutorial popups have been added to the post-mission window and Calendar
• Fixed a bug with projectiles ignoring targets in front of the mech and teleporting behind them
• Reduced the number of gib spawns from artillery strikes that was affecting performance (this was purely a visual effect)
• Titanus Araneus' long range pull attack has been given a tentacle texture

If your save files are not working correctly or something has broken with this update, please use the oneversionback branch, leave a message in the forums or join the Mech Engineer Discord to get support in the #bugs channel.