Damage preview is now a glowing bar instead of a number — when you move a unit, threatening drones pulse amber and the HP bar shows the damage you will take on that route. The preview also respects Iron Curtain and spotter-mark damage multipliers.
Stage-specific drone stat overrides now only apply on Easy difficulty. On Normal and Hard every drone gets the full stats appropriate for its difficulty-boosted level — no more artificial training wheels.
All key visuals and character portraits converted to WebP format, reducing the download size by roughly half without any visible quality loss.
Changes:
- Damage preview switched from numeric text to an animated amber HP-bar border — clearer at a glance, no more squinting at fractions.
- Damage preview now accounts for Iron Curtain (shows 0 when reflect is available) and spotter-mark multipliers.
- Drone stat overrides in stage JSON are ignored on Normal+ difficulty — stage balance matches the intended difficulty curve.
- Chapter artwork + character portraits converted to WebP — install size reduced substantially.
Bug fixes:
- Damage preview label replaced with a dedicated animated bar — no more incorrect fractions showing during preview.
- Solver parity: stat-override gating, route-threat analysis, and Iron Curtain handling all synchronized between live game and solver engine.