Changelog

Version: 0.6.9
Date: 23. 11. 2024
  Balancing:
    - Weapon shooting speed upgrade cost reduced from 100xlevel to 75xlevel.
    - Steelaxe handcrafting speed bonus 20% -> 30%.
    - Toolbelt handcrafting speed bonus 40% -> 60%.
    - Lab research speed researches now require only green science (not automation 2).
    - Heavy armor reserach cost 30->50.
  Features:
    - Research cleanup - now oil technologies should not be available until after Oil Gathering is researched.
    - Updated standard blueprints to utilize updated free resource generators - for easier alignment.

Version: 0.6.8
Date: 21. 11. 2024
  Features:
    - Significantly increased rocket silo pickup time to prevent accidental pickup.
    - Standarized health of all free resource generators (chests and water pump) to 500.
    - Fira code regular size 16 is now default font for improved visual clarity.

Version: 0.6.7
Date: 21. 11. 2024
  Bugfixes:
    - Tweaked AI behavior in an attempt to eliminate wandering just outside of the base.
  Features:
    - Significantly increased mining time of resource chest and free water pump to prevent accidental pickup.

Version: 0.6.6
Date: 19. 11. 2024
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a bug introducet in 0.6.4 with AI rework that caused biters no longer providing vision.
  Features:
    - Added Discord invitation in a few places. Unfortunately due to security reasons Factorio does not allow for it to be copied to OS clipboard.

Version: 0.6.5
Date: 18. 11. 2024
  Bugfixes:
    - Removed information about red ammo damage being changed from 8 to 9 as this has been incorrect for a long time.
  Features:
    - Updated bloke14's and rush blueprints.
    - Updated Quick Guide text.
    - Added Quick Tips to Guide.
  Balancing:
    - Slightly increased the richness of basic ores.

Version: 0.6.4
Date: 17. 11. 2024
  Bugfixes:
    - Reworked the AI. Hopefully biters won't hang anymore but with the strange things happening to command groups everything is possible.
  Features:
    - Added another example blueprint from bloke14.

Version: 0.6.3
Date: 16. 11. 2024
  Bugfixes:
    - Defeat banner should no longer be displayed for spectators.
    - Start game button should no longer "work" when game is running.
    - Defeat banner should no longer be displayed after clicking regenerate map.
    - Cliffs were on vacation since 0.6.0. They've just came back but it reintroduced stucking :(.
    - Tweaked AI to limit the effect of stucking. I am thinking about a new solution but for now it will have to do.
  Balancing:
    - Small biter nest cost: 200/100 -> 180/90
    - Small spitter nest cost: 180/90 -> 160/80

Version: 0.6.2
Date: 14. 11. 2024
  Balancing:
    - Laser turret range 50 -> 60.
    - Laser turret energy per shot 800kJ -> 400 kJ
    - Laser and laser turret researches cost x50 each

Version: 0.6.1
Date: 13. 11. 2024
  Features:
    - Added another example blueprint. This one is not the basic one...
    - Added victory and defeat banners.

Version: 0.6.0
Date: 12. 11. 2024
  Balancing:
    - Increased the spawning time to 12.5s, 10s was probably too big of a change even taking into account that first nests will be typically placed one minute later.
    - Increased attack frequency significantly.
    - Added some material to each player during game start to allow immediate crafting.
  Features:
    - Updated to Factorio 2.0. Most of the new researches (including trigger tech and stuff like electric mining drill) are researched at the game start. Due to the extent of the changes some bugs are expected.
    - Initial offshore pump moved one tile further from the silo due it having to be placed adjacent to water. This will cause old bluprints to fail.
    - Added Quick Guide window displayed when joining team. It mainly reminds about having to place a starting blueprint.
    - Added 2 example blueprints to player inventory when joining team before the game start.
    - Increased the frequency at which biters receive commands. This should make their movement much smoother.
  Bugfixes:
    - Thanks to Factorio 2.0 API biters will not get stuck anymore. This time for real.

Version: 0.5.1
Date: 24. 11. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Doubled the cost of nests, tripled their spawn rate (to 1 per 10s). Nests were always meant to be powerful, now there is often a problem with space for placing them. Also more biters in generals should make gun turrets worse.
    - Artillery spitter attack cooldown 5s -> 6s
  Features:
    - Biters spawn much more dense around the spawners.

Version: 0.5.0
Date: 08. 10. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Biters should not get stuck for a long time anymore.
  Balancing:
    - By popular demand: halved respawn times. Now it's 1/120th of the current game length. Not that I agree with that change but sometimes one needs to surrender to the masses...
    - Direct flamethrower damage reduced by 25%, this should reduce effectiveness of massing them.
  Features:
    - You can now have players joining mid-game with tournament mode on. You can disable this feature by selecting "Lock Teams" checkbox before the start of the game.
    - It is no longer possible to regenerate map while players are in the teams. Random players joining the game won't be therefore able to do it when the teams are preparing for the game. To regenerate the map after the game everyone has to join spectators.
    - It is no longer possible to force the game start as a spectator in tournament mode.
    - Added text notifications for players joining and leaving teams and to teams setting their ready state.

Version: 0.4.9
Date: 04. 10. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Red ammo damage: 10 -> 9
    - Free resource period increased: 45 minutes -> 60 minutes

Version: 0.4.8
Date: 25. 09. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Tried to reduce the likehood of biters getting stuck, also more than doubled the frequency at which they are forcibly unstuck.
    - Fixed that exactly 8 biter staging areas... weren't biter staging areas.

Version: 0.4.7
Date: 23. 09. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Nerfed various aspects of flamethrower damage, overall nerf should be about 33%.
    - Increased flamethrower fluid consumption by 50%.
    - Increased the average amount of water on the maps.
    - Greatly increased the number of cliffs and their continuity.

Version: 0.4.6
Date: 22. 09. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a rare crash at game end.
  Balancing:
    - Added 50 electric mining drills to the starter pack.

Version: 0.4.5
Date: 09. 09. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a critical crash during map regeneration (caused by previous bugfix).
  Balancing:
    - Further increased the frequency of oil and also increased the frequency of coal to make higher tech easier to get.

Version: 0.4.4
Date: 04. 09. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Players should no longer be stuck during map regeneration.
  Balancing:
    - Increased cost of ammo damage upgrades by 25%.

Version: 0.4.3
Date: 19. 08. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Decreased biter spawn timer from 40s to 30s because games tend to be way too long lately.

Version: 0.4.2
Date: 19. 08. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Gun turret shooting speed reduced from 10 per second to 6 per second, gun turrets damage output scales crazily good
    - All ammo shooting speed bonuses increased by 10%, this should make them more important, at level 4 shooting speed will be still 16% lower than before nerf
    - Small biter nest cost increased from 60/30 to 100/50, rushing seems way too good currently, this is also to offset for gun turret nerf
    - Small spitter nest cost increased from 25/50 to 45/90, reasons are the same as above
    - Starter pack iron plates, copper plates, iron gear wheels and electronic circuit increased by 50%

Version: 0.4.1
Date: 14. 08. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a rare crash during team joining.
    - Reduced the width of the research text windows a little so that when vertical scrool appears the horizontal scroll does not appear.

Version: 0.4.0
Date: 06. 08. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed changelog for 0.3.13.
  Features:
    - Added patches of grass in the middle of each biter spawning area so that nest placement in single area is more reliable

Version: 0.3.13
Date: 30. 07. 2023
  Features:
    - Added a safeguard against abandoned games: if no players are in active forces and there are spectators then the spectators should see the main GUI allowing map regeneration.

Version: 0.3.12
Date: 28. 07. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Small biter nest cost increased from 50/25 to 60/30
    - Small spitter nest cost increased from 25/40 to 25/50

Version: 0.3.11
Date: 25. 07. 2023
  Features:
    - Added production, consumption and item flow views to insights window.
  Balancing:
    - Resistant medium biter percentage resistances to physical and explosion damage increased from 20 to 30. 
  Bugfixes:
    - Labolatory research speed bonuses were not doubled like other upgrades. This fix should make research speed bonus a little more interesting option but it might need some further buff.

Version: 0.3.10
Date: 09. 07. 2023
  Features:
    - Increased font size for guide and map regeneration banner.
    - Guide windows is now of fixed size.
    - Added insights window for observers. It currently includes research view. Other views may come in the future once I figure out how to add them without impacting performance.
  Bugfixes:
    - Changelog is now properly displayed in the game.

Version: 0.3.9
Date: 06. 07. 2023
  Features:
    - Map regeneration banner is now closeable.
    - Added in-game guide :). It is accessible while being a spectator.
  Bugfixes:
    - Map regeneration banner is correctly shown after clicking regenerate map.

Version: 0.3.8
Date: 04. 07. 2023
  Features:
    - Shared vision with your biters.
    - Changed debug, it debugs different things now and generates a lot less data.
    - Disabled vanilla victory.
  Balancing:
    - Small spitter nest cost: 50/25 -> 40/25.
    - Medium spitter nest cost: 40/40 -> 40/35.
    - Big biter nest cost: 25/50 -> 50/50.
    - Behemoth biter nest cost: 13/25 -> 25/25.
    - Adrenaline small biter attack cooldown: 20 -> 22.
  Bugfixes:
    - Map regeneration banner is now also closed on successful team or spectator force join.

Version: 0.3.7
Date: 30. 06. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Next attempt at fixing a crash related to crafting queue clearing before and after the game.

Version: 0.3.6
Date: 29. 06. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when in training mode you pick up the starter chest before starting the game.
    - Hopefully fixed a crash related to crafting queue clearing before and after the game.
    - Fixed a bug that would make the "map is being generated" banner visible after joining the game with the map already generated.

Version: 0.3.5
Date: 29. 06. 2023
  Features:
    - Added descriptions to biter upgrade technologies. Finally!
    - The game now displays information that the map is currently being generated.

Version: 0.3.4
Date: 28. 06. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a loophole allowing to bring extra items into the start of the game by having an active crafting queue at the start of the game.
  Balancing:
    - Increased the oil frequency twice. This should make it easier to progress behind mediums.
    - Yellow ammo damage 5->4, red ammo damage 12 -> 10. Yellow ammo with damage upgrade 2 still needs 2 bullets to kill small biter, while at damage upgrade 1 it needs 4. Also yellow ammo is now significantly weaker against medium biters. Generally gun turrets were much better than expected, especially due to much better upgrades than in vanilla.
    - Reintroduced grenade nerf (AoE radius 6.5 -> 5). Mediums are now much harder to get, enemies research time was trippled and spawning interval is longer so early game offense was nerfed hard.

Version: 0.3.3
Date: 26. 06. 2023
  Features:
    - Biter groups now have a random chance (1% every 5s) to advance regardless of current state. This should help in case if a group gets stuck. 
    - Biter upgrades icons modified so that '+' sign is much clearer.
    - Nest icons are now properly tinted so it is easier to select correct recipe.

Version: 0.3.2
Date: 18. 06. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Biter upgrades are now properly reset between games. 
    - The ammo damage bonuses seemd to not be reset once but this is no longer happening although I did not fix this. Checking if bonuses are set to none for both teams before starting is advised. 
  Balancing:
    - Nerfed flame thrower turret twice (on top on previous x3 nerf).

Version: 0.3.1
Date: 16. 06. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Drunken spitter attack range reduced by 1 (to small spitter + 2) as the huge range coupled with AI behavior makes them very likely to attack walls outside of turret range. The range was so high that even 2-wide walls directly around turrets were affected which was a bit too much.

Version: 0.3.0
Date: 12. 06. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Medium nests recipe changed from iron gear wheels + electronic circuit to steel splates + electronic circuit.
    - Big nests recipe changed from engine unit + advanced circuit to engine unit + plastic bar 
    - Behemoth nests recipe changed from flying robot frame + processing unit to flying robot frame + advanced circuit

Version: 0.2.8
Date: 10. 06. 2023
  Features:
    - Removed pseudo-optimization of increased map reveal time.
  Balancing:
    - All biter research times 10s -> 30s, biter upgrade research times 20s -> 30s.
    - Biter spawn interval 30s -> 40s.
    - Resistance upgrade physical percentage damage reduction 40% -> 20%, explosive damage reduction 40% -> 20%, fire 50% -> 30%.
    - Grenades restored to vanilla game.
    - Biter attack interval increased by approximately 35%.

Version: 0.2.7
Date: 09. 06. 2023
  Features:
    - Significantly increased the time biters reveal map for.

Version: 0.2.6
Date: 07. 06. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Mining productivity 1 now requires only automation-2.
    - Steelaxe mining speed bonus 100% -> 200% and handcrafting speed bonus 10% -> 20%.
    - Toolbelt handcrafting speed bonus 20% -> 40%.
    - Iron chests in starter pack 10 -> 30.
    - Long hand iserters in starter pack 10 -> 30.
    - Pipes in starter pack 5 -> 20.
    - Added 4 underground pipes to starter pack.
  Bugfixes:
    - Team Ready state should be properly reset after the game, this is true for both button state and real game state.

Version: 0.2.5
Date: 05. 06. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Gun, armor and inventory slots are now properly cleared after game start and on respawn. No carrying over of items in those slots into next game, no free pistol and 10 ammo on game start and respawn.

Version: 0.2.4
Date: 04. 06. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Spectators joining mid-game should not be able to regenerate map and break the match anymore.
  Balancing:
    - Drunken small spitters also gain +3 range (still 2 lower than gun turrets) and are spawned with 4/1 ratio with small spitters. Upgrade to small spitters, while has potential in later stages of the game, just doesn't seem to do anything against turrets and this should help a lot against them.

Version: 0.2.3
Date: 01. 06. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Hopefully finally fixed rare regenerate map crash.
  Features:
    - Added game clock.

Version: 0.2.2
Date: 30. 05. 2023
  Features:
    - Added logging to assist in finding the root cause of the rare crash after clicking regenerate map. When I try to reproduce it it works correctly so I'm adding logs to live version. 
    - Removed more obsolete debugs.

Version: 0.2.1
Date: 29. 05. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Loophole allowing for defensive (inside your base) nest placement closed. In the future this tactics may be reintroduced but it would require quite a lot of work to make nests placed inside your base have different parameters (less health and health regen) than those placed offensively.

Version: 0.2.0
Date: 25. 05. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Small nests cost halved. Small biters/spitters were just too expensive to make it viable past a few "scouting" nests. Medium nests are not hard to get and are just significantly better, especially with upgrades.
    - Medium Spitter Nest cost reduced to 40/40. Biters (above small) are very expensive to kill without red ammo even without upgrade. Spitters, even upgraded, do not pose the same danger so their cost is reduced.
    - Big Spitter Nest cost reduced to 25/25. 
    - Behemoth Spitter Nest cost reduced to 13/13. 
    - Regenerative Behemoth Biter health regeneration per second increased from 120 to 300.
  Features:
    - Changelog should now be visible in game.

Version: 0.1.9
Date: 24. 05. 2023
  Balancing:
    - Increased the free resource period from 30 minutes to 45 minutes. It should allow more aggresive play at the beginning of the game.

Version: 0.1.8
Date: 15. 04. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a rare crash after clicking regenerate map (again).
    - Big and behemoth enemies are now spawning at correct intervals (30s).
    - Fixed a bug that cause AoE behemoth spitter to increase in size while attacking.
  Balancing:
    - Quadrupled area revealed by your biters (to 100x100).
    - AoE behemoth spitter attack area 5 -> 12 tiles. Those are supposed to end the game reasonably quickly.

Version: 0.1.7
Date: 05. 04. 2023
  Features:
    - Biter corpse lifetime further reduced from 2 to 1 minutes to make finding your corpse easier.
  Bugfixes:
    - Protected from rare crash after clicking regenerate map.

Version: 0.1.6
Date: 02. 04. 2023
  Features:
    - Biter corpse lifetime reduced from 15 to 2 minutes to make finding your corpse easier.
    - Player respawn timer is now proportional to game length (game length / 60).

Version: 0.1.5
Date: 02. 04. 2023
  Features:
    - Inventories are now cleared at the start of tournament-mode games.
    - Added 400 iron plates, 200 copper plates, 200 iron gear wheels, 200 electronic circuit and 100 wood to starter chest to allow immediate crafting of items.

Version: 0.1.4
Date: 01. 04. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed grenade nerf not working.

Version: 0.1.3
Date: 01. 04. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed respawn bug (again).
    - Fixed nests sometimes not being placed correctly.
    - Fixed map reveal not working on game's end.
  Features:
    - Removed a lot of obsolete performance debugs.

Version: 0.1.2
Date: 01. 04. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed that resources were spawning on the basis on game tick instead of actual game length.

Version: 0.1.1
Date: 30. 03. 2023
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a critical respawn bug.
  Balancing:
    - Artillery Spitter attack cooldown 10s -> 5s. Artillery Spitters seemed to work way to slow to be a game ending threat.