Nienix: Cosmic Warfare news & patch notes

Version 1.102

🎯 Path finding has been improved to allow enemies and summons to more quickly find reasonable paths. 🎯 Fixed an issue that could remove item buffs (such as set bonuses) when using a portal. This bug occurred when the player had too few points in the required skill tree for an item to be valid without considering the skill points provided by other items. For example, it would happen if using a portal with a Flamer that requires 20 points in Vagrantis, when the player had spent 10 points in the Vagrantis skill tree and the remaining 10 points were provided by the other equipped items. 🎯 Fixed an item dupe bug related to the Gambler and Continuum Events.

Version 1.101

🎯 Fixed an issue related to the hot key for center auxiliary auto-cast. 🎯 Fixed an incorrect normal map.

Version 1.100

🎯 Fixed an issue related to mods and save files. 🎯 Fixed issues with a few normal map.

Version 1.099

🎯 Fixed an issue that caused storage metadata to become overwritten by hardcore storage metadata upon death in the hardcore mode. If this happened to you, you can fix it by restoring ../Data/Save/storage_metadata.sav, from an older backup in ../Data/Save/Backup (or deleting storage_metadata.sav, but this would require you to unlock the tabs again).

Version 1.098

🎯 Fixed an issue that caused on-board turrets and tails of Sentinel ships to become invisible for clients when playing multiplayer. This error was introduced by one of the latest patches. Sorry about that! 🎯 Fixed an issue related to unlocked storage tabs getting locked when playing on the hardcore mode.

Version 1.097

🎯 Some skills provided by the In-S Fragment were previously locked to specific kinds of items (such as Fighter- or sentinel-class ships). This restriction has been removed. 🎯 Fixed a multiplayer issue that caused network errors for clients when playing Warped Continuum Events.

Version 1.096

🎯 The weapon range cap that previously was employed for on-board ship turrets has been removed. 🎯 Fixed an issue that could cause on-board ship turrets to fail to receive range-related buffs from skills. Merry christmas and a happy new year! /Hannes

Version 1.095

🎯 Fixed two issues that could cause a crash on some systems. 🎯 Fixed a race condition that could cause a soft lock.

Version 1.094

🎯 You can now alter how completed quests should be shared between connected players: 1) When a player completes a quest, the quest is also completed for all other players regardless of their location. 2) A player must be close to the location of the event that triggers completion of a quest for the quest to be considered completed for that player. The default is (1). Previous to this patch, (2) was used. 🎯 Fixed an issue that caused some summoned drones to occasionally ignore their player-given commands. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/d1a3969419ea3da7c7fdbfd8ce9e80ee8555a15f.png

Version 1.093

🎯 Fixed a network client issue that on rare cases could allow clients to open doors that were still closed on server-side. This would enable the client to look through the door as if it was open, but not physically pass through it. 🎯 Fixed an issue related to explosion-type beam weapons. 🎯 The GOG version no longer contains the "Upload to Steam" button.

Version 1.092

🎯 The area right after the first tutorial dungeon has been slightly revised: the exit no longer contains any enemies, which should make it easier to read the plot dialogue. 🎯 The content validation method used to ensure that the client has the same game files as the server has been revised.

Version 1.091

🎯 You can now highlight bullets. The following options are available: Friendlies, Enemies, All, and None (default). Highlighting is green for bullets fired by friendlies and red for bullets fired by enemies. 🎯 Many popup texts presented in-game are now less distracting (e.g., those presented when toggling auto-casts). In addition, some popups are now completely disabled when the "Show hints and tips" option in the general section of the main menu is unchecked. 🎯 The shader used to highlight items, enemies and bullets has been slightly revised. 🎯 Fixed an issue that caused some tooltip texts to be incorrectly presented when below an active drop-down list. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/71e5af3743fa78adfef18b44f76242021b9ba19f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/27ca00bbf91bfbd65e6e590c25161e4153daa4c7.gif

Warped Continuum Events

The Warped Continuum Event is a new kind of end-game procedural challenge that gets more difficult the further you progress. They are all large enough to accomodate the biggest ships (although some ships modded with the "Big" mod still will require some maneuverability skills :)). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/264d6c49e30e274ee5ae673b1660ddc64afb8990.gif As the difficulty of these events for the most part is linearly increased based on how far you progress, there should not be any huge difficulty spikes (such as the difficulty gaps between the Minor, Grand, and Uber Continuum Events). The Warped Continuum Event loot table differs from regular Continuum Events. In particular, they have a higher likelihood of dropping items that add bonus skill points. They are also the only way to gain In-S Fragments, which add bonus skill points to items (you previously had to find an item with bonus skill points and extract the skills through an Ext-S Fragment). The quality of these items depend on the difficulty of the Warped Continuum Event. The more difficult events have a chance to drop Uber-tier items. They start to drop in the Continuum difficulty. You can also craft them using the Random Warped Contained Continuum Event recipe. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/e94c870bacb606e23b53006d13b96cf705856b75.png There is a high-score system in place for these Warped Continuum Events. The difficulty of dropped Warped Continuum Events depend on this high-score. There is also a Continuum Transmuter recipe to reduce the difficulty of a Warped Continuum Event (see Downgrade Warped Continuum Event).

Infinite Warped Continuum Events

I wont say much about these events, apart from that they only drop in Warped Continuum Events...

Major overhaul to the English localization

The English localization has received a complete overhaul, with more than 3000 words having been revised and many entries added! This was done single handedly by Morgan Walter (@syovere on Discord). Many thanks for your hard work!

Customize your Uber rewards

You can now set an item that is desired as reward for completing a given Uber Continuum Event. See the recipe "Set Uber Continuum Event Reward". The idea is to make it easier to farm specific items. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/dcd6debaad549a6f3f3726f83da2f34a56131e65.gif

Imperius enemies

You can now encounter Imperius enemies! A total of 16 new Imperius enemies have been added. You can presently encounter these in the Warped Continuum Events. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/56d8598031e41c4bf673ff63bc77ef7355890fa3.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/3a93cb5209b825fae04db936425c9412b18eb5ac.gif

New items!

🎯 Two new hangars that summon Imperius fighters have been added to the loot table. 🎯 A new hangar that summon Imperius cruisers has been added to the loot table. 🎯 A new Imperius fighter-class ship has been added to the loot table. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/072aee6784c13c44952c3826f942ea67890e8791.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/d93c06e556caa95bebb283bbe347ed9324edbc22.png

Performance in caves

I have read your feedback on the performance issues in caves (especially in Act 2). This patch provides overall performance improvements to caves. Additionally, you can now also opt to render cave walls at a lower resolution (see the image below). This provides greatly increased performance at the cost of a minor (often negligible) reduction in the image quality of cave walls. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/fd5e0392ee1e3e4266dec8518095f7f5957cc1ed.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/e39c0b252e73f7b439a9064e300f75bcf5ce2ed2.png

Misc changes

🎯 Many enemy death animations have been polished. 🎯 The Continuum Transmuter UI has received a minor update. 🎯 The names of some world events have been changed. 🎯 A menu battle scene featuring Imperius vs Axiom has been added. 🎯 The final boss in Act 4 no longer summons any turrets. 🎯 Loot has been improved for the final boss in Act 4. 🎯 The "Recommended level" for Continuum Events has been revised. 🎯 Better profiling of hardware info (GPU and available RAM) to reduce the effort required to debug related errors. 🎯 The warp gate button has been moved (see below image). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/52ac111f9beca6d602a905017feb8b93888c79aa.png

Bug fixes

🎯 Fixed an issue that could cause an infinite loading screen when disconnecting from a PvP or fleet commander game while a map switch was being made. 🎯 Fixed multiple localization issues. 🎯 Replaced an incorrect portrait (the second boss in Act 4). 🎯 Fixed an item duplication bug related to Continuum Events. 🎯 Fixed an issue that could cause caves/asteroids to not render correctly if playing with a shadow quality of medium or lower. 🎯 Fixed an issue that could cause the map to fail to update correctly when some kinds of entities with map animations were destroyed (e.g., some rocks and walls).

Thanks for your support - I hope you enjoy the new content!

/Hannes

Version 1.082

🎯 Fixed an issue in the description of the skill "Colossal Engine".

Version 1.081

🎯 SK-1 Augment: Adds bonus skill points to high-level skills. These augments can only be added to ships. The highest tier (dropped in Uber Continuum Events) include bonus skill points to the highest-tiered skills (T7). 🎯 Fixed an issue related to the binding of mouse buttons 3-5 to toggle/autocast keybindings. 🎯 Fixed an issue related to the binding of left/right mouse buttons to some keys. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/6ae7e8c9cd93aad1b3f30f071013a290e2455885.png

Version 1.080

🎯 Fixed an error in the description for the skill "Not Feeling so Blue". 🎯 Fixed a floating point issue concerning item ship size requirements.

Version 1.079

🎯 You can now dye your Imperius ships. Ships dyed previous to this patch should now have their desired color presented. 🎯 The check boxes in the "General" loot filter tab that toggle the value of different settings for all five tabs have been slightly reworked: they are now checked if at least one the corresponding values in the five tabs is checked. For example, if "Artifact" is enabled in the Ship-tab, but disabled in all other tabs, then "Artifact" in the General tab will be checked. 🎯 Turrets with beam-type weapons no longer lead their shots. 🎯 The loot filter is now disabled when a character slot is deleted (given that the loot filter is kept). 🎯 Fixed several issues that could cause the loot filter UI to contain stale values. This could previously for example occur when switching between characters. 🎯 Fixed several localization issues.

Greetings voyagers! One of your most common requests has concerned the addition of Imperius ships. This update (v1.078) includes exactly that: 10 Imperius ship variants! A few of these can drop right from the start of the game, but most are unlocked at around level 20. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/01d5c0fa2e816c2d41951eab1aca31b168a69407.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/7e004789c1f588561609130eff5c6637314350a9.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/21612962485b6ee210ef3f275715ab70ba42b440.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/4e13dc5aa3b409d661be8b901cd0f813aabbd113.png The added Imperius ships concern the following classes: 🎯 Scout (1) 🎯 Frigate (1) 🎯 Light cruiser (1) 🎯 Heavy cruiser (1) 🎯 Battle cruiser (1) 🎯 Battleship (1) 🎯 Dreadnought (3) Apart from the new ships, this update also includes two balance adjustments: 🎯 On-board ship turrets now disregard weapon warmup time. Among other things, this should fix the issue of "warm-up turrets" not being able to perform well against hordes of low-hull enemies. 🎯 The range of the "Frost Touch" weapon has been increased by 50%. Keep the requests coming! While I do not have the time to answer each request, I do read them all. Thanks for reading & playing the game! /Hannes

Version 1.077

🎯 A new Continuum Transmuter Recipe has been added - Reroll Augment. 🎯 Fixed an issue related to custom colors not being applied for some Continuum Entities. 🎯 Fixed a few incorrect texts.

Version 1.076

🎯 The drop rate of the As-I Fragment has been increased. 🎯 The quality of the stats rolled on the item created from usage of As-I Fragment now depend on the two input items. Higher quality items as input means a higher quality item as output. 🎯 Fixed an error related to two affixed rolled by the As-I Fragment Continuum Transmuter recipe. 🎯 Fixed an issue related to drops from world bosses.

Version 1.075

🎯 As-I Fragment: Creates a new item with affixes based on those that the input items share. Item events and skill points are ignored. If less than 3 affixes are shared, then random affixes are added. Shared mods and sets are kept. Augments are removed. 🎯 You can now re-roll Uber-tier items through most applicable Continuum Transmuter recipes. 🎯 Fixed an error related to the repair rate statistic in the item highlighter. 🎯 The skill "War Carapace" now gains the buffs provided by item % hull bonuses. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/6a4462032d338555e3f3e1a85b900de14307443b.png

Version 1.074

🎯 The entire game now officially supports Catalan! This work was made by the Ce Trencada Project, that translates video games into Catalan completely free of charge with the sole objective of promoting the culture of video games in Catalan. 🎯 You can now view the complete tooltip of an item without comparing it to other equipped items. 🎯 World boss encounters have been revised: a much bigger portion of the damage to a segment is applied to the head. This effectively means that segments will stay alive for a longer period of time. 🎯 The item set "Pocket Deathmachine" has been buffed and its buffs/debuffs are now 2x as potent. 🎯 The Founders T4 skill "Tiny But Deadly" has been buffed. It now provides 8% buff per level (up from 4%). 🎯 The Xinthu T3 skill "Crushing Hits" has been buffed. It now provides a 30% bonus in crit damage (up from 20%). 🎯 The Imperius T2 skill "Frostbite" has been buffed. It now provides 10% more damage per level (up from 6%). 🎯 The Vagrantis T3 skill "Blazing rockets" has been buffed. It now provides 4% bonus attack speed per level (up from 2%). This means that it now provides 40% bonus attack speed to fixed-points weapons at max level (5 points). 🎯 The Founders T7 skill "Skill Shot" has been buffed when using fighter-class ships. 🎯 Fixed an error with item tooltips that could cause a gap in the top border for some items tooltips in combination with certain font scales. 🎯 Fixed several format string issues related to texts in Japanese, German, Portugese, Swedish and Russian.

Version 1.073

🎯 A new recipe has been added: "Random Uber Continuum Event". 🎯 The ship resistance mod now provides increased resistance to all elements (previously all but ballistic). This change will only affect ships that are modded post this patch. 🎯 The drop-rate of Uber Contained Continuum Events has been increased. 🎯 The weight of many kinds of player summons has been reduced. This should make the issue of summons pushing enemies around much less problematic. 🎯 Minor performance improvements when using the item highlight filter by moving some calculations to a background thread. 🎯 Worm sound effects for movement and attacking have been revised. 🎯 You can now disable the file integrity checks made by clients when connecting to a COOP campaign game. To do so, set the value of 'Networking_RequireMatchingHashsum' to 'false' in the config.cfg file. This is safe from a server perspective: if files differ, it will at worst cause weird/unknown behaviour for the client. This addition was made as some older operating systems (e.g., some versions of Windows 7) produce inconsistent MD5 for game data/files. If any magician know why this is the case, please let me know! 🎯 Fixed an issue that on very rare occasions could cause the item highlight filter to incorrectly include/exclude items. This could occur if the parameters of the item highlight filter were being changed simultaneous to an item being processed by the item filter. 🎯 Fixed errors in the tooltips for the skills "Intense Repairs" and "Warp Plasma Converter".

Version 1.072

🎯 You can now take high-resolution screenshots of item tooltips. 🎯 Item tooltips have undergone minor polish. 🎯 Fixed an item duping bug. 🎯 Fixed the evaluation order of the "Damage Multiplier" skill. 🎯 AOEs now (again) properly affect on-board ship turrets. This problem snuck in with an optimization patch a while back. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/cc3956b0bc39e55080ddec61f1ee09fb3691b55a.png

Version 1.071

🎯 Fixed the evaluation order for two skills - Tiny But Deadly and Armament Transformer. For example, Tiny But Deadly should now gain the buff provided by the skill Mind vs Body. 🎯 Fixed a recipe at the Continuum Transmuter that could cause a crash given a certain kind of input. 🎯 Fixed an issue that caused some weapons to provide damage to their own faction (e.g., the Frost Tornado weapon).

Version 1.070

🎯 You can now lock items. A locked item cannot be sold or transmuted. Note that you can sell/transmute a ship with locked weapons placed in its turrets, if the ship itself is unlocked. You can also drop locked items into world-space and move them to/from the storage. 🎯 The sorting function places locked items first. 🎯 The discovered recipes list at the Continuum Transmuter can no longer be hidden by pressing the "hide popups" key. 🎯 Fixed an item duplication bug related to the Continuum Transmuter and ship modification Continuum Entities. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/2f4650a228e2e4cec2166823c0a46e85de7d85c5.png

Version 1.069

🎯 You can now manually set a custom player save in the map editor. If this is set, the custom player save file will be applied for all players when playing the mod. This should hopefully make it easier to create fun custom experiences as they no longer need be contingent on arbitrary player save files. I have added a section to the editor guide that briefly describe how this works: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3110920722 🎯 Fixed an issue that could cause network clients to have their hull or warp plasma temporarily desynched from the server value when switching between maps. 🎯 Added localizations for two mod description texts that previously only were available in English. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/fb130c181a941d68054bd7d142252e665e902e35.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/47f77234254e337dabe615345738658af46152f0.png

Version 1.068 🎯 Most dungeons are now less "windy". In particular, there are (much) fewer dead ends. 🎯 Fixed an issue that caused CPU usage to spike when pausing an offline game (a missing thread sleep, for those who are interested in details).

Version 1.067

🎯 You can now prevent popups from being shown by pressing (default) left control/right bumper. 🎯 Area-of-effect buffs (e.g., increased resistance or warp plasma regeneration) from on-hit and on-kill procs are now spawned at the location of the caster instead of at the location of the hit/destroyed target. Debuffs are spawned on the target. 🎯 Fixed a race condition that on very rare occasions could cause frame drops. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/6e4306bd9739332c0f04336b4bd0f5f214f8e9fd.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37916769/39d02fced856b13a95d0b406a0c927a1d6ba59bf.png