Five Nations Update 1.0.4 Patch Notes – August 25, 2021

– subgroups in unit selection can be changed by TAB so that spells and abilities can be used without changing the unit selection
– auto-casting by right clicking on some of the spell buttons
– smart spell caster selection: when multiple units are selected only one unit casts the spell
– the redesigned HUD does not hides the right hand side of the map (the player can slightly scroll out of the map)
– the current unit selection saved when saving the game
– the AI uses more spells (eg. assimilation, restoration, exploratory bay, …)
– EMP effect, Teredo swarm, Tractor system and Zhogarn Overseer’s sticky phlegm reveals the cloaked entities until the effect is active
– Zhogarn units seem to be more alive by turning around while idling

New content

– translation of the interface and subtitles to Chinese, Hungarian, Korean and Russian
– new loading screens
– +1 additional music / faction

Bug fixes

– the AI still controls the assimilated units
– not all selection circles are displayed when selecting more than 24 units
– selection indicators do not display on some units in the group of over 24.
– weapons – with ignore armor ability – do not properly affect entities with shield
– multiselected buildings under construction can produce units
– playing menu music causes the game to crash

Balancing and config

– more effective carriers – fighters controlled by the carriers suffers 50% less damage – Charybdis’ Spikeworm excluded
– Projectiles do not collide with Special type units like Leech mine, Moored mine, Spawn, Ovum, Explorer, etc. if the Special type unit is not selected as a target.

Athrael

– Clairvoyant -40 Shield
– Clairvoyant’s neutron torpedo -15 damage to Shield
– Clairvoyant’s lost her Sensor ability
– Clairvoyant’s costs +50 Helium-3
– Explorers are now constructed at the Cabal instead at the Central Pyramid
– Gathering are now constructed at the Haven instead at the Cabal and need no additional tech station
– Theocrat construction time decreased to 45
– Flanker’s Warp ray weapon -2 damage against fighters, cooldown is increased from 75 to 100
– Harbinger in “Stealth mode” gains regeneration

Federation

– Joseon gains the EMP Strike spell
– St. George attack range -40
– Joseon construction time decreased to 45
– Deep Space Lab. now costs 100 Metal, 250 Energy and 200 Tachyon
– Fusion Reactor now costs 100 Energy instead of 250

Sylon

– Eclipse attack range -40
– Absorber gained Weapon
– Mask gained a new ability to Blind the enemies
– Assimilator construction time decreased to 45
– Mask now constructed at the Drone Facility instead of the Automaton Plant
– Caldron now constructed at the Automaton Plant instead of the Drone Facility
– Eclipse now unlocked by the Quantum Core
– Shade production do not need Quantum Core
– Nano Probes research is now migrated to Defensive Server
– Intelligence research is now migrated to Array

Thorun

– The construction of the Senate now requires only Hall
– Flagship attack range -40
– Assault Predator upgrade is now migrated to the Anvil
– Assault Marauder costs -50 metal
– Extractors are now constructed at the Material Silo instead at the Capitol
– Raider gained +20 speed
– Grinders require Anvil to produce
– Havocs don’t require Anvil to produce
– Havoc lose the ability to attack Fighters
– Foundry -50 Metal
– Welder and Extractor construction time -2 sec
– Breaker construction time decreased to 45
– Devastator upgrades are now migrated to Senate from the Skycourt
– Skycourt costs 150 Tachyon instead of 200 Helium-3
– HET Thruster research now costs 150 Helium-3 instead of 150 Tachyon
– Vanguard now constructed at the Foundry instead of the Siege Yard
– Corsair now constructed at the Siege Yard instead of the Hall

Zhogarn

– Decay construction time decreased to 30
– Ruptor construction time decreased to 30
– Elasmoruptor construction time decreased to 30
– Alpha gains +10 speed and need 30 Metal, 50 Energy less for production
– Spawn creation time -4 sec
– Charybdis attack range -40
– Venator initial damage to hull -6 with +1 / level