Summary of changes (For more details and notes, see the full changelog (TAT-v2.0-Beta-Changelog.txt) included in the release):
Fixed Commander explosions doing full damage instead of no damage to Arm Moho Twilight, Core Moho Exploiter, and Arm Thunderstorm.
Arm Guardian and Core Punisher weapons are now line of sight weapons instead of ballistic.
NOTE: This should help improve their ability to attack incoming units instead of just denying the area.
Arm Radical and Core Blocker weapon [MEDIUMFIXED_GUN] range increased to 1280 (800), reload increased to 1.6 (1.0), weapon velocity reduced to 600 (800), and edge effectiveness reduced to 0 (0.333).
NOTE: This puts the Radical/Blocker in the "budget Guardian/Punisher" category, giving a faster and cheaper option for defending against light T2 artillery attacks before you have T2 yourself.
Adjusted Arm Hermes, Flea, and Tripod and Core Oppressor "weight" for the Arm Condor and Core Vindicator to match their current metal cost.
Doubled build power for the Arm/Core Nanolathe Minelayer Turret.
Summary of changes (For more details and notes, see the full changelog (TAT-v2.0-Beta-Changelog.txt) included in the release):
Arm and Core MRUs energy cost increased to match standard energy drain for building advanced vehicles.
The following amphibious units had their energy cost lowered to 50% above baseline instead of 100% above:
Arm Pincer
Arm Pelican
Arm Triton
Arm Marauder
Core Garpike
Core Gimp
Core Shiva
Core Croc
Core Poison Arrow
Arm PomPom and Core Aries had their energy cost increased by 50% and their speed increased by 25% to match the other amphibious units.
Core Gimp speed increased proportionately match the Arm Pelican.
The following advanced tanks have had their armor increased by 50% and their firepower decreased by 50%:
Arm Mumbo
Arm Triton
Arm Demolisher
Core Reaper
Core Poison Arrow
Core Termite
Core Halberd
The Arm Bulldog and Core Goliath have had their armor doubled and their firepower halved.
Arm Sneaky Pete and Veil and Core Castro and Shroud no longer automatically cloak as soon as you start to build them. The T1 and T2 jamming towers were also set to cost twice as much metal and energy as the T1 and T2 radar towers. This reduced the T1 jammers cost and increased the T2 jammers cost.
Added new colors! We're trying out some new colors, but this requires removing some others, so this is what we're trying out for now:
Removed:
White
Green
Yellow
Black
Sky Blue
Tan
Red
Added:
Greyish Blue
Lime
Dark Green
Orange
Pink
Mustard
Darker Red
Feedback is welcome, since this is just something we're trying out. Thank you ChaoStorm for your hard work, and also Venom of ProTA for being a huge help in answering a lot of questions and pointing us in the right direction!
Added new megamap icons! Chaostorm has been working hard on adding category tages to 330 different units for the icons, as well as the icons themselves (Along with a lot of help from Wiffer!). This release comes with a TA.ini file and an Icons folder to replace the existing ones (We recommend backing up your existing Icons folder and TA.ini file). The icons are still a work in progress, but the idea is to help make units showing up on the megamap more useful and identifiable for strategic play. We'll need feedback on how visible they are, how easy they are to identify, etc. Also, remember that the new icons only show on the megamap for units you have line of sight on. Radar coverage will just show regular dots. You should still be able to turn off the new icons and use the normal ones if you want.
Thanks ChaoStorm and Wiffer!
Arm Spider and Core Bladewing weapon [ARM_PARALYZER] damage reduced to 30 (300) and the special damage to features reduced to 300 (1200).
NOTE: This reduces the paralysis time for each shot from 10 seconds to 1 second. The special damage to features was changed from 4x regular damage to 10x regular damage. This means a single Bladewing or Spider can keep a unit locked down if they fire on it continually, but it will unfreeze as soon as they stop. Of course, multiple shots from multiple units can still stack the paralysis, but each extra shot will only add an additional one second, instead of ten.
Arm Mumbo description changed to "Heavy Rapid-Fire Piercing Pulse-Laser Tank" ("Heavy Rapid-Fire Pulse-Laser Tank").
Arm Mumbo weapon [TAWF003_weapon] damage reduced to 19 (38), energy per shot increased to 22 (11), and noexplode=1 added.
NOTE: This makes the Mumbo weapon pierce through targets and features, much like the Arm Beamer does. In return, it does half the previous damage (As it can potentially hit a target multiple times on the way through), and costs twice as much energy to fire.
Core Termite weapon [CORE_TERMITE_LASER] area of effect increased to 64 (12), edge effectiveness reduced to 0.5 (1.0), energy per shot increased to 172 (86), damage increased to 324 (243), explosiongaf set to yellowboom (fx), and explosionart set to yellowboom (explode5).
NOTE: This doubles the energy cost per shot to give 33% more damage and a big (for a beam weapon) area of effect.
Fixed the build power for Arm and Core Advanced Shipyards being in the name of the unit instead of the description.
Fixed the Arm and Core Minelayer Nanolathe Turret description to show the correct build power of 60.
Core Oppressor weapon [OPPRESSOR_ROCKET] had "guidance" and "tracks" disabled.
NOTE: This means Oppressor rockets will not track.
February 14, 2025
TA:T v2.0 Beta 92:
Arm MRU energy cost increased to 58071 (34169) and build time reduced to 52791 (61600).
Core MRU energy cost increased to 56403 (35517) and build time reduced to 52604 (61437).
NOTE: This puts the Arm and Core MRU at standard energy and metal drain for advanced vehicles (Around 21 metal/second and 580 energy/second). This means they'll build somewhat more quickly, but also cost more energy than before. This is more energy than a Fusion costs, but also mobile and close to triple the armor.
Arm Pincer energy cost reduced to 1514 (2019).
Arm Pelican energy cost reduced to 9167 (12223).
Arm PomPom energy cost increased to 7671 (5114), speed increased to 1.7625 (1.41), and description changed to "Amphib AntiAir Laser KBot(1/3 dmg to non-air Fast/Maneuverable)" ("Amphibious Anti-Air Laser KBot (1/3 damage to non-air units)").
Arm Triton energy cost reduced to 19134 (25512).
Arm Marauder energy cost reduced to 24323 (32431).
Core Garpike energy cost reduced to 1555 (2073).
Core Gimp energy cost reduced to 12959 (17278) and speed increased to 2.0 (1.82).
Core Aries energy cost increased to 8072 (5360), build time reduced to 4847 (5819), speed increased to 1.6025 (1.282), and description changed to "Amphib AntiAir Laser KBot(1/3 dmg to non-air Fast/Maneuverable)" ("Amphibious Anti-Air Laser KBot (1/3 damage to non-air units)").
Core Shiva energy cost reduced to 26100 (34800).
Core Croc energy cost reduced to 9702 (12936).
Core Poison Arrow energy cost reduced to 28980 (38640).
NOTE: Amphibious units previously cost twice the standard energy for their metal cost. This change puts them at 50% more than standard, instead of 100% more. The Gimp speed was increased to put it at 10% slower than the Pelican, where it should have been. The Arm PomPom and the Core Aries were already at standard energy cost, despite being amphibious, so they were increased to 50% more than standard and given the standard 25% increase in speed. Also, the Aries, due to an error back in Beta 23, has had a 20% slower build time than it should since then, which was fixed.
Amphibious units can be nice to build even when not using them in the water, but the heavy energy cost made them harder to justify. For example, the Core Croc is roughly similar to the Panther in cost and role, but cost twice as much energy, which made it a lot harder to build in larger groups.
Some amphibious units remain at twice the energy cost, as they are specialized in other ways:
Arm Courier
Arm Sharpshooter
Arm Infiltrator
Arm Invader
Core Emissary
Core Skuttle
Core Parasite
Core Roach
Core Intruder
Arm Mumbo armor increased to 6114 (4076).
Arm Mumbo weapon [TAWF003_weapon] damage reduced to 38 (57).
Arm Triton armor increased to 6458 (4305).
Arm Triton weapon [ARM_MEDIUMCANNON] damage reduced to 269 (404).
Arm Demolisher armor increased to 9183 (6122).
Arm Demolisher weapon [ARM_HLIGHTNING] damage reduced to 269 (404).
Arm Bulldog armor increased to 19810 (9905).
Arm Bulldog weapon [ARM_BULL] damage reduced to 324 (648).
Core Reaper armor increased to 7450 (4967).
Core Reaper weapon [CORE_REAP] burst reduced to 8 (12) and burstrate increased to 0.08 (.04).
Core Poison Arrow armor increased to 10773 (7182).
Core Poison Arrow weapon [CORE_PARROW] damage reduced to 400 (600).
Core Termite armor increased to 10931 (7287).
Core Termite and Clasher weapon [CORE_TERMITE_LASER] damage reduced to 243 (364).
Core Clasher armor increased to 10901 (7267).
Core Goliath armor increased to 22404 (11202).
Core Goliath weapon [COR_GOL] damage reduced to 500 (1000).
NOTE: Advanced vehicles, battle tanks, specifically, seem to struggle to engage advanced defensive lines. Tanks, with their heavier armor and better speed, are usually a good choice in attacking defensive lines, and they seem to do well at T1, but T2 tanks were seeming somewhat lacking. This gives advanced tanks more armor at the cost of firepower, which shouldn't affect how they perform against other units, but should help them be better at surviving long enough to fire on defensive lines. This is only for battle tanks, not supporting vehicles. They get 50% more armor and have their firepower reduced by 50%, except for Bulldogs and Goliaths, which have double armor and half firepower situating them for potentially being good at cracking defensive lines.
This is an experimental change and might need adjusting.
Arm Sneaky Pete init_cloaked changed to 0 (1).
Arm Veil init_cloaked changed to 0 (1).
Shroud Castro init_cloaked changed to 0 (1).
Core Shroud init_cloaked changed to 0 (1).
NOTE: This means they won't automatically cloak as soon as you start to build them, which drained extra energy the whole time you were building them. The extra cloaking energy cost for the Sneaky Pete and Castro, for example, more than doubled their total energy cost to build. The downside is now the enemy can see what you're building, but this usually didn't come into play.
Arm Sneaky Pete metal cost reduced to 98 (206), energy cost reduced to 1500 (2008), and build time reduced to 4091 (6180).
Arm Veil metal cost increased to 490 (362), energy cost increased to 22500 (11151), and build time increased to 20455 (13516).
Core Castro metal cost reduced to 100 (218), energy cost reduced to 1600 (2238), and build time reduced to 4476 (6798).
Core Shroud metal cost increased to 500 (369), energy cost increased to 24000 (11895), and build time increased to 22360 (14788).
NOTE: This changes T1 and T2 jammers to be twice the metal and twice the energy cost of their radar equivalents, which makes the T1 jammers cheaper and the T2 jammers more expensive.
January 10, 2025
TA:T v2.0 Beta 91:
Reverted the Arm Guardian and Core Punisher models to the original, and then just scaled up the height of the base on the Guardian and the turret on the Punisher, leaving the rest of the models unscaled. The height of the turrets is also higher than in Beta 90 to help with some issues of shots hitting the ground prematurely before reaching the target.
Added CTRL_W to the Core Krow (Thanks Tasto!).
Added CTRL_W to the Arm Blade and Core Blackdawn.
Arm Anemone and Core Jellyfish weapon [COAX_DEPTHCHARGE] special damage to Arm and Core Commanders reduced to 1037 (1556).
Arm Crusader, Conqueror, and Spotter and Core Enforcer, Executioner, and Watcher weapon [DEPTHCHARGE] special damage to Arm and Core Commanders reduced to 342 (1026).
NOTE: This puts depthcharge damage at the default for Commanders, instead of doing extra damage as to other amphibious units.
Arm Atlas cruise altitude reduced to 80 (90).
NOTE: This matches the Core Valkyrie, which is already at 80.
Arm Dragonfly cruise altitude reduced to 200 (450).
Core Seahook cruise altitude reduced to 200 (450).
NOTE: This allows ground units to more easily target these heavy transports while they are hovering and carrying units, but it will also let them pick up or drop off units more quickly (Since they don't have to lower themselves as far to reach the ground
Core Seahook model size increased 33%.
NOTE: This just helps it match the Arm Dragonfly's size and better fit the size of an air transport able to carry even the heaviest units.
Core Oppressor weapon [OPPRESSOR_ROCKET] flighttime increased to 6.25 (4.75).
NOTE: As mentioned before for other vertically launched rockets, if Oppressors were above a target (Attacking a target below/south of themselves), the rockets have to turn around 180 degrees to hit the target below them, which means they take longer to get there. Due to this, and the lowered flighttime of the rockets, Oppressors couldn't hit a target south of them due to the rockets running out of fuel before hitting. If the Oppressors were close enough for the rockets to hit, they were too close for the rockets to successfully turn in time to hit the target. This should fix that.
Added Arm Retaliator, Detonator, and Protector and Core Silencer, Catalyst, and Fortitude to the respective Arm and Core Experimental (Gantry) Construction Vehicle build menus (Thanks ChaoStorm!).
Swapped the Core Krogtaar and Juggernaut spots on the Gantry build menu to better match up with the Arm Gantry build menu.
Arm Dragon's Claw damage modifer reduced to 0.167 (0.25) and description updated.
Core Dragon's Maw damage modifer reduced to 0.167 (0.25) and description updated.
NOTE: This makes Dragon's Claws and Maws 50% more armored when closed than before (6x instead of 4x). This strengthens their "damage or delay" role, similar to a mine field, in that an enemy can choose to safely engage them with artillery, but it will take a fair amount of time to destroy them, or they can engage them while open, but will take damage while doing so.
Arm Ambusher damage modifer reduced to 0.167 (0.25) and description updated.
Arm Annihilator damage modifer reduced to 0.167 (0.2) and description updated.
Arm Pit Bull damage modifer reduced to 0.167 (0.25) and description updated.
Arm PACKO damage modifer reduced to 0.167 (0.25) and description updated.
Arm Thunderstorm damage modifer reduced to 0.167 (0.2) and description updated.
Core Doomsday Machine damage modifer reduced to 0.167 (0.2) and description updated.
Core Toaster damage modifer reduced to 0.167 (0.25) and description updated.
Core Viper damage modifer reduced to 0.167 (0.25) and description updated.
NOTE: This reduces damage taken while underground or closed to 1/6 normal, effectively giving them 6x as much armor while armored up. Previously, most were 4x or 5x.
Removed DamageModifier tags on units that didn't have them enabled, so it was inactive:
Arm Metal Maker
Arm Advanced Fusion Reactor
Arm Scarab
Core Advanced Fusion Reactor
Core Berserker (Was already commented out)
Core Hedgehog
Core Metal Extractor
Arm Vanguard weapon [SHOCKER] damage increased to 1319 (1313), reload increased to 2.5 (2.489), explosiongaf set to "fx" ("mineboom"), and explosionart set to "explode2" ("mineboom").
NOTE: This sets the explosion animation to the same one used by the Arm Guardian, which is very similar in fire rate, damage, and range, and sets it to the same reload as well. The previous explosion animation gave the impression they were doing a lot more damage than they actually were.
Arm Metal Generator damage modifier reduced to 0.25 (0.5) and description set to "Cloaking Self-Powered Metal Maker (+2M) (Close for 4x Armor)" ("Cloaking Self-Powered Metal Maker (+2M)").
Core Metal Generator damage modifier reduced to 0.25 (0.5) and description set to "Cloaking Self-Powered Metal Maker (+2M) (Close for 4x Armor)" ("Cloaking Self-Powered Metal Maker (+2M)").
Core Juggernaut description changed to "(barely) Mobile Very Heavily Armored Penetrating Plasma Turret" ("(barely) Mobile Very Heavy Armored Penetrating Plasma Turret")
Increased the line of sight limit in the LOS.tdf file to 3000 pixels (Was 2000).
NOTE: This meant that Arm Advanced Radar and Sonar were getting their LOS slightly cut short, and LOS for Hyper Radars for both sides was truncated a fair amount.
Arm HyperRadar line of sight increased to 3000 (2625).
Core HyperRadar line of sight increased to 2727 (2386).
NOTE: Since HyperRadars can only be built by T3 constructors, this makes them nicer to have.
Arm Avatar description changed to "Mobile LRPC (Shorter-range faster-firing Big Bertha 3832E/shot)" ("Mobile LRPC (Shorter-ranged faster-firing Big Bertha weapon)").
Arm Avatar and Core Mauler weapon [MOBILE_LRPC_CANNON] shakemagnitude reduced to 10 (20) and shakeduration reduced to 0.3 (0.6).
NOTE: This reflects their lower damage and also makes them less distracting when firing unless there are a lot of them.
Arm Sharpshooter description changed to "Amphibious Cloaking Tachyon Sniper Kbot (8732E/shot)" ("Amphibious Cloaking Tachyon Sniper Kbot").
Arm Sharpshooter weapon [ARMSNIPE_WEAPON] area of effect increased to 64 (32).
NOTE: This matches other heavy Tachyon weapons like the Annihilator weapon or the primary Doomsday weapon. It also makes it easier to hit targets just behind a wall or Dragon's Teeth.
Arm Jeffy armor reduced to 209 (305).
Arm Jeffy weapon [ARM_LASER] damage increased to 36 (27).
Core Weasel armor reduced to 263 (350).
Core Weasel weapon [CORE_LASER] damage increased to 40 (30).
NOTE: This puts Jeffies and Weasels back at half standard vehicle armor and double standard vehicle firepower. They'll give more firepower than the same metal spent in Flashes or Instigators, but with much less armor, making them best for raiding lightly defended or undefended targets and leaving before reinforcements can arrive.
December 13, 2024
December 13, 2024
TA:T v2.0 Beta 90:
TA:T v2.0 Beta 90:
@ -389,7 +165,7 @@ NOTE: This will help vehicle artillery feel "heavier" and be more effective with
Arm Flea armor reduced to 12 (16).
Arm Flea armor reduced to 12 (16).
Arm Flea weapon [FLEA_LASER] damage increased to 24 (18).
Arm Flea weapon [FLEA_LASER] damage increased to 24 (18).
NOTE: This puts the Flea at 1/4 armor and 4x firepower, making it very damaging for its cost, but also meaning it will die to virtually any weapon or explosion.
NOTE: T
Core Oppressor weapon [OPPRESSOR_ROCKET] turnrate reduced to 8410 (12615) and flighttime reduced to 4.75 (5.5).
Core Oppressor weapon [OPPRESSOR_ROCKET] turnrate reduced to 8410 (12615) and flighttime reduced to 4.75 (5.5).
@ -3368,21 +3144,6 @@ NOTE: This reduces gunships to a 180 degree firing arc (In the front). This will
Claws and Maws to lower damage modifier. Even lower than 0.1667 would be fine, since even if they're immune to low-level damage like Peewees while closed up, they can't attack back and it would make them cooler.
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