Demo Update Version 0.7.0

Hey all, here are the patch notes for today's Demo build!

Dread Admiral Demo

Version 0.7.0

Summary

Metaprogression is now available: You can now rank up, getting up to 9 FP for your flagship and unlocking most of its upgrades.

The campaign should be both easier for new players and more difficult for veterans.

Major feature:

1. You can now gain XP for Quick Battles, Skirmish, and Campaign missions to gain Ranks/Flagship Upgrades dynamically

2. AddedFuture updateUI for Quick Battles/Skirmish will be added to make it obvious how it's gained.

Mission 1 Balance:

• AI's Transport in Mission 1 Removed - this should reduce the variance of M1.

• Removed initial Submarine from Mission 1.

• Mission 1 AI should generally build fewer submarines.

Balance:

• Reduced AI's starting money by 25 for the first map, 20 for M2, 15 for M3

• Black Fleet Delay per mission reduced to 15 + Mission Number. (E.g, 16, 17, 18 for m1-m3)

• This should improve the pace of the game and reduce the snowballing effect of the player trivializing M2/M3

• Austerity Measures reduced to +25%, but no longer carries a growth malus

• M3's admiral fleet reduced in size (note: because of the shorter number of turns, this should still be difficult.)

• Enemy VP now reduces *up to half* of the player's VP, rather than cancelling it 1 for 1 outright. This means that VP the player earns are always participating in getting additional turns, just at half the rate if the enemy is also earning a lot of VP.

UI:

• City hexes now highlight depending on Team owner

• Queues now mention that they are BLOCKED/UNDER SIEGE as well

• "UNDER SIEGE" is now put on the City Summary text on the battle map when relevant

• City port hex is now highlighted in Red when Under Siege (when a city is highlighted due to mouseover)

• Sorties are now a field in the Flagship Upgrade menu to make the 'additional sorties if 10 or more planes' mechanic obvious to the user.

• Added option to skip most of the clock animation at the beginning of the player's turn

• Fleet Upgrades will now flash if you have no upgrades selected or on Rank Up.

• Fixed a bug/exploit where mouse-over in fog could allow you to see hidden enemy units

• Full screen fade option is now responsive during a game.

• Added an option to display damage numbers

Minor:

• Fixed a bug where the most recently disabled building could still apply Growth, VP, and/or Income

• Players can no longer accidentally select a city between activations of the same unit.

• Campaign Recon reward is now marked with sprites to make the reward more obvious

• Many buttons now have click sounds

• Perks panel no longer shows up in Quick Panel. Perks can't apply to Quick Battles (creates more design space for perks.)

• Earned perks will now properly show in the Quick Panel (e.g., if you gain a 3rd during the campaign, it'll show 3 player perks.)

• Increased max zoom-out distance by 25%

• Fixed some bugs related to paint schemes. They should reliably save/load.

• Partial Fix for issue with Planes darkening over time

• Fixed a rare issue where Launch Interceptors would start flying, do nothing, then land

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