Update 60

Here is the changelog for August 2023:

I:\Interface

• Added a mouse icon underneath the arrow in the end-of-day stats menu

• Dispose of end-of-day information reports by right-clicking on them

• Compare the number of AUX mech modules between mechs when you select a mech in the Production menu

• Middle mouse click a mech in Engineering or in the Hangar to bring up a detailed information report about the model, such as reload times for each ammo type on the mech (right click to dispose of the report)

• Enjoy a scrunching up sound when disposing of information reports

• Added a picture of a drill to page 32 of the base manual

• Added monster icons for Brucus and Ovum to the bestiary

• The descriptions for research nodes DRONE, CYBORGIZATION and ATOMIC BOMB have been changed to better describe their mechanics

• Base manual has been updated to include information not previously mentioned, more specifically: mechs will not shoot through allies, power circuits raising the base reactor temperature for mechs, how mech evasion and stability works, and fire rate reduction during melee attacks

• Changed the order in which additional mech menus are mentioned in the manual to match the sequence in the UI

• District descriptions have been updated to fix some grammatical errors

• Plus sign at the top left of a weapon module in the weapon list will show you if it has unspent points

• See the current mod installed in weapons when they are inside a mech on the construction table, without removing them from the mech

B:\Balance

• /// Buffs

• Counter rocket module will add some kinetic ammunition

• Sagittarius attack range has been doubled

• Mechs will dig walls at twice the speed when the battle speed is also doubled

• Reduced toxin sprayer research time from 20 days to 5 days

• Fire pools created by the flamethrower have the weapon's initial damage instead of its end damage

• Reload time modifier for mech model "Holo" reduced from 4 to 2

• Increased the speed and duration of energy spheres from Colubra in infested map cells

• Decreased the lifetime decay rate of enemy kinetic projectiles

• Tripled the number of underwater currents

• /// Nerfs

• Increased flamethrower research time from 2 days to 5 days

• Lowered the initial amount of armor layers

• Removed endgame armor from the starting item pool

• Fire weapon module will create fire pools with 20% less damage

• increased fire damage reduction per point of enemy armor from 5% to 10%

• Added damage reduction for underwater fire created by the fire weapon module

• Reduced the starting number of engineers by 30%

• Projectiles from weapons without a slow module will cause a slow debuff at 20% less effectiveness

• Operarius armor and health is tripled in infested areas instead of quadrupled

• Additional reactor overcharge module multiplies overheat time debuff instead of stacking the debuff, which will greatly increase it the more you have it

• Bonus effect from District 15 on the number of engineers per day lowered from 3 to 2

E:\Engineering

• REACTOR OVERCHARGE research node moved to the beginning of the research tree - the additional reactor overcharge module can be accessed by all reactors after research is complete

• Set specific min/max engagement distances for each enemy type via the new menu to the right of the construction table when a weapon is placed there. For example, this will allow you to completely stop mechs from firing at