Player Feedback Patch

This update is primarily about stability and performance. We targeted the problems that most directly damage the feel of a run: frame-time spikes in large fights, slowdowns that build up over long sessions, and hitches (or freezes) during mission load/unload. The approach here was pretty basic: ship the quickest wins that are safe to integrate without destabilizing gameplay - cutting recurring costs in rendering, batching/atlasing, fog/visibility evaluation, animation overhead, and scene cleanup (costs that scale with everything on screen, from units to trees and biome textures). Alongside that work, we fixed a set of gameplay/UI/VFX issues that could stall enemies, break interactions, or confuse feedback, and we improved bug-report tooling so future fixes can be faster and more accurate. Shout out to everyone who took their time to message us their feedback!

Performance / Optimization

• Mission render optimization (general performance pass on mission rendering).

• Scene unloading optimization (cleaner unload / less leftover state).

• Reduced rendering costs for dynamic fog recalculation.

• Field Observer optimized (visibility / detection system that continuously evaluates units and objects in the field).

• Faster mission loading by optimizing collider recalculation for building highlights.

• Biome atlases regrouped.

• ORX sprites regrouped into atlases (more intelligently).

• High-res (512) biome images packed into large atlases (with correct form of compression that does not kill the quality of textures).

• Reduced sprite overhead: stopped creating clones of sprites already loaded from an atlas.

• Runes moved to the custom animator.

Gameplay / Logic Fixes

• FixedFinal boss phasefixed a case where the “day” wouldn’t start when the final boss entered its aggressive stage and stepped onto the field (boss could stand idle until killed).
• FixedWizdomiac totemsfixed spawning/placement so totems don’t appear outside warriors’ attack reach.
• FixedWallsfixed a case where a wall could get stuck into a farm after capturing a neighboring village.
• FixedTile progressionfixed cases where a village could be cleared but the tile stayed blocked/closed despite no longer being obstructed.
• FixedORX targetingfixed ORX units stalling near a destroyed town center (main building) while other village town centers were still alive.
• FixedORX movementfixed an issue where ORX could run “backwards” (orientation/animation).
• FixedSnipersfixed “strange” behavior (AI/targeting/movement pass).
• FixedBoreal crossbowmenfixed an issue where they didn’t damage lairs.
• FixedBoreal contractsfixed an exploit where contracts could be played on permanently dead ORX/warchiefs.
• FixedWorm interactionsFixed a bug when casting a weapon on a camp whose warriors were killed by the worm would crash the mission. Fixed a restore-blocking issue tied to the worm (restore being blocked on the wrong target).

• Fixed incorrect behavior when Revenge and Resurrect were combined.

• RemovedTowersremoved “cold start” behavior (towers no longer start in a delayed/disabled state).

UI / UX / Tooling

• Added a Bug Report button that packages logs + saves and sends them.

• AddedHP baradded a clear “vulnerable” indication when the target is vulnerable.
• AddedBuildingsadded an indicator for buildings with an active ability while it’s running, including a multiplier/stack count for multiple timers; fixed ability UI showing grey/inactive while the ability still works.

• Fixed UI rounding/formatting for very small multiplier numbers.

• Fixed an issue where description text color didn’t update.

• AdjustedArtifactsadded dynamic attribute tooltips; adjusted tooltip bottom padding for better readability.
• FixedVault upgrade UIfixed scrollbar behavior when selecting cards.

• Fixed hover detection when dragging/hovering a card on the left side of a road/path.

• AddedPlayer Optionsadded windowed mode.
• AddedMedieval warriors UIadded a title text-sprite showing the warrior count.

• Legendary reward icons updated/added (scope unclear).

• Advisors: additional “hide/cover” behavior implemented (scope unclear).

Visual / VFX Fixes

• Fixed broken “void edge” visuals/tiling.

• RemovedDecoration layering passremoved “standing” decorations and moved decorations to the road level.
• AdjustedPoison VFXupdated trail + bullet visuals.

• Targeting VFX: beam + target circle now stay on the target until the hit connects.