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Steam News23 January 20265mo ago

Patch Notes – Update [1.5.3]

Balance: Normalized the Dissonance cost for all 6 Core Strongholds to ensure consistent difficulty. Increased passive Dissonance generation from 1 to 5 per conquered sector.

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What changed

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  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • Server
  • Performance
  • UI and audio
changedBalance:
changedIncreased passive Dissonance generation from 1 to 5 per conquered sector.
addedAdded a 'Bulk Resolve' button to the Home World Siege interface. You can now instantly Purge, Follow Protocol, or Defy all pending reports at once.
changedReplaced the standard HTML sliders in the Genesis Forge and Auto-Convergence menu with custom high-performance Canvas sliders. This ensures smooth movement and correct color theming (Red/Cyan).
addedAdded a 'Recover Realm Data' button to the Realms Interface (Stage 4). If you missed an optional Analysis Report, you can now retrieve it from any Realm that has been fully Purified.
removedThe subversion success chance calculation now correctly aligns with the UI display, ensuring that 100% success chances no longer fail due to floating-point errors.
passive Dissonance generation15passive Dissonance generation increased, buff

Balance:

  • Normalized the Dissonance cost for all 6 Core Strongholds to ensure consistent difficulty.

  • Increased passive Dissonance generation from 1 to 5 per conquered sector.

Enhanced:

  • Added a 'Bulk Resolve' button to the Home World Siege interface. You can now instantly Purge, Follow Protocol, or Defy all pending reports at once.

  • Replaced the standard HTML sliders in the Genesis Forge and Auto-Convergence menu with custom high-performance Canvas sliders. This ensures smooth movement and correct color theming (Red/Cyan).

  • Added a 'Recover Realm Data' button to the Realms Interface (Stage 4). If you missed an optional Analysis Report, you can now retrieve it from any Realm that has been fully Purified.

Fixes:

  • The subversion success chance calculation now correctly aligns with the UI display, ensuring that 100% success chances no longer fail due to floating-point errors.

  • Added a safety check to prevent a 'black screen' crash for players loading a save with an incompatible mid-assault state from a previous version.

Removed:

  • The '[DEBUG] Soft Reset Light' button has been removed from the Settings menu.

Source

Steam News / 23 January 2026

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