Empires Mod 2.34.9 Released!

We’re happy to announce version 2.34.9 is live on Steam.

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Changelog:

Features

• Double clicking of weapons/armor/engine in vehicle customization now adds/removes. Armor and engine will swap what is equipped if trying to add a different armor.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug causing engineer tool to lose charge if the player triggered a re-equip before deploying the weapon.
• Fixed a bug preventing vehicles from repairing on repair stations when taking DMG_CRUSH damage type. (Physics crush damage/Damaged caused by crashing into walls)
• Fixed a client crash relating to guard/attack orders.
• Minor fixes to mini-map player icons.
• Minor fix to cross-hair alignment.
• Minor fix to artillery feedback skill showing hits that occurred before having the skill.
• Minor fix to prevent console spam on the server - caused by vehicle engine heat variables.

Script/Game Balance

Vehicle Armors

• Regenerative
  • Reduced Cost from 12 to 11
  • Reduced Weight from 15 to 13
  • Reduced Biological Damage Multiplier from 1.25 to 1.1
• Absorbant
  • Increased Cost from 10 to 11
  • Increased Biological Damage Multiplier from 0.5 to 0.8
  • Reduced BulletPlasmaResist from 0.1 to 0
  • Reduced ShellPlasmaResist from 0 to -0.1
• Reactive
  • Increased Cost from 15 to 16
  • Reduced Health from 120 to 110
• Composite
  • Increased Angle modifier from 0.35 to 0.5

Vehicle Weapons

• Homing Missile
  • Increased Reload Time from 5s to 8s
• Plasma Cannon
  • Increased Clip Size from 30 to 40
• Biological Cannon
  • Increased Clip Size from 30 to 40
• Depleted Uranium Machine Gun
  • Reduced Cycle time from 0.105 to 0.09

Vehicle Engines

• Bio Diesel
  • Decreased Heat Stall Penalty from 50% to 25%

Infantry Weapons

• Mines
  • Disabled mine detonation by vehicle carcasses. (This is back to the old behavior.)
• RPG
  • Reduced Explosion Radius from 75 to 50
  • Reduced Turning Speed from 1.65 to 1.5