DOW II: Codex Edition v3.1 Manual Package file

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+++V3.1 CHANGELOG+++

GLOBAL

- Added Traitor Guard faction

- More AI improvements

- Added the intro movie, since the crash related to the performance mod is now fixed in the updated performance mod

- Added back the cinematics button in the main menu

- Added "High Intensity" version of annihilate gamemode - provides practically unlimited population cap and reduced unit upkeep

- Added "Siege" gamemode

- Added "Warpstorm" gamemode

- Added "Exterminatus" gamemode

- Added "Hold the Line" gamemode

- Added "free for all annihilate" and "team free for all annihilate" gamemodes

- Added "Space Hulk Extraction" gamemode

- Added "Annihilate - Space Hulk" gamemode

- Added "Onslaught" gamemode

- Added space hulk versions of free for all and team free for all

- Added more maps

- Resource conversion is now available for all players of the same team instead of just the one who built the listening post (cooldown is shared though)

- Optimized annihilate mode so that it doesn't check the wincondition state every time an entity dies

- Altered the economy to make points more valuable by increasing their overall resource output, both with and without listening posts, while reducing resource output of forward bases from 2 req to 1 req per second

- Removed limitation of resource output on points that set to 0.5 for two and three players per team (i don't know why this was a thing)

- Red resources are now limited to 9999 instead of 999 for every faction

- Altered certain factions' max population cap slightly

- Changed selection circles around most vehicles to better reflect their size

- Increased starting resources requisition from 500 to 600, and power from 0 to 10

- Population upkeep threshold is now set to exactly half of each faction's max population cap

- Increased cost of all generators by 75%

- Temporarily removed 8-player FFA due to too many issues

- Improvements to the installer

- Updated injector with more fixes and improvements

- Removed 6-player Harkus (only 8-player harkus remains) due to redundancy

- Fixed requisition and power points on snow maps using wrong textures

- Removed game timer (less people liked it than didn't)

- Added scroll menu to victory conditions and races to allow for more options without taking up much space

- Fixed 7 and 8 player matches not showing the 7th and 8th player in the match end screen and replay screen

- Fixed 8-player replays crashing

- Changed the maximum cap of certain units, primarily vehicles, to be less limiting

- Increased speed of all tracers to be more realistic and synchronized all hit fx

- Revamped the in-match UI

- Added a "hide ui" button by pressing the "Home" key

- Increased damage done by mines from 100 to 175

- Added some new unit portraits

- Decreased the amount of fx spawned during bolter impacts

- Normalized all melta damage to 200, multimelta to 300, and heavy multimelta to 450

- Optimized blood splat spawning

- Added a chance for gore objects to spawn when units die

- Made minimap icons more visible on snow maps (and overall)

- Fixed performance test using wrong factions and allowed visibility of UI elements for testing purposes

- Removed duplicate red scorpions and freeboterz color schemes

- Added faction-specific artwork

- Added new color schemes for tau, tyranids, and necrons

- Increased the time it takes for requisition points to mature (every 100 seconds, for up to 300 seconds max)

- Added various instructions and tutorials into the notifications menu for things the game never mentions

- Added localization for German, French, and Russian languages

- Increased plasma damage against power armoured infantry by 20%

- Various small fixes

SPACE MARINES

- Increased range of jump pack abilities to be equal to sight range

- Added 40% accuracy resistance to melee units during charge

- Fixed munitorum container ability regen buffs not applying properly

- Added back the Librarian tier 2 unit

- Fixed missile upgrade on tarantula turret decreasing health down to 500

- Reduced power cost of all terminator sergeants from 100 to 50

- Fixed one of the land raiders missing the frag ability

- Fixed dreadnought lascannon missing tracer

- Increased radius of explosion for munitorum container death and added knockback

- Fixed dreadnought missile launcher upgrade firing both its weapon and ability from the ground

CHAOS SPACE MARINES

- Changed description of Warp Cataclysm to more closely match what it does

- Horrors no longer imobilize vehicles

- Increased range of jump pack abilities to be equal to sight range

- Added 40% accuracy resistance to raptors and khorne berzerkers during charge

- Cultists no longer get hotshot lasguns when upgraded with a different weapon

- Fixed Tzeentch terminators being unlimited

- Fixed vindicators being unlimited

- Fixed nurgle plague nurgle global and undead servant weapon extreme kill not correctly (or at all) triggering on most units

- Increased cost of Warp cataclysm from 850 to 1400

- Added flesh hounds to the Khorne roster

- Added blight drone to the Nurgle roster

- Removed great unclean one from the nurgle roster for the time being due to inconsistent crashing issues

- Juggernaut roar no longer affects grey knights

- Most nurgle weapons now have a chance to spawn an undead servant

- Updated model of pink/blue/brimstone horrors

- Added Obliterators tier 3 unit

- Fixed defiler animation snapping in some cases

- Fixed defiler missing firing FX for the demolisher cannon

- Reduced power cost of all terminator sergeants from 100 to 50

- Fixed blood frenzy not sending units berzerk

- Fixed missile upgrade on tarantula turret decreasing health down to 500

- Fixed predator lascannon sponsons missing tracer

- Fixed warpsmith bolter using plasma firing sound

- Fixed undivided altar not providing energy boost to tzeentch choice

- Fixed undivided chaos lord energy shield ability gained by the dark halo not being removed after the upgrade is replaced

IMPERIAL GUARD

- Added Bullgryn tier 2 unit

- Ogryns are now ranged by default

- Increased damage of ogryn ripper gun from 36 to 70

- Changed damage type of ogryn ripper gun from shotgun to bolter

- Conscripts can now be spawned from the forward base

- Increased damage of Shadowsword cannon from 9000 to 15000

- Changed heavy weapons team formation to prevent them from getting stuck

- Fixed munitorum container ability regen buffs not applying properly

- Fixed IG commander dying before his retinue in rare cases

- Fixed leman russ heavy bolter sponsons firing tracers from below the tank

- Fixed various issues with the heavy weapons team

- Fixed leman russ main turret snapping while firing

- Removed the broken grenadier upgrade from veterans (they're not meant to be grenadiers anyway)

- Fixed missile upgrade on tarantula turret decreasing health down to 500

- Allowed guardsmen squads to get all leaders instead of being limited to choosing only three

- Removed commisar upgrade from whiteshield/conscript squads

- Increased radius of explosion for munitorum container death and added knockback

- Fixed sentinel missile ability firing from the ground

- Fixed banewolf contaminate ability shooting from the ground

ORKS

- Fixed Painboy experiment ability sometimes making units go berzerk permanently

- Fixed Gorkanaut having unlimited spawns, now properly limited like the other knights

- Fixed mekboy builder running around till he flops over dead after death

- Fixed Tellyporta random teleport not working in multiplayer

- Slightly reduced amount of fx on loota deffgun

- Fixed stormboys missing jump fx

- Fixed loota beamy deffgun missing tracer

- Fixed nobs with 2h weapons having mistimed melee attacks with fx

- Fixed weirdboy using wrong fx for firing

- Fixed flashgitz "blastier" upgrade weapon missing fx

- Fixed beamy deffgun upgrade for mekboy hero missing tracer fx

TYRANIDS

- Genestealer Infiltrate is now toggled instead of always active

- Improved Gargoyle animations

- Fixed carnifex variants fading upon death before the death animation is finished

- Evolve should no longer affect heroes (to avoid stacking buffs, bye naruto-tyrant)

- Fixed hive guard being able to attack friendlies

- Fixed resource production of Capillary Vein being too insignificant

- Fixed warrior devourer not having a firing sfx/fx and tracer being fired from the floor

- Fixed termagaunt devourer upgrade causing aiming to be offset

- Changed evolution buffs so that it only applies to units that are within proximity of a tyranid HQ or forward base, while still remaining permanent afterwards

- Added the "Stalk" reveal hero ability to tier 2 lictor

- Added more global abilities

- Removed Lictor and Ravener heroes due to lack of usefulness or lore logic for them to be heroes next to a hive tyrant, as well as technical issues

ELDAR

- Fixed the two Warlock Seer Council retinue upgrades disappearing completely even if the retinue is not alive

- Fixed the Warlock Seer Council leader being unable to reinforce

- Reduced range of wraithguard wraithcannons from 90 to 50

- All infantry units and the webway gates can now only be revealed by detectors when infiltrated

- Fixed warlock hero not playing ranged attack animation

- Removed Avatar for the time being due to inconsistent crashing issues

- Added Shadow Spectres tier 3 flying unit

- Fixed fire dragon flamer upgrade missing sfx or fx

NECRONS

- Reduced flayed one summoning global ability red resource cost to 250

- Resurrected units now have about 60% HP compared to their original version

- Phase shift now has a 10 second cooldown when turned on and off

- Summoning units from restored monolith now costs red resource

- Attack scarab can no longer passively regenerate health

- Attack scarab squad unit count reduced from 15 to 10

- Attack scarab requisition cost increased from 30 to 50

- Attack scarab damage reduced from 95 to 60

- Attack scarab build time increased from 6 seconds to 9 seconds

- Increased restored monolith requisition cost from 900 to 1250

- Reduced Lychguard requisition cost from 900 to 750

- Lord Destroyer can no longer possess superheavy vehicles

- Increased deceiver possess cooldown so that it may only be cast twice during its lifetime

- Fixed unit spawn position of HQ to always be in front

- Fixed Deceiver mouth weights

- Heavy destroyer gauss cannon now does more damage against buildings and vehicles, but is less accurate against smaller units

- Fixed some necron structures missing certain textures

- The Overlord can now uncapture and capture points

TAU

- Increased kroot base HP by 25%

- Increased kroot melee damage from 75 to 90

- Stealth suits and the xv22 commander can now only be revealed by detectors when infiltrated

- Fixed gue'vesa description mentioning upgrades that don't exist

- Fixed vespid sonic blast being triggered on all entities instead of just one, causing excessive damage

- Fixed knarloc being able to enter buildings

- Fixed broadsides and crisis suits being able to enter buildings/vehicles

- Added railgun rig as a commander-delpoyable defensive structure

- Added Riptide Battlesuit as a commander-deployable superheavy vehicle

- Fixed unit spawn position of HQ to always be in front

- Tau weapon drones now have a 360 degree firing arc

- Fixed Vespid Destabilization not dealing damage over time

- Changed weather the storm ability to a new icon to differenchiate it from the enhanced targeting network

GREY KNIGHTS

- Paladin justicar no longer shares damage with the rest of the squad when damaged

- Fixed munitorum container ability regen buffs not applying properly

- Strike squads now come in groups of 3 instead of 4, with price adjusted accordingly

- Fixed dreadnought drop not being limited by maximum number of dreadnoughts

- Fixed psyk-out grenade affecting non-psykers

- Fixed dreadnoughts using the space marine dreadnought upgrades instead of their own

- Fixed dreadnought lascannon missing tracer

- Fixed dreadnought missile launcher upgrade firing both its weapon and ability from the ground

ADEPTUS MECHANICUS

- Fixed global ability buffs not affecting all skitarii vehicles

- Fixed Scorpius vehicles causing severe lag spikes and bloated warnings.txt log files in rare cases

- Fixed cases of Ironstrider Ballistarius and Sydonian Dragoon sliding in rest pose

- Fixed Kastelan robots reinforcing with no weapons if upgraded

- Increased cost of servo skull sabotager from 30 req to 50 req

- Increased damage boost of protector and conqueror imperatives from 35% to 75%

- Servo Skull Sabotager is now capped to 5 instead of 9

- Servo Skull sabotager can only uncapture points now; it cannot capture

- Reduced moving accuracy of radium carbines from 0.9 to 0.7

- Reduced moving accuracy of skitarii arc rifle and plasma caliver from 0.9 to 0.7

- Increased cooldown time of galvanic rifles from 0.5 to 1.75

- Reduced radium carbine damage ticks against super heavy infantry and power armour from 2.5 to 1.5

- Reduced damage of galvanic rifles from 75 to 55

- Reduced radium carbine base damage from 45 to 30

- Sicarian infiltrators can now only be revealed by detectors when infiltrated

- Sicarian infiltrators now default to melee stance

- Added sensory violation ability to sicarian infiltrators

- Added infiltrate ability to sicarian ruststalkers

- Datasmith is now super-heavy-infantry in order to prevent the kastelan squad from being too squishy

- Sydonian dragoons and ironstrider ballistariuses are now tier 2

- Changed upgrade icon for skitarii servo skull leader to better represent the unit

- Kataphron destroyer and breacher have been moved to forward base to make space for the sydonian dragoons and ironstrider ballisatriuses in the HQ

- Fixed munitorum container ability regen buffs not applying properly

- Reduced requisition price of combat servitor from 125 per model to 90 per model

- Increased attack speed of magos dominus axes by 0.7 seconds

- Fixed servitors losing their repair ability when members die but the servo arm is still equipped

- Fixed skitarii vanguards and rangers missing pivot animations

- Fixed kataphron destroyer flamer not showing flame fx