v0.9.8 Build 1 changelog · The Perfect Tower II

New Stuff

Added hard mode challenges
Added audio sync setup to Boss 3 in Statue of Cubos
Added option 'Size (UI)'
Added experimental option 'Dynamic Rendering' to disable rendering when the game is not focused
Added AI function 'UI: Size'
Added Power Plant Boost for Arcade
Added Power Plant Boost for Trading Post
Added tooltips to all military requirements
Added tooltips to crafter scan requirements
Added tutorial to Headquarters
Added tutorial to Arcade
Added trading cards to Arcade
Added worker for Arcade
Added AI functions for Arcade
Added skill 'Synergy' to the Workshop
Added skill 'Foretelling' to Arcade
Added skill 'Gamblers Luck' to Arcade
Added skill 'High Stakes' to Arcade
Added skill 'Fate Forging' to Arcade
Added skill 'Extended Possibilities' to Arcade
Added skill 'Determination' to Arcade
Added exotic skill 'Metallic Tokens' to Arcade
Added exotic skill 'Spiked Tokens' to Arcade
Added exotic skill 'Charged Tokens' to Arcade
Added neutral damage infinity perk
Added Arcade boost infinity perk
Added artifact 'Heart of the Cards'
Added module 'Refined Armor'
Added module 'Neutral Response'
Added module 'Fracture'
Added module 'Reboot'
Added module 'Power of the Cat'
Added module 'Void'

Changes

Revamped the Arcade building
Replaced 'favor conversion' Town Perk with 'coin rewards'
Changed base conversion rate of Arcade from 100000 to 25000
Downgrading modules inside the Workshop does not require a skill anymore
Changed Workshop skill 'Reforge'
Changed icon of Workshop skill 'engineering'
Changed Headquarters UI to match the new style
Modifier UI in town now properly refreshes upon reopening
AI scripts can now be put into packages
Converting an invalid double to an int via the AI does not throw an exception anymore
Using a negative length for the AI substring function now returns an empty string
Optimized Tower customization duplicate vertex check
Conversion menu now features a parser for engineering and named formatting
Hidden strings (displayed as ???) now exclude formatting tag characters
Lowered base scanning price for items in the crafter
Asteroid clusters do not create Factory item rewards anymore that are currently uncraftable or unobtainable in the Factory
Asteroid item reward tiers are now linked to your current military tier
Increased contrast of building buttons in the building skills menu
Background of skills and military perk UI is now slightly darker in favor of higher contrast
Background of skills now gets a slight tint based on selected building color
Removed debug message from Fabricator
Removed slight transparency from Trading Post

Fixes

Fixed bulwark module tag
Fixed color dialog transparency issue
Fixed annihilist contract internally searching for #neutral tagged modules instead of #universal
Fixed infinity splash applying damage modifiers twice to itself
Fixed bug that allowed items to be cloned in the Factory
Fixed bug in gems experiment that could produce a non-gem with 100% gem chance
Fixed typo in water experiment
Fixed negative input for Fabrication queue
Fixed buff display sometimes showing invalid buff entries
Fixed buff display sometimes producing errors in the log files
Fixed AI throwing an exception when using substrings with a negative length
Fixed dialog headers sometimes wrapping

Technical