OpenHV: 20240803

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Features

• Added tracers to instant hit bullets. by @dnqbob in #957
• Added new projectile InstantExplode (unused). by @GraionDilach #993
• Added play map button. by @Mailaender
• Added a water refill 🚰 mechanic to the Fire Watch mission. by @Mailaender
• Added 🟢 friend vs. 🔴 foe colors. by @PunkPun #935
• Added automatic ordering units to clear resource spots for miner deployment. #1075 by @Mailaender

Content

• New Missions:

  • Fillum Resources Claim by @OcelotWalrus in #967
  • Fillum Crater by @OcelotWalrus in #968
  • Harbor Defense by @OcelotWalrus in #969
  • Asteroid Invasion by @OcelotWalrus in #970
  • Scientist 🧑‍🔬 Rescue by @OcelotWalrus in #1036

• New Conquest Maps:

  • Woody 🪵 Passage (3v3) by @OcelotWalrus in #971
  • Swamp Conquest by @OcelotWalrus in #995
  • Swampy Frontier map (2v2) by @OcelotWalrus in #1025
  • Tyrian Dawn map (3v3) by @OcelotWalrus in #1026
  • Dark Waters by @OcelotWalrus in #1010
  • Fight At The River by @OcelotWalrus in #1034 #1054
  • Duel Of The Shades by @OcelotWalrus in #1039
  • Lost Eisley 🏜️ (4P) by @OcelotWalrus in #1020 #1029
  • A Nuclear Winter (2v2) by @OcelotWalrus in #1102
  • Fractional Freezing (1v1) by @SiegeSpud in #1080
  • Bay Under The Rain (4P) by @OcelotWalrus

• Added artwork for Lightning Boat. by @Dzierzan in #984

• Map update: Clovergried by @SiegeSpud in #990

• New behemoth aircraft (not yet enabled)

  • Added Mothership unit. by @Dzierzan in #985
  • Added Battleship unit. by @Dzierzan in #1000

• Added extra road tiles for diagonal bridges. by @Dzierzan in #982

• Added sounds and effects to Televator. by @Dzierzan in #1002 and #1008

• Update Howitzer's power icon by @OcelotWalrus in #1014

• Updated Televator's support power icon. by @Dzierzan in #1011

• Updated artwork of Shield's icon. by @Dzierzan in #1012

• Updated Banshee's weapon artwork. by @Dzierzan in #1016

• Upgraded map Mount Brosnan by @OcelotWalrus in #1021

• Added surveillance effect. by @Dzierzan in #1057

• Added Torpedo Boat unit. by @Dzierzan in #1059

• Enlarged Lightning Tank sprites. by @Dzierzan in #1064

• Update builder artwork differing by faction. by @Dzierzan in #1072 #1074

• Voiceovers 🎙️

  • Re-recorded all announcer voices. by @Dzierzan in #1022
  • Re-recorded Stealth Tank voices. by @Dzierzan in #1030
  • Re-recorded generic unit voices. by @Dzierzan in #1028
  • Increased the quality of flamewh33l's voice lines. by @Dzierzan in #1031
  • Increased the quality of generic ship's voice lines. by @Dzierzan in #1032
  • Re-recorded Miner voices. by @Dzierzan in #1043
  • Re-recorded seed critter voice. by @Dzierzan in #1044
  • Re-recorded beast critter voice. by @Dzierzan in #1045
  • Re-recorded technician voice. by @Dzierzan in #1052
  • Re-recorded Flame Pod voices. by @Dzierzan in #1062
  • Added re-recorded generic voice. by @GraionDilach and @Dzierzan in #1068
  • Re-recorded Builder voices. by @Dzierzan in #1085
  • Added new assault tank voice. by @Dzierzan in #1086
  • Re-recorded Electric Pod voices. by @Dzierzan in #1092
  • Re-recorded Civilian Pod voices. by @Dzierzan in #1095
  • Re-recorded Elite Pod voices. by @Dzierzan in #1098
  • Re-recorded Broker Pod voices. by @Dzierzan in #1099

• Higher quality sounds. by @Dzierzan in #1046 #1050

• Added repairing sounds for Repair Tank and Technician. by @Dzierzan in #1063

Balancing

• Technicians disabled by ECM can't capture buildings. by @GraionDilach in #952
• Swapped AA guns for Light and Patrol boats. by @Dzierzan in #989
• Allowed Speeder and Banshee to target ground actors. by @Dzierzan in #991
• Removed Air from ValidTargets for Speeder and Banshee. by @Dzierzan in #994
• Swapped lightning boat and railgun boat . by @Dzierzan in #1017
• Increase Banshee and Speeder damages vs non-buildings by @WilliamWeberBerrutti in #1040
• Rebranded Medium Boat as Mercenery Boat by @Dzierzan in #1061
• Differentiation between the two factions' scouts by @OcelotWalrus in #1097 #1101
• Televator can now teleport units across the whole map. by @Mailaender
• Reworked Hacker Tank temporary capturing. by @Mailaender #1023
• Hacker tanks are now immune to temporary owner change and ECM tanks immune to ECM. by @Mailaender
• Swapped secondary abilities of ECM and Hacker Tank. @Mailaender

Fixes

• Don't animate ore purifier & Ore smelter when disabled. by @OcelotWalrus in #976
• Fixed diagonal facings on submarine artwork. by @Dzierzan in #983
• Gave back heavy machine gun sounds to bunkers. by @Dzierzan in #986
• Decreased interval for idle animations of Ore Smelter/Purifier. by @Dzierzan in #987
• Updated armament offsets for machine gun pod. by @Dzierzan in #988
• Added missing bridge shadows for Harbour map. by @Dzierzan in #996
• Fixed aircraft shadows not rotating correctly. by @GraionDilach in #1005
• Fixed tiling errors on map Clovergrief. by @SiegeSpud in #1003
• Fixed Missile Submarine's generic name. by @OcelotWalrus in #1027
• Fixed animals capturing neutral buildings. by @OcelotWalrus in #1049
• Overhaul to Ice River mission by @OcelotWalrus in #1055
• Allow Synapol AI to produce builders by @OcelotWalrus in #1065
• Try to improve performance be decreasing targeting scan intervals. by @GraionDilach in #1087
• Fixed Electric Pod outline for north facing. by @Dzierzan in #1094
• Fixed Ore smelter/purifier glitching animations when damaged. by @OcelotWalrus in #1105
• Fixed bridge shadows being walkable. #953 by @Mailaender
• Fixed Drop Pods being allowed on invalid terrain. #944 by @Mailaender
• Fixed units staying behind resource towers. #942 by @Mailaender
• Fixed units bought at trader not be selectable with counterparts. by @Mailaender
• Fixed scouts not lifting on their own on map start. #1058 by @Mailaender
• Fixed a crash when planes attacked invalid targets. #1060 by @Mailaender
• Fixed gold balls spawning in resource zones, blocking miners. #1075 by @Mailaender
• Fixed a crash when Drop Pods were deploying into situations where they can't find a path. #1067 by @RoosterDragon
• Fixed skirmish button spamming causing UI glitches. #981 by @Mailaender
• Fixed a crash when aircraft were entering carriers. #1006 by @darkademic
• Fixed different build menu hotkeys for PvP and PvE. #1037 by @Mailaender
• Fixed a crash when bots tried to attack with dead units. #1076 by @Mailaender
• Fixed a multiplayer crash around APC ejecting. #1089 by @Mailaender

Based on a development snapshot of @OpenRA