Change Log (Piratez)
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X-PirateZ 0.97A
- Fix: negative score from ignored Distress-type Pogroms
- Fix: corpses/live capture bugs
- Fix: difficult landing sites are back
- Fix: Crashed Planes no longer made of explodium
- New Craft: Shark Jetbike
- Update: Raider ship map, alternate maps added
- Update: Enemy Bravery normalized (many enemies -10)
- Update: Deep Ones tweaks
- Update: SAM Site & Flak Cannon now house 10 crew each
- Update: Crafts and Craft Equipment
- Update: All Melee weapons which were using Melee/4 + 75 as the skill now use Melee/3 + 65
- Update: Replaced Juggernaut Sprite with Arthanor's Alternate Juggernaut Sprite
- Updated Rope, Bayonets, Bag Pipes
- Updated basic SMG and Mini-Cougar to fire 4 bursts/round
- Updated incendiary ammo for GL and Blizzard
- Military Shotgun +3 Wt
- research fixes
- craft fixes
- sound fixes & updates
X-PirateZ 0.97
- Updated to OXCE 2.5B / September OXC Nightly
- Fix: Star God Novice crash
- Fix: Tank/Battlecannon crash
- Fix: Lab r-click problem
- Fix: Enemy Hideout generation crash
- Fix: Raider ship tileset
- Fix: SMG/Inc crash
- Fix: Thrusters and Targeters now work as intended
- Fix: Bayonets now use stats
- Fix: Radius of Battle Flag-type items
- Fixed: Landings (or re-broken, as you will), Commercial map spawns & map bugs
- Update: Starting Base. Ventura gets second Spike Launcher, Vaults replaced by Armored Vaults.
- Update: Maps. Added variant maps to Runabout and Cutter
- Update: Missions. More shipping, especially early on, a bit less retals later on.
- Update: Black Market. More trashy weapons now buyable, some lore and research added
- Update: Armors (Pirate Clothing +1 Wt, Night Ops gets heavier Reactions penalty but boosts Firing by +5)
- Update: Melee Balancing (mostly for Bladed weapons: dmg+, but worse against armor), SMG re-balancing, Drawn/thrown weapons balancing
- Update: Sounds (walking sounds, some interception sounds, Celatid death sound - taken from Daedalus HQ sound pack)
- Update: Fire immunity removed from all units, replaced with high resistance
- New Feature: Gun Butt attacks (Musket, DB Shotgun, Heavy Shotgun, Combat Shotgun, Tommyguns, Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle, Smartrifle, XG-Assault, Hunting/Scoper/Reaper Rifles, Hunting Laser, Autoguns, Machinegun, Spitfire, LACC)
- New Terrains: Neo-Jungle, Forest of Steel, Pink Sands, Evil Jungle
- New Enemies: Ratman Mob Lieutnant, Church Matron, Church Maiden, Church Priest
- New Facility: Armored Vaults
- New Craft: Swordfish
- New Weapons: Spiked Mace, Hunting Bow, Linux SMG, Javelins, Scoped Carbine
- New Ammo: Explosive Cannonball
- New Lore
- Starting base updated
- Fixes for Escort, Sentry maps
- Kraken has 8 crew spaces now, and +250 Speed
- Skyranger is cheaper & back to original deployment size
- Charger Laser has triple the range and +10% accuracy, but a bit smaller capacity
- 25mm Cannon has a bigger magazine & double reload speed
- Cattle Prod easier to use for low-melee gals, but overall acc reduced
- Hammer & Pickaxe take more TUs to use
- Power Mace takes more TUs, but has an alternate Stun option
- Fuso Knives have a Snap Shot now (worse than Aimed)
- Slight gun rebalancing, Combat Shotgun buff
- Incendiary Rocket & FAE grenade buffs
- Acid Flask, Tear Gas buffed
- Seduction now causes armor damage instead of stun
- Battle Flag now gives TU boost on top of its Morale effect
- Craft manufacture time upped
- Research fixes
- Interceptor gfx fix
- Inventory costs fix
- Text fixes
- gfx updates
X-PirateZ 0.96
- Fix: Spectre-related crashes
- Fix: Bomb Launcher research/manufacture
- Fix: UAC Plasmagun & BFG batteries repair
- Fix: Bonus Psi defence from armor suits doesn't remove your normal Psi def anymore
- Fix: lowercased 'mods' directory for linux users, deleted useless old exec to save space
- Update/Fix: terrains and maps (courtesy of Hobbes)
- Update: reskinned enemy ships
- Update: more loot from Engineers
- Update: Ratmen got haircuts,
- Update: Ghouls & Explorers no longer fire-immune
- Update: Military Supply & Smuggling missions more profitable
- Update: Pogroms (Merc and Star Gods appearances)
- Update: rebalanced Defensive Facilities
- Update: mechanical units have buffed Psi Def now
- Update: tanks take much longer to build
- Update: inventory grid slightly brighter
- Update: Armors: Runt & Pirate Outfits no longer buyable. Runt is in unlimited supply, Pirate has to be manufactured. Loader +10 carrying cap. Night Ops rebalanced.
- Update: Weapon stats: Kruger, HF Rifle/MAG, Mortar, Recoilles Rifle, all Rocket Launchers, S-heavy weapons, Miniguns, Lascannon, Stingy, Boom Gun, CoV
- Update: Pedia entries for weapon parts
- New Feature: Newspapers
- New Mission: Reticulan Outpost
- New Pogrom maps (courtesy of Hobbes): Refinery Complex, Island Community, Winter City, The Slum
- New battle maps (courtesy of Hobbes): Crashed Plane (Desert, Polar, Tundra), Swamp (Grassland, Savanna, Steppe, Taiga), Tundra (Forest, Forest Hills, Swamp)
- New Enemies: Star God Novice, Waspite
- New Facilities: SAM Site, Computer Core
- New Auxilia: Converted Cyclops
- New Armor: Bio Suit
- New Weapons: Master Plasma Pistol, Kustom Blunderbuss, Flechette Multicannon
- New lore & pinups
- gfx updates
- texts & listorders updates
- pedia & research fixes
X-Piratez 0.95C
- Fix: Research tree (those playing older versions... research a single leader and a single commander again...)
- Fix: Tankfixing: tank secondary weapons back to unlimited ammo
- Fix: Modified Rank pics now show on the base
- Fix: Yet Another Doom Fix (might work, might not)
- Update: Inventory screen recolor
- Update: VooDoo Skill cap decreased to 40, Witch, Ghost & Seductress outfits buffed accordingly
- Update: Star Gods inflict less damage, Cyclops inflict more but only 65% to Health
- Update: Mint requires separate research
- Update: Added Weight to Pedia weapon descriptions.
- Update: Metal Armor has slight Reactions penalty (shiny!). Plate mail got bigger Reactions and Throwing penalties but extra Strength.
- Update: Short Sword more geared for light melee fighters
- New Techs
- New Enemy: Reticulan Elder
- New Ammo: Handcannon Arcane Rounds
- Filled the missing Pedia entries for Dark Ones.
- Govt hacking has more topics now
- Weapon fine-tuning
- MCD fix: rockets
- Pedia updates
- Text fixes, additions
X-Piratez 0.95B
- Fixed Plasma Pistol crash
- Fixed Hovertank crash
- Fixed craft radar ranges
- (Attempted) Dark Ones fix
- Update: max starting Melee reduced from 100 to 90, Bravery from 80 to 70, Health min, max and cap all increased by 10
- Update: Added (experimental) custom Ranks gfx
- Update: Almost all Tanks now require ammunition that needs to be manufactured. No more freebies! Also, manufacture requires 2 wrecks/tank now
- Update: Missile weapons require some parts taken from laser/gauss weapons to be manufactured
- Update: Deployments: Bandit faction Pogroms, Shrine Ship
- New Enemies: Highwayman, Church Exalt, Armored Car
- New Enemy Vessels: Battleship, Breaker, Sentry, Corvette
- New Vessel Weapon: Plasma Bomb Launcher
- New Weapons: Space Rangers' set (Lawpistol, Jaeger Carbine, Shotgun), Ghost Dagger, Skorpion SMG
- New Ammo: RCF Carbine Clip/EP, Flintlock Gas-Balls
- New Equipment: Battle Flag, Battle Pipes
- Added new Crackdown variants (with Breaker & Corvette)
- Raider Ship recolor
- Ethereal's death beam's deadliness nerfed by 1/8th, Cyclops beam improved by 10%
- Mercenaries and Powered Armor have now some Melee Dodge
- Other unit tweaks: Ghouls (+voodoo pwr, +armor), Blood Dog (+front armor)
- Armor Updates: Ghost outfit, Seductress Outfit, Annihilator Armor
- Ammo Update: SMG/API changed to Incendiary; LACC/I changed to LACC/WP; AC/I changed to AC/Gas
- Weapon balancing: X-Bow, Commando Rifle, Smartpistol, Cutlass, Longsword, Poisoned Dagger, Tech Blade, Hammer, Plasma Shotgun, Precision Laser, Gauss Sniper, Smartrifle
- Minor fixes, tweaks and updates
X-Piratez 0.95A
- Update: Combat Stress mechanics revised; you only lose Morale when above Bravery, you gain Morale when below. The same mechanic affects enemies, civvies & auxilia now as well.
- Update: VooDoo Rod is no longer a separate item; now appears only in conjunction with Witch Armor; VooDoo tech tree adjusted
- Update: Seductress' attack now stuns but improves Morale. Adjusted outfit's bonuses.
- New Armor/Research: Ghost
- New Weapon/Research: Longbow
- Star Gods de-armored, they're invisible & bleed-immune instead; their weapon is much less powerful but ignores most armor & destroys morale
- Fun creatures removed from Cydonia base, now it's pure Star God bonanza
- Slightly decreased ransoms on some basic enemies
- Superhero Armor drains Energy
- Fistycuffs are more lethal
- Handle damage based on Bravery instead of Melee (potentially better damage), is less lethal and buffs victim's Morale.
- Stun Grenade more effective vs. unarmored enemies, worse vs. armored ones
- Research fixes
- Text fixes
X-Piratez 0.95
- Fix: Inventory costs bug
- Fix: Energy recovery bug. Energy recovery not dependant on starting TUs anymore, it depends on Health now. According armor rebalance
- Fix: Spectre has normal loftemps now, adjusted its resistances instead
- Update: Piles of junk added to starting base *more starting resources; 25 storage added to Lab to rebalance
- Update: redesign of the VooDoo tech tree (buildup for further expansion, easier to get the VooDoo School)
- Update: Retal mission has 6 ships instead of 8, but 5 ship types instead of 3.
- Update: most engine-less ships now carry small engines
- Update: Freighters carry more stuff
- Update: Fighters, Escorts, Gunships & Heavy Gunships 10-25% more hardcore
- Update: Adjusted damage resistances for a host of enemies, notably Blood Hounds, Guildmaster (immune to fire), Sectopod (more resistant to fire, explosives)
- Update: Sectopods are more resistant to fire & explosives
- Update: Tac Suit & Tac Armor integrated into a single variable armor, do not need to be researched/manufactured separately
- Update: Assault Railgun changed to XG Assault, new gfx and function, base for future XGauss line
- New Mechanics: Combat Stress. Pirates now steadily lose Morale during a mission.
- New Enemy: Ghoul
- New Enemy Vessel: Destroyer
- New facility/research: Study Room
- New armor/research: Bikini, Seductress
- New weapon/research: Hydra Laser, Blizzard Pocket MLRS, Acid Grenade
- New ammo/research: Mortar got 3 new ammo types, including a poison gas shell
- New ammo/research: UAC batteries and Reticulan Plasma Gun ammo are manufacturable now
- VooDoo School construction cost hiked
- Mint is cheaper to maintain, but you can't print from thin air anymore
- Gauss Cannon buff, custom sound
- Tanks harder to research
- Guerrilla armor has weight of -3 instead of 3 now, to emphasise its 'shootiness' and 'practicality'
- Shotgun scatter ammo buffed slightly
- Energy Blast added to Plasma Destroyer, Heavy Plasma Pistol
- Mortar accuracy buff, shells cheaper, Incendiary shells replaced with WP shells
- All Rocket Launcher-type weapons are a bit less accurate now
- Faster throw for Spikeball, Stick Grenade & Acid Flask
- Grog net profitability slashed by 1/4 th
- Research & spelling fixes
X-Piratez 0.94
- Update: 32 Paperdoll Variants instead of 8
- Update: Inventory Screen, now with a Quick Draw slot
- Update: Much more varied Pogroms
- Update: Major armor rebalancing
- Fix: VooDoo School map
- Fix: Shrine Ship map
- Fix: Some Blueprints
- New Craft Weapon/Research: Bulldog 50mm Cannon
- New Armors/Research: Superhero, Swimsuit, Plate Mail (2 Variants)
- New Weapons/Research: Reaper Rifle, Bayoneted Musket, Short Sword, Super Shooty Gun, Long Range Flamer, Rope, Bardiche
- New Enemies: Humanist Instructor, Humanist Activist, Spectre Demon
- New Merchandise/Support Research: Wine, Govt Hacking
- Supply Ship now will self-destruct
- Mercenaries & Cyclops bit more resistant to Fire
- Reaper no longer immune to Smoke
- Mint takes longer to build
- Spy Zeppelin requires research now, Pigeon has more fuel and a better radar
- Skyranger and Pigeon are cheaper to maintain
- Hammermite accuracy reduced
- Hammermite & Lancer harder to research
- Prices decreased for some firearms, increased for flamethrowers
- Rapier is no longer buyable, requires research
- Hammer slight debuff
- Rebalanced Throwing-based weapons, slight Fuso Knives buff
- Sniper guns (and Officer's Pistol) have Firing Accuracy-based damage, but reduced Accuracy
- Superheavy Rifle slight debuff
- Flamethrowers have smaller clips, firing them costs more TUs
- Heavy Flamer much more expensive in manufacturing, clip size increased to 2x2 tiles
- Toxigun requires research to be used
- WP grenades & GL/I grenades more expensive
- Acid Flask Accuracy buff
- Beer no longer heals, but can be used to recover Stun & Energy 3 times per battle
- Apples can be eaten for Energy buff
- Data Disc Decryption moved to a separate workshop category
- Ore Smelting takes less time
- Interrogation fixes & updates
- Pedia fixes & updates
- Research fixes
- More names
X-Piratez 0.93
- Fix: Cooking By The Book/Dynamite research bug
- Fix: Air Sailor/Govt Pilot research bug
- Fix: Excavation Mission
- Update: Throwing skill decreased across the board for all units, weapons and armor adjusted
- Update: Inventory TU costs. Picking from ground & putting into backpack got major TU cost increases.
- Update: Many weapons have increased reload cost, mainly shotguns and heavy weapons.
- Update: Custom explosion sounds for special weapons (eg. flamethrowers)
- Update: Custom sound on unsuccessful VooDoo attack
- New Faction: Reticulans (6 units, 4 items, 3 ships, 1 mission)
- New Weapon/Research: Spiced Mine, Double-Barreled Shotgun, Mini-Cougar SMG, Tear Gas Can, Bayoneted Rifle
- New Armor/Research: Guardian
- Slave AI, Ship Engine and HWD research broken up into several progressive steps to make it more transparent and reduce the number of super-expensive research traps
- New Research: Elerium Explosives, allows to manufacture Elerium Grenades, some research preq swaps
- Deleted Grog Barrel research as superfluous
- Shrine Ship recolored
- Some changes to Green tier armors, Warrior armor is lighter
- Poisoned Dagger mechanics change
- Longsword Bigob updated
- Thrown knives +1 range
- Death Blossom updated, easier to research
- Spartan MG nerfed
- Rail Driver fires faster
- AGL TU costs decreased, Snap Accuracy improved
- Shoulder Launcher has fast reloads
- Proxy Grenade is lighter
- Starting grenades/explosives are cheaper
- Super Medikit requires just 1 Surgery Unit to manufacture but is more expensive
- Added 10 Plastasteel to the starting base
- Church high ranks are more powerful psionics
- Cyclops are armed with Cyclops Gaze now (a fixed weapon) & are immune to Bleeding
- Fixed weapon fixes
- Pedia & manufacture fixes, additions
X-Piratez 0.92
- (Attempted) Fix to enable diverse craft to perform attack runs on you Hideouts
- New Facilities/Research: Power Station, Industrial Printer, Fusion Reactor, Surgery Room
- New Armors/Research: Guerrila, Dragonfly
- New Weapons: TK Projector, Spartan MG, Recoilless Rifle, Pickaxe, Gyro-Stabilised Autogun, Heavy Slugthrower
- New Auxiliary unit: Alliance Advisor
- New Shipping: Light Gunboat, Military Transport
- New Enemy Faction: Spartans
- New Enemy Mission: Military Supply
- Development & Manufacture more dependent on facilities
- HWD & Library are cheaper
- Some armor suits have a decreased encumbrance
- Stun weapons minor updates & some tweaks to make them a bit more dependable
- Power Mace redesigned
- Smartpistol fires a bit faster
- SMG Clip/Incendiary changed to API, works a bit differently
- Canister Launcher update, new clip: Incendiary
- AP Rockets updated (50-150% damage on hit now)
- Napalm Bomblets for Quad Launcher are more vicious
- Data Discs now require Spring Cleaning, must be decrypted before researching
- Soldier names fix for new Nightly compatibility
- Gunship & Hv. Gunship map unit spawning fixes
- WP Grenades added to Pogrom missions, Terror & Shrine ships
- Merged Expanded Farm A & B
- Placed Apples
- Humanist Soldier gives Scrap Metal instead of Human Booty
- Enslaving a Humanist Stormtrooper gives you a better slave, and 2 Armor Parts + 1 Electronics instead of 3 Armor Parts
- Fixed handob for Mercenary Commando
- Updates of Range 1-3 weapons (now they use proper skills, whatever little difference does it make)
- All TU costs of 35% increased to 36% to avoid 2/3 shots inconsistency
- Some enemy Research fixes (experimental)
- Pedia updates, new articles & pictures
- Pulled Zharkov's BatGlad
X-Piratez 0.91
- Uses custom executable
- (Extended Feature) Melee attack and throws with two-handed objects suffer Accuracy penalty if the other hand isn't empty
- (Extended Feature) Reloading cost is increased by the TU cost of transferring an item to hand (so base 15 TU only if the item is in hand)
- (Extended Feature) Stunned units take enviro damage from blasts, smoke and fire
- Enemy craft have slower refire rates
- Enemy craft carry lootable weapons & ammo
- Major craft rebalance
- Crafts can carry up to 4 weapons now (most do). Not every weapon fits every slot, though.
- Craft weapons have been broken into three main types: 0: cannon, 1: heavy gun, 2: missile.
- Craft weapons have slower refire rates, damage rebalanced
- Extra info added to Pedia entries on crafts & craft weapons
- Some craft can dodge attacks
- Landing lights removed from craft not to interfere with the new system of night operations
- Spike Rockets and 105mm rockets +5 km range
- Charger laser -10% Acc
- New Craft/Research: Baracuda, Predator
- New Craft Weapons: Seagull Missiles, Gauss Cannon, Plasma Spitter
- New Craft Equipment/Research: Multi-vectored Thruster, Hyperwave Targeter, Craft Shield Generator.
- New Weapons/Research: Nuclear Demo Charge, Knockout Grenade, Clockwork Gun, Custom Shooty Gun
- New Armor/Research: Night-Ops, Amazon Outfit, Gym Suit, Nurse Outfit
- New Equipment/Research: First Aid Kit
- New Facilities/Research: Still, Gym, Mint
- New Research: Slaves
- Still required to manufacture alcohol at the base
- Pulled Zharkov's Mutant Cosplay Mod (Research: Porn, Superslave, Green Lighter)
- Dogs recover more Stun Damage per turn
- New, smaller clips for Boarding Gun & HMG
- Tac armors are a bit lighter
- Health stat buffs Stamina recovery when wearing light clothing
- Melee & Primitive weapons overhaul, welcome to a more complex system
- Incendiary weapons cause massive Morale damage (proportional to HP damage caused)
- Primitive weapons (melee, bows, etc.) now use up Stamina on all attacks
- Bows & Fuso Knives governed by Throwing skill for accuracy & damage
- Many weapons like Blowpipe or Molotovs etc. use Throwing skill instead of Firing for accuracy
- Throwing stuff uses up Stamina
- Using of VooDoo rod costs Stamina and causes Stun damage. VooDoo Rod has a hard-capped range (13).
- Demonic weapons cause some fun effects, are governed by VooDoo
- Sawed-Off has faster reloads
- LACC is more accurate
- EP munitions cause increased Stun effects
- Canister Gun and Acid Flask have less power but eat away armor even without a penetrating hit.
- Assault Cannon tweak to make it more attractive.
- WP Grenade no longer a proxy, causes a lot of damage now
- The IED replaced with a much more affordable good ol' Landmine
- Proxy Grenade more powerful, requires research
- Baby Nuke & COV are much more spectacular with extra fire damage
- Stun Grenade has a larger blast radius.
- disposable-throwables TU cost increased
- Molotovs -10% Accuracy
- Panzerfaust & Satchel Charge bit cheaper
- Beverages can be used on oneself (healing another has a priority, so just face away).
- Apples
- Demonic Essence hit anim/sound fix
- Stun Grenade anim fix
- Flamethrowers projectile fix
- All demonic enemies are immune to Bleeding
- Added melee dodge to Pirate & enemy armors (usually replacing most or all Melee Res)
- Night Vision values depend on the type of armor/enemy now (most enemies can't see in the dark as well as UFO's aliens).
- Floorobs for swords
- Updated paperdoll gfx for Tac Suit
- Updated Hobbes' Maps/Terrains to Map Pack v. 3.7
- Updated SOLBAN Urban Terrain mapblocks
- Added SOLFOREST maps by Solarius Scorch
- Attempted fix for those who use Psi Str increase (should not increase above 60 now).
- Replaced big font with Amiga one
- Added inventory/pedia pic for Guild Hostess, Guild Air Sailor, Fatman
Note: Versions 0.90 and earlier do not use OpenXcom Extended and referred to as "Piratez".