Change Log (Piratez)

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X-PirateZ 0.99E.3

• Fix: Desert map crashes
• Fix: Cold Storage unwinnable map spawn
• Fix: Fuego & Fortuna maps
• Fix: Shambler loftemps
• New: +16 avatars!
• New Armor: Vampire
• New Weapons: Super Magnum, Loli Chainsaw, Ol' Revolver (remake), Powerball Bat
• New Item: Healing Gel
• New Merchandise: ICBM
• Integrated Crowbar mod by Solarius Scorch
• Update: Condemnations (new and old)
• Update: scream variety (a'la XCF)
• Updated Refinery Pogrom map
• Updates to Hideout tilesets, maps
• Update: buyables
• Increased Space Missions enemy count
• Large Barracks & Vaults built faster, less maintenance
• Cyclops gaze buff (Added TU and Energy damage)
• Red Scorpion dodge buff
• Beam Laser, Plasma Beam buffs
• Tanks more res. to fire
• Swimsuit has o2 bottle space
• Whips now train Reactions & Throwing, not Reactions & Melee
• Bows accuracy nerf
• Flintlocks acc/speed nerfs
• DB Shotgun nerf
• CAWS range buff
• Tommygun accuracies nerf
• All Rifles: Aimed Shots accuracy buffed; 15% Armor Penetration added
• Boarding/Shooty Guns damage lowered but has a +10% Bravery bonus
• Reaper Rifle now based on Bravery + Firing
• Mining Laser reworked
• Seduction: lower TU, higher Energy cost, flat accuracy bonus changed for Bravery-based
• Research & Manufacture updates
• Slavery updates (Yeomen & Farmhouses added, Drone Herders redesigned)
• Minor fixes/rebalances
• Text fixes/updates

X-PirateZ 0.99E.2

• Fixed craft manufacture crash
• Fixed Sleek Hull production & codex researches
• Fix for Naughty mod crash
• Fixed watery footsteps sounds on TFTD Port and Mansion maps
• Updated Czech translation (by Bartojan)
• Updated Marker Missions flow
• New Mission: Organ Grinder
• New Enemy: Ghoul Scientist
• New Armor: Ganger
• Hideout hangar maps upades: enemy spawns in sewers, some blast doors
• Replaced some Cyclops spawns with Guardians
• Updated craft lists for special enviro missions
• Armor tweaks, especially Ragnarok
• Reapers of all kins a bit faster
• Major Tanks' mobility buff
• Mutant Reaper has Health Regen now, and tweaked spit weapon (serious buff)
• Minor fixes/updates/rebalances

X-PirateZ 0.99E.1

• Fix: Small Revolver research crash
• Fix: Scorpion map
• New Missions: Orbital x4 (+ all basics for 0-G space missions)
• New Enemy: Guild Spaceman
• New mapblocks and tiles for deserts (by Solarius Scorch); Pink Ship map update
• New Outfit: Camo Paint
• New Items: Manacles, Fairy Dragon
• Updated Czech translation (by Bartojan)
• Updated Cydonia mission (Governor's Aura of Fear added, more enemies on landing)
• Slavery time cost doubled
• Pachyderm & Deliverator maps rebuilt for Space; Pachyderm cost hike
• Bonaventura projects overhaul (one of 4 variants available, depending on the codex chosen).
• General Craft rebalancing
• Tank & Car corpses now buyable
• Nurse Condemnation fix
• Naughty mod updates
• Research updates
• Text & Pedia updates

X-PirateZ 0.99E

• Fix: giant spider crash
• Fix: alt armor: Smoke
• Fixed Pink Ship deployments
• Update: Camo/Anti-Camo overhaul, streamlining
• Update: Added visible/audible enemy craft weapon effects, and shot damage display (by ohartenstein23)
• Update: biggest crafts have lower crew size by 2-4, except Leviathan which became slower instead
• Update: SENSE/Ultravision rebalance
• Update: Backpack TU costs a bit less punishing
• Update: Starting Throwing skill raised to 40-65
• New Features: Market of Wishing, Rise of the Living Dead
• New Mission: Save a Sister
• New Enemies: Drifter, Hoe, 2x Zombie
• New Craft: Red Scorpion
• New Armor: Barbarian (Shield)
• New Weapon: Wakizashi
• Explorers got some Thermovision
• Thunderhorse and Leviathan weapon loadouts reduced
• Decreased v.pwr on parrots, dogs
• Parrot NV reduced to 4
• Rags give 1 camo now
• Scale Mail vs. Warrior resistances rebalanced
• Plate Mail/Shield -5 TU, -10 Reactions
• Ghost Dagger slightly stronger, but attacks STUN resistance (useless against machines)
• Dart Pistol overhaul (retool for an early medic's weapon)
• Flechette Gun nerf
• Rail Driver overhaul
• Bombs/molotovs etc. max range -2
• Grenades 25% less accurate
• Mutant meat rebalance
• Mushroom beer cheaper to manufacture, but harder to use
• Shipwrecked Gals
• Hiring workers from captures produces 2 Databases each (sharing knowledge!)
• Minor content additions
• Minor tweaks & fixes
• Txt fixes & updates

X-PirateZ 0.99D.1

• Fix: Sea Adventure crash
• Fix: Surrender Mode (by Meridian)
• Slight Tribal outfit nerf
• Javelins accuracy nerf, range increase
• Cavern hunting, Hellerium Distilling rebalance
• More names

X-PirateZ 0.99D

• Fix: no more endless infiltrations
• Fix: no more running with Sentries
• Integrated 'Treasure Hunters' mod by Clownagent
• New Features: Underwater environment, better lighting (by Yankes), Surrender Mode, Bug Hunt Mode and other improvements (by Meridian)
• New Missions: Sea Adventure, Help the Lokk'Narrs
• New Enemies: Deep One Nomad, Chupacabra, Giant Spider, Sharkman, Mutant Fish, Ninja Gal
• New Craft: Purple Turtle
• New Craft Weapons: Reticulan Plasma Charger, Looted Sonic Oscillator, Airballs
• New Weapons: Ol' Shotgun, Shotgun Fist, Bone Club, Aqua Weapons (x3)
• New Items: lots of treasure/gatherables
• New Map Blocks for Commercial & nodes for Polar maps by Solarius Scorch
• Update: camo overhaul/bugfix
• Update: Tougher enemy vessels fortified with Shields and/or Dodge
• Update/fix: maps/missions/tilesets: Black Forest, Watchtower, Monster Hunt, Imperial Probe Missions, Triton, Hell's Keep
• Update: Small Auxillia units no longer immune to bleeding
• Update: pilots gain experience faster
• Update: backpack behaviour change (fast to put in, slow to take out, not the other way around)
• Update: heavy explosives, magna-lites etc. less accurate to throw.
• Update: bleeding/stun indicators
• Update: much higher scoring for shooting down UFOs
• Airspeeder cheaper but has less fuel
• Jetbike has no shields any longer, is cheaper
• Hired Merc balancing & gfx change
• Tanks' firepower slight buff
• Junkmaster no longer inflicts HP damage (stun instead), +5 -> +15 strength buff, more weight
• Annihilator now reduces voodoo strength sharply, but has strong anti-voodoo defences
• Ripper: added Snap
• Whip: more damage but also incr. enemy armor
• Bows extreme-range acc reduced, but hunting bow's short range acc increased slightly; bows no longer cause extra stun compared to melee & thrown equivalents
• Bows now have base damage but less stat-dependant damage
• Bows, thrown weapons, whips now use either Gaussian or TFTD damage (like melee weapons)
• X-bow behaviour change (to a dedicated AP weapon)
• Flintlock overhaul (more damage, pistol has melee attack, but heavier and worse vs. armor); also new sprites, credit to Tormodino
• Flintlock rifle clip 1 -> 2, weapon readjusted
• Holdout Pistol buffed
• Shotguns shoot a bit slower
• Bossar and a couple other weapons require some rare parts
• Smoke effect added for Toxigun, Pipes and some other powerful Chem attacks
• Damage buff on: AGL, Mortar, RPG, Baby Nuke, Rocket Launcher, Quad Rockets
• Changed damage loss formula per distance on the Blaster
• Wand of Rending: lower damage, but causes many Fatal Wounds
• Increase of weight: Dynamite, HE-pack, Firebomb
• Mushroom Beer now requires a rare item
• Avatar swap (Reyi <> Etoile)
• More pirate names
• Gfx updates (credit to Eddie)
• Research updates, streamlining
• Pedia & txt updates
• Minor fixes

X-PirateZ 0.99C.1

• Exec update
• Minor and major fixes, including critical ones
• Png fix for Linux by H0lyD4wg
• New Facility: Armory Tower
• New Weapons: Tome of Lightning
• Stardom!
• Blaster Launcher rebalance
• Slight Ghost Dagger nerf

X-PirateZ 0.99C

• Fix: electro-stun weapons deal full proper damage now
• New facility: Sickbay
• New craft: Triton
• New weapons: Machinegun/Tripod [credits to Ivan Dogovich, Surrealistik], Messer, Silver Snake, Supressed Pistol, Light Sniper Rifle, Vibro-Ax [Credit to Robin, Solarius Scorch]
• Integrated 'Employment' mod (idea by Meridian)
• Update: Heatvision employed by many enemies with enhanced sights, or natural ability; it allows them to partially or completely ignore smoke cover.
• Update: Likewise, Heatvision added to many friendly armors (check the Alliance Advisor!)
• Update: Likewise, psionic vision (ability to see through walls, up to a range), added for several enemies and outfits alike.
• Update: Plasma weapons, Arcane Weapons, Wand of Rending and demonic projectiles use Gaussian damage rolls (more consistent median damage).
• Update: Pilots can get experience from interceptions
• Update: Financial reform (check your Mint, Prospector)
• Added Gun Emporium: the place for any Role-Playing guns
• More loot possibilities on Smuggler ships
• Surgery Room now speeds up soldier's recovery (good effect), no longer houses any Runts. Only one allowed per Hideout now.
• Spa speeds up soldier's recovery now (minor effect). Only one allowed per Hideout now.
• Pimpcraft, Power Plant adjustments
• Parrots and dogs can no longer be zombified
• Slight Buffs: Magnum, Officer's Pistol, Satchel Charge, Autolaser, Light Cannon, Autocannon
• Slight Debuffs: Sniper Rifle, Gauss Rifle
• Slight Shotguns behaviour updates
• ES, Arena ammo minor price hikes
• Fire Extinguisher bit faster, doesn't damage Health
• Baby Nukes, Nuclear Materials manufacturable now
• minor map/tile fixes
• Academy Drone fixes
• Research updates
• Manufacture fixes
• Pedia fixes
• Lang fixes

X-PirateZ 0.99B

• Exec version upgrade, fixes (by Yankes & Meridian)
• Fix: Watchtower Mission spawns properly now
• Fixed Auxilia being money-generators
• Updated Alt-Corpse Mod (by Ivan Dogovich)
• Updated Czech translation (by Bartojan)
• New Missions: Wampa Wovi, Late-game extra Supervisions
• New Enemy Vessel: Silver Towers
• New Craft: Airspeeder
• New Armors: Rogue, Chromeback
• New Weapons: Meridian's Special Autogun, Flechette Gun, Barbaric Sword
• New Items: Slave Robot, Painkillers, Oxygen Tank
• New Condemnations
• Update: Pilots added; craft innate Dodge rebalanced; enemy craft accuracies increased from 60 to 70% to compensate
• Update: Active Camouflage and 'true vision' in various forms added. Replaced the ol' Loftemps hack
• Update: Shotgun pellet behaviour changed (credit to ohartenstein23)
• Update: Secret Base assaults cleaner, harder & more profitable
• Update: Supply Ships blow up a bit faster
• Update: Plasma weapons cause a bit more armor damage
• Update: A little less Gauss weapons in loot, in favor of Flechette Guns & Lasguns
• Some loot added for Commercial maps
• Aggro sounds added for enemy VIPs
• Added auto-patrol for Pigeon
• Zeppelin can carry troops now, but is more expensive.
• Sparrow +20% accuracy
• Pirate Clothing: less equip space, less weight
• Sniper outfit +15 Reactions & -5 Melee; Assassin +5 Firing
• Plate mail has 2x3 backpack again, but lost 2 slots on the belt.
• Bio Suit got some laser res back
• Advanced armors bit more resistant to laser & plasma
• Ghost dagger -10 damage and costs more energy; ghost beam costs more too.
• Bows acc. -10% rebalance due to arcing shot hitscan fix
• damage type fix on the Electro-whip
• Luger scales better
• CAWS ammo easier to make now
• Gyro-Autogun Snap/Auto range 25->22
• Unlimited-ammo lasers made bit heavier
• XG weapons received stat-based damage buffs
• Stun Grenade now drains enemy TU's in addition to dealing Stun damage
• Seduction accuracy buff (now V. Mastery * 0.02 + Bravery * 0.15)
• Aye-phone has a melee attack now
• Slight buff of Flag-type items
• Hellerium Distilling 20% faster
• Research fix: decoupling Laser Weapons advance from Linux/Shooty Gun advances
• Research fix: decoupling Basic Armor field from Scale Armor, and making Tac Armor easier accessible (from either Guerrilla or Basic Armor)
• Other research updates
• Manufacture fixes
• Pedia fixes, updates
• Gfx updates (thx to Ivan for Human Mage!)

X-PirateZ 0.99A.1

• fix: Pogrom deploy/crash bug
• fix: Megascorpion sting issues
• fix: Hammermite research bug
• New: SOLDIER DIARIES added!
• New Mission: Gifts of Love
• New Craft: Aircar
• New Armors: Chainmail, Barbarian, Fairy
• New Weapons: Flintlock Rifle, UAC Rifle, Heat Ray, Wand of Peace, SBCS, Herder's Staff, Impaler, SoIC, Spikey SMG
• New Items: Flame Arrows, Magna-Lite
• Update: Custom Soundtrack by Gifty added
• Update: higher score gains from Research (by a factor of approx. 2)
• Update: no highly-damaging enemy missions until Y1-April anymore
• Update: some of the staring missions die off eventually
• Update: backpack->hand TU cost 10->12
• Update: training caps on Dojos (66 for Throwing, Health, Strength; 85 for Firing, TUs; 100 for Melee, Stamina)
• Update: Tanks and some auxilia cost money/month
• Update: Slaves generate some cash monthly
• Update: Armor lighting levels (gals are invisible with 'flashlights' toggled on, still give some light)
• Update: Knives of all stripes (and cat paws) more Reactions-dependant
• Enemy Psi attacks cost them Morale, Energy & Stun.
• Enemy Sectopods and all Battlecannon Tanks have a better long-range accuracy. Celatids the opposite.
• Waspite fixes
• Updated Watchtower mission & Church Raid map
• Guild Freighters carry bigger quantities of stuff
• Ramjet Cannon +15% acc; Plasma Beam damage reduced 120 -> 100
• Alliance advisor has a Mind Probe now
• Early armor rebalancing (higher specialization), incl. slight Tac armors buff
• Plate Mail: reduced carrying space by 5 slots, weight increased by 4
• Junkmaster: added feel no pain attribute, weight increased by 5
• Bio Suit: resistances reduced a bit, also requires v. high Bravery to wear effectively, and has 50 Wt now.
• Ragnarok outfit: rqrs. higher VooDoo not to drain your health; max. health regen reduced.
• Spear fix
• Stun Baton, Cattle Prod and Zapper now go against Plasma resistance.
• Longbow acc. reduced; Bow, Longbow and Future Bow acc. range reduced by 2-4; long range acc. penalty normalized for all bows at 150%
• Imperial Plasma weapons: all have Snap Range extended to 18 & Auto to 14, but Aimed range decreased to 25-30
• Heavy Slugthrower damage upped 70->82
• Flechette Multicannon damages armor now, fixed armor penetration
• Big Ben SMG has a melee attack now
• Shoulder Launcher trains Firing now
• Fireball Launcher has reduced Firing training
• LR Flamethrower trains Firing not Throwing now
• Willie Pete's power reduced from 60 to 50
• All Flag-type items work on Stun, not Special damage now (resistances make more sense). Pirate flag has a melee attack now.
• All wands etc. have some damage bonus based on Skill now
• Combat Drugs have a stronger effect but cause side effects now
• Beer no longer replenishes Stun; Canteen no longer replenishes Energy
• Cigs and Crack do less Health dmg
• Mutant Meat buffed
• Bad Touch overhauled, now it's a 1-tile 'ranged' attack, doesn't ignore armor but does much more damage to armor.
• Seduction now works as a VooDoo-type weapon, power slightly reduced, morale cost increased
• starting base update
• more lore
• gfx updates & fixes (thx to Ivan Dogovich)
• manufacture updates
• research updates & fixes
• lang & Pedia fixes

X-PirateZ 0.99

• Exec update by Meridian (new features, bugfixes)
• Fix: Ratmen Villages
• Fix: Interception window
• Fix: 2x2 hideout vents maps
• Fix: Tank ammo production taking wrong amount of workspace
• Fix: Mercs, Academy and Star Gods research reports pop-up
• Fix: Fire extinguishers put out enviro fires
• New Missions: Civilian Traffic, Megascorpion Hunt, Bring Down The Watchtower
• New Enemy Vessels: Civilian Crafts x9 (tilesets by Robin)
• New Enemies: Human Mage, Megascorpion
• New Avatars: 8 (to a total of 64)
• New Armors: Wench, Tribal
• New Weapons: Ramshackle Rifle, Boom Fruit, Master's Cane, Torch (credit to Yrizoud), Linux Mandrake, Linux Origami
• New Items: Canteen o' Refreshment, Astrocaster
• Update: major Tech and Manufacture overhaul
• Update: Penalty for using a 2-h weapon single-handedly raised from 20% to 33%; default bonus for Kneeling set at 20%.
• Update: Kneeling acc. bonus removed from weapons that do not warrant it (thrown knives, bows, magic wands, molotovs, flamers, chainsaws etc.)
• Update: Pistols are more accurate but get only +10% acc bonus for kneeling
• Update: Pogroms no longer carry any despawn penalty until Contact Mutant Alliance is researched.
• Update: less item categories for better clarity
• Update: Paperdolls gfx (credit to Bloax for the new Maid paperdoll)
• Update: Czech translation
• Landing durations reduced for most ships
• Armored Beastmaster fix
• Starting base update
• Pigeon & Skyranger more expensive to buy; Zeppelin more expensive to make
• Starting armors rebalanced
• Updated spritesheets for Seductress, Amazon
• Spiked Mace a bit slower and heavier
• Smartpistol PS clip damage scales better with Reactions
• Linux SMG has a damage bonus based on Bravery now
• Assault Cannon gained melee attack option & reduced long range acc penalty
• Mortar wildly inaccurate if you're not kneeling
• Black Powder Bomb bit slower & bit less accurate
• Seduction trains Bravery not Psi now, formula updated (damage is easily calculable from accuracy now)
• Tower Shield -10 damage
• VooDoo Rod's range no longer limited; it suffers double Range penalties to attack strength though.
• Added Crypt of Rememberance
• Additional gfx
• Lang fixes
• Pedia updates

X-PirateZ 0.98F

• Experimental FOV calc formula by Stian. Max View dist. was increased to 40 for testing purposes. No performance loss, that's for sure.
• Fix: live Rebels recovery
• Fix: tank ammo recovery (by new executable)
• Fix: wrong avatars for some armors
• Fix: language file issues
• Fix: terrain fixes by Civilian
• Fix: Siberia base missing maps
• Fix: some units unhittable by melee are no longer so. The fix sadly includes removing the 'Small Target' feature from all pirate outfits (except Parrots).
• New Missions: Ratmen Rodeo, Scientific Experiments, Warehouse Wars, Temple Raid (experimental)
• New Terrain: Dust Desert (tileset by XOps)
• New Enemies/Neutrals: Ratman Brigand, Savvy Girl, Sharp Guy, Experiment Victim
• New Facility: Refinery
• New Weapon: NERF Laspistol
• Update: Starting base more primitive, Bonaventura requires research
• Update: All true laser weapons ignore 1/3rd of armor now, but are circa 20% less powerful. All armor resistances updated accordingly.
• Minor globe fixes
• More ratings
• Enemy missions start on average 2 months later, tougher factions are also generally introduced later
• Deployment updates (incl. less actual Star Gods on Star Gods missions)
• Updated enemy dog gfx (by Ivan Dogovich)
• New map for Fusion Reactor
• Craft inventory stash positions customized
• Tanks, Hovertanks, Parrots, Dogs: vision at day reduced to 30
• Updated Defender (-) and Juggernaut spritesheets
• Warrior armor got +10 Bravery and +5 Melee, but loses Stress Recovery bonus
• Pipe is slower now (8->10 TUs)
• Cutlass & Rapier accuracies switched
• UAC Carbine has Aimed shot range capped to 30 now
• Cannonballs now explode (radius 1) to be more useful
• Fire Extinguisher has a secondary melee attack now
• Smoke Grenade debuff due to better sight ranges
• Clothing items weight updated
• Research & manufacture updates & fixes
• Gfx updates
• Lang updates

X-PirateZ 0.98E

• Exec Update (2016-04-28); includes some bugfixes and new options
• Fix: Star Gods and Mercs have proper landing/crash-site custom deployments now
• Fix: Bomber's hull no longer has holes
• Fix: Public Enemy research crash (added Pedia entry on Light Crystal)
• Fix: Tank ammo issues
• Update: Added Czech language version by Bartojan
• Update: Cydonia Landing. ++Size, -Darkness; defenders changed to Mercs; must use space-capable armor; cannot use non-tank HWPs
• Update: (Almost) all melee weapons are more dependable, using 50-150% damage formula instead of 0-200%. Those that do not are "causing highly random damage". N/A for natural weapons.
• New Craft: Airbus (thx to Robin)
• New HWP: Sentry Gun/Spike Launcher (thx to Bulletdesigner)
• New Armor: Space Suit (thx to Bloax), Scale Mail
• New Weapons: Stasis Grenade (thx to Civilian), Smartgun (thx to X-Ops)
• All ships manned by Mercs are more deadly in the air
• Revised negative points for all neutrals to make live capture more attractive vis-a-vis killing them
• Extra loot: Chryssalid butchery, Shrine Ship recovery
• All defensive facilities except Flak now equipped with radar (350 rng); SAM defences living space 10->5
• Bonaventura's deploy modified to better accomodate HWPs (They now start at the back ramp)
• Skyranger and Pigeon use Chemicals as fuel; maintenance costs lowered
• Spike Rockets can be manufactured (again)
• Tanks can run out of secondary ammo now (it's replenished after a mission though)
• Smokey armors weight corrected (-5)
• Plate mail no longer requires Cyclops but takes very long to make and is heavier
• Cutlass and short sword better against armor (+30% -> +20%)
• Short Sword is buyable now; Cutlass and X-Bow require Tools & Blades
• LACC-WP damage nerfed
• Mortar's accuracy is based on Firing/2 + Bravery/2 now
• Flamers train Firing not Throwing now
• Rod of Bliss has proper energy and morale costs of usage
• category updates
• research updates
• lang fixes
• name updates

X-PirateZ 0.98D1

• Corpse recovery & live capture fixes
• New Item: Rod of Bliss
• pedia/research updates
• lang updates

X-PirateZ 0.98D

• Updated Executable
• Added Alt Corpses Mod (for real this time)
• Fix: pirate corpse recovery issues
• Fix: Mansion's improper behaviour
• Fix: Govt/Ret files manufacture crash
• Fix: Fuel Capsules
• Siberia mission now recurrent until documents researched
• Mansion terrain updated
• Freighters and Hoppers behave more realistically (land rarely); more loot added too
• Thief and Loader suits have expanded backpacks now
• Scout outfit adds +3 carry cap.
• Cooker loses power with range now; clip updated (bigger, new gfx)
• Battle Flag and Battle Pipes inflict some energy loss on targets (on top of their normal effect) and are more expensive to manufacture
• Gfx updates
• Lang fixes
• More names

X-PirateZ 0.98C

• View range scaled back to 20 due to performance issues
• Item tags added
• Added Alt Corpses mod by Ivan Dogovich
• Fix: Slave transfers work, endless Crackdown loop disabled (thx to Meridian)
• Fix: Hellerium Extraction crash
• Fix: Plasma Subrifle clip manufacture crash
• Fix: some DOOM demons were susceptible to bleeding
• New month/mission rating system!
• New 4 forest mapblocks (Courtesy of Solarius Scorch)
• New Mission: Mansion Invasion
• New Enemies: Altar Boy, Shrine Maiden, Guild Team Leader, Osiron Yeoman (thx to Solar Scorch)
• New Armors: Maid Outfit, Thieving Gear (thx to Bloax), Scout
• New Weapons: EuroSyndicate Heavy Laser (by Grand Sir Thebus), Solmine Geo Charge (by Robin), Leather Whip
• New Items: Solmine Sake, Personal Computer (by Chiko), 4 types of Gems, Treasure Chest, Cash Bag, Uranium, Money Purse
• Update: Crackdowns (and other missions). Random number of missions per month; Automatic Crackdowns less frequent, especially on low difficulty levels
• Update: Shooting down Crackdowns, Reticulans and Imperial Probe missions does not generate Crackdowns; shooting down Mercenary Assigment missions always generates Crackdowns
• Update: Shooting down Raids has only a tiny chance of generating a Crackdown
• Update: Reticulans have Gas Grenades now, Sectogre & Siren got +25% Health buffs
• Update: Mutant Meat now an item
• Update: Hideout Shroud is an early tech now
• You can now pay the Mercs to kidnap faction commanders for you. For a price.
• Smugglers harder to catch on the ground
• Mechtoids have buffed melee and chem resistances now
• Gold Transport carries more gold now, Defender armor more rare but you can loot some Stormies
• Warrior/Guerrila/Sniper outfits rebalanced & buffed; durathread armor buffed
• Stun balancing for melee weapons
• Pickaxe debuff (it shouldn't be able to damage Alloy hulls and walls anymore unless your STR = 100+)
• Fuso Knives and Throwing Stars now have a quadratic damage formula. Damage is equal to old for 95 Throwing skill, lower than old on lower skill values.
• Melee/Throwing weapon balancing (affected Javelins(-), Spear(+-), Stone Axe(+-), Throwing Knives (+-))
• Bows & x-bows now use quivers, but cause more stun
• Future bow fixed
• Buckshot weapons fire a bit slower (+2%)
• Gauss clip sizes (except for Pistol) slightly reduced. Heavy Gauss is much heavier now.
• Autocannon tweaks
• Flechette Cannon ignores 50% armor now
• Heaviest antitank Piercing weapons (launchers, tank autocannon) ignore 30% of armor now
• BFG deals plasma damage now
• Blaster Bomb damage scaled back to 160
• Seduction stuns now
• Grog not consummable anymore
• Pimping made less easier
• Fixed Parrot's tail (courtesy of Ivan Dogovich)
• Long autoshots fire much more smoothly (thanks to GarlandSP)
• Research tweaks
• Gfx updates
• Lang fixes

X-PirateZ 0.98B

• Integrated the 'Avatar Instead of Rank' mod by Meridian (TURN IT OFF)
• Integrated the Parrot mod by Clownagent
• Fix: Thrown Rock crash
• Fix: Wand of Rending
• Fix: Possibly erroneous damage formula for melee weapons that don't get bonus damage from Stregth
• Fix: proper damage vs. items and terrain
• Experimental global vision setting (30)
• Update: Wounded gals regenerate Energy slower
• Update: Stun Recovery Mechanics. The higher health, the faster. Wounded units get constant Stun damage. Affects most humanoids.
• Update: Base stun damage from AP, Plasma & Acid down from +0..75% to +0..50%
• New Mission: Russian Files require an actual mission now
• New Enemy: Humanist Supersoldier
• New Facility: Extractor
• New Armors: Ragnarok, Rags, Junkmaster
• New Weapons: Shiv, i-Gun, Bullpup Carbine, Marsec Mega-Weapons (x3), extra XG Weapons (x3), Homing RPG
• New Avatars! (8, for a total of 56)
• Merged farm terrains into a single one
• Manual Deployment maps made for all craft to avoid trouble
• Initial Hand hire cost further raised to 25k
• Alliance advisor heals faster, has more supplies, uses Ident faster, Bravery 50->90
• Updated Harbinger inventory picture (credit to Bloax)
• Slight Armors & Weapons updates
• All chainsaw-type weapons cost some Energy to use now
• Bow rebalancing: slight +Acc, more Energy to use.
• Throwing weapons rebalancing: slight increase of Energy cost, other minor changes
• Shotgun rebalancing: bit more range, damages tweaked
• Sniper rebalancing: higher TU costs
• Smoke grenades etc. -1 Radius
• WP incendiaries behaviour change, now they can damage items
• Rum, Grog and Combat Drugs are all consummable; fixed Mushroom and Apple behaviour
• All healing items heal 1 HP less, except Grog
• Tank manufacturing takes more workshop space
• Slave Emancipation
• Other Manufacture & Research updates
• New handobs (courtesy of Ivan Dogovich): Canister Launcher, Chaingun/Minigun, 1-Handed Chaingun, Assault Laser
• Other Gfx updates
• Moar lore

X-PirateZ 0.98A

• Hideout overhaul - 5 levels now. Weaker walls.
• New Contact: Ye Old Magic Shoppe
• New Armor: Novice Robe
• New weapons: Poison Gas Grenade, 3 Magic Wands, Vibro Sword
• Doom creature updates
• Hand recruitment cost increased to 20k (monthly salary stays at 5k)
• Nerfhammer: Hunting Bow +30% armor effectivness; Fuso Knives +30% armor eff, more TU to use, stack size 6->5; Ninja Stars +15% armor eff., take more TUs to use; Longbow cost 40->45 TUs
• Some heavy melee weapons now cause some armor damage (including Hammer, Power Mace, Claws)
• Piercing, Plasma, Acid munitions and all Concussive explosions cause thrice as much secondary Stun damage;
• All Acid weapons now cause extra armor damage (10% unless already higher); raw damage lowered accordingly;
• All Acid weapons now cause extra morale damage
• All Piercing & Plasma munitions of 60+ base power now cause extra armor damage (5%)
• Shotgun Slugs +dmg, Golden Shells +dmg -pellets
• Demonic weapons require Energy to use
• Added custom icons for Aux units
• Transfer durations updated for rare merchandise
• Research updates
• Text updates

X-PirateZ 0.98

• Updated to new executable (OXCE 2.9+ by Yankes and Meridian)
• Fix: Govt/Reticulan Files research crash
• New UI Feature: Armor preview icons
• New Terrain: War City
• New Armor: Swiftsuit
• New Weapon: UAC Carbine
• New Ammo: Superconductive Cannonball
• New Items: Fire Extinguisher, Pillow Book
• Added "Avatar Display" mod by Meridian (displays portraits in Battlescape)
• Update: Major gfx update. New pirate paperdolls (based on Bloax's design)
• Update: Smugglers' flight patterns: harder to catch
• Update: Craft weapons screen fixed, displays all weapons correctly
• Update: Pachyderm and Mining Ship have a Heavy weapon instead of a Light one
• Update: Refreactor increases Stamina, Melee Dodge now
• Update: All Melee weapons which take 12 or less TUs to use train Reactions (while still training Melee as well)
• Update: Melee Attacks: Hammer -2 TUs; Stun Baton -1 TU, damage is now 20+Reactions*0.2.
• Update: Bows: slight accuracy debuff
• Update: Boarding gun & co.: Aimed Shot acc. -10%
• Update: WP incendiaries can cause Overkill now
• Alliance Advisor more resilient to Smoke (like all Hybrids)
• Jetbike acc bonus back to +10% (due to fixes)
• Added Battlesprites for Bikini & Swimsuit
• Noose is buffed
• Vodka is consummable & manufactureable now, doesn't use interface
• ship wall fixes by Hellrazor
• lang fixes
• other minor fixes

X-PirateZ 0.97D

• Updated to new engine version by Meridian
• Fix: Conqueror manufacture crash
• Fix: Raider Gunship crash-landing-crash (thx to Meridian)
• Fix: Saviour Armor
• Fix: Hydra Laser (now fires 4-round bursts like it was supposed to)
• Fix: Skin/Hair colors for the last 8 avatars
• New Facilities: Summoning Circle, Luxury Spa, Luxury Barracks
• New Aux: Flash Banger
• New Weapon: Plasma Subrifle
• New Misc: Super Maids
• Update: Reworked City, Winter City and City Landing maps, added Expanded Urban mapblocks by Hellrazor & Luke83
• Update: Reworked Island, Port maps (added animated water by Hellrazor)
• Update: Indestructible Industrial terrain is now destructible
• Update: Lesser factions have a less dangerous loadout when assaulting Pirate Hideouts and flying assault-capable warships.
• Update: Ghouls have more Health but aren't immune to Fatal Wounds anymore.
• Update: (almost) every prisoner can be robbed of their possessions and ransomed for 1/2 price now, but less enemies can be enslaved
• Update: Hideouts ligting more intimate
• Update: Facilities: Access Lift has a ladder to the top level now; Prison capacity and cost both reduced by 1/4th; Fusion Reactor cost hiked
• Update: Refund costs added to facilities (dismantling gets you 50% * 70% money back)
• Update: superslaves inventory, stats
• Update: hired Mercenaries no longer have that OP stun attack
• Update: Avatar M1 Head gfx
• Update: Synmuscle Suit gfx replaced by a new one (design by Bloax)
• Update: Armors which are supposed to have smaller inventories now do. Artificially added weight removed from Gym Suit etc.
• Update: Immunity to bleeding removed from Bio-Suit
• Update: Overkill feature enabled for: all acid weapons, all HE 60+ dmg, Plasma 70+ dmg, Gauss, heaviest lasers; you might end up completely vaporizing an enemy!
• Update: Weapons train proper skills now
• Update: Some weapons (bows, rocket launchers, hmgs) cannot be fired if the other hand is occupied now
• Update: Sniper rifles are now very hard to use for poor marksmen
• Update: missiles partially ignore armor: DP: -20%; AT: -35%; Mines and Tank Shells also ignore 20% of armor
• Update: Some healing items are now supposed to be expended on use (Bandages, Beer, Crack, Smokes); experimental, will be fully implemented later
• Plasma Pistol easier to research
• Disc'o'Death harder to manufacture
• Baby Nuke +20 dmg; Battlecannon -10 dmg
• Hellblade can now shoot blastwaves, rebelanced
• Harbinger can be dissassembled now
• "Naughty" mod added. Use at your own risk ;)
• RMP & terrain fixes (thx to Hellrazor, Hobbes)
• Research fixes
• More lore
• lang fixes

X-PirateZ 0.97C

• Fix: Apple crash (just in the mod, not irl)
• Fix: End month crashes
• Fix: Silacoid research crash
• Exec update: Custom OXCE fork by Meridian
• 16 New faces
• Stat updates: Throwing Skill cap reduced from 100 to 90, starting minimum raised from 20 to 30. Melee starting range changed from 50-90 to 30-100.
• New Global: Ability to stop the Pogroms
• New Shipping: Raider Fighter, Rebel Fighter
• New Facilities: Corridor, Fire Pit, Gas Chamber
• New Craft: Battle Tank, M-Wing
• New Armors: Saviour, Sniper, Brainer, Defender (damaged)
• New Weapons: Blackops Shotgun, Blackmarch Pistol, Ninja Stars
• New Items: Buddha-X Smokes, First Aid Kit (the old one renamed to Small Stimpack), Light Cannon (replaces Heavy Cannon)
• RMP updates for Pirate ships. Expect to be boarded now.
• Additional inventory & pedia gfx (thx to Bloax & Ivan Dogovich & Yrizoud)
• Updated enemy aggression, voodoo power
• HWD maint cost raised, radar prices changed
• Jetbike cost raised, acc bonus reduced to +5%, dodge to 75%
• Kraken and Hydra now have the proper amount of Shields
• Craft laser cannons' range +5/10 km
• Slight armor stat tweaking (mostly plasma & fire res, manufacture); Bio Suit gets major stat debuffs due how indestructible it is
• Defender & Guardian armor now leave Defender (damaged) armor after the wearer is killed; it can be repaired back to Defender status
• Fuso knives & similar weapons accuracy formula changed
• Advanced Launcher aimed shot +10 acc
• Alcohol & drugs updates (added custom sounds, only healing items bring up the UI)
• Crack is buyable & useable now
• Research/Manufacture updates/fixes
• More vessel map fixes
• Language fixes
• Cleaned up useless items on crew equip
• gfx optimization
• Sound updates
• Map udpates (thx to Hobbes, Hellrazor, Solarius)
• Kneel button support added

X-PirateZ 0.97B

• Fix: Shotgun Rubber Shells crash
• Fix (again): Crashed plane map
• Fix: see-through walls
• Fix: Merc and Star Gods deployments on Crackdown ships
• Updates: Incendiary Weapons! More fire than ever!
• Update: Amount of Nuclear Fuel looted is halved now, re-sale value increased; more Plastasteel looted
• New Feature: Dynamic Global Activity - change what is happening on the planet through your policies!
• New Enemies: Guild Security (sic), Silacoid (sic), Raider Firebat, Human Commando, Guard Dog, Mercenary Shock Trooper
• New (Potential) Enemies: Mutant Rebels (same sprites as mutant civilians), Govt Siren
• New Shipping: Raider Gunship, Rebel Freighter, Hotrod, Govt Fusion Cruiser
• New Craft Weapon: Meteor Missiles
• New Weapons: Ol' Carbine, Firebomb, Nova Fusion Rifle, Omega Rifle, Plasma Scorcher, Stun Baton
• Cyclops' Gaze more accurate (as befits a gaze weapon)
• Interrogation costs lowered
• Long-range radar has its range reduced, but has 100% detect chance and can be used to shoot at landing craft
• Surgery Room & Mint are more expensive
• Nightmare +50 HP, Sabre +10 Shields, Dragon -250 Speed
• Plate Mail -5 Throwing
• Short Sword +5% Acc
• Chainsaws & co.: faster attacks
• Miniguns damage armor now
• Nuclear Lasers no longer require Elerium to manufacture
• TK Projector overhauled, should be more useful
• gfx updates
• sound updates
• research fixes & updates
• lore updates, renaming of 'booty'

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".