Change Log (Piratez)

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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".