Milestone 2.19 STABLE Released!

[Chris]

This is a stability and minor balance fix that we're pushing out to all players on our default Steam / GOG / Epic branches.

The consolidated changelog for this update is below, representing all changes from Milestone 2.17 to Milestone 2.19 on our Experimental branch. We will be continuing to patch Milestone 2 to fix any stability issues that people encounter so please continue to report any issues! (we're working on a fix for soldiers getting stuck in the recovering state right now)

Balance / Gameplay Changes:

• Reduced the manufacture times of all aircraft equipment. Reduction is greatest for the starting items (where it is close to 50%).
• Stun Gun is now correctly sellable / transferrable.
• Reload time for Sidewinders and other light missiles in air combat reduced from 6 seconds to 3 seconds.
• Added "Planned Loadout" label when viewing unassigned soldiers, and added a pop-up notification to explain the concept (which is that soldiers only claim items when assigned to a dropship, so unassigned soldiers instead have a "planned" loadout) as this was confusing many players.
  • This feature exists so soldiers will automatically return all items to the stores when removed from a dropship for any reason (e.g. getting wounded), but will still remember their previous loadout and automatically try to re-equip it if reassigned.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a crash that would occur on the Geoscape if you ended a month with negative cash balance due to upkeep costs.
• Fixed a crash that would occur if you tried to drag a "ghost" item on an unassigned soldier back into the base stores.
• Fixed a crash that could occur at end of turn after manually reloading an Advanced Laser Weapon.
• Fixed a crash that could occur if you failed in an assault against a Landed UFO, then later attacked a Crash Site from the same UFO.
• Fixed a crash caused by players putting ^ characters in soldier names and then attempting to start a tactical mission (this character is no longer permitted in names).
• Fixed the Phantom interceptor not regenerating its own basic armour unless it has an Armour item equipped.
• Fixed several issues with building adjacency bonuses that could occur when building upgrades happened, which caused them to be lower than they should.
• Fixed aircraft losing their firing targets (and therefore refusing to fire missiles) if you clicked on the targeted UFO a second time.
• Fixed Automed Unit regeneration incorrectly occurring after bleeding wounds inflicted damage.
• Fixed soldiers with the combat shield not using the correct animation set if their other hand has a melee weapon or is empty, as opposed to carrying a pistol.
• Fixed fleeing soldiers visually carrying their primary weapon as they run, even though they'd already dropped it.
• Fixed buildings in destroyed bases still costing upkeep.
• Fixed various sections of the text incorrectly displaying in English even when you had a different language enabled.
• Fixed ammo quantity for equipped weapons on the Soldier Equip screen not being shown.
• Fixed the Cleaner Soldier autopsy research report showing the interrogation image instead.
• Fixed the Rescue VIP missions displaying the objective "Make contact with VIP" when the VIP now starts under your control already.
• Fixed various UI issues that could occur if you destroyed a lab / workshop in a base, and tried to go down to 0 scientists or engineers.
• Fixed an issue where manually reloading a weapon with an empty clip in the tactical inventory would give you back the old clip with 0 shots.
• Fixed a minor bug that could cause soldiers who had been hit with several attacks to sustain extra bleeding wounds.
• Fixed stacked containers having an upper container with a destroyed state that could be left hovering in mid-air.
• Fixed the air combat target image for each interceptor not always updating correctly at the start of the battle.
• Fixed a minor issue in the tutorial where the Soldier Equip screen was interactable even though it shouldn't be.
• Fixed a number of visual issues with walls / props in the underground military base tileset that would occur when those assets were partially in the shroud.