## Balance
* Black Hole now damage adjacent tiles with half attacks per turn.
* Seed of Extinction now damage adjacent tiles with half attacks.
* Black Hole, Seed of Extinction and Tactical Nuclear Missile now have Ignores Cover trait.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed mutator unlocks not synchronizing with Steam achievements.
* Fixed Black Hole showing multiple radiuses.
* Fixed some typos.

## General
* The video memory manager now budgets at least 2000 MB of video memory (the game's min requirements) when using auto-budgeting and relies on graphics drivers for cards that have less.

## Balance
* NPCs can now get research from caches.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed armor hint showing damage reductions above 83%.
* Fixed final battle future titan kills not being registered anymore when quests are disabled and the player reloads.
* Fixed certain objectives not completing if units to kill were instead taken over.
* Fixed a conversion bug that could result in the video memory amount specified in configuration (if not set to auto-detect) not matching the video memory amount budgeted.
* Fixed some typos.

## Balance
* Increased Modulated Harmony from +5 levels to +9 levels.
* Reduced The Outsider influence cost from 80 to 60.
* Reallocate can no longer be used on summons or decaying units.
* Reduced Industrial Density production gain from +2 to +1.
* Reduced Industrial Density energy upkeep from 2 to 1.
* Changed Seed of Extinction from damage 4, armor penetration 4, attacks 3 to damage 32, armor penetration 10, attacks 1.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed Gladial Emanator still using the old Splash mechanics.
* Fixed AI using the Vulkan R5's Power Spike at the wrong time.
* Fixed Decoy Flares and Stealth Pods showing on the Hades Bomber model without having the upgrades researched.
* Fixed Interceptor Missiles showing on the Phoenix Interceptor model without having the upgrades researched.

## General
* Improved Nuke and Black Hole hints.
* Made AI improvements concerning the usage of Interference Protocols, Cache of the Insensate, Candle of Glory, Chayot Crospect and Frenzy.
* Killing Orin in The Pulled Thread now rewards the player with influence.

## Balance
* Nomadic Life now costs 40 minerals and 40 influence for the second city, and 80 minerals and 80 influence when not controlled by the Chieftess.
* Reduced Foundation of Blood production from +33% to +25% (and its upgrades from +17% to +8%).
* Increased Profane Pilgrimage dimensional echoes cost from 1 to 3.
* Reduced Abyssal Miasma attacks from 3 to 2.
* Adjusted Tactical Nuclear Missile from 4 damage, 3 attacks and 4 armor penetration to 24 damage, 1 attack and 9 armor penetration.
* Adjusted Black Hole from 4 damage, 3 attacks and 4 armor penetration to 32 damage, 1 attack and 10 armor penetration with 50% attacks on adjacent tiles.
* Reduced Fusion Warhead and Event Horizon damage bonus from +33% to +25%.
* Massive Splash now grants +100% instead of +75% attacks per additional enemy group member.
* Reduced Shiraki Cruise Missile damage from 16 to 12.
* Reduced Shiraki Cruise Missile armor penetration from 8 to 7.
* Increased Industrial Density production gain from +1 to +2.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed Experimental Drugs and Dream Prison hint.
* Fixed Buster playing Reaver animation when founding city.
* Fixed being able to enqueue more buildings than a tile can hold.
* Fixed floating damage display sometimes being off by 0.1, e.g. when dealing 8.04 damage with a Nuke.
* Fixed Nuke and Black Hole damage estimate.
* Fixed Orin not despawning after being captured in The Pulled Thread.
* Fixed Gungnir consuming movement.

## Balance
* Reworked Splash, Large Splash and Massive Splash to now grant bonus attacks for each additional enemy group member.
* Increased Anti-Armor Grenade damage from 2 to 3.
* Reduced Anti-Armor Grenade armor penetration from 3 to 2.
* Increased Fragmentation Grenade armor penetration from 0 to 1.
* Reduced Saturation System attacks from 3 to 2.
* Reduced Anti-Matter Grenade armor penetration from 6 to 5.
* Reduced Power Spike cooldown from 3 to 1.
* Concussive no longer works on Titans.
* Increased Praetorians cost by 33%.
* Incinerator now has Large Splash instead of Splash.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed Concussive not showing.
* Fixed 0% total showing in the technology hints.
* Fixed Interpolated Production not working.
* Fixed Praetorians unit name being singular.
* Fixed units under Dream Prison not counting towards the limit or cost scaling.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed Shoch'itris Lair not exerting control over outposts.
* Fixed a potential bug with the same unit or tile being marked and used in more than one quest.
* Fixed being able to Nuke and Black Hole allies.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when cancelling building orders.

## General
* The Warden to be killed in Price of Honor is now leashed.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed Arsham's Satchel not working properly.
* Fixed The Deep not triggering for non-host players in multiplayer.
* Fixed an issue with quests potentially getting stuck because a quest stage being instantly completed.
* Fixed Reaming Crodeus being able to transport titans.
* Fixed Reaming Crodeus disembarking ground units on water when it dies.

# Version 1.0.8

## General
* Tweaked Cherubim Titan death explosion.
* Tweaked Atlas Tank description.

## Balance
* Adjusted escalation paces to have the finale happen on the turns 60/80/100/120/140 instead of 50/75/100/150/200.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed a quest progression issue with The Last Days of Earth in multiplayer.
* Fixed an issue with running out of descriptor sets with too many units in the game.

# Version 1.0.9

## General
* New save game name now defaults to the game name.
* Added support for Steam Deck text input.
* Added better default Steam Deck control layout.
* Added advanced world setting for cache density.
* Arrow keys now move scrollbars that are under the cursor.
* Updated Russian translation.

## Balance
* Increased the amount the AI will demand and is willing to pay for a deal.
* Adjusted escalation paces to have the finale happen on the turns 67/80/100/120/150 instead of 60/80/100/120/140.

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed a crash in Korean translation when selecting Destroy Shards in Under Observation.
* Fixed Deflector Shield not being researchable with Seraphim Archangel unlocked.
* Fixed Jump Pack not saying that it flies to target tile.
* Fixed world seed in the in-game menu not copying the seed to the clipboard.
* Fixed Ichor of Uzhodai being researchable without Sealed Hermitage.
* Fixed Numinous Reveries requiring Masked Hymnal instead of Apotheosis.
* Fixed being able to overspend resources under certain conditions.
* Fixed a potential particle system crash.
* Fixed items in the compendium quoting too many attacks.

# Version 1.0.10

## Bug Fixes
* Fixed a crash that could occur when quitting to main menu in ironman mode.
* Added additional diagnostics to track down a stubborn crash.

Hello everyone,

We're thrilled with how the release has gone and are overwhelmed by the positive feedback—a huge thank you to everyone who bought and is playing ZEPHON! It's extremely motivating to see after working on the project for this many years.

While during the first week we mainly focused on chasing down bugs and taking in feedback, rest assured that plans to further expand and enrich the universe of ZEPHON have already been set in motion.

Stay tuned!


General

• Changing language or GUI scale can now only be done in the main menu to prevent crashes.
  
• Slighty reduced priority for AI players to build loyalty buildings.
  
• Improved performance of Tachyon explosions.
  
• Growth hint now shows contribution from game speed.
  
• Don't allow disbanding a transport if there are enemy units inside.
  
• Color positive and negative standing effects of diplomatic actions in hints.
  
• Renamed Windowed Undecorated to Borderless.
  
• Tweaked alliance victory tip.
  
• Tweaked Words of the Prophet AI to not use the ability if the target has very low hitpoints.

Balance

• Arsham's Satchel now also affects the hero holding the item.
  
• Increased Blighted, On Fire and Poisoned hitpoints loss each turn from 2 to 3.
  
• Increased Causal Well enemy hitpoints loss each turn from 3 to 4.
  
• Increased Causal Well allied hitpoints gain each turn from 3 to 4.
  
• Increased Speciment Containment research from 2 to 3.
  
• Words of the Prophet now requires the target to be below 50% hitpoints.
  
• Decreased Words of the Prophet influence cost by 25%.
  
• EMP Drones no longer work against titans.
  
• Nightmare dying no longer causes any morale change.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the game crashing for certain Cicada Density values.
  
• Fixed a crash in Under Observation quest with Russian or Korean language active.
  
• Fixed a crash in Child of the New World for non-English language.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur in hot seat.
  
• Fixed a potential crash when building the minimap.
  
• Fixed interludes appearing too often.
  
• Fixed auto-disable simultaneous turns advanced setting label not being hidden in single player.
  
• Fixed Shoch'itris Lair not being revealed when under cover.
  
• Fixed typo in auxiliary hud background.
  
• Fixed Entomb not removing action points.
  
• Fixed The Outsider and Quid Pro Quo scaling wrongly with game speed.
  
• Fixed crash when ZEPHON city damage is reflected.
  
• Fixed incorrect damage reflection.
  
• Fixed auto-disable simultaneous turns not working if contact is not established.
  
• Fixed a crash caused by taking control of Abkluth Dragoons with Words of the Prophet and losing the Toxic Spear upgrade.
  
• Fixed Decoy Flares lasing forever.
  
• Fixed auto-disable simultaneous turns disabling simultaneous turns right away.
  
• Fixed potential threading issues when refreshing resources.
  
• Fixed a potential race condition while loading the game.
  
• Fixed Arsham's Satchel affecting non-allied units.
  
• Updated Vulkan Memory Allocator with new version that avoids some race conditions.
  
• Make sure we're using 48 kHz for the audio device output frequency so we match the buffers and don't need to resample. Also prevents preformance issues of someone setting 192 kHz in Windows.
  
• Fixed several race conditions.
  
• Fixed certain traits wrongly showing on outposts.
  
• Fixed Machine Evolution applying multiple times due to acquired outposts.
  
• Fixed growth setting in advanced parameters having no effect.
  
• Fixed crash in the mods screen when the preview png had no alpha channel.
  
• Fixed crash when selecting a very large save in the save or load screen.
  
• Fixed crash that could occur if you have no friends on Steam.
  
• Fixed several race conditions.
  
• Improved audio thread safety and performance.
  
• Fixed that the Honorable Aristocrat gets his Price of Honor achievement by retrieving the Cornucopia personally instead of sending his men.
  
• The option to build Voice Acolytes in Meet Your Maker is no longer available if the mutator What Are You is active.
  
• Fixed unit responses being placed at origin if it's still playing when the unit is dead.
  
• Fixed Concordat item costs showing with too many decimals.
  
• Fixed very long notifications being cropped.
  
• Hide incoming call of a player that has been defeated.
  
• Fixed a threading issue regarding the Chieftess unleashing her units to raid.
  
• Fixed some typos.