Empires 2.12.2 released news

Features

• Class selection now remembers your previous equipment choices for that class.
• Class defaults to Engineer now instead of Scout.

Bugfixes

• Fix for infinite pumping on shotguns when at 0 ammo.
• Fixed SDK bot spawning
• Fixed shotgun using wrong sounds when firing
• Reverted problematic sounds
• Fixed more blurry textures on low settings

Non-code changes

• Some sounds reverted to old ones. Along with some fixes to the newer sounds.
• emp_money:
  • Refinery resource income increased from 3 -> 5 each
  • Vehicle clips added above platforms

• emp_coast:
  • Fixed hole in the map.
  • Fixed texture behind ladder near BE spawn
  • Set all level 4 displacements to level 2
  • BE and NF main bases now start with a pre-built refinery to prevent Commanders building anything BUT a refinery first
  • Viscluster brush added to ceiling to improve performance. Visible clusters reduced from ~8 million to ~4 million. More optimization can be done, but this is a huge increase for now.

Script changes

• Shorten Heavy-duty ML's GUI name to fit.
• Fixed ordering of tanks to prevent new players from accidentally building artillery.
• Plasma Cannon Prototype
  • Heat to Target 5 -> 7

• Plasma Cannon
  • Heat to Target 7 -> 8
  • Explosion Radius 300 -> 270

• Plasma Machine Gun
  • Projectile Spread 0.03 -> 0.02
  • Heat to Target 1.8 -> 2

• High Energy Plasma Machine Gun
  • Heat 1.1 -> 1.4
  • Projectile Spread 0.02 -> 0.015
  • Heat to Target 1.9 -> 2.3

• BE Medium Tank
  • Axleratio 0.7 -> 0.85