Release Notes for Frozen Synapse 2

Patch 108 (02 November 2018)

• Fixed some crashes to do with planning for ghost units
• Fixed being able to zoom out too far in Advance MP and Skirmish generators
• Improved wording of instructions for base defence missions and reduced timeout to 12 turns
• Miscellaneous crash fixes
• Fixed Advanced MP generator making blank Extermination Old School maps after a while
• Fixed issue with Shape Control
• When you kill a faction's HQ the faction will now die even if the leader isn't there
• Squad regen time is now shown in the selected object window on the main screen
• Now guaranteed to get a good unit after completing the tutorial mission
• Added new keyboard shortcuts (see Menu>Help>Hotkeys)
• "Stop" and "Engage on Sight" now have an icon for units when they use it
• Added some new help sections to Menu>Help and also a link to a tutorial video

Patch 107 (26 October 2018)

• Fixed crash to do with planning for ghost units
• Added alert for not having an ammo contract before playing a story mission which requires it

Patch 106 (22 October 2018)

• Fixed targetting icons revealing the locations of dark units
• Fixed bug with scoring Hostage games
• Fixed bug with scoring Secure games
• Failed missions now disappear from the contracts list
• Fixed issue where you could see the walls in locked rooms using the LOS line
• Minor typo fix
• Fixed issue where game wasn't ending if the faction leader had been killed
• Rebalanced car park mission to be slightly easier

Patch 105 (19 October 2018)

• Added 'Story Missions Only Mode'. Play through the campaign in an uninterrupted stream of encounters like in the original Frozen Synapse.
• Crash fixes
• Miscellaneous fixes

Patch 104 (10 October 2018)

• Fixed an occasional campaign breaking bug
• Fixed issue where you could only send 1 squad out on missions or contracts
• Fixes to Instant Skirmish
• Ducked flamethrower/minigunner can no longer kill past cover
• Fixed flamethrower/minigunner weapon 'volumes' showing up in dark modes
• Game now shows the position of a player when they launch an arc weapon (e.g. grenade launcher) in dark mode
• Improvements to Bomb Defusal map generator
• Base Defends now have a time limit for the AI to win - if they can't do it in 20 turns or less then they lose

Patch 103 (05 October 2018)

• Fixed another serious map generation/accessibility issue
• Removed aim handle from Advanced Game creation in multiplayer and Skirmish Generator in single-player
• Fixed a crash in Advanced Game/Skirmish Generator
• Fixed a bug that could cause you to fail a checkpoint contract if one of your own squads goes through it

Patch 102 (02 October 2018)

• NEW: Added an instant skirmish button and advanced skirmish generator
• NEW: Full match replay for finished missions or matches
• Fixed an issue with level generation causing inaccessible areas
• Fixed a desync/glitch to do with the pistol
• Trees and water are back
• Removed toxic grenade launcher units from some single player missions
• Various miscellaneous fixes

Patch 101 (28 September 2018)

• NEW: Added "City-style" maps for multiplayer Extermination matches (see Advanced Create to use them)
• BALANCE: Machine gun has been given a minimum focus-aim distance to nerf it slightly vs shotgunners
• Many level generation problems fixed
• Fixed several issues with inaccessible areas/trapped squads
• Fixed an issue with the mission "Join The Consensus"
• Various miscellaneous fixes

Patch 100 (25 September 2018)

• Triple click fix
• Problem with Stadium mission fixed
• Various problems with deployments and setup fixed, including
• Fixed issue where item room location wasn't saved
• Issue where the minigunner couldn't be dragged
• Various misc. fixes

Patch 99 (21 September 2018)

• Fixed several exploits for Hostage games
• Fixed issue with tutorial where you could get stuck at the rocket launcher stage and not progress
• Fixed problem caused by rewinding and playing back a turn
• Fixed units spawning outside of mission area
• Misc. tutorial fixes
• Fixed crash caused by dragging a 'ghost unit' around while the turn is playing back
• Balance change: you can no longer focus aim immediately after standing up
• Fixed 'triangle rocket' crash
• Misc. bug fixes
• Misc. crash fixes
• Splashscreens look better at resolutions above 1920x1080

Patch 98 (18 September 2018)

• Fixed issue with focus/ignore zones causing crash
• Fixed a crash caused by selecting units in multiplayer
• Added option for scaling the UI (for players with large monitors or high-DPI screens)
• Added option for changing the zooming in/out speed for the city camera
• Fixed crash caused by adding and deleting units when creating advanced multiplayer games
• Fixed problem where your squad couldn't catch up to another squad which was on the move (e.g. intercept relic)
• Fixed issue with Secure where attackers didn't have a location from which to spawn
• Updated Bomb Defusal instructions
• Fixed issues causing save corruption