Mindustry

Balance · 8

• The armor of higher-tier units has been increased: Scepter from 10 to 20, Vela from 9 to 16, Arkyid from 6 to 14, Antumbra from 9 to 17, Quad from 8 to 10, Reign from 18 to 30, Corvus from 9 to 14, Toxopid from 13 to 22, Eclipse from 13 to 22, Oct from 18 to 20, and Navanax from 18 to 20.

  armor

• The Nova unit has been buffed.

  balance

• The boost speed of the Nova unit has been increased from 1.5x to 2x.

  boost speed

• The fire rate of the Nova unit has been reduced (24 to 30 ticks to reload), but it now has a pierce value of 2.

  fire rate

• Erekir payload logistics have been buffed, with decreased build costs and faster fire rate.

  logistic

• The health of the Nova unit has been increased from 120 to 200.

  health

• The rotation speed of Spectre, Meltdown, Foreshadow, Swarmer, and Cyclone has been slightly reduced.

  rotation speed

• The speed of the copper conveyor has been decreased from 6.5 to 5 after a previous buff.

  movement speed

Content · 6

• Support has been added for viewing items within bridge conveyors.

  bridge conveyor

• Minor improvements have been made to the visuals of the mining effect.

  mining effect visual

• A `statusChance` field has been added to bullets.

  status chance

• Visuals and effects for power generator and reactor explosions have been improved.

  power generator/reactor explosion

• Support has been added for logic markers to function as light sources.

  logic marker

• A target dummy block has been added for measuring damage per second (DPS).

  dps measurement

Controls · 1

• A button has been added to unset keybinds.

  keybind

System · 16

• Status effect durations are now sense-able.

  status effect duration

• The status effect apply instruction now accepts status effect variables.

  status effect apply instruction

• More features have been added to logic cutscene control.

  logic cutscene control

• The `setrate` instruction is now available for non-privileged processors.

  setrate instruction

• Support for `\uXXXX`, `\n`, `\"` escape sequences has been added to logic.

  logic escape sequence

• A system was added that allows plugins to display custom user interfaces on clients.

  plugin systemserver

• Various improvements have been made to database stat information.

  database stat info

• The camera sensor is now privileged-only, as it did not function properly on servers.

  privilege requirementserver

• Support has been added for loading data patches in mods from the `patches/` folder for future compatibility.

  data patch loading in mod

• Servers now send existing entities with world data, which may improve initial rubberbanding.

  initial rubberbandingserver

• The mod browser will now prioritize mod releases with a title that matches the current Mindustry version.

  mod browser prioritization

• Support has been added for storing arbitrary objects in memory cells.

  memory cell

• Servers can now send dynamic textures to clients using the `Vars.netServer.sendTexture` method.

  dynamic textureserver

• A rule has been added to allow building cores anywhere and switching teams from cores.

  building rule

• For security reasons, JSON now requires classes to have the `@AllowSerialization` annotation to be deserialized when the type is ambiguous.

  json deserialization

• Server remote methods were added for performing bulk-filling operations on tiles.

  tile fillingserver

UI · 13

• Version selection is now available for mods that are reinstalled.

  mod reinstallation

• Localization support has been added for the logic editor.

  logic editor localization

• The icon has been updated.

  icon

• Maps can now be sorted by their last modification date.

  map sorting

• The animated shields option has been merged into the animated surfaces option.

  animated shields option

• The player list UI has been made wider.

  player list ui width

• The layout of the logic editor UI has been improved.

  logic editor ui layout

• The mirror axis in the editor is now draggable.

  editor mirror axi

• Reconstructors now display all possible stances, even if they contain no units.

  stance display

• A button has been added to restore mods that were automatically disabled.

  disabled mod

• A sound selector UI has been added for the logic play sound instruction.

  logic play sound instruction

• More settings now include descriptions.

  settings description

• A button was added to the server browser to allow sorting by player count.

  server browser

Fix · 64

• Unloader behavior has been changed at lower FPS.

  unloader behavior

• Some pathfinding bugs related to insect units have been fixed.

  pathfinding

• The fix for logic `setblock` rounding has been reverted; coordinates are no longer rounded.

  logic setblock rounding

• A bug where the target dummy could not land when other dummies with large hitboxes were nearby has been fixed.

  landing with large hitbox

• The heal ability triggering for the Nova unit has been made smarter.

  heal ability

• A bug causing units to stutter when pathfinding towards a moving target has been fixed.

  pathfinding stuttering

• Another bug related to target dummy parameter validation on servers has been fixed.

  server parameter validationserver

• A bug where the combustion generator did not remove itself when exploding in a payload has been fixed.

  self-removal on explosion

• Some audio-related crashes have been fixed.

  audio crash

• A bug with overlay floor color not blending properly has been fixed.

  overlay floor color blending

• A bug where the team-specific infinite resources rule prevented blocks from showing up in the build menu has been fixed.

  team-specific infinite resources rule

• Liquid bars are no longer displayed in data patched blocks with 0 liquid capacity.

  liquid bar

• A bug where healing projectiles did not always target the unit's main target has been fixed.

  target selection

• The target dummy's hitbox size and other values have been limited.

  hitbox size

• A bug where unbinding a key did not save has been fixed.

  key unbinding

• A bug where hex/binary values of numbers in logic processors did not parse when above Long.MAX_VALUE has been fixed.

  hex/binary parsing in logic processor

• A bug where pings persisted across maps has been fixed.

  ping

• A bug where status effects in logic were not transferred to the new status system has been fixed.

  status effects in logic

• A bug causing shield break effect spam when a shielded unit is hit by Parallax turrets has been fixed.

  spam on shielded unit hit

• A bug allowing the dummy block to be overdriveable has been fixed.

  overdrive

• A bug where naval units got stuck on doors in water has been fixed.

  getting stuck on door

• A bug where empty fields in logic shifted parameters has been fixed.

  logic parameter shifting

• Deserialization issues with directional unloaders and mods have been fixed.

  directional unloader deserialization

• A bug causing the category icon mouse position to be offset at high UI scales has been fixed.

  category icon mouse position

• A bug with line joint rendering at sharp angles causing visual explosions has been fixed.

  line joint rendering

• A bug where the console remained open if disabled while open has been fixed.

  console behavior

• A bug causing modded particle effects to be double their intended size has been fixed.

  size

• A bug causing weather to appear twice in the rules dialog has been fixed.

  weather display

• A bug causing client disconnects when commanding large numbers of units has been fixed.

  commanding large number

• Data patch sounds now only use streaming when above 100kb.

  data patch sound

• A workaround has been implemented to fix a bug in the Time Control mod that caused enemies to bug out at high speeds.

  time control mod bug

• A bug allowing the target dummy to be placed into payloads has been fixed.

  payload placement

• Various bugs related to displays-on-displays have been fixed.

  displays-on-displays bug

• A bug causing data patch maps to sometimes crash after adding items has been fixed.

  data patch maps crash

• Images in data patches now have alpha bleeding and antialiasing applied, matching vanilla sprites.

  data patch image

• Various bugs with data patches and map corruptions have been fixed.

  data patch bugs & map corruption

• A bug where command and stance changes did not work on servers has been fixed.

  command/stance changeserver

• Bridge blocks will no longer accept items when disabled.

  item acceptance

• A bug where certain popups were still displaying on servers when UI was hidden has been fixed.

  hidden ui popups on serverserver

• A bug where objective markers remained after sector capture has been fixed.

  objective marker

• A very specific data patch crash has been fixed.

  data patch crash

• Non-player units no longer update in the map editor.

  map editor update

• A bug where entities with extremely large hitbox sizes caused a thread to freeze has been fixed.

  thread freeze

• A bug where the shape text marker was not selectable in the logic UI has been fixed.

  selection in logic ui

• A bug where `requiredPlanets` did not work in data patches has been fixed.

  requiredplanets in data patch

• A rare server physics crash has been fixed.

  server physics crashserver

• A bug causing high memory usage in the pathfinder when a large number of units target a dummy has been fixed.

  memory usage

• Slight optimizations have been made to unit physics.

  unit physic

• The 'within' logic command no longer applies logic control.

  'within' logic command

• A crash caused by API changes with some mods has been fixed.

  mod api crash

• A bug causing the dummy block to crash or disconnect clients when configured in multiplayer has been fixed.

  multiplayer configuration crashmultiplayer

• A bug where the processor graphics/text buffer did not clear on restart has been fixed.

  processor graphics/text buffer

• A bug where map descriptions did not wrap has been fixed.

  map descriptions wrapping

• Various bugs relating to `setprop team` have been fixed.

  `setprop team` bug

• A bug allowing the target dummy unit to be spawnable has been fixed.

  spawning

• Ripple and Titan units now target groups, improving their targeting.

  targeting

• Some bugs relating to chain lightning snapping have been fixed.

  chain lightning snapping

• A bug where crafters could not output fast enough when their output was boosted has been fixed.

  output speed

• A bug where player-controlled units internally aimed for their last AI-designated target has been fixed.

  internal aiming

• Ground units are now allowed to move into solid reconstructors.

  movement into reconstructor

• A bug where mod icons were not displaying when newly imported has been fixed.

  mod icon

• The algorithm for auto bridge placement has been improved.

  auto bridge placement

• A mod classloader deadlock has been fixed.

  mod classloader deadlock

• A softlock in the sandbox mode related to team core switching has been fixed.

  sandbox team core switch

General · 1

• This is the last feature release for v8; future changes will be bugfixes only, with focus shifting to v9 development.

  general