Features

• Observer can now see icons of all the unit types and counts for every player in the game. The type and count icons appear in the same place (top right) as the unit type icons you see when not in observer mode. 
• Observer can now select units and view info about that unit. 
• Added a small box below the player list in the main lobby. The box has some social media links and the account name you are currently logged in, along with a link to your account profile and match history. 
• Unit info now shows the DPS with bonus damage taken into account. 
• Implemented auto-matchmaking. Enter auto-matchmaking by hitting the "find game" button in the lobby. Free players will be able to auto-matchmake for the deathmatch 1v1v1v1 game mode and paid players will be able to auto-matchmake for both deathmatch and standard 1v1 game modes. In the future, I may add more game modes to auto-matchmaking for paid players, including 2v2 standard and 2v2 deathmatch. 
• Implemented a new unit: the weaver. The weaver is an advanced anti-air unit which can be built from the tank factory. It is meant to be a relatively cheap (25 ore, 50 carbon) upgrade to the merk if air units are giving you too much trouble in the mid game. It is slightly faster than all mechs as well (220 pixels/second vs 200) and shoots homing missiles (170 DPS to ground and 300 to air) which never miss, regardless of how fast the targeted unit is moving. Weavers are also relatively tanky compared to mechs with 1200 hp (the merk has only 900). 

Fixes

• Workers will no longer lose their inventory when they cancel harvesting to do something else. 
• You should no longer get a "server full" message when the servers are not all full. 
• Redid all player colors other than player 1. Previously, the unit textures were created by doing a hue shift of 72 degrees on the player 1 texture. I now use an increment of 150 degrees, giving the units a more distinctive look. Player 2 (once purple) is now red, player 3 (once dark red) is bright green and player 4 (once yellow) is light purple. 
• Fixed a game-breaking bug which was caused by game start functions being run more than once. 
• Fixed 2 server-side errors which sometimes broke the game you were in. 
• Unlock building UI should properly disappear at the end of a deathmatch game. They should also appear below other in-game interfaces (like the resources tab).
• When a host leaves a room and there is still 1 or more people left, those people are no longer kicked. Instead, someone else in the room becomes the host. 
• Shrunk the unit info window and made it appear only when appropriate. The unit info box also no longer receives input events (to allow move clicking to the bottom right of the window). 
• Fixed the observer not being able to see worker lasers and effects. 
• You can no longer add AI in Deathmatch as the AI I wrote is meant for standard mode. 
• Ore is no longer drawn to the map in deathmatch, regardless of whether it exists in the map file. 
• Removed the idle button in observer mode or non-standard game modes. 
• Fixed some padding issues in the pre-game room. 
• Fixed and re-enabled the tutorial. 
• Adjusted some of the unit sound volumes. 
• De-saturated the tech lab and tank factory so they fit the color balance on the other buildings. 
• Fixed lobby online players list showing the same person twice. 
• Fixed ping colors not showing properly in the "players in room" dialog box. 
• If a player surrenders and goes to another tab while more than 1 person is still left playing the game, those people will not get a reconnecting screen for the tabbed-out player. 

Hotfixes 7/28/17

• Fixed full screen button not working.
• Weaver default hotkey now working.
• Weaver build time increased from 5 seconds to 12 (oops).
• ELO change now appears in proper format in match history (e.g. [old rank] +/- rank gained/lost).

Features

• Implemented change server functionality. In the lobby, you can now change servers using the gear icon in the top right. Clicking the gear will show a list of all available servers, the number of players on each server, location, ping, etc. 
• You can set a home server from the change server interface (see above). If your home server is up, you will automatically join that server when you first load the page. If you have never set a home server, you will automatically join the server with the lowest latency (ping) when you first load the page. 
• The old test node server on AWS will no longer be used or available in the server list. I've added two new servers: US East 1 (New Jersey) and Europe 1 (Amsterdam). These servers should be much more performant than the AWS one, mainly because they are not sharing resources with the LAMP web server. I will continue to add more servers in different locations in the future. 
• Ping text is now color red, yellow or green based on ping quality. 
• Game room URL now shows the server so players who use the link will join the appropriate server. Also, you can now manually join a server by providing the URL parameter (e.g. striketactics.net/play?server=europe1). 
• Added security against script injection in map files. You should see a warning if a malicious script is detected in community uploaded maps. 
• Console cheating is no longer possible. 

Fixes

• Fixed game sometimes breaking after a deathmatch.
• Fixed dialog boxes going behind other dialog boxes.
• Fixed the position of close button on dialog boxes.
• Fixed game-breaking bug related to worker lasers which would sometimes break the game after you finished a match. 
• Fixed empty game rooms not getting deleted and the same player being listed multiple times in the player list. 
• Hotkeys should no longer be reset every time I make a change to game options. 
• You should no longer get error alerts in the lobby when one of the data cells (in the games list table) is undefined. 
• Fixed problem where some adblockers (particularly ublock origin) would break the game due to an unusual conflict between 3 unrelated softwares: the apache Google pagespeed module, adblocker and the google analytics script. Adblockers now safely block the google analytics script without breaking the game. Good luck to anyone who runs into that problem. 

Gameplay

• You can no longer manually target buildings with bombers in deathmatch. 

Hotfixes 7/24/17

• Prevented players from joining a server if it is full.
• Updated text user receives if the home server is down or full, and therefore unable to join.
• Fixed "connecting" text showing permanently in the map editor.
• Now when you enter the map editor, no connection to multiplayer server will be made (which improves performance).

Features

• Camera focuses on your Command Center when the game begins in Deathmatch. 
• Server now sends a message letting everyone else know when one player has surrendered (mostly applicable to non-1v1 games). 
• Now when you click a single unit, a window will appear with unit information. 
• Tech complete sound now plays when you unlock a unit in Deathmatch. 

Fixes

• Time to kick player for disconnect reduced from 90 seconds to 60.
• Fixed bug which would cause you to not be able to use hotkeys. 
• Fixed a bug which would cause you to be stuck only chatting to allies when you weren't even in a game. 
• Fixed a major bug which was caused by the unit recycling system (units would sometimes be invisible to enemy players).
• Leaving the tab and going back to it in multiplayer games no longer causes game to break in certain circumstances.
• Cleaned up Four Forests (Deathmatch map).
• Fixed games becoming ranked when there were more than 2 human players.
• Techs no longer required to be unlocked (like units) before you can purchase them in Deathmatch.
• Fixed tiered upgrades costing gold in DM.
• Fixed units not starting in the correct spawn and on the wrong team in Deathmatch.
• Fixed selection box showing when placing a building.
• (Hopefully) fixed the problem where units change color when a player leaves. 

Gameplay

• Carbon-based units and technology are cheaper in Deathmatch.
• DM max pop reduced from 100 to 60.
• Stealth tech now makes bombers invisible on the radar instead of needing to be manually clicked to attack.
• Stealth tech cost is now 100 carbon.
• Increased droid build time from 15 to 18 seconds. 
• Demolisher health increased from 3K to 4K. 
• Silencer bullet damage increased from 150 to 200. 
• Bomber bombs damage decreased from 200 to 180. 

Hotfixes 7/19/17

• Fixed bug which caused your newly spawned units to have the wrong color/team when another player leaves the game.

Features

• Now display warning message for people not using Chrome.
• Added ST logo to the load screen.
• Start workers now auto-harvest carbon upon spawning. 
• Added some form validation on the chat for security. 
• Rank checkbox now toggles visibility based on whether the game is eligible for ranking (e.g. if a computer is in the game room, the game is not eligible). 
• Each user in the logged in user list in the lobby links to their ELO and match history screen. 
• Map now reveals at the end game screen. 
• Revamped lobby UI fixing a lot of bugs and visual glitches along the way. The chat area is much bigger and the background game is blurred in the new lobby. 

Fixes

• Cleaned up the menu button graphic.
• Fixed double burners showing on AI or enemy player units. 
• Implemented handling for various networking edge cases, such as both players disconnecting simultaneously. 
• Made some slight performance improvements for games involving AI. 
• Fixed victory/defeat sometimes displaying inaccurately. 

Gameplay

• Turrets build time reduced from 40 sec to 35 sec. 
• Bombard Cannons no longer do damage in an area. Bullet damage increased from 60 to 300. Turn speed reduced from 300 to 50. 
• Laser Turrets are now stronger against air and weaker against ground with bonus air damage increased from 10 to 15 and base damage reduced from 10 to 5. 
• Javelin cost changed from 150 ore, 50 energy to 100 carbon, 50 ore.  
• AI are now significantly smarter and more challenging, particularly in the early game. 
• Computer surrenders faster.  
• [EXPERIMENTAL] Increased population max to 100. 
• [EXPERIMENTAL] Removed energy entirely. Stuff that used to cost energy now costs carbon instead. Power generators are no longer a build option.
• Bomber damage increased from 140 to 200. 
• Manta damage increased from 35 to 40. 

Hotfixes 7/7/17

• Can no longer enter scripts in chat.
• Turned blast marks back on.

Hotfixes 7/8/17

• Fixed being able to join games already in session.