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Thank you!

This patch looks great. Gonna try it ASAP.

Tatsubj did you see the third bullet under "Gameplay"? You helped make that happen.

Solid changelog. thanks!

Are these performance improvements included with this update?

Keep up the good work

Could you please delete or remake current attack move sound for next update? As it's pretty annoying sounding.

Otherwise cool update 

Very quick feedback on 0.63. Having played (and lost) on the new map.

- The map is very open. That should make people happy. I was getting surprised by the direction from which the enemy was coming. Would need to do a better scouting job on such map.

- I now see that random maps might be asking for too much. Balanced maps are important and I think it would be too hard to make random maps balanced. I think the map editor plus steam workshop support would be better than random maps.

- I hit the 100 logistics cap and was not building any Quantum matrices. That was a disaster and I quickly fell behind. Would you consider giving us 100 quanta at the start so that 1. it delays the need to build quantum matrices and 2. if you are late getting up a quantum matrix you aren't screwed, and 3. if you are a good player who knows how to handle logistics you can use the quanta for a different kind of start, whether it be a different research option or even a global ability?

- The dot icons for the empire tree was a good idea. I think you need to keep the "leader" icon bigger though, since right clicking that icon is one way we assign solitary units to battle groups. Next I recommend you sort the icons in expanded battle groups so I can quickly eye how many of each kind of unit is inside the battle group. Right now the icons are displayed randomly, and it's hard to see how many brutes I have compared to archers. Lastly, auto-expand the trees for selected battle groups, and auto-collapse when deselected.

- Love the new music!

More feedback to come, keep up the good work!

Also, even the simplest of maps created with the map editor are not playable in 0.63.

I'm not sure how you're accessing the editor. It's supposed to be hidden.

It's hidden in the MainMenu

So I know it's finicky, I know you haven't made it readily available for us to use. But I've been chasing my tail with the editor for a few patches and I'm eager to know if my efforts are futile. It seems to me the editor alone is not enough to make a working map. I'm fine with that, if that is indeed true, I just want to know if it's true. Or ... Is the map editor all that is needed to get a working map and I'm doing it wrong? I don't expect and answer, but perhaps you'd be willing to surpass my expectations

0.63 notes on first play:

* Strategic Map button on the lower right needs to move.  It's blocking some of the Minimap (at least at 1080p, haven't tested 1440p with this build yet)

* Ground battle/scorch marks removed the amber glow from a metal resource node (was just black like the rest of the scorched ground nearby)

* I had about 8,000 in logistics unlocked.  About 4.5k in use, and then clicked on the minimap to view roughly 3k of my massive army.  Got a CTD.

Super impressed with this build.  The increases in costs for T2/T3 helps slow their progress a bit, so you don't have tons of them on your map at once.  If you extended their time to build about another 10-15% each that would be a great scale to try out.

I loved the more colorful UI icons.

Question:  Are we going to get the ability to setup Engineers in their own "Army" so they can co-build on a queue in an area?

Frogboy, we need a way to disengage man. Enemy group A showed up on radar and my nearest group B that could handle it was in the process of capping a different enemy's region. I tried to get group B to pursue group A, but it was so slow at responding that it was pointless to even try. It had the combat speed penalty having wiped out some buildings, and it spent a minute, no exaggeration, reshuffling. I don't see that kind of slow responsiveness appealing to many RTS players.

This patch is great.

-Loading up the new map, mini-map blank, terrain and enemy location unknown. Great stuff. Actually built a whole load of Pan for the first time Myself and my neighbours in the game were fairly large but white become the most powerful player and I hadn't even met/seen them yet. I love that and it is exactly what I was describing the other day.

I really hope you can get a random map generator into the lobby (PA managed it so here's hoping). You might want a toggle for symmetrical and not symmetrical maps. One for the competitive types, one for the people who don't mind/like non-symmetrical (though good if it made nearby Radioactives about the same). The black fog of war works particularly well for unknown maps I think, hence the random map making would just work perfectly with it.

-I dunno if the models have changed a bit or if it is the impact of the new colouring but the Brute does look cool in green, looking just like the name suggests.

- The extra zoom out definitely helps to enhance that epic battlefield feel, though sometimes I still would have liked a little more.

- The new map is massive; it is the first time I have felt this game is really bringing a feeling of scale that no other RTS has. Good stuff.

- The new map size really made me hunger for navy. On maps that size and up, with massive navy and land battles going on, it really could be phenomenal.

- Really like the battle scarring, definitely adds to the experience. I am sure it will improve further but I don't really have any pointers as I am not an art guy.

- Good music

I do still agree that there needs to be a way to retreat/disengage. If you don't want to get rid of the slow down perhaps the ability to retreat an army to nearest player controlled node? Though that won't help if you are already fighting over your node and you want to abandon it. Perhaps just a retreat command and the player can point to an adjacent controlled region.

You must be doing it wrong. That is the editor we use to make all of our maps.

Bummer, but I appreciate the response so I can stop spinning my wheels. I'll wait for someone to write up a howto, or the public version, whichever comes first.

Update is available to everyone now.

I like all the changes in the update. Some quick comments:

- Great to see the terrain scarring from explosions. The current scarring textures though are making it difficult to spot units standing there, especially for tier 1 units with a red team color. I think the combination of red units, brown terrain and strong terrain scars are the issue. Maybe lighter terrain scars might help.

- The player locations on the minimap during the create game screen have disappeared in 0 63. I used to find those very helpful while creating teams in vs AI games.

- Really like the more open feel of the new map. Hope to see more maps like it.