Release 20120315

A new release of OpenRA is available! Head over to the downloads page to check it out.

Here are the changes since the previous release:

8 new community made RA maps
Base under attack notifications (‘spacebar’ focuses screen to last event)
New unit stance: Defend (‘Z’ cycles unit stances)
UI changes
- New server browser for RA and CNC
- Changed layout of RA’s mod chooser to match CNC’s
Option to toggle shellmap on and off
Added executable args
- Join a server on game start up: Game.ConnectTo=ip:port
- Limit framerate: Graphics.CapFramerate=false
Improvements to bots
- Bots maintain aggro with players
- Bots repair their own structures
- Moved some bot configuration into system.yaml
Map Editor tweaks
- Added a menu item to set up default players in map editor
- Added dropdown in editor for choosing owner of new actors
Gameplay changes
- Aircraft assign themselves to empty airfields/helipads when returning to base
- Aircraft can now use ally airfields and helipads
- MiGs fire in bursts of 2 instead of 4, overall rocket damage increased
- Longbows fire in bursts of 2 instead of 1
- Mammoth Tanks regenerate health differently - 25hp/second, after 10 seconds since last unit damage
- Tesla Tank cost was decreased, armor increased
- Flamethrower tech requirement was lowered
- Minelayer (Anti-Tank) mine count reduced from 5 to 3
- Submarine, Missile Sub and Stealth Tank have a ‘HoldFire’ stance by default
Many various tweaks, bug fixes and mod support changes
- Allow units to pass over both types of land mines
- Helicopters now bob up and down when in flight
- Game remembers the last map played
- Team color pickers between RA and CNC mods were unified
- The ‘SpawnMPUnits’ initial unit is now configurable
- Added support for negative prerequisites
- Fixed a crash when playing with AI players online
- Fixed a crash when joining a CNC lobby
- Fixed the writing of empty replays - we only write once a game has started
- Semi-fixed a bug with RepairableNear where naval units could repair from anywhere on a map