This thread is for people to take a look at what's coming. Spread the word! Please leave feedback and questions about the changes listed. And above all else, remember that the most up-to-date version of the developing patch can be played by launching "FAF Develop" in the play tab of the client.
If you find a bug or problem with something listed here, please report it as a github issue: https://github.com/FAForever/fa/issues
This list is subject to change. Mostly additions though
Patch 3686 (Upcoming)
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### Lobby
- Changed "Hide Obsolete" filter in map selection to be enabled by default
- Hide maps if a newer version is available locally
- Fixed the title change option locking if you enter an empty string
- Fixed lobby chat not behaving as expected when multi-line messages are entered
- Allowed lobby chat to correctly handle variable font sizes
- Fixed lobby flags being stretched
- Fixed lobby presets not handling unit restrictions correctly
- Fixed lobby autoteams button not syncing with the selected game options correctly
- Added a warning to the host if they have selected an outdated map, asking them to update it
### Gameplay
- New Feature: Integrated a vastly improved version of the popular Notify mod
- Notify Features
- Notify started as a way to allow ACU upgrade progress to be communicated nicely to the team. FAF has taken it to the next level.
- Support for sending notifications about ACU upgrades, Factory Tech upgrades (HQs), Experimental construction, and Nuke and T3 Artillery construction
- By default, you will see notifications about ACU upgrades only, as well as an ETA overlay at the location of the upgrading ACUs
- Toggles available to define which types of messages you want to see come in from allies
- Notify messages limited to only show the first of each HQ type, Experimental (Non game-ender), Nuke, or T3 Artillery to avoid spamming the chat with notifications late-game
- Notify UI
- Selecting a friendly ACU will show any upgrades that ACU has completed for each slot above the UI in the bottom left corner
- There is an in-game customisation menu UI. It can be accessed via the main menu, or with a key bind. Default binding is CTRL-ALT-F1
- Full customisation of all Notify messages is enabled, including resetting to default
- All message types are broadcast at all times. The menu allows you to customise which messages you see, using toggle buttons at the top of the customiser.
- Colour of notify messages can be changed inside the chat window
- Upgrade Queuing
- ACU Upgrades can now be queued up the same as any other construction project
- Unfortunately, due to an engine limitation, upgrades cannot be UN-queued (You can only stop the ACU, cancelling the in progress work orders)
- ACUs can queue buildings from an uncompleted tech level if the upgrade is queued
- Hotbuild has the ability to correctly access the uncompleted tech level buildings tooltip
- Blacklisted all previous Notify mod versions
- Significantly improved unit formations
- Changed land and naval formations to give large units extra space instead of forcing the whole group to spread out
- Moved submarines so they sit between surface vessels instead of directly under them
- Changed air formation shape to spread units out more evenly and make large formations wider instead of a long line
- Made guard formation denser so more units can stay close to the target
- Changed shield distribution in guard formation to more efficiently cover the target and other guarding units
- Fixed several unit filter issues that caused units to get the wrong positions or even be excluded from a formation altogether
- Rearranged land and naval formations to give some units better positions
- Improved spread attack. It now handles most order types.
- Changed the timeout on player attention pings to be per-player instead of on a global cooldown
- Fixed and optimised TML leading for AIs
### Bugs
- Fixed an error caused by empty gunships
- Fixed the spacing when tiling rotated templates being off in some situations
- Fixed a bug which caused only one engineer of a group ordered to rebuild a wreck to actually attempt the task
- Fixed HARMS sinking more than once in some situations
- Fixed deleted orders reappearing if spread command is used
- Added safeguards against a rare exploit which allowed bypassing of the share conditions
- Fixed orders bugging out sometimes if units in the selection died
- Fixed an error caused by a czar dying with units in the hold
- Prevented air units sometimes sinking below the map after bouncing off a shield
- Fixed game exit behaviour sometimes erroring or throwing logspam
- Fixed Czar targeting hover units with depth charges
### UI
- Fixed ShowNetworkStats not closing in some situations
- Fixed the construction menu pause button not changing colour with factional skins
- Added an option to have fonts change colour according to faction
- Fixed observers not seeing the correct unit regen number for units with veterancy, upgrades, or other regen changes
- Detail view no longer shows a cost/tick breakdown for some units incorrectly
- Made loading screen hints more readable by adding a drop shadow effect
- Fixed a bug causing build mode to exit when a template is ordered
- Added a hotbuild key for T3 Mobile AA
- Fixed a hotbuild bug causing errors when certain units were upgraded
- Fixed hotbuild key label for support factory upgrades being on the wrong icon
- Fixed zoom pop key action not functioning
- Fixed reclaim overlay sometimes showing reclaim out of the playable areas
- Put silo count/capactity label at the top of the button to avoid it being obscured by the hotkey label
- Added an option to disable hotkey labels
### Other
- Updated mods blacklist
- Updated maps blacklist
- Fixed an issue with offline COOP not working as intended
- Significant improvements and bugfixes for COOP AI capabilities
- Properly hide failed bonus objectives in COOP
- Optimised Sorian-AI-related code a little
- Optimised AIX-related code a little
- Fixed kill objectives not working as intended in COOP
- Fixed Torpedo Boat ID being incorrect from an AI perspective, causing them not to work properly
- Added additional AI Naval platoon templates
### Contributors
- CookieNoob
- Crispweed
- Crotalus
- IceDreamer
- MrNukealizer
- speed2
- TheKeyBlue
- Uveso
