Japanese language support + Christmas Campaign + bug fixes

Hey everyone! Thanks for another great year of FTD, the necromancy spells still hold and FTD is still going. We are working on a new game (and have been for over a year now) which is completely not builder game or FTD related and is more of a tactical game like x-com but 1st and 3rd person. We'll let you know more about that later in the year, stay tuned and keep in touch! Still more FTD plans in the works too! Moving on...

Well this is a year late because of issues outside of our hands but Japanese is now supported in the game, I know we already have a rather large Japanese fan base and its great to FINALLY give them a localisation option. 皆さん、こんにちは！ (I'm trying ok!) I did want to get you a sails update for Christmas but it is still in testing and still needs to be localised and I'd rather it was done right than rushed so it is coming, SOON! TM. Here's a picture from early testing. The elves have been hard at work making an update to the Christmas Campaign. You can find it under the Content menu and by loading that "planet."

I actually promised to highlight some rather cool machinima earlier in the year and forgot. The great Misallocation series by the United Builders server and maybe some friends. They have pushed the FTD limits and then some and I am in awe of how they managed to take some of the scenes they did, well worth a watch! The pilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EoeRr2GtV0 The episode1 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnOnOh_1ftg

A big shout out to all of the other content creators that still make FTD content. Lath, Borderwise, Gmodism, Rorsten, ApertureGaming, 3dwrecker, LightoftheWorld3, Kringe224, Mizarluke, Hawkins, JustaWrench, TheGingerSpartan15, HamaTV, the many tournament organisers, and probably many more that I am just not aware of! There is a channel on the discord for sharing video or twitch content, if you need the role let a mod know and share away!

Thanks again everyone, have a great holiday period!

Sean

From the Depths - Additional Updates

Additions

UI:

Added Q menu nodes for refilling or reloading all weapons and a reload all option. Changed hierarchy to split up resources from ammo and energy type weapons.

Localisation:

Added Japanese localisation support.

Christmas!:

Christmas campaign has been updated with many designs.

Fixes

Breadboard:

Fixed Base and Current thrust pins in Missile SelfInfo - Current thrust can no longer be reset early to 0, and Base thrust now shows base value instead of health modified thrust. Fixed breadboards sometimes not loading when multiple components tried to write to a dictionary. Fixed copying, pasting, and duplicating accumulator components with altered values.

CJE (Custom Jet Engine):

Fixed game crash when replacing jet generators.

From the Depths - Additional Vehicle Updates

Neter

DWG (Deep Water Guard)

Seabird Cannon Fortress

Should no longer be built by HQs (static spawns on the map are retained)

Wanda

Fixed pitching capability, can now properly aim at naval units

WF (White Flayers)

The Flayed Soul

Fixed displayed design attributes such as its cost

GT (Gray Talons)

Pelekan

Adventure difficulty increased to 30-50 (was set a bit too low before)

SS (Steel Striders)

Asphodel

Balance/propulsion dynamics reworked, allowing it to be stable even with AI turned off

Dryad

Overhauled, retains its original identity No difficulty changes

Iron Maiden

Difficulty reduced to easy

SD (Scarlet Dawn)

Cassiopiea (renamed to Cassiopeia )

Internal overhaul No difficulty changes

Singularity

Internal overhaul No difficulty changes

AotE (Ashes of the Empire)

TG (Twin Guard)

Phalanx

Retired, replaced by Qualm Swarm

Qualm Swarm NEW

New tank; a trio of warping beetles armed with CRAM and flamethrowers Note: Beetles may flip after warping Adventure difficulty 20-40