The v0.94a update for Ashes of the Singularity is now available. Check out the latest updates:

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Achievements

• Additional Balance

• Stability & Bug fixes

Gameplay

• Achievements enabled
• Ranges rings for building previews
• Balance Changes
• PHC Engineer HP increased from 80 to 90
• PHC Engineer build time increased from 20 to 24 seconds
• Substrate Constructor HP reduced from 90 to 50
• Substrate Constructor Shields decreased from 100 to 50
• Substrate Constructor build time increased from 20 to 24
• Capture time increased from 15 to 25
• unit formation change to better handle units with differing speeds
• shrink orbital jammer range

Art & Graphics

• update hyperion heal fx to be similar to area heal orbital

Stability Fixes

• Some 3rd party streaming-related apps are now blocked by default.  They can be re-enabled in the graphics options, but they impact stability
• Warn users with integrated GPUs
• fix for bad handle in certain modules
• Check instance src buffer before submitting for exceptional cases of null
• audio crash catch
• Move some larger GPU allocations to a more fixed location
• Move grouped static assets to startup/shutdown for stategameview
• Compressing more UI textures
• Adding release for RenderTargets created in ImageControls and unloading 'unload' textures when updated
• Move Color system to same location as others for initial static creation
• error handling on preview
• Crash for building being destroyed that a group of engineers was working on
• DumpMomentumOfSelectedMetaUnits crash
• reworking UI shutdown procedure to stop leaks w/ RenderTarget images
• fix for invalid handle in EnergyRestoreSteeringModuleUpdate and a few related places
• Make sure exits from GameView follow proper form
• crash fix with EnergyRestoreSteeringModuleUpdate
• Lots of other rare late-game crash fixes

Bug fixes

• Multiplayer
• Nexus is destroyed in case of player disconnect to avoid ‘zombie’ players in MP matches
• Fixes for host migration
• Gameplay
• fix another AI econ stall
• fix for various orbital button cooldowns
• tutorial fixes
• deal with early objective purchase
• fix button highlights
• fix for case where AI was spending quanta on orbitals but not casting them
• Improved logic for Engineer assisting metaunit
• Graphics
• New maps for Smarties (to correct compression issues with the base) Made new Curvature and AO as well as a new Normal map
• Misc
• Updated Game Intro to proper VO
• Fixing double resolution mode entries in options wnd after game in game
• Fixed bind cursor/windowed mode activate
• Remove Bad choice of "Exit to Windows" option from skirmish exit panel