Transcendence

George has released the next alpha for 2.0.

(Note, you will need to use this download link rather than the auto-update feature if you are on version 1.9.2, as 1.9.2 will not update to an unstable version, only the next stable version)
https://downloads.kronosaur.com/TranscendenceNext.zip

Patchnotes for 2.0 Alpha 2 can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=9172

New Features

• Weapon item stat cards now display ranges
• Shield item stat cards now display depletion delay in seconds instead of relative to an unknown value

Changes

• Slight adjustement to urak howitzer stats
• Roles of Chasm and Tundra have been swapped

Fixes:

• Fixed a reference leak in the (map ...) tlisp function. This bug likely dates back to the introduction of (map ...) but was only just traced down last week.
• Reference leak fix stops a crash in VoTG with one of the overlays when a system has been loaded for long enough
• Urak howitzer projectile now appears at the correct size

Modding (this is still API54, as no engine changes were made)

• mathScaleFP (a lambda) was added to handle floating point numbers
• rpgMissionReward uses default currency of adventure instead of credits
• missionRewards is now a global <property> in &unidPlayer;
• rpgMembership now uses properties

Known issues:

• Hitscan beam weapon (seen in VotG, TSB, and TBR) effects can appear to visually 'travel' by their normal length as if they were a long beam. This is a visual bug due to 60fps, they do not actually have that extended range.
• Some particle effects and explosions (seen primarily in VotG) can create unintentionally gigantic particle sprays over the entire screen. This is also a visual bug due to 60ffps, they do not actually have that extended range.

Wait, the roles of the Chasm and Tundra are swapped? Like in ES?

Yep, George saw the change in ES, liked it, and decided to adopt a similar change in vanilla (its not exactly the same as the ES change but its very similar)

Aaaaaaaaand what about my fave frag howitzer?

Its visually correct now, and it does a bit more WMD in exchange for slightly higher power consumption, in line with its level

Specifically, there was a longstanding oversight on the Urak howitzer where the primary projectile didn't have any damage set, which caused the procedural projectile effect to scale far too small - that's the main fix. The other changes are also ported in from ES because the gun underperforms a bit in vanilla.