Current Version

[Karawasa]

This quick release fixes issues found in B17.

Changelog:

-Napalm (Flamethrower Tower) now has a splash (in terms of units affected) of 150 (the full damage range of the tower)

-Flesh Golem movespeed back to 522

-Flesh Golem abuse...suppressed

-Fixed clone pure/periodic bug

-Tooltip fix for Trickery/Well/Blacksmith regarding non-support

-Trickery ratio of acceptable real clone changed to 1/2 for all levels, meaning only two clones per 1 real tower

-Clones no longer increase your networth (multiboard, query ability)

-100% success against undead backtracking bug and any other movement disruption bugs

-Undead trigger further optimized by this success

-Ronald death (and respawn) trigger optimized slightly

[Karawasa]

I'm happy to present to you guys the eighteenth beta. This one sees the fixing of a long running bug, a massive amount of balance changes, and a lot of code optimization for performance increases.

This won't be the 4.0 RC, but it sure is close. We've hopefully taken a good stab at micro balance, and next we review our changes and attack macro for the finale.

Get the beta here: http://www.eletd.com/beta

You must use the following info:

Username: tester

Password: carleton

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Also use the -start xx, and -stop(if you need to) commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

Third:

Things to test:

-Undead backtracking?

-Flesh Golem abuse?

-BALANCE!

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Resolved the PUI - Bad Unit Handle error

-Massive round of optimization for triggers (thanks Cohadar), perhaps noticeable end-game performance increase

-Undead trigger reverted (but the other fix still applies, for 100% success)

-Fixed discrepancy between Conjure (Trickery) auto/manual cast range

-Storm (Hail) tooltip duration error fixed

-Fixed credit models (in middle of map) having incorrect positions

-Updated credits to include new beta leaders, updated custom model to include lesher

-New quests category after credits, resources -- as name implies credits resources I used to make the map

-Golem abuse suppressed again

-Darkness buffed to 157 damage up from 151

-Light buffed to 57 damage up from 53

-Nature buffed to 80 damage up from 70

-Water changed to 18 damage and .31 speed, from 8 damage and .15 speed

-Disease nerfed to 500 damage and 700 range, down from 1000 damage and 900 range

-Erupt (Hydro) nerfed to 1500 damage down from 2000

-Roast (Kindle) buffed to 175 up from 150

-Shrapnade (Gunpowder) nerfed to 133 damage down from 150

-Life buffed to 1625 damage up from 1500

-Magic buffed to 400 damage up from 375

-Mushroom buffed to 1750 damage up from 1500

-Quark buffed to 600 damage up from 480

-Polar buffed to 6000 damage up from 4000

-Voodoo buffed to 6600 damage up from 4000

-Spew Acid (Corrosion) nerfed to 500 damage down from 750

-Muck nerfed to 1500 damage down from 2000

-Tornado (Windstorm) nerfed to 433 damage down from 500

-Gaia's Wrath (Roots) nerfed to 450 damage down from 500

-Explode (Nova) buffed to 800 damage up from 750

-Enchantment changed to 930 damage and .31 speed, from 600 and .15

-Flesh Golem buffed to 8000 damage up from 6000

-Flamethrower nerfed to 1320 damage down from 1980

-Focus (Laser) damage factor nerfed to 4520 down from 5280

-Hail buffed to 825 damage up from 620

-Zealot nerfed to 4500 damage down from 6000

-Orbit (Radius) nerfed to 445 damage down from 500

-Drowning buffed to 3300 damage up from 2640

-Impetus (Impulse) damage factor buffed to 4200 up from 3600

-Gold buffed to 10000 damage up from 6000

-Splash (Tidal) nerfed to 900 damage down from 1000 (for first level)

[Karawasa]

This quick release fixes issues found in B18.

Changelog:

-Conjure reverted to non-ratio system, now when you sell a tower with "recently cloned" marker you lose a random clone of that type

-Pulverize (Quaker) nerfed to 3000 damage down from 3200

-Napalm explode trigger heavily optimized

-Undead creeps in limbo no longer walk around forever upon player expiration

[Karawasa]

I'm happy to present to you guys the nineteenth beta. This one has balance changes, bug fixes, a few cosmetic changes, and a new command.

This may or may not be the 4.0 RC depending on what we do with macro balance, either way we are really close. We've hopefully covered all or most of our bases by this point.

If we decide not to make anymore global changes, then aside from a few tweaks here or there this is it (new mode coming in 19b, but straightforward to test so...).

Get the beta here: http://www.eletd.com/beta

You must use the following info:

Username: tester

Password: carleton

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Also use the -start xx, and -stop(if you need to) commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

Third:

Things to test:

-Undead backtracking?

-Flesh Golem abuse?

-Any random error messages?

-BALANCE!

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-ma command implemented; it displays name + diff + lives + networth and all with color, it has a five second cooldown for everyone

-Builder Range Finder ability replaced with generic Commands List ability

-Builder Website Ad ability added (site link, promotional text, forum link, shop link)

-Element check command -non-elemental changed to -composite, reference added to quests menu

-Hopefully resolved once and for all the PUI - Bad Unit Handle Error bug

-Hopefully resolved weird and rare error with Quark/Zealot (too many structs)

-Undead should disappear properly if a player dies/leaves

-Made a slight change that hopefully fixed randomly misplaced trophies

-Conjure tooltip fixed to reflect what it actually does

-Waygate and Triple Query conflict resolved

-Golem abuse further suppressed (it is now impossible to switch areas), and message added when auto sold

-Pures/Periodics doubled in cost (15006 from 7503) and 20x instead of 10x (so double damage)

-Elemental arrow/cannon towers cost increased by 6 gold, from 162 total cost to 168

-Laser projectile change

-Pure Essence model change

-Hydro ability effect change

-Electricity ability effect change

-Electricity Tower now Fire damage

-Ice Tower now Light damage

-Kindle/Vapor/Immolation now Vapor/Mist/Steam and now Water damage

-Mushroom 1800 attack up from 1750

-Erupt (Hydro) 1000 damage down from 1500

-Roast (Vapor) 150 damage down from 175

-Sunburn (Flame) 120 damage down from 133

-Hail 750 attack down from 825

-Orbit (Radius) 425 damage down from 445

-Napalm (Flamethrower) now 1.98 duration up from 1.32, Flamethrower attack 1200 damage down from 1320

-Minions (Oblivion) 5000 attack up from 4000

-Splash (Tidal) 950 damage up from 900

-Theft (SW) now 120 mana, 60 sec CD, 4% stolen

-Force Sell (SW) now 60 mana, 30 sec CD

-Sleep (SW) now 90 mana, 45 sec CD

-Life Boost (SW) now 180 mana, 90 sec CD

-Vote kick changed from 3 votes or more to half of living players or more

-Extra 5 lives removed from SW mode

[Karawasa]

I'm happy to present to you guys the twentieth beta. We inch closer to the release. B20b will see the completion of Draft Pick, and also any last minute tweaks etc.. Hopefully it ends up being the RC.

Get the beta here: http://www.eletd.com/beta

You must use the following info:

Username: tester

Password: carleton

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Also use the -start xx, and -stop(if you need to) commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

Third:

Things to test:

-Draft Pick voting?

-Creep HP?

-Support percent changes?

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Testable core of Draft Pick voting method (see below)

-Creep HP factor given a variable buff; 1-15 = 1.17 (no change), 16-30 = 1.175, 31-45 = 1.18, 46-60 = 1.19

-Support tower percent changes for macro balance; duals = 15/30/240%, triples = 6/30%

-Clones are now 75% size of normal towers

-Erupt tooltip error fixed

***Voting***

-You have 3 commands available:

*-test = duals

*-test1 = triples

*-test2 = elements

Should be straightforward. This is just a preview of how it will work, i.e. nothing works after voting.

[Karawasa]

Not even going to bother typing much here. This is pretty much the RC, except that a "b" version will be needed for DP and tweaks. Prepare for a visual treat.

Get the beta here: http://www.eletd.com/beta

You must use the following info:

Username: tester

Password: carleton

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Also use the -start xx, and -stop(if you need to) commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

Third:

Things to test:

-Draft Pick voting (see below)?

-Creep HP?

-Support percent changes?

-Terrain issues?

-Trickery...fixed?

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-New terrain implemented

-New icon set (Attack, Stop, Move, Hold Position, Patrol, Build, Sell) implemented

-Tier 3 dual support nerfed to 200%

-Tier 1 triple slows to 6% from 7%

-Creep HP adjustment: 0-20 = 1.17, 20-30 = 1.1725, 30-40 = 1.175, 40-50 = 1.18, 50-60 = 1.23 (early-mid is easier, mid-late is easier to similar, and late is harder)

-Fixed clone size bug

-Fixed Mirage/Eidolon autocast issues (upgrade now just continues current order)

-Clones can sell again (for $0)

-Cancel/Begin upgrade now kills clones too if "don't clone me" buff is on unit

-Cloned Pure/Periodic food bug eliminated

***Voting***

-You have 3 commands available:

*-test = duals

*-test1 = triples

*-test2 = elements

[Karawasa]

This is the release candidate...

You must use the following info:

Username: tester

Password: carleton

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing?

Third:

Things to test:

-Draft Pick!

-Terrain!

-Healing!

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Healing waves lost the 1% per second regeneration, now they heal for 20% of max hp in 250 AoE upon death

-Fast waves buffed to 375 movespeed up from 350

-Mechanical waves now debuff themselves before activating shield

-Void's terrain 2.0

-Level 3 elementals now 7.5x stronger than level 2 (previously 5x)

-When you research an essence you now get a nice little surprise!

-Pures now 15x damage down from 20x, cost to 11254 from 15006

-Extreme mode creeps now have 1% heal but no speed bonus

-Short/Extra Short mode gold abuse removed

-Draft Pick implemented, nuff said, works with short/extra short

-Monsoon now resets the ability cooldown when first upgraded

-Splash (Tidal) renamed to Douse (Tsunami) so that both use same name/hotkey

-Teleport renamed/reiconed to Locomote

Element TD 4.0 Beta22.w3x

[Karawasa]

This really is the release candidate...

www.eletd.com/beta is obsolete! File is attached.

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

-Draft Pick!

-Terrain!

-Difficulty!

-Weather!

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Weather effects added to each area for visual appeal

-New weather commands (-weather for a list), weather is local to players

-MagicalHacker builder replaced with jolin012 builder

-PUI Handle Error annihilated (stop attack bug etc., this also should increase performance)

-Fixed terrain buildability problems (area 2, 7, 8) and also behind summoning center

-Earth armor priority bug fixed (finally!)

-Element selection (DP) problems (not starting, skipping players) resolved (hopefully, thanks holepercent)

-If you fail to select during element selection (DP) then your vote is randomed, this fixes bugs

-Relocated Towers/Elements in DP for easier viewing

-Relocated Spell Bringers for easier use

-Timer for elemental rounds increased to 30 seconds from 20

-Vote kick fails if less than three players remaining

-Tower costs across the board standardized (i.e. 1017 to 1000)

-Composite armor nerfed to 80% reduction from 75%

-Level 1 support triples buffed to 7% from 6%

-Endgame (51-60) hp growth modifier nerfed to 1.20 from 1.23 (ronald is 2x hp of 60 btw)

-Locomote buffed to 1500 cast range and 750 speed from 1000/500

Element TD 4.0 Beta23.w3x

[Karawasa]

Second shot at the release candidate...

www.eletd.com/beta is obsolete! File is attached.

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

-Everything...this is it!

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Initial weather effects optimized (heavy >> light)

-All trophy and summoning center positioning updated

-Race selection enabled

-Exploding towers at "/" fixed

-Blue waterfall = true

-Oblivion/Necromancy towers fixed

-Refined/Pure costs corrected

-Weather sunlight/moonlight renamed to sun/moon, off added to list

-Draft Pick removed, will come back for 4.1...

Element_TD_4.0_Beta23b.w3x

[Karawasa]

Last shot at the release candidate...

www.eletd.com/beta is obsolete! File is attached.

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

-Everything...this is it! Really!

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Fixed clones having wrong attack index (i.e. laser/gunpowder super tower is gone)

-Magic/Mushroom changed to 9 mana/1 regen (1/2/6 gain on bad buff cast)

-jolin012 builder voice change

-Random tier 2 entrance to 20 from 25

-Bosses now start at max hp

-Game optimized heavily, I mean heavily...the late game will play a lot, lot smoother and if you're interested in how read below...(fixes end-game/Ronald lag, quite possibly Ronald bugs)

Optimization:

In a nutshell, the private beta change to fix max hp is responsible. Essentially, it runs a mod system that builds up a unit's hp by repetitively using hp modifying abilities. The default setting is a factor of 8 for max power of 2. Thus, 256 was the largest block size available to build up hp. Imagine a Ronald with over 2 million hp, and you understand the problem.

I tested level 60 with 8 players and no towers, and my FPS went from 60 down to the 20-30 level the entire time creeps were spawning. I was also getting major spikes. After the change, my FPS stayed at 60+ and everything was smooth. Imagine Ronald which not only spawns 30, but keeps spawning over and over. Presto!

What did I do? I changed the factor to 16 for max power of 2. Thus, 65536 is now the largest possible block size. Enjoy.

Element_TD_4.0_Beta23c.w3x

[Cisz]

Pardon my rude intruding, but I wanted to make sure to remind you all to fix the map's file name. When you download the mapfile, it will look like this:

Element_TD_4.0_Beta23c.w3x

This has to be changed to this:

Element TD 4.0 Beta23c.w3x

All underscores ("_") have to be changed to spaces. Please take this time to keep the naming of maps and folders the same for all players.

[Karawasa]

Time for 4.1...

www.eletd.com/beta is obsolete! File is attached.

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

-Ronalds

-Healing

-Menu Options (Builder Bug)

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Fixed "9 Builder" bug

-Element trophy terrain visibility fixes

-Fixed Healing heals upon leak

-Fixed misplaced essence

-End game message forum link updated

-Increased max hp mod factor from 16 to 18 (chunk size 65536>>>262144)

-Ronald crash bug fixed (see below)

Ronald:

-Each upgrade now increases HP by 5% and movespeed by 15, previously was a 15% HP increase per upgrade

-Upgrades now capped at 15 levels down from 20

-New upgrade rates are: 10/20/30/50/75/100/150/200/300/400/500/750/1000/1250/1500

Element TD 4.0 Beta24.w3x

[Karawasa]

Time for 4.1 redux...

www.eletd.com/beta is obsolete! File is attached.

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

-Can you make Ronalds crash the game

-Are the buildable areas behind portals, and accessibility to random/extreme area fixed

-Do creeps move properly on areas 4 and 5, and is tower buildability in order

-Can you make the Builder bug happen

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Fixed "9 Builder" bug for real this time

-Area 4 and 5 have a new look

-Contributor builder added for MagicalHacker, cohadar, and Isin (Void)

-Default builder model now has a custom skin and voice

-Changed hp mod chunk to 21 max power (2097152), fixes Ronald crash and increases performance further

-Buffed Ronald upgrades to 10% hp from 5%, kept speed bonus the same

-Buildable areas behind portals removed, accessibility to random/extreme forbidden

-Fixed Super Weapons "Life Boost" cooldown issue

-Renamed some of the dialog boxes to make the mode less ambiguous

Element TD 4.1 Beta1b.w3x

[Karawasa]

Yet another shot...

www.eletd.com/beta is obsolete! File is attached.

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -carleton before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

-Can you make Ronalds crash the game

-Do creeps move properly along the path on each area (for the most part, a little error is ok)

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Fixed Ronald crash bug, upgraded hp bonus to 15% up from 10%

-Fixed creep pathing for all areas...creeps stay on path and don't cut corners anymore

-Fixed player 5 summoning center position

-Changed instances of MrChak to mrchak

-Added race mode message to announce first clear

-Fixed extra investment tooltip error

Element TD 4.1 Beta1c.w3x

[Karawasa]

This quick release comes as a patch to Beta 1c. It fixes;

-Major creep pathing errors such as entrance block and zig zag (thanks Brule)

-Trophy area accessibility and path buildable in area 5 (thanks Cisz)

Element TD 4.1 Beta1d.w3x

[Karawasa]

This quick release comes as a patch to Beta 1d. It fixes;

-Major improvements to creep pathing

-Ronald bug eliminated 100% (as a side effect they now have partial hp on lower difficulties, like elemental bosses)

*Test creep pathing AND path buildable for each area please

Element TD 4.1 Beta1e.w3x

[Karawasa]

Notice the change in activation code!

A few interesting goodies to hopefully kick-start the continuation of testing.

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -gophers before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

-Draft Pick

-Draft Pick

-Balance Changes (150%/10% etc.)

-New Effects

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Draft Pick fixed (hopefully)

-Tier 3 dual support to 150%

-Tier 1 triple support to 10%

-Beta Leader builders renamed to Leader

-Stopped "You're the last survivor" message from popping up multiple times

-Various tooltip improvements and fixes

-Napalm duration buffed to 3 seconds from 2

-Flame buffed to 150 damage up from 120

-Quaker, Radius, Nova, Mechanical Creeps have new effects

-Voodoo range buffed to 700 up from 500

Element TD 4.2 Beta1.w3x

[Karawasa]

Notice the change in activation code!

This is long overdue, so I hope that it doesn't disappoint. Simply put, there is a lot of new stuff to enjoy. I hope we can reinvigorate activity with this, so don't hesitate to post feedback!

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -gophers before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

-Draft Pick. Please test this in different combinations. Try being host, try not being host, try voting for different towers, try voting for the same tower, try not voting etc.. If you can organize multiplayer tests please do so!

-Race Mode. This is a rather simple mode to test. Please play through a game or two with this mode and see what happens.

-Creep Stuttering. See if you can reproduce the "stutter" bug. Your best bets (if it is possible) will be Laser and Quark (both 0.31 speed now).

-New Towers. Try out Quark and Flamethrower. Do they work as intended? Flesh Golem is certainly bug free, but I'd like feedback on concept too.

-Balance. How does 1125 range feel? How does 120% tier 3 dual support feel? I need feedback regarding these changes.

-Cosmetics. What do you think of the new effects/models?

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Draft Pick is now working

-Fixed creep "stutter" when towers massed or speed too high

-Buildable on path bug for area 7 fixed

-Problems with Race Mode fixed

-Fixed Magic/Mushroom/Hail delay in attack after casting ability

-Magic reworked to function with buffs correctly

-Flesh Golem reworked to prevent abuse

-Quark reworked to function with buffs correctly

-Flamethrower reworked for balance

-Tier 3 dual support nerfed to 120%

-All instances of 1100 range changed to 1125

-New effects for Impulse, Radius (revert), Mushroom, Periodic, Flamethrower (explosion)

-Interest texttag duration increased to 1.5 seconds from 1

-Autocast added to Tidal/Tsunami

-meateor, Deaod added to "Contributors"

-Pure Essence model changed

-Electron model changed

-Steam model changed

-Slight color tint change for Electricity/Lightning/Energy

-Tidal reverted to 0.31 speed and 10 attacks to charge

-Zealot changed to 1 speed and 11%/20 cap on ability

-Laser reverted to 0.31 speed

-Flame changed to 0.66 speed

Element TD 4.2 Beta2.w3x

[Karawasa]

Notice the change in activation code!

The third beta in a (hopefully) four step process to release version 4.2. This one has even more content than the second, so I mean it when I say enjoy! Please post feedback though...

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -gophers before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

• Draft Pick. This should be ready to go now...please confirm this! Also test "Draft Query" added to your builder.
• New Towers. Try out Disease, Oblivion, and Poison. Do they work as intended? Do you like them?
• Quark Tower. Does it bug anymore?
• Balance. How does 1125 range feel? How does 120% tier 3 dual support feel? I need feedback regarding these changes.
• Shrapnade (Gunpowder). Initial shot is now homing...does this work as intended? Like the change?
• Zoom. Any negative side effects? Like it?
• Minimum Difficulty (dialog menu). Does it work? Do you like it?
• Element Query. Does this display correct numbers? More useful than the old one?
• Sudden Death. Does Ronald work after the 2000th kill? Do you like this change?
• Game Time. Any problems with this feature?

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Host select difficulty is now MINIMUM difficulty

-Element Query (on your builder) does not have a useless ability anymore...click it

-Added "Zoom" library, type -zoom xxxx (500-3000)

-Returned Attack/Stop/Patrol/Hold/Move icons back to default

-Added Game Time to multiboard

-Added "Sudden Death" for Ronald round at 2000 kills (becomes Undead/Healing/Mechanical and leaks for 3 lives)

-Fixed Max HP for Elementals/Ronalds...and optimized spawn performance throughout the game

-Mechanical creeps now play a blinking animation at 9/10/11 mana to give some indication of "going off"

-Fixed various problems with Draft Pick (computer, visibility, announce messages)

-Draft Query added to Draft Pick (on your builder)

-Removed healing ability from Extreme, added no leak feature

-Added message to announce round clear

-Added gold effect (like interest) above creeps when killed

-Updated "Element Query" icon

-Fixed Kaini's builder

-Added holepercent builder

-Removed "Not Enough Votes" message

-Order of elements in map description fixed

-Reworked Disease for balance

-Reworked Oblivion for fun

-Reworked Poison for fun

-Shrapnade (Gunpowder) is now homing

-Sunburn (Flame) visual effect stacks for better debuff count indication

-Quark upper tier bugs fixed

-Fixed Sunburn tooltip error

-Fixed Orbit (upgrade) tooltip error

-Fixed Focus (Laser) tooltip error

-Changed texttag color of Impulse/Laser/Quark

-Zealot to 900 range from 700

-Flesh Golem to 500 range from 700, damage to 9000 from 8000

-Hail to 1125 range from 900, 1200 damage from 750, and 3 targets from 5

-Buffed Spew Acid (Corrosion) and Faerie Fire (Enchantment) to 3 armor penalty

Element TD 4.2 Beta3.w3x

[Karawasa]

Notice the change in activation code!

The fourth beta towards the 4.2 release. There will be a subsequent .b version in the near future. However, changes will be limited to mechanics only (Map Meta Data, TextSplat replacing TextTag). Thus, this marks the end of new gameplay content. I need everyone's support in testing this version for stability and production quality.

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -gophers before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

• Draft Pick. This should be ready to go now...
• New Towers. Try out Vapor and Mushroom. Any bugs? Do you like them?
• Balance. Any towers feel too powerful or weak?
• Element Query. How's that for display.
• Sudden Death. Does Ronald work after the 2000th kill? Do you like this change?
• Extreme Areas. Are they all buildable now? Can you get to any of the random areas?
• Essences. Ok now?
• Dialogs Singleplayer. Good?
• Random. How do Hydro and Quaker feel now? Bugs?

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-One life now counted as "full life" in extreme

-Element Query displayed better

-Singleplayer = same dialogs as non-host = no useless dialogs to deal with

-Improved messages in draft pick

-Random command disabled in draft pick

-Fixed position of default essences (freebie ones)

-Loading time decreased (amount unknown)

-Optimized Same Random trigger just a tiny bit

-Fog removed for better compatibility with "Zoom" and also performance increase

-Extreme Mode "thing" removed, you can now build there too

-Vapor Tower reworked for fun

-Mushroom Tower reworked for bug/balance

-Impulse projectile scale reduced

-Incantation build tooltip error fixed

-Spout (Hydro) and Pulverize (Quaker) now have "fairer" randomization

-Buffed Shrapnade (Gunpowder) to 150 damage from 133

-Disease attack animation added, range to 500 from 900, damage to 500 from 375

-Nether Strike "boomerang" speed doubled, damage up to 900 from 750, now is homing

Element TD 4.2 Beta4.w3x

[Karawasa]

The wait is over. This is it. Nothing new between this and the 4.2 release. Enjoy!

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -gophers before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

• Towers. Flame, Flamethrower, Mushroom, Vapor
• Kick. Try it.
• Floating Text. Working?

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Optimized floating text and prevented limit cutoff

-Optimized trigger dealing with random bosses, hopefully reduced spawning lag

-Optimized loading time slightly

-Hopefully fixed the rare "towers stop attacking etc." bug

-Optimized kick system, now uses -kick only

-Minor optimizations to various triggers

-Sunburn effect now continues on after death of unit, gfx lag reduced, now texttag indicating stack amount

-Napalm effect buffed to 1500 damage up from 1000, now texttag indicating amount, mark (buff apply) area to 250 up from 150

-Condense/Evaporate have a new gfx, improved tooltips

-Fixed Spore Cloud not upgrading with tower upgrades, increased spore damage to 300 up from 200, reduced range to 900 from 1500, reduced AoE from 375 to 250

-Changed Frostbite tooltip for clarity

-Added Deaod

Element TD 4.2 Beta5.w3x

[Karawasa]

This release comes as a patch to the last beta. It's simply a few fixes to prepare for the 4.2 release.

Fixed:

-Electricity Tower (Chain Lightning)

-Voodoo Tower (Maledict)

-Floating Text Spacing

Element TD 4.2 Beta5b.w3x

[Karawasa]

It has been awhile since you guys have had something to test. The stagnation is over, and 4.3 is here with some radical changes. The next beta will feature 4-5 new towers. Njoy!

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -gophers before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

• Fast and Image creeps...reaction?
• Builder Weapons...reaction?
• Ronald...reaction?

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Added a 5 second fade in cinematic with web address

-Fast creeps now move at normal speed and speed up periodically instead (see below)

-Added 6 abilities to the builder by default via items (see below), "Disable Weapons" mode removes them

-Added new creep type "Image" (see below)

-Ronald upgrade system tweaked (see below)

-Shortened singleplayer dialog menu by eliminating multiplayer only options

**Builder Weapons**

-Builders have 600 mana with 1 mana per second regen, the six abilities are cast via items

-Heal creeps in 500 AoE for 25% of max HP instantly, 300 mana cost

-Give creeps max armor in 500 AoE for 5 seconds, 300 mana cost

-Give creeps max speed in 500 AoE for 5 seconds, 300 mana cost

-Steal 4% of target player's (builder) gold, 150 mana cost

-Put target builder to sleep for 5 seconds, 150 mana cost

-Instantly sell target tower (giving full refund), 150 mana cost

**Image**

-When this creep has full mana (15), it will spawn an image the next time it is damaged

-Image lasts 5 seconds and takes normal damage, image doesn't leak or give gold

-Levels 13, 23, 27, 38, 42, 51, 57

**Fast**

-When this creep reaches full mana (3), it will burst for one second

-Burst gives 100% increased move speed

**Ronald**

-Gains Undead at 75 killed

-Gains Image at 200 Killed

-Gains Healing at 350 Killed

-Loses Image, Gains Mech at 500 killed

Element TD 4.3 Beta 1.w3x

[Karawasa]

I'm sad to announce that we will not be able to fit in the 4-5 new towers for 4.3. They will make an appearance in 4.3b or 4.4. Meanwhile, the second beta is here. This is the release candidate for 4.3.

First:

In order to play the beta, you must type -gophers before the first round spawns. If you do not do so, the game will end.

Make sure to put to good use the -level, -gold, and -lumber commands.

Second:

The following things are no cause for concern:

-Nothing!

Third:

Things to test:

• Bounty balance...reaction?
• Fast and Image creeps...reaction?
• Builder Weapons...reaction?
• Ronald...reaction?

Fourth:

Here is the changelog:

-Fixed dialog menu issues

-Changed gfx on Fast creeps

-Balanced bounty (see below)

-Nerfed Life to 1500 damage down from 1625 damage

-Fixed multiple Trickery autocast issue

-Nerfed Hail to 1140 damage down from 1200 damage

**Bounty Balance**

-The base number used in the calculation of bounty is now variable depending on difficulty level

-VH is 1.1, this was the past default value

-H is 1.0985, N is 1.097, E is 1.095, VE is 1.0925

-Bounty is equal to Base^(Level-1)

Element TD 4.3 Beta 2.w3x