Changelog 

Date: 2026-02-16

Enemy AI Overhaul

• Complete AI personality system with three difficulty modes: Defensive (Easy), Balanced (Normal), Offensive (Hard)
• Enemy AI behavior now visible to player during gameplay
• Improved AI movement scoring - enemies no longer get stuck in conquered territory
• Tuned spawn distribution and garrison logic
• Scouts given significant exploration boost

UI/UX Improvements

• New unit selection panel showing currently selected units
• Cycling selection through unit types
• Settings menu reorganized with new "Gameplay" tab for difficulty selector
• Scrollbars added to settings menu for better overflow handling
• How to Play menu updated with movement changes

Quality of Life

•  Auto-pathing now works for stations (supply lines)
•  Sound sliders default to 50% instead of requiring manual adjustment
•  Option to disable CRT flicker effect
•  CRT hum bar speed can be disabled (set to 0)
•  Research terminal now grabs keyboard focus on open

Bug Fixes

• Fixed mixed unit stacks losing movement control
• Fixed relay stations incorrectly allowing remote station building
• Fixed wormholes consistently linking faction homebases (furthest nodes)
• Fixed research terminal keyboard input
• Removed broken station extension logic