The missing FX objects have been fixed, and ``LoadModels`` now properly makes use of the new Buffer anc Cache handler. Resulting in a small performance gain during startup, and much better error-, and memory-, handling.

Remaining items on the to-do list are now:

• Clean up local object collector
  
• -``GetNearestObject``
  
• Unified object structure
  
• -Master type ptr to specifics
  
• Fixed timestemp rendering
  
• Multisampled render to texture AA
  
• Add toggle RMB look lock

The currently planned-, upcoming-, named-, updates, in the order they will be released, and a brief overview of what they will contain:

• Update 1 - Stockpile: Huge engine and backend updates and modernizations. On the gameplay end this update contains stockpile changes, and shards will be used to improve planet stats.
  
• Update 2 - Limbo: Ships, fleets, and the Limbo dungeon mechanic.
  
• Update 3 - Logistics: A major update to all buildings and resources. Will introduce a brand new method of production chains, how to unlock recipes, haulers, and logistics. "Alpha points" shop becomes available (See Notes B, and C).

Note A: These are just the three currently planned-, upcoming-, named-, updates. Bugfixes and minor additions may happen inbetween.
Note B: If an update requires a universe wipe; Any existing planets, buildings, resources, fleets, etc, that you may have will be converted into "Alpha points" which you will be able to spend ingame to acquire bundles of resources in order to get back to where you were before faster.
Note C: "Alpha points" can not be purchased for real money and are only a temporary measure during development in case of universe wipes.

Again, these are upcoming-, planned-, updates that are not yet in the game! For specific details on the upcoming patch always refer to the "Upcoming patch" ingame or on the Gods and Idols website

There are now 9 items left for me to do before the "Stockpile" update goes live.
The to-do item "FX-Eliminate dynamic alloc" has been completed, leading to a 10-15% performance gain for any visual effects.

Here's the remaining to-do items as they appear on my list:

• Clean up local object collector
  
• -``GetNearestObject``
  
• Unified object structure
  
• -Master type ptr to specifics
  
• FX objects (Fix missing ones)
  
• Fixed timestemp rendering
  
• ``LoadModels`` -> use shared cache
  
• Multisampled render to texture AA
  
• Add toggle RMB look lock

One major change in the upcoming update is that stockpiles will provide a number of "slots" that can be reserved for specific resources, providing stockpile space for those resources.
For example, a Granary may provide 4 slots, each slot providing +250 stockpile capacity for the resource placed in that slot. So setting two slots to "Meat" will grant +500 stockpile space for Meat, and only Meat.
There are still planet-wide global +Stockpile modifiers for certain buildings, such as the Citadel.

As always the current work-in-progress upcoming patch notes can be viewed ingame, via one of the buttons in the top right, or directly on the main menu.

Soon!

The long-, long-, very long-, overdue "Stockpile" update is finally on the horizon!
There are now just 10 items remaining on the to-do list. Some bigger than others, but all fairly straight-forward.

For those curious here are the remaining items, as they appear in my to-do notes:

• Clean up local object collector
  
• -``GetNearestObject``
  
• Unified object structure
  
• -Master type ptr to specifics
  
• FX objects
  
• -Eliminate dynamic alloc
  
• Fixed timestemp rendering
  
• ``LoadModels`` -> use shared cache
  
• Multisampled render to texture AA
  
• Add toggle RMB look lock

Soon!

Maintenance has concluded.

Upcoming maintenance begins in ~14h. The countdown on the site and ingame shows when the maintenance is expected to begin, and it is estimated to last for up to 8h after that.
Gods and Idols, both the service and the website, may be unavailable for the duration.

The Discord, link available here http://www.godsandidols.com/community/ , will of course remain available during maintenance.

Maintenance has concluded and the Gods and Idols servers, and the Gods and Idols website, are back online!

This downtime is for maintenance only:
- Not a patch
- Server hardware needs some maintenance
- Estimated duration is "a few hours at most"
- During this time the Gods and Idols servers, and the Gods and Idols website, will be unavailable

The Discord will of course remain up during this downtime, and can be joined here: https://discord.gg/VBCcZFw

I, Jattenalle, have returned from my sudden pause and development will continue.

The focus remains on getting Ships and Fleets back along with the required infrastructure to build them. This includes several new buildings, changes to some mechanics, and several new resources.
The next patch should hopefully be in around two weeks, but fully getting Ships and Fleets ready will take more than one patch so don't expect to be able to rev up your shipyards for at least a few more patches.

I'll also be looking into the R-99 error that happens during reset, as well as some changes to the rendering to fix fullscreen issues on the latest versions of Windows 10 and 11.

As usual, upcoming patch notes will be posted as soon as there are any notes to post.

And finally, thank you everyone for your patience and well wishes during my absence. I greatly appreciate it, and hope to be able to repay you all with some nice updates to come!

Due to personal reasons in real life I, Jattenalle, will be unavailable and unable to work on Gods and Idols starting today and lasting at-least a few weeks.

The server will keep running for the duration, but if anything crashes it might take a while before I can get around to restarting things.

I am sorry to disappoint everyone who's been anticipating fixes/content in the near future.
I also apologize for not being able to share more about what is going on.

For any urgent issues, or crashes, please post them in the Discord and ping @Scroby so he can pass it up the chain to me. But again, it might be a while before I can get around to actually fixing anything.

Development has not stopped, Gods and Idols is not abandoned, I just have to step away for a while.
But rest assured, I will be back.

GAMEPLAY

• Added the ability to unassign workers from a building

This update contains a major new mechanic, Regions, which affects how you plan the layout of buildings on your planets.
It is likely that old layouts are no longer efficient, or possibly no longer viable at all. Check your food production and make sure to adjust layouts if needed.
Unwanted buildings can be destroyed by selecting the building, then clicking the button in the top right corner of the building management panel.

GAMEPLAY

• New gameplay mechanic: Building Regions
  • Adjacent Buildings of the same-, or related-, type now form Regions
    
  • Some buildings, such as Farmland, provide benefits if they are part of a Region
    
  • See individual Building tooltips for more information on what modifiers they gain from Regions
• Auxiliaries have been moved back to the planet construction panel, and are no longer built from within their parent building
  
• Most buildings no longer require a specific adjacent building in order to be placed, this does not affect modifiers that work off of adjacencies
  
• Ravager scouts now spawn at a random point in the star system then move to a planet instead of spawning directly around a planet
  
• Decreased the movement speed of Ravager fleets slightly
  
• Ravager fleets are now untargetable by planetary defenses until the fleet has fully spawned in

CLIENT

• Continued moving communications over to the new protocol

INTERFACE

• Updated tooltip layout
  
• Updated planet construction panel

BACKEND

• Continued moving communications over to the new protocol
  
• Optimized away stupidly slow nested cascading in t_Planet:t_Tile:UpdateGroups()

BUGS (Thank you for reporting issues and bugs, your help is greatly appreciated!)

• Fixed crash in t_List:Merge()
  
• Fixed list corruption caused by t_List:Merge() incorrectly creating new child objects
  
• Fixed crash in t_Planet:t_Tile:UpdateGroups()
  
• Fixed issue that could cause some Treasures to be invisible
  
• Fixed timing issue with Ravager scouts that could cause them to expire much faster than intended
  
• Fixed Ravager fleet spawning issue that could lead to Ravager fleets being prematurely destroyed
  
• Fixed alignment issue in Add new worker widget under certain UI scalings
  
• Fixed two cases that could lead to R-99 errors when a player was trying to reset their progress