Milestone 7.9.0 Released! (Experimental) — Xenonauts 2 Steam update #391617

This update is also only accessible by switching to our Experimental branches (instructions on how to do so here) - although please be aware they have...

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Xenonauts 2 (538030)
Event type
patch note
Published
14 March 2026 - 19:41:27 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
This update is also only accessible by switching to our Experimental branches (instructions on how to do so here) - although please be aware they have slower load times and worse performance than normal builds due to the extra logging they contain!Gameplay Changes:We've finally implemented a more advanced model for the AI that now keeps track of "known" Xenonauts vs unseen Xenonauts, which means alien units will no longer have automatic knowledge about Xenonaut units that they have not yet encountered. Basically, this should reduce the amount of obvious AI "cheating", and make flanking aliens more effective.Research speeds have been returned to the values found in Milestone 6. We introduced a bug a few weeks ago where each Infiltrator created would permanently boost your research speed by 5% (a copy-paste error), which meant you'd frequently run out of available research even if you'd ma...

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