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[Kyzrati]

The Beta 6 countdown begins! It's coming May 8th, but that's my morning when it'll be released, technically still Monday evening/night in the western hemisphere where most of the players are.

In preparation for that, the full range of achievements have been uploaded to Steam, although again they aren't technically accessible in the current public build, even though Steam insists on showing them on the store page...



You can check out the full list on Steam's global achievements page, but I wouldn't recommend using third-party achievement managers unless you want to be spoiled, since they will spoil the third of achievements which are meant to be hidden. Also: As always, here's your reminder that achievements are equally available both in the Steam and DRM-free versions.

If you're interested in why some achievements are hidden, the methods and purpose behind achievement selection, how they're categorized, how the icons were created, and much more, check out the latest article on my blog.



Testing is going well, just a few more bits to fix up and polish then we'll be all set.

Ape has already added achievements to his graph-generating script:



See more graph samples in last week's SITREP.


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Actually, for the record, may as well list out all the achievements that are part of Cogmind's first batch (this way it's also better organized than the global Steam list, which is mostly random at the moment).

Mechanics:

• Close Call ~~ ???
• Universal Adapter ~~ ???
• Hehehe ~~ Reprogram a trap.
• Wheee! ~~ Intentionally trigger a Chute Trap.
• It Was An Accident, I Swear ~~ ???
• Part-time Excavator ~~ Use a melee weapon to dig through 10 walls or earth.
• Unlikely Earthworm ~~ ???
• Hey, That's Mine! ~~ Attack 5 Recyclers attempting to collect parts.
• Loot Pinata ~~ Destroy a Hauler.
• Treasure Hunter ~~ Destroy 20 Haulers.
• Use The Force ~~ ???
• Risk Taker ~~ Attach an unidentified prototype.
• Adventurous ~~ ???
• Alien Tech ~~ ???
• System Compromised ~~ Reach 10% system corruption.
• Z1$+NX3F=JRE3_ZNQR ~~ ???
• Maybe Next Time I'll Detach My Launcher ~~ ???
• Backstab ~~ ???
• Short-term Sacrifices ~~ Escape a Stasis Trap with help from an explosion.
• Just Shoot The Terminal ~~ ???
• Release The Drones! ~~ Have 6 drones at once.
• Subspace Traveler ~~ Find a way to teleport.
• Storm Trooper ~~ Miss 5 shots in a row.
• Crack Shot ~~ Hit 10 shots in a row.
• Please Form A Line ~~ Hit 2 robots with a single projectile.
• Quick And Dirty ~~ Destroy 5 hostiles via explosions in a single turn.
• Power Corrupts ~~ Terminally corrupt a robot.
• It's Just You ~~ Cause a robot to meltdown.
• Fist Fight ~~ Destroy a hostile by ramming.
• Overkill ~~ Fire 10 overloaded shots.
• Batter Up ~~ Knock a hostile robot into an exploding machine.
• Watch This! ~~ Sneak attack a Watcher and destroy it in one hit.
• Deadly Force ~~ Melee attack a hostile using 4 momentum.
• Ambidextrous ~~ Destroy 2 hostiles with one melee volley.
• Oops ~~ ???
• No Explosion For You ~~ Shoot down a launcher projectile with a defensive utility.
• Oh No You Don't! ~~ Destroy a Saboteur before it succeeds.
• Ride The Lightning ~~ Use a Fabricator to destroy an enemy.
• Let's See Who's Tougher ~~ ???
• Uninvited Guest ~~ Be spotted by an Operator that then summons reinforcements from its Terminal.
• One Hack Too Far ~~ Trigger an investigation by being traced to a Terminal.
• Troublemaker ~~ Cause a robot to call for help or reinforcements from a nearby Garrison.
• Party Time ~~ ???
• Significant Disruption ~~ Raise alert high enough to trigger an assault dispatch.
• Slippery One ~~ ???
• Hunted ~~ Simultaneously tracked by 20 hostiles.
• My Command Is Your Wish ~~ Build an ally via Fabricator.
• Just What I Needed ~~ Build a part via Fabricator.
• Part-time Mechanic ~~ Repair a part via Repair Station.
• Safety First ~~ Identify a prototype via Scanalyzer.
• Dynamic Key ~~ Use an Operator Data Core before it expires.
• Novice Programmer ~~ Hack 10 machines.
• Librarian ~~ Hack 10 different Terminal records.
• Armchair Analyst ~~ Download 3 robot analyses from Terminals.
• Everything Is Under Control ~~ Lower alert using a Terminal's Purge Threat hack.
• GoHome() ~~ Use a Terminal to recall an active squad.
• Shopping List ~~ Hack Hauler Manifests at a Terminal.
• Brute Force ~~ Use a Force() hack.
• True Hacker ~~ Install a Trojan().
• Quantum Hacking ~~ Set up a three-Terminal botnet.
• A New Friend ~~ Rewire a robot.
• Factory Defaults ~~ Reboot a hostile robot.
• Error 47 ~~ Overload a hostile robot.
• Assimilation Complete ~~ Assimilate a hostile robot.
• No Signal ~~ Block an Alarm Trap transmission.
• Total Silence ~~ Jam 10 distress signals or other communications.
• I Spy ~~ Use an Imp. Sensor Array (or better) with Imp. Signal Interpreter (or better).
• Omniscient Cartographer ~~ Use an Imp. Terrain Scanner (or better) with Imp. Terrain Scan Processor (or better).
• Knowing Is Half The Battle ~~ Enter 10 identified exits.
• Can't Catch Me ~~ Reach a speed of FASTx3, or 4 spaces per turn.
• Cya! ~~ Fly over a row of 3 hostiles.
• The More The Merrier ~~ Have 5 allies.

Style:

• Turtlemind ~~ Have 2% or less core exposure.
• Can't Touch This ~~ Absorb 1,500 damage using shields.
• Executioner ~~ Evolve 7 weapon slots.
• Perfect Aim ~~ Have +40% targeting accuracy for ranged weapons.
• More Dakka Please ~~ Fire 10 projectiles in a single volley.
• Gunslinger ~~ Destroy 3 robots with a single volley using secondary targeting.
• Gun Specialist ~~ Destroy 100 hostiles with at least 90% of damage dealt by guns.
• Cannon Specialist ~~ Destroy 100 hostiles with at least 90% of damage dealt by cannons.
• Explosive Specialist ~~ Destroy 100 hostiles with at least 90% of damage dealt by explosives.
• Melee Specialist ~~ Destroy 100 hostiles with at least 90% of damage dealt by melee weapons.
• Shocking Conclusion ~~ Corrupt 50 hostiles.
• Pyromaniac ~~ Cause 20 hostiles to meltdown.
• Guerrilla Style ~~ Trigger reprogrammed (or placed) traps on 30 hostiles.
• Tank ~~ ???
• Friend Of Zion ~~ ???
• Heroic Deeds ~~ ???
• Whoosh! ~~ Move with 4 overloaded hover or flight units.
• Speed Demon ~~ Reach a speed of 10 spaces per turn.
• Supersonic ~~ Reach a speed of 20 spaces per turn.
• Dodgeball, But With Guns ~~ Reach 75% evasion.
• Assassin ~~ Sneak attack 15 hostiles.
• Sniper ~~ ???
• Dramatic Entrance ~~ ???
• Decoder Ring ~~ Obtain 50 pieces of intel from one or more 0b10 Decoder Chips.
• Freeware ~~ ???
• Prolific Hacker ~~ Hack 50 machines.
• Pwned ~~ Hack 50 hostiles.
• l33t h4x0r ~~ Have +100% to hack success.
• Maximum Efficiency ~~ Succeed at 10 hacks on a single Terminal.
• root@ ~~ Succeed at 3 manual hacks on a single Terminal.
• War Machine ~~ Build 10 allied bots.
• We Are Legion ~~ Have 20 allies at once.
• Beloved ~~ Acquire 75 allies across an entire run.
• Generalissimo ~~ Oversee 75 ally kills across an entire run.
• Collateral Damage ~~ ???
• What Is This Thing? ~~ Discover the use of Self-destruct Interrupters.
• Deconstruction ~~ Destroy a robot via core entropy.
• Max Potential ~~ ???
• Hard Hitter ~~ Inflict 200 damage against an enemy with one shot from a single weapon.
• Sunderer ~~ ???
• Packrat ~~ ???
• Production Line ~~ Build 10 parts.
• Remodeling ~~ ???
• More Power To You ~~ ???
• Minesweeper ~~ Extract 30 traps.
• Superinsulated ~~ Become immune to electromagnetic damage.

Progress:

• The Most Popular Achievement ~~ ???
• Back For More ~~ Complete 50 runs.
• 5k Club ~~ Earn 5,000 points.
• 10k Club ~~ Earn 10,000 points.
• 20k Club ~~ Earn 20,000 points.
• 30k Club ~~ Earn 30,000 points.
• 40k Club ~~ Earn 40,000 points.
• 50k Club ~~ Earn 50,000 points.
• This Is Interesting... ~~ Reach 25% lore collection.
• I Think I Know What's Going On ~~ Reach 50% lore collection.
• I Was Wrong! ~~ Reach 75% lore collection.
• I Wish There Was More ~~ Reach 100% lore collection.
• Just Browsing ~~ Reach 25% gallery collection.
• Tester ~~ Reach 50% gallery collection.
• Collector ~~ Reach 75% gallery collection.
• Curator ~~ Reach 100% gallery collection.
• Made in Tau Ceti IV ~~ Enter Factory.
• Dangerous Findings ~~ Enter Research.
• Denied? ~~ Enter Access.
• \\IAMDERELICT ~~ ???
• I'm Back, Baby! ~~ Exit Proximity Caves.
• Tourist ~~ Visit 3 branch areas.
• Adventurer ~~ Visit 2 special cave areas.
• Explorer ~~ Visit 10 branch areas.
• Great Explorer ~~ Visit 35 areas.
• Serviceable Loadout ~~ Reach a peak rating of 50.
• Respectable Loadout ~~ Reach a peak rating of 100.
• Rockin' Loadout ~~ Reach a peak rating of 150.
• Ultimate Loadout ~~ Reach a peak rating of 200.
• Achiever ~~ Earn 25% of achievements.
• Overachiever ~~ Earn 50% of achievements.
• Superachiever ~~ Earn 75% of achievements.
• Perfect Achiever ~~ Earn all other achievements.

Challenges:

• Exterminator ~~ Destroy 15 Assembled in the Mines.
• Killing Spree ~~ Achieve a kill streak of 20 hostiles.
• Preemptive Strike ~~ Destroy a visible ARC before it deploys.
• Left-hand Path ~~ Destroy all Cetus Guards without any help from allies.
• Below ~~ Visit and survive 2 Waste areas.
• Streaker ~~ Enter a main complex map at -5 or above as a naked core, and find an exit (do not have to remain naked).
• Rincewind ~~ Teleport 10 times.
• Leap Before You Look ~~ Enter 10 unidentified exits.
• Boltbath ~~ Achieve a kill streak of 35 hostiles.
• Torch ~~ Inflict 30,000 thermal damage across an entire run.
• Magneto ~~ Inflict 30,000 electromagnetic damage across an entire run.
• Punisher ~~ Inflict 30,000 kinetic damage across an entire run.
• Gladiator ~~ Destroy 200 hostiles via melee.
• Infiltrator ~~ Enter and survive 2 Garrisons on a single floor.
• Desperate Times ~~ Enter a main complex map at -3 or above as a naked core with no inventory items, and find an exit (do not have to remain naked).
• Monster ~~ Kill at least 20 inhabitants of Zion.
• Equal Opportunity Bot ~~ Destroy 25 different classes of robot.
• Giant Slayer ~~ Destroy 5 Behemoths.
• Artifact Hunter ~~ ???
• Fearless ~~ Enter a Garrison with below 10% core integrity and survive it.
• Shutout ~~ Seal, jam, or destroy all Garrison Access machines in Access.
• WMD ~~ Destroy 100 robots in a single turn.
• Rambo ~~ Earn 10,000 bonus points for high alert combat kills.
• Most Wanted ~~ Trigger high security 4 times.
• 404 ~~ Destroy 4 Network Hubs and escape to the next floor.
• Full Golem ~~ ???
• Traitor ~~ Kill Warlord in his base and escape.

Events:

• Curiosity Killed The Cat ~~ ???
• I Survived The Infestation ~~ ???
• Woof! ~~ ???
• Help From High Places ~~ ???
• Nope ~~ ???
• Origins ~~ Discover what you really are.
• The Oracle ~~ ???
• Robot Respite ~~ ???
• Signs Are For Wimps ~~ ???
• That's One Door That Should Stay Closed ~~ ???
• The Science Guy ~~ ???
• Exposed ~~ ???
• A Powerful Ally? ~~ ???
• Reappropriation ~~ ???
• Prison Break ~~ ???
• Project G-00 ~~ ???
• Main Advantage ~~ ???
• Alien Roots ~~ ???
• Signature Confirmed ~~ ???
• Rampage ~~ ???
• False Reunion ~~ ???
• Big Bang ~~ ???
• Meet Your Maker ~~ ???
• Poison In The Code ~~ ???
• Unlimited Data ~~ ???
• The One ~~ ???
• Are We The Baddies? ~~ ???
• Charge!!! ~~ ???
• Revising The Future ~~ ???
• Anyone Home? ~~ ???
• Decrypted! ~~ ???
• Revolutionary Research ~~ ???
• All-out Warlord ~~ ???
• Godhack ~~ ???
• Everyone Must Die ~~ ???
• Special Delivery ~~ ???
• Corridor Of Doom ~~ ???
• void main() ~~ ???
• Sorry Old Pal ~~ ???
• Behind The Curtain ~~ ???
• The Bigger They Are ~~ ???

Wins:

• Epsilon Run ~~ ???
• Commander 0b11 ~~ ???
• Home At Last? ~~ ???
• Payload Armed ~~ ???
• MAIN.CPP ~~ ???
• Stardust ~~ ???
• Planet Killer ~~ ???
• Derelict Escape ~~ Win while imprinted.
• Winner's Signature ~~ Win after being scanned by a Researcher.
• Data Run ~~ ???
• Inspector Gadget ~~ Win while only evolving utility slots.
• Straight Shot ~~ Win without visiting any branches.
• Pacifist ~~ Win without destroying a single robot.
• Speedrunner ~~ Win in less than 2,000 turns.
• Expert Speedrunner ~~ Win in less than 1,000 turns.
• By A Hair ~~ ???
• True Flier ~~ Win without attaching any propulsion except flight.
• Mad Max ~~ Win with 200 hostiles destroyed and without attaching any propulsion except wheels.
• Victory By Combat ~~ Win with 400 hostiles destroyed.
• Hardcore ~~ Win with 400 hostiles destroyed but no more than 4 utility slots.
• Death Machine ~~ Win with 600 hostiles destroyed.
• Partners In Destruction ~~ Win fighting alongside the Warrior.
• One Last FU ~~ Win after entering an Access garrison.
• The Little Core That Could ~~ Win without attaching any propulsion.
• True Cogmind ~~ Win 25 times.
• Grand Amoeba ~~ Win the Devolution challenge mode.
• Look Ma, No Swapping! ~~ Win the Fragile Parts challenge mode.
• Unstoppable ~~ Win the Gauntlet challenge mode.
• Stunt Win ~~ Win the Inhibited Evolution challenge mode.
• I Don't Need Leftovers ~~ Win the No Salvage challenge mode.
• Light Traveler ~~ Win the Pure Core challenge mode.
• This Only Looks Like Junk ~~ Win the Scavenger challenge mode.
• Terminals Are For Geeks ~~ Win the Simple Hacker challenge mode.
• Attach With Care ~~ Win the Sticky Parts challenge mode.
• Best of the Best ~~ Win the Super Gauntlet challenge mode.
• Master Trapper ~~ Win the Trapped challenge mode.
• Super Mutant ~~ Win the Unstable Evolution challenge mode.

Again the selection, categorization, and more are discussed on the blog here.

Features

Although this week has mostly been about testing, tweaking, and writing that mega-article, I did slip in a few last quick features before the Beta 6 feature freeze had to set in.

Melee Analysis Suites increase minimum weapon damage, yet another buff that'll help make synergistic melee builds more effective but not OP.



By indirect request, the message log now reports what items were crushed by a cave-in. Aw...



And my personal favorite to finally slip in there: Drones can be released from bays without even attaching them!



Less tedium, more OMG DRONE SWARM STOP ATTRACTING EVERY DAMN PATROL ON THE MAP.

(But seriously, sometimes it's still good to equip the bays, be it for makeshift armor if you've got no real protection, or to recall drones for repair and storage.)

I also noticed Cogmind dev recently passed the 9,000-hour mark. Onwards to 10k!



Discount

There'll be a 10% discount next week to coincide with the new release. As a heads up, this is the largest discount Cogmind will have during Early Access unless at some point Valve decides to again offer exposure for a larger discount like they did in December, in which case I might take them up. (But I wouldn't count on them doing that again, there being so many games out there these days :P)

There won't be a SITREP next week because it's a major release week and we'll have Beta 6 and its release notes instead. We'll be back to sitrepping the week after with Beta 5 scoring and analysis, and before that I'll mostly likely be doing some streaming! (As usual the results will later appear with my other recent runs on YouTube.)

There may be other relevant discussion of this SITREP on Steam, but feel free to post replies here, too :)