Spore Cannons: Cryogenic Arsenal 4.3.0

WHITEOUT Containment Update

Version 4.3 turns the Cryogenic Containment Projector into a configurable base-defence system and gives its protected area a complete visual identity.

Projector field modes

• Added two selectable field shapes: Radial Mode and Wall Mode.
• Radial Mode projects a spherical suppression field around the Projector.
• Wall Mode creates an oriented, three-block-deep perimeter field following the direction of the placed machine.
• Players, mobs and projectiles can pass through both field types; the fields suppress parasites, remove infection signals and reclaim infected terrain.
• Wall Mode spans 1.5 times the comparable radial diameter and consumes 25% more coolant.
• Wall height now scales smoothly through 9 / 12 / 18 / 32 blocks at 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 RPM.
• The selected mode is saved with the Projector and may be changed while the machine is running.

Base-scale maximum power

• Radial field radius now scales through 12 / 16 / 24 / 64 blocks at 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 RPM.
• Maximum-speed coolant consumption increased to 4x.
• Projector stress impact increased to 48, producing a 12,288 SU load at 256 RPM.
• The Projector interface now displays its effective geometry and current coolant-consumption multiplier.

New containment-field visuals

• Added a layered translucent cryogenic surface for both Radial and Wall fields.
• Added slow animated ice flow, breathing intensity, activation pulses and nearby snow traces.
• Added a cyan-white energy beam beginning inside the active Projector core and ending below the field boundary.
• Field textures repeat in world space, preventing large domes and walls from looking excessively stretched.
• Field surfaces are visible from both inside and outside the protected area.
• Fields now remain visible when the Projector itself is behind the camera or outside the current chunk frustum.

Performance and accessibility

• Added Off / Low / Normal / High client quality settings for containment effects.
• Photosensitive Mode uses a restrained line-only visualization without the bright shell, beacon or ambient snow traces.
• Removed the abrupt low-poly transition when crossing the field boundary.
• Reduced transparent overdraw and enlarged the animated ice pattern for better performance and long-distance readability.
• Field rendering uses a stable base mesh, distance culling and a global detail budget.
• Normal and High may add one smoothly fading detail layer; Low renders only the base surface.
• Increasing RPM changes field size without increasing mesh complexity.
• Visual settings remain client-side and never alter containment mechanics.

Guidance and validation

• Updated the Projector Ponder tutorial for field selection, RPM scaling, stress, coolant cost and Wall Mode geometry.
• Updated all new interface and tutorial text in the nine supported languages.
• Expanded automated tests for field geometry, orientation, persistence, RPM anchors, coolant consumption and Wall Mode boundaries.

The field is larger. The ice is moving. CDU VII still does not exist.