TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH v40
Technologies are the key to success in the game. They are the main way to improve your units and buildings.
Academy
The new Academy building can be constructed next to a town or a city currently allowing you to research up to 11 technologies. Additional technologies will be added in the future. It's also worth mentioning that technologies are optional and you can play Line War exactly like you have before, but if you are ready to level up your mid and end game you now have plenty of options!
Pioneer Corps
Enables infantry and commando units to entrench faster and they camouflage their entrenchments making it much more difficult for the enemy to spot them. They also travel faster in rough hostile terrain. Bonuses for Infantry and Commandos: - {0} less movement penalty in difficult terrain. - {1} faster digging. - Stealthier entrenchments.
Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Converts your tanks and adds transport capability for infantry and commando units. Not only does this allow your soldiers to be transported fast, they do not suffer any fatigue and they are protected by the armour of the tank. Tanks get a cargo-hold for soldiers. Use the Move directive to pick up and carry soldiers. Don't forget to include the soldier's type.
Airborne Doctrine
Transforms your transport jets making them capable to also drop Infantry, Artillery and SAM units in parachutes. Before you research this technology, transport jets can only drop commandos in parachutes. Paradropping for Infantry, Artillery and SAM.
Silent Hold
Transforms your submarines so they can transport land units, except tanks, for stealthy insertions. Combine this technology with pioneer corps for extra stealthy insertions. Submarines get a cargo-hold for soldiers. The Submarine can now participate in amphibious operations in the same way Landing Crafts do.
Super Periscope
Improves the visibility range of submarines increasing their scouting capability. Submarines get a major improvement to far sight.
Cruise Missiles
Adds a battery of Tomahawk-like cruise missiles that enables your cruisers to attack structures further inland from the coast. Cruisers get an anti-structure cruise missile with a range of {0}.
Turbostruct
Reduces the time it takes to build new structures, and it also allows you to dismantle and salvage reimbursing your with some of the cost of its construction. {0} faster construction & upgrading rate. Self-destruct replaced by new salvage function, which deconstructs the building over {1} seconds and reclaims {2} of it's original construction cost. Applies to non-eco buildings only.
Chameleon Facades
Conceals your producer structures making it more difficult for your enemy to first detect them. Stealthier Producers, Airstrips, Powerplants, Depots and Pipelines.
Durability Protocol
Adds strong plating armour to your producer structures and energy storage facilities making them more durable and harder for your enemy to destroy. Non-eco buildings get {0} more HP and {1} faster repair rate. The total cost of repairing a structure from almost zero HP to fully repaired does not change.
Rawyield Optimizer
Increases the profitability of industries (Mines, Farms, and Lumber Mills). Industries yield {0} more income while connected to a City
Mercantile Culture
Increases the revenue you earn from trade routes. If you can protect your trade routes and research this technology, it will make your trade routes significantly more lucrative. Increases natural income from Ports and income from delivered goods via trade routes by {0}.
Release 39
In Release 39 was added:
- 1) Technologies bringing new depth to strategy and tactics,
- 2) Super-refitting to repair and heal units in close proximity to producers
- 3) Free-flowing / drip economy that significantly improves how revenue and expenses are continuously calculated.
Super-refitting
Units that are in close proximity of a producer of its kind will automatically repair and heal faster. Thiss serves to incentivize the establishment of forward- or proxy bases. All producers will now perform “super refitting” (fast healing, repair or tech upgrades) on compatible, nearby units. You'll easily be able to recognize when super-refitting is in action as robotic repair helpers appear next to the units and medkits appear next to soldiers that are healing.
Free-flowing / drip economy
All revenue and expense is now calculated once per second, construction being the only exception (which is paid upfront). This new model produces perfect reporting in the Economy Bar and production "halts" when the treasury hits zero. When your producers appear to have halted your production, i.e. there is no progress or robotic arm movement, it is likely because you are spending more capital than you are generating. A new economy warning will sound when your upkeep and production costs are higher than your income.
What’s being worked on for Line War this Autumn? 
Project Line War is turning locomotive! With trains now on the battlefield, things are speeding up in more ways than one. Check out Shermanator's latest video for an exclusive sneak peek at what’s in store:
- Technologies : Silent Hold, Super Periscope, Cruise Missiles, Mercantile Culture, Rawyield Optimizer, Infantry Fighting Vehicle, Airborne Doctrine, Pioneer Corps, Turbostruct, Chameleonplate Facades, Quickfix Protocol, Infantry Mortar, Sniper
- Infrastructure : Bridges, Railroads ( Trains), Roads, Tunnel, Canals
- New fatigue system : Serves to incentivize the establishment of forward bases and transportation over regular movement for slow, non-energy consuming units. All such units will now incur fatigue, even when not hasting. Units idling close enough to compatible producers will get a major heal/repair rate buff.
- Free-flowing / drip economy : All revenue and expense is now calculated once per second, construction being the only exception (which is payed upfront). This new model produces perfect reporting in the Economy Bar and production "halts" when the treasury hits zero. Feature already implemented.
- New world features : 4 different sizes ranging from Large (current size + 2 territories-widths) to Tiny. These new settings will be baked into the seed. So, given a specific number, the world will load with those exact settings. Also introducing impassable mountain ridges and cliffs.
- Advanced economy : Complicated matter, but in short: Free placement of Villages, which can be upgraded to Town => City => Metropolis. All urbanization levels need Food (Farms and Fishing Grounds) to grow population to max. Max populations are required for maximum urbanization performance. Urbanization convert Goods (Gems, Ore and Wood) into capital. Gems can only be converted by higher urbanization levels, and have a much higher value per transaction but much less frequent deliveries. All goods are produced/collected from exploited special sites (similar to current model). Natural trade routes will be established by the traffic from Trucks and Merchant Ships. Game logistics and the very important decisions on where to place and invest in urbanization could make this part of the game a great and isolated area of skill expression. This feature is still being discussed and delivery by next release is uncertain.
All features will be implemented and finalized one by one, with the goal of a successful release in December.