Version 1.038 — Telepath Tactics Steam update #917963

Hey folks! This update was delayed somewhat by the necessity of ordering a Mac computer. (I’d been borrowing Macs from friends to push all of the game's prior updates on Mac). Anyway, the Mac mini just arrived yesterday, so here we go! - first and most importantly, I fixed the primary remaining cause of game slowdown! It turns out that the issue was inside the third-party particle engine that Telepath Tactics uses. When the clock that determines how long particles last ticked down to 0, it seems that their emitters were not being removed; they remained present (and wholly invisible) on the battlefield, sucking up processor cycles. As battles progressed, more and more of them would stick around, and eventually they caused noticeable slowdown. Luckily, once I realized what was happening, I was able to hack together a workaround to clear these emitters every turn. It’s not elegant, but it w...