Dune Legacy 0.98.6.2 is now available! This release focuses on game balance and adds user-editable configuration files for units, structures, and AI behavior.
What's New in 0.98.6.2
🎛️ User-Editable Configuration Files
- ObjectData.ini: Customize unit/structure stats (HP, speed, damage, cost, build time) without recompiling
- QuantBot Config.ini: Adjust AI difficulty, unit composition, attack behavior, and harvester limits
- Config files auto-copied to user directory on first run (Windows:
%APPDATA%\dunelegacy\config\) - Includes detailed inline documentation and examples
⚖️ Ornithopter Balance Changes
- Speed: 22 → 15 (32% slower, turret rockets can now catch them)
- Attack waves: Hard (2→1 ornis), Brutal (4→3 ornis) - smaller, more frequent raids
- AI builds ornithopters but won't attack with them on Easy/Medium difficulties
🚀 Rocket Turret Improvements
- Scan frequency: 3 seconds → 0.2 seconds (15x faster targeting)
- Fixed close-range air targeting bug (turrets now shoot air units at all ranges)
- Rocket detonation timer: 30 → 60 cycles (doubled pursuit time)
- Immediate retaliation when damaged
🤖 AI Defense Improvements
- Builds 4 insurance rocket turrets proactively (before seeing enemy ornithopters)
- Proactive CY upgrade to level 2 after Starport (no more reactive delays)
- Counter logic fixed: builds 2 turrets per enemy ornithopter (max from single house, not sum)
- Prerequisite checking: ensures Windtrap + Radar before building turrets
Download Links
- Windows: Dune Legacy 0.98.6.2 Setup.exe
- macOS: DuneLegacy-0.98.6.2-macOS.dmg
- Linux: DuneLegacy-0.98.6.2-Linux.tar.gz
As always, you'll need the original Dune 2 PAK files to play. See our FAQ for more information.
Config File Locations:
- Windows:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\dunelegacy\config\ - Linux:
~/.config/dunelegacy/config/ - macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/dunelegacy/config/
This release completes the ornithopter balance work - they're now effective but counterable. The new config system lets you customize balance to your liking!