v33.6: Versioned Replays, Featured Lobbies & v33 Controls

Direct answer: can you replay an older game?

Yes. The official v0.33.6 Release adds versioned replay shells. When an archived game’s build no longer matches the live client, the game checks https://replay.<domain>/<gameId> and opens the shell built with the rules that recorded the match.

Open the old game link or replay entry again; do not force it through the current /game/<id> page. If the matching shell was not archived for a pre-feature build, the existing version-mismatch message remains the honest result. Replays simulate locally, preserve the canonical replay URL, and do not consume a new multiplayer slot.

v33.6 change	Player result	Boundary to remember
Versioned replay shells	Older archived games can replay under their original build	It is a replay path, not a way to make a current lobby use old rules
Luna public multiplayer frequency 6 → 2	Luna appears less often in public multiplayer rotation	This changes map rotation, not Luna’s terrain or rules
Rejoin rate limit	Normal reconnects continue to work without a visible change	More than 5 rejoin frames per client per minute are limited

v33.5 update: managed lobbies still have a separate boundary

The official v0.33.5 Release improved managed events: featured lobbies can carry a custom label and remain listed longer, while games created through the adminbot can pin players to teams. Pinned teammates can now see each other when anonymous names are enabled.

This does not add a pinned-team control to the normal Host menu. Ordinary hosts still choose Team and the visible lobby settings; the pinned-team input belongs to the admin game-creation path. Infinite Gold also shows the x5 ghost badge when costs are zero, but that is feedback, not a new resource or batch rule.

v33.5 change	Who can rely on it	Boundary to remember
Custom featured label and longer listing window	Players joining a managed featured event	Not every hosted lobby becomes featured
Admin-pinned teams	Organizers using the adminbot create-game path	No new pinned-team button in the ordinary Host UI
Pinned teammates visible under anonymous names	Players already assigned as teammates	Opponents remain anonymized by the room rule
x5 ghost badge at zero cost	Infinite Gold drills	Costs and normal batch limits are not redefined

The v33.4 controls remain current: eligible structure upgrades and loaded Atom Bombs can be batched, one Silo spaces queued bombs by one tick, and separate ready Silos can fire together. Doomsday territory rot, MIRV interception, Ranked 2v2, warship veterancy, and the 22-map addition also remain in force.

v33.4 update: batch the action, then check capacity

Double-tapping the same number key does not build five new structures. It selects x5 only when the target is an existing upgradable structure or when 8 has armed an Atom Bomb. New placements, Hydrogen Bombs, and MIRVs remain single actions.

The radial menu exposes the exact batch before you commit. Structure totals use the escalating cost of each next level, so x5 is not simply five times the displayed single-upgrade price.

For Atom Bombs, xMax cannot exceed the currently loaded tubes across your Silos. A same-Silo salvo trails by one tick per bomb instead of overlapping; different Silos can still launch together.

Use x2 or x5 only after checking target value, SAM coverage, loaded tubes, and the total Gold label. Bulk input removes clicking, not the cost or interception decision.

v33.3 fixes: single-player archives and Las Vegas Strip

Single-player wins are now archived at win time instead of depending on page teardown, so completed games are less likely to disappear. The Las Vegas Strip map also received a top-right geometry fix.

Neither fix creates a separate strategy page: one protects the result of a finished solo game, and the map is outside the current five-map editorial pilot.

v33.2 update: recover before territory rot

All four speed presets still keep a 10-minute grace period, but the live share now rises through 2%, 4%, 7%, 11%, 17%, 25%, and 35%. Falling below it starts the same 30-second warning.

After the warning, the protected troop and warship floor decays from 40% to 5% over 90 seconds. A side pinned at the floor then loses territory, routes, and structures toward a deadline 150 seconds after the skull first appeared.

Crossing the live bar or becoming the territory leader clears the skull and stops both unit drain and territory rot. The decision is no longer “wait safely at 5%”; preserve a cheap connected capture route and use it before the rot removes it.

v33.1 hotfix: replays and tribe leaderboard work again

The v33.1 patch fixes replay desync errors and restores custom tribe names in the leaderboard. If a team replay failed or a purchased tribe name was missing, retry it on v33.1.

These are reliability and visibility fixes. They do not change the MIRV, Doomsday, Ranked 2v2, veterancy, or map decisions explained below.

MIRV and SAM: plan an overload, not a bypass

After the MIRV carrier separates, each warhead becomes an in-flight MIRVWarhead. SAM targeting now checks it beside Atom Bombs and Hydrogen Bombs.

The old “target must be within 50 tiles of the launcher” shortcut is obsolete in v33. Interception depends on the warhead trajectory, SAM range, missile travel time, available shots, and cooldown.

• Attacker: spread warheads across coverage boundaries or combine launches so SAMs exhaust ready shots.
• Defender: overlap launchers and keep key routes inside coverage instead of protecting only a 50-tile circle around each structure.
• Both sides: count the silo cooldown after a MIRV. A second nuke needs another ready silo or a later firing window.

See the updated nuke and SAM mechanics and nuclear deterrence strategy.

Doomsday Clock: move before the first wave

Every speed preset starts with a 10-minute grace period. The required territory share then rises in waves toward 2%, 4%, 7%, 11%, 17%, 25%, and finally 35%.

Teams are judged by their combined territory against the same bar as a solo side. A doomed side receives a warning, then its protected floor falls from 40% to 5% before territory rot starts. Reaching the bar or becoming leader stops the whole process.

The practical rule is to secure a connected land share and two cheap expansion routes before minute 10. The Clock checks territory percentage, not distance from the map center. Use the Doomsday Clock guide for every speed, the warning window, recovery, and counterplay.

Ranked 2v2: survive the protected minute

Ranked now has a separate 2v2 ladder and prefers clanmates as teammates. Ranked 2v2 PvP spawn immunity is 1 minute, and Compact maps appear 50% of the time.

A match can end early when a full team is dead or disconnected. Use the protected minute to establish a shared front; do not interpret it as permission for both teammates to greed on opposite edges.

Warship veterancy: preserve the ship that earned kills

Warships can reach 3 veterancy levels. Each level adds 20% maximum health and 20% shell damage.

One enemy warship kill grants a level. Progress can also come from 10 transport kills or 25 trade-ship captures. A new level raises the health cap but does not instantly heal the ship.

Veteran ships are now compounding assets. Rotate a damaged veteran to a Port instead of trading it like a fresh hull.

Impassable terrain and 22 new maps

Mappers can mark terrain as impassable. That changes land routes, spawn exits, nuke paths, and which coastlines can actually support an attack.

The new pool adds Sol, Russia, United States, France, Germany, China, Vietnam, Scandinavia, Balkhash, Baltics, and Caspian Sea.

It also adds Clearwater Lakes, Crimea, Finger Lakes, Gulf of Guinea, Hecate Strait, Irish Sea, Las Vegas Strip, Levant, Tierra del Fuego, Branching Paths, and More than luck.

Use the updated map database to confirm the full 117-map pool. On unfamiliar maps, check contact distance, usable water routes, and impassable chokepoints before committing to a spawn.

Smaller changes worth remembering

• Right-click now cancels warship or boat selection instead of opening the action menu.
• Public games no longer rotate the ports-disabled modifier.
• Compact-map probability in Ranked 1v1 drops from 50% to 20%.
• Warships from doomed sides keep patrolling while their health decays.

Source status

GitHub labels the official v0.33.6 Release draft=false and prerelease=false; its body contains real v33.6 through v33.0 entries rather than TEST placeholder text. This remains the single v33 series overview because versioned replay is a release-level workflow, the managed-lobby boundary belongs in the existing modes answer, and bulk controls remain on the shortcut, nuke, and Water Nukes answers.

Sources: official v0.33.6 Release, versioned replay URL helper, archived replay redirect, replay shell handling, Luna rotation frequency, rejoin limiter, adminbot game creation, team and anonymous-name handling, ordinary Host controls, bulk limits and costs, keyboard toggle, radial batch menu, same-Silo launch scheduling, Doomsday schedule, and territory rot.