Theocide v0.2.9: Ranked AI Fill-In, FPS Cap, and Matchmaking Fixes

Theocide's v0.2.9 update, published 26 July 2026, addresses three distinct pain points: a broken ranked queue that could strand players indefinitely, a missing frame-rate control, and a slow disconnect resolution that punished the wrong person.

What changed

Ranked matchmaking

• If no human opponent is found within 60 seconds, the game now pairs the searching player against an AI opponent instead of waiting indefinitely.
• The AI match counts as a full ranked game — win gold, rating changes, and replay saving all function identically to a human match; quitting still concedes.
• The developer describes this as a temporary measure while the player base grows.
• The queue now monitors its own connection, reconnects automatically on a brief drop (displaying a RECONNECTING state), and surfaces a clear error message if reconnection fails — replacing the old behaviour where the 'Finding match' counter ran forever while the server had quietly forgotten the request.

Disconnects

• Leaving a match now reaches the server immediately, ending the game for the remaining opponent at once rather than after up to a minute of watching a disconnected marker.

Settings and UI

• A Video settings FPS Cap has been added, ranging from 10 to 500 frames per second or Uncapped; the setting takes effect immediately and persists between sessions. Uncapped remains the default.
• A Discord button has been added to the main menu's bottom-right button row, opening the community server invite in a browser; if a fullscreen game cannot hand off to the browser, the invite link is copied to the clipboard instead.

Taken together, the changes make ranked play meaningfully more reliable — both for players staring at a frozen queue and for those left waiting when an opponent walks away.