There is no repair. On purpose.
Constructors build things and reclaim things. They do not fix things. Not units, not structures. Why the single most-questioned rule in SplinterFaction is the one that makes the factions work.
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Two clocks besides health
SplinterFaction has no counter web — no armour classes, no damage multipliers. What it has instead are two specialist effects that bypass health entirely, each with its own bar. A closer look at heat and disruption, and the nova cascade.
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Rain, fog and a day that turns into night
Weather, time of day and fog are GPU-driven effects on the GL4 pipeline. They look good, they're deterministic across every player in a match. A nighttime raid for you is a nighttime raid for everyone.
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Seismic sensors, not radar
A sensor tells you something is there. Not what, not how many, and only if it's moving. Why SplinterFaction has no radar at all, and what that does to scouting, ambushes, and the Federation's cloak.
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Nobody can join the game I'm hosting
The single most common multiplayer problem, and it looks like a bug rather than a setting. Forward port 8452, or skip the whole question and use an autohost.
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SurvivalAI: reading the beacon network
Wave defense is co-operative, scales however you want it to, and is the best way to introduce a friend to the game. It's also a target-priority puzzle: the AI starts with a full beacon network, every beacon you kill weakens it, and the panel tells you where the next wave is coming from.
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How updates reach you
Coilbox checks for new versions on launch and fetches only what's changed, so you never reinstall. This is where the build-by-build notes will land, and what a note here will and won't cover.
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