This announcement was going to be used to celebrate the fact Exodus Wars: Fractured Empire had launched on Steam, but not only is the game now available, but -- less than 24 hours since the launch -- and we've already released the first update with a fix for two serious bugs that were causing cover and the Skirmish AI to not work properly, so now we've got two things to let you know about. The full details appear below. Enjoy. :) BUILD 43.007

New Features

• Added a new "Hints & Tips" panel that will communicate helpful bits of info to players.

Changes:

• Removed concealment, for now. Cover will still work as normal.

Bug Fixes:

• Areas of cover were always concealing any formations inside the area.
• AI player did nothing on its turn on Skirmish matches.

Known Issues:

• Poor video playback and quality.
• Rotating, Panning and Zooming the camera can sometimes clip into the terrain (use SPACEBAR to reset the camera if controls stop working correctly).
• Units sometimes sink into or float above the terrain.
• Highlighting on units (glow effect) doesn't always show as intended.
• Shooting range ring sometimes stays on the terrain when you mouse over a unit.
• Clicking on a area of cover to move a formation to doesn't always set the destination point correctly.
• Clicking a 1x or 2x movement range, and then clicking within the 3x movement range will not let you set the formation's destination correctly. Clear the order and start over as a work-around.
• Sometimes, the Baron behemoth will rotate to the side to shoot at targets lower than its position on the terrain.
• Sometimes, units do not face the correct direction when firing upon a target.
• The Army List panel should show formations as grey when they cannot be activated or have been destroyed.
• Sometimes panning will not respond with mouse click and drag -- as a work-around, use your mouse pointer at the sides of your screen to pan around the map if this happens.