We’ve spent the last month logging and responding to your feedback. The focus has been on crushing bugs and improving usability inside the game and also in the menus. Thank you to everyone who has joined the discussion on the forums, you’ve made a huge difference! This patch addresses everything you’ve told us about as well as a number of things we wanted to improve. We’ll continue to monitor and chat to you on the forums and look forward to dropping more updates in the coming months, which will focus more on features. In the meantime, give us your achievement suggestions! We’re looking to add some more and would love to hear what sort of achievements you enjoy. Patch Notes: New:

• Added a warning box pop-up for people who have less than 4GB of ram, which displays on boot-up.
• Added a dialogue box that pops up if the game has failed to connect to Steam’s Cloud Saves.
• Split save profiles into cloud save and local save tabs and added the ability to copy saves between the two of them.

• Stopped a sneaky UI sound from playing when repetitively when it’s not supposed to.
• Cured an issue where the master volume setting was not being retained when you quit the game.
• Fixed some inconsistencies with the sparks from Tahira's Unbound Blast.
• Crushed some recurring text masking problems.
• Gave Tahira’s stat panel a stern talking to. Now it won’t display incorrect ability names.
• ‘Slippery’ no longer freaks out if you run past the same enemy twice in immediate succession. This is good.
• Cured a few mysterious cases of hanging stun icons after enemies were pushed off ledges.
• The game now does a much better job of remembering which profile you were using last when you quit.
• The Claw can now trigger the “Strike” Achievement.
• KO'd a bug that was occurring when two or more enemies were pushed off the same ledge with Ferocious Strike.

• Bribed the audio system to fix an issue where the music would cut out if a loop was initialised while the menu was up.
• Tahira’s run sound was not being effected by the master volume slider, now it is.

• Fixed a typo in the Guard Boost tooltip.
• Clarified some ambiguity in Tahira’s ‘Slippery’ passive tooltip.
• Improved the logic for when to display the stat shields when ‘display all shields’ is switched on.
• Lowered the stun icon when displaying on The Hammer or ones her lackeys.
• Stun swirls now disappear while a character is attacking.
• Fixed an issue where the Steam overlay was getting stuck when ghosting over letter-boxing.
• Improved the UI when crushing people with Seismic Slam.
• The resolution pane in the options menu is no longer a pain in the ass to use.
• Obliterated a very quick shield flicker when moving between enemy attacks.
• Units who cannot be affected by Area of Denial attacks (eg. Sprint or Knights who have Guard Boosted) now have their movement tiles lit up in white, rather than blue.

• Fixed a couple of grammar typos.
• Some minor adjustments to conversations.

• The AI has had a stern talking to and will now change its behaviour when it’s supposed to.

• Took the adventure save system back to school and made sure it knew exactly what it was supposed to be doing during the adventure sections. It’s now a model student.

• Stopped the camera going rogue when resuming into combat or adventure mode.
• Made some improvements to the flashbacks in Jasim and Saja's Farmstead.

• Removed a duplicate bag and pair of tongs.

• Added cross-fades between Rizq's various body positions. With Me Knights of Avestan:
• Smoothed out some camera panning nonsense when the enemy reinforcements arrive.
• Smoothed out some minor weirdness for when the Captain is triggered by moving too close to his archers.
• Baby SFX fades out slightly earlier if you didn't help Rizq.
• Fixed a triggering issue that was placing a conversation under the combat UI when you saved all of the civilians.
• Fixed a strangely off centre camera zoom when rescuing one of the civilian groups.

• Roasted an issue where ranks were not transferring correctly into the first battle.
• Added extra bodies into the trees. There were not enough bodies.

• Fixed an issue where The Astral Empire would try a different strategy in part two of combat if you restarted the combat level.
• Changed the starting camera position in part two of combat when restarting it to avoid some funkiness.
• Smoothed out the audio transition between combat one and two.

• Clarified some of the objective text.
• Spanked a few different triggers that were acting out when resuming into combat.

• Fixed an issue with restarting the final part of combat.
• Fixed an obscure issue that could cause some naughty barbarians to begin spawning again.
• Made a number of interactions act consistently when resuming into the
• Rizq now remembers if he’s given up drinking and you quit, then resume.
• Tidied up some of the objective text. - Peter C, Tom and Peter S
  
  [ 2016-10-19 01:26:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Weve spent the last month logging and responding to your feedback. The focus has been on crushing bugs and improving usability inside the game and also in the menus. Thank you to everyone who has joined the discussion on the forums, youve made a huge difference! This patch addresses everything youve told us about as well as a number of things we wanted to improve. Well continue to monitor and chat to you on the forums and look forward to dropping more updates in the coming months, which will focus more on features. In the meantime, give us your achievement suggestions! Were looking to add some more and would love to hear what sort of achievements you enjoy. Patch Notes: New:

• Added a warning box pop-up for people who have less than 4GB of ram, which displays on boot-up.
• Added a dialogue box that pops up if the game has failed to connect to Steams Cloud Saves.
• Split save profiles into cloud save and local save tabs and added the ability to copy saves between the two of them.

• Stopped a sneaky UI sound from playing when repetitively when its not supposed to.
• Cured an issue where the master volume setting was not being retained when you quit the game.
• Fixed some inconsistencies with the sparks from Tahira's Unbound Blast.
• Crushed some recurring text masking problems.
• Gave Tahiras stat panel a stern talking to. Now it wont display incorrect ability names.
• Slippery no longer freaks out if you run past the same enemy twice in immediate succession. This is good.
• Cured a few mysterious cases of hanging stun icons after enemies were pushed off ledges.
• The game now does a much better job of remembering which profile you were using last when you quit.
• The Claw can now trigger the Strike Achievement.
• KO'd a bug that was occurring when two or more enemies were pushed off the same ledge with Ferocious Strike.

• Bribed the audio system to fix an issue where the music would cut out if a loop was initialised while the menu was up.
• Tahiras run sound was not being effected by the master volume slider, now it is.

• Fixed a typo in the Guard Boost tooltip.
• Clarified some ambiguity in Tahiras Slippery passive tooltip.
• Improved the logic for when to display the stat shields when display all shields is switched on.
• Lowered the stun icon when displaying on The Hammer or ones her lackeys.
• Stun swirls now disappear while a character is attacking.
• Fixed an issue where the Steam overlay was getting stuck when ghosting over letter-boxing.
• Improved the UI when crushing people with Seismic Slam.
• The resolution pane in the options menu is no longer a pain in the ass to use.
• Obliterated a very quick shield flicker when moving between enemy attacks.
• Units who cannot be affected by Area of Denial attacks (eg. Sprint or Knights who have Guard Boosted) now have their movement tiles lit up in white, rather than blue.

• Fixed a couple of grammar typos.
• Some minor adjustments to conversations.

• The AI has had a stern talking to and will now change its behaviour when its supposed to.

• Took the adventure save system back to school and made sure it knew exactly what it was supposed to be doing during the adventure sections. Its now a model student.

• Stopped the camera going rogue when resuming into combat or adventure mode.
• Made some improvements to the flashbacks in Jasim and Saja's Farmstead.

• Removed a duplicate bag and pair of tongs.

• Added cross-fades between Rizq's various body positions. With Me Knights of Avestan:
• Smoothed out some camera panning nonsense when the enemy reinforcements arrive.
• Smoothed out some minor weirdness for when the Captain is triggered by moving too close to his archers.
• Baby SFX fades out slightly earlier if you didn't help Rizq.
• Fixed a triggering issue that was placing a conversation under the combat UI when you saved all of the civilians.
• Fixed a strangely off centre camera zoom when rescuing one of the civilian groups.

• Roasted an issue where ranks were not transferring correctly into the first battle.
• Added extra bodies into the trees. There were not enough bodies.

• Fixed an issue where The Astral Empire would try a different strategy in part two of combat if you restarted the combat level.
• Changed the starting camera position in part two of combat when restarting it to avoid some funkiness.
• Smoothed out the audio transition between combat one and two.

• Clarified some of the objective text.
• Spanked a few different triggers that were acting out when resuming into combat.

• Fixed an issue with restarting the final part of combat.
• Fixed an obscure issue that could cause some naughty barbarians to begin spawning again.
• Made a number of interactions act consistently when resuming into the
• Rizq now remembers if hes given up drinking and you quit, then resume.
• Tidied up some of the objective text. - Peter C, Tom and Peter S
  
  [ 2016-10-19 01:13:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire has been patched to version 1.0.05. This hotfix addresses the following issues: - Warning dialogues have been added to all menu options which could lead to the player losing combat progress (e.g. restarting combat, quitting to main menu), in order to help prevent players unintentionally losing progress. - The combat objectives in Barr'Aaid have been updated to better reflect that all enemies must be killed in order to advance the game. We had originally intended for v1.0.04 to be our last hotfix before version 1.1, but based on the confusion that these issues were causing for players, we decided to bring them forward as another hotfix. Thanks again to everyone for reporting these issues to us. We are still taking suggestions for any small things you'd like fixed in patch 1.1 here, so if you have any suggestions, please let us know. Thanks, Tom, on behalf of the WHG team

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire has been patched to version 1.0.05 This hotfix addresses the following issues: - Warning dialogues have been added to all menu options which could lead to the player losing combat progress (e.g. restarting combat, quitting to main menu), in order to help prevent players unintentionally losing progress. - The combat objectives in Barr'Aaid have been updated to better reflect that all enemies must be killed in order to advance the game. We had originally intended for v1.0.04 to be our last hotfix before version 1.1, but based on the confusion that these issues were causing for players, we decided to bring them forward as another hotfix. Thanks again to everyone for reporting these issues to us. We are still taking suggestions for any small things you'd like fixed in patch 1.1 here, so if you have any suggestions, please let us know. Thanks, Tom, on behalf of the WHG team

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire has been patched to version 1.0.04. This hotfix addresses the following issues: - Ranked up units will now correctly retain their attack stat upon resuming a saved combat level, as well as between combat levels. - Fixed an issue in Tira where a collider was incorrectly being left active during combat, which could lead to Tahira standing in some truly nonsensical places. - Fixed an issue in The Old Quarry where a triggered event would sometimes fire incorrectly after resuming combat. Once again, thank you to everyone who's been reporting bugs to us. We're now fairly confident that the game is stable, and will be focusing on releasing a larger patch (v1.1.0) within a few weeks. We are taking suggestions for any small things you'd like fixed within this patch here. Thanks, Tom, on behalf of the WHG team

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire has been patched to version 1.0.04. This hotfix addresses the following issues: - Ranked up units will now correctly retain their attack stat upon resuming a saved combat level, as well as between combat levels. - Fixed an issue in Tira where a collider was incorrectly being left active during combat, which could lead to Tahira standing in some truly nonsensical places. - Fixed an issue in The Old Quarry where a triggered event would sometimes fire incorrectly after resuming combat. Once again, thank you to everyone who's been reporting bugs to us. We're now fairly confident that the game is stable, and will be focusing on releasing a larger patch (v1.1.0) within a few weeks. We are taking suggestions for any small things you'd like fixed within this patch here. Thanks, Tom, on behalf of the WHG team [EDIT] We have temporarily rolled back to version 1.0.03, after becoming aware of a bug that this patch has introduced. We will be rolling out a new hotfix to reincorporate these changes shortly. [EDIT2] This hotfix has now been re-uploaded, with the aforementioned bug fixed. I'd like to again say that I'm truly sorry to those who were inconvenienced by this issue. Thank you, Tom C.

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire has been patched to version 1.0.03. This hotfix addresses the following issues: - Save games will now resume correctly when loading into combat at Barr'Aaid. (to those affected by this bug - your existing save games should resume without issue. If this is not the case, please contact me at tom@whalehammegames.com) - Fixed an issue where the enemy AI could lock up upon killing specific units. - Fixed an issue where restarting combat could cause the player to lose their ranked-up units under specific circumstances. - Fixed an issue where the Heavy Mercenaries' attacks would occasionally stop working after using Ferocious Strength, rendering the units unable to take any further action. Once again, thank you to everyone who's been reporting bugs to us, we intend to continue to hotfix any serious issues such as these as we become aware of them. We're also aiming to release a larger patch (v1.1.0) within a few weeks, which will include a number of quality-of-life improvements, optimizations, and non-critical bugfixes, so please continue to let us know about any issues you encounter, no matter how minor. Thanks, Tom, on behalf of the WHG team

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire has been patched to version 1.0.03. This hotfix addresses the following issues: - Save games will now resume correctly when loading into combat at Barr'Aaid. (to those affected by this bug - your existing save games should resume without issue. If this is not the case, please contact me at tom@whalehammegames.com) - Fixed an issue where the enemy AI could lock up upon killing specific units. - Fixed an issue where restarting combat could cause the player to lose their ranked-up units under specific circumstances. - Fixed an issue where the Heavy Mercenaries' attacks would occasionally stop working after using Ferocious Strength, rendering the units unable to take any further action. Once again, thank you to everyone who's been reporting bugs to us, we intend to continue to hotfix any serious issues such as these as we become aware of them. We're also aiming to release a larger patch (v1.1.0) within a few weeks, which will include a number of quality-of-life improvements, optimizations, and non-critical bugfixes, so please continue to let us know about any issues you encounter, no matter how minor. Thanks, Tom, on behalf of the WHG team

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire has been patched to version 1.0.02. This hotfixes an issue whereby it was possible for the player to lose their ranked-up units by quitting the game at specific times. A big thanks to everyone who's been letting us know about any bugs they've encountered - we're going to keep hotfixing major issues such as these as we become aware of them. We're also aiming to release a larger patch (v1.1.0) within a few weeks, which will include a number of quality-of-life improvements, optimizations, and non-critical bugfixes, so please let us know about any issues you encounter, no matter how minor. Thanks, Tom, on behalf of the WHG team

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire has been patched to version 1.0.02. This hotfixes an issue whereby it was possible for the player to lose their ranked-up units by quitting the game at specific times. A big thanks to everyone who's been letting us know about any bugs they've encountered - we're going to keep hotfixing major issues such as these as we become aware of them. We're also aiming to release a larger patch (v1.1.0) within a few weeks, which will include a number of quality-of-life improvements, optimizations, and non-critical bugfixes, so please let us know about any issues you encounter, no matter how minor. Thanks, Tom, on behalf of the WHG team

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire has been patched to version 1.0.01. This hotfixes an issue whereby it was possible to lock combat by having a unit die under a fairly specific set of circumstances. - WHG Team

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire has been patched to version 1.0.01. This hotfixes an issue whereby it was possible to lock combat by having a unit die under a fairly specific set of circumstances. - WHG Team

After three years (and a little change), we are so very happy to be able to share Tahira with all of you. We’ll be keeping a close eye on things to make sure everything is working as intended. Please let us know what you think. We’ve also just started our AMA, join us on Reddit and ask us anything you like! We’re looking forward to talking to you. One last thing, you could really help us out by retweeting this tweet! Thank you, Peter C, Tom and Peter S

After three years (and a little change), we are so very happy to be able to share Tahira with all of you. Well be keeping a close eye on things to make sure everything is working as intended. Please let us know what you think. Weve also just started our AMA, join us on Reddit and ask us anything you like! Were looking forward to talking to you. One last thing, you could really help us out by retweeting this tweet! Thank you, Peter C, Tom and Peter S

Hey folks! The three of us are really excited that after three years, Tahira is finally going to release in 8 hours! It's been a long journey for us. To celebrate the launch, we'll be doing an AMA (Ask Us Anything) on r/games. We'll post the link in another announcement when the game goes live. We can't wait to chat to you!

Hey folks! The three of us are really excited that after three years, Tahira is finally going to release in 8 hours! It's been a long journey for us. To celebrate the launch, we'll be doing an AMA (Ask Us Anything) on r/games. We'll post the link in another announcement when the game goes live. We can't wait to chat to you!