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Update 1.5

New content

Added camo shorts (default and medium pattern) and open variants of the A6 and MSK1 helmets

Material settings for equipment

The materials of placed equipment items can now be adjusted in the battle editor.

Custom units in ground vehicles

The units in ground vehicles can now be changed directly from within the battle editor. Units with mounted vehicle weapons will use them regardless of their own weapons. Other units will try to use the weapon that they were assigned to in the unit creator. Drivers cant be changed, but are usually not visible for most vehicles.

Animate position/rotation of passive units

The position and rotation of passive units can now be adjusted while creating passive animations.

The position and rotation always works as an offset based on the starting positiong and rotation of the unit, when the animation starts
Navigation areas are ignored, so units can fly and move anywhere within a 50x50x50 area from the starting position. At the same time, navigation to the passive unit is supported if it's moved on the navigation area.
Functionality of scripting nodes like teleport/move/rotate is limited while the animation is playing

Extended character support for notes and signs

Different character sets can now be used on notes and signs. Please note that using non latin characters does have a small performance impact. The supported characters depend on the used font.

Other improvements

MP3-files can now be imported! It's still recommended to use ogg files for best performance and quality/size
Unarmed player attacks are now directional similar to other melee weapons
Corpses and passive units can now hold grenades and support equipment in their hands
Overwriting files will now show the name of the file to be overwritten

Engine update & system requirements

The engine has been updated. This update includes 3 major LTS versions, so a lot of stuff had to be adjusted, but has already been tested in preparation of this update. If you notice any new problems, please report them on steam or the discord server.
The MacOs builds are now finally discontinued (after dropping support and removing the platform from the store almost exactly 5 years ago).
Windows 10 21H1+ is now the minimum OS-requirement (was Windows 7, which is no longer supported by Microsoft)
Ubuntu 22.04+ is now the minimum OS-requirement (was Ubuntu 16.04+)

Bug fixes

Fixed that quick scripting inputs lost their references when copy/pasting/placing prefabs
Fixed a bug that caused unit icons to miss some custom equipment items
Fixed that shooting passive units could lead to frozen animations due to impact effects
Fixed functionality of the UseSupport node
Fixed attack problems when starting to control an unarmed unit
Fixed some cases where the editor UI could become broken when using certain actions (like Undo while editing dialogs)
Fixed cases where ranged AIs could become stuck without reloading
Fixed nested array access for direct underlying arrays
Fixed missing error checks when using materials mappings for arm/leg presets

[ 2024-11-24 14:11:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 1.4

Blur vignette screen effect scripting node

The new scripting node combines blur and vignette to blur the screen from the corners to simulate various effects.

Arithmetic expressions in numberic inputs

Simple arithmetic expressions can now be entered in almost any numeric text input. Supported operations include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and parenthesized ordering

Quick scripting inputs

Instead of having to create an input node for each input value of a node, most types can now be input with a single click next to the input port. Node connections will clear existing quick inputs. Supported input types are types like bool, int, float, string, float3, color, references and enums.

Movement speed multiplier node for units

One of the most requested scripting features has finally been realized. You can now change the speed of units by using the SetMovementSpeedMult node.

Improved AI corner peeking detection

While peeking corners as the player, AI units would often not react or see the player. This has been improved and AI units will now attack the player as usual.

First person melee improvements

Ever since the 1st person viewmodel was changed to improve gunplay, there were some issues with how melee weapons felt. It looked like as if there was an offset between the rendered weapon and the actual hit detection and changing the fov would cause additional issues. This has now been resolved and melee combat in first person should look and feel more accurate.

Other features & Improvements

The order of scripting variables in the list can now be changed while their settings are expanded
Added GetPath node to get a copy of the calculated path of a unit
Added GetMouseDeltaX/Y nodes to get the mouse position offset between frames
Added RestrictWeaponThrow, RestrictWeaponDrop, RestrictShieldDrop nodes
The placement method of ceiling lamps has been improved. They can now be placed on most surfaces.
Improved the accuracy of unit movement to prevent situations where it seemed like they walked slightly into the terrain on hills.

[ 2024-09-25 18:07:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 1.3

Blur screen effect scripting node

The new scripting node can be used to blur the screen to simulate various effects.

Unit impact animations

Units will now react to bullet/melee impacts. The strength of the effect depends on the bullet damage, hit armor and body part, melee weapon weight and randomness.

Block AI navigation areas

Instead of only adjusting how likely AIs will move in certain areas, you can now totally block them entirely. AIs will not navigate within that area and will behave as if an object is placed there.

Choose preview rotation

While placing a preview, you can now input a rotation to place an object at a specific angle.

Laser wall blocking

Lasers from weapon attachments will now be blocked by walls. This effect can be deactivated in the game settings.

Other features & Improvements

Workshop items can now be uploaded as "unlisted" from within the game
Removed small gaps between the vanilla shirts and pants
Pillars can now be placed below other pillars and dragged down to place multiple at once
Scripting fog areas can now be rotated on each axis through their settings UI
Added GetMouseWheel scripting node
Added an option to rotate the editor snapping grid
Unit ragdolls now collapse faster

Bug fixes

Fixed that Melee scripting events did not trigger for units are punching with their gun
Fixed that creating custom units from the zombie tab would cause invalid faction setups
Fixed dropping/removing weapons within the OnPickUpEquipment scripting event
Fixed a bug that caused units to randomly forget their targets and stop due to missing view on the target
Fixed that deleting a navigation obstacle could lead to invalid AI navigation around that area
Fixed that support equipment uage didnt work in many cases for AI units
Fixed incorrect player health text display on the HUD for some values
Fixed incorrect weapon sizes when starting to control certain units
Fixed incorrect terrain culling while editing it in the battle editor

[ 2024-08-12 13:59:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 1.2

Content

Added sweatpants item
Added a version of the shield backpack without shield
The red modular metal building set is now called "Rusted"

Custom clothing items

Custom gloves, shoes, body and leg clothing can now be created in the game and shared with others on the steam workshop!

For now, only static clothing parts can be created, but you can choose one of the existing in-game preset to create long sleeved body/leg clothing. Custom clothing items can be used everywhere where vanilla clothing can be used.

Scripting improvements

Added RoundEx node to round floats to n decimals
Added PassiveUnitToUnit cast node
Added Player/MakeInvisible to turn the player invisible to allow more customization in terms of custom items with shapes that are smaller than the regular body of the player

Other improvements

Added a color picker mode to pick the color multiplier of modular buildings
The color picker mode is now saved while the game is running
Units are now longer snapped to the navigation grid when the battle starts, if they are close enough to it and the space is not shared with another unit
Filtering by "CustomUnit" in the unit creator will only display custom items now
Bug fixes

[ 2024-06-26 18:49:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 1.1

Content

Added 4 variants of a two colored shirt
Elf ears will now share the color of the unit's body paint

Scripting improvements

Added a tool to search and jump to node instances in scripts in the scripting view
New nodes
- Trigger/RandomPosInside to get a random position within a trigger
- Unit/[Get/Set]BodyPartCollision to disable hitboxes for each individual body part
- Player/EnableFallDamage to turn fall damage on/off
- ControlFlow/Cooldown to block further node execution for a duration
- ControlFlow/ObjCooldown is a variant of the Cooldown node, but has an internal cooldown for each object

Other improvements

The current and total time of a passive unit animation will now be displayed while animating it in the unit editor
Added buttons to reset limbs to their default position or rotation while animating
Melee direction indicators are much smaller now
Melee direction indicators can now be deactivated in the settings (or set to the old variant)
Added simulation space option to custom particle system to allow simulation in global space
Added rate over distance setting to custom particle systems to allow emission while the object is moving
Slightly improved SAM missle accuracy and movement
Bug fixes

[ 2024-04-25 16:23:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond the Horizon Map Competition Result

The map competition is over. Thanks to everyone who participated and Tomebinder for judging the maps! He also played some of the maps on stream while judging them, so make sure to check it out if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oi6YXmmOvA Some really nice maps have emerged from this competition and there is a new quick play bundle available in the main menu, which contains some maps from the competition. Just a discplaimer: If your map isn't listed in this post or the quick play bundle, that doesn't mean it is not worth playing. The winners will receive their digital steam gift cards soon and will be notified via steam dms or discord, so keep an eye out for that! Here are the best maps with a short review from Tomebinder:

1st place

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3162424983 This map is a great example of how AW3 is a distinct game engine in its own right. I really appreciate maps that feel like complete packages. You can tell that Crusader was extensively playtested, and despite its anomalously long playtime the whole experience was quite polished. It was hard for me to believe that a narrative of any length and complexity could be told in a single map but then I played CRUSADER. Its connection to the contest feels like more of an afterthought, mostly being alluded to in text until the last level, where the player bursts through a Space Gate to explore the cosmic realm beyond. Crusader puts a unique spin on the typical gameplay of Ancient Warfare 3 by using JNIs scripting system to the fullest. It was incredibly satisfying to learn a whole new set of controls as if I had just installed a brand new game onto my PC. Customizing my loadout was fun, and I got the sense that I only scratched the surface of customization given the many options for buying new guns. It was also super fun to explore the levels while being locked to this point of view because it made them seem way bigger than they actually were. Theres a lot of potential for this format. This is the kind of map that I anticipate returning to on a rainy day, or when Im bored. Its just a full, complete, reliable and FUN experience. Of course, it is the first foray into this kind of quasi-isometric view, and many scripts are working together to bring the Crusader experience to life, which means that movement problems and bugs did occasionally bubble to the surface while playing. In particular, getting the Silencer (protagonist of CRUSADER) to follow my mouse was tricky, and that seems like quite a critical part of the map. But setting aside these issues, Crusader is a huge effort worthy of the top spot for being a complete, self-contained experience that is well balanced and demonstrates technical mastery of AW3 on all levels.

2nd place

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3166581101 As above, I appreciate maps that feel like complete packages, and this one certainly fit that description. It felt like playing a quick round of Space Crusade, the board game. You can tell that the map creator wanted to add lots of depth to this maps scripted mechanics. Everything from the loadout of the space marines to the music is up to the players discretion. Numbs customization options were almost overwhelming at first, but I think that theyre perfect for someone who wants to come back to this RTS again and again. They allow you to tweak your experience and make it slightly different each time. There are TONS of scripts in play here, and they work together almost perfectly, with a few bugs (not game breaking). The actual map is fairly well balanced but not very long. Perhaps if you added regeneration it would allow the space marines to live longer and increase the playtime of the map? This would encourage people to replay more, knowing that their customizable choices at the start of the map have more meaningful long term effects. These are minor requests though. Ultimately the Space Crusade RTS demonstrates great effort through its use of voice acting, custom infos, squad controls, and more. It deserves the second spot for how cohesive and complete it all feels.

3rd place

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3165557466 With The Cold Below, we see someone making an ambitious drive to use AW3 as a FPS engine. Hordes of varied enemies fought in close-quarters, intense combat. Strong Doom and Darktide vibes here, but the tropes of these games are reinvented in a satisfying way. I felt like I was descending into a pit of evil at the start of the map. And, despite the constantly spawning hordes of enemies, I only had a single lag spike throughout the entire experience, which was very impressive. There are lots of great models and competent scripts in this map almost come together, but the gameplay is where it can leave players confused. Unit design is wonderful, with distinct looks for each type of opponent, but I found the maps gray color palette made it hard to make out the difference between melee and ranged enemies. You have lots of time at the start of the map to relay critical info (about the power levels of different enemy types, directions about where to go, and sounds to look out for), so I recommend doing that as well as putting in the lore. Focus on telegraphing the non-horde encounters and youll keep the player feeling in charge -- dominant, even. Youve clearly got the aesthetic talents and the eye for performance needed to create an accessible map. Looking forward to seeing what you do next!

4th place

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3166970098 A solid outing, unlike other maps on this list it was a complete package that you can play start to finish and enjoy. Sound design was sparse but used effectively (to indicate when enemies come to life, etc). However, the winding catacombs look samey, so consider adding more detail to differentiate certain areas. There were also a few random teleportation bugs that you already know to fix. Overall, Arizona Jim, despite its clear Indiana Jones inspirations, is a very imaginative map! It also fit the theme of exploring new worlds quite well, since we were delving into a forgotten pyramid. A few more days of polish and this completed map would be even more complete. Keep doing stuff like this and you will be a renowned map maker in no time.

5th place

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3157535518 Super strong concept behind this map. Great variety of units, interesting (immersive) sound scripts, and of course the tie-ins with Remedy Zero were great. But I wasnt able to finish it. It seems almost impossible to get the desired amount of money in only 15 minutes. Strongly recommend upping the spawn frequency. Other than that, youve got the atmosphere down and a great future of AW3 maps if you keep evolving your formula like this.

6th place

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3157516829 This map had a real interesting ARMA vibe to it. It was a unique take on the alien invasion trope, and it had some neat scripts. You did an infinite defense right: by adding random events and mutations in the battle. However, the blood script was too disruptive and there was a lot of shooting into a treeline where you couldnt really see anything. So not a lot of face-to-face combat. Youve got some neat mechanics down, now just focus on the gameplay and youll have something really special.

[ 2024-03-01 17:24:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Full Release

Patch Notes https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/758990/view/6716622476446477942 A Labor of Love Since 2017 I started AW3 as a solo project in early 2017. What was originally planned to be a spin-off with modern content for the game Ancient Warfare 2, quickly evolved into a full rewrite of the game with mixed content from different eras and more customization. The first test version made its debut on itch.io on July 22, 2017. This milestone was quickly followed by the launch into Steam Early Access on December 17, 2017. Seven Years of Development After nearly seven years of dedicated development, countless updates and great community support, AW3 is finally transitioning from early access to full release. Community Driven Development The success is measured not just in milestones but in the experiences we've shared together as a community and the great content on the workshop. With an overwhelming ~95% positive reviews, your feedback has always been very important for me and influenced the development a lot. Your ideas, insights, content, and engagement has shaped AW3 into what it is today. The Future Although AW3 is leaving early access, our journey is not over yet. There are still many things that can be improved and added to the game and I really hope that I can implement some interesting ideas in the future. I also want to focus more on creating community events like map competitions and events to encourage good workshop content. A Heartfelt Thank You None of this would have been possible without you - the players. Thank you to everyone who has supported me by purchasing the game, engaging with the community on Steam and Discord, contributing content to the workshop, or just following the development process. Your support has been the cornerstone of AW3's success, and I really enjoyed dedicating most of my time during these past 7 years to the game and its community! And if you haven't already, I really recommend to join the Discord Server, where I'm usually around while developing and ready to answer questions from time to time.

[ 2024-01-26 16:47:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond the Horizon Map Competition

Starting today and running until February 25, there will be an official map competition! You can create a map based on a certain theme and the top 3 map creators receive cash prizes. You can find all you need to know below. Start: Now End: February 25 2023, 23:59 UTC

Theme: Beyond the Horizon

Venture beyond the horizon, where unknown territories, structures, and futuristic worlds await. Embrace the unknown as you craft mystical lands, unexplored planets and continents, secret buildings, or hidden dimensions. Focus on discovery, from encountering new enemies, monsters or anomalies to unveiling groundbreaking technologies and wonders. Let your imagination lead the way in these uncharted realms, creating a thrilling experience of exploration and adventure. Your map can play in any era, and we cant wait what creative ideas you come up with!

Rules

Breaking the rules will result in an exclusion from the ratings

Each participant can only submit one map
The map is created by yourself (no collaborations in any way!)
The map has to feature a player controlled unit (static/spectate only maps are not allowed)
Old maps are not allowed, you have to start creating the map after the competition started (the game keeps track of when a map was created, so you have to start with a new map)
The map has to be submitted before the competition is over, updates to the map are not allowed after the competition is completed
The scripting system, custom equipment/items/objects, custom units/prefabs can be used in any way
- This includes public workshop items of other players and content that you created in the past
- However, if you use content created by other players, you should clearly state which parts of you map/content were not created by yourself

Reward

The $100 prize pool will be paid out via digital Steam Gift Cards and is split between the top 3 creators:

1st place: $60
2nd place: $30
3rd place: $10

In addition, the top 6-9 maps (depending on the quality of the entries) will be featured as a quickplay bundle which usually results in these workshop items getting a lot of subscriptions!

How to submit a map

Submitting a map is very easy, but make sure your map doesnt break any of the rules or it will not be considered for the competition! 1) Upload your map to the workshop 2) There is a banner on the right side in the main menu where you can select one of your workshop maps to submit it

Rating

The maps in this competition will be judged by Tomebinder, who has both played and created various maps and campaigns. If you have been around in the community for a while, you probably already know him for creating "The Good of the Company" campaigns. He also creates Youtube videos of AW3 and will proably stream the judging process, so make sure to check him out and follow if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/@tomebinder4369 Each map will receive a score which depends on these categories:

Appearance (0-3) Appearance is how the map looks from an aesthetics point of view - that is to say, how easy it is on the eyes
Technical Design (0-5) Technical design covers how well a map is put together; that is to say, how well it runs, the efficiency of object and unit usage, and the complexity of the map in general.
Balance (0-2) How balanced is a map, when the theme is taken into account? Is it too easy or too hard? Is one team steam rolling the other when it shouldn't be? Is the player waltzing all over the competition without breaking a sweat? Or is the player dying the moment they leave the starting area?
Originality (0-3) Has it been done before? Has it been over done? Does it use original prefabs or does it borrow from the workshop? Is there something about the map that makes it stand out from the rest?
Units (0-3) Is your map using custom units? Are they a designer brand fit for the catwalk or are they as bland as shredded wheat? Are they balanced, and do they fit the map?
Gameplay (0-3) Is the map fun to play? Is there non-stop action, or is it scary/exciting/trilling
Thumbnail (0-1) Does the map have an appealing thumbnail?
Theme (0-3) How well is the theme represented in the map

Other relevant information about the rating:

If you use custom scripting, it can positively influence categories like balancing, gameplay or technical design, but it can also negatively impact the performance! That being said, there is no need to use scripting to score the maximum points in the technical design category
Custom equipment/items/objects are not required to score the maximum points in any of the categories, but it can help. In any case, using a variety of good looking custom units with vanilla equipment is sufficient

[ 2024-01-26 16:47:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

1.0 Update

Ancient Warfare 3 is leaving early access! For those of you who want to read some of my thoughts and plans, make sure to read this post: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/758990/view/6716622476446528467 Otherwise, I just want to say THANK YOU and enjoy the patch! There is also a new map competition going live with this update, which you can find here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/758990/view/3963798375007867538

Custom Throwing Weapons

This new AI only custom equipment type can be used to create custom throwing weapons like the vanilla throwing axes, spears, rocks, ...

Edit Custom Units in Context

Instead of having to back and forth between the editors to ensure your unit's animation or style fits their surroundings, custom units can now be opened within the context of the battle editor! In addition, when creating or editing units, the correct unit color will be used to preview the unit.

Content

Added sky biome with invisible terrain while playing
Added long sleeved open shirt
Added 4 formal shirts (long/short, wrinkled/ironed)
Added sleeve only variants of the camo shirts

Color wires/ropes

The material of wires and ropes can now be adjusted.

Select similar by Id

This feature allows you to expand the current selection by selecting all objects with the same id(s).

Search for Objects

By using the new search button in the upper toolbar or pressing Ctrl + F, all placed objects and units in the battle editor can be searched and located/moved to by hovering/clicking list items.

Search in Scripts

By using the UI button or Ctrl + F you can now search for node names and jump to them to help you navigate large scripts.

New Scripting Nodes & Improvements

Scripting lights can now be spotlights
Scripting lights can now cast shadows
Increased custom ogg sound size limit to 2MB
Scripting triggers can now be named for identification in scripts
Added another small text above the name of scripting nodes which shows the node category
Tags for multiple units can now be added easily with the new settings panel in the battle editor (not scripting view)
Position in the scripting list is now kept after deleting or editing scripts
Added UI buttons to zoom in/out of scripting view
Increased RefCollection input size limit from 100 to 1000
Increased Array growth limit from 1024 to 4096
Added the following new scripting nodes
- Set/GetFlame to adjust the flame of a unit
- Set/GetPoison to adjust the poison of a unit
- OnFlameGlobal/OnPoisonGlobal events for when any unit is set on fire or poisoned
- Set/GetEquipmentHp to get or set the hp of an armor equipment
- GetArmor to get the armor equipment of a certain slot (head, body, arm, ...)
- Input/ArmorSlot to input an armor slot
- IsRangedWeapon/IsMeleeWeapon/IsArmor to test what kind of equipment a reference is
- Trigger/GetName to get the name of a trigger
- Unit/OnAIBeginReload, Unit/OnAIReload (+ bind nodes) events which will run when a unit reload
- Unit/OnAIBeginReloadGlobal, Unit/OnAIReloadGlobal events which will run when any unit reload
- Unit/Reload forces a unit to reload
- Set/Get/ToggleWeaponMod to enable/disable the flashlight/laser of a unit
- Set/GetFiremode to modify the firemode (semi, full auto) of a unit
- ReplaceWithPassive to replace a custom unit with a passive variant of the same unit
- CustomUnit/GetPassiveAnim to get the animation of a custom unit
- PassiveUnit/SetAnim to set the animation of a passive unit
- Input/PassiveAnim to input passive animations from custom units
- Cast/StringToFloat, Cast/StringToInt to convert a string to a number
- Cast/UnitToPassive to use a unit reference as passive unit reference
- Unit/CanUseSupport to test if a unit has a support equipment like a grenade and can use it
- Unit/UseSupport[AtPos] to force the unit to use the support equipment [at a specific position]
- Unit/GetBehaviour to get the current behaviour of a unit
- Set/GetAggression to modify the aggression of a unit, which will be used for shooting aggression
- Query/CountUnitsWithTag to simply count units with a tag instead of returning a list of them
- Unit/EnableSearchRotation to enable/disable that units rotate randomly to find a target
- Player/SetVerticalFpsLookDir to set the vertical camera direction while in first person
- SpawnActiveSupport to spawn active grenades or support equipments
- OnPlayerSupportThrow/OnAISupportThrow[Global] events to detect support equipment throwing
- OnExplosion/OnGrenadeActivation events to detect explosions
- String/Create/FromChar/ToASCIIArray to help with handling strings

Other Features & Improvements

Melee weapons will no longer stop dealing damage after cutting through or killing a unit. Instead up to 3 units can be hit with a single swing, provided that each unit hit previously has been killed.
Ranged AI improvements
- Improved semi auto recoil animations
- Improved full auto shooting (no more semi auto in between groups)
- Increased default full auto shooting aggression
- They can now use burst fire modes
The HUD will now show which grenade and projectile is currently used by the player
Added an active unit to the custom equipment testing area
Replaced the unit attack distance switch with a slider
Increase chest plate and helmet vertex limits from 1.5k to 2k
Miniguns can now be reloaded (both vanilla and custom)
Selected objects can now be saved as a prefab
The custom unit editor camera can now be both higher and lower
When uploading units to the workshop, the name and descriptions are filled out automatically
Most workshop items no longer need descriptions when uploading them
Added more UI info elements throughout the game, especially in the battle editor
Increased max bullet amount to 20 for caliber modifications
Added an option to make unit spawners invisible while playing
The flee radius of passive units is now displayed in the editor
Added more workshop sorting options to battles, units, prefabs and campaigns (90d, 180d, 1y trend, 90d, 180d, 1y upvotes)
Fist weapons no longer block projectiles and other melee weapons
Increased possible weapon offset while animating custom passive units
Added modular wall, foundation and floor as reference objects in the item creator
Message notifications in the battle editor now use colors based on the message type
Improved the functionality and visuals of tooltips
Increased max player starting health setting from 10k to 100k
Sharp/blunt damage reduction and weight/ergonomics are now displayed in the arsenal
Small UI improvements throughout the game
Improved debug console (better UI, button to open log file path)
The game's save directory can now be opened through the settings
Added an option to control which units will be run over by vehicles
Added a button to the main menu to reload all workshop content (after subscribing to content in the steam client)
Improved UI sound variation
Updated engine

Bug fixes

Spectate node will no longer cause the player to drop its equipment
Fixed global variable scripting panel error message getting stuck
Fixed that editing a custom thrower unit to another unit type would not update the animations in the battle editor
When returning from playing some editor UI settings were not up to date
Fixed that editing a dialog graph in the script editor would reactivate the whole battle editor UI
AddDialog nodes will not work without name input
Fixed that clicking while the scripting editor is being minimized for selection would break the UI
Fixed bad performance when loading main menu backgrounds from within battles
Fixed that ranged units did not target cannon turrets
Fixed accuracy of vehicle navigation blocking which prevents various issues
Fixed that controlling a unit with a siege weapon would cause various movement bugs
Fixed incorrect full screen mode while starting
Fixed issues when undoing modular placement
Fixed issues where editing placed custom units would also modify other units
Fixed that OnDamageGlobal was invoked after OnDeath events
Fixed various UI issues in the quick play panel
Animal hitboxes will no longer longer block projectiles from the rider's weapon
Fixed a bug that caused incorrect rendering orders of balaclava items
Fixed a bug that caused volume spikes when modifiying volume of music with scripts

[ 2024-01-26 16:47:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.49

Campaign Rework

All old workshop campaigns have already been updated and everything that used to be possible is still possible with the reworked system
Campaigns have a new file format which allows faster loading of the whole campaign and individual levels
They can also be stored locally and edited in a dedicated campaign editor (similar to battles)
Campaigns now unfold on a map where you can place starting points, levels and transitions between levels
- The visual elements on the map can be customized in various ways. For instance, you can import custom background images or icons for levels, modify transitions with bezier curves and adjust all colors
- Users can zoom in and move around to inspect the map
- There can be multiple transitions between levels, which can be selected on the map after completing a level
- Transitions can also be deactivated with scripting to adjust possible paths in a campaign depending on the players decisions/results
- Scripting can also be used to progress in the campaign, even if the player failed a battle
- [Optional] Fog of war can be used to hide parts of the map which you didnt explore yet
- Using the campaign map is optional and you can still create campaigns with direct transitions between levels like before, while still using some of the new features
You can select story settings with a narrator unit, description, voice over file and custom background to tell your story while loading the next level in your campaign.

For more information regarding campaign scripting, make sure to check out this guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3111030399

Persistent Storage

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3111005720

The new persistent storage scripting nodes allows you to save data between sessions of the same battle
It can also be used to store data between campaign level transitions
New nodes: CanBeSaved, StoreValue, LoadValue, DeleteValue, ContainsValue, GetStoredNames, ClearStorage, SaveStorage, LoadStorage

Improvements

Added CreateArray node to create an empty array without an input node
Added any type which can be used to represent any other type
Added AnyHint/TryAnyHint to convert any values to their actual typed value
Added battle End event node
Added FreezeMovement and MoveWithCol nodes to freeze the vanilla movement and implement custom movement
Improved initial loading lag when loading a battle into the editor
Fog areas can now be teleported with scripting

Bug fixes

Fixed that size changes of scripting nodes would not update the connections
Fixed Sin/Cos/Tan math node input to match the documentation
Fixed accuracy of some pathfinding functions to fix some edge cases
Using the ControlUnit node on the current player will no longer replace it
Fixed a bug that prevented maps from being loaded if they contained corrupted sound files
Fixed a bug that prevented the game from starting when trying to load corrupted custom units
Fixed initial testing range ammo count
Fixed inverted normals on WWI gas mask
Fixed sizing of scripting UI items with public properties
Fixed bone UI not resetting after saving a custom unit while animating
Fixed lock UI being displayed for apartment buildings
Fixed spectate camera restrictions while playing
Fixed a bug that prevented units from being generated when using invalid armbands
Fixed that some UI tooltips would still be visible while the editor UI was hidden
Fixed hoplite spear animation set (throwing/picking up weapons)
Fixed a bug that would reset the player animation when returning from the embedded unit editor
Fixed foundation stair navigation problems

[ 2023-12-11 17:57:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.48

Armband slot + asymmetric armor

Added armbands as a new equipment slot for custom units
You can create and upload custom armbands in the custom item creator
Armbands have a feature to increase in size if the unit wears arm armor to always be visible
Individual armbands can be selected for each side of the unit
All arm and leg armor slots can now also be selected individually for each arm/leg
Added some simple single color vanilla armbands

Custom Unit Editor Improvements

Adjusted the custom unit editor UI and fixed various problems with the UI
Animation frames can be copied from one unit to another (copied frame will no longer be cleared when loading a unit)
Animation frames can be copied to corpse poses
Corpse poses can be saved/loaded as single frame animations
Bone positions/rotations in the animation/pose editor can now be set by using the UI
Changing the equipment will no longer cause snaps in the unit animation

Improvements

Reworked the equipment panel UI to match the other UI and increased the size of lists to improve item selection
Improved the resolution of all vanilla scope/red dot reticles
Added a smoke muzzle effect to vanilla muskets and flintlock weapons
Added short and long sleeve only vanilla shirts
Improved the performance of some inventory operations for units and the player
When hitting the floor above while jumping, the player will no longer glide below the floor and fall down instead
Added more modular attachments points to all stairs and floors to make it easier to construct buildings

Scripting

Added MultilineString input node which can be expanded in size
Added string Length, CharAt and Substring to get the length, ascii char code and section of strings
Added bool <-> int cast nodes
Added StartBattle node which can be used to start battles immediately after loading
Added SetAmmo node to set the amount of bullets of a caliber in the player's inventory and renamed "AddBullets" and "RemoveBullets" to "AddAmmo" and "RemoveAmmo"
Added EnumValues node to get an array of all possible values of an enumeration (for instance unit type, caliber, etc.)
The ActivateFootstep node now works properly on player units
Teleporting the player will now reset the fall velocity to avoid fall damage when teleporting the player

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused targeting problems after unlocking doors or destroying blocking objects
Fixed some problems when AIs tried to targeting siege units
Fixed a bug that allowed prefab scripting data to be linked by all prefabs that were created in the same session until restarting the game
Fixed a bug that caused the unit/object replacement to not work anymore after changing the terrain in certain cases
Fixed various issues with the 'generate destruction parts' tool in the item creator
Removed outdated 'ocean' water option which only mapped to the ocean biome to avoid various problems
Fixed incorrect material preview while placing certain parts of invalid prefabs
Fixed outdated HUD information when starting to control a unit
When starting to control a unit, the current and max hp are now properly transfered to the new player
Fixed missing tags after starting to control a unit
Fixed that custom attachment input nodes would not store their custom item data in the battle file
Fixed some prefab placement problems
Fixed that the unit creator sometimes set the wrong default attack distances for a weapon
Squad marker height is now adjusted based on the unit's head equipment
Fixed that switching between ranged weapons in the unit creator would not show the settings panel
Fixed that the flak cannon was not available as an object
The flak cannon can now be controlled by the player
Fixed that clicking on a user in the workshop UI would not reset the current page, resulting in invalid query results
Fixed the model origin preview while changing the model position in the item creator
Fixed missing tooltips on the script editor snapping buttons
The squad hud can now no longer be used when no units are left in the squad
Fixed some incorrect interactions realted to physics object and dropped weapons
Fixed incorrect UI tooltip scale speed in some cases
Fixed warnings when attacking while unarmed
Fixed incorrect list display when selecting ranged weapons in the editor
Fixed targeting of the future tank
Fixed invalid vanilla pirate clothing randomization data
Adjusted position of the cannon control unit to prevent it from becoming stuck as a ragdoll
Fixed overlapped equipment slots while animating units in the unit editor
Fixed random battle panel scaling on non 16:9 aspect ratios
Fixed random battle game mode selection
Fixed a bug that displayed tooltips of the strategy mode UI even if it is deactivated
Fixed dropdown UI behaviour in the scripting editor
Fixed hit detection of melee weapons in the arsenal testing range
Fixed some minor UI sound issues
Fixed that the UI would lock up after trying to save files with an invalid file name

[ 2023-10-30 15:27:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.47.1

Quick play changes

The steam workshop browser is now available in the quick play section to download and play battles from the main menu
The outdated integrated conquest, koth and zombie survival maps have been replaced with some featured workshop maps. Koth and zombie survival categories have been replaced with "Combat" and "Story & Horror"

Updating custom content

The game stores custom content in battles to ensure that it is available when battles are shared on the workshop or the used items become unavailable or change. There is now a new tool to update custom items in a map with the latest locally stored or installed workshop version of the same item.

Interaction sounds

Added sounds for when the cursor hovers or clicks UI elements
Added sounds for placing, selecting, deselecting and deleting units in the battle editor
The volume of both options can be adjusted or disabled in the settings

Features & improvements

Improved animations of UI tooltips and hover effects
Adjusted the look various UI panels and elements
Added IgnoreTargetZone node to use triggers to ignore targets for units in certain areas
Improved objective targeting behaviour for conquest/koth game modes
After a unit was killed, the scripting tags will now be removed automatically
Improved color picker and measurement tool performance
Subscribed workshop battles and prefabs are now updated automatically when clicking on them in the workshop browser

Bug fixes

Fixed that own custom items could not be loaded into the editor in some cases
Fixed that some UI elements would be rendered in front of the pause menu
Updating a local custom prefab will now correctly update the icon
Fixed incorrect health bar color rendering when far away from the camera
Fixed that editing attachments for the 3rd weapon slot did not work properly
Fixed workshop sorting by friends or followed
Fixed problems that caused the camera to become stuck after spectating
Fixed rendering of invisible units in workshop, scripting and local icons

[ 2023-09-28 17:52:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.47

Melee combat improvements

Players can now hold their shield instead of having to time it. This makes it possible to block incoming projectiles and melee combat is much easier.
Attacks can be started while defending and the player will automatically defend after the attack, if the defend key is pressed.
While defending without a shield, the weapon will be held while holding the defend key. In addition, the player will choose the correct defend direction automatically while looking at a unit.
Added a visual effect when the shield or weapon is hit while defending
Hitting the environment or other objects with a melee weapon will now stop the attack and play a sound
To balance the new defending, AI units can now break the player's defense by hitting the shield/weapon
- The probability depends on the weapon: 0-10% chance based on weapon weight + 5% bonus for blunt weapons
- Defending will not be possible for 1.0-1.25 seconds
The hit detection of shields and melee weapons in first person has been improved
Melee weapons will no longer register double hits due to incorrect hit detection

RTS mode changes

Removed the real time strategy button from the spectate HUD
It can now be started with the SetStrategyMode scripting node to create dedicated maps for it
The scripting node also allows you to select the strategy mode options and whether you want to show the spectate UI or not

New scripting nodes

Added SetSpectateCamPos/Rot and RestrictSpectateCam nodes to create custom camera logic or cutscenes with the spectate camera
Added LerpRot and SlerpRot nodes to help with interpolating rotations
Added ViewportPosToRay node to start raycasts from the camera
Added ActivateSpectateHUD node to toggle the visiblilty of the vanilla spectate UI
Custom info UI can now be enabled and used while spectating with the new SetCustomInfoSpectate node
Added Spectate and IsSpectating nodes
Added Input/DialogGraph, SetDialog, AddDialog, SetMessageHint and ShowMessageHint to modify unit dialoges and hints through scripting

Other features/improvements

Updated battle start, spectate, respawn and end UI to match the style of the battle editor
Added support for non square custom terrain shapes

Bug fixes

Fixed various problems related to prefab placement, object deletion and height changes in the battle editor
Fixed issues when trying to update workshop icons
Fixed a crash that was caused by certain undo operations
Fixed a crash when trying to deactivate large scripting walls which block AI units
Fixed a bug that caused placement problems for some custom items
Grenade launchers will now trigger the OnProjectileImpact node
Fixed that some of the scripting node descriptions were shifted
Fixed glass door material settings
Fixed incorrect animation behaviour for units which control weapons in vehicles
Fixed that using the color picker while choosing player equipment in the scripting view would break the editor UI
Fixed that hidden scripting objects could still be selected which resulted in various problems
Fixed a bug that could lead to incorrect camera behaviour after using a vehicle

[ 2023-09-15 16:58:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.46

Improved spawn list editor

The new spawn list editor makes it easier to select the units you want to use in your conquest/koth battles or in ground/air transport vehicles. Instead of having to find a specific unit in a list with hundreds of entries, you can now just place them like you would usually do. In addition, you can adjust the unit's skill level and interaction settings or simply modify custom units in the embedded unit creator!

Custom modular material settings

Similar to how the materials of some vanilla modulars can be changed for each individual instance in the battle editor, this can now be set up to work with custom modular objects. You can just set up your material like usual, select which materials should be adjusted by the user and let the game figure out the best settings.

Vanilla modular material settings

The materials of wooden, framed, prison modular parts and the armored door can now be adjusted.

Measurement tool

The new measurement tool can be used in the battle and prefab editor to measure distances between two points. This can be usedful to selected grid snapping sizes or to selected sizes for custom objects.

Improved vanilla vehicle units

All units on ground/air/water vehicles will now have clothing and are randomized similar to other vanilla units, instead of being naked.

Other features/improvements

Added an option for conquest/koth/reach point flags and similar game mode objectives to make them invisible while playing
Added an option to forbid players to change equipment while waiting to respawn in conquest/koth
Object settings panels can be moved again
Changed default workshop order back to 7 days trend to help new maps to gain traction
The previewed attack distances in the battle editor now matches the actual calculated values while playing
Custom units are now highlighted in placement lists
Player crouching is much smoother and doesnt play landing animations
Players can now climb out of trenches without jumping
The battle/game mode settings UI has been adjusted. Game mode settings are now displayed in a separate panel
Updated the engine to improve stability

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused descriptions to be cut off when looking at a workshop item
Fixed that loading a battle will set the conquest respawn option to a wrong value
Fixed custom unit upload stat/achievement (newly uploaded units will unlock the achievement)
Fixed that default vanilla unit had bayonets
Fixed missing default undo/redo keybinds on existing configurations
Fixed that OnDeath/OnDeathGlobal nodes did not work properly when a unit died in certain ways
Fixed incorrect/stuck character leg rotation when using animals
Fixed horse riding control glitches
Fixed incorrect player leg animation after riding a camel
Fixed undo behaviour after drag placing modular parts
Fixed render problems on placed maps
The player faction option is now adjusted automatically when placing a blue/red player
Fixed a bug that caused some weapons to trigger the OnAIShoot scripting events while reloading
Fixed that the HUD interaction notification would not be closed while riding a horse or using a siege weapon
Fixed that spear throwers would not trigger the OnAttack scripting evants
Fixed a bug that caused another object to be placed instead of the metal roof
The attack restriction node now prevents the player from using ranged weapon melee attacks

[ 2023-09-01 14:28:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.44.0.1 bug fixing patch

Added 4 swamp trees to the environment placement list
Fixed that not implemented biomes would be displayed in the biome dropdown
Fixed missing list view highlights for face equipments
Fixed a bug that prevented thumbnails from being selected for battles
Fixed that the workshop type dropdown would show incorrect values after opening an item after a user search
Fixed that the default player animal dropdown did not match the actual value
Fixed that the PlaySound(2d) nodes could ignore volume settings by setting the volume to a high value
Fixed a bug that caused large prefab option to be visible in the battle editor
Fixed that camels would show up in the equipment panel preview
Fixed that the workshop page input would not be reset after changing filters, resulting in incorrect query results

[ 2023-08-08 12:58:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.45

Updated battle editor UI layout

The battle editor layout has been reworked to declutter the toolbar at the top, to which more and more buttons have been added over time. While it takes a moment to adapt to these changes, you will get used to them very quickly.

The play, load/save and workshop buttons remain at the top, alongside with the newly added undo/redo buttons
Battle/environment/scripting/... are now displayed as larger buttons on the left
Formation/line placement and the new grid settings are now in the bottom right corner
Selected object settings are now aligned at the bottom of the screen and can be toggled on/off
The placement list remains where it used to be

Improved UI elements

In addition to the layout changes, some of the UI elements have been changed as well, to make them more user-friendly. For instance, switches with many options have been replaced with dropdowns to require fewer clicks to select the desired option. And there are many other small changes to the style of some elements and UI throughout the battle editor.

Undo/redo

Undo and redo buttons have been added to the battle editor. This is the first iteration of this feature and it's planned to expand it to more areas of the battle editor (like object settings and terrain changes). In this update, the following actions can be undone and redone:

Selection
Placement
Faction swap & deletion
Transform/rotate handle
Selected rotation with Q/E

You can also use Ctrl+Z/Y or other keys if you rebind them in the settings

Improved grid snapping

The grid snapping size can now be adjusted.

Steam workshop improvements

The whole workshop control has been rewritten and the UI has been adjusted. These changes apply to the battle, prefab and unit workshop UI and you should notice that everything looks a bit cleaner and works more reliable while showing more accurate information. You can also click on the author name of workshop items to display all items of the user and the search text now works with different sort options.

Mirrored custom arm/leg plates

Custom arm/leg plates do now have an option to mirror the right part. This is useful when you have an asymmetric mesh and want it to look the same on both arms/legs.

Scripting improvements

ActivateHUDPartial can be used to show/hide individual vanilla HUD elements
GetId to get the equipment id from an equipment reference
Nodes for custom items can now load subscribed workshop content or any custom item that is currently loaded in the map

Bug fixes

Fixed invisible units causing rendering problems on some AMD GPU drivers
Fixed that dog cages would not release their dogs and could not be targeted correctly
Fixed that the player's legs would clip through clothing while crouching
Fixed a bug that caused the bolt rifle animation to break when spamming reload after shooting
Fixed guard idle pose animation looping
Fixed that spider droids and some grenade units could not be selected in scripting nodes
Fixed that static objects could be placed on dynamic boats
Fixed that testing units could not be damaged with melee weapons in the arsenal

New quick play bundle

A new quick play bundle is available in the main menu which features some of the best recent maps, so make sure to check it out!

[ 2023-08-07 16:58:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.44.1

Added an option to rebind WASD movement keys
Added an option to rebind the rotate left/right keys which are used to rotate objects in the editor
Existing keybind settings are now properly applied throughout the game
The game will now attempt to load invalid sound files instead of just not loading the map
Fixed a bug that caused weapons to glide out of unit's hands when the game is left open for a long time
Fixed some problems that caused inaccurate melee weapon hits
Fixed that some bolt action rifles would spawn two bullet shells
Fixed that picking up armor in 1st person would cause the previous armor to become invisible
Fixed incorrect rotation of custom equipment items in the arsenal
Fixed that flashbanged enemies would still block melee attacks
Fixed M2 vanilla unit variants
Fixed that alarm objects would ring while loading the map
Fixed a rare bug that prevented some maps with custom items from being loaded
Implemented a possible workaround for graphic glitches with custom invisible units on certain GPUs/drivers

[ 2023-07-04 17:51:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Space Wars Map Competition Result

The map competition is over. Thanks to everyone who participated. Some really nice maps have emerged from this competition and there is a new quick play bundle available in the main menu, where you can play 7 maps that I think are worth playing. Just a discplaimer: If your map isn't mentioned in this post or the quick play bundle, that doesn't mean it is not worth playing. The winners will be notified via steam dms or discord, so keep an eye out for that!

Winner

On this map the player explores what really happened on the moon. After completing some challenging puzzles to figure out keycodes in the first part, the player has to fight for survival in the second part... The best map of the competition https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2991984058

2nd place

This well designed and detailed map sends the player into a space station or ship from where we have to escape. While shooting all the enemies can be challenging due to custom damage effects, the map is well balanced and features some nice shooter gameplay! The best shooter map https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2988689813

3rd place

This map features a battle where the player tries to advance through the enemy lines with the help of allied AI units. There are some nice scripting features like recruting units and zones to capture to gain more strength. The best open battle map https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2989393977

4th place

This is one of the less complex maps, showing that you dont have to reinvent the wheel to create a good map. The map uses only vanilla items and still looks and plays really good! The player is introduced to the task via unit messages and dialogues. Gear can be bought at a trader and the gameplay is really simple but fun! The best vanilla map https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2983108099

Other maps in the quick play bundle

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2991841535 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2988092685 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2991291575

[ 2023-06-26 19:26:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Space Wars Map Competition

Starting today and running until June 20, there will be an official map competition! You can create a map based on a certain topic and the top 3 map creators receive cash prizes which are sponsored by Daley from Youtube. You can find all you need to know below. Start: Now End: June 20 2023, 18:00 UTC

Rules

Breaking the rules will result in an exclusion from the ratings

Each participant can only submit one map
The map is created by yourself *(no collaborations in any way!)*
The map has to feature a player controlled unit *(static/spectate only maps are not allowed)*
Old maps are not allowed, you have to start creating the map after the competition started (the game keeps track of when a map was created, so you have to start with a new map)
The map has to be submitted before the competition is over, updates to the map are not allowed after the competition is completed
The scripting system, custom equipment/items/objects, custom units/prefabs can be used in any way
- This includes public workshop items of other players and content that you created in the past
- However, if you use content created by other players, you have to clearly state which parts of you map/content were not created by yourself

Theme: Space Wars

Enter an intergalactic adventure and create a space wars battle/map! Craft epic spaceships, planetary conquests or daring missions across the stars. Unleash your creativity and bring to life the battles of a futuristic era. Will you defend a space station, ship or outpost against relentless enemies or explore uncharted alien planets with interesting characters and storylines? The choice is yours!

Reward

Daley is providing a $100 prize pool, so thanks to him and make sure to check out his channels if you have some time! The prize money will only be paid out via PayPal and is split between the top 3 creators:

1st place: $60
2nd place: $30
3rd place: $10

In addition, the top 6-9 maps (depending on the quality of the entries) will be featured as a quickplay bundle which usually results in these workshop items getting a lot of subscriptions!

How to submit a map

Submitting a map is very easy, but make sure your map doesnt break any of the rules or it will not be considered for the competition! (Make sure you have the latest update installed) 1) Upload your map to the workshop 2) The is a banner on the right side in the main menu where you can select one of your workshop maps to submit it

Rating

Each map will receive a score which depends on these categories: (modified based on Desert-Mammoth's original map competition)

Appearance (0-3) Appearance is how the map looks from an aesthetics point of view - that is to say, how easy it is on the eyes
Technical Design (0-5) Technical design covers how well a map is put together; that is to say, how well it runs, the efficiency of object and unit usage, and the complexity of the map in general.
Balance (0-2) How balanced is a map, when the theme is taken into account? Is it too easy or too hard? Is one team steam rolling the other when it shouldn't be? Is the player waltzing all over the competition without breaking a sweat? Or is the player dying the moment they leave the starting area?
Originality (0-3) Has it been done before? Has it been over done? Does it use original prefabs or does it borrow from the workshop? Is there something about the map that makes it stand out from the rest?
Units (0-3) Is your map using custom units? Are they a designer brand fit for the catwalk or are they as bland as shredded wheat? Are they balanced, and do they fit the map?
Gameplay (0-3) Is the map fun to play? Is there non-stop action, or is it scary/exciting/trilling
Thumbnail (0-1) Does the map have an appealing thumbnail?
Theme (0-3) How well is the theme represented in the map

Other relevant information about the rating:

If you use custom scripting, it can positively influence categories like balancing, gameplay or technical design, but it can also negatively impact the performance! That being said, there is no need to use scripting to score the maximum points in the technical design category
Custom equipment/items/objects are not required to score the maximum points in any of the categories, but it can help. In any case, using a variety of good looking custom units with vanilla equipment is sufficient

[ 2023-05-30 19:33:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

0.40.0.1 Bug fixing patch

Fixed some problems when replacing objects and their dependencies after deleting the floor they were placed on
Deleting a modular object will no longer cause unrelated objects to be replaced (in wrong positions)
Fixed that unknown custom items would not be added to the unit editor equipment list while editing units
Fixed a bug that prevented players from updating their own campaigns
Fixed a bug that caused the player animations to break in the editor after editing a custom unit
Fixed clipping issues for egyptian, medieval and future shirts
Adjusted the placement of static ship objects to allow them to be placed in shallow water
Fixed that animation saves could not be organized into folders
Fixed bolt action animation problems when trying to reload while pulling the bolt
Adjusted navigation of the framed stairs to prevent AI navigation problems
Fixed a bug that reopened the unit detail panel after the workshop download completed
Fixed graphical glitches for elephant ragdolls
Fixed incorrect behavior of the DynamicRefCast scripting node
Fixed that all objects could be rotated in the scripting view of the editor which lead to problems
Fixed errors when trying to save battles/prefabs/units/... outside of the default save directory
Fixed that the game allowed empty prefabs to be uploaded
The max hp of units is now adjusted correctly when the game randomizes it when loading a battle
Strategy mode fixes
- Fixed that various objects (like scripting triggers) blocked cursor interactions
- Fixed the direct attack instruction
- Fixed missing health bars for spawned units and after leaving/entering the strategy mode

[ 2023-05-23 14:08:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Technical Update 0.44

Update 0.43 already helped a lot by improving the stability and overall speed and memory efficiency of the game and this update concludes these technical changes by introducing a new save system and format!

Why a new save system was needed

When the game started with small battles and a few custom units, the old system was working fine. However, many new features and complex things like custom sounds, custom models/items have been implemented which caused a lot of new information to be stored in the saves. Some battles or campaigns are sized 100MB or more, so performance and memory efficiency became a growing concern. While loading these large files just took a lot of memory and time on some systems, others just couldn't handle them anymore! In addition, loading/saving a lot of saves caused memory fragmentations and reduced game performance, freezes and crashes!

The new save system

The new save system uses the latest tech to solve all the problems of the old system! You will surely notice the improvements while saving/loading, but I also prepared some example maps which show how the time (not including loading the battle in the editor) and file size changed from the old to the new version: [table] [tr] [th]Map[/th] [th]Saving[/th] [th]Loading[/th] [th]File size[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]Fundamental Armament[/th] [td]12.50s > 2.33s[/td] [td]5.11s > 1.19s[/td] [td]10.1MB > 9.0MB[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]Desperation and Desolation[/th] [td]32.25s > 2.53s[/td] [td]7.84s > 0.98s[/td] [td]50.5MB > 20.6MB[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]Interloper[/th] [td]19.47s > 2.31s[/td] [td]6.12s > 0.99s[/td] [td]42.9MB > 18.4MB[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]Cyberpunk: Trauma Squad[/th] [td]15.14s > 4.15s[/td] [td]6.04s > 1.52s[/td] [td]97.8MB > 52.6MB[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]Rise of the General Pt 1[/th] [td]1.16s > 0.65s[/td] [td]1.56s > 0.40s[/td] [td]1.3MB > 1.5MB[/td] [/tr] [/table] This new system also requires almost no any additional RAM to store and load the saves (except the resulting battle/unit/.. data of course) and therefore doesnt cause any of the problems like performance degradation and crashes after longer sessions. And thanks to the performance improvements it opens up new possibilities for future updates and features!

What happens to the old saves

If you are wondering what happens to your old saves after this update, dont worry! The game can still load the old format, so you can keep working on all your saved content. However, the next time you save, the new format will be used. Local Content Auto Updater When browsing your files in the in-game file browser, it recognizes files in the legacy format and offers the option to update them automatically. Before your items are updated, a backup will be created in the "__legacy" folder and you can stop and continue the update at any time. Although it usually takes just a few seconds depending on the amount of saves and save type.

Workshop Content Updater To improve the speed when loading subscribed workshop units, prefabs and items in the main menu, all these workshop items have already been updated to the new format. So when you update the game, all your subscribed items should be up to date as well. And all the existing workshop battles and campaigns will be updated soon, so that players can enjoy the faster loading times in the workshop too.

Next update(s)

After these two big technical updates, the next updates will be focused on regular improvements and new features. The new save format has been extensively tested, so I don't expect any problems, but if you notice anything please report it on steam or discord and it will be fixed asap! There are also some open bugs which have to be fixed, so expect a bug fixing patch fairly soon.

[ 2023-05-17 12:54:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

CQB Speedrun Event Result

The CQB speedrun event is over. 363 players participated! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/758990/view/3686802262376863565?l=english Thanks again to KgDaniel for creating the map and Daley from youtube for sponsoring the reward for the winner!

Result

[olist]

Earthy

Help

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Pyrruc [/olist] The top 3 will be notified on steam or discord for the rewards!

[ 2023-05-10 21:28:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

CQB Speedrun Event

For the next 9 days we have a new in game event made by KgDaniel.

Participate in this intense cqb map by pressing on it in the main menu. By completing the map your time will be submitted to a leaderboard and you can play the map as often as you want! And remember that this competition is all about time, so try to be as quick as possible!

Rewards

The winner receives $50 via Paypal or digital steam gift card. Thanks to Daley from Youtube for sponsoring the reward! In addition 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will each receive one steam key for AW3 to give away to their friends

Duration

Start: Now End: May 10 2023, 22:59 UTC Thanks to KgDaniel for making this event possible and Daley for having the idea and sponsoring the reward!

[ 2023-05-01 20:05:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.43.1

While the technical improvements continue in the background, this small update contains some nice features to play around with. The technical improvements should be completed with the next regular update on May 1st to ensure the technical foundation is ready for what's coming next! Now to the patch notes:

Unit Targeting Modifications

Visual scripting can now be used to modify which units target each other. The previous update added nodes to prevent/allow individual units from being targeted and to let units target units of all or specific teams. This update adds a new node 'ExcludeTargetsWithTag' to exclude all units with a certain tag from being targeted by a units. This can be used to create custom teams (more than blue/red)!

It's really easy to set up:

Unit Paint

While this was somewhat possible by painting clothing items before, there is now a new equipment slot to allow you to adjust the unit material like for clothing/armor items.

Nested Arrays

Scripting array input nodes (and 2d array nodes) can now reference other array(2d) nodes. There is no limit on how deep the arrays can be nested, but keep in mind that the underlying array types have to be hinted manually using the 'HintArrayType' node.

Small Map Size

Added a small map size based on a suggestion. It has 1/4 of the area of the regular map size and could be used for indoor only maps with high vertically, for example.

Other improvements

The play button in the load/save panel is now only visible when loading battles
Destruction parts of custom objects can now be generated as a single part to just add physics to the one object as destruction effect
Added a scripting node to get all attachments of a weapon
Instance ids are now more reliable. This will prevent scripting references to units from breaking after editing a unit or the player
Improved the performance of unit targeting

Bug fixes

Fixed various problems when using the unit creator from the 'CustomUnit' input node
Fixed various animation problems after editing placed custom units from the battle editor (single frame passive units, guard poses and more...)
Fixed that uploading local custom items in workshop collections would not apply their tags which prevented them from being found individually.
Fixed a rare bug that causes some older custom items to be rendered with missing mesh faces
Fixed inconsistent scripting node output connection order on different computers

[ 2023-03-31 14:52:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Technical Update 0.43

This update is focused around technical improvements. A lot of new features have been added to the game over the last few years, so some game system started to slow down a bit. To reduce lag and stutters while playing the game, various technical improvements have been implemented and I'm sure you will notice the overall speedup while playing!

Memory improvements

The memory management has been improved to reduce RAM usage while playing/editing battle. In addition, some memory leaks have been indentified and fixed to further reduce RAM usage and improve the stability and performance over long play sessions.

Battle loading performance

On large maps, the game lagged and freezed for quite some time when switching between playing and editing battles. This lag as almost been completely removed and even the biggest maps unload almost immediately now
The runtime battle loading time has been improved (numbers below)
Visual scripting compilation performance has been greatly improved

Here are some examples for the loading time improvements: [table] [tr] [th]Test[/th] [td]Old Version[/td] [td]New version[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]Trauma Team Exfil event map runtime loading[/th] [td]29.2s[/td] [td]14.5s[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]Interloper map runtime loading[/th] [td]37.2s[/td] [td]21.9s[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]Halls map runtime loading[/th] [td]22.0s[/td] [td]15.7s[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Other technical improvements

The engine has been updated to improve stability, performance and enable new features that will help while developing the game in the future
Removed the exclusive fullscreen option. Borderless is now the default because as it performs much better, while exclusive fullscreen offers worse performance and window management
There are various changes to the audio system to improve the overall performance when many sounds are playing, and sound priorites should now work much better to prevent situations where gun sounds clip and and out
The visual script editor performance has been improved and even very large scripts can now be edited with good fps
Improved AI performance

New features & improvements

Maps can now be started from the loading UI in the battle editor
Added an option to the terrain settings to deactivate coast generation (sand in water regions)
Added scripting nodes to input player equipment, get equipment from a player and to spawn a player with equipment
Added scripting nodes to start trading with units without having to interact with them
Added AllowAsTarget node to allow/prevent certain units from being targeted
Added SetTargetTypes node to select which team each unit will target (blue/red/none or any combination of them)
Added input nodes for door keys and PickupKey nodes
Increased max animation duration for custom gate objects
Added a node to restrict/forbid the 3rd person perspective
Added CameraDirection, CameraPosition, CameraRotation, PointInFrustum, ObjInFrustum, WorldPosToViewport, ViewportToWorldPos nodes to work with camera transformations
Added support for importing wavefront .obj files generated with Open Asset Import Library

Bug fixes

Fixed duplicating ship objects with objects on top
Fixed various problems with units spawned from unit spawners
Fixed selection of objects that were rotated by rotating the object they are placed on
Fixed a bug that caused duplicated script execution at the beginning of a battle in some cases
Fixed a bug that caused anti air rocket launchers to hit scripting walls without projectile collision
Fixed bugs related to picking up thrown melee weapons
Fixed some weapon shadow visual glitches
Fixed that items could be picked up through walls
Fixed that units could not target small players
Fixed ragdoll stretching on big zombies
Fixed item overlapping in long scripting lists with many public parameters
Fixed that pasting node settings could result in linked settings between multiple objects

[ 2023-03-06 17:47:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Castle Map Competition result!

The map Competition is over. Thanks to everyone who participated. Some really nice maps have emerged from this competition and there is a new quick play bundle available in the main menu, where you can play 9 maps that I think are worth playing. Just a discplaimer: If your map isn't mentioned in this post or the quick play bundle, that doesn't mean it is not worth playing.

Winner

When starting, the player is briefly introduced to the story, systems and target of the map. We start on a fortified wall of a city and have to capture 3 points of interest outside of the wall to collect battery packs to enable our shield generator. This is easier said than done, because there are hordes of enemies approaching which we have to fight in the open. Traps and earth quakes caused by a giant mech make our target even more challenging. But for the size and complexity of the map, it is quite well balanced. Some advancements fail while others are successful and we can extract a battery pack. The only minor drawback is the performance, which is not optimal, but the map is playable, although a good computer is recommended for complex maps like this. The map with the highest overall score in this competition. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2935310658

2nd place

A really innovative map with lots of custom gameplay systems and things to explore! The player plays as a thief in a pretty average castle society. There are plenty of peasants walking around as well as some guards. We try to steal some gold from the people without being searched and chased by guards. This map also features various system with custom UI like a inventory and shop system where we can spend our gold. There are multiple areas to explore in the castle and we even have to solve small quests or bribe guards to reach the next area or alternatively, we can try to hire squad mates to fight. The best map in terms of technical design in this competition. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2936506185

3rd place

This awesome looking map features a classic castle siege with great looking custom units. In the first part, we advance the castle while under fire from catapults, ballistas and crossbows. The second part is more focused on melee battles inside of the castle walls, where we try to capture the entire castle to win the battle. Some small details like custom damage effects and a victory scene as well as good balancing make this a well rounded battle that is worth playing. The best siege map. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2928810122

4th place

This is one of the less complex maps, showing that you dont have to reinvent the wheel to create a good map. This map features a simple castle that is attacked from all sides and slowly collapsing. Everything feels a bit chaotic, as it should be in a medieval battle! There are many small scripts that add small features like custom damage effects, sounds, additional respawns and great ambience. The map with the best atmosphere https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2928677841

5th place

This map is a recreation of the first epside from the game Wolfenstein 3d. It features custom music and sound effects. Overall, the level design is pretty simple, just like the original game and the player is just trying to shoot their way through the map. At the end, we can choose to fight against a boss. A really nice feature is the difficulty selection at the beginning, which you dont see often in maps! The best casual shooter map https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2935087657

[ 2023-02-21 17:23:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Map Competition

Starting today and running until February 20, there will be an official map competition! You can create a map based on a certain topic and the top 3 map creators receive cash prizes which are sponsored by Daley from Youtube. You can find all you need to know below. Start: Now End: February 20 2023, 23:59 UTC

Rules

Breaking the rules will result in an exclusion from the ratings

Each participant can only submit one map
The map is created by yourself *(no collaborations in any way!)*
The map has to feature a player controlled unit *(static/spectate only maps are not allowed)*
Old maps are not allowed, you have to start creating the map after the competition started (the game keeps track of when a map was created, so you have to start with a new map)
The map has to be submitted before the competition is over, updates to the map are not allowed after the competition is completed
The scripting system, custom equipment/items/objects, custom units/prefabs can be used in any way
- This includes public workshop items of other players and content that you created in the past
- However, if you use content created by other players, you have to clearly state which parts of you map/content were not created by yourself

Theme: Castle

Create a castle themed battle/map! This topic can be featured in many ways. You could create a classic medieval siege, multiple castles fighting against each other to control land, or maybe you want to try something different like exploring a ruined castle with fantasy themed content or controlling a lord who is trying to build/control a castle while being attacked. Your map can play in any era and we can't wait to see what creative ideas you come up with!

Reward

1st place: $60
2nd place: $30
3rd place: $10

In addition, the top 6-9 maps (depending on the quality of the entries) will be featured as a quickplay bundle which usually results in these workshop items getting a lot of subscriptions!

How to submit a map

Submitting a map is very easy, but make sure your map doesnt break any of the rules or it will not be considered for the competition! (Make sure you have the latest update installed) 1) Upload your map to the workshop 2) The is a banner on the left side in the main menu where you can select one of your workshop maps to submit it

Rating

Each map will receive a score which depends on these categories: (modified based on Desert-Mammoth's original map competition)

Appearance (0-3) Appearance is how the map looks from an aesthetics point of view - that is to say, how easy it is on the eyes
Technical Design (0-5) Technical design covers how well a map is put together; that is to say, how well it runs, the efficiency of object and unit usage, and the complexity of the map in general.
Balance (0-2) How balanced is a map, when the theme is taken into account? Is it too easy or too hard? Is one team steam rolling the other when it shouldn't be? Is the player waltzing all over the competition without breaking a sweat? Or is the player dying the moment they leave the starting area?
Originality (0-3) Has it been done before? Has it been over done? Does it use original prefabs or does it borrow from the workshop? Is there something about the map that makes it stand out from the rest?
Units (0-3) Is your map using custom units? Are they a designer brand fit for the catwalk or are they as bland as shredded wheat? Are they balanced, and do they fit the map?
Gameplay (0-3) Is the map fun to play? Is there non-stop action, or is it scary/exciting/trilling
Thumbnail (0-1) Does the map have an appealing thumbnail?
Theme (0-3) How well is the theme represented in the map

Other relevant information about the rating:

If you use custom scripting, it can positively influence categories like balancing, gameplay or technical design, but it can also negatively impact the performance! That being said, there is no need to use scripting to score the maximum points in the technical design category
Custom equipment/items/objects are not required to score the maximum points in any of the categories, but it can help. In any case, using a variety of good looking custom units with vanilla equipment is sufficient

[ 2023-02-03 12:15:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.42

The those of you who prefer videos, the 5 minute one below contains all you need to know about this update: https://youtu.be/mbW7WVN-6_E There is also a new map competition coming up towards the end of this week, so keep and eye out for that.

New Content From AW2

Those of you who played the previous part Ancient Warfare 2 on itch.io know that there is some content which didnt make it into AW3. But this update features some remastered content from AW2:

Camels are similar to horses, but larger and slower. You can now create custom ranged or melee units on camels.
Armored horses not only look better, they are also more likely to survive a battle
Catapults are now available in two new variants: fire and poison
And siege weapons now have shoot sounds

New image effects

There are new scripting image effects that work similar to the Vignette and ColorOverlay scripting nodes, but allow you to heavily modify how the game looks and opens up many possibilities for new effects. All these effects are represented in the update video. The new effects/nodes are:

Nightvision can be used to simulate NVGs with a custom color and intensity. The effect features noise and while bright areas become white, darker areas can be seen better.
The Glitch effect enables screen shaking and distortions
The CRT/VHS effect makes the game look like it's running on an old tv with bleeding, fringing, scanlines and a fisheye effect
The Posterize effect reduces the colors per channel to simulate retro rendering like 8-bit colors
The Noise effect can be used to overlay noise with custom intensity and scale
The Invert Color effect can invert any color channel
Grayscale can be used to modify the saturation of the game
The Pixelation effect makes the game look pixelated and allows you to choose how many pixels to render to make it look more or less pixelated

If you want to try them out in game, I prepared this map with some examples https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2926010928

Custom ranged weapon damage modifications

The damage of ranged weapons in AW3 depends entirely on the projectile/caliber of the weapon. But now you can choose to modify the caliber for your custom weapons to modify stats like Damage, Armor Pen, Armor Dmg, Projectile Amount and Fire Probability to adjust the projectile stats when used with this weapon.

Custom Physics Objects

Custom physics objects are a new type of custom object. They are somewhat experimental and should be used with caution to avoid performance problems, but they also allow a lot of new stuff to be created.

Physical parameters like mass, drag, angular drag, friction and bounciness can be adjusted, to select how your object reacts to the physics simulation
Depending on the settings, these objects can be picked up and/or thrown by the player
There are various settings to select how the object is thrown like throw force modes, strength and whether you want to see a throw preview or not
Thrown or falling/moving objects can also cause damage to units or buildings
Resting physics objects can also block units from walking somewhere if set up correctly
Full scripting support for physics objects allow you to
- Spawn/delete objects
- Modify physical parameters
- Apply force to objects
- Freeze/Unfreeze objects
- Force the player to pick up/drop objects or react to events when the player interacts with these objects
- React to collision events to create custom behaviour
- And more...

Ragdoll improvements

There are various improvements to ragdolls in terms of performance and functionality.

Ragdolls now react to the force of the kill shot or melee impact to make them more realistic
Ragdoll simulation quality is dynamically adjusted based on the amount of active ragdolls and units in an area to help with performance in dense melee battles
Inactive ragdolls are now frozen in place (this is experimental and might be changed or adjusted in the future)

Other improvements

Increased material limits of most custom object types
- Weapons, shields, grenades, armor, clothing, environment, consumables, modulars, background from 8 to 16
- Attachments from 6 to 12
Objects are now much easier to interact with by not having to hit it directly. This makes clicking buttons or picking up weapons much less annoying
Aim sway was reduced when using scopes. The higher the zoom of the scope, the less aim sway can be noticed
Crouching now reduces aim sway by 50%
The background grid in the scripting view can now be toggled on and off
Hovering over node connections now also highlights the connected in- and output to help while editing large scripts with many overlapping connections
The vehicle spawn nodes now output a reference to the spawned vehicle object
Added a SetRotation node to quickly set the rotation of a unit without having to calculate delta angles
Added button input node and BindPress event node
When dragging into an empty area, the available scripting nodes now show more possible options like custom events and variables

Bug fixes

Fixed that custom objects with "delete object" destruction mode are indestructible
Fixed that anti air rockets are blocked by triggers
Fixed that pausing/unpausing causes ragdolls to fly around
Fixed that the tank mgs on the WW1 tanks would shoot itself by targeting targets on the opposite side
Fixed that editing a unit in the embedded unit editor would result in all guard mode poses to be reset
Fixed that face shields would become invisible on corpses
Adjusted most L and U stair models to connect to the floors
Fixed a bug that allowed invalid placement outside of the allowed area
Fixed that newly infected zombies could not infect other units
Fixed that hiding scripting objects would result in them not being saved
Attachment settings on 3rd and 4th weapons now work correctly
Fixed a bug that allowed invalid battles (with multiple players or other problems) to be uploaded to the workshop
Fixed that passing no input to a custom event with a value type would output 'null' on the event output
Fixed that despawned units were still visible on the conquest respawn map overview
Fixed the environment/equipment bookmark filter

[ 2023-01-30 17:59:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Map Competition Result

The map Competition is over. Thanks to everyone who participated. The topic 'Containment' was interpreted in many different ways, which is nice to see because many different maps have emerged from it. There is a new quick play bundle available in the main menu, where you can play 9 maps that I think are worth playing. Just a discplaimer: If your map isn't mentioned in this post or the quick play bundle, that doesn't mean it is not worth playing. It was difficult to choose the 9 maps for the quick play bundle.

Winner

A very nice looking map with many different custom objects which create a believable atmosphere and original concept. The player is introduced to custom gameplay mechanics like abilities and plays a large monster that is trying to escape. The gameplay is different from your usual AW3 battle, you can just run over your enemies and use your abilities to eliminate them. Due to the complexity of the map, it is not easy to run, so having a good computer is recommended. The best looking map with the highest overall score in this competition. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2908725954

2nd place

A really innovative map exploring topics that have never been explored before in AW3. Playing in a dream with a slightly unsettling and sterile environment with non-euclidean geometry, you try to escape. While this map is mostly straight forward to play with no real threats or enemies, it is definitely worth playing for the experience! Definitely the best map in terms of originality and technical design in this competition. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2909075190

3rd place

Just a nice shooter map with decent performance and moderate difficulty. There are a lot of different custom weapons and some nice gameplay modifications with scripting like auto healing and a damage effect that makes it difficult to fight after taking damage. This is the best map for a more casual shooter gameplay experience in the competition. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2907482599

4th place

This map features a nice scripted intro that can be skipped, because you will play this map many times. With a time limit of 1 minute, it is really short and very difficult to beat. But it's also nice to try again and again. The most challenging map! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2905159721

5th place

This one is a really ... let's say interesting map. The small player spawns in a dark map and a bunch of zombies are chasing while the creator gives a short voice acted introduction to the map. The goal is to run around for 3 minutes without being caught by zombies while there is a bunch of monkey noises in the background and weapons lying around on the floor. An interesting map https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2910130971

[ 2023-01-02 16:21:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Community Event Result

The Trauma Team Exfil event is now over! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/758990/view/3623739004293453221 Thanks again Earthy for creating this awesome map. Over 400 individual players attempted to complete the map and nearly 100 players successfully finished the map at least once to have a score on the leaderboard. The ~25% success rate means that the map certainly wasn't easy to beat, but the overall response was pretty good, so we will most likely have an event like this again in the future! Just a reminder, the top 3 can choose an in game content addition or small feature. Only reasonable stuff that fits in the game and is technically possible will be added. (also no copyrighted stuff) The complexity of the stuff you can choose depends on your place on the leaderboard after two weeks. The winner can choose something which takes up to 5 hours to develop, second place chooses 2 hours and third place 1 hour. In addition to the content addition, the winner will receive 3 steam keys for AW3 to give away to their friends. 2nd to 5th place will each receive one steam key for AW3. The top 5 on the leaderboard are: [olist]

GeOmEtRy (41885 points)

Supa Player (41066 points)

oklpo908 (40034 points)

Chris P. Bacon (38985 points)

Count Landshark (38354 points) [/olist] If you are one of the top 5, please reach out to me to tell me what addition you would like to pick and to receive your steam key(s). You can reach me by:

Joining my discord server and ping @JNI#3310
DM me on discord, my tag is JNI#3310
Adding JNI-Games as a steam friend and send a message

[ 2022-12-19 18:27:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Map Competition

Starting today and running until the end of the year, there will be an official map competition! You can create a map based on a certain topic and if it wins you can choose the next in-game addition/feature. You can find all you need to know below. Start: Now End: December 31 2022, 23:00 UTC

Rules

Breaking the rules will result in an exclusion from the ratings

Each participant can only submit one map
The map is created by yourself *(no collaborations in any way!)*
The map has to feature a player controlled unit *(static/spectate only maps are not allowed)*
Old maps are not allowed, you have to start creating the map after the competition started
The map has to be submitted before the competition is over, updates to the map are not allowed after the competition is completed
The scripting system, custom equipment/items/objects, custom units/prefabs can be used in any way
- This includes public workshop items of other players and content that you created in the past
- However, if you use content created by other players, you have to clearly state which parts of you map/content were not created by yourself

Theme: Containment

Create a containment-themed battle/map! The topic can be interpreted in many ways. Whether the player is trying to stop zombies, creatures, monsters or infected units from escaping, or is it himself who needs to break out of the containment is up to you. Your map can play in any era and could be full of action, spooky/story based, or a mixture of both.

Rating

Each map will receive a score which depends on these categories: (modified based on Desert-Mammoth's original map competition)

Appearance (0-3) Appearance is how the map looks from an aesthetics point of view - that is to say, how easy it is on the eyes
Technical Design (0-5) Technical design covers how well a map is put together; that is to say, how well it runs, the efficiency of object and unit usage, and the complexity of the map in general.
Balance (0-2) How balanced is a map, when the theme is taken into account? Is it too easy or too hard? Is one team steam rolling the other when it shouldn't be? Is the player waltzing all over the competition without breaking a sweat? Or is the player dying the moment they leave the starting area?
Originality (0-3) Has it been done before? Has it been over done? Does it use original prefabs or does it borrow from the workshop? Is there something about the map that makes it stand out from the rest?
Units (0-3) Is your map using custom units? Are they a designer brand fit for the catwalk or are they as bland as shredded wheat? Are they balanced, and do they fit the map?
Gameplay (0-3) Is the map fun to play? Is there non-stop action, or is it scary/exciting/trilling
Thumbnail (0-1) Does the map have an appealing thumbnail?
Theme (0-3) How well is the theme represented in the map

Other relevant information about the rating:

If you use custom scripting, it can positively influence categories like balancing, gameplay or technical design, but it can also negatively impact the performance! That being said, there is no need to use scripting to score the maximum points in the technical design category
Custom equipment/items/objects are not required to score the maximum points in any of the categories, but it can help. In any case, using a variety of good looking custom units with vanilla equipment is sufficient

Reward

1st, 2nd, 3rd place each receive one AW3 steam key The winner can choose a small content addition or feature similar to the old WMC competition rewards. The addition has to fit into the game, respect the technical limitations/boundaries and take no more than 1-2 hours to develop.

How to submit a map

Submitting a map is very easy, but make sure your map doesnt break any of the rules! (Make sure you have the latest update installed) 1) Upload your map to the workshop 2) The is a banner on the left side in the main menu where you can select one of your workshop maps to submit it

[ 2022-12-19 17:55:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.41.1

In game event

Before starting with the patch notes, there is a new in game event map available for the next two weeks. Participate on the leaderboard for a chance to choose the next content or feature! [Event Information]

New siege weapons

This update includes 3 new static weapons that can be used to fortify and defend locations:

TOW anti tank missle launcher
M2 .50 cal HMG
Static LMG (5.56mm light machine gun on tripod)

New vehicles

There are also 3 new vehicles included in this update:

M113 troop carrier
M132 'Zippo' flame thrower tank
KV-2 tank

New quick play system

The new quick play system features workshop maps that are worth playing to reward uploading high quality maps. It will be updated about every two weeks with new and older maps.

Gate feature for custom objects

Custom objects which act as gates can now be created. They can have a single or double doors which can be rotated, moved or hidden. Gates work similar to doors and can be locked and opened/closed by the player, scripting or units.

Animated pose changes

When switching between guard poses (with scripting), the change is now be animated instead of snapping to the new pose immediately. In addition, there is a new pose to let units sit.

Other features & improvements

Color categories can now be deleted in the color browser
Searching for workshop items by name works much better now
Added scripting node to get the weapon id from a unit
Added 'origin' output to ProjectileImpact event nodes to get the spawn point of the projectile
Added IsRefType script node to check if a reference is of a type
Added OnInteraction possible event to detect when the player can interact with an object
Added GetRefObjectsOfType node to get all objects of a type
Added IsInVehicle node to test if a player is currently in a vehicle

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused rendering problems when returning to the battle editor while driving a vehicle in 3rd person
Fixed incorrect bloom values after leaving the scripting editor
Fixed that hovering over node inputs would display the wrong description
Fixed that custom particle effects and items did not load correctly when loading a script from the workshop
Fixed a rare bug that prevented certain maps from being saved
Fixed that the OnShoot event node was triggered incorrectly in burst fire mode

Next update

The next regular update will be in January 2023. It will contain some more content and there are also some technical changes planned to make the game work more reliable with complex maps.

[ 2022-12-05 17:47:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Community Event

For the next 2 weeks, we have a new in game event made by Earthy.

Participate in this futuristic cyberpunk themed event by pressing on it in the main menu. By completing the map, your score will be submitted to a leaderboard and you can play the map as often as you want!

In game reward

The top 3 can choose an in game content addition or small feature. Only reasonable stuff that fits in the game will be added. (also no copyrighted stuff) The complexity of the stuff you can choose depends on your place on the leaderboard after two weeks. The winner can choose something which takes up to 5 hours to develop, second place chooses 2 hours and third place 1 hour.

Steam key reward

In addition to the content addition, the winner will receive 3 steam keys for AW3 to give away to their friends. 2nd to 5th place will each receive one steam key for AW3.

[ 2022-12-05 17:47:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.41

This update features a lot of improvements and features related to visual scripting to make it easier to use and increase its functionality!

New Menu Scene

Thanks to Mecho we now have a new fantasy themed menu scene with orcs and some ghost units. Have a look at it in game or check out the video below to see how good it looks! https://youtu.be/9GoQarJrZG4

Widescreen support

The game now supports 21:9 (widescreen) resolutions without black bars. There are also some changes to update the available/supported resolutions after moving the game to a different monitor on multi-monitor systems.

Other Improvements

When importing a model without triangulated faces, a warning is displayed to remind you to triangulate wavefront .obj models before exporting them
Increased the amount of sounds that can play at the same time to prevent issues with clipping audio effects

Scripting Features & Improvements

All the new features and improvements can be found below. There is a lot to go through, information about the next update are at the bottom of this post.

Improved object selection

Multiple scripting objects like lights, triggers, variables, etc. can now be selected at once in the scripting view
This can be accomplished by holding shift/ctrl while selecting objects or by dragging a box over multiple objects
Scripting objects now also give visual feedback to indicate their selection status to make it easier to work with them
The scripting object settings (like light or wall settings) now also support multi object editing
Fog areas can now be selected by simply clicking on them instead of having to search the icon

Script settings

This update contains features to split logic into different scripts. To help with that

Scripts can be referenced, deactivated and enabled from other scripts
And scripts have an execution order setting to select in which order multiple scripts run

Custom events

The new custom event nodes can be used to define custom starting points for your script. This can be used to prevent repetition of nodes that do the same thing. You can also add parameters to your custom events. The event can then be executed from the same script with the Invoke node, or from other script with the InvokeExternNode.

Input UI

To help with using other player's scripts or adjusting your own large scripts, most input nodes can now be given a name and a description and will then be displayed in the scripting list. This means that these settings can be edited without having to edit and try to understand the script.

Script workshop

To make it easier to share scripts with other users, there is now Steam Workshop support for visual scripts! Script can be uploaded in the script editor or loaded when pressing the 'Add Preset' button in the script list.

Script editor improvements

There are some nice quality of life improvements which can be toggled on/off in the toolbar in the bottom left corner of the script editor:

When dragging a output point in an empty area, the panel to add nodes will show up and display all compatible nodes. After selecting a node, it will be inserted and connected automatically.
If you like clean looking scripts, you can now enable nodes to be snapped to a grid or aligned to other nodes

Runtime event binding

Events that depend on a reference like the OnDamage event can now be bound while the script is running instead of having to pick the reference in advance. With scripting the reference is often only generated when a unit is spawned for instance. The Bind event nodes can then be connected and all the nodes that are connected to the event will run when the event is happening.

Improved custom UI

Ever since the addition of the CustomInfo node, players used to create custom UI elements to replace or add more information to the vanilla HUD. To help with that, there is a new version which outputs a HUD element reference whose settings like color, text, etc. can be changed. And a new input parameter can be used to allow the cursor to interact with these hud elements. There are new events to detect hovering and clicking and a new node (UnlockCursorInteraction) to unlock the cursor of the player to actually use these events.

Custom UI transform editor

The new UITransform input node makes it easier to create custom info elements by allowing users to adjust and preview positions, sizes and anchor/stretching behaviours for their UI elements.

New scripting nodes

This update features a lot of new scripting nodes:

RunOnce and RunOnceFrame can be used to only let the connected nodes run once while playing or once per frame
The Select node can be used to select one of two values depending on a bool condition. This works similar to the if node, but a value is selected to prevent having to copy conditional branches in scripts
The Break node can be used to stop the loop from which it was executed
The new version of the EndlessLoop now works like the other timed loops and can be started multiple times (this doesnt affect old scripts)
GetAllUnits and GetUnits can be used to retrieve a list of all units (of a team)
TryGetNavPos can be used to find the closest walkable position on the AI navigation surface for a position
IsNavPos can be used to test if a position is on the walkable AI navigation surface
Set/Get MovementSpeedMult can be used to adjust the movement speed of the player (0-2x multiplier)
OnAIAttack/OnAIAttackGlobal event nodes run when an AI attacks another unit
OnAIShoot/OnAIShootGlobal event nodes run when an AI shoots at another unit
OnAIMelee/OnAIMeleeGlobal event nodes run when an AI swings their weapon at another unit
OnProjectileImpact event node runs when a projectile hits any surface and outputs information like the position, hit normal and hit object
OnProjectileBodyImpact event node runs when a projectile hits a unit body part and outputs additional information like the hit body part and damage values
OnMeleeImpact event node runs when a melee weapon hits any surface and outputs information like the position, hit normal and hit object
OnMeleeBodyImpact event node runs when a melee weapon hits a unit body part and outputs additional information like the hit body part and damage values
IsHovered node can be used to test if a custom info is hovered
OnBeginHover/OnEndHover/OnClick can be used to detect custom info interactions
UnlockCursorInteraction/LockCursorInteraction can be used to unlock the cursor for custom info interactions
Jump node can be used to let the player jump without ground checks for mechanics like double jumps
PickupWeapon/PickupSupport/PickupShield can be used to set inventory items of the player
Added various new nodes and parameters to existing nodes to drop weapons, shields, etc and to switch weapons
RestrictAll node can be used as a shortcut for all the other restrict nodes
Raycast/Linecast nodes can be used to shoot rays and detect colliders
New input nodes for body parts, types, ui transform and equipment item references
ArrayHint node can be used to hint the type of an array after it was passed as a parameter in custom events
DynamicRefCast can be used to cast any reference type to another type (for instance unit to health reference)
DebugLine node can be used to temporarily render lines in the scene
SetX/Y/Z and SetR/G/B nodes can be used to quickly set one component of a vector or color
Added nodes to get and set all parameters of an existing custom info
New runtime event bind nodes for all the reference event nodes

Script warnings

The scripting system is pretty robust in terms of error handling, but unfortunately it is difficult to detect all user errors. For instance, some players used the OnDamageGlobal event and then just added more damage to a unit, which would cause the event to run again and cause an endless loop and game crashes. With custom events it is even easier to create actual endless loops which are difficult to detect in the editor. To fix that, the game will no longer crash when a script causes an endless loop. Instead a warning is shown while playing and the script is deactivated. In addition to that, there is also a warning if a script runs really slow.

Other scripting improvements

Node warnings are now displayed for placed nodes
Nodes with serious warnings related to performance now use a red background
Added 'Tab' as a possible key in the input event nodes and key input node
Comment nodes will no longer reset their size when reloading a script
OnPickupEquipment/OnPickupObject/OnConsume nodes will now output the reference to the used object

Bug fixes

Fixed that the OnPickup scripting node did not work for door keys
Fixed that pressing continue in the pause menu resulted in a different behaviour that pressing escape to close it
The mute in background option will now correctly mute sounds instead of pausing them and causing sound desync
Custom modular doors should work more reliable now
Fixed that the rect shaped terrain paint would flip to the other side when painting borders
Fixed that the rendered color picker would not pick colors from units in the unit editor
Fixed various problems with picking up shields (duplicated shields, multiple shields on the player, etc.)
Fixed that custom bayonets did not cause any damage
Fixed that resetting the scale in the script editor would not update the scale text
Fixed a visual bug for array nodes with many values
Fixed small gap in the concrete windowframe model
Fixed that menu music would stay quiet after changing the music volume
Fixed that siege units did still control their siege weapon after being zombified
Fixed S42 scope retricle clipping
Fixed floating scopes on the future grenade launcher
Fixed +0 bullets spam when walking over some weapons
Fixed that units from spawners were missing their weapon attachments and shield backpacks didnt work correctly
Fixed floating bayonet on B1918 weapon

Next update

The next update will include a new quickplay section with curated workshop items to increase the visiblilty of workshop items and new content.

[ 2022-11-07 17:16:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

0.40 Bug fixing patch

Fixed color picker result on camo clothing items
Fixed color picker result on terrain surfaces
Fixed that the surface placement direction was not applied
Fixed wrong description for backpack shield slot setting
Fixed missing footsteps on zombie units
Fixed that randomized object (like plants) did not save their variant

[ 2022-10-07 12:44:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.40

As mentioned in the last blog post, this is the first update of the new monthly update schedule. It features some nice quality of life features and technical improvements.

Color Picker

The new color picker can be accessed in the battle and unit editor to pick a color from the visible objects. This can be used to quickly select colors based on the colors of vanilla content or other colors you like in a scene.

File Browser Improvements

With all the different kinds of custom content, the file browser has become an essential tool when saving, loading or importing stuff. This updates adds some qol features to it:

Bookmark paths
Click on folders in the navigation bar to quickly navigate back
Rename entries
Folders are now supported for custom items
Delete/rename buttons are only visible while hovering

Invisible Units

With the addition of custom equipment items, ghost units were "abused" to create custom unit shapes by adding custom face equipments and armor items, but the semi transparent color of the ghost units was still visible. The new Invisible and Invisible With Blood options for the unit appearance in the unit creator can be used to create fully invisible units with or without blood effects. And zombie units can also be invisible!

Footstep sounds

The player and units now have footstep sounds depending on the surface they are walking on. https://youtu.be/w1pdXEpzCqU

Player/Unit Improvements

To improve the feeling while controlling a player, there are some improvements in this update (and more are planned)

The head is now slightly tilted while leaning
Replaced the landing sound which now also depends on the surface
Standing still now reduces recoil by 10%
Crouching now reduces recoil by 25%
Added some arm sway while aiming a weapon to prevent it from being perfectly still
AI units will now rotate their heads up/down while aiming at a target at a different elevation

New Scripting Nodes

The planning phase for more extensive changes to the scripting system has started to make it easier to use and also allow users to add custom logic without having to actually edit visual scripts. But for now, this update only includes some new scripting and adjusted nodes:

Added HUD/Activate node to hide the vanilla HUD elements
Added movable object GetPosition/GetRotation nodes to prevent having to cast them to object
Added Unit/Move and Movable/Move nodes to quickly move units/objects by an offset instead of having to calculate the absolute target position
Movable objects can now be rotated with the Rotate/RotateLocal/SetRotation nodes
Added Player/IsGrounded and Player/LookDIr nodes
Added key to string cast nodes to display key bindings as string
Added GetRight/Forward/Up direction vector nodes for movable objects
Added Math3D/LookRotation and Math3D/RotateTowards nodes to help with calculating rotations
Added Unit/Activate footsteps sound to activate and deactivate footsteps for individual units
Added Unit/GetTags node to get an array with all tags that a unit has
Added additional unit output to the GetPlayer node to prevent having to cast it to unit
Added keepTags input to ReplaceUnit/ReplaceUnitCustom nodes to keep all scripting tags that are attached to the unit

Memory Improvements

With all the custom content from the latest update, some memory related problems were detected which caused crashes over time and overall reduced performance after a while. These issues mainly affected the load/save system when working with larger battles, so this update includes various improvements and fixes to make longer sessions with many save/load processes more enjoyable and stable,

Other Improvements

Modular parts will no longer snap and jitter around while placing them in overlapping placement slots. This was especially annoying when placing roofs
Impact effects for bullets (sound & particles) are now more reliable and there are some new effects for materials like glass or plastic
All lists in the game now scroll with the same speed relative to the item size
Poison and flame damage is now displayed on the HUD
The visiblility of workshop items is now loaded into the UI before updating them
Custom items from the workshop now display as "[V1_W]" in lists to identify them
Colors can now be dragged into folders in the color management UI
Transparent colors are now supported in the color management UI
Increased sound capacity of the audio system

Bug Fixes

Most bugs have already been fixed in the previous patch

Fixed a bug that caused custom objects with surface placement to be placed wrong
Fixed a bug that caused the custom container item setting to place the door at an invalid position

[ 2022-10-03 19:55:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.39.1

Fixed some scripting node descriptions
Fixed incorrect weapon rotations in some menu backgrounds
Fixed incorrect snowman hat interaction after being dropped
Fixed that the head device (night vision) could not be toggled on/off
Custom corpses can now be referenced as movable object in scripting
Fixed preview of armor in equipment panel
Planes will now crash when their pilot died
Fixed custom item icon preview tool
Fixed a bug that caused custom items to become missing when subscribing to new units or prefabs
Fixed flipped normals on the improvised semi auto rifle
Fixed a bug that allowed invalid .obj files with NaN normal values to be imported
Fixed siege and animal filters in the placement list
Fixed that the custom particle system cone arc was limited to 90 instead of 360
Fixed that using units with unknown custom equipment from the quick play menu would result in them missing their equipment when playing
Fixed that when loading player equipment presets with unknown custom items, the items were missing on the player

[ 2022-09-26 15:50:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Custom Objects Update

Custom object creators

Based on the first custom creator update for custom weapon and equipment items from the beginning of June, the custom object creators are now available!

Similar to the custom equipment items, custom objects can be used anywhere, where you can also use vanilla objects. And custom objects can be uploaded and downloaded from the workshop too. There are also various UI improvements which also apply to the equipment creators like improved contrast and look, better warning/error messages, additional information while hovering over some UI settings and some creators also show information, errors and warnings directly in the settings without having to validate the item settings.

Custom environment objects

The environment object creator can be used to create Trees, Bushes and Rocks which can be placed in the battle editor and prefabs.

Custom Consumables

The custom consumable creator can be used to create objects which can be consumed/used by the player. You can choose from a variety of preset consumables like Food, Drinks, Meds, Ammo and Keys or create custom functionality with scripting events. The UI notifications and interaction sounds can be modifed too.

Custom Modular Parts

The custom modular creator allows you to create all the different modular building parts like Foundations, Walls, Floors, Doors, Windows, Roofs, etc. The default modular size can also be exceeded to create custom parts like this fishing pier.

Custom Effects

Custom effects are particle effect only objects which can be placed to decorate your battles and controlled with scripting.

Regular Objects

This creator can be used to create a variety of different objects like small or large decorative objects, objects with collisions, objects where units, objects or equipment can be placed on, and objects which can be destroyed. There are also a variety of different placement settings to adjust how the object is placed in the editor. And to quickly add functionality there are a variety of features to enable and set up:

Ammo Crate - adds bullet to the player while in the radius of the object
Heal Create - heals the player while in the radius
Light Effect - adds a point or spot light source to the object which can be adjusted in the battle editor and with scripting
Particle Effect - adds a custom particle effect to the object which can be adjusted with scripting
Text - adds a text which can be adjusted in the battle editor and with scripting
Scripting Interaction - the player can interact with this object and scripting can be used to add custom functionality
Trap - custom or preset particles/sound can be played and damage effects set up to make the object work like a land mine for instance
Damage Area - while units are close to the object, regular, poison or flame damage can be applied
Container - A door and animation can be selected, the object can be locked with keys in the battle editor and controlled with scripting

Background Objects

Background objects are large scale decorative objects which can be placed on or next to the terrain to create backgrounds like skylines.

Scripting Integration

As already mentioned, objects with features like text, lights, particle, effects, etc. can be referenced and controlled with scripting, similar to how vanilla objects with these functions. In addition, objects which dont block or provide AI surfaces can be spawned and moved with scripting.

Improved Color Management

There is a new color management tool to store colors by name and organize them into categories. Colors can also be sorted by name, color or date. This management tool can used to load and save colors for each color picker in game.

More Details

If you want to have a more detailed look at the features above, you can play around with the update yourself, or check out the two development blogs about the consumables and environment objects https://youtu.be/t53EmjJpfdo and complex, modular and background objects https://youtu.be/OjcR_R3fyVo

Next Update

There will probably be a few small patches in the upcoming week to improve the stability of the newest update. After that there are a bunch of small gameplay improvements and quality of life changes planned that have accumulated due to the size of the last two updates. There will also be a fixed update schedule from now on. On the first monday every month, there will be a bigger update with features, improvements and maybe content. So the next regular update will be released on October 3. If you want to follow the development, make sure to join the official discord server, where I regularly post previews for upcoming updates.

Bug Fixes

(and small improvements)

Below are is a list of all the bug fixes in this version:

Added a 'None' value to all database id input nodes to allow comparison against custom item ids
The high culture menu scene now spawns on low end computers
Renamed GetPositionDelta to GetPositionDeltaLocal and added GetPositionDeltaGlobal to avoid confusion
An error is now displayed when 'gas' caliber is used without flamethrower preset
Fixed that when placing new custom corpse units with the same gear but different poses would result in wrong poses in the editor
Fixed a bug that caused camera to get stuck when a tank was destroyed while the player was the gunner
Fixed that planes dont avoid helicopters
Fixed a bug that caused worse rendering performance for some unit clothing setups
Fixed incorrect colors of some face equipments
Fixed a bug that caused different instances of the same custom corpse to cause bad rendering performance
Fixed that duplicated ground vehicles could be placed on foundations
Fixed SG11 shotgun barrel opening
Fixed S47 gas tube opening
Fixed P1911 flipped normals
Fixed incorrect light opimization in the battle editor
Fixed that fog areas would block snow coverage in the editor
Fixed incorrect AI behaviour in fog areas
Fixed future and 6 inch turret's bullet accuracy on long ranges
Fixed that the reaper unit's weapon was missing
Fixed that vignette and other scripting image effects could get stuck
Fixed wrench model handle
Fixed that using the bow animation would cause miss fires that would still use ammo but dont spawn a bullet
Fixed that custom prefab icons were invisible on lowest graphics settings
Fixed that M2 flamethrower could not be used in the arsenal
Fixed that placing custom weapons in safes would not rotate them properly
Fixed that some parts of the glass door stopped being transparent after breaking
Fixed that scripting lights could not be referenced as movable objects
Fixed that falling into water from very high height would still cause fall damage when reaching the land again
Fixed terrain paint biome color list
Fixed rug object's default color setting
Fixed flipped normals on halloween tree 2 model
Fixed that default/custom feral zombie speeds didnt match
Fixed that spawning or selecting a weapon with smoke particle effect preset would play it for no reason
Fixed that custom rpg could not be validated when an external magazine was set before switching the preset
Fixed that when controlling a vanilla unit, the face equipment was missing
Fixed that using the GetPosition node on a player in update causes it to be default at first frame
Fixed some scripting node documentation errors
Fixed a bug that prevented custom units with certain items from being generated
Fixed that loading the same map with custom items twice would cause a loading error
Fixed flipped normals on AP40 iron sight
Fixed that setting the bullet amount for a custom placed gun would reset when loading the battle

[ 2022-09-05 17:59:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Custom Objects Update - Release Date

Hello everyone. After working on the custom item creators since the beginning of 2022, the custom object creator update will be released next monday (September 5)! In the meantime, please make sure to check out this video about custom modular parts and objects: https://youtu.be/OjcR_R3fyVo And if you haven't already, this is the first video about custom environment objects, consumables and effect objects: https://youtu.be/Z-pkkQwlfIc

[ 2022-09-02 20:43:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Custom Objects Development Update

Hello everyone, work on custom objects is still ongoing. If you want to see some of the upcoming custom object types, make sure to check out the video below: https://youtu.be/t53EmjJpfdo

[ 2022-07-12 15:46:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Podcast with the developer!

Hello everyone, the work on custom objects is still in progress and there will be more news about them very soon. In the meantime, make sure to check out this podcast with Tomebinder, creator of The Good Of The Company Campaign, and developer JNI, where they talk about indie game development, the current work and the future of the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTDQFmn6D4

[ 2022-07-05 13:27:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.38.1

Alpha 0.38.1 is an intermediate update. After this update, the focus is going to shift towards custom objects and there will probably be another feature update before the release of the custom object editors.

Content

Added high versions of the sand bag barricades

Features & Improvements

The script editor will now zoom towards the mouse position
Conquest improvements
- Added spawn multiplier options to flags for each team to adjust the probability of units spawning at each flag
- Added spawn exhaustion option which can be used to reduce the amount of units spawning at a flag when a certain amount of units got killed in the radius of the flag. This option can be used to create more dynamic conquest battles.
- Added a respawn point selection to allow players to choose where they want to respawn (this can be deactivated in the battle settings)
- Added Get/SetSpawnMultiplier scripting nodes to modify spawn probabilities in scripts
- Added a scripting event for when the owner of a flag changes
- Added Get/SetCurrentProgress nodes to modify the capture progress of flags in scripts
- Added Get/Set/Add/RemoveConquestTickets nodes to modify the ticket amount in scripts
Added an option to mute the audio if the game is minimized/not focused
Added SpawnWarPlane scripting node to allow you to spawn planes with bombs from scripts
Added short game tips to the loading screen (you can suggest tips by using this google form)
Improved workshop content loading stability

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused slow script compilation speed in some cases
Fixed inaccurate helicopter unit dropping
Fixed that scripting collection would not save light references
Fixed egyptian clothing/armor clipping
Fixed a bug that caused slow workshop content loading
Fixed a bug that caused workshop content to be reloaded even if not required
Fixed a bug that prevented maps from being loaded if there was unknown custom face equipment on the player

Patch notes of previous small fixes (0.38.0.1-0.38.0.4)

Saving custom scripts will now correctly save and load unknown custom items
Equipment panel presets will now correctly save and load unknown custom items
Fixed invisible tooltips on small resolutions
Fixed backpack slot positions
Fixed testing of middle equipment
Fixed melee weapon anim presets
Fixed that the 'allow shield' option didnt work
Fixed rotation of ranged weapons in the arsenal
Fixed incorrect sight setup on a lot of vanilla weapons
Fixed that attack distance could no longer be adjusted
Added color marker to color pickers in custom unit creator
Fixed a crash when trying to load certain things in the prefab editor
Fixed a bug that prevented regular calibers from doing damage when using one shot gl anim preset
Repair fluid caliber will now generate repair fluid beam
Custom units with custom repair fluid guns will now target their own faction
Repair beam effect is now rendered correctly in first person
.obj files exported from autodesk maya can now be imported
Fixed selection of trading items
Fixed transparency bullet decals
Fixed that the colors of the player's face equipment could not be adjusted
Fixed invisible bone armor
Fixed aim of custom units with repair guns (there are still some problems related to movement)
Fixed impact + sound effects of wood log walls
Added a back button to the import/load panel to quickly return to the item type selection
Improved support for different kind of .obj file formats
Fixed a bug that prevented custom RPGs from being generated
Backup files will no longer be loaded as content
Added keepMaxHp bool input to the SetHealth node
Fixed incorrect attachment previews in the arsenal

[ 2022-06-17 16:31:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.38 - Custom Equipment Creators

Custom equipment creators

In the create panel of the main menu, you can open the new custom item creators, where you can import custom models, adjust settings and download/upload workshop items.

The type of items you can create are:

Melee weapons
Ranged weapons
Shields
Grenades
Helmets
Chest Plates
Arm/Leg Plates
Face Equipment
Middle Equipment (new slot for static equipment which is attached to the body of a unit)
Backpacks
Attachments (Sights, barrels, grips, laser/lamps, bayonets)

The custom equipment items can be used pretty much anywhere, where you can also use vanilla equipment. This means custom units, placed items, prefabs, battles, traders, scripting, ... In most parts of the game there is no real difference between vanilla and custom equipment. And the best part is that you never have to subscribe to or download additional files when you try to use content (battles, units, prefabs, ...) with custom items, because everything will be included in the battle/prefab/unit file. Unlike other content, custom items are also protected. That means that only you can modify and upload your item to the workshop, but everyone else can use it in their creations. A lot of work has been put into this feature to make sure everything is as easy to use as possible. The game contains descriptiong for all item settings and will show what's wrong if your item settings are invalid. I recommend to read this guide which contains all you need to know about importing, creating and using custom equipment items: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2810060862

Other improvements

This update also contains some other minor improvements.

Reduced lag when returning from playing a battle back to the editor
Reduced lag when entering the custom battle editor from the main menu
Adjusted tooltips so that they can be read more easily
Added warning icon to menu buttons when workshop content is not fully loaded

Bug fixes

More fixes for known errors will be coming soon!

Fixed for loop node when used to count down
Fixed a bug that caused custom HUD info messages to flicker
Fixed that static HMG with shield could not be aimed up and down
Fixed WW1 chest armor clipping with WW1 shirt
Fixed incorrect behaviour of the key input event nodes
Fixed a bug that caused placed vanilla units to be re-randomized when playing
Fixed that flamethrowers would cause friendly fire when friendly fire was deactivated
Fixed missing wall attachment slots on modular door frames
Fixed a bug that caused a picked up weapon to the dropped out of the player's hands
Fixed wrong output type on the 'OnConsume' event node
Fixed main menu button animations
Fixed that the mech control unit would clip through the mech while rotating
Fixed that units could walk through gun safes
Fixed a loading crash when invalid control characters were present in prefab files
Workshop item loading process in main menu will now display the correct progress

Coming up next

Bug fixing patches + stabilization of the custom equipment creators
Regular small game features + improvements
Improvements for the custom creators. There is more stuff planned to improve things like color management and other features to further enhance the functionality of these editors.
Custom object creators
- Similar to this update there will be another big update which will allow you to create a variety of different custom objects!

[ 2022-05-30 17:00:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Technical Update 0.37.7

Alpha 0.37.7 is just a small technical update to improve the stability of the game and change some minor things in preparation for the custom creator update. There is also some new stuff:

Added an option to campaign levels to not show the description/prepare UI between levels (this screen will still be visible when starting the campaign from the main menu)
Added an Array/Clear scripting node to remove all elements from an array
Added nodes to help with different aspect ratios when creating custom UI
- CurrentWidth, CurrentHeight, AspectRatio nodes can be used to get information about the current dimensions of the game window
- NormalizeX & NormalizeY can be used to convert screen coordinates or sizes from absolute pixels into normalized values (0-1)
[Win64] When overwriting a save file and using the recycle bin is not allowed, the game will create a '__backup.xml' file in the same directory to prevent accidental loss of save files

[ 2022-04-11 14:51:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.37.6

More modular building material settings

Material settings (color, metallic, smoothness) have been added to glass and stone modulars. The transparency of glass modulars can be adjusted as well.

Air vehicle improvements

Placed air vehicles in the editor will now be placed depending on the terrain height below them (or the height of the closest terrain edge if placed outside of the terrain)
Modern and future era planes and helicopters now have flares to defend from anti air missles. The amount of available flares depend on the air vehicle and every time flares are used, there is a 90% chance that the missle targets one of the flares instead
Added the LH100 bomber (fictional) which is similar to real life stealth planes
Helicopter improvements
- Added inertia to helicopter movement
- They will now look ahead when calculating their target height to prevent crashes
- Height calculations will now consider modular buildings and other objects
- Before crashing into a building, helicopters will try to stop and move up now
- Helicopters will no longer try to shoot through the terrain and objects (if there is no chance that the target can be hit)
- Improved destruction: Helicopters will start to smoke and fall down with their current velocity and random rotation, once they hit the ground they will explode
Plane improvements
- Plane movement is no longer physics based to make it more predictable and reliable
- Planes will look ahead (similar to helicopters) to calculate and keep a safe flight height
- Their targeting has been improved slightly and ground only targeting should work again
- Improved plane/plane avoidance in the air
- Dropped bombs will now have inertia. As a result, planes will drop their bombs much earlier to hit their target
- Instead of just breaking apart when being destroyed, planes will now start to smoke and fall to the ground similar to helicopters

New scripting nodes

Added OnUnitStart event node which runs for each placed/spawned unit
Added nodes to get information about an equipment id: GetDamage, GetCaliber, GetMagazineCapacity, GetArmorClass
Added OnBeginReload and OnReload event nodes which will run when the player starts to reload and when the reloading process has just finished

Other improvements

Updated the pause menu
Added a volume adjust slider to the pause menu, which can be used to quickly adjust the volume while playing a map from the workshop.
Modular pillars can now be dragged upwards to place multiple at once

Bug fixes

Fixed that punching with ranged weapons would trigger the OnShoot event node
Fixed generation of destroyed vehicle variants in the editor
Fixed that png files with uppercase extension (.PNG) could not be loaded
Fixed that searching with uppercase text for units in transport vehicles would not find any
Fixed that the fog edit button would be hidden in the fog for high fog intensity
Fixed that custom poisoned zombies did not cause poison damage
Fixed that fog would become invisible when returning from the custom unit editor
Fixed various errors related to zombie grenades
Fixed incorrect aim point positioning and weapon accuracy when using scripting walls which only block the player
Fixed a bug that caused the max health of the player to be set to the amount of the previous campaign level
Fixed a bug that caused the plant in plant pots to stay in place when the pot dropped
Fixed various issues that caused wall mounted objects to fall to the ground when deleting any object with a relation to it
Fixed that open doors would break as if they were closed
Fixed plane settings UI errors
Fixed that editing modular colors would result in slight rgb value differences when selecting the same object again
Fixed a bug that allowed objects to be deselected while using transform handles

Alpha 0.38.0 (Custom Creators)

The custom creators are still being worked on. The first private beta test is next week to test the functionality of the editors. If everything works well, I'm going to start implementing the custom items in the save system and other parts of the game, which will bring it much closer to release. If you want to see the creators in action, here is a video about them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-pkkQwlfIc

[ 2022-04-01 14:19:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.37.5

Features & Improvements

New scripting loop nodes Added 3 new loops which allow you to quickly implement timers and linear interpolation without using the update node and variables.

TimedLoop runs every frame for 'duration' seconds
LinearLoops runs every frame for 'duration' seconds and linearly interpolates between two values during that time
SmoothStepLoop works like LinearLoop but uses a interpolation function that smooths the beginning and ending of the interpolation

Unlike the EndlessLoop node, these nodes can be started multiple times in one script and will then run concurrently Fog zones Added fog areas to the scripting view. You can create fog cubes with custom size, color and intensity. These areas can be controlled with scripts to change the visuals dynamically based on gameplay events. Collection node Added a scripting collection input node which outputs and array, but allows you to select multiple references at once in the scripting view instead of having to create and select an input node for each individual reference. Zombie infection option Added an option to the battle settings which will result in the zombie infection to spread.

If a unit gets bitten by a zombie, it will transform into a zombie after 2.5 - 3.5 seconds
While the bitten unit is transforming, zombies will be far less aggressive towards that unit
If a bitten unit dies, it will stay dead but still turn into a rotten corpse
Feral and poisoned zombies will cause the infected unit to transform into a feral/poisoned zombie as well
If the player gets bitten, its body will start to rot which will result in the player dying after 7-10 seconds

Other improvements

Future walkers and mechs will now break apart when being destroyed
Saved at path message will now hide the default path similar to the file browser
Recycle bin errors (missing permission, etc) will now be visible in the console

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused spawned units to be covered in snow with snow enabled
Fixed AI visibility detection through door frames
Fixed invisible spectate notification
Fixed a possible error when closing the script editor
Fixed that the IngoreTarget node did not work for multiple targets at once
Fixed that most custom units were immune against poison and most gas grenades
Fixed that reloading the steam workshop panel could result in white icons
Fixed that HUD/ShowProgress node didnt work in some cases
Fixed that placing a prefab with scripts multiple times could result in various bugs (e.g. unwanted deletion of scripts)

(0.37.4.1)

Fixed a problem that prevented the deletion of battles if the game has no rights to use the recycle bin
Fixed a crash when opening the edit terrain shape panel

(0.37.4.2)

Fixed a problem that caused massive performance degradation when using scripting panels before playing a battle
Fixed increasingly slow loading times when opening scripts after each other
Improved CustomInfo node performance when generating a node every frame

[ 2022-02-28 14:34:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.37.4

Features & Improvements

Color and intensity of the environment fog can now be controlled with the new scripting nodes 'SetFogColor' and 'SetFogLevel'
Added scripting input nodes for keybinds (attack, defend, interact, ...)
- Please note that changes to keybinds will only take effect after restarting the battle
The age of workshop battles is now shown next to the name and creator when inspecting the item
You can now load custom terrain brushes (grayscale heightmap images) into the custom terrain editor
- Custom brushes can be used to modify the height and paint color on the terrain
Shapes can now be rotated with Q/E while painting the terrain
Added a distance slider while selecting scripting references to hide far away selection points and make it easier to select the reference of your choice
On windows, when overwriting or deleting battles, prefabs or units the deleted file will now be moved to the recycle bin instead of being permanently deleted to prevent data loss
- This can be deactivated in the game settings and is enabled by default

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused flying vehicles when entering them as a player
Fixed a crash that could happen when dividing by 0 in scripts
Fixed that copy/pasting wire settings would cause them to despawn
Fixed inverted materials on 'Jungle Tree 23'
Fixed that units tried to shoot through destroyed ground vehicles
Fixed incorrect SubF node description
Poison damage will no longer be applied indefinitely in very small amounts

Next update

There will be another intermediate patch in two weeks (28.02.22) with qol/regular features and the latest bug fixes. Work on the big custom creator update continues alongside. Please note that there are issues with the windows 32bit version that are preventing it from receiving this update. Once these problems are resolved, the update will be released for 32bit as well.

[ 2022-02-14 15:41:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.37.3

Next major update

Hello everyone, just in case you missed it, custom weapon, armor, equipment and object creators are coming to Ancient Warfare 3 in the next major update! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLvXIpComqU Until then, there will be intermediate updates like this one.

Alpha 0.37.3

Scripting tag system

Handling units in the scripting system has always been somewhat difficult. Whether it's the question if a specific type of unit was involved in certain actions or getting certain units without having them referenced beforehand, there was no easy way of doing that. This update introduces tags which can be added to units in the scripting view or with scripting nodes.

By using tags you can quickly test if a unit has a tag to identify a type of unit or gather a list of units with a certain tag to quickly create groups of units which can be controlled as a whole. Units can have an infinite amount of tags which can be added and removed at any time.

Other scripting features

New restrict nodes Added RestrictShoot, RestrictMelee and RestrictSupport nodes to prevent the usage of melee/ranged weapons or support equipment like grenades CustomInfo output Added an output for the reference to the HUD element when using the CustomInfo node which allows you to delete the HUD element before redrawing it in the next frame. That way custom HUD elements can be drawn without any overlapping or flickering Preview selected reference When selecting any reference in the scripting view, the currently selected referenced will be highlighted in red now Bullet spawning Bullets can now be spawned from scripts by using the SpawnBullet/SpawnBulletEx nodes

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that prevented workshop items from being uploaded if the thumbnail was too large
Fixed that controlling the siege shield would result in weird movement
Fixed despawning of equipment (from scripting) for units with dual wielding
Fixed that passive non hostile units spawned by scripts would be attacked
Fixed missing icons for ropes/wires
Fixed a bug that caused (scripting controlled) music to continue to be played after leaving the battle
Fixed OnLand scripting node visuals
Fixed that punching with ranged weapons would damage allied units with friendly fire deactivated
Fixed a bug that caused various problems when starting to control a unit with projectiles stuck in them
Fixed that pasting text in a text field would also paste copied nodes in the script editor

[ 2022-01-29 18:11:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.37.2

Content

Added decorative ropes (default rope, metal rope, wire) to the game, which can be placed between two points with custom width and weight settings

Features & Improvements

Default save path is now hidden on the UI
Added scripting nodes to change color, intensity and range of (scripting)lights
Added scripting nodes to check if a unit is passive, corpse or animal
Scripting nodes will now show their description while hovering over them
Scripting node input and output parameters will now show a description while hovering over them
Modular parts will no longer be destroyed when the attached object is destroyed

Bug fixes

Fixed that spawned weapons by scripting would despawn
Fixed that spawned shields by scripting wouldnt fall down
Fixed that spawned horses by scripting would fly
Fixed that selected x-shaped sticky nodes would break the selection of objects
Fixed player swimming
Fixed various problems with the scripting light settings UI
Fixed bullet shell directions on HMGs
Fixed that vanilla siege units didnt save their equipment correctly
Fixed that roof walls could not be placed on triangle roof parts
Fixed that units that were pushed off by the player would fly in the air
Fixed various animation issues related to snow coverage in the editor
Fixed issues related to copy/pasting while snow coverage is enabled
Fixed a bug that prevented modular parts from being placed after the terrain got changed

As already said in the last patch notes, the development of the next big update will begin next week. Make sure to join the discord server to stay up to date with the latest development previews and news: https://discord.gg/jnigames

[ 2022-01-07 17:57:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.37.1

Hello everyone, version 0.37.1 is now available! First of all I want to apologize for the lack of updates in the last few months. Unfortunately the development was stopped due to health issues, but in the future to can expect more regular updates again. Now to the new stuff in this update:

Content

Added 45 modular roof parts
Added 2 future energy shields (round and rectangular version)
Added a decorative blood particle effect

Scripting walls

In the scripting mode you can now place custom sized walls similar to triggers. Scripting walls feature various options to block (or not block) the player and/or AI units as well as all other physical objects like projectiles. In addition scripting walls can be completly invisible, semi transparent with a custom color or static/animated striped. Placed walls can be referenced in scripts and enabled/disabled at any time. Walls which dont block the AI can also be moved around with scripts.

Modular material settings

The material of concrete and metal modular parts can now be adjusted for each individual part by selecting them. You can choose an rgb color multiplier as well as metallic and smoothness values of the material.

New scripting nodes

Added restrict move, look, attack, jump, crouch, sprint and lean nodes to prevent the player from doing certain actions
Added InfoLeft/InfoRight nodes to show text notifications on the HUD
CustomInfo node allows the creation of custom HUD messages with options for:
- font size
- vertical/horizontal text alignment
- text color
- background color
- background transparency
- duration
- x/y positions in screen coordinates [0, 1] from the bottom left corner
- width/height in percent of the screen size [0, 1]

Bug fixes

Fixed missing units in zombie spawner UI
Fixed full balaclava clipping through some items
Fixed spawning with red players in the arena
Fixed impact effects and sounds on modular building parts

Coming up next

There will be a small update in the first week of 2022 which will include decorative ropes/wires/chains/... (small preview below) and a better in-game documentation of individual scripting nodes to quickly figure out what a node does and how each input works, as well as fixes for some minor open bugs. [previewyoutube=G9U0GZ6TUYw;leftthumb][/previewyoutube] Between christmas and new year there will be some prototyping to figure out whether certain stuff works which hopefully lead to the biggest update AW3 has ever had towards the end of 2022. Merry christmas and a happy new year! - JNI

[ 2021-12-22 18:06:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Halloween Event Result

The halloween event is over! The top 3 are: [table] [tr] [th]Rank[/th] [th]Name[/th] [th]Score[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]1[/th] [th]login[/th] [th]224730[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]2[/th] [th]IsaacBuddy[/th] [th]185965[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]3[/th] [th]TheIdiotWithABongo[/th] [th]185820[/th] [/tr] [/table] 1st place can choose 2 equipment items or objects, 2nd/3rd place can choose one equipment item or object each. If you are one of the top 3, please reach out to me in the comments of this event or on discord. Rewards have to make sense in the game and copyrighted stuff is not allowed.

[ 2021-11-01 14:18:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Halloween Event

Halloween menu scene

We have a temporary menu background scene created by GeOmEtRy for this year's halloween event. You can check it out in game or on youtube: https://youtu.be/YHw_7CUzYoo Unfortunately, if you have a very low end computer (2 cores or less, 5gb RAM or less) you will still see the default menu scene to make sure the menu works fine.

Halloween event map

We also have an awesome event map called "MASTERCHEF HELLS COOK" which was created by Noita Wizard. You play as a cook and have to complete as many orders as possible while collecting ingredients from units and other places. You can start the event from the main menu. There are also rewards for the 3 players with the most points on October 31st. Rewards Winner: Choose 2 equipment items or objects 2nd & 3rd: Choose 1 equipment item or object each Rewards have to make sense in the game and copyrighted stuff is not allowed!

[ 2021-10-21 15:15:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.37.0

Content

Added SVD rifle (DMR D in game)
Added dark and desert colored variants of all modern vanilla units

Features & Improvements

Randomized vanilla units
- Clothed units are now the default variant in the unit placement list
- The existing variants (clothed, naked, light/heavy/full armored) still exist
- Vanilla units spawn with randomized gear depending on their faction
  - Clothing, face equipments, hair, armor, shields and weapon attachments will be randomized
- Vanilla units in old maps stay the same
- The exact randomized variant of placed units will be saved and loaded
  - Exceptions: Units which spawn from spawners, in conquest/KOTH or drop from vehicles
- When duplicating a randomized unit it will get a new set of random items
Scripting
- Increased .ogg file size limit to 1.5MB (Using large audio files will increase the map size and loading times)
- Script execution time is now shown when using the debug.fps 2 command in the console
- Added player to health cast node
- Added skill input to Spawn(Custom)UnitEx nodes
- Added increment/decrement nodes for float/int
- Added Get/Set Ammo nodes to modify the amount of bullets in the player's current weapon
- Added SetGuardMode node to set a unit to guard mode with a specific pose
- Added hit normal output to interaction raycast node
- Added OnJump/OnLand event nodes for the player
- Added vignette screen effect node
- Added Get/SetSkill nodes to modify the AI skill
Campaigns
- Large campaigns will now load without freezing the game
- Added "keep equipment from previous level" option for campaign levels
- Added "keep ammo from previous level" option for campaign levels
Unit stats randomization
- When a unit spawns its stats will be slightly randomized
- Health: +- 10hp
- Skill: +- 10%
- Attack distance: Increased by up to 5
Increased default unit attack distance from 30 to 50
Increased pellet damage from 17 to 25
Decreased shorty pump animation duration
Slightly adjusted the models of "Helmet 1" and "Helmet 4"
Boats can now drop units if the landing spot is blocked by other objects which units can walk on

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused wrong rendering of transparent face equipment items while editing/playing a battle
Fixed inaccurate fps counter for slowed down battles
Fixed that face equipments were not being added correctly to the campaign inventory
Fixed that gatling guns were floating
Fixed the campaign level close button
Fixed working rotors on landed AE500
Fixed typo in lush alien environment objects
Fixed back left wheel material on LAV-25
Fixed framed door frame collision
Fixed SAM turret destruction when the object below the turret got destroyed
Fixed skeleton corpse model
HMGs should now hit strafing players in close range better
Fixed door opened/closed scripting events
Fixed that modifying the terrain would reset custom rotations of environment objects
Added slight delay to prevent modular drag placement from being used when placing from certain angles
Other minor fixes

[ 2021-08-23 11:51:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.36.6

Content

Added 3 SAM turrets which shoot rockets at air vehicles
Added stack of arrows ammo pack
Added stack of bolts ammo pack
Added gold and silver ingots as money (3 sizes each)
Added landed versions of AE500, future helicopter, future jet, heavy dropship

Features and improvements

Scripting
- Added OnDamageGlobal event which gets invoked when any unit in the battle takes damage
- Added ColorOverlay node which can be used to fade (0-1 intensity) the screen to a specific color (rgb)
- Added DeleteEquipment node to delete the equipment of units which just died (OnDeath -> DeleteEquipment can be used to prevent the player from picking up the unit's weapons)
- Added GetCustomUnitData to get the custom unit data if possible to spawn another unit with the same gear
- Added global variables to share data between scripts
  - Global variables can be placed from the toolbar in the scripting view
  - Select variables to set a name and type
  - GlobalVar input node can be used to reference global variables from multiple scripts
  - GetGlobal/SetGlobal can be used to get/set the value
- Added GetTarget node to get the target of a unit (can be a position or another unit)
- Added GameSound node to input vanilla sounds
  - Contains all in-game music and some effect sounds. More effects will follow
- Particle effects are movable objects now
- Objects which are referenced by scripts can now always be deleted with the 'Delete' node
- Setting the text of a unit hint (message bubble) to null or empty will hide it now
- OnDamage events will now be invoked even if the unit died
Buffed AA tanks (Marksman, AMX-10) with faster projectile speed and weapon rotations
Added dark color theme for all ground vehicles
Added an option to close the unit editor without updating the unit when it was opened from within the battle editor
Custom units with anti air launchers will now always prioritize air vehicles

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused weapon to get knocked out of the player's hands
Fixed that invalid sound files in a script would prevent the script from being compiled
UI elements will now longer be affected by keyboard input
- This will prevent a variety of bugs that caused invisible selected UI elements to be modified
Fixed frequent lag spikes in the unit creator
Fixed reloading of underbarrel gl
Fixed that loading equipment from custom units would be possible in campaign levels with restrictions or inventory
Fixed a bug that allowed units to move while crouching
Fixed a bug that caused the animation for chambering a bullet to play after switching the gun
Fixed a bug that caused some objects to be visible through other objects when the transform handles were visible

Next update

The next update will be 0.37.0 with randomized vanilla units to make them more interesting and some other improvements.

[ 2021-08-02 18:06:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.36.5

Content

Updated/recreated weapon models

Sword
Longsword
Mace
Battle axe
Heavy sword
Ancient Knife
Warhammer
Nail bat
Katana
Crossbow
Spear
Pike
Bisento
Pirate dagger
Saber
Slim saber
Some lord equipment

New weapons

Flanged mace
Medieval dagger
Chokuto (replaces the tanto sword)
Tsurugi
Nagamaki
Yari

Shields

Added 11 new wooden shields
Added 11 new improvised wooden shields

Features and improvements

Improved rendering of fully clothed/armored custom units (up to 80% faster rendering time and ~63% RAM reduction)
When an equipment or environment object is selected in the editor, you can now edit the rotation/position with transform handles
Unit hint messages are now above their head equipment
Added a toggle to the scripting mode to show all scripts
Added a new SpawnVehicle node to spawn vehicles with a specific color option
Added sounds effects for wooden shield impacts (melee/projectile)
Increased helicopter explosion size

Bug fixes

Fixed a memory leak when editing units or player equipment
Fixed a blood splash culling issue
Fixed that units placed on ships would get replaced when changing the terrain
Fixed that when editing terrain with the cursor off the terrain, the modification would be applied below the camera
Fixed that destroyed air vehicles would move while the game is paused
Fixed that having a single dialog node with no answer would not trigger the scripting event
Fixed that loading a unit in the scripting menu would overwrite the player equipment
Fixed some modular building problems related to roof walls
Fixed spawning of siege weapons from scripts
Fixed PlayAnimEx/PlayAnimExF nodes
Fixed that playing a custom animation with mode once would not allow the animation to be restarted

[ 2021-07-19 11:18:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.36.4

Content

Added Panzer IV WW2 tank
Added 10 fang variants for custom units

Scripting features

Node to get the name of a custom unit
Ignore node to ignore/unignore possible targets for a unit
Node to change the unit behaviour (default, guard, wander)
Nodes to remove any player weapon, support equipment and shield
Input node for instrumental notes
- Available instruments: Piano, Drums, Organ, 4 Guitars, Flute, Glockenspiel, Harp, Marimba, Trumpet, Vibraphone, Violin
- Available notes/octaves depend on the instrument
Input node to write instrumental notes as songs and nodes to play the song in 3d world space or 2d
Input node for custom .ogg vorbis sound files
- WARNING! If you use copyrighted songs in workshop items, you will risk to get banned from AW3's workshop/steam group and the copyright holders could take further actions against you.
- -> Only use audio you are allowed to redistribute and give credit to the author if required
Various nodes to play and control sounds
- Play, Play2D
- Get sound duration
- Get pitch/range/volume
- Set pitch/range/volume
- Pause, restart, resume, stop
- Set loop
- Get/Set playback time
- Set position

Bug fixes

Fixed a crash caused by endless event loops in scripts
Fixed wrong input type on EquipmentId to int node
Fixed wrong output name on array length node
Fixed OnConsume/OnPickupObject/OnPickupEquipment events
Fixed default object id input node value
Fixed that objects with variants could not be spawned from scripts
Fixed that some exoskeleton parts could not be picked up
Fixed mesh of ushanka hat
Fixed some collision bugs with barrels and fences that could cause the player to glitch below foundations/terrain
Fixed flak cannons
Fixed some minor problems related to unit targeting
Fixed that starting money wasnt given to the player when spawning in conquest/koth
Fixed vehicle crosshairs
Fixed a bug that prevented weapon switching when trying to reload the single shot flamethrower
Fixed a bug that could cause grenades to get stuck in the player's hands when reloading a shotgun
SetHealth node will now correctly set the max health of the unit
Fixed that tank gunners didnt continue to find targets after the first one
Fixed that the RemoveBullets node didnt update the UI
Fixed a bug that prevented the IsZombie node to not detect zombie dogs
Fixed a bug that allowed respawning at a helicopter

[ 2021-07-12 12:48:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 0.36.3.1+2

Alpha 0.36.3.1

Fixed that some food items were missing in the object id input node
Adjusted culling settings for food items
Fixed scrolling UI problem for the object type filter

Alpha 0.36.3.2

Fixed a bug that caused units from spawners to not work in some cases
Fixed missing unit reference output for ReplaceUnit nodes
Fixed that dogs could be selected as squad mates
Fixed visual bugs related to some version of the skeleton corpse
Fixed destruction and collision of modular metal railing
Fixed that the player could enter destroyed siege shields
Fixed that objects could not be placed on bridge objects
Fixed modular roof walls while/after placing prefabs

[ 2021-06-24 20:33:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.36.3

Content

Added a future glass helmet
Added dumpsters and trash bag decorative objects
Added modular metal railings
Added arrow (2 versions) and cross-shaped sticky notes
Added a wet floor sign
Added stone holders for castle walls
Added some furniture objects (oven, fridge, closet, sink, countertop, toilet)
Added barbed wire wood barricade
Added food items (can be spawned and teleported by scripts)
Added bullet impact wall decals
Added blood stain wall decals

Features and improvements

Custom zombie passives/corpses can now be created
Scripting features (new nodes)
- AddElement to add an element to an array (1024 elements max)
- RemoveAt to remove the element a the given index
- IndexOf to find the index of an element in an array
- ExecOrder node to execute something after a loop (or similar graph) ran
- Event for when the player attacks (OnAttack)
- Event for when the player shoots (OnShoot)
- Node to teleport triggers (Teleport)
- Node to activate/deactivate or reset triggers (SetActive, IsActive, Reset)
- Node to get the current animation frame of a custom unit (GetAnimFrame, GetAnimFrameF)
- Node to play partial passive animation frames (PlayAnimExF)
- String concat node to combine two texts (Concat)
- ReplaceUnit node to quickly replace a unit with another unit
- OnConsume event to detect when the player consumes food items
A lot of small items can now be placed on tables and shelves
Player equipment can now be loaded from a custom unit save file
Custom unit type will now be displayed correctly
Update filter UI in the placement list

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that allowed entering of unsupported vehicle seats
Fixed placement of objects on apartment walls
Fixed that dying inside vehicles could cause problems in conquest mode
Fixed that the update event node would run while the game is paused
Fixed air vehicles spawned by scripts
Fixed from targeting evaluations in some cases
Fixed that static player scripting events would no longer work after the player respawned
Fixed that units spawned from scripts in guard mode had wrong attack distances
Fixed that the player could rotate the head through walls to interact with objects
Fixed wrong symbol on the NotEquals scripting node
Fixed a bug that broke the player hands when using siege weapons

Next update I'm currently experimenting with some new features, so not sure what exactly will be in the next update. Make sure to join the discord server for development previews and update release dates: https://discord.gg/jnigames

[ 2021-06-21 12:59:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.36.2

Content

Added new hats: bearskin cap, shako, peaked cap
Added a black sticky note
Added LED matrix objects (1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 10x10) with adjustable RGB pixels by the scripting system

Features and improvements

Ground vehicle controls
- Players can now control tanks and other ground vehicles (ONLY allied ground vehicles, NOT static object vehicles or enemy vehicles)
- Seats in the vehicle can be switched to take control of the scout or gunner, while the AI continues to drive the vehicle
Improved player siege weapon controls:
- Hitmarker for siege projectiles
- Aim up/down with supported siege weapons
- Preview arc instead of point
- Change distance with mouse movement instead of keyboard input
Skill slider does now affect siege weapon accuracy and reload speed
Melee units will now attack siege weapons more reliably
Animal AI improvements
- Horses will now attack more reliably
- Fixed various problems which caused horses to not move at all and melee units to not attack horses
- Elephants will now try to stomp on units below them
Added support for ranged animal units
Water looks less blue now
Performance improvements
- Fixed long navigation generation loading freezes on certain maps
- Improved modular building placement performance on maps with many building parts
- Reduced RAM usage while playing a battle
- Fixed a lot of reasons for lag spikes while playing to provide a smoother experience
Scripting features (added scripting nodes)
- Get which weapon the player is holding
- Get primary, secondary, ... weapon of the player
- Get support equipment and shield of the player
- OnFire, OnPoison event nodes
- Comment node to describe sections of a script
- Get right direction vector of a unit
- Get squad units
- Add squad members
- Remove squad members
- 2 dimensional array input and related functions
- Array input elements can now be set while the script is running (SetElement node)
- Increased max array size to 100
- Array nodes can be collapsed to hide the indiviudal elements
- Perlin noise node
- Color input and related functions (Split, Merge, Lerp)
- Interaction raycast node to get the world position where the player is looking
- IsInTrigger node to test if a position is inside of a trigger
Improved script compilation speed

Bug fixes

Fixed EndDialog node functionality
Fixed that teleporting units in wander mode would break their AI
Fixed Dialog::Answer event reference selection
Fixed wrong input types for some cast nodes
Fixed that short weapons could destroy shield backpack from the inside
Fixed foundation stair placement for old prefabs
Fixed a bug that caused the load/save UI to move off the screen
Fixed missing water reflections option
Fixed the selection of units with dialogs for scripting nodes
Fixed duplication of stacked paper-like objects (however, it's not recommended to stack paper for performance reasons)
Fixed UI problems with the ControlUnit scripting node
Fixed a loading UI bug while loading scripts
Fixed that destroyed vehicles couldnt be placed on objects
Fixed that scripting arrays larger than 20 elements would not be saved correctly
Fixed that renaming a scripting variable would not update already placed node names
Fixed that some kind of kills didnt trigger the OnDeath scripting event
Fixed that units from spawners did not throw their grenades
Fixed a bug that caused the player's legs to be rendered in front of everything
Fixed reloading animation of muskets and flintlock pistols

Next update

I'm going to continue the biweekly update schedule (+- a few days). The next update will contain more requested features for the scripting system and new content.

[ 2021-06-07 11:27:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.36.1

Content & Features

Added a shield generator backpack
Updated some silenced gun sounds
Improved the shield rendering performance
New scripting features
- Units spawned by script can now start in wander mode
- Spawning of transport vehicles with units from scripts
- Added a global death event node which runs every time a unit died
- Added time since battle start node
- Added a node to get the player position delta
- Added an event node for when the player picks up equipment, money or keys
- Increased max array size to 30
- Added support for arrow key input
- Interactable objects (key, money) can now be teleported
- Unit dialog integration:
  - Action nodes for begin/end dialog
  - Event nodes for when a player answers
- Custom passive unit integration:
  - Events for when the animation starts/ends
  - Action nodes to start/pause or play a specific range of an animation

Bug fixes

Fixed that spawned equipment objects would not be added to campaign inventories
Fixed camera rotation snapping after loading certain maps
Fixed invisible speed slider while editing rivers
Fixed that opening the scripting mode in the prefab editor would change the lighting
Fixed that setting the player health would not update the HUD
Fixed an error while hovering over particle effects
Fixed a bug that prevented object selection from outside the map
Fixed clipping of roman garnments under the arms
Fixed a UI bug which showed the wrong spawn delay
Fixed UI problems with the scripting variable panel
Fixed teleporting of units with siege weapons and animals
Fixed a bug that caused various interaction problems when hovering the mouse in certain areas
Fixed selection problems of custom lights and triggers
Fixed a bug that could cause unit targeting to pause for 2 seconds

[ 2021-05-21 12:35:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Scripting & Triggers Update

Video summary of this update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Na0yIaWxM

Individual light settings

Selecting light objects in the editor, can now deactivate by default (to enable them later) Shadows can also be deactivated (default setting) to improve the performance while using a lot of lights

Alarm objects

There are two alarm objects with different sound, volume and range settings, which can be controlled by the scripting system

Interactable scripting objects

To enable more interactions between the player and the scripting system, there are various different objects like buttons, levers, switches, locks, codelocks and status lights.

Triggers

Cube and sphere triggers can be placed to detect when units enter, stay or leave an area.

Custom lights

Custom point lights can be placed to create a certain atmosphere. You can adjust the light range, intensity and RGB-color.

Visual Scripting System

The visual scripting system can access various parts of the game to modify the way how a battle plays and works. Based on events, actions can be chained when something happens. The basics like spawning/killing a unit are really easy to implement, but you can also use the scripting system to do quite advanced stuff like custom game modes. For more in depth information about the scripting system, check out this steam guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2467984141

Bug fixes

Fixed that UI sliders didnt work in some cases
Fixed that rotating an object while snow is enabled would cause lag spikes
Fixed barrel attachment positions on HSG12 weapon
Renamed some objects
Fixed a bug that allowed two players to be controlled
Fixed slow reloading of some weapons
Fixed that using horses could cause incorrect player vision
Fixed that the player couldnt look up/down while riding a horse
Fixed a crash that could happen while drag placing modular parts at certain angles
Fixed a bug that caused invalid prefab placed for prefabs which were created with the drag modular placement
Fixed that changing the player equipment would cause an invalid pose for one frame
Fixed that shooting with delayed weapons would spawn the projectile at the wrong position
Fixed clipping of modern arm/leg armor
Fixed squad "send to position" on elevated positions
Fixed that choosing a bullet modification and switching the weapon would cause the new weapon to use the wrong caliber (still works for laser/energy bullets)
Fixed that dying in first person would show the helmet
Fixed some vanilla passive unit poses
Fixed a bug that caused some UI elements to be rendered very small
Fixed a bug that caused the in-game workshop browser to load the wrong icons
Fixed that after placing a vehicle dropoff point the UI could no longer be used
Fixed that pausing would cause arrows to fly straight down
Fixed that changing a custom unit animation using the edit feature in the editor, would show an invalid animation until reloading the map
Fixed a bug that caused the wrong animation pose to be shown while a bone is selected
Fixed safe doors
Fixed that the terrain edit discard button would discard the changes before confirming the change
Fixed that the player could die while standing on a destroyed platform

[ 2021-05-05 12:56:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.9

The trigger and scripting features are still being worked on and Alpha 0.36.0 will be released soon. This update will be the last one of the 0.35 cycle.

Content

Added a full auto shotgun (HSG12)
Added an open shirt clothing item
Added pants with knee protection
Added bomb suit body, head, arm and leg armor
Added a keffiyeh hat
Added a WW1 trench armor

Features & Improvements

You can now place multiple modular foundations, floors and walls at once, by holding the left mouse button while placing an object

Bug fixes

Fixed a shadow bug which caused the head to be invisible while aiming in first person
Fixed a bug that triggered a leg animation when changing custom unit equipment or creating custom unit icons
Fixed a problem with wrong window resolutions on ubuntu
Fixed the category of some furniture objects

[ 2021-04-18 21:00:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.8.1+2

Features & Improvements

The mouse sensitivity is now reduced while aiming through scopes
Squad units can now be chosen without placing a player and whenever a player spawns, those units will work like regular squad units
Added an in-game option to report workshop items which are offensive
- This feature will allow more advanced features related to user content in future updates and a fast removal of offensive content
- Items will NOT be banned automatically, every report will be reviewed by a moderator

Bug fixes

Fixed multiple problems related to editing units that got placed in a formation
Fixed visibility problems for units on high positions
Fixed that when updating a workshop item the new version would not be downloaded automatically on the author's end
Fixed a bug that prevented navigation balance areas to not load correctly on structures
Fixed rendering of water while the spectate mode is paused
Fixed some issues when trying to edit crouching units in the editor
Fixed some problems that caused inaccurate aiming through sights
Fixed that horse/elephant riders could go prone
Fixed a bug that could cause data corruption in some cases
Fixed bolo machete damage setup
Fixed a bug that allowed units to run while crouching
Fixed tooltip problems after creating a custom unit from the editor
Fixed wrong culling of winter pants
Fixed helmet rendering problems when switching helmets mid battle
Fixed a crash that could happen when switching from the unit creator to the menu
Fixed spawning problems when placing flags without ever selecting them

Next update

Next week there will be a small content update to keep the game fresh until then
Alpha 0.36.0 with the trigger/scripting features is still in progress with a private beta test planned for the last week of april and public alpha access for the first week of May. Below is a small preview clip in which triggers and visual scripting is being used to reduce the player health in a certain area.

https://youtu.be/P_emXRQlNTA

[ 2021-04-13 17:14:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.8

This update is a bit smaller than usual, because a lot of work is being done for Alpha 0.36.0 which will feature more advanced battle editing tools an mechanics. There will be triggers and visual scripting to create events and custom battle rules. That update is planned to be released later in April and there will be bug fixing patches until then (if required). Content

Added some single horn variations for custom units

Features & Improvements

New map size: Medium
Some units in guard mode can now:
Use an idle pose (animations are not available for all unit types, but for most of them)
Crouch
Lay down
The gladiator arena is available again
Added some variants of the tattered battle banner object
A message is shown when a unit cant be controlled

Bug fixes

Adjusted the position of certain weapons in first person
Fixed some problems when aiming through scopes
Fixed some attachments and weapon settings
Fixed a bug that caused incorrect lighting in first person in some biomes

[ 2021-03-29 15:20:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.7

Content

Added 9 decorative horn variations for custom units
Added a trench shotgun (WMC reward)

Features & Improvements

First person improvements The first person view is now properly implemented. Started as a small feature with just a different camera position, we now have a 'real' first person mode. The perspective got changed, so that more of the weapon is visible. The fov does no longer affect how the weapons look and the overall feel of weapons got improved. Instead of being static, they are now a bit disconnected from the player while moving and pre-move slightly while rotating. Depending on the weapon, they are more or less sluggish. To further improve the first person view, there are small animations when jumping and landing. First person view by default With the changes made to first person and the increased amount of options for players to interact with objects in the world, it was time to make first person the default view when starting a battle to make interactions easier. Animation improvements The rifle animations got slightly adjusted to have better default poses. There was a lot of snapping in some repeating animations, which got fixed now and everything is smooth. In addition, there are new animations for pump shotguns, repeat rifles and bullpup reloads. The pistol animations got reworked. Units will now hold the pistols closer and more centered which also fixes the annoying off center aiming when playing as a player with a pistol. Also, ranged weapons will now be blocked when the muzzle hits a wall in first person, which means you can no longer glitch shoot through walls. Recoil improvements Recoil got completely reworked and will now continue after a lot of shots. Previously the recoil stopped when the weapon reached a certain point. Weapons will now move more with more horizontal recoil, which can be difficult to predict and control when shooting fully automatic weapons. Shooting while moving is also more difficult. Overall, rifles have much more recoil than before and submachine guns are very easy to control. You can see the individual recoil values for each weapon in the arsenal. Overview The best way to experience the changes to the weapon feeling by playing, but here is a small video to show some of the changes above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u8HGXWe5gc Other improvements

The OKP and PSO sights can now be attached to the S12 rifle
Taking damage repeatedly in very short time is now more obvious
Attachments modify how sluggish a weapon is
Shotguns will now reload 50% faster, but pump shotguns require to be pumped before shooting again

Bug fixes

There are a lot of bug fixes in this update to improve the overall experience of the game

Fixed shadow flickering while aiming down sights
Fixed a lot of problems related to prefab placement and duplicating selected objects
Fixed that shooting too fast after running would cause the weapon to get stuck in the run animation
Fixed that spamming the weapon key (1, 2, 3, 4) would reset the recoil
Deleting custom units will now directly remove them from the game and always delete their icons correctly (when deleting from the embedded unit editor in the battle editor, you can still place deleted units in the editor until you restart it)
Fixed that custom zombie units could not be added to zombie spawners
Fixed that keyboard shortcuts for selected units did not work while the mouse was hovering the UI
Fixed a bug that caused unit animations to randomly turn into T-poses (very rare)
Fixed a bug that allowed units to clip between foundations if many units got placed in one spot
Fixed a bug that caused wrong placement collisions after rotating objects
Fixed that searching for a face equipment and selecting it would reset all other face equipments
Bugs related to editing units from within the battle editor
- Changing to a weapon with different animations would trigger the T-pose
- Changing the unit size would cause problems
- Changing skinned clothing objects caused invisible joints
- Editing a horse/elephant unit would cause the unit to fly up in the editor
Fixed that replacing duplicated buildings after a terrain change would cause problems
Fixed that placing prefabs would not update trees
Fixed missing menu music in the apocalypse menu background
Fixed aiming with the AA launcher
Fixed that weapons couldnt be dropped while holding a shield
Fixed that players could control passive or thrower units after dying
Fixed that airdrops would always be enabled in zombie survival mode
Fixed grid overlay on siege weapons in the prefab editor
Glass will no longer break from the player touching it
Fixed player camera rotation before the battle started
Fixed workshop TOS UI button centering
Fixed not working weapon attachments in the arsenal

[ 2021-03-16 15:02:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.6

Content

Added 3 safe objects
Safes can be locked with keys/keycards and some weapons will snap into certain positions in the safe
Added apocalypse menu scene

Features & Improvements

You can now create custom hostage units (Unit type = Hostage)
You can now create custom throwing units (throwing axe, flamespear, knife, snowball and spear in the unit creator)
Throwing units got updated to use the latest AI features (similar to the default ranged AI)
Integrated the custom unit creator into the custom battle editor
- You can now quickly create custom units by clicking on the custom unit item in the placement list
- You can edit already placed custom units by selecting them and click the edit button
- Similar custom units can also be selected after selecting one of them
Updating an workshop item will now keep the already added tags

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused hostages to be placed into the ground
Fixed problems with the apocalypse laser attachment
Fixed RPG aim positions
Fixed that some traps would not fall when the depending object got destroyed

Upcoming updates

24.02.21 - Alpha 0.35.6 Small feature update, bug fixes 16.03.21 - Alpha 0.35.7 Improved first person view & gameplay, updated rifle and pistol animations 22.03.21 - Alpha 0.35.8 Improved 3rd person view & gameplay, crouching/lying AIs in guard mode Early-Mid April - Alpha 0.36.0 Event based visual scripting, triggers

[ 2021-02-24 18:12:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.5 - Talking & Trading

There is a video available to show and explain the new features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMNDMXIHUu4 Features & Improvements

When the player dies, the picked up keys will be dropped so that the next player can pick them up
Added new unit interaction settings (Only visible when a single unit is selected)
Added adjustable unit dialogs which can have different endings depending on the player's answers
Added adjustable unit traders which can sell equipment objects
Added hint units which show a speech bubble when the player approaches

For more information about the features above, I recommend watching the 5 minute video at the beginning of this post Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused red units to spawn on their base flag without a reason
Fixed that updating workshop units would not update their thumbnails
Fixed sky flickering in the medieval menu background
Fixed that dropped health fields would block the unit visiblity
Fixed player rotations while the game is paused
Fixed rotation direction of the dust particle effect

[ 2021-02-15 14:01:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug fixing patches 0.35.4.1 - 0.35.4.2

Below is a list of fixed problems and changes since the 0.35.4 release. Update 0.35.5 is scheduled for next monday. Improvements

Added clothes to hostage units
You can now choose weapons for the left hand of passive/corpse units
Cardboard boxes can now be placed on shelves and tables

Bug fixes

Fixed various problems related to controlling of units after the player died
Fixed various problems related to flag spawning
Fixed name of the baseball cap
Fixed that face equipments with glass would turn black in the editor and while playing
Fixed winter jacket culling issues
Fixed clipping of winter jacket through unit heads
Fixed a visual bug that caused tank control units to be visible from below the vehicle
Fixed a bug that stopped the async delete process when trying to delete many objects
Fixed that timer based zombie survival battles would not end when switching the player mid battle
Fixed a bug that prevented doors from being placed in drywall doorframes
Fixed that trying to control units from spawners would make them disappear [The fixes below are only available for the 64bit Windows version! Win32 and Linux builds are pending]
Fixed disappearing of face equipment objects with transparency on corpses
Fixed that the spot where the player died would be blocked when trying to move there with another unit
Fixed that rotating the dust particle effect had no effect

[ 2021-02-10 01:51:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.4

Content

Added short pants
Added ushanka with and without ear flaps
Added a winter jacket
Added winter pants
Added ballistic goggles and a fitting balaclava
Added more beard variants
Added a norman helmet
Added a baseball cap
Added round glasses
Added half stone barriers

Features & Improvements

Home and conquest flags can now be placed on buildings
Settings panels will now stay open when dragging a list or any other element outside of the window
Added an option to auto control a unit after dying
Added an option to deactivate the HUD in the game settings
Added an option to toggle aiming, sprinting and crouching in the game settings
Added an option to change the default player view (1st/3rd person) in the game settings
Battle settings panel resizing improvements
Improved the prefab placement performance and fixed various placement problems
Fixed jittering while ships are moving
Improved the squad AI to stay closer to be player in enclosed spaces
Improved the performance of trees and fixed some problems which caused frame drops
Reworked the on ship movement to resolve a lot of problems related ship landing
Added the player to the placement list
Added a semi auto fire mode to the S16
Added the first iteration of a learning helper, which will help new players to learn the basics of the editor and available tools
Added a system to link steam guides to certain areas of the game to show more information when pressing an info button (there will be more guides in future updates)

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that prevented close ranged melee units from attacking each other properly
Fixed that deleting many objects and units sometimes didnt work
Fixed that stacked roads did cut themselves out (You should use terrain painting tools to paint the whole terrain instead of roads for better performance)
Fixed that trenches would block transparency while playing a Battle
Fixed that units from spawners did not use their shields
Fixed that assigning keybinds would sometimes not work
Fixed that starting to control a unit while the time is paused did not work
The edit terrain panel discard button is now working

[ 2021-02-04 20:26:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.3

Content

New model for future swords (Plasma sword)
- With more damage, a high chance to set units on fire and custom sound
Redesigned the wooden and metal guard towers and added ladders to them

Features & Improvements

Added terrain painting to the environment editor
- Allows to paint areas of the terrain with colors from all biomes or custom RGB colors
- Paint can be applied with different strength, speed and shapes
- Paint does work across different biomes, but will be reset when changing the terrain seed
New road rendering
- Roads are part of the terrain and dont cause collision problems
- Grass and rocks will not spawn on roads
- Railroads are outdated (old maps still work, but you cant create them anymore)
Added new options to select no grass and no rock areas on the terrain
Grenade/support equipment slot for custom units
- Custom units with melee weapons or firearms can now be equipped with different grenades or support items like shield fields
- Usage in combat depends on the unit skill, the surroundings and the target distance
Added a small tooltip that shows the terrain height below the mouse while having a terrain height tool selected
Added swing sounds to melee weapons
Equipment items are now sorted alphabetically in the player equipment and custom unit creation windows
Players will now keep their inertia while running down stairs
Dying after starting control a unit will now always show the spectate notification instead of switching to spectate mode instantly

Bug fixes

Fixed player damage effect
Fixed that certain control characters in texts would cause battles to not load
Fixed a bug that allowed players to glitch through doors with the leaning mechanic
Fixed 4x WW scope model
Fixed a bug that caused directories in the file browser to be sorted incorrectly
Fixed various reasons for error spamming and error displaying in the debug console
Fixed a bug that could cause weird camera movement after spectating a unit
Fixed a bug that allowed the throw indicator to stay visible
Fixed a bug that caused the player to shoot after starting to control a unit
Fixed crosshair and ammo HUD after starting to control a unit

Next update The next update will most likely be a quality of life update with some gameplay improvements, fixes and performance improvements

[ 2021-01-25 13:31:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.2

Content

Added door frames with an offset door hole
Added a beret, german steel helmet and full balaclava
Added a crowbar (WMC reward)
Added a WWII machine gun (MG B)
Added a coat clothing object
Added static versions of the ships which can be placed as objects
Added 4 animal pelt carpets
Added 10 wall mounted banners (blue + red variant for each)
Added 2 battle banners (blue + red variant for each)
Added a bar counter object
Added 7 book stack variants
Added 3 wall mounted plant pots with more than 20 plant variants
Added a metal brazier (on/off versions)
Added 3 different candle sticks (on/off versions)
Added a chandelier
Added a chopping board
Added cinder roof parts in 3 color variants
Added 2 decorative concrete columns
Added a concrete planter box
Added horses and elephants as objects
Added 3 fancy wood tables
Added an old fireplace (on/off versions)
Added 5 different hay bales/stacks
Added a horse hitching post
Added a king's bed
Added 4 medieval bed variants
Added 3 different thrones
Added a wood log beach barricade
Added a medieval stick lantern (on/off variants)
Added a medieval shelf
Added 4 medieval stools
Added 8 medieval tent variants (3 color variants for red and blue each)
Added 3 medieval chairs
Added 6 paper map variants that show a map of the current battle
Added a war planning table that shows a map of the current battle
Added 6 different plant pots with 20+ plant variants each
Added 6 generic sack variants
Added decorative versions of the spear trap and wood spike barricades
Added a stacked barbwire object
Added a stone and a wood lectern
Added 2 medieval stone tables
Added 4 stacked stone wall objects
Added modular thatch roof parts
Added 3 wall mounted torch variants (on/off each)
Added 2 wall mounted wood shelves
Added 3 burn wood pile variants
Added various wooden table variants
Added 3 wood bench variants
Added a wooden planter box
Added modular parts to fill the side of roof parts

Features & Improvements

Improved the performance of barbed wire and various other traps
Added ammunation starting options for the player
Enabled the debug console again (F9 to open it)
Long names in the placement list will now scroll through
Added a respawn time option for conquest & KOTH
Added color settings and adjusted the default material of sandbag barricades
Added color settings to the cyborg eyes and doctor mask
The evac zone in the hostage mode can now be placed on objects
Angled roof parts can now be stacked to create long roof lines
Some alien planet plants will now be aligned with the terrain slope
Added support for wall mounted objects
New objects will now show a "new" tag in the placement list
Removed ambient environment sounds from most biomes
Distance lights will now render at low quality instead of being culled
Changed the ambient music in the main menu, custom battle and custom unit creator
Removed ambient music while playing battles
Added an apply button to the window and resolution settings
Performance Improvements
- Improved the memory efficiency of pathfinding which results in less stutters
- Improved the AI pathfinding communication to remove some stutters
Added new main menu backgrounds
- Low end computers (< 4 cores or <= 4GB RAM) will show a simple but good looking scene
- Other systems will show a medieval, high culture, future or world war background

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that prevented propane tanks from being despawned
Fixed squad unit symbol for tall custom units
Fixed player bayonets with friendly fire enabled
Fixed elimination mode end results to work with campaigns
Fixed a bug that caused the UI system to stop working and become invisible in the editor
Fixed red player spawns in random battles
Fixed that helicopters wouldnt use their weapons
Fixed a bug that prevented units from attacking the player while using siege weapons
Fixed a bug that prevented units from moving towards the player in some areas
Fixed initial health when starting to control a unit
Fixed that notes couldnt be placed on future buildings

[ 2021-01-11 12:38:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.1

Squad system Summary in 100 seconds: https://youtu.be/IPAnO3M2GQE

Improved the squad system to create a better experience
You can now choose up to 8 squad units (previously 4)
To control units, there is a new menu that you can navigate by using the F1-F5 keys (adjustable in the settings).
Squad units are no longer affected by pathfinding delays of the regular AI to make them more responsive
List of controls Movement Can be used to send units to a position, follow the player, advance individually or stop at their current position Facing Can be used to set the look direction of squad units to match the player direction, look away from the player or a specific direction Formation Can be used to set the formation of the units around the player or before sending them to a position. Available options: Line, Loose, Circle, Square, Wedge Attack Decide if units are allowed to attack or not Distance Decide how close the units will stay next to each other in formations

Other improvements * The pathfinding will now use multiple CPU cores * If you have cpu with more than 4 cores, you will notice less movement delays in large battles * AI units will try to not push the player around * Debug console key can now be adjusted in the settings (default backquote) * Improved spectate button UI when the player died * Fixed displaying of errors when there were problems while loading a battle Bug fixes A lot of bugs got fixed in the versions 0.35.0.1 - 0.35.0.6. Some more bugs got fixed in this version, I will spare you the details. Thanks for reporting them! In the upcoming days, there wont be quick updates for problems, so if you notice any gamebreaking problems, the old version is still available as the steam beta branch "0.35.0.6" Next update This is going to be the last update for 2020, unless there needs to be a patch for some bugs. The next regular update is scheduled for early 2021, it will contain some content and suggestions from the community. Thanks to everyone for all the support, feedback, moderation, suggestions, bug reports and for playing the game! Merry christmas and a happy new year :)

[ 2020-12-24 01:03:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

WMC Christmas Special + Snow Update

Special Weekly Map Competition

Starting on December 17th, 2020 at 18:00 UTC (10:00 PST) you got time until christmas eve to create the best winter themed map. The winner gets to choose an item or object that will be added to the game. Just like for the regular weekly map competitions you can upload your map through the popup in the main menu. The competition is hosted by Desert-Mammoth.

Snow update

To help with the winter theme, there is a new option in the environment settings called "Coverage" that allows you to a layer of snow in each biome. The option got added in the latest version 0.35.0.3 which is available now!

[ 2020-12-17 01:25:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.35.0

The full patch notes are below. In case you prefer a video, here is a quick summary of the most relevant features and improvements in version 0.35.0: https://youtu.be/QLXG4AloM4Y

Alpha 0.35.0 patch notes

Content

Added M2 flamethrower
Added flamethrower backpack (required for M2 flamethrower), but can be used as decoration on custom units

Features & Improvements

Added anti aliasing (can be enabled in the graphics settings)
Melee system improvements
- Reworked some of the melee animations
- Melee weapons will stop when hitting another weapon/shield
- Players can now defend in 4 directions
- Attack/Defend directions now work based on mouse movement (indicator and sensitivity adjustable in the game settings)
- Skill setting is now working for AI melee units
- Melee AI units will now block melee attacks
- Melee AI units will now use their shield when they are getting shot
- Melee weapon attack speeds depend on the weapon weight now
- Blocking an attack will result in a short stun for the attacking unit
- Improved melee weapon hit detections
- Added blood splashes for melee weapon hits
- Added dismemberment probabilities for each weapon
AI targeting improvements
- Units will now prioritize units that they can see
- Guard/patrol units will only target units they can see
- This will help to prevent targeting through walls in close quarters if other units are visible
Other AI improvements
- Improved visibility of ranged units
- Improved navigation around corners (fixed jittering)
- Melee units will no longer attack buildings
Navigation features
- You can now draw preferred and avoided areas for the AI in the editor
- Added path preview tool the navigation preview
Character body and head animations will now play in 3rd person
Players can now sneak behind other units
Jumping and running will now cause noise
Noises are now related to a position in the world
Arrows now have a chance to get stuck in shields
Large bullet calibers can now penetrate shields
You can now choose unlimited patrol points for units
Added options to enter default or guard mode after the patrol path ended
Units will now skip non traversable patrol paths
Updated game settings save model (Will reset all game and audio settings)
Added a light culling option to the render settings to improve the performance with many decorative lights
Heavily increased flame thrower damage
Battles, prefabs and campaigns are now stored in a compressed format to allow more advanced features to be stored in the files in the future

Bug fixes

Fixed some problems with prefab placement
Fixed problems with ladder climbing
Fixed the functionality of the battering ram
Fixed too many units warning when placing a lot of corpses
Fixed that crouching could prevent the player from getting targeted in some cases

Next update The next update will improve and expand the functionality of squad units. I will try to release it before christmas. Between christmas and new year, I will implement suggestions from the community to prepare a content update for early 2021.

[ 2020-12-14 14:12:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.12

Content

Added a maul weapon (WMC reward)
Added paper sheets and sticky notes
- Can be placed on any other object (except for generated environment)
- Text can be adjusted and supports basic tag based formating
Added computer screens, a computer, mouse and keyboard

Features & Improvements

You can now choose spawner limits for a specific team
Spawner destruction can now be deactivated
You can now climb down ladders by not pressing space
You can now still move in each direction while on a ladder
Doors will no longer open automatically
- The interact key (default: F) can be used to open/close them
- Modular doors can now be locked
Added keys and keycards that can be assigned to doors to unlock them
Performance Improvements
- Improved the loading speed for users with many custom units/prefabs when the hard drive is not the limiting factor
- Reduced lag when loading images of workshop items and store battles/units/...
Reduced health of air vehicles
Increased damage of flak cannon, marksman tank and AMX tank
Improved targeting of flak cannon, marksman, AMX and AA unit against air vehicles
Missing prefab workshop icons will now be downloaded from steam instead of generated
Deathmatch mode can now result in a draw

Bug fixes

Fixed newly subscribed prefab icon format
Fixed that crouching in lava biomes would set the player on fire
Remove laser turrets from airdrops
Fixed rug placement on drywall floors
Fixed a bug that could cause spawners to spawn units inside objects
Fixed floating hostage units
Fixed zombie grenades on passive units
Fixed default animation settings in the unit creator

[ 2020-11-16 14:00:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.11

Content

Added a future cannon turret
Added a WWI 6 inch cannon turret
Added a construction modular building set with framed and drywall parts
Added 60+ decorative objects like filled palettes, rubble piles, material stacks, ...

Features & Improvements

Added an option to create prefabs with the size of regular maps
Improved the editor selection of objects to work when clicking on any part of an object
Empty vehicles can now be placed on objects

Bug fixes

Fixed a freeze/crash that happened when closing the game
Fixed that the terrain did not count as an obstacle for the AI (as a result, placing objects below the terrain can block their AI navigation!)
Fixed missing icons for some objects/equipment
Fixed that changing the custom unit type would reset the appearance setting
Fixed pause menu continue button in the arena
Fixed selection of skeletons/ghosts when trying to select a unit to play as
Fixed bullet icon resolution issue
Fixed animations of some vanilla skeleton units
Fixed skeleton hands clipping through gloves

[ 2020-10-26 13:25:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.10

Content

Added a half version of the wood fence
Added a two filter gas mask

Features & Improvements

New skeleton model
Skeleton units can now be equipped with all weapons and equipment objects
Allowed a lot of objects to be placed on other objects
Skeletons can now be passive units or corpses
Custom zombies can now be poisoned or burned
Added custom ghost units (they dont bleed and have no visible color but are still fighting for one color)
Improved the stability of the custom battle creator
Added a margin settings for heightmaps
The WMC panel will now be hidden after the submission period ended
More objects can now be placed on other objects (hedges, decoration objects, destroyed vehicles, ...)

Bug fixes

Fixed that melee units couldnt target siege weapon control units
Fixed that the grid overlay would be visible on certain object
Fixed back of M1 tank model
Fixed object category of some tanks
Workaround for text mesh overflow error
Fixed a bug that caused the custom battle editor to keep working on old tasks

[ 2020-10-19 12:27:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug fixing update 0.34.9.2

Hello, I prepared another small bug fixing patch to improve the overall stability of the game. The next regular feature update should be available in approx. 2-3 weeks. Bug fixes

Fixed that units would try to shoot through indestructible glass
Fixed custom poses when loading some custom units
Fixed terrain holes from trenches in the prefab creator
Fixed/added metallic/smoothness settings for camo clothing
Fixed ammo variants for future shotgun and material melting gun
Fixed missing face equipment icons
Fixed lag when adjusting the filter in the equipment panel
Fixed a bug that caused the unit creator to lock up when changing a unit while animation preview was playing
Fixed flickering of settings panels when clicking on an object
Fixed flying ship bug

[ 2020-10-03 00:40:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug fixing patch 0.34.9.1

Bug fixes

* Fixed equipment panel UI after playing a campaign * Fixed santa beard color of old units * Fixed arena mode if no units match the settings * Fixed that passive units wont die under water * Fixed physics problems when picking up arm plates * Fixed arm plate duplication exploit when picking up/dropping them * Fixed UI blocking problems in the terrain editor * Fixed terrain height slider min limit (1 -> 0) * Fixed recommended workshop item error after loading * Fixed wrong icons for the recommended workshop items * Fixed exit button crash * Fixed grid overlay on windows * Fixed missing shape rotation indicator when editing the terrain (Q/E to rotate) * Fixed camera problems when rotating the shape when editing the terrain * Fixed that control units in vehicles could be killed by explosions

[ 2020-09-28 17:54:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.9

Content

Added 2 balaclava equipment objects

Features & Improvements

Added an option to import heightmaps from grayscale .png/.jpg images when editing the terrain
Improved equipment preview rendering at night
AIs can now see targets through glass
Main menu UI improvements
Recommended maps will be featured in the main menu now
Most UI windows will now fade in
Reworked the terrain editor UI
Campaign UI improvements
Campaigns can now have thumbnails
Improved campaign inventory equipment selection UI
Added more campaign level equipment settings: Inventory, from battle, selected, restricted, unrestricted
Added color settings to the santa beard
Modular bridges placement controls match the foundation controls now

Bug fixes

Fixed various problems related to horizontal UI lists (unit spawner settings)
Fixed unit heviour description UI
Fixed that uploading WMC maps would not count for steam achievements
Fixed that throwing a grenade would throw the melee weapon instead
Fixed that slowing down a battle would not reset the simulation speed afterwards
Fixed that using indestructible doors would trigger glass break sounds
Fixed wooden roof edge alignment

[ 2020-09-25 14:42:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.8

Content

Added throwable and static glow sticks
Added bullet modification options for future weapons, which will change the projectile color
Readded the pirate hat for pirates and custom units

Features & Improvements

Added smoothness and metallic rendering options for armor and clothes
Bullets will now penetrate glass and damage units behind it
Reach point target can now be placed on objects
Improved workshop content loading speed in the main menu
Wild west vest can now be used as armor (or clothing)

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that could cause damage to the player when throwing melee weapons
Fixed that the military jeep would continue to shoot without the gunner unit
Fixed a bug that cleared all equipped face objects when selecting another one while the text filter is active

[ 2020-09-11 11:33:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.7.2

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused bad rendering performance for a lot of static objects
Fixed a bug that caused placed equipment objects to float in the air
Fixed that clicking the bow very fast would only consume ammo but not shoot
Fixed roman armor clipping
Fixed leg problems of passive units when running away
Fixed the player interactions with the hwacha
Fixed custom dual wielding units

[ 2020-08-31 19:56:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.7.1

Content

Added WW2 radio (WMC reward)
- Can be static object
- Or if you set a target position in the editor, it can spawn an airstrike if a player interacts with it

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused the animation preset poses to become corrupted
Fixed scope positions on DMR43 weapon
Fixed placement of planes outside of the terrain bounds
Fixed a bug that showed the spectate panel if the player was already spectating
Fixed physic errors when changing the simulation speed

[ 2020-08-26 15:15:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.7

(Also includes patchnotes from 0.34.6.1 - 0.34.6.5) Improvements

Added an option to create corpses in the custom unit creator
- Poses are random, but can be adjusted like in the animation editor
- Instead of static passive units, you should create corpses, because they will perform much better
Improved the navigation data for units
You can now select landing points for ships
Units that jump off ships will now face the ship direction to improve the target search

Bug fixes

Fixed a some game crashes related to object destruction
Fixed looping animation lag between the last and first frame then previewing animations
Fixed that deleting foundations would not destroy stacked pillars on top
Fixed that cavalry would kill other riders
Fixed that the player could walk through vehicles
Fixed zombie unit helmet model
Fixed that duplicating units from a ship would keep a references to the ship
Fixed a bug that allowed units to walk through walls in some cases
Fixed a bug that prevented low foundations from connecting to the terrain in some cases
Fixed a bug that prevented movement from one direction to the other
Fixed a crash related to the destruction of some objects
Fixed the flag spawn range for base flags
Fixed the visual representation of the conquest/KOTH flag range
Fixed that buildings could get destroyed, but would still be visible
Fixed that siege units did not target horses
Fixed weapon sight centering on S47, Val, SRSS
Fixed that skeletons survived the black hole gun
Fixed jungle rock rotations
Fixed jungle rock runtime visuals
Fixed a bug that locked the UI when loading a player equipment preset
Fixed C-130 movement problem on large terrains
Fixed a bug that caused ship rotations when hitting the terrain

[ 2020-08-19 16:30:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.6

Content

Added S36 rifle (WMC reward)

Passive units

You can now create passive units in the custom unit creator
Clothing/Armor/Equipment can be applied just like for default units
By default no animation is applied and the unit is standing in T-Pose
To change that, you can apply a preset animation or create custom animations
Bones can be rotated and the some positions can be changed to adjust the pose
To save the current pose, you have to create a keyframe in the timeline
Clicking/Dragging on the timeline will preview the animation at that point and allows you to insert keyframes
Units with only one keyframe will have a static pose
For seamless loops, make sure that the first and last keyframe are equal (you can do that by copy pasting the pose)

Features and Improvements

Add ragdoll inertia
Horses will now damage units they run over
Units can now be placed on modular stairs

Bug fixes

Fixed multiple bugs related to the horse AI
Fixed attacking of melee units against horses
Fixed attachment options in the arsenal
Fixed that units equiped with certain armor would suffer from visibility problems
Fixed that custom placed trees would disappear when placing certain objects
Fixed default spawn point generation in Conquest/KOTH
Fixed destruction of objects that are placed on other objects
Fixed ragdoll stretching for textured clothing objects
Fixed selection of some helicopters in the editor
Fixed a bug that caused spawners to spawn units in the terrain
Fixed GL mode of the P-rifle
Fixed that chaning the equipment before respawning would allow animals and bug out the player

[ 2020-08-03 14:48:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.5

Content

Added modular glass wall, small wall, floor, triangle floor, door frame, pillar
Added a modular glass door
Added 2 modern modular doors
Added wooden door and window barricades
Added stones from the christmas biome to the placement list

Features and Improvements

Added "Wander" mode to unit settings, which will make units walk randomly around
There will be movement speed settings in one of the upcoming updates, which will make this setting even more interesting.
Zombie spawn points can now be placed on buildings and will be deactivate if the building is being destroyed
Custom zombie units are now in the zombie placement category
Behaviour settings (guard/patrol/...) will now work for zombies
Renamed M1 helmet to msk1

Bug fixes

Fixed attack distance settings (unit behaviour range multiplier) for siege weapons spider droids
Fixed A6 helmet glass
Removed color settings panel from the police vehicle
Fixed mesh normals on the destroyed van
Fixed some clipping problems with the future shirt

Next update


The passive unit creator is scheduled to be released next monday

[ 2020-07-27 17:26:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.4

Content

Added Maska 1 helmet (class 4, "M1 Helmet" in game)
Added Altyn helmet (class 4, "A6 Helmet" in game)
Added a small plate carrier (class 4, 4 versions, "EL Body Armor" in game)
Added an armored rig (class 4, 2 versions, "FP-2" in game)
Added a soft body armor (class 2, "Soft Bodyarmor" in game)
Updated the modern helmet model
Added decorative car and truck objects (available in the vehicle category)
Updated and added more destroyed car variants

Features and Improvements

Helicopters will now change their height quicker
Drop helicopters will now try to increase their height to reach high drop positions more easily
Units placed in conquest/KOTH are no longer affected by the game rules, which means that they will no longer target flags!

Bug fixes

Fixed rotation limits of Marksman tanks
Fixed S4 scope size
Fixed that throwing grenades while reloading a shotgun could result in broken player interactions
Fixed that units would generate paths through destroyed vehicles
Fixed thatthe game would not end when the last transport vehicle got destroyed
Fixed hit detection of small helicopter rockets
Fixed helicopter vertical rotation snapping at limits

Next update


Sorry for the slow pace of updates lately. The missing WMC reward will be released in the 0.34.5 version.
The next update (0.34.5) will also include the custom passive unit editor, which I dont expect to be released later than next week.

[ 2020-07-20 20:16:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.3

Ships Ships suffered from many different problems that were related to the latest AI changes. Below is a list of fixed bugs and improvements.

Fixed that on-ship movement did not work
Fixed that ships could get stuck in the ocean
Fixed various bugs related to ship boarding
Fixed various bugs related to ship landing
Fixed rotation jittering with low frame rates
Fixed a bug that caused units to not stay on the ship then loading a battle
Ships will now use the shortest boarding/attack side instead of a random one
Fixed a but that allowed ships to move below the terrain
Ship rotation is now linear

Save directories You can now create folders in the load/save panel to organize your battles/prefabs/units/equipment. Files can be stored directly in the folders or you can drag existing files into other folders. Please note that using your OS file browser to organize the files will result in broken thumbnails. Vehicles All removed ground vehicles got deleted and recreated from scratch to create a working set of features with the new AI systems. As already explained multiple times, from a game design perspective ground vehicles do not fit into most maps, because the space is very limited. That's why vehicles work best as static objects. Below is a list of changes and expected behaviour.

Vehicles are no longer physics based!
The weapon systems are more reliable than before
Weapons will not shoot through walls
Most vehicles will move towards their target until the main weapon can shoot at the target or the vehicle is too close to the target (can be deactivated by using 'Guard' mode)
Small obstacles like rocks will be ignored
Weapons will not target units that are too close to the vehicle to prevent damage to the own vehicle
Vehicles can NOT be controlled by a player. That is the case because they are no longer physics based and only move based on the AI system.
Added a futuristic walker tank that was requested as a WMC reward a long time ago
Ground vehicles in the object placement list are not functional and decorative objects
Added destroyed vehicle variants to the object placement list
The vehicles CCKW, LAV and BTR can transport units to a set position. The LAV/BTR will return to combat after dropping the units.
Vehicles have custom armor and calibers for more realistic and adjustable damage values
Do not expect vehicles to work perfectly in all cases. There are a lot of different systems that interact with them and a lot of settings have to be adjusted.

Melee AI The ranged AI got improved a lot in the past and it's time to bring some attention to the melee combat.

Randomized the melee AI attack timing
[Experimental] Added animation canceling when hitting shields, weapons and armor

There will be more improvements in the upcoming updates! Other improvements

Reduced the overall RAM usage
Increased the max. conquest flag amount from 5 to 10
Added a "None" gamemode without end conditions
Increased the max. terrain height from 40 to 120

Bug fixes

Fixed that air vehicles couldnt be placed off the terrain
Fixed a bug that caused flags to not generate spawn points when placed on high terrain
Fixed that prefab placement with environment objects could result in objects being placed at the world origin in some cases
Fixed drop helicopter rope visual bugs
Fixed visual clipping problem with future armor
Fixed that trying to reload miniguns would break some player interactions
Fixed a bug that caused navigation problems on stacked stairs

About the recent behaviour in the community If you didnt behave in a bad way because vehicles got temporarily removed, you can just skip this part. Thank you for being a nice and patient individual! I just wanted to say some words about the recent behaviour of some people in our community. Not only because it happened in our community, but because it's a problem you can see in other communities too. As most of you know, ground vehicles lost more and more compatibility and caused many problems. That happened because of changes to the AI system and the overall design of the game. At some points (a few weeks ago), vehicles had almost no functionality. The decision was to temporarily remove ground vehicles to restore their functionality. Nobody offically said that they will be gone forever! The only thing that changed was that you can't place a not working object! As a result a lot of people got mad. Some wrote negative reviews, but most of them decided to use direct messages to harass and insult the developer. But why? 1) There arent many workshop maps with vehicles (those maps could still be played with vehicles) 2) The game is in early access, which means that the final set of features can change... 3) Ground vehicles are not advertised on the steam store page in any way... 4) It's just a computer GAME, not your life! DEVELOPERS ARE HUMANS. You should think about that before you write something. Instead of starting an open and calm discussion in the offical forums or discord, you decided to hide you disgusting character behind DMs. And here is the reality: There are no they, there is only me behind this game. A student studying in university and developing this game in his free time! I spend more than 2 years only adding suggestions from the community, just think about that for a second before harassing or insulting me for a few weeks without a not working feature during early access. If you want to tell me that I'm doing a bad job, you can go ahead and do it in a reasonable way and I will consider it to improve myself. If you want to insult me, you can do that in the public forums to show everyone your real character. We could have had vehicles back much earlier, but I needed some distance from the harassment. Those messages caused nothing but delay and demotivation. Most developers are always open about constructive criticism and I'm one of them. But you also have to respect the humans behind computer games, because they sacrifice a lot of time and energy to entertain you. Next update There will probably be multiple small updates to balance and fix some stuff in the upcoming days.

[ 2020-07-10 12:23:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Technical Update 0.34.2

This technical update reduces the RAM usage on large maps with custom heights and fixes bugs related to navigation on high terrain. If you notice any problems, please report them in the bug-reports thread or on discord.

[ 2020-06-29 15:47:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.1

Below is a list of all changes and fixes since the 0.34.0.1 version of the game. Changes

Removed options to not replace some objects and units after changing the terrain to prevent illegal placement of some objects
Modular buildings can still be ignored and objects placed on buildings will be ignored too
Added an option for flags to only spawn units on the terrain

Bug fixes

Fixed range multiplier for custom siege units
Fixed UI interaction when overwriting a loadout in the main menu
Fixed problems when copying modular buildings on raised terrain
Fixed road nodes on raised terrain
Fixed jungle rock rotation
Fixed the placement of air vehicles outside of the terrain bounds
Fixed parachute movement when the unit died
Fixed multiple problems with duplicated modular buildings

[ 2020-06-29 12:48:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 0.34.0 Hotfix 1

Features and Improvements

Optimized the deletion of large modular buildings
Added options to ignore some units when changing the terrain
Lowered recoil of LBR rifle

Bug fixes

Fixed S4 compensator position
Fixed placed objects on ice got messed up when the terrain got changed
Removed bullets from the weapon category in the arsenal
Fixed broken prefab placement in some cases
Fixed wrong bush object rotations
Fixed selection of shield fields
Fixed that low foundations could end up flying in biomes with ice water
Fixed navigation on the new stair parts
Fixed the ladders on modular floors
Fixed that units could get stuck under the new modular stair parts

[ 2020-06-22 16:38:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.34.0

Content

Added LBR, S4, A12 rifles
Added pitch resin area
Added hair equipment items
Added triangle foundations and floors
Added 3 stair modular building parts
Added modular rampart wall
Added modular floor with ladder
Added metal and rusty metal modular building parts

Features & Improvements

AI improvements
- New more reliable AI decision system for detecting units in range
- Improved ranged AI behaviour around corners
- Fixed that AIs would walk back for no reason in some cases
Modular building changes
- Removed most restrictions for the modular building systems
- Pillars can be used to build a floor on top of a foundation or as decorative objects
- Walls can be stacked and floors can be attached at both sides of a wall
- Floors can be attached to other floors to create overhangs
- Stairs can extend other stairs
- Building parts that are not connected to a foundtion will be deleted in the editor and destroyed in a battle
- Terrain changes will update modular buildings based on the foundations
Updated the engine for improved stability
Custom unit values can now be entered directly
Single objects can now be deselected by clicking on them while holding shift/ctrl
Fire damage per second is now 3 times higher
Reduced lag after deleting objects
Melee custom units will now determine the optimal attack distance automatically
Units can now get closer to the edge of floors with small walls
Player loadouts can now be saved/loaded in the main menu
Helicopters will now try to keep distance to the terrain

Bugs

Fixed navigation preview in the prefab editor
Fixed clothing visual bugs with certain cloth/weapon combinations in first person
Fixed that AI would shoot enemies through some modular building parts
Fixed that custom units with lasers would generate an empty icon
Fixed that flags would spawn units on top of objects instead of the terrain
Fixed that the drop plane marker would be visible twice
Fixed that wire fences did not block navigation in some cases
Fixed underwater grass when grass is deactivated
Fixed that replaced objects could not be selected
Fixed that some objects were allowed to be built off the map
Fixed WWII pants
Fixed collision on ruined apartment buildings
Fixed a bug that caused the editor selection effect to stay
Fixed that duplicating stacked objects would sometimes result in wrong placement
Fixed that melee units from spawners would not work in some cases
Fixed picked up bayonets didnt work
Fixed that static units could not get targeted by melee units in some cases

Next update

The next update will be released in 1-2 weeks and will contain AI improvements and features.

[ 2020-06-22 11:04:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

WMC (5-8) Poll Results

[ 2020-06-08 16:44:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.14

General

Removed ground vehicles from the game (for now), old maps can still spawn the vehicles

Bug fixes

Fixed the UI of the apartment building settings
Fixed lag that could happen when multiple spawners used the same spawn rate
Fixed a lag that could happened when duplicating spawners
Fixed UI issues in the custom unit creator when using a 21:9 apsect ratio

[ 2020-05-11 21:36:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.13

Bug fixes

Fixed that AIs would try to shoot through environment objects
Reduced lag when deleting objects in the editor
Fixed selection functionality and visibility of some objects like fences and signs
Fixed the drop zone marker for future dropships
Removed barrel attachment slot on the Val
Fixed the dent in house 8
Fixed clipping problems with greek garnment and greek armor
Fixed that AIs would not target small units

[ 2020-05-09 19:43:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.12.1 + WMC Poll Results

Bug fixes

Fixed that flags spawned units in the air
Fixed that players could not choose elimination targets and squad units
Fixed that units in guard mode did not work as expected
Fixed that trenches could not be placed in some cases

WMC Poll Results Fire catapult: 207 votes Inflammable oil areas: 333 votes Medieval cape: 226 votes Laser beam rifle: 359 votes The laser beam rifle will be added in the 0.34.0 update.

[ 2020-05-04 13:29:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.12

Content

Added a variant of the swat helmet without face shield
Added a night vision effect for the night vision device, if the player is wearing one (Toggle on/off with "n")

Features & Improvements

Improved cpu performance while playing a battle with units
Improved the rendering performance of environment objects, indestructible or objects with deactivate destruction while playing a battle
Reduced editor cpu usage
Improved editor physics performance
Minor custom battle editor UI improvements
Updated battle start and end UI
You can now preview walkable AI areas in the editor
Loading battles from the workshop will run async now
The editor info tooltip now shows the amount of environment objects
Editing roads will now show the road and node index
Flashbangs have a higher effect radius and work more reliably now
Replaced the beach biome environment sound
Container towers can now be placed on other objects

Bug fixes

Fixed that duplicating (or placing prefab) foundations would reset their height
Fixed that duplicating (or placing prefab) modular bridges would reset their height
Fixed that unarmed players could not throw grenades
Fixed that containers did not block AI movement
Fixed that spawn/capture flags did spawn units inside foundations and other objects
Fixed that placing a player while editing a drop vehicle could result in 2 players in one battle
Fixed a bug that prevented the main menu from loading
Fixed a UI bug that messed up placement options when duplicating some objects
Fixed that flashbangs did not stop already walking units
Fixed a bug that some objects did not block AI movement the way they should have
Fixed that changing the start color of the flag would not change the material of it
Fixed broken custom unit thumbails after subscribing to it
Fixed a bug that prevented low foundations to connect to the terrain in some cases
Fixed illegal placement of some objects if they got connected to another object of the same kind
Fixed that subscribing multiple times in the same session would duplicate workshop units

Next update The next update will probably take a little longer than a week. Follow the roadmap (https://aw3.jnigames.com/) or #development-preview channel on discord to see what is currently being worked on

[ 2020-05-03 21:02:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.11.1

Features & Improvements

Improved navigation data generation performance

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that resulted in unwalkable areas if the blocking object got destroyed
Fixed a bug that caused units to walk to positions of dead units
Fixed that saving a battle did not show the progress
Fixed ship unit rotation
Fixed that furniture objects did not block navigation

[ 2020-04-26 21:32:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.11

Features & Improvements

Player equipment sets can now be saved and loaded
When changing the colors of clothing/armor, the colors can now be copied and saved for quick access
Improved autosaving performance

Bug fixes

Fixed a but that prevented most ranged units from rotating their arms towards their target
Fixed a bug that could caused weird AI movement
Fixed that the supermarket building did work as an obstacle
Fixed that some attachments could not be attached in the arsenal
Fixed the missing spotlight glowing light origin
Fixed a bug that caused wrong workshop icons to be displayed in the in-game workshop browser

[ 2020-04-24 17:09:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.10.1 - 0.33.10.3

Alpha 0.33.10.1 patch notes

Fixed that spawners from old maps would not work
Fixed modern house 3 roof normals
Fixed various bugs with leg armor loading/saving
Fixed a crash that could happen when deleting large prefab structures
Fixed a bug that allowed some objects to be placed in illegal positions
Fixed future ammo kits
Fixed a bug that allowed multiple weapons in the player hands

Alpha 0.33.10.2 patch notes

Fixed connected object placement
Fixed that selecting with rect selection would select objects behind the view
Fixed duplication of modular buildings on raised terrain
Fixed a bug that could cause wrong building dependency calculations
Fixed various spawner data loading/saving bugs
Fixed throwable laser turret pickup and usage
Fixed future turret rotations
Fixed destruction of RPG projectiles
Fixed arsenal unit models
Fixed a bug that allowed interaction with the damage multiplier for ranged weapons

Alpha 0.33.10.3 patch notes

Fixed a bug that caused ranged AI units to ignore very close targets in some cases
Fixed that using line placement would place the first unit twice
Fixed that players cant equip placed arm/leg plates
Fixed that custom repair gun units would alternate between shooting and stop shooting
Fixed a bug that blocked the placement of two duplicated modular buildings on raised terrain
Fixed stretched ragdolls in the arsenal

[ 2020-04-22 14:26:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.10

Content

Added military backpack, future backpack, WW bag and quiver unit equipment
- All increase start ammo amount, some add additional weapon slots
- Players can carry up to 4 weapons with some backpacks
Added container coloring options

Features & Improvements

Performance improvements
- Improved game database access performance for faster loading off unit/object/equipment data
- Fixed bad cpu performance in the editor with many objects (> 5000)
- New editor selection highlight effect with much better rendering and cpu performance
- Improved battle loading performance
- Removed "Calculating building dependencies" game freeze
- Improved overall physics performance for moving objects (Up to 30% frame rate increase with 400 units that are just moving around)
- Workshop icons are now cached to reduce main menu lag while loading them
AI improvements/fixes
- Improved line of sight calculations
- Units in guard mode will search a visible target instead of focusing on a closer invisible target
- Fixed that archers can have problems to aim at units on walls
- Fixed that melee units try to focus unreachable units on walls in some cases
- Fixed that melee units ignored close units to reach a unit on the terrain
- Fixed that some units on walls got ignored by melee units
- Fixed that units could loose their targets because it got out of their fov
- Improved unit decision performance
Custom battle/prefab/unit files are now loaded/saved and parsed asynchronously to remove application freezes
Replaced the debug menu with a console that also shows log/error/warning messages for easier bug reporting (Open with F1)
Added in-game fps counter (F1 -> "debug.fps 1")
Subscribed unit workshop icons will now have red/blue colors after restarting
Unit spawners will now use spearate spawn limits
Objects can no longer be placed at the side of other objects
Improved vanilla and custom unit icon generation

Bug fixes

Fixed enabled light sabers while not in player hands
Fixed wrong icon generation for subscribed workshop prefab
Fixed a bug that allowed corruption of battle file when testing a battle and returning to the editor
Loading a battle with drop vehicles that contains unknown custom units will not be shown in the settings panel
Fixed a bug that allowed drop helicopters to drop units below the terrain
Fixed various prefab placement bugs that caused jittering of objects
Fixed the black hole gun
Fixed that placing waypoints for units placed in a formation would result in errors
Fixed wrong unit attack range visuals in the editor
Fixed that trees did not block unit navigation
Fixed that unit spawners would randomly reset their spawn list after loading a battle
Fixed that custom units from spawners would get their attack distance reset
Fixed foundation placement on raised terrain maps with ice on it
Fixed that vertical fov indicator did not align with the unit rotation
Fixed zeppelin self destruction with "drop carpet" mode enabled
Fixed wrong ammo type from RPG ammo pack

[ 2020-04-17 17:35:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.9

Features & Improvements

AIs should no longer move backwards if there are many AIs on the field
AIs will generate straighter paths towards their targets
Default steam workshop battle/prefab filter is now set to Trend (7 days)
Steam workshop items will now show longer descriptions
Added a switch to change the unit color while editing custom units
The custom unit editor uses the same save/load system as the battle editor now

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused broken modular building after deleting a part of a modular prefab building
Fixed 2 lord of vikings shields
Fixed corpse models on torture devices
Fixed a bug that prevented some custom units from being loaded
Fixed S44 sound
Fixed flying rocks in the ice ocean biome
Fixed under barrel GL reloading
Fixed under barrel GL HUD ammo
Fixed RPG ammo pack
Fixed that switching to a skeleton unit would not remove unsupported equipment
Fixed repair beam AI aiming
Fixed that skeletons and zombie units could use horses
Fixed broken prefab placement on slopes
Fixed a bug that caused placed armor objects to be white or pink
Fixed the destruction of unit spawners when friendly fire is enabled
Fixed that healers would punch allied units in close range
Fixed a bug that caused wrong workshop icons to be displayed
Removed workshop suggestion count day filters, because there is no workshop support for them

[ 2020-04-07 14:14:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.8

Content

Added 2 different camo clothing sets with (T-shirt, shirt, pants)
Added a torch that can be used instead of a shield
Added future grenade launcher (Doom inspired weapon)
Added an exoskeleton armor which buffs the unit strength (Up to 200% melee damage)
Added M1 garand rifle
Added RPD machine gun
Added more dark environment stones
Added a flat version of the wild west hat

Features & Improvements

New description generator will generate descriptions for most equipment object
The arsenal will now show the armor class of armor
The arsenal will now show all bullet types and their damage against each armor class
Custom battle editor optomizations
- Placing and deleting objects should be much faster now
- Reduced game freezing while loading "Updating dependencies"
Conquest mode Improvements
- Added the option "Capture all flags to win"
- Added start owner option to conquest/KOTH flags
- Conquest can now be played with less than 5 flags
Added a toggle to hide the equipment slots in the custom unit creator
Players can no longer save empty prefabs
Duplicated objects and prefabs can now be placed on other objects if all of the objects allow it
Fixed a crash that could occur while loading workshop items
AI improvements
- AIs in guard/patrol mode will no longer shoot without line of sight
- Air vehicle improvements
  - Fixed helicopter rotation snapping
  - Fixed the helicopter waypoint system
  - Improved helicopter fighting behaviour
  - Helicopters will now drop units on buildings and dropping of units is much more stable in general
  - Fixed very slow helicopter movement in some cases
  - Added animations for units on ropes and with parachutes
  - Editor shows the possible drop area of helicopters instead of a single point
  - Added armor to air vehicles
- Siege weapon improvements
  - Ballistas, HMGs and the gatling gun will now aim vertically
  - Improved siege weapon targeting to only target units in specified angle ranges
  - Siege weapons will no longer shoot without line of sight

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused AI jittering with low frame rates
Fixed a bug that caused units to walk through lava without a reason
Fixed white armor in the arsenal
Fixed flying blood of dead units
Fixed scope settings for MG34 and shorty
Fixed pink armor color when placing prefabs with armor in it
Fixed a bug that the game didn't end if zombies from spawners win the game
Fixed placement controls UI bugs
Fixed that firing with iron sight would reveal the crosshair for a split second
Fixed horse head ragdoll stretching
Fixed wrong bullet shell rotation
Fixed that swapping the unit faction could result in editor bugs
Fixed that players could damage themselves with short weapons like the AP7

[ 2020-03-27 20:01:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.7

Features & Improvements

Long item names in the placement list will now scroll through while hovering the list entry
The bullet type selection will show full bullet names now
Increased maximum attack/follow range of custom units with siege weapons to 600

Bug fixes

Fixed that the arsenal would show wrong weapon calibers
Fixed a bug that caused wrong waypoints after duplicating units/prefabs with patrol mode
Fixed that armor objects were displayed white in the editor
Fixed that weapon flashlights were glitching through walls
Fixed UI bugs that occured while loading a custom unit while changing the color of an item
Fixed that the color of the lower leg plate armor could not be changed
Fixed HUD message "Added 100 bullets of type [Missing]" in the arsenal
Fixed a clipping problem with trowsers and medieval leg plate armor
Fixed default crown color
Fixed that SWAT arm plate was not adjustable
Fixed that there were two 9x39mm ammo packs

[ 2020-03-16 16:11:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.6

New bullet damage model This update changes how much damage bullets from firearms deal and how armor works. First of all there are a lot more calibers than before and each weapon should use the right one. Damage is independent from the weapon now and only depends on the fired caliber and bullet type. There is a new modification slot for each weapon, that lets you choose the bullet type. For most calibers, there are 4 bullet types: Full metal jacket Hollow-point -> ~ +20% damage, -20% armor penetration Armor-piercing -> ~ -20% damage, +20% armor penetration Incendiary -> ~ +15% damage, +15% armor penetration, 4% fire chance Armor model There are 4 armor classes now: Level 1 - Level 4 with protection values 20, 40, 60, 80. A bullet will penetrate the armor if it has enough penetration power (> protection value). Bullets with at least 10 more penetration power than the protection value of the ammo, will deal the full amount of damage to the unit Bullets with penetration power that is close to the armor protection value will slowly start to deal a little more damage Bullets will very low penetration power (< protection value - 10) will only deal 10% of their damage This will result in small calibers from pistols will almost do no damage through level 3+ armor However, armor has a durability value now, which will get lowered with every hit. Again, bullets with high penetration will damage the armor more that low penetration bullets. Once the durability reaches zero, the armor will not protect the unit anymore. The bullet and armor changes will need some more adjustments in the next updates, but I think it's a much better system because the damage on the weapons is easier to balance, less random and the armor does actually do something. Also, there will be more armor items available in the next updates, so feel free to share your suggestions about armor. Dyeable armor From now on, you can change the colors of Helmets, Chest armor, Arm + Leg armor like the colors of clothing items. Content

Added shotgun choke attachment, which reduces the spray by 50%
Added shotgun duckbill choke attachment, which creates a more horizontal spray
Added small ammunation packs for each caliber

Small features & improvements

Updated the bullet shell models
Improved clothing item rendering performance by up to 50% depending on the PC specs
Increased the minimum attack range settings for custom units with siege weapons from 100 to 300

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused RPG projectiles to blow up while shooting
Fixed gatling guns and static mgs
Fixed that units that are placed in a formation hold their weapons like pistols
Fixed the future RPG explosion
Fixed that some weapons did not shoot while aiming
Fixed some helicopter MGs
Fixed the apocalypse clothing models

Next update The next update will include the missing WMC reward items, AI improvements/fixes for siege weapons and helicopters and the in-game Arsenal will be updated to show more information about armor and bullet types.

[ 2020-03-13 15:01:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.5

Features & Improvements

Added modern/wild west/musket bayonet unit variants
Units will no longer spawn at the KOTH flag
Large groups of AIs will now move closer to each other instead of moving backwards to avoid each other
Updated the Steam API to improve the stability of the steam functionality
Updated the workshop filters in the custom battle workshop browser
Updated to a newer engine version to improve the physics performance

Bug fixes

Fixed that AIs had problems with traversing rivers/bridges

Fixed an instable AI pathing algorithm that caused loops and other weird paths in some cases

[ 2020-03-02 12:47:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.4

Features & Improvements

Updated flintlock pistol, blunderbuss and musket model
Added bayonets for some modern, wild west and musket weapons
Added another bayonet variant

Bug fixes

Fixed the grenade launcher size
Scopes on DMR11 are bigger now
Fixed single shot flamethrower rotation and animation
Fixed future weapon icons
Fixed that the game doesnt end when the zombies win
Fixed that face equipment disappears when starting to control a unit
Fixed a placement bug that affected foundation stairs in prefabs

[ 2020-02-23 14:48:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.3

AIs will now shoot while rotating towards moving targets
Added am elite skill mode for ranged AIs
- This causes units to shoot extremely accurate at long distances
Pistol and rifle units will now punch enemies at close range or use bayonets
AIs will generate straighter paths towards their targets

Weapon rework

Modern/WWI/WWII/Future/Apocalypse weapons got reworked
- Some models got recreated and some updated
- All weapons got resized based on their real size
- All weapons have iron sights now
Some weapons got replaced to create more unique weapons:
- S36 got replaced with Val
- S4 got replaced with S12
- S433 got replaced with SRSS
Scopes are centered now
Weapon scopes/sights are much more accurate now
Attachments
- Updated laser and flashlight model
- Added blue laser device
- Added PSO scope (for Val, S47 and SRSS)
- Added OKP sight (for Val, S47 and SRSS)
Added a bayonet attachment slot for some WWI/WWII weapons

Other

Added WWI/WWII units with bayonets
The editor will now delete objects in an async process to prevent crashes on low end hardware
Plugged in controllers and wheels will no longer manipulate the input
Santa cloth colors are now adjustable

Next update The next update will be released in about 3 weeks (+- 1 week). There will be changes to bullet damage and armor, as well as AI fixes and changes.

[ 2020-02-17 17:15:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.2

Content

Added some landed plane and helicopter vehicles
Added snowy conifer trees to the environment placement tab

Features & Improvements

Added more blood for bullet impacts
Improved the zombie bite hit detection

Bug fixes

Fixed the bench material of the CCKW truck
The WW2 shirt will no longer show the belly of units
Fixed that WW1 and WW2 armor didn't fit over clothing items
Fixed gloves in combination with WW2 clothing
Fixed that typing rgb values of clothing would adjust all colors
Fixed that custom player hp did not work in conquest/KOTH
Fixed that players couldn't place prefabs with different foundation heights
Fixed that units can walk through containers and castle walls in some cases
Fixed that trapped units stayed in their position after they got released
Fixed that units could have problems with entering modular buildings with low foundations
Fixed that red ships have the icon of blue units
Fixed a bug that caused units to not advance in battles with just a few units
Fixed that dismembering more than one body part would cause stretched ragdolls
Fixed that AIs did not continue to folllow the player while jumping
Fixed wrong blood positions after dismembering a unit

[ 2020-01-03 20:07:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.33.0

Updated unit models The models of units, horses, elephants and wolves got changed a bit to better match the style of the other models. There are no more sharp edges on the unit models and limbs are connected. In addition to that, all armor and clothing items got updated to match the new unit model and are skinned over the limbs.
Editor improvements The custom battle editor is probably the place where players spend most of their time in the game. This update contains some improvements for it:

The editor shows the available key inputs while placing units or interacting with selected units
Updated the effect of selected units/objects/... to make the effect less bright and irritating.
Players can now copy/paste (duplicate) selected units/objects/... and place them to another location
Rotating selected objects will now also rotate units/objects/... placed on top of them
Selected units will now show their attack range and guard range
Reduced memory usage. This can help to prevent editor crashes on low end machines.

UI improvements

Most of the UI elements have slightly rounded corners now
The values of the terrain manipulation panel can now be entered in a text field to allow accurate adjustments

Other improvements

Lasers are less visible now
Adjusted the horse rider height
Added santa clothing to the unit creator

Christmas content There is no new christmas content available this year and no event. The reason for that is that there is already christmas content in game from the 2017 and 2018 and a lot of time has been spend in improving the game instead of creating temporary content and events. Just in case you missed it, this is a list of all christmas stuff in game:

Christmas biome
Santa unit & Shotgun santa unit
Snowman guard unit
Snowball thrower unit
Santa clothing
Christmas rod weapons
Candy stick weapon
Present grenade

Bug fixes I dont want to bore you with the list, but some bugs got fixed. Some AI bugs are still in game, because the AI is currently being developed in a separate version of the game. Work in progress + plan for next year There are currently two big things being worked on: 1) All gun models are being reworked with improved/new models, iron sights, improved viewmodels and adjusted sizes 2) A lot of AI bugs are getting fixed and new features are being added Fixing and improving the AI is a long term process which requires a lot of testing because there are so many possibilities and edge cases in this game that it's hard to make the AI work in all of them. But we will get there eventually next year. There will be no more major updates in 2019, and the next update is scheduled for early January 2020 with the new gun models and improvements. In general, there will be longer periods between the updates in 2020 to improve the stability of the game and get it into a more polished state. There will also be less new content, because the focus is on improving and polishing existing stuff. Other than that I can just thank all the players of this game and all the people who suggest things and report bugs. Merry christmas and a happy new year. See you guys in 2020!

[ 2019-12-20 14:39:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.32.11

Features & Improvements

You should now be able to select all objects by clicking on them
- If you notice any problems with the selection of units/objects, please let me know

Bug fixes

Fixed the static HMG unit variant category
Fixed performance problems in the arsenal testing range
Fixed that attachments were allowed on the AP-41
Fixed that the player could get instant killed by dismemberment
Fixed that ships did not move towards each other correctly
KNOWN ISSUE: Units on ships are not working correctly while boarding another ship

[ 2019-11-26 21:00:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.32.9

Content

Added apartment buildings
Added ruined apartment buildings (WMC reward)
Added an alien parasite face mask (WMC reward)
Added a conquistador armor set (WMC reward)
Added 2 new KOTH maps

New HUD The old hud was pretty messy in some areas. The new hud features a clean and consistent design and improves the interaction with objects. In addition to that, the screen will darken, when the player gets hurt. Player movement The player movement always felt very static and boring at times, especially in 3rd person. To improve the movement, there are some changes to the player movement in this update:

Players should no longer get stuck at corners and cliffs
Players can now lean left/right to peek around corners
Legs will now rotate towards the movement direction
The body will rotate slightly in the movement direction (front/back and sideways while rotating the character)
Removed stutters while starting to aim in 3rd person
Players move a bit slower sideways and backwards
Players will take fall damage
Players will fall faster over time instead of falling at a constant speed
Jumps will now be consistent based on the movement speed
Added jumping/falling impact sounds
The player head will no longer move while attacking in 1st person
There are more changes planned for the next few updates, including 1st person head movement and sideways/backwards walking animations

Settings improvements This update resets the input and graphic settings!

Added window/fullscreen mode settings
Added shadow resolution settings
Added shadow distance settings
Added SSAO quality settings

AI improvements The AI is still one of the weak spots of the game and the plan is to include some improvements in each of the following updates. This update includes the following improvements:

Improved the decision delay from 1 second to 0.1 seconds
This should result in faster response times after a target got killed or other unexpected things happened
Some units had problems to attack long distance targets, even though the game allowed to increase the attack distance. As a result of that problem, units with "slow" projectiles like archers, crossbowman, rpg-units, etc. will aim up in the air to hit their targets.
They also have a slightly better accuracy than other units now

Other improvements

The first spawn of each unit no longer reduces the tickets in conquest
Increased the max attack distance of custom units from 50 to 150
Terrain height slider now works in 0.1 steps and players can set the value in the text field
Players will now always take ammo for their current equipped weapon from ammo crates

Bug fixes

Fixed some possible crash reasons
Fixed a bug that prevented the placement of horse stables with horses
Fixed that reverting the terrain would not render it correctly
Fixed that player swimming did not work on custom terrain oceans
Fixed that units walked through concrete barricades
Fixed a bug that prevented prefabs with low foundations to be placed
Fixed that after deleting a sign, the settings panel would stay open
Fixed a bug that caused units to randomly stop working
Fixed a bug that allowed players to start the hostage mode without placing an evac area
Fixed a bug that prevented thrower units from spawners to throw their weapons
Fixed a bug that allowed prefab parts to be placed outside of the prefab bounds
Fixed that helicopters did not count as units
Fixed a visual bug on one of the alien biome trees
Fixed a bug that prevented players from saving custom units after canceling it once
Fixed a bug that allowed thrower units in random battles with ranged units deactivated
Fixed missing lightsaber unit variants
Fixed a bug that allowed the player to rotate the character while the game is paused
Fixed a bug that prevented players from seeing the character preview while choosing campaign equipment
Fixed a bug that caused passive units to have wrong animations and spam errors
Fixed a bug that prevented custom feral zombie equipment from being equipped
Fixed a bug that allowed units to walk through lava without taking damage

[ 2019-11-15 17:01:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Halloween event result

Winners 1st place: Desert-Mammoth (84919 kills) 2nd place: wildcat1 (76243 kills) 3rd place: HauntedFaceMan1 (55,851 kills) Rewards 1st place: Choose 2 weapons and 1 armor set for an existing in-game era 2nd place: Choose a weapon for an existing in-game era 3rd place: Choose a weapon for an existing in-game era Congrats to the winners! To claim your reward, please write a comment on this announcement or write a message on the discord server.

[ 2019-11-02 23:07:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.32.7

Content

Added a new zombie survival map
Added 3 new conquest maps
A big thanks to Desert-Mammoth, who provided these new high quality maps

Bug fixes

Fixed dog cage traps
Fixed custom unit size settings in battles
Fixed the faction of spider droids
Fixed that zombie dogs did not work in zombie survival mode
Fixed different prefab placement bugs

[ 2019-11-01 17:32:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.32.6

Features & Improvements

Improved the custom unit creator saving/loading performance
- First time you start the application it will update the file format (No files get deleted)
Custom unit creator improvements
- Added a dual wielding option for one hand melee weapons
- Added an optional min attack range option
- Unit names can now be entered while saving the unit if the unit has no name
- Added adjustable rgb sliders/text fields for selecting clothing colors
Placing prefabs with patrol units will now update the waypoint positions
Heavily improved the prefab placement performance
- Even large prefabs can now be placed without long game freezes

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused units to not work because the game started before the navigation data was generated
Fixed a bug that caused wrong prefab icons to be generated
units with explosive weapons will no longer shoot at close range targets
Fixed a bug that caused transport planes to not move
Fixed a bug that caused explosions to not work in some cases
Fixed wrong unit counts in the editor
Fixed a bug that caused the wrong leg armor to be loaded

[ 2019-10-29 20:11:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.32.5 fixes

Version 0.32.5.1 patch notes

Fixed a bug that caused the hit detection to stop working
Fixed a bug that prevented some custom units from moving and attacking
Fixed the hostage behaviour

Version 0.32.5.2 patch notes

Fixed missing ladders in the editor
Fixed a bug that caused wrong unit types in air vehicles
Fixed vehicle placement errors
Fixed a bug that caused unit duplicates from placed prefabs
Fixed some flag bearer flag visuals
Fixed some passive units
Fixed a bug that caused wrong unit types in ships

[ 2019-10-27 19:48:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.32.5

Content

Added clothed and armored siege weapon units
Added fully armored unit variants
Added an underbarrel grenade launcher as weapon attachment
Added simple gloves
Added a teutonic helmet with detachable wings

Features & Improvements

Units can now be dismembered by bullets and explosions (Depends on caliber and unit health)
Added custom unit armor slots for lower arms, legs and lower legs (Some item models are temporary)
Clothed unit variants have shoes now
New unit database format
- This should improve the startup time and in-game unit loading speed

Bug fixes

Fixed that the swat helmet blocked the unit vision

[ 2019-10-25 20:01:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.32.4

Content

Added a swat armor set (chest plate, arm plates, helmet)
Added a paintball gun
Added a civil war cap
Added a pulse rifle (P-Rifle in game)

Features & Improvements

Improved navigation data generation speed

Bug fixes

Fixed a crash that occured while loading the zombie survival map from the main menu
Fixed some placement bugs with some prefab parts
- Sometimes modular parts are not working
- Modular bridges are placed to the ground
- Objects above the first floor are hidden
- Bugged placement after selecting another prefab while alread placing a prefab
Fixed copy pasting of spawner settings
Fixed a bug that caused the behaviour settings of some units to get reset
Fixed tree collisions

[ 2019-10-22 18:36:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Halloween Update

Halloween content

Halloween biome
Grim reaper unit
Skeletons with different weapons
- You can also create custom skeletons in the custom unit creator
Graves
Jack o lantern
Scarecrows
Cauldron
Zombie dogs
Skulls and bones
Scythe weapon
Cape and hood unit equipment
Pyre with skeleton corpse

Halloween Event Kill as many skeletons as possible before halloween is over and choose the next content additions for the game. You can find more information in the main menu. Performance improvements This update improves the rendering performance of the game. You should notice more fps, especially on maps with many objects. You can also use a lot more light emitting objects now. Prefab editor Creating detailed maps was a lot of work, because you had to place all the objects one by one. This update introduces the Prefab Editor, that allows you to create small groups of objects and share them in the workshop. You can quickly place those groups of objects in your battles to build them much faster:

[ 2019-10-20 18:13:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dropping support for newer MacOS versions

Today, I have some bad news for MacOS users. If you already own the game, it's not that bad, so please read this carefully So, first of all, Steam and Apple are dropping the support for 32 bit applications in MacOS 10.15. You can read more about that here That's not that big of a deal, since the MacOS version of the game is already compiled to a 64-bit application since the last few updates. Now the big problem: Beginning with MacOS version 10.14.5, all developers have to create a developer id and get a certificate for each version of the game. Otherwise users will not be able to execute the game on MacOs 10.14.5+ In addition to that, the developer needs a MacOS device to get the certificate and to do additional steps for each update of the game. This certification process costs money. Especially for small games with just a few MacOS users and many updates, this is just too expensive and slows down the update speed. If you want to learn more about the problems, you can find a good article about that here What's going to happen now! You will no longer be able to buy the game via steam if you are on MacOS. If you already own the game, you can still play it, if your MacOS version is below 10.14.5. I will also continue to update the game for MacOS. So if you do not update your MacOS version to a version above 10.14.5, nothing will change for you. Unfortunatelly if you do so, your OS will not let you start the game. It's kind of sad that apple is closing their platform for non apple developers and indie developers in general, but I will try to handle this situation as fair as possible for people that already own the game. Maybe apple will change that in the future, but for now that's the situation and I'm sorry if this affects you in any way!

[ 2019-10-10 15:17:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.32.2

Content

Added cornered stone and wood roof modular building parts
Added mirrored stone/wood/concrete U-stairs

Features & Improvements

Battles with many will load much faster now
Added a debug menu (Open/Close with F1)
The size of heal and shield fields in now customizable
You can now copy and paste the settings of all objects in the editor
Improved the Steam Workshop in-game browser UI
Improved the startup speed of the game
- Reduced the game size by over 70%
- Optimized the loading order to reduces lags while loading
Improved the unit spawner settings panel
Large hedges are no longer climbable
Custom units with the repair gun will now target allied units
Battle file thumbnails are now cached and loaded much faster
Improved the fog rendering performance
Improved the rendering performance of dismembered units
Slightly improved the rendering performance of modular buildings
Polished the main menu and loading screen a bit

Bug fixes

Fixed some thumbnail loading problems in the workshop browser
Fixed the Steam achievements
Fixed that the player could sprint and crouch at the same time
Fixed lag spikes that got caused by using a future pistol with a silencer
Fixed that some weapons blocked the view of units
Fixed that grenades could get stuck in the player's hand in some cases
Fixed that bullets did not hit in some cases
Fixed that some roads did not render correctly in some cases
Fixed that caused the player to get stuck in doorframes
Fixed that some attachments were allowed on weapons without attachment slots
Fixed that animals were red on some custom unit icons
Fixed some range settings bugs in the custom unit editor
Fixed an error that prevented subscribed units from getting loaded

Next update

The fixes for the cover point system were planned for this update and it already works pretty well. However, there are some edge cases that are causing bugs. Since the system changes the ranged AI quite a bit, I want to make sure it works perfectly, before enabling it on the live version. It's planned to be released in the next update
There are also a lot of performance improvements planned, so stay tuned for that.

[ 2019-10-04 17:27:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.32.1

Version 0.32.1 update notes

Features & Improvements


* The cover point system is now activated
    * Ranged units will move behind cover if they think that it makes sense

Bug fixes


* Fixed a bug that caused the pathfinding system to crash
* Added some missing units
* Fixed the arsenal testing range
* Fixed missing icons of the spider droid objects
* Fixed the jittering of dead units with chinese helmets

[ 2019-09-21 17:59:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 32

In 3 months and 14 versions, 100+ bugs got fixed, 50+ features and 75+ content objects got added and many improvements have been made. Thanks for all the suggestions and bug reports! Also, from now on, small patch notes will get posted on Steam Below is a list of all patch notes of the development cycle from 21.06.2019 - 20.09.2019 (0.31.1 - 0.32.0) Content * Added world war weapon sights * 1 reddot, 2 scopes * Added apocalypse weapon attachments * 3 weapon sights, 1 scope, 1 silencer, 1 laser * Added a future silencer * Added biodomes (7 variations) and a satellite dish * Added 4 ancient greek temples * Added a future weapon with a projectile that bounces off walls * Added a chinese medieval helmet * Added destroyed and deactivated spider droid objects * Added tall hedges * Added the MG34 * Added 5 new biomes * Dry Alien Planet * Ice Alien Planet * Gas Alien Planet * Lush Alien Planet * Moon (low gravity) * Added objects for the future era * 4 alien pillars * 10 buildings * Solar panel * Spaceship platform * Antenna * Barrel * Large container * 3 small container * Lamp * Gas bottle * Wall * Table * Added shoes for players and custom units * Default shoes * Boots * Rubber boots * Medieval shoes * Medieval boots * Sandals * Added face equipment for players and custom units * You can choose as many equipment objects as you like to * Bandana * Beards * World war and modern gas masks * Elf ears * Orc tusks * Eye pathces * Night vision device * Head wraps * Cigar * Cyborg eye * Glasses * WMC rewards * Added a future HMG (siege weapon) * Added ceilin lights and spot lights * Added a small tent * Added reversed modular L-stairs * Added fall conifer forest biome * Added a futuristic dropship (WMC 34 reward) * Added medieval unit statues (WMC 35 reward) * Added skeleton corpses * Added hedges * Added the Kar98k (SR98, WMC 32 weapon) * Added the FG 42 (S42) * Added blue fire and dust particle effects Features & Improvements * Allied units will no longer ignore the player and push him around * Editor settings for placed ranged weapons * Choose the start bullet amount in the weapon * Choose attachments for the weapon * Improved all modern house models * Doors and garages are animated * Roads will now align with terrain * Terrain editor improvements * Added a setting to rotate the terrain brushes * Added a linear ramp brush * Improved autosaving * There are 5 autosave slots which will cycle * All units will look in the same direction now when spawning in conquest and KOTH * Updated to a newer engine version * This should improve the performance and improve the stability * Improved the placement of wood and stone bridges * Placement is based on the two end points * Enabled none fog option * Increased the maximum spectate camera height * Added a target frame rate option * This will work as a frame limiter if vsync is deactivated * Added descriptions to the game settings * You can now use left shift to speed up the height change while placing modular bridges * Added new terrain height presets * Flat desert * Moon surface * Desert hills * Mountains * Improved terrain editor * UI Improvements * Increased the maximum terrain height * Speed setting for all tools * New noise shapes * Customizable road width * Removed forced Vsync * Still available as an option in the settings * Custom unit creator Improvements * UI improvements * Shows attack range of units * Unit range fixes * Reduced the player control while jumping * Removed motion blur * Slightly improved the loading speed of game * Improved ladders (Press the jump key to climb) * Units will now try to move away after landing with a ship * Units will now avoid each other while walking on ships * Added a new sky material * Added a max unit amount setting to unit spawners * All unit spawners will only spawn units if there are currently less than x units in the battle * Added custom unit support for conquest and KOTH * Players can now create custom animal and siege units * The player can swim now (based on a map setting in the player settings) * Updated the unit placement list to show units as variants of other units * Unit attack range will now affect tanks * You can now place some objects on other objects like foundations, walls and towers * Improved the way how object are being replaced after the terrain got changed * Improved the landing of ships * Increased the terrain edit radius * Also improved the performance * Players can now exit the air vehicle that they are flying with a parachute * Most of the gun's projectiles fly twice as fast now * Improved the editor selection performance * Added a minimum limit of two levels to upload campaigns * You can now place multiple conquest/KOTH spawn flags * Ranged units will now be affected by the attack distance settings * Added an option for the AC-130 to set the parachute unit target landing spot * Updated the Steamworks API to improve the stability of steam functions * Added zombie spawn points for zombie survival * Parachute units will now try to find a landing spot on the terrain * Added bullet impact effects * Improved the ranged weapon handling * Crosshair will show the impact point based on range * Decreased the recoil recovery time * Looking up/down will now move the head and arms instead of the body * Improved the rendering performance * You can now place trees, bushes and rocks in the editor * Added different tank color variants (default, desert, snow, forest) * Updated the unit and object icons * Editor code Improvements * If you notice editor bugs, please let me know in the #bug-reports channel * Added an autosave on/off option in the game settings Bug fixes * Fixed pathfinding bugs and crashes on modular bridges * Fixed a bug that caused roads to disappear in some cases * Fixed a bug that prevented units from walking into future structures * Fixed medieval mortars * Fixed some unit icon problems of workshop units * Fixed that controlling a clothed unit would remove the clothes * Fixed that units could walk through destroyed vehicles * Fixed that changing the terrain would destroy modular bridges * Fixed that some siege weapons were allowed to be placed on ships * Fixed the ship sail visuals * Fixed that the player can fly with horses and siege weapons * Fixed some loading bugs that affected the player equipment * Fixed the barrel attachment position of the HSG shotgun * Fixed the sight position for the S36 * ... + about 100 more bugs that got fixed Don't forget to join the Official Discord server for the latest news and discussions.

[ 2019-09-20 18:30:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 0.31.3 - 0.31.10

Version 0.31.3

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that removed loaded workshop units
Fixed the workshop unit in-game icons
Fixed the material of environment objects at runtime
Fixed the unit creator equipment filter
Fixed a bug that allowed placed players in conquest and KOTH
Fixed a bug that allowed animals to use ladders and walk on buildings
Fixed a bug that allowed units to walk on destroyed castle walls

Version 0.31.4

Features & Improvements

You can now place multiple conquest/KOTH spawn flags
Ranged units will now be affected by the attack distance settings
Added an option for the AC-130 to set the parachute unit target landing spot

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused very long loading times in some cases
Fixed the broken movement on ice floes
Fixed that parachute units would target deep water
Fixed that parachute units would fly through buildings
Fixed that parachute units would die without a reason
Fixed that parachute units would fly through the terrain in some cases

Version 0.31.5

Content

Added a futuristic dropship (WMC 34 reward)
- 2 versions
Added medieval unit statues (WMC 35)

Features & Improvements

You can now place some objects on other objects like foundations, walls and towers
Improved the way how object are being replaced after the terrain got changed
Improved the landing of ships
Increased the terrain edit radius
- Also improved the performance
Players can now exit the air vehicle that they are flying with a parachute
Most of the gun's projectiles fly twice as fast now
Improved the editor selection performance
Added a minimum limit of two levels to upload campaigns

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused weird aim camera positions
Fixed that units attack empty vehicles
Fixed that the player get stuck in the air after his plane got destroyed
Fixed that the player healthbar isn't working with custom hp settings
Fixed a bug that prevented bullets from hitting their target
Fixed the bullet shell ejection for some weapons
Fixed that units on container towers get destroyed when a bullet hit the container

Version 0.31.6

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that stopped the map loading
Fixed a visual projectile trail bug
Fixed a bug that broke the KOTH and Conquest mode with some settings
Fixed a bug that caused weapons to be invisible on custom unit icons

Version 0.31.7

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that allowed ships to move into the terrain
Fixed the Rhib boat driver
Fixed a bug that caused wrong unit rotations after they landed on the terrain
Fixed the head rotations while flying air vehicles

Version 0.31.8

Features & Improvements

Players can now create custom animal and siege units
The player can swim now (based on a map setting in the player settings)
Updated the unit placement list to show units as variants of other units
Unit attack range will now affect tanks

Version 0.31.9

Content

The missing WMC rewards are planned for next week

Features & Improvements

Added a new sky material
Added a max unit amount setting to unit spawners
- All unit spawners will only spawn units if there are currently less than x units in the battle
Added custom unit support for conquest and KOTH

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that prevented units from following the player into buildings
Fixed a crash that occured when the steam API could not be initialized
Fixed that units were controlled twice in KOTH and Conquest
Fixed that an error from one unit stopped all units
Fixed that vehicles were in every placement category
Fixed a bug that prevented windows from breaking
Fixed wrong object rotations on some environment stones

Version 0.31.10

Content

Added shoes for players and custom units
- Default shoes
- Boots
- Rubber boots
- Medieval shoes
- Medieval boots
- Sandals
Added face equipment for players and custom units
- You can choose as many equipment objects as you like to
- Bandana
- Beards
- World war and modern gas masks
  - Block poison grenades
- Elf ears
- Orc tusks
- Eye pathces
- Night vision device
  - Not working right now (Planned for next update)
- Head wraps
- Cigar
- Cyborg eye
- Glasses
- There are some more objects planned for the next update
WMC rewards
- Added a future HMG (siege weapon)
- Added ceilin lights and spot lights
- Added a small tent
Added reversed modular L-stairs
Added fall conifer forest biome

Features & Improvements

Slightly improved the loading speed of game
Improved ladders (Press the jump key to climb)
Units will now try to move away after landing with a ship
Units will now avoid each other while walking on ships

Bug fixes

Fixed that the crosshair would still be visible after the player dropped his weapon
Fixed that armor and cloth blocked the player vision in first person
Fixed the attack range modifier for ranged custom units
Fixed the leg sitting animations in the custom unit creator
Fixed the pathfinding on the seconds floor of medieval buildings
Fixed a bug that allowed mortars to shoot theirselves
Fixed that some objects counted as zombie units
Fixed that the player did not get attacked in Conquest and KOTH
Fixed the UI tooltip placement offset on the right side of the screen
Fixed that painting non tree areas were visible on the sky
Fixed some destruction bugs in the editor

[ 2019-08-09 20:01:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 0.31.1 0.31.2

Version 0.31.1 update notes

Content

Added skeleton corpses
Added hedges

Features & Improvements

You can now place trees, bushes and rocks in the editor
Added different tank color variants (default, desert, snow, forest)
Updated the unit and object icons
Editor code Improvements
Added an autosave on/off option in the game settings

Bug fixes

Fixed the AMX-10 weapon offset
Fixed a saving bug that prevented players from saving battles
Fixed the default quality setting

Version 0.31.2 update notes

Content

Added the Kar98k (SR98, WMC 32 weapon)
Added the FG 42 (S42)
Added blue fire and dust particle effects

Features & Improvements

Updated the Steamworks API to improve the stability of steam functions
Added zombie spawn points for zombie survival
Parachute units will now try to find a landing spot on the terrain
Added bullet impact effects
Improved the ranged weapon handling
- Crosshair will show the impact point based on range
- Decreased the recoil recovery time
- Looking up/down will now move the head and arms instead of the body
Improved the rendering performance

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused vehicles to attack flags
Fixed a bug that prevented players from placing more that 3 conquest flags
Fixed the KOTH flag
Fixed some vehicle object materials
Fixed a bug that prevented spider droids from moving
Fixed a bug that replaced equipment objects under tables
Fixed the gatling gun destruction
Fixed a bug that could cause the player to shoot in random directions
Fixed a loading crash

[ 2019-06-28 20:40:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 0.30.13 - 0.30.17 Patch notes

Small patch notes are only posted on discord. This is the collection of the latest patches:

Alpha 0.30.13

Features & Improvements

Improved the movement system
- Even if there is no path to the target available, the unit will walk as far as possible

Bug fixes

Fixed missing missing weapon icon for the BBD revolver
Fixed a visual bugs with crouching passive units
Fixed a bug that prevented players from cenceling operation in the custom unit creator
Fixed that units would not walk towards targets on not walkable towers
Fixed that player could walk through walls while riding animals
Fixed workshop icon generation for units with clothing items
Fixed a bug that placed the player into the ground after changing his animal, vehicle or siege weapon

Alpha 0.30.14

Features & Improvements

Heavily improved the movement system navigation data generation performance for maps with many buildings
If a player controlled ship hits the terrain, it will get stuck and try to drop the units on board

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused the load/save panel to hide some items

Alpha 0.30.15

Content

Added the P90 (WMC27 winner request)

Features & Improvements

The application will freeze less when loading the game
Ranged units have an additional attack range now
- + 50% attack range
- They run short distances in combat
- They shoot while running if they look at the target

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused the scope zoom from the previous weapon to stay
Fixed a bug that caused ship captains to fly in the air
Fixed medieval ship ladders
Fixed the gladiator arena once again...
Fixed that the submitted data from the prvious competition would load
Fixed a bug that prevented some maps from being uploaded to the workshop

Alpha 0.30.16

Content

Added 2 text sign objects

Features & Improvements

Added naval boarding
- Ships will try to enter each other if they are allowed to (change settings by selecting a ship in the editor)
- NOTE: Ships will only start to enter other ships, if there are units on the ship
Reduced the zeppelin hp

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that prevented players from starting some game modes with a player in a plane
Fixed the selection of units on ships

Alpha 0.30.17

Content

Added the A7V tank
Added the Mark V tank
Added the Suomi KP 31 (WMC 28 winner weapon)

Bug fixes

Fixed the missing WMC data
Fixed that caused vehicles to move after their destruction

[ 2019-06-04 19:33:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 0.30.1 - 0.30.11 Patch notes

Usually small patch notes are only posted on discord, but since Alpha 31 will be published in many small updates instead of one big update, you can find the list of patch notes for the first half of the month below: (New featues are available since Alpha 0.30.10)

Version 0.30.1 update notes

Fixed the terrain editor
Fixed fence placement
Fixed missing rain in first person
You can place floors above stairs now
Fixed flying units from CH53
Fixed helicopter rotations
Fixed a possible workshop error

Version 0.30.2 update notes

Fixed non tree areas
Fixed that empty vehicles would count as units
Fixed crouching passive units
Fixed flying units after building destruction

Version 0.30.3 update notes

Fixed modular building destruction in editor
Fixed that unit saving did not work
Added future minigun units
Fixed a bug that prevented the playing from shooting in vehicles
Fixed missing materials on small stone walls
Fixed a bug that prevented players from building a second floor
Fixed HUD visual bugs in the gladiator arena
Fixed random player rotations in first person
Fixed stair walking

Version 0.30.4 update notes

Switched wall banner icons
Fixed future minigun armored variants
Fixed duplicate unit entries in transport vehicles
Fixed a bug that caused the play button to not work if logging into steam failed
Fixed steam login on MacOS

Version 0.30.5 update notes

Increased editor object loading speed
Fixed a bug that caused units to not try to walk around units on guard mode and get stuck
Fixed that ranged units did not walk towards targets without line of sight

Version 0.30.6 update notes

Fixed the missing gatling gun model
Fixed horse vs horse movement
Fixed tank vs tank movement

Version 0.30.7 update notes

Fixed campaign update problems
Fixed vehicles after dropping units
Added workshop legal agreement message

Version 0.30.8 update notes

Improved the way how units exit transport vehicles
Improved the drop position for units from planes

Version 0.30.9 update notes

Fixed that vehicles were not moving after dropping units
Fixed the hostage mode
Fixed passive units on ships
Fixed some editor problems

Version 0.30.10 update notes

Features & Improvements

Added an option for planes to drop bomb carpets and leave the battle
Added an option for players to start in drop planes and drop helicopters
Added auto saving in a 2 minute interval to the editor
Added airdrop settings to filter the equipment in airdrops
Selecting the player will show the player settings now

Bug fixes

Fixed not working hostages
Fixed player rotations in planes
Fixed that zombie survival game elements started before the battle started
Fixed that bombs didn't deal any damage to CCKWs
Fixed that units would target not moving passive units

Version 0.30.11 update notes

Features & Improvements

Added clothing items to each faction
Added 2 clothing slots to the player and custom unit equipment
Added clothing color customization
Added weapon attachments to the custom unit editor
Added the BBD Revolver (Requested weapon from the winner of the Weekly Map Compeition 26)

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused guard towers to be invisible with destruction deactivated
Fixed a bug that caused automatic wall factions to be wrong
Fixed that the CCKW wasn't able to kill units by running them over
Fixed the arena game mode
Fixed the weapon attachment problems in the arsenal
Fixed that custom units without weapons would not deal damage
Fixed a bug that causes a reset of the drop position of planes/helicopters/transport vehicles
Fixed a bug that caused some horses to belong to the wrong faction

[ 2019-05-14 21:21:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 30

Alpha 30 is now available!

Content

Added a modern rhib boat
Added empty vehicles as placement object
Added a WW2 unit transport vehicle (CCKW)
Added modular building parts
- There are wood, stone and concrete parts which snap to each other
- Each part is destructible and destroying some parts might result in other parts being destroyed
Added new passive units
- Lumberjack
- Blacksmith
- 3x hurt unit
- 2x sleeping unit
- Scared unit
- Crying unit
- Engineer
- Scout
- Units that are lying down can be placed on beds and tables

Features & Improvements

Formation & line placement
- Add new placement modes that allow you to place up to 20 default units at once in different formations
Added banners to walls to show their owner
All siege weapons are destructible now
LAV-25 and BTR can now transport units
Added an option to copy and paste bomb drop settings
Improved some of the tank models
Enabled lord equipment for custom units
New movement system
- Most of the development time of alpha 30 was used to develop a new flexible and accessible movement system for the future of the game
- It provides more information about the classification of a position in the world which means that the AI has more data to work with
- This opens up new possibilities like a cover point system (alpha 31) and AI improvements (alpha 31+)
AI improvements
- Units are way more likely to find own paths and split up instead of walking in lines
- Fixed many cases where the AI tried to attack things that it was not allowed to
Added an option to set the player start health
Added filters to custom unit creator equipment selection
Oil barrel 2 explodes now
Sand barricades are destructible now
UI improvements
- Load/save panel
  - Selects save name input field automatically
  - Added an option to sort save files by date
  - Improved visuals
- Improved the editor warning panel
- Enabled the pause menu in the editor
- Added a quick access button to update workshop maps to reduce duplicates
- All custom battle editor panels are placed next to each other now
Added an overall game volume setting
Added sounds for some transport
Implemented a new Steam workshop backend
- The old backend prevented some changes to the application structure and had some problems (especially on MacOS)
New scripting backend for Windows
- Performance improvements in some areas
- The game should work more the same on all platforms now
  - A lot of problems got reported, that weren't really replicable because it only happened on some systems
- Also, this should fix some crashes
Added weekly map competition in game submission system in main menu and custom battle editor
The winner of the weekly map competition can now choose a content object based on the reward description

Bug fixes

Fixed that the battle workshop showed campaigns
Fixed that standing vehicles killed units
Fixed that you were able to place too many units in drop planes
Fixed that destroyed vehicles would continue to move
Fixed that some siege weapons moved in guard mode
Fixed that hwachas would shoot a random targets
Fixed friendly fire bugs
Fixed that MLRS vehicles would not do any damage to each other
Fixed that traps damaged buildings
Fixed that elephants didn't deal any damage
Fixed that ships were immune to bombs
Fixed the delete player button
Fixed the invisible head bug after using a vehicle
Fixed missing icons

Next update Please check out the roadmap Other If you want to suggest something, give feedback or just want to get involved into the development, make sure to join the discord server The old version (alpha 29) is still available on a branch. Just in case that there are any game breaking issues.

[ 2019-04-30 18:57:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 29

Alpha 29 is now available

Content

Added A zeppelin which drops bombs
Added a rocket launcher vehicle (MLRS)
Added 2 WWII rocket launchers
Added modular bridges without pillars
Added empty siege weapons as objects
Added fire and smoke as decoration objects
Added blue blood decoration objects
Added a blackhawk helicopter with miniguns

Features & Improvements

Players can now control ships
- Just kill the captain and go to the control wheel to control it
Hostage game mode
- Place one or more hostages
- The player has to get to the hostage to free them
- After that, the hostage will follow the player (or stay if you want to)
- The goal is to bring the hostage to a selected extraction zone
You can now choose between different crosshairs in the settings
Improved the hitmarker position (Now stays at the hit point)
Improved helicopter options
- Added an option to not use missles
- Added a skill slider to helicopters (Adjusts accuracy)
- Mounted machine guns fire automatic bursts instead of full auto
- Added a waypoint system for helicopters, so that you can choose paths for them
Added different tank secondary weapons
Updated rain visuals and ambient lighting
Improved pause menu
Improved settings panel
Settings can now be changed from the pause menu
Added an option to draw a 1x1m grid over the terrain
Added an option to snap the unit placement to the grid
Added effects for material melting gun impacts
Updated the steamworks API to improve the stability
Improved castle building
Balanced some SMGs to do more damage
Reduced startup lag
Ranged AI will no longer walk towards their dead target
Balanced black hole gun
- It will grow to a size and shrink after that
Improved vehicle movement

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused spider droids to not be destructable
Fixed that dropping the shield would put it on the bag
Fixed despawning heal fields in editor
Fixed AI placement in player vehicles
Fixed that handcuffed units get attacked
Fixed missing icons
Fixed that the player could not use siege weapons
Fixed full auto cannon behaviour
Fixed that the black hole gun did not affect vehicles
Fixed that the AI walks into deep water and die
Fixed some possible crash errors
Fixed fast tank movement
Fixed ranged units targeting
Fixed unsmooth helicopter rotations
Fixed a bug that caused planes to crash with bombs
Fixed future mech destruction
Fixed that changing the weapon in the respawn panel would reset the attachment data
Fixed vehicle shooting
Fixed that the player got stuck when trying to exit a battering ram

Next update Actually there were some more features, like campaigns, planned for Alpha 29. UnfortunatelyI don't have much time for the development at the moment, so that I decided to publish the existing new features and fixes now. There will probably be some small patches in March to add the missing features and improve some areas of the game. Basically the plan is to release the missing parts of Alpha 29 and 30 as soon as they are ready, so that you don't have to wait a month for the next major update. Also thanks for all the suggestions and bug reports on Steam and Discord!

[ 2019-02-26 16:38:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Discord Server + Alpha 0.28.2

Discord

We now have a Discord server for Ancient Warfare 3. The plan is to use it for suggestions, bug-reports, discussions about the game and to make it easier to interact with the community. Patch notes of smaller updates and announcements will also be posted on Discord . The community hub can still be used, but the plan is to switch to Discord as the main platform for the development. You can join the server with this link: Discord Server

Alpha 0.28.2

In the last couple of weeks, the stability of the game has become a problem for some users! The latest patch fixes some crashes and adds more debug information to make it easier to find reasons for game crashes.

[ 2019-02-10 21:38:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 28

Alpha 28 is now available!

Thanks to everyone who reported bugs, suggested features and content and helped to improve the game. This is the changelog of version 0.28: Content

New future content
- Added a zombie grenade
- Added a throwable turret
- Added a material melting gun which shoots through units
- Added a black hole gun
- Added a repair beam
- Added a laser grenade
- Added a mech unit
- Added a future tank
- Added a spider droid
- Added shield and heal field units
- Added a unit for the EMP grenade
Added passive units
- Passive units are decorative units which are doing a civil task
- If they get attacked or an enemy gets close to them, they will run away
Added 2 new WW2 planes
Added a polar biome
- This is an ocean biome with a lot of ice floes
Added shield and heal fields as objects
Added small decoration which do not affect the gameplay
- Arrow
- Bullet shells
- Blood stain
- Rubble pile
- Rubble planks
- Iron sheet
Added a medieval church
Added a medieval lantern
Added cross and T-way tranches
Added modular wood bridges
Added some small ammo packs

Features & Improvements

The player can now crouch (default key: Left Control)
Improved rifle and pistol idle, walk and run animations
Improved the game database stability to reduce loading errors
Improved the tank AI and navigation
- Tanks can climb higher slopes
- Tanks that got stuck will now try to move backwards to get unstuck
- Improved the rotation of tank turrets to move at a constant speed
- Fixed the rotation of tank turrets while driving over hills
- Restricted the wheel rotation, so that vehicles don't get stuck because their wheel rotation is bugged
- Fixed that wheels would jump from rotation to rotation
- Tanks have much more power so that they have less problems to cross uneven terrain
Improved the rotation of siege weapons (constant rotation speed)
AIs will try to find a different target, if a target is already targeted by many units to reduce the 'horde' behaviour
The selected objects variant will get saved now
Made it easier to pick up objects by looking at them
Improved the crosshair and hitmarker
Add arrow trails for default arrows and bolts
Added an option to enable only melee units in the arena
Improved the visuals of burning vehicles
Improved the weapon rotations with scopes
Planes will try to not crash into each other now
Reduced the size of the game and improved the startup time

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash
Fixed a bug that caused snap traps to not work
Fixed that thrower units keep their weapons when they got killed
Fixed that the player go teleported to the ground if his equipment got changed
Fixed that ranged units were shooting too high or low
Fixed that vehicles exploded when they touched each other
Fixed a bug that caused melee units to walk in front of walls and stop there
Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash in 1 out of 10 starts of random battles
Fixed a bug that caused siege weapons to start to work before the battle started
Fixed a bug that caused saving and loading to not work on Linux and Mac OS
Fixed a bunch of scripting errors to improve the stability of the game
Fixed a bug that caused units to get killed by barbwire in the editor
Fixed a bug that caused tanks to be immune to grenades and bombs

Next update The next update will be smaller update with the focus on improving some areas of the game by adding some new features and improving existing features. There will also be new content available. You can find the roadmap here. In addition to that, there is a new website available, which shows all commits to the development version, so that you always know which feature is currently being worked on. You can find it here: AW3 Commits Also, there are plans to create a discord server for the game, if you guys want to. There are more updates for the workshop planned and I think discord is a good platform for discussions about workshop objects and the general development of the game, because there are more features and it's easier to discuss about things on Discord. So, just let me know what you think about that.

[ 2019-01-31 11:54:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Plan for 2019

First of all, I hope that everyone had a good start into the new year. For 2019 there are 11 to 12 content and feature updates for AW3 planned. And towards the end of the year, we will hopefully leave early access. There is a new website in progress with a roadmap for the upcoming versions, which you can find here: AW3 Homepage The roadmap and the website are not finished yet and there will be some updates in the next few days. In addition to that I will tweet some images about the current development on my twitter account: @jannik_jn That's all for this update, see you in the community hub.

[ 2019-01-02 21:30:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 27

Alpha 27 is now available!

Content

Added a wild west faction with the following equipment:
- Western hat & coat
- Bowie knife
- Coach gun
- Dynamite
- Gatling gun
- Sawed off coach gun
- 3 revolvers
- 4 rifles
Added a static world war flamethrower
Added a sticky rgo grenade
Added a sticky C4 pack
Added a heal crate
Added a future ammo pile
Added an oil barrel and a burning barrel
Added a wooden table to store equipment on it
Added a flak cannon
Added the lord units from Ancient Warfare 2
- Lord of Darkness
- Lord of Vikings
- Lord of Fire
- Lord of Ice
- Lord of Samurai
- Lord of Silver
- Lord of Bronze
- Lord of Hell
- Lord of Lords
- Please note that the lord equipment is exclusively made for the lord's. You can pick it up, if you kill a lord, but you can't start with it
Christmas content
- There is an improved christmas biome available from last year, as well as santa and snowman units
- In addition there are now snowball throwers, a candy stick weapon and present grenades in game.

New features & improvements

You can now look at things you want to pick up
Improved the look of projectile trails
Workshop items will show there whole description now
You can now cancel shotgun reloading with left click
Performance improvements
- This update will improve the performance quite a lot and there are plans to continue to improve the performance in 2019.
- There are major changes to physics and some other systems to improve the performance and stability. If you notice any problems related to physics, please report them in the community hub.
- There is a new option in the settings called "Low RAM mode". The option is deactivated by default and it should stay deactivated to improve the performance. However, if you really need every single MB of RAM and you notice very high RAM usage, you can enable this option.
- The performance is obviously different on any system, but with the new changes, test battles which ran with 30-40 fps in the alpha 26, will now run with 50-60 fps in alpha 27. However, the improvement depends on your system, but you should be able to create larger battles than before.

Bug-fixes

Fixed a bug that broke the custom unit editor then using an equipment filter
Fixed a bug that caused AI shotgun units to only reload one shot
Fixed that buildings created blood splashes
Fixed a bug that caused the camera to shake after selecting a unit to control

Next update Alpha 29 will probably be released at the end of January 2019. There will be a development break until the beginning 2019. In 2019 I want to continue to develop Ancient Warfare 3 and it is planned to give the community more insights about the current development. There is a new website in progress with a roadmap and there will be teasers on twitter during the development of an update.

[ 2018-12-20 23:32:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 26

Alpha 26 is now available!

Content:

Added some new units and weapons
- Greek fire unit
- Cannon & Scatter Cannon unit
- Spear thrower
- Axe thrower
- Knife thrower
- Hwacha unit
- Poison bow unit
- Poison crossbow unit
- Hoplite unit
- Dog unit
- Ladder unit
- Moving ballista unit
- Compound bow unit
- Compound crossbow unit
- King unit
- Flag bearer unit
  - This unit will heal units in a 7.5m radius and increase their movement speed by 1m/s
- Modern mortar
- Modern flame mortar
- Baron Von Games special unit
Added a campfire
Added a dog cage

Improvements & Features:

Added 34 steam achievements
Re added the arsenal
Horses will now have random colors
Added blood splashes for projectile impacts
Ballista arrows will now penetrate units
Bow, crossbow and hwacha arrows will now penetrate units before sticking to it
Added a search option for custom unit equipment
Added an option to start workshop items directly instead of loading them to the editor first
You can now use more characters in names for the workshop: . , : / ( ) [ ] ' # + % $ ! ? < > | ; *
Errors while loading a battle will no longer freeze the game. Instead the game will try to continue loading the battle and show the errors at the end of the process
Added armor to air vehicle pilots
Added a whip to the elephant unit
Improved the rendering performance of some objects
Changed the UI font

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug that caused weapons to cut body parts through armor
Fixed that siege weapons would animate movement while not moving
Fixed cannon projectile collision detection
Fixed that crossbow units cancel their reload animation and shoot into the ground
Fixed that ship scatter cannons didn't work
Fixed some UI issues which occured on the first game start
Fixed some UI issues at the end of Conquest & KOTH
Fixed a bug that caused flame grenades to continue doing damage without the flame animation
Fixed that deactivating friendly fire made the player invincible
Fixed that large zombies couldn't do damage to units
Fixed a bug that caused the player to get stuck in shooting range doors
Fixed a bug that caused vehicles to not do any damage with friendly fire disabled
Fixed the option 'Game over on player death'
Fixed a bug that caused some weapons to block the view of AIs
Fixed a bug that caused bow units to miss too many of their shots
Fixed the "Air Vehicle" filter in the editor placement list
Fixed a bug that caused units to be placed too high and flying instead of walking

Next update: Alpha 27 will be released before christmas. It will contain new christmas content and probably a new wild west faction.

[ 2018-11-30 14:49:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 26 Status Update + Future Updates

Since there was some confusion about the release date of Alpha 25, we just wanted to give you some information about the future update plans. Alpha 26 is almost finished and the planned release date is the 1st December 2018. The update will reimplement some of the missing Ancient Warfare 2 units. Beside that, there will be some new units, Steam Achievements, some smaller improvements and bug fixes. This is a screenshot of some of the new units:
Alpha 27 will be released one or two days before christmas with new content, improvements and bug fixes. After that, there will be a two week development pause which we will use to create a public roadmap for 2019.

[ 2018-11-25 12:51:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 25

Alpha 25 is now available

New content

Added 9 destructable suburban houses
Added a medieval horse stable
Added large concrete walls
Added wire fence
Added stone barriers
Added a practice target
Added a cinderblock wall
Added trainings range walls
Added a large world war tent
Added a camp bed
Added a metal table
Added powerlines
Added medieval torture objects
- Gallow
- Pillory
- Pyre
- Guillotine
Added a world war tank barricade
Added horse corpses
Added a world war AP-mine
Added a medieval well
Added a radio tower
Added to wirespools
Added a stack of barrels
Added a stack of pallets
Added a stack of tires
Added trenches
Added armored lightsaber units
Added armored bow and crossbow units

Improvements & new features

AI units will now use ladders
Added a filter to the unit placement list
The unit placement list is now ordered alphabetically
Improved the game database to reduce corruptions and problems and reduce the time required to add new content.

Bug fixes This is the list of bugs that have been fixed in all patches after Alpha 24 and in Alpha 25:

Fixed that custom units will show up in unit spawners (Planned as a feature in Alpha 26)
Fixed a bug that allowed object placement while editing the terrain
Fixed a bug that caused the ship control unit to disappear
Fixed a bug that caused picked up weapons to stop working
Fixed a bug that caused grenade units from spawners to not work correctly
Fixed a bug that allowed the player to reload rocket launcher twice and blow himself up
Fixed a bug that caused units in rivers to fly in some cases
Fixed a bug that caused horses to play the run animation while standing still
Fixed the horse saddle color
Fixed that custom units with viking helmets would not shoot
Fixed a bug that caused custom units to not attack the right targets
Fixed a bug that caused ship, vehicle and siege weapon control units to have their legs displaced
Fixed a bug that caused cannon balls to explode directly after they spawned
Fixed a bug that caused the ship cannon projectile settings to reset
Fixed a bug that allowed the placement of siege weapons on ships

Alpha 26 The todo list is very long and there are so many suggestions left. For alpha 26 it's planned to add missing units from Ancient Warfare 2, more siege units, suggested features and some things that were originally planned for Alpha 25. If there is still time left, I want to add steam achievements. The trenches and some other things delayed the development plan. However, the plan is to accelerate the development and push Alpha 26 at the end of this month and Alpha 27 before christmas.

[ 2018-11-08 15:07:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Halloween Update + Alpha 25 Status Update

A small halloween update is now available!

Content:

Added a halloween biome
Added a few skeleton units
Added a chainsaw unit

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug that allowed unit placement while editing the terrain
Fixed a bug that caused the ship control units to disappear if the 'dynamic sails' option has been disabled
Fixed a bug that caused weapons to stop working
Fixed that grenade units from spawners wouldn't throw grenades
Fixed a bug that caused rocket launchers to explode in some scenarios
Fixed a bug that caused flying units in rivers

Other:

Added a future shotgun
Enabled an experimental feature which allows units to use ladders

Alpha 25 status update

Alpha 25 is still in progress and it will need some more time until the release. Below are some screenshots from a few new objects. Modern houses:

There are 8 fully destructable suburban houses to create urban environments. There are also some other urban decoration objects planned. New barricades

There are some new barricades and decorative objects to create something like a shooting range. Trenches

This is the main reason why the update takes so long. This has been a highly requested feature, which is quite difficult to implement, but I'm on it and the progress is looking good so far.

[ 2018-10-26 14:45:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 24

Alpha 24 is now available

Content additions:

Added some high culture horse units
Added horse units with armored riders
Added a world war mustard gas grenade
Added flamethrowers
- Improvised flamethrower
- Single-shot-flamethrower
Added a new jungle biome
Added bone armor and armored stone age units
Added placeable corpses
Added an airdrop flare
Added a gauntlet dagger unit
Added decorative grave objects
Added an aerial dart bomb

Improvements & new features

Added an option for supply planes in custom battles
Added an option to choose the spawn points for conquest and KOTH
The default spawn areas are now being visualized in the editor
Added a search field for custom units
Added a search field for save files
Players can now fly planes and helicopters
Added a basic tutorial
- The tutorial will explain the basic editor functions, player controls, war plane controls and helicopter controls.
UI improvements
- Improved the random abttle UI in main menu
- Improved the battle settings in editor
- Improved the panel position if there are many units selected in the editor
Removed animation head movement in first person
Improved the ship landing
- Ships will now land directly on the coast and no longer in shallow water to make it easier to create working landing maps with custom oceans
Updated the engine to fix some small lags caused by some physic interactions
Added descriptions for all objects and equipment

Weekly map competition:

For all of you who don't know about the weekly map competition yet, please make sure to check out this forum post: AW3 Weekly Map Competition by Desert-Mammoth
The current topic and time left for the competition is being shown in the main menu
The winning map of the latest competition will get featured in the main menu

Bug fixes

Fixed missing armor on some units
Fixed wrong terrain shading on cancel edit mode
Fixed wrong terrain collider on cancel edit mode
Fixed that editing custom zombie units would stack up armor and weapons
Fixed that airdrops started before the start of the game
Fixed an error which prevented battles from being saved in some cases
Fixed wrong unit amount after loading a conquest battle
Fixed military jeep camera
Fixed that entering and moving vehicles willbroke the player
Fixed that units spawned in the water in conquest and KOTH
Fixed that units spawned in the ground in the gladiator arena
Fixed not working machine guns on F16, F20 and future jet
Fixed that world war tanks spawned modern units
Fixed the size of the terrain ground
Fixed the occurrence of a terrain hole, if water was enabled
Fixed that units walked through roads
Fixed that changing terrain details will mess up bridges and units
Fixed unarmed weapon sounds
Fixed that deleting a road node reactivated trees
Fixed that planes will not get destroyed if flying into buildings
Fixed that planes sometimes collided with its own bombs
Fixed that helicopters didn't crash if they hit objects
Fixed that driving over ragdolls will not work with some vehicles

Next update: Alpha 25 will be a content update. There is a lack of buildings and decorative objects in game which makes it bit difficult to build maps. Also, I would like to continue fixing bugs and improve the stability of the game, so please continue reporting bugs and problems to the community hub.

[ 2018-09-21 13:30:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 23

Alpha 23 is now available

Additions

Added a military jeep
Added a new faction (High Culture)
- There are Egyptian, Greek and Roman units + equipment
Added some new WWI/WWII weapons
Added a new volcano biome
Added stone bridges
Added a future ammo pack
Added a nuclear bomb
Added 2 modern jets and 1 future jet
Added large lazer fences
Added an anti air rocket launcher

Improvements

Added a fog option in the environment settings
- Fog is enabled by default
Squad mode
- This is an experimental feature! Players can choose up to 4 units which will follow the player and attack the target, the player is attacking
- You can choose the units from the battle settings panel
- You can also change the kind of formation by pressing 'H'
Added an option to search units in unit spawn settings
Added FOV settings for first and third person
The player will now pickup the bullets from guns on the ground
The player will now stay on boats
Added an option for friendly fire in editor
Improved zombie survial mode
- Players have to open airdrops to get food and water
- Added an option for a time limit to win the game
Added a spawn direction option for unit spawners

Bug fixes

Fixed that custom zombie units wont cause damage
Fixed that zombies wont find targets in zombie survival
Units can always destroy castle gates now
Fixed a weather sound leak in the editor
Fixed the destruction of transport helicopters/planes

Next update For Alpha 23, there were some other things planned, but I decided to add the missing 'High Culture' faction first. With the next Alpha, I want to add more content and features (there are still many suggestions left), but I also want to work on the stability of the game, polish all things a bit and work towards the end of early access. This doesn't mean the end of development and new content, but the game and it's updates will be more polished and stable.

[ 2018-08-27 09:06:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 22

Alpha 22 is now available!

Additions

Added 3 world war planes
- This planes will use machine guns to fight air targets and bombs to attack targets on the terrain
Added new units and equipment
- Medieval heal stick unit
- Modern field paramedic unit
- Minigun unit
- Molotov unit
- Grenade units for RGO-grenades, poison grenades, ...
Added the gamemode 'Eliminate'
- Choose a target to kill or defend to win the game
Added the following objects
- Watertower
- Supermarket (with and without interieur)
- Burger shop (with and without interieur)
- Coffee shop (with and without interieur)
- Gas station (with and without interieur)
- 2 kinds of lazer fences
- Barbwire trap
- Ammo pile
- 2 small stone bunkers
- 13 destroyed vehicles

Improvements

You can now create custom zombie units with melee weapons
Terrain editor improvements
- Paint ocean areas
- Paint non tree areas
Reworked the 'Gladiator Arena' mode
- New arena with obstacles to have some cover
- There are rounds of units from different entries
- Medipacks, Ammopacks and grenades will spawn after each round
- Options in the main menu (difficulty, equipment, enemy era)
Grenades will now fly towards your aim target
Helicopters will crash to the ground instead of exploding into the air
Zombies can now drop out of planes
Improved the main menu settings panel
AI improvements
- Ranged units will rotate their arms towards their target
- Ranged units will continue to move towards their target until they have a line of sight

Bugfixes

Fixed that the player couldn't use shields while walking
Fixed problems with cursor restrictions
Fixed that transport helicopters count as unit if off map
Fixed some visual glitches for units on towers
Fixed a bug that caused the unit placement to stop working
Fixed that controlling custom units would not apply things like custom health
Fixed that units could walk through containers and castle gates
Fixed an error that broke the updating process of steam workshop maps

Next update The next update will be released at the end of next month. There will be more content, like world war weapons, buildings, a new biome and more. In addition, there are many improvements and smaller features planned, which will improve the editor and the gameplay.

[ 2018-07-24 09:29:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 22 - Developer Update

Update delay Until now the updates were released monthly. Unfortunately there is a delay with Alpha 22. It's planned to release it between mid and end of July. What will be included?

Medic units (medieval and modern)
Grenade units
Minigun + unit
Molotov cocktail + unit
Arena mode rework with settings and more factions
WWI/WWII planes and air battles + land bombing
New decorative objects and buildings (based on suggestions)
Custom zombie units with melee weapons
AI improvements
Terrain editor improvements
Bug fixes

Some screenshots from the current version:

[ 2018-07-02 08:44:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 21

Alpha 21 is now available

Additions

Added Artic Biome with ice instead of water
Added a helicopter for the future faction
Added a transport helicopter for units (CH53)
Added a plane, which will drop units (AC130)
Custom units can now be shared in the Steam Workshop

Improvements

Custom units can now have up to 100000 health
Added an option deactivate dismemberment for custom units
Added an option to choose the faction of a destructable object
Added an option to deactivate unit despawning
Thrown melee weapons will now cause damage
Added an arrow, when placing air units in the editor, so that it's easier to place them
Updated to .NET 4.6 scripting runtime
- This will do some performance improvements
Updated to a new engine version
- Improved particle system rendering
- Improved crash handling
- Some small performance + stability improvements
Added ambient environment sounds for each biome

AI improvements

Implemented a priority queue
- Each unit can now have it's own priorities for targeting units
- For instance: Anti air tanks will now priorize air vehicles, units with RPGs will priorize vehicles, ...
Improved AI targeting process
- Until Alpha 20, the units would just find any target in a certain radius.
- Now, units will only find targets if:
  - The target is in the field of view (170 degrees for default units)
  - The target has shot it's weapon or hit another unit with a sword
  - The target is under 5 meters away
  - The searching unit got hurt
- If there was no target for a while, units will start to look around to find a target
Improved the AI behaviour
- AIs will no longer shoot, if there is an allied unit in the line of fire

Bug fixes

Fixed some errors with the units in helicopters and ship cannon units
Fixed weather size on large terrains
Fixed a bug, that caused ships to not land correctly, so that the units drowned
Fixed a bug that caused units to not leave the ship
Fixed a bug that caused the on ship unit movement to stop working
Fixed a bug that units could walk through wood log walls
Fixed a bug that caused rpg units to shoot for no reason
Fixed missing vehicle shot sound
Fixed vehicle engine sounds while not moving

Balancing

Decreased battering ram damage
Increased catapult damage
Increased AMX and Marksman (anti air vehicles) attack range

Next update The engine and runtime update for this update took too much time, so that there are many AI improvements left for the next update. For instance, there is a cover system planned, so that the AI will search for cover points in their environment. The new 'Eliminate' game mode was planned for this update, too, but it will be in the next one. Since there are many suggestions for new buildings and decoration objects, there are many new objects planned for Alpha 22. For instance, there are WWI/WWII air planes planned.

[ 2018-05-31 08:07:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 20

Alpha 20 is now available

Additions

Added 3 helicopters
- AH-64
- MI-28
- Tiger
Added flame crossbows and bows
Added static MG with and without shield
Added a grenade launcher
Added a future turret

Improvements

Added a destruction settings panel for buildings
Improved all tree colliders, so that only the branches will cause collisions
Vehicles can now drive over units
Units can burn now
You can now choose a RTS camera in the options
Added an option to invert the mouse
Added an option to deactivate blood
Vehicles will now use real physics
Improved vehicle functionality
Improved the vehicle camera
Improved the environment material light behaviour
Added a progressbar to display the loading progress in the custom battle editor

Bugfixes

Fixed missing zombie armor
Fixed reversed bolo machete materials
Fixed some errors/problems with weapon attachments
Fixed the weapon grip selection
Fixed that closing the pause menu would cause the controlled vehicle to shoot
Fixed siege weapon rotation jittering in some situations
Fixed bullets were using the wrong caliber
Fixed a bug that caused tree spawning in buildings

Next update For the next update, there are many AI improvements planned. The AI will get a field of view, react to sounds and to their environment. There is a new targeting system planned, which will be customizable in editor. Other planned features are a new gamemode, future content, improved editor settings, an engine + scripting runtime update and sharing custom units in the steam workshop.

[ 2018-04-27 12:09:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 19

Alpha 19 is now available

Additions

Added a new future faction
- Future armor
- 3 energy SMGs
- 1 energy full auto rifle
- 1 energy DMR
- 1 energy sniper
- 1 rocket launcher
- Shield field generator
- Heal field generator
- Plasma grenade
- EMP grenade
- Poison grenade
- 4 weapon sights
Added compensator, vertical grip and angled grip attachments to modern weapons to reduce recoil
Added a WWI/WWII landing craft

Improvements

Added a dynamic recoil system for the player which replaces the clipped recoil animation and add real recoil to the weapons
Added some head rotation to the rotation direction before the weapon moves to the direction to create a dynamic weapon feel
Added muzzle flashes to weapons
Reworked the modern weapon models to improve the graphics
Optimized all models in game to heavily improve rendering performance if there are many different weapons/objects in the scene
- In Alpha 18, rendering all modern weapons took 5ms on the render thread, now it's just taking 1.7ms
AIs with full auto weapons will sometimes shoot bursts and full auto now
When reloading a weapon which was empty, units are now using the weapon bolt after reloading to load the first bullet into the chamber
Added a shotgun reload animation
Repeat rifles will now drop bullet shells
Improved the projectile and bullet shell performance
Adjusted weapon aim data and attachments positions
Improved explosion effect visuals
Improved the pickup of weapons and shields
- The system is working much more stable now and shields and weapons are using one key to pick them up
Improved ship landing behaviour
Added some random spray to ship cannons

Audio Improvements

Adjusted sound range, volume and improved the falloff of sounds (now logarithmic instead of linear)
Shot sounds are less clipped now
Improved shot sounds
- First sound sounds different than the others
- Added trail sounds
Increased the overall amount of sound effect variations
Objects will have different impact sounds now
- Stone, wood, metal, ...
Improved and adjusted impact and melee sounds
Improved the sound effect performance

Fixes

Fixed an object pool leak for projectiles
Fixed that the player couldn't throw grenades while being unarmed
Fixed that the player could pick up thrown equipment
Fixed missing spectate button in pause menu
Fixed missing shadows from character head and body in first person
Fixed that the loading panel wouldn't show the last row of save files
Fixed flickering crosshair while shooting in first person
Fixed a loading bug, which allowed two players in one battle
Fixed that ranged units won't leave their ships

Next update In the next update, there will be a complete vehicle rework with real physics and improved functionality. In addition there are air vehicles planned, as well as some smaller community suggestions.

[ 2018-03-30 10:26:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 18

Alpha 18 is now available

Additions:

Added "Ocean" to water settings
Added "Ocean" to biome settings
Added Ocean Battles
Ships can fight each other
- Units can move and fight on ships
- Ships can move to coast and units will invade the beach
Ship behaviour can be changed
Ship cannon projectiles can be changed
- Default
- Scatter
- Explosive
- Explosive scatter
Added water physics for units
Added the following ships:
- 3 medieval battleships
- Chinese trading ship with and without cannons
- Small chinese trading ship
- Viking ship
Added a damage modificator option to custom units
Added the following new weapons & pirate units
- Blunderbuss
- Flintlock pistol
- Musket
- Saber
- Slim saber
- Dagger
- Broken bottle

Improvements:

Random start terrain in the editor
Units will try to use bridges and avoid water
Improved the projectile performance
Improved the load/save panel opening time
- Icons won't load at once
Allied units will now try to avoid the player instead of running over him
Update to a newer engine version

Fixes: The following bugs and problems are now fixed:

Units walk through cargo boxes
Units stop working in conquest & KOTH
Legacy ambient occlusion is still active at runtime
- This will increase the performance by 6-7%
Load/save panel won't load/save battles in some cases
Closing the pause menu causes the game to freeze
Weapon attachments won't be created on loaded battles
Weapon attachment settings won't be loaded in Custom Battle Editor
Units can be selected multiple times
Fixed some problems with the Custom Unit Creator
Custom unit settings will never be applied in battles
Fixed graphical errors with the coast and beach maps
Fixed wrong water size on large maps
Loading a battle in editor would cause the battle to load multiple times
Fixed wrong water scale on small maps
Players can't overwrite battles if a battle with the same name already exists
Fixed extreme camera rotation and position changes in loading scenarios
Fixed grass placement under water on some conquest & KOTH maps
Fixed a bug that caused conquest & KOTH to not start without opening the equipment panel once

Other:

There was a suggestion to add an option for kill animations instead of ragdolls, but I didn't implemented it in this update, because it didn't fit the game very well. The dismemberment and ragdolls are core mechanics of the game. However, I'm open for discussions and suggestions about that topic and I will -of course- try to improve the performance in that areas of the game.

Next update: For the next update I have planned to improve the combat feel and AI behaviour with ranged weapons, as well as weapon sounds. Some weapons will get better models and there are plans to improve the rendering and CPU performance of gunfights. In addition, there will be new content.

[ 2018-03-05 09:31:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 17

Alpha 17 is now available

Additions:

Added 'Beach' to water settings
Added 'Island' to water settings
Added an option for large terrains
Added 'Beach' biome
Added 'Savanna' biome
Added an option to clear the terrain heights

Improvements:

Improved the terrain generation time
The terrain is now a cube instead of an flying island
New foliage system for grass and plants to improve the performance on large terrains
New ambient occlusion method with better performance & better visuals
The camera can no longer fly through the terrain
Increased the terrain visual depth while editing it
Improved some data structures to improve the load time of some scenes

Fixes:

Removed some useless rendering operations
Fixed some UI issues with unit spawners
Fixed that unit spawner would ignore the spawn delay
Fixed visual terrain artifacts after editing it

Next update: This update is a preparation update for the next one. For the next update, I have planned to work on ocean and coast battles.

[ 2018-02-03 16:28:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alpha 16

Alpha 16 is now available!

Improvements:

Complete new UI through the whole game
Improved the AI targeting behaviour. They will try to find a target in their "follow radius" as previously, but they will prefer units over buildings. This is not the ideal solution and there will be a better system in the next update.
Improved the visibility of terrain heights
Battles can now be overwritten
New default save path for custom battles to quickly save and load them
Added thumbnails for custom battles
Reduced the high main menu loading time.
Increased the Steam Workshop image loading performance

Fixed:

Fixed an error with the Steamworks API, that caused the game to not start on some MacOs version. Please note that the game will start now, but no steam functions are available. I'm working on a fix for that.
Fixed a bug that caused missing weapon attachments in conquest and KOTH
Object pools weren't cleared on MacOS and Linux
Fixed an error that caused the Steam Workshop browser to stop working
Fixed a bug that allowed to use names with characters, which aren't supported by most file systems
Fixed a bug that caused projectiles to hit their own weapons
Fixed a bug that destroyed the camera in Conquest & King of the hill in first person mode
Fixed wrong bullet shell force
Fixed wrong bullet shell rotation
Fixed a leaked camera that cause bad rendering performance

Next update This is a list of things that are on the todo list for the next update. This list can change, but actually I can always finish everything on the list

AI improvements! Sometimes the AI doesn't make ideal decisions...
Create a new foliage system to allow large terrains
Add more terrain options like ocean, beach and island maps
Readd music as a default game component with a better system
Improve the map generation time

[ 2018-01-08 20:48:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

Christmas Update (Alpha 15.1)

Update 15.1 is now available!

Additions

Added shotgun santa unit
Added santa with rod unit
Added snowman guard unit
Added christmas land biome

You can find the new units in the "prominent" category. Fixes

Fixed a starup crash on MacOS
Fixed an error that occurred when rating a workshop item in game
Fixed a bug where the upload panel was not interactive after uploading a fight
Fixed a bug that caused units to be placed on the roof of container towers
When you delete one of your own battles, the local data will now be deleted, too

[ 2017-12-23 17:19:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Ancient Warfare 3

Jannik Nickel Developer

Jannik Nickel Publisher

2017-12-21 Release

Indie Strategy Simulation Singleplayer EA Tags

Game News Posts: 148

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Overwhelmingly Positive (2401 reviews)

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Ancient Warfare 3 Linux_Universal [584.43 M]

Ancient Warfare 3 is a complete redevelopment of the second part to improve the experience from the core of the game. Dive into a huge sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different gamemodes like Deathmatch, Reach point, conquest, king of the hill, zombie mode, arsenal and more. Download level bundles to play small campaigns or create you own scenarios in the custom battle editor. Choose your rules, change the environment, place units, objects or traps, choose your equipment or just relax and spectate a battle.

Explore the content from all kind of eras like stone age, high cultures, medieval ages, WWI, WWII and compare them to modern and future weapons or just recreate some historic battles.

Your player can use a very advanced and mixed equipment which will allow a dynamic combat. Use a sword to cut your enemies into pieces, a baton to punch them down, guns or bows to shoot at them, or an rpg to blow them up. Protect yourself with a shield and wear armor to get some protection for different kind of weapons. To support you and your mates, you can carry different grenades, medipacks or ammo supplies.

Much content is already in game and there are still much more gamemodes, units, weapons and equipment planned. Until then, you can test the 300+ units in game with 150+ equipment objects and place 43 different objects.

This is an early version of the game and many things will change until the completion of the game. The system specs are provisionally and may change at any time.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 16.04+ 64bit
Processor: Quad Core 2.5GHz+Memory: 3 GB RAM
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+ or Vulcan capable
Storage: 3000 MB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 16.04+ 64bit
Processor: Quad Core 3.0GHz+Memory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+ or Vulcan capable
Storage: 3000 MB available space

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