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Beta 2.719 Unity 2019.4, And Performance

New beta build! https://wiki.arcengames.com/index.php?title=AI_War_2:Multiplayer_Alpha_And_Beta#Beta_2.719_Unity_2019.4.2C_And_Performance You need to use the current_beta branch on Steam or GOG to play this one. If you have trouble with it, there is a most_recent_stable_beta, now, too. This one fixes a couple of bugs related to viral shredders, but then beyond that it's all about an upgrade of the unity enginge. It looks like the download size is about 1.6GB at least on OSX, so that's what's up with that -- lots of file format changes in the internal databases. As part of the upgrade, there were some really notable performance improvements here, most specifically around the drawing of thousands of icons on the galaxy map or planet view. There's more I need to do still relating to the drawing of lines and circles when you have tons of ships selected, but I plan to tackle that tomorrow. OSX, Windows, and Linux should all see a big surge in compatibility, particularly Vulkan on Linux and Metal on OSX. No native support for the new Mac Silicon chips yet, but unity has that in a beta build and that's probably inevitable in a year or two if they either backport it or get the related version suitably bug-free. This version is a major jump forward in unity build numbers, well over a year, largely because we needed the new version to be rock solid and actually give some tangible benefits. We're finally at that point, knock on wood, so here we are! Please note the made with unity splash screen is annoying and temporary. It will be gone in tomorrow's release.

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AI War 2

Arcen Games, LLC Developer

Arcen Games, LLC Publisher

2019-10-22 Release

Strategy Simulation Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop Tags

Game News Posts: 506

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (1063 reviews)

https://wiki.arcengames.com/index.php?title=AI_War_2:AI_War_2

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The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

AI War 2 Linux [1.72 G]

Available DLCs:

AI War 2: The Spire Rises
AI War 2: Zenith Onslaught
AI War 2: The Neinzul Abyss

AI War II is a grand strategic RTS against an overwhelming, inhuman enemy who has conquered the galaxy. The enemy has made only a single error: underestimating you.

You must steal as much technology as you can, and take enough territory to fortify your bases and launch your attacks. But every conquest you make turns the attention of the AI ever more in your direction... so choose your targets with care.

It's "a sequel to [Arcen's] enormo-space RTS AI War, which we called'one of this year's finest strategy games' back in 2009" (Tom Sykes, PC Gamer)

What's New?

We still have a lot of work to do on the game, and we're undergoing some major work with our beta testers before heading to Early Access, but a lot is already awesome:

The game is crazy moddable.
It's multithreaded to take full use of modern computers.
The new 3D graphics are working out great.
The UI has already been dramatically improved by the introduction of a tabbed sidebar in the main view, and streamlining of several other mechanics that felt very difficult in the past. More to come, there.
We’ve got art for over 130 distinct units (not counting different mark levels), and there's more to come.
We’ve got over 1500 lines of spoken dialogue from more than 25 actors, focusing primarily on the human side at the moment; we have a few hundred lines of AI-side taunts and chatter, some of which is recorded but just not processed yet.
There are hundreds of high quality sound effects for a varied battlefield soundscape (with distance attenuation if you’re far away, and positional 3D audio if you’re down in the thick of it), all routed through a tuned mixer setup for optimal listening to all the various parts.
We have a set of music from Classic that is over four and a half hours long, and the new music from Pablo is partly in, but mostly set to be mastered and integrated within the next week or two.
There’s also a ton of map types, many of them new, and with a lot of sub-options to make them even more varied.
And a whole lot more.

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MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04+. SteamOS+
Processor: Dual Core 64bit CPU (2.2+ GHz Dual Core CPU or better)Memory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 510+. Radeon HD5900+. or Intel HD4000+
Storage: 4 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPProcessor: Any Quad Core or 3.0+ GHz Dual Core CPUMemory: 6 GB RAM
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD 7870 2GB
Storage: 4 GB available space

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