1v1 Ranked Ladder Reset and Seasons Update 112305

Hello Commanders, The official 1v1 ranked ladder was reset on 2018-11-02 at 06:00 UTC starting a new season that ends on 2019-01-24. The player holding the Uber #1 position at the end of this season will be shipped an Invictus Commander statue, a beautiful item that everyone should want in their trophy cabinet.
There will be new 1v1 ranked maps later this month with at least one new map every month.

Current Map Pool (11)

Amplus
Berg
Blitz
Clutch
Crag
Duat
Forge
Lock
Meso
Pacific
Roc

1v1 Ranked Seasons in 2019

Starting in 2019 each 1v1 ranked season lasts 3 months with a ladder reset at the start of every season.

2019 Seasons

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2019-01-25 - 2019-05-02

2019-05-03 - 2019-08-08

2019-08-09 - 2019-11-14

2019-11-15 - 2020-02-20 [/olist]

1v1 Ranked Fixes

Fix for never-ending 1v1 ranked queue after a network error

1v1 Ranked Display Improvements

1v1 rank and inactivity displayed in start menu (moved into base game from community mods)
1v1 rank display in game over (moved into base game from community mods)

1v1 Ranked Work in Progress

The following are still in development / testing:

Tweaks to limit highest initial placement to Gold
Inactive 1v1 ranked ladder decay (slowly lose points if you're not active)
Visible points display
Penalties for disconnecting instead of surrendering

Technical Notes

Server Improvements

Experimental multi-threading on official servers (still legacy toolchain and infrastructure)
More performance and memory usage improvements to navigation cost cells
Logging of server rate
Logging of system free memory (currently windows only)

AI Improvements

Further refinement of AI aggression
Adjusted how the AI chooses where to expand
Performance improvements
Retrained neural networks

Server Fixes

Fix for AI Platoon::numUnitsOfType server crash
Fix for AI chooseStartLocation server crash when passed bad data
Fix for AI attempting to transfer a unit to a planet that did not have an initial planet manager assigned
Fix for AI getting stuck building no factories if it is modified to remove the ability for the AI to build one or more factory types
Fix for a multi-threading crash

Client Improvements

More visible orbital attack lines in the orbital path visualiser

Client Fixes

Fix for particle emitter crash when emitter has an invalid fx_trail_spec

Modding

MatchmakingUtility.getSeasonEndDate()
New gVersion global with current build number accessible in all scenes api.game.isPTE()
UTC start_timestamp (landing time) and end_timestamp (game over) in server control state to calculate accurate game elapsed (note that valid_time_range.min is the in-game landing time)

[ 2018-11-02 20:25:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
Uber Entertainment

Developer

Uber Entertainment

Publisher

2015-08-18

Release

Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop

Tags

Game News Posts 100
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Controls

Very Positive

(10664 reviews)

Review Score

https://planetaryannihilation.com/

Website

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Planetary Annihilation: Titans - Linux [906.01 M]

Public Linux depots

RTS JUST GOT BIGGER

TITANS is the huge stand-alone expansion to the already massive-scale RTS Planetary Annihilation, which includes the base game and adds tons of new features:

Devastate your enemies with 5 massive Titan-class super units like the earth-shaking Atlas bot and lightning-wielding Zeus airship!

Expand your strategic arsenal with 16 new units such as versatile Hover Tanks, indomitable Orbital Battleships, and voracious Nanobot Swarms!

Elevate your game with new planets that feature multi-level terrain available in both single and multiplayer. Get up to speed faster with a new, streamlined tutorial experience, then take your game to the next level with the new Bounty Mode option for AI skirmish and multiplayer,
Including everything you loved about Planetary Annihilation:

Epic Scale - Command armies with numbers in the thousands across multiple planets on land, sea, air, and even in orbit.
Epic Single-Player - Galactic War is a twist on traditional real-time strategy campaigns that has players battling across a dynamic galaxy filled with procedurally-generated content. Every playthrough is different.
Epic Multiplayer - Play with up to ten friends (or enemies) in massive free-for-all and team-based matches. Or, compete in the 1v1 ranked play ladder.
Smash Planets - End games by destroying entire planets with giant lasers, asteroid collisions, and the new planet-splitting Ragnarok Titan!
Advanced Command And Control - Automate your armies with intuitive controls and features, allowing you to create and manage massive armies and production lines with ease across multiple fronts on multiple planets at once!
Instant Replays - View in-match recordings in real-time while matches are in progress. See when a battle turned by rewinding the game to any point, and use Play From Here to turn it back in your favor.

*Must meet Minimum System Requirements for offline play

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Any Linux distribution supported by Steam
Processor: MODERN Quad Core ProcessorMemory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+. 1 GB GPU RAMNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 5 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: https://planetaryannihilation.com/support/linux/
RECOMMENDED SETUPProcessor: MODERN Quad Core ProcessorMemory: 16 GB RAM
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Dedicated Graphics Chip (Not Integrated) / OpenGL 3.2+. 1 GB GPU RAMNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 7 GB available space

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