Hello Commanders, The time of the unicorn is over, and now, the time of Fusion begins. It represents the beginning of great change. This arc kicks off with the introduction of the Stinger, the little bot that could. Bringing anti-air back to the Bot Factory with its twin mounted homing missile pods, it can accompany your Dox raids to bring down those pesky Icarus and Bumblebees. A major improvement to the lobby UI has been introduced, with the host being able to drag, drop and swap players. Easily switch teams around to achieve Ultimate Balance. There is also no longer a default system in new lobbies, saving your CPU from generating something you were probably not going to use. Just doing our bit for the planet. Lastly, asteroids can now be included in randomly generated systems. The hand-crafted map pool has expanded, with all previous 1v1 ranked maps available. A revised default system list includes some new FFA / team maps for you to play but dont panic! PAX has survived the cull You may have noticed the servers are running smoother than ever, with the recent upgrades to the fastest m5zn instances in all regions. Our dedicated servers for big FFA and team games have also been upgraded. The Fusion Commander is available to all players during the Steam Summer Sale, after which it can be purchased through the Armory. Previous update arcs:

• Rainbows & Unicorns: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/rainbows-unicorns-updates/
• Stay Safe: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/stay-safe-updates/

Coming later this year in Fusion updates:

• Toolchain and performance updates
• Default continuous build with view of build queue
• Improved map selection (map packs no longer required)
• New game lobby system preview (including metal spots)
• UI unicode font updates with emojis
• Defeated player and spectator vision options eg defeated unshared player can only view team
• Faster mod mounting, uploading and downloading
• Server mods support for Galactic War
• AI update
• Shields!

Technical Notes

Added Fusion commander!

Balance Changes

Added Stinger anti-air bot!

Client Improvements

Start

• Added view replays to mini leaderboard

New Game Lobby

• Added player drag / drop / swap for team games
• Changed to no default system for faster hosting
• Added new status messages while waiting for system to be selected
• Added asteroid option to random system generator
• Added new default maps

Leaderboards

• Added view replays

Live Game

• Improved scrolling of unit selection list

Server / Sim Improvements

• Added server side support for player drag / drop / swap in new game lobby
• Added server side support for player IDs, game type, mods info, system name and system summary to replay summary

AI Improvements

• Tweaked Easy / Normal difficulties

https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/fusion-updates/

TITANS Balance Changes

https://planetaryannihilation.com/guides/titans-balance-changes/

New Developer and Publisher Since 2018

https://steamcommunity.com/games/386070/announcements/detail/2855799982664689112 Both games are updated at the same time. We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.

Kickstarter Backers From September 2012

Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free. All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off for ~$US2.99. News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/ Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

[ 2021-06-24 16:33:26 CET ] [ Original post ]