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Steam News10 April 20251y ago

Update 2.26.150 - Skirmish Missions & Building

Skirmish Missions: all the campaigns now also contain skirmish missions based off the campaign missions (with slight modification).

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What changed

7 fixes4 additions11 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Compatibility
  • Store
  • Server
  • Performance
addedBuilding: structures can now also be placed even if there are temporarily no build units (e.g. robos) available.
changedGiving Build Robots: giving build robos is now possible to team mates (previously disabled).
changedMap Zoom: pressing the SHIFT-button will allow an extra 2x Zoom-In/Out of the map via mouse wheel (or keyboard).
changedParallax: improved fake-3D effect. To try enable "Parallax" in the game's settings. Please let us know what you think?
changedGame Manual: updated the refund policy (consumable products).
addedLanguage: latest translations added - Thanks :-D

Retro Commander changes

addedBuilding: structures can now also be placed even if there are temporarily no build units (e.g. robos) available.
changedGiving Build Robots: giving build robos is now possible to team mates (previously disabled).
changedMap Zoom: pressing the SHIFT-button will allow an extra 2x Zoom-In/Out of the map via mouse wheel (or keyboard).
changedParallax: improved fake-3D effect. To try enable "Parallax" in the game's settings. Please let us know what you think?
changedGame Manual: updated the refund policy (consumable products).
  • Skirmish Missions: all the campaigns now also contain skirmish missions based off the campaign missions (with slight modification).

  • Buildingstructures can now also be placed even if there are temporarily no build units (e.g. robos) available.
  • Giving Build Robotsgiving build robos is now possible to team mates (previously disabled).
  • Game Auto-Deletion: multiplayer games without activity are auto-deleted (as always). There is now a notification which will be given to the player that his/her game has been auto-deleted for clarity.

  • Map Zoom: pressing the SHIFT-button will allow an extra 2x Zoom-In/Out of the map via mouse wheel (or keyboard).

  • Parallaximproved fake-3D effect. To try enable "Parallax" in the game's settings. Please let us know what you think?
  • Graphics: smoother interpolated rotation for certain troops, such as the aircraft carrier, battleship, truck and others.

  • Editor: now contains a list of recently used items for convenience.

  • Renamed: "Rock" -> "Stones" and "Boulder" -> "Rock".

  • Game Manualupdated the refund policy (consumable products).
  • Languagelatest translations added - Thanks :-D
  • Maintenancecreated new Windows, Mac OS and Linux binaries with latest compatibility updates. Especially, the list of Mac OS Binaries improved.
  • MaintenanceUpdated libGDX to 1.13.1. Misc. bugfixes across multiple platforms. E.g. Droid keyboard now works correctly.
  • MaintenanceUpdated TeaVM to 0.11.0. Misc. fixes especially to code generation.
  • Maintenance: functionality to test the catalog purchasing system (for development).

  • Maintenanceupdated Droid Sign-In functionality to the new CredentialManager (old way retired in 2025).
  • MaintenanceJetty updated to 9.4.56.v20240826 (fixes thread starvation).
  • Maintenanceimproved memory management for low-memory devices.
  • Internal: dev.-environment automatically puts the 1 internal game server as LIVE.

  • Bugfix: Assimilators/etc. could not be loaded onto Barge/Chinook anymore.

  • Bugfixlogin would not work if a space ' ' was added to the username or password. Trimming the entry before logging in players.
  • Bugfix: troop and structure listing for players was showing non-related alien troops.

  • Bugfix: AI was trying to build non-buildable unit and internally crashed.

  • Bugfix: Droid notification now opens the app again when clicked (broken previously).

  • Bugfix: some models where wrongly tagged as directional.

  • Bugfix: SecurityManager doesn't work with JDK 21+.

  • Bugfix Crashes: when comparing two objects and one was null (note panel).

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Steam News / 10 April 2025

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