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Steam News29 May 20261mo ago

Update 2.33.168 - Jammer Tank & Complete Tech

New Unit "Jammer Tank": a take that is capable of jamming enemy radar. Can be countered by an Omni-Radar. Game Setup Option: option to also give all factions the "Complete Tech" at game start (overrides the default).

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What changed

9 fixes4 additions8 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Maps
  • Performance
  • UI and audio
  • Events
addedNew Unit "Jammer Tank": a take that is capable of jamming enemy radar. Can be countered by an Omni-Radar.
changedTournament Awards: awards are now given out also if only one human player is in the game. They were previously only given out if at least 2+ human players with different ranking were in a game.
changedDefault Map: updated again based on feedback. Coastlines and plateaus are now better configured.
changedAI Base Building: AI base building improved by creating better inter-connected area.
changedRefactoring: renamed "Power Grid" to "Energy" and moved a few structures there from other categories.
addedSubmarine Shadows: added submarine shadows for better depth perception.

Retro Commander changes

addedNew Unit "Jammer Tank": a take that is capable of jamming enemy radar. Can be countered by an Omni-Radar.
changedTournament Awards: awards are now given out also if only one human player is in the game. They were previously only given out if at least 2+ human players with different ranking were in a game.
changedDefault Map: updated again based on feedback. Coastlines and plateaus are now better configured.
changedAI Base Building: AI base building improved by creating better inter-connected area.
changedRefactoring: renamed "Power Grid" to "Energy" and moved a few structures there from other categories.
  • New Unit "Jammer Tank": a take that is capable of jamming enemy radar. Can be countered by an Omni-Radar.

  • Game Setup Option: option to also give all factions the "Complete Tech" at game start (overrides the default).

  • FAST Tournamentsthere is now a popup asking to go to the next game once it becomes available.
  • Tournament Awards: awards are now given out also if only one human player is in the game. They were previously only given out if at least 2+ human players with different ranking were in a game.

  • Default Mapupdated again based on feedback. Coastlines and plateaus are now better configured.
  • AI Actions: the AI was producing a lot of actions placing bogus rally points.

  • AI Base BuildingAI base building improved by creating better inter-connected area.
  • Refactoring: renamed "Power Grid" to "Energy" and moved a few structures there from other categories.

  • Submarine Shadowsadded submarine shadows for better depth perception.
  • Graphics incl. Shadowsreduced texture space required for e.g. units shadows (will load faster now also).
  • Graphics Fix: Alien Factory was rendering in the wrong z-Plane making units appear on top (rather than inside).

  • Languagelatest translations added - Thanks :-D
  • Maintenance: past proguard files for Droid now also in source control.

  • Maintenanceimproved layout on texture atlas by using backing image height (not display-height).
  • Maintenancenew iOS min. version is 15.0.
  • Bugfix: file drop works properly now, even if the menu bar is open.

  • Bugfixwhen dragging the scenarios in the in-game editor, the selection was not updated (potentially with wrong index).
  • Bugfix: searchable dropdown correctly displays the selected button if opened again.

  • Bugfix: translation system didn't accept some bubble dialog texts (didn't exclude the tags when checking).

  • Bugfix: image file drop wasn't working for popups (wrong offset).

  • Bugfixcheck added making sure all major events have an award.
  • Bugfix: re-joining a game during initialization would allow to select the technology, even if not possible before.

  • Bugfixanother attempt to get the Droid login back to work for some users (improved thread selection & updated sign-in options).
  • Bugfixradar jamming wasn't properly working if shroud was enabled but fog of war disabled.
  • Bugfix Crasheswhen running an older version and some assets were not available ('null').

Source

Steam News / 29 May 2026

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