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fixedWhile getting the game running with Unreal 4.22, which should bring some noticable performance-improvements, I thought it would be fun to look back over the year in Early Access, and sum up improvements made with Your awesome help and feedback. Thank You for your support! -Improved 12:9 to 32:9 monitor-support -Tweaked Menu-looks -Added unlocks and medals for missions -Added intro-screen (make sure you have Music on if you turned it off) -Improved Scavenge Mission in Arctic with a giant deserted oil-rig -Added scavenge missions on CrashSite and BeachCities -Added CAP missions on CrashSite and BeachCities -Enemy fighter drones fly much lower over mothership in the WeakPoints mission -Update to UE4.21 (please let me know if this causes any new issues) -Fix so joystick dont multi-trigger missiles -Random Time-of-Day on some missions -Dynamic DayNight Cycle (let me know if performance takes too much hit) -"HordeMode" changed to "Dawn To Dawn" mode -Bigger Mechs with individually aiming arms that are individually destructible -VISITORS completely revamped to a WeakPoints type mission -CameraShake when firing plane-guns -Corvettes spawn SeekerDrones -Carriers spawn FighterDrones -Improved missile-tracking -Improved ground-attack aircraft Engine-sound -Added allied plane-functionality -Added a new furball mission with dogfighting-only -Improved enemy AI flying -Added searchlights on the small drones -Missiles on ground-attack aircraft are lumbering high-damage -Missiles on the fighter-jet are agile medium-damage -Fire-rate on ground-attack aircraft corrected and sound tweaked -Fixed bug with menu sometimes not responding in VR -A rebalance- and tweak-pass on audio NEW FIGHTER JET ON CARRIER DECK -Faster -More nimble -4 heat-seeking missiles instead of 2 A-10 CHANGES TO BALANCE OUT NEW JET -More gun-damage -Less nimble & higher damage AGM-65 looks heatseeking missiles -Added VR HandControls support (as in reading their orientation) (Defaults to OFF, change under MISC settings) -Tweaked Plane and Helicopter physics -Fixed bug that left alien ships laying burning on ground for a long time -Added Set Defaults to all pages of Settings Menu -Probable fix for the buttons in the menu sometimes not responding -Fixed bug with frontwheel of plane not turning properly -New geometry for alien fighter and missile-cruiser (feedback welcome!) -Missile-cruiser crash explosion fixed -Fixed the crashing-trail of all alien vessels, it didnt look good on some Monitor-supprt: -Including Lens-correction to counter distortion along edges (If you study your other games you will notice how things get enlarged and distorted quite disproportionally along the edges of the screen). -Stronger LUT color-correction than in VR for a unique look&feel. -DepthOfField for stonger sense of depth and distance. -Dont forget to use ALT and Right-Stick to look around, and to toggle straight/nearest-enemy view with C/V. Tweaks: Improved character movement (more to do). Additions: -Added Alien Drones with a shotgun-style attack -Added Alien Fighters with a burst-laser turret -Added Alien Missile Cruisers with double missile-pods but no turrets -Missile Cruisers have a first pass at new capital ships crashing New option (under MISC): Controls Sensitivity -Defaults to 0.5, previous behavior is equal to 1.0. -Lower values makes all input slower to reach maximum strength, while still being quick to fall back to 0. -VR-Reset button now works -Fixed water on training-level, and added trucks -Controls less sensitive around center, for better fine-tuning of aim -Helicopter is easier to manouver at low speed and land -Enemies more agile -Improved flight-model for both plane and helicopter -More readable crosshairs -Improved colors -Fixes on training-missions -Fixed helicopter rockets broken aim -Improved plane- and helicopter-flight characteristics -Added heatSeeking missiles instead of bombs on the plane -Internal- and External LookAtPOI-camera. Toggle by re-pressing internal/external view. -Look at vehicle from different angles in chase-camera view by holding ALT or equivalent -Better-looking missile-trails -Blinking lamps on planes, helicopters and ships -New airstrip training-level -New in-air refuel-level -9 New Training missions -Fixed stuttering help text -Fixed missiles not damaging turrets or Mechs -Improved menu looks and options -If the game cannot auto-configure your joystick axes, you can manually set them up under MISC in the MENU. This way, the game should support any joystick, throttle or pedal. -Fixed a couple of bugs with vehicle spawners -Some smaller art additions -ScreenPercentage works again -The pilot can turn sharper, as requested on message-boards After requests on the message-boards, The game now supports: -Logitech Extreme 3D Pro -ThrustMaster T.Flight Hotas 4 Along with the already supported: -ThrustMaster Warthog Stick -ThrustMaster Warthog Throttle -ThrustMaster T.Flight Hotas X -ThrustMaster M.1600 -ThrustMaster T.Flight Pedals -Saitek X-52 -Saitek X-56 -Updated Unreal to 4.20 -Added spectacular Full 3D clouds -A new level with a ruined city and some enemy ground-units -Improved mouse-support (a unique approach to mouse-pitch, you don't have to keep pulling your mouse down to make a loop) -Mouse default for pitch, roll and fire, instead of keyboard -Moved the carrier power-ups per community-request -Fixed soldier-death respawn-bug -Added Support for Oculus Touch controllers emulating a Gamepad
WORLDS AT WAR (Monitors & VR) changes
fixedWhile getting the game running with Unreal 4.22, which should bring some noticable performance-improvements, I thought it would be fun to look back over the year in Early Access, and sum up improvements made with Your awesome help and feedback. Thank You for your support! -Improved 12:9 to 32:9 monitor-support -Tweaked Menu-looks -Added unlocks and medals for missions -Added intro-screen (make sure you have Music on if you turned it off) -Improved Scavenge Mission in Arctic with a giant deserted oil-rig -Added scavenge missions on CrashSite and BeachCities -Added CAP missions on CrashSite and BeachCities -Enemy fighter drones fly much lower over mothership in the WeakPoints mission -Update to UE4.21 (please let me know if this causes any new issues) -Fix so joystick dont multi-trigger missiles -Random Time-of-Day on some missions -Dynamic DayNight Cycle (let me know if performance takes too much hit) -"HordeMode" changed to "Dawn To Dawn" mode -Bigger Mechs with individually aiming arms that are individually destructible -VISITORS completely revamped to a WeakPoints type mission -CameraShake when firing plane-guns -Corvettes spawn SeekerDrones -Carriers spawn FighterDrones -Improved missile-tracking -Improved ground-attack aircraft Engine-sound -Added allied plane-functionality -Added a new furball mission with dogfighting-only -Improved enemy AI flying -Added searchlights on the small drones -Missiles on ground-attack aircraft are lumbering high-damage -Missiles on the fighter-jet are agile medium-damage -Fire-rate on ground-attack aircraft corrected and sound tweaked -Fixed bug with menu sometimes not responding in VR -A rebalance- and tweak-pass on audio NEW FIGHTER JET ON CARRIER DECK -Faster -More nimble -4 heat-seeking missiles instead of 2 A-10 CHANGES TO BALANCE OUT NEW JET -More gun-damage -Less nimble & higher damage AGM-65 looks heatseeking missiles -Added VR HandControls support (as in reading their orientation) (Defaults to OFF, change under MISC settings) -Tweaked Plane and Helicopter physics -Fixed bug that left alien ships laying burning on ground for a long time -Added Set Defaults to all pages of Settings Menu -Probable fix for the buttons in the menu sometimes not responding -Fixed bug with frontwheel of plane not turning properly -New geometry for alien fighter and missile-cruiser (feedback welcome!) -Missile-cruiser crash explosion fixed -Fixed the crashing-trail of all alien vessels, it didnt look good on some Monitor-supprt: -Including Lens-correction to counter distortion along edges (If you study your other games you will notice how things get enlarged and distorted quite disproportionally along the edges of the screen). -Stronger LUT color-correction than in VR for a unique look&feel. -DepthOfField for stonger sense of depth and distance. -Dont forget to use ALT and Right-Stick to look around, and to toggle straight/nearest-enemy view with C/V. Tweaks: Improved character movement (more to do). Additions: -Added Alien Drones with a shotgun-style attack -Added Alien Fighters with a burst-laser turret -Added Alien Missile Cruisers with double missile-pods but no turrets -Missile Cruisers have a first pass at new capital ships crashing New option (under MISC): Controls Sensitivity -Defaults to 0.5, previous behavior is equal to 1.0. -Lower values makes all input slower to reach maximum strength, while still being quick to fall back to 0. -VR-Reset button now works -Fixed water on training-level, and added trucks -Controls less sensitive around center, for better fine-tuning of aim -Helicopter is easier to manouver at low speed and land -Enemies more agile -Improved flight-model for both plane and helicopter -More readable crosshairs -Improved colors -Fixes on training-missions -Fixed helicopter rockets broken aim -Improved plane- and helicopter-flight characteristics -Added heatSeeking missiles instead of bombs on the plane -Internal- and External LookAtPOI-camera. Toggle by re-pressing internal/external view. -Look at vehicle from different angles in chase-camera view by holding ALT or equivalent -Better-looking missile-trails -Blinking lamps on planes, helicopters and ships -New airstrip training-level -New in-air refuel-level -9 New Training missions -Fixed stuttering help text -Fixed missiles not damaging turrets or Mechs -Improved menu looks and options -If the game cannot auto-configure your joystick axes, you can manually set them up under MISC in the MENU. This way, the game should support any joystick, throttle or pedal. -Fixed a couple of bugs with vehicle spawners -Some smaller art additions -ScreenPercentage works again -The pilot can turn sharper, as requested on message-boards After requests on the message-boards, The game now supports: -Logitech Extreme 3D Pro -ThrustMaster T.Flight Hotas 4 Along with the already supported: -ThrustMaster Warthog Stick -ThrustMaster Warthog Throttle -ThrustMaster T.Flight Hotas X -ThrustMaster M.1600 -ThrustMaster T.Flight Pedals -Saitek X-52 -Saitek X-56 -Updated Unreal to 4.20 -Added spectacular Full 3D clouds -A new level with a ruined city and some enemy ground-units -Improved mouse-support (a unique approach to mouse-pitch, you don't have to keep pulling your mouse down to make a loop) -Mouse default for pitch, roll and fire, instead of keyboard -Moved the carrier power-ups per community-request -Fixed soldier-death respawn-bug -Added Support for Oculus Touch controllers emulating a Gamepad
While getting the game running with Unreal 4.22, which should bring some noticable performance-improvements, I thought it would be fun to look back over the year in Early Access, and sum up improvements made with Your awesome help and feedback. Thank You for your support! -Improved 12:9 to 32:9 monitor-support -Tweaked Menu-looks -Added unlocks and medals for missions -Added intro-screen (make sure you have Music on if you turned it off) -Improved Scavenge Mission in Arctic with a giant deserted oil-rig -Added scavenge missions on CrashSite and BeachCities -Added CAP missions on CrashSite and BeachCities -Enemy fighter drones fly much lower over mothership in the WeakPoints mission -Update to UE4.21 (please let me know if this causes any new issues) -Fix so joystick dont multi-trigger missiles -Random Time-of-Day on some missions -Dynamic DayNight Cycle (let me know if performance takes too much hit) -"HordeMode" changed to "Dawn To Dawn" mode -Bigger Mechs with individually aiming arms that are individually destructible -VISITORS completely revamped to a WeakPoints type mission -CameraShake when firing plane-guns -Corvettes spawn SeekerDrones -Carriers spawn FighterDrones -Improved missile-tracking -Improved ground-attack aircraft Engine-sound -Added allied plane-functionality -Added a new furball mission with dogfighting-only -Improved enemy AI flying -Added searchlights on the small drones -Missiles on ground-attack aircraft are lumbering high-damage -Missiles on the fighter-jet are agile medium-damage -Fire-rate on ground-attack aircraft corrected and sound tweaked -Fixed bug with menu sometimes not responding in VR -A rebalance- and tweak-pass on audio NEW FIGHTER JET ON CARRIER DECK -Faster -More nimble -4 heat-seeking missiles instead of 2 A-10 CHANGES TO BALANCE OUT NEW JET -More gun-damage -Less nimble & higher damage AGM-65 looks heatseeking missiles -Added VR HandControls support (as in reading their orientation) (Defaults to OFF, change under MISC settings) -Tweaked Plane and Helicopter physics -Fixed bug that left alien ships laying burning on ground for a long time -Added Set Defaults to all pages of Settings Menu -Probable fix for the buttons in the menu sometimes not responding -Fixed bug with frontwheel of plane not turning properly -New geometry for alien fighter and missile-cruiser (feedback welcome!) -Missile-cruiser crash explosion fixed -Fixed the crashing-trail of all alien vessels, it didnt look good on some Monitor-supprt: -Including Lens-correction to counter distortion along edges (If you study your other games you will notice how things get enlarged and distorted quite disproportionally along the edges of the screen). -Stronger LUT color-correction than in VR for a unique look&feel. -DepthOfField for stonger sense of depth and distance. -Dont forget to use ALT and Right-Stick to look around, and to toggle straight/nearest-enemy view with C/V.
Tweaks
Improved character movement (more to do).
Additions
-Added Alien Drones with a shotgun-style attack -Added Alien Fighters with a burst-laser turret -Added Alien Missile Cruisers with double missile-pods but no turrets -Missile Cruisers have a first pass at new capital ships crashing New option (under MISC): Controls Sensitivity -Defaults to 0.5, previous behavior is equal to 1.0. -Lower values makes all input slower to reach maximum strength, while still being quick to fall back to 0. -VR-Reset button now works -Fixed water on training-level, and added trucks -Controls less sensitive around center, for better fine-tuning of aim -Helicopter is easier to manouver at low speed and land -Enemies more agile -Improved flight-model for both plane and helicopter -More readable crosshairs -Improved colors -Fixes on training-missions -Fixed helicopter rockets broken aim -Improved plane- and helicopter-flight characteristics -Added heatSeeking missiles instead of bombs on the plane -Internal- and External LookAtPOI-camera. Toggle by re-pressing internal/external view. -Look at vehicle from different angles in chase-camera view by holding ALT or equivalent -Better-looking missile-trails -Blinking lamps on planes, helicopters and ships -New airstrip training-level -New in-air refuel-level -9 New Training missions -Fixed stuttering help text -Fixed missiles not damaging turrets or Mechs -Improved menu looks and options -If the game cannot auto-configure your joystick axes, you can manually set them up under MISC in the MENU. This way, the game should support any joystick, throttle or pedal. -Fixed a couple of bugs with vehicle spawners -Some smaller art additions -ScreenPercentage works again -The pilot can turn sharper, as requested on message-boards After requests on the message-boards, The game now supports: -Logitech Extreme 3D Pro -ThrustMaster T.Flight Hotas 4 Along with the already supported: -ThrustMaster Warthog Stick -ThrustMaster Warthog Throttle -ThrustMaster T.Flight Hotas X -ThrustMaster M.1600 -ThrustMaster T.Flight Pedals -Saitek X-52 -Saitek X-56 -Updated Unreal to 4.20 -Added spectacular Full 3D clouds -A new level with a ruined city and some enemy ground-units -Improved mouse-support (a unique approach to mouse-pitch, you don't have to keep pulling your mouse down to make a loop) -Mouse default for pitch, roll and fire, instead of keyboard -Moved the carrier power-ups per community-request -Fixed soldier-death respawn-bug -Added Support for Oculus Touch controllers emulating a Gamepad
