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 don’t 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/
Technical Notes
Added Fusion commander!
Balance Changes
Added Stinger anti-air bot!
Client Improvements
- Updated translations
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
Replays
- Added system name
- Added tooltips
- Added 1v1 ranked filter
Settings
- Added Settings > Camera > Mouse Pan Button (115923)
Client Fixes
- Fixed Galactic War freeze when selecting edge systems (115958)
- Fixed psychedelic 2017 commanders changing colour (115958)
- Fixed render chain memory stomp with fractional scaling eg subsample 75% (115958)
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
Server / Sim Fixes
- Fixed loading of saves with orphaned celestial sim projectiles (115923)
AI Improvements
- Tweaked Easy / Normal difficulties
https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/fusion-updates/
TITANS Balance Changes
https://planetaryannihilation.com/guides/titans-balance-changes/
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/
