AI War: Fleet Command Patched
PATCHES & DOWNLOADS posted on 2 SEP 2009 by Jim Zabek
Latest patch brings the game to version 1.201.
After a month in public beta, Arcen Games is pleased to announce the official release of AI War: Fleet Command version 1.201. This is a huge update to the successful space-based RTS title that has been gaining attention recently because of its unique and notable twists on the RTS genre as well as the strong AI. AI War has also been a big hit with fans, holding the #2 spot on Stardock's Impulse platform for nearly a week after a discount promotion.
Key new features from 1.201:
- 16 new ships: 1 new energy reactor, 3 new starships, 8 new turrets, new mercenary space dock with 3 new mercenary ships.
- Major visual improvements planets and backgrounds, some effects, parts of the HUD, and a few ship classes.
- Massively updated economy that is easier to manage and which scales better to very long games.
- New Energy model that provides more incentive for expansion while also fitting within the updated economy.
- Faster Starts: The repetitive activities from the first 5 or so minutes of a new campaign have now been automated to let players get right to the real game.
- Several major AI improvements: tactical retreats, better aggression against key targets, better tactical intelligence in a number of different scenarios.
- Revamped cross-planet attacks that are better balanced for players.
- A good number of performance improvements make giant battles perform better than ever.
- Network latency settings allow players to tune their game for high-latency networks.
- Improvements to the interface in general, most notably the planetary summary upgrades and the addition of the Threat Meter at the top of the screen.
- Drag-building of ships is now possible, and placement is even easier with Ctrl and Alt hotkeys while placing ships.
- Some updated battle sound effects.
- New "Energy Storm" music track replaces older "Thor" track.
- Many smaller balance tweaks, ship logic improvements, and other minor enhancements and bugfixes.
The above list is just a sampling, however, so be sure to check out the full release notes (which are over 8,000 words long) to see everything. Version 1.201 is a major milestone on the way to the release of AI War 2.0 in 1 to 1.5 months. Lots more exciting features are on the way in the coming weeks!
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