Starship Troopers: Terran Command News

Citizens of the Federation, attention!

The time has come to put your strategic skills to the test. We are proud to announce that the Beta for the Map Editor and Steam Workshop functionality is now open for Starship Troopers: Terran Command. Get ready to take control of the battlefield and build new maps to show the Bugs what humanity is made of.



How do I access the Open Beta Branch?

It’s this simple:

• Right-Click on Starship Troopers: Terran Command in your list of games in the Steam Library.
  
• Select "Properties".
  
• In the menu that appears, select the BETAS tab on the left side.
  
• Click the drop-down list and you will see "beta - Open Beta" as an option. Select it. You can now close the Preferences Menu.
  
• Steam should now automatically update your game to the Open Beta Branch. If it does not start automatically, click the Update button.
  

In order to access the Steam Workshop for the game, you also need to join the Starship Troopers: Terran Command Workshop beta Steam user group:

• Open the group: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/sttcworkshopbeta
• In the top right click the green button to join the group.
  
• You should now be able to access the Steam Workshop if you go to “Community Hub” → “Workshop”.
  
• You can now Subscribe to Steam Workshop Items. Afterwards, they should show up in the game’s scenarios menu. Currently, you need to restart the game for new subscriptions to show up.
  
• Publishing scenarios to the Steam Workshop can be done from inside the Scenario Editor.
  

Your feedback is critical to our mission

We encourage you to share your thoughts and suggestions on the STTC Discord channel.

For the Federation!



Open beta update v2.3.4

Editor features:

• Steam Workshop support (BETA)
  
  • You can subscribe to scenarios in the Steam Workshop, after which they will show up in the Scenarios screen (after restarting the game).
    
  • You can publish scenarios directly to Steam workshop from the scenario editor, by clicking “Publish” inside the scenario editor.
    
  • Steam workshop is currently in beta, to gain access to the workshop you need to join a STTC workshop beta group. Instructions to do this are in the main menu of the game on the beta branch.
    
• Reworked Editor UI: many parts of the editor have been polished for a more user friendly experience. Trigger system ui was completely restructured and cleaned up.
  
• Support free rotation of all decorations using "shift".
  
• Added filter box for decorations panel.
  
• New scenario save/load panel, replaces the “Custom Scenarios” part of the Scenarios screen.
  

Extended control groups:

• Units can now be assigned to multiple control groups.
  
• Turrets & bases can also be added to control groups.
  
• Controls have been changed to support adding to multiple control groups by default.
  
  • Ctrl + creates a control group without removing the units from existing groups.
    
  • ALT + creates a group and removes units from the existing groups.
    

Fixes:

• Editor - fixed bug where the editor would automatically place decorations.
  
• Editor - disabled navigating the editor ui using arrow keys, as this conflicts with the on-map scrolling.
  

Last week at Slitherine Next we had a special guest: Lukas Nijsten, Creative Director of the Artistocrats.

Together we wrapped up 2022, and had a look at what is next for the game in the first half of 2023.

In case you missed it, you can watch it here:

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In short, there were a lot of announcements!

The highlights:

• The scenario editor will be released alongside Steam Workshop support in Q1 2023
  
• A new DLC is in the works! We can’t tell you everything yet, but one thing we can say is that it’s going to be a new campaign with new units set on a new volcanic planet. Make sure to watch the teaser below! It’s going to be fully revealed in 2023
  
• Lukas expanded on the developers’ plan for the new game mode coming in 2023
  
• And much more! Be sure to watch the full video for a full account
  

As a consequence, we decided to update the roadmap.



Last but not least, as mentioned above, here’s the teaser for the new environment: the volcanic planet.

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See you all in 2023!

Greetings troopers,

As you might have heard, Slitherine is going to host its Slitherine Next live event next week on Tuesday. Slitherine Next is a new three hours long live show which will showcase upcoming content for all of our major games, including of course Starship Troopers: Terran Command.

Lukas Nijsten, Creative Director of the Artistocrats, will be with us to let us know what is next in store for the game, and to give a live update to the development roadmap.

See you on Tuesday December 13 at 3 pm GMT on our Twitch channel for the pre-show, and at 4 pm GMT for the start of Slitherine Next.

Slitherine Next is approaching: only few days left and you will get to know more about our greatest 2023 releases and big updates for already released franchises.

Join us at 4 pm UK time to celebrate the launch of Master of Magic for the pre-show of #SlitherineNext, where Mila “Yuuki” from Muha games, Alberto & Edmon will stream the game.

Are you ready?

Starting today, everyone can download the scenario editor and start making new maps.

It is a very handy tool which allows you to craft maps, script scenario triggers, place units and objects, set environment conditions and a lot more: everything you need to make a scenario like you want it.

[h3]How to download the scenario editor[/h3]

It is quite simple.

- Right click on Starship Troopers: Terran Command in your Steam Library
- Click on Properties
- Click on Betas
- Click on drop-down menu and select "Beta - Open Beta"
- Then Steam should automatically update the game and download the beta

Then all you'll need to do is offer your feedback on the forum or on the Discord channel. Discord is also the place where we are gathering a lot of interesting scenarios that testers already made during the Closed Beta: you're welcome to download them and try them out.

[h3]Scenario editor live stream[/h3]

Furthermore, we have planned a live stream on Twitch with the developers who will show you how to use the editor. You will be able to ask them anything, and it'll be the perfect occasion to learn how to use this tool.

Join us on Thursday November 24 at 4:30 pm GMT on our Twitch channel.