Hex of Steel News

Good day everyone !

I hope you are doing great. I am not too bad myself. Last couple of hours have been quite rough due to a fix for the mobile version.

As the title suggests, the game is now available on mobile / tablets (AppStore) at a price of 6.99USD !

Link : https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/operation-citadel/id1532682161?ign-mpt=uo%3D2

I have been less active on the desktop version because I was wrapping up the mobile version :)

What does the mobile version include ? Everything ! Except the mod manager / steam workshop.
Unit editor ? Yes, for tweaking stats only.
Tile editor ? Yes, for tweaking stats only.
Map editor ? YES, for anything you want !

Otherwise, you have full access to all campaigns, and all custom maps I made !
If being asked to bring over to mobile some nice maps from the workshop, I totally can do that, so don't be afraid :D

I hope you will be happy with this news, I myself am really excited about it, and really happy I will be able to play some OC in the bus in the morning when going to school or in the train, or in the plane when going back home !


About android, I don't know if or when the game will be ported. I tried yesterday, but the platform is complex and I am unsure to be willing to spend that much time and effort just to port it on there.
So everything I can say is for now, it's not sure at all.

Happy playing to ya'll !

- Change : To unselect a unit, just left click on it back again.

- Fix : Paratroopers drop when no units under them wouldn’t drop correctly.
- Fix : Maps couldn’t be loaded into the game from the workshop.
- Fix : Potential damage would not show custom flag.

Sorry I'm not working as hard as before on the base game, I'm focusing on bringing it onto iOS / iPadOS and Mac app store.

Then will work on Android.

- Added : Battle of Saipan.

- Change : Winter icon colour (from grey to light blue) for better visibility.

- Fix : AI would mechanize or motorize etc cavalry units.
- Fix : Upgrading unit to winter not showing winter icon (@Robert)
- Fix : Instance of AI freeze (@Robert)
- Fix : Paratroopers removing units under them when deploying. (@Robert)
- Fix : Horse icon not appearing after upgrading with horses (@Robert)

- Added : Supply ships. They are units that can be used to resupply your ships at sea or any unit at the coast, within 1 tile, as long as it is not a plane.
- Added : Tooltip on the quick game button in the main menu, informing they are not so quick.

- Change : Slow AI mode is a bit faster. It was too slow IMO before. Let me know if it is TOO fast, but I doubt so.
- Change : Made notification’s text bigger. You can now actually read it lol.

- Fix : AsI behaviour when there is no major victory point to be taken.
- Fix : AI freeze when there were no major VP that could be captured (@EvilMustDie).
- Fix : Again, “Prev/Next” unit. Should only be units that havent attacks AND haven’t moved.
- Fix : Embark / disembark could be shown for boats.
- Fix : updated 1939 map where Germany as the AI seem to never win over Poland.
- Fix : Bombers being attacked by plane made a bomb noise instead of an MG noise.

- Change : Reworked eastern front map. Added railroads and more units
- Change / Fix : The way AI controls planes.
- Change : Way the “lock season change” works in the map editor. It will now change all tiles in the painting zone without overwriting the tiles, it only changes the value “true” to “false” or the opposite”, so applying this to old maps won’t be a hassle since you won’t need to redo your map, you brush it quickly :)
- Change : Boats can be resupplied just like any other ground unit, they don’t need to be in a harbour anymore. Their distance to the closest friendly harbour will change the % of supply that gets to them. Same rule as ground units :) Beware of U-Boots cutting your supply line !
- Change : How much money per turn the AI will earn based on the difficulty.
- Fix : Unlimited ammo and fuel (for good, sorryy).

- Fix : Upgrade cost with existing units.
- Fix : Couldn’t add winter trained option to paratroopers.
- Fix : Could buy bunkers or coastal battery out of the editor.
- Fix : Factories and Refineries are now accessible when travelling in train.