Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter News

Dear Destroyer fans,

It is with great pleasure that we can finally bring Destroyer to a new platform, namely Mac.

In the meantime, we continue to tackle stability issues which could lead to crashes on less powerful setups, especially if the selected display options were too tough for a particular machine to handle. Alongside, we have managed to further optimize the game to ensure smoother running on all configurations.

We hope that you will continue to enjoy Destroyer, and we wish you many successfully defended convoys!

Artur Salwarowski
Destroyer Lead Designer
Iron Wolf Studio
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ironwolfstudio
🗨️ https://discord.gg/qcDF2ZZ

Changelog:

• Addition of an email field to the Bug Reporter.
  
• Fixed crashes in the cutscenes.
  
• Ocean Crest fix.
  
• Translation update.
  
• Map reversal in cutscenes.
  
• Other fixes for bugs reported by players.
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272010/Destroyer_The_UBoat_Hunter/

Dear Destroyer fans,

As promised, we are keeping up our support for Destroyer, tackling further little issues thanks to your continued feedback through the bug reporter. This time, we have managed to solve a few problems occurring on less powerful setups, as well as fix a couple of display issues and scoring-related bugs. We are confident that this new batch of improvements will positively affect your overall game experience, and we hope that you will continue to enjoy Destroyer.

You can find the complete list of fixes below, and, as always, we wish you many successfully defended convoys!

Artur Salwarowski
Destroyer Lead Designer
Iron Wolf Studio
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ironwolfstudio
🗨️ https://discord.gg/qcDF2ZZ

changelog:

• all crucial gauges and instruments are now readable in performance mode
  
• corrections and additional procedures to prevent scoring errors
  
• correct message when an escort is ambushed
  
• star shell air time/duration increased
  
• black and/or flickering screen problem fixed
  
• game always opens on main display
  
• if any destroyer is picking up survivors near the end of battle, the game will allow it to finish picking them up before finishing the battle
  
• ‘restart battle’ corrected in ‘ambush’ mission variant in the career mode
  
• U-boat positions now display correctly on the compass at the top of the screen when in relative mode
  
• corrected true/relative settings for lookouts and gun director
  
• corrected restoring the UI after it has been hidden
  
• the bug reporter now requires at least 5 letters of issue description
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272010/Destroyer_The_UBoat_Hunter/

Dear Destroyer fans,

The recently added bug reporter has worked even better than we had thought, almost instantly revealing a few issues that were rather tricky to pinpoint, but, with your help, also very quick to fix. We are, therefore, rolling out a hotfix to squash the bugs that you have kindly reported. As always, the list of changes is presented below.

P.S. Some bugs, such as repeating ship names, may still occur after loading a save game from a previous version. Whenever possible, we recommend avoiding the use of old saves.

Artur Salwarowski
Destroyer Lead Designer
Iron Wolf Studio
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ironwolfstudio
🗨️ https://discord.gg/qcDF2ZZ

Changelog:

• Save game fix to prevent destroyed U-boats from being brought back into the game
  
• Career Mode dialogue system fixes to prevent repetitions
  
• Bug reporter improvements
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272010/Destroyer_The_UBoat_Hunter/

Dear Destroyer fans,

As time passes, there are fewer and fewer bugs being reported by you. While this is a good thing, at the same time, some of the issues that you have reported are quite difficult to reproduce on our end, which also makes them more difficult to fix. Therefore, we have added a bug reporting functionality so that whenever an issue occurs, you can report it to us quickly. Not only does it allow you to fill in a description of the issue, but it also automatically sends us the copies of a few important files from your game, allowing us to investigate the nature of such a bug much more quickly. We are confident that the addition of the bug reporter will allow us to address your concerns more efficiently.

In the meantime, we have again managed to introduce a couple of the most crucial and awaited fixes that some of you have been asking for. The save game bug that would sometimes disable the UI has been eradicated, and we have also dealt with another issue that would mess up the escorts names, duplicating them instead of using the four different names that we have for them.

Lastly, as some of you have commented, the battles can come to an abrupt end. In order to tackle this problem, we have introduced a few various messages by the escort commander, informing you when the U-boat threat has been nullified. Upon hearing them, you can be sure that the engagement has come to a close.

We hope that the above fixes will improve your ASW experience and that you will continue to enjoy Destroyer.

Artur Salwarowski
Destroyer Lead Designer
Iron Wolf Studio
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🗨️ Discord


Changelog:

• New bug reporter functionality
  
• Escort Commander’s messages added at the end of each battle
  
• Escort names no longer duplicate
  
• Save game bug that interfered with the UI upon loading has been fixed
  
• Gamepads disabled to prevent input interference
  

Dear Destroyer fans,

Following the release of version 1.0, we have been very happy to hear that you are enjoying the Career Mode and making an effort to get as much war material across the Atlantic as possible. We have also received tons of feedback which has helped us to track down certain issues that some of you have experienced while playing. Consequently, we have prepared a small update to address the most pressing technical issues, and we will continue to track down and eliminate all such inconveniences so that you can enjoy Destroyer without any technical problems getting in the way.

As always, we are very thankful for all your support and feedback, and we hope that you will continue enjoying Destroyer and spreading the word of the game in the new year. We wish you many successfully defended convoys and even more U-boats sent to the bottom!

Artur Salwarowski
Destroyer Lead Designer
Iron Wolf Studio
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ironwolfstudio
🗨️ https://discord.gg/qcDF2ZZ


changelog:

• save game fixes to eliminate issues with saved game states in the ‘iron man’ mode
  
• save game fixes to prevent the UI from being blocked upon loading the game
  
• text in campaign cutscenes now resets properly if more than one iteration of campaign has been started
  
• escort commander now informs the player when a lone merchant is sunk in the ‘rescue’ battle variant
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272010/Destroyer_The_UBoat_Hunter/