Sea Power News

Hello from Triassic Games! After quite sometime, we are rolling out a BIG update to the Beta branch for testing! Those who wish to opt in to the beta can go into Steam, Right Click, Properties, Beta, and opt in! DISCLAIMER: using mods on the beta branch is not advisable, and may lead to additional issues. If you need to report a bug on the beta branch on Steam, please use the correct Beta Branch Bug report thread. Let's go over some of the new stuff in testing..
[hr][/hr][h2]Tacview Live Telemetry[/h2]
Thanks to some awesome work from Matt on Tacview, you can now use it's real-time telemetry option, and watch the battlefield in real time. In Tacview, you can click the recording button in the top left (globe icon), real time telemetry, click connect, and start a mission! Please keep in mind, Tacview is currently configured to see everything, so all units are revealed when viewing the battlefield from within Tacview. We've also added ballistics tracking, fixed some unit types not appearing, and corrected some other defects. We may change this later on depending on feedback and as we continue to finalize integration.

[h2]New Linear Campaign in Public Beta![/h2]
We are excited to launch Sea Power's first official campaign, Calculus of Conflict, arriving in this update. Set in 1985, this five-mission Linear Campaign explores a conflict between NATO and Warsaw Pact, covering both Atlantic and Pacific theaters. It ties each scenario together with interstitial story events to create a narrative campaign the player can advance through by winning each mission. This new format includes branching missions where the player can play as NATO or the USSR, and also provides a framework for modders to build their own Linear Campaigns. The Linear Campaign will supplement the Dynamic Campaign as development proceeds.

We would like to thank iblank, Neu, and TheHappyYachter for creating the Linear Campaign!

[h2]New and reworked missions![/h2]
Courtesy of Ian Roberts, he has spent a ton of time working on missions and helping improve aspects of the game! Check out the following new missions:

• NATO / The High North 1968
  
• NATO / Caron at Grenada 1983
  
• Other / Operation Trident 1971 (intended as an easy intro mission for new players)
  

Updated, rebalanced, and added briefings to existing scenarios:

• Volga Exercise
  
• Hunters or Hunted?
  
• Battle of Latakia and Battle of Baltim (Yom Kippur War)
  
• Operation Morvarid 1980 (Iran-Iraq War)
  
• Encounter Off Diu 1971 (Indo-Pakistani War of 1971)
  

[h2]Biologics[/h2]
You're going to need a bigger boat when you see the 3 different whales we've added to the game! They will be available in the mission editor as well for mission makers to make submarine missions even more complex and intense. Do not torpedo the wildlife please!

[h2]UI Changes[/h2]
We've heard your feedback, and have begun the first phase of rolling out various improvements to the control of units. Now you will be able to right click on a waypoint and set various conditions to it. For example, now you can set a waypoint's height for your aircraft, and when to turn sensors off or on too! This functionality is still in testing, and is also available inside the mission editor. The Status bar at the bottom now has some additional info displayed for some unit types, and will continue to upgraded with time. For now, aircraft will now display their fuel and ETA when hovering over the status bar.

Patch Notes v0.3.2 Build #188

Bug Fixes:

• Alvand class corrected bow shape
  
• Wrong Volna ammo count on Kanin 20->32
  
• Rogov Grad loading position
  
• AS-4b could not dive at target
  
• PTG Tiger incorrect Flag submodel name
  
• StringFormat={}{0,X:N1} to StringFormat={}{0,X:0.0} to try and fix floating zero errors.
  
• Outdated EngageTask was saved instead of those actually accepted by systems
  
• Null refs
  
• Typo in Krivak I magazine ammo amount
  
• Possible NRE in FileManager when downloading mods
  
• Non mobile land units had dust effect always on
  
• Add ScrollViewer to Status window
  
• Unguided rocket could not be launched at land unit target point
  
• Civilian loadouts were missing localization
  
• Aircraft rams targets while dive attacking
  
• Flag max size in bottom bar
  
• Fired weapons were not removed for hardpoint systems when loading a save
  
• Nullref while saving eliminates ability to save the game at all
  
• LifeRafts were not saved
  
• Aircraft missile evasion breaks level bombing
  
• Sonar seekers missed target validation
  
• P-14 had nav radar
  
• New leader speed in formation can stuck around zero
  
• Tacview: seemed to stop after
• Add tags to force display to ground units
  
• Submarines could pick up rafts while submerged
  
• Limited free camera height to the peak of skybox
  
• Force buildings to Tag as Vehicles in Tacview until I have fixed the tags
  
• P-700 Granit fins size fix
  
• Mission Editor: Objectives could be saved to mission file for the Blue side only
  
• Mission Editor: texts with color codes starting with # symbol were not loaded correctly from mission files
  
• Physics section used instead Performance for Aircraft SOP preset altitudes; un-needded conversion to units from feet for SOP preset altitudes
  

Improvements/Additions:

• Updated translations
  
• Hit ground effects for weapons
  
• WIP on Mod Download on Load Game, new Download window
  
• Krivak II 100mm ammo increased [200->1250]
  
• All unit types now can use automated paths
  
• Change Main Menu version to use the compiled value from Player Settings
  
• Terrain shader refactor and fixes
  
• Nerfed: Oil rig hp
  
• Missile evasion distance bumped up to 2 nmi
  
• Skybox shader overhaul:
  - Added outer-atmospheric effect.
  - Lowered maximum freecam height according to Karman line.
  - Fixed horizontal cloud.
  - Corrected atmospheric fog.
  
• Adams tilt tweak
  
• Updated missions:
  - Updated Volga Exercise
  - Updated/rebalanced Battle of Latakia 1973 and Battle of Baltim 1973 (Yom Kippur War)
  - Updated/rebalanced Operation Morvarid 1980 (Iran-Iraq War)
  - Updated/rebalanced Encounter off Diu 1971 (Indo-Pakistani War of 1971)
  
• New missions:
  - The High North 1968 scenario
  - Caron at Grenada 1983 scenario
  - Operation Trident 1971 (intended as an easy intro mission for new players)
  
• Adjustments to improve sonobouys drop at TC
  
• Standartized USAF and IRIAF F-4E loadouts
  
• Updated some packages, Burst, Noesis 3.2.8 UI
  
• Updated scenario titles to match each other; updated start message to match
  
• Torpedo ECM and spoof effect values refactored across all torpedoes
  
• All aircraft altitudes now loaded to simple object parameter. As a result there is the consistency between aircraft speeds for a unit and for its waypoints now in altitude values available
  
• AAA map icons
  
• Work on validating game files via hashing
  
• Biologics are now available
  
• Support of Formations for Biologic
  
• OutOfAltitude interception chance is limited to 5%
  
• Aircraft evasive maneuver
  
• Save/Load of AttackAtWaypoint tasks
  
• Slowed down fire system damage and repair rate
  
• Recover All button
  
• WH torpedoes must pass wake wakebubble before locking to permanent wake bubble
  
• UI for changing waypoints altitude
  
• Velocity setting for waypoints
  
• Fuel and ETA in status pop up
  
• Added in city winter masks to the terrain snow masks
  
• WIP on waypoints additional parameters: SetSped and SetWeaponStatus are settable in mission file
  
• WeaponStatus to waypoint menu
  
• Added water splash overlay for cluster munitions, tweaked the effects a little bit
  
• WIP on waypoint sensors: radars, sonars, reading from mission
  
• Attack info to waypoint. Ability to create attack waypoint
  
• Defaults for mission briefing
  
• Loadout system now works for submarines
  
• Helicopter fuel status to tooltip
  
• Pirate and terrorist nations
  
• Grenada flags, definition for Cuba mast flag
  
• Button to forbid/allow placing waypoints by RMB
  
• Linear Campaign: Add easier access to save/load of Linear Campaign and Linear Campaign Missions. Also add Continue button on Main Menu which will open the most recent save file.
  
• Linear Campaign: Add Save and Exit button to Linear Campaign Quit
  
• Ability to hide, unhide and cancel ability by trigger
  
• New missile for land-based sa-8 Osa SAM which is unable to attack surface targets
  
• Tacview: Live Integration
  
• Tacview: Add Tacview default files for some vehicle types
  
• Tacview: Database file generator, creates specific Sea Power database files from UnitMetadata read from the various ini files
  
• Tacview: Alter Callsigns to reflect bottom bar. Also add Groups to logged data.
  
• Tacview: Add Tacview shapes to AH-1
  
• Add ability for City positions to be displayed on Game Map
  
• Mission Editor: Cancel, Hide, Unhide actions for Mission Objectives
  
• Mission Editor: Altitudes/Depths for waypoints context menu
  
• Mission Editor: EMCON setting for waypoints in the context menu
  
• Mission Editor: Radar/Sonar waypoint settings
  
• Mission Editor: ROE options for the waypoint context menu
  
• Mission Editor: Add precise position edit to Mission Editor Waypoints
  
• Mission Editor: WIP on Waypoint Context Menu
  
• Mission Editor: Altitude/Septh save/load for waypoints
  
• Mission Editor: Save/Load of SetTelegraph property for waypoints
  
• Mission Editor: Save/Load for SetWeaponStatus waypoint parameter
  
• Add precise position edit to Game Waypoints
  
• WIP on background scenery objects
  

[hr][/hr][h2]Summer Sale and news[/h2][p]Hello from Triassic Games! With the Steam Summer Sale now live, Sea Power is now 20% off! We know it's been a little since there hasn't been an update to the game recently, but we are planning to release an update very soon with a fresh set of fixes. We have many exciting features in the work ranging from waypoint editing, expanded unit details, Tac View integration, a new hire, and more fixes! Let's take it from the top..[/p][p][/p][h2]Waypoint Editing[/h2][p]In the future, we will be rolling out editable waypoints both in-game and in the mission editor. This will expand the level of mission planning for your units both in mission and in mission creation thanks to adding the ability for units to move, adjust height, change sensor states, fire weapons, and more when hitting a waypoint! We've also made the waypoints a bit bigger so they are easier to click on and keep track of. Check out this screenshot of it in action in-game! This will be very easy to setup by just clicking on the waypoint you want, right clicking on it to edit it, and clicking what you want on and off![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Expanding unit info[/h2][p]Given the complexity of Sea Power, displaying all the unit info can be pretty complicated and we are trying out some means internally to see how we can help make unit's info more available. We are expanding the status info section on the bottom bar to include a tool tip like info box that will display additional info like ETA (in seconds with NM distance), flight time/fuel, and more. It's still very WiP, but we hope to expand it further as we get more of an idea of what we can reasonably put in there.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]New Hire - Ian B. Roberts![/h2][p]Triassic Games has hired a awesome person to help us make more content for the game, and specifically missions! With future updates, we hope to start including new missions for everyone to play, as well as reworking older missions to use the latest features. Some of you may have already spotted his name in places like BuOrd Naval Modding Community, or played some of his existing workshop content too! Here is a little info about him:[/p]

[p]Hello everyone, I'm Ian! I am a naval enthusiast with a focus on U.S. Navy history, with particular emphasis on World War II and the Cold War. For Sea Power, I greatly enjoy the story telling aspect of mission making and campaign creation, and I designed and built the Pacific Strike 85 campaign on the workshop. Outside of Sea Power, I also work with the Drydock Dreams Games team on Task Force Admiral, and am a founding member of Shipbucket.com, a site specializing in naval and air illustrations. Professionally, I work in the mobile advertising industry, with responsibilities spanning account management, product design and software commercialization.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Tacview integration is nearing completion[/h2][p]We are nearly done, and just working on a few more features internally before we consider it properly integrated on a purely technical level. We have even added the ability (not yet in the public build) for Tacview Real-Time Telemetry. This means you can now have Tacview showing you the battlefield in real time! However, we are going to have it setup so all units are shown in Tacview by default, but this may be subject to change as we further explore additional functionality options.[/p][p][/p][h2]Steam Workshop highlight[/h2][p]Check out this workshop submission with over 5k subscribers![/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]Community screenshot highlights![/h2][p]A awesome SAR screenshot by Prestigious-Shirt325 over at the Sea Power Reddit![/p][p][/p][p]A stunning photo posted by duudze over at the MPS discord! Post battle scars on full display![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]A merchant in a now perilous situation, who knows what caused such a scene! Thank you devilishlyidiotic over a the MPS discord for your screenshot![/p][p][/p]

Hi everyone, here comes a hot fix for our latest release with the following changes.

You will note that the version number has jumped, we have changed our version numbering to use the formal semantic versioning specification. This is to support some mod version validity checking functionality that we plan to add in the near future (to reduce issues caused by incompatible mods).

Bug Fixes:

• Add view arc validation to SensorMetadataProvider (ArgumentOutOfRangeException)
  

Improvements/Additions:

Hi everyone, here comes a hot fix for our latest release with the following changes:

Bug Fixes:

• Typo in Delta-NG model name
  
• Taifun had laser guided missiles without guidance system
  
• Collider fixes
  
• Respawn carrier via debug panel affected mission score
  
• It was impossible to retarget weapon after it was retargeted to object
  
• PauseMenuView not initialising properly
  
• Cloud shadow on plane over cloud layer
  
• Add some NRE Spam protection for missing weapons
  
• Missile could go to outdated waypoint in terminal approach
  
• T-55 cannon ammo count adjustment
  
• Null refs
  
• Container systems were not loadable
  

Improvements/Additions:

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Howdy everyone! It's been just about a month since the last dev blog, so today we will be updating you guys on the progress of a few big points that are all in the works. One of the biggest of these being the AI improvements to make the gameplay more interesting. This will be one of the main things going forward for the immediate future, and we are making good progress towards our first prototype.


[h2]AI progress update[/h2]
We're working on a new infrastructure for the AI system that'll unify our own AI logic and provide an entry point for modding extensibility. At a high level, the system consists of an API exposed to either an internal Javascript runtime or an external client combined with a runtime to support higher level AI reasoning in that runtime. While it's still pretty preliminary at this point, we're aiming to be able to provide an environment that can automatically deal with saving and loading AI logic without needing explicit support and also lets you build out UIs for that logic. We think that introducing a scripting language and API to the game will enable both better AI as well as a wide range of new possibilities for mission design and integration with external tools. This is going to be a longer term project; we're currently working on the infrastructure and intend to both implement new AI functionality on top of it as well as refactor existing logic into the new approach over time. We hope to be able to provide more detail on the API, the runtime environment, and the infrastructure we're building around it in the near future. We hope to begin internal testing in the near future, but we cannot give a estimated time for it's addition to the main game at this time. Once the infrastructure is up and running, it will still take some time to program in the various behaviors.


[h2]Unity 6 upgrade[/h2]
We have begun the process of rolling out a update ver. of the Unity game engine in hopes of gaining some improved performance, as this has been one of our biggest ongoing improvements. With how SP is built, large operations with many vessels will still strain even the strongest of CPUs. For those looking for possible immediate solutions, we recommend turning down the ocean detail quality, keeping the amount of ships in a mission lower, and reporting any other performance related abnormalities to us. With this upgrade, some new errors may occur, so please keep reporting bugs please!


[h2]Linear Campaigns[/h2]
Do you too yearn for the simpler times of playing a story? Before everything had to be open-world? We are adding, in the near future a Linear Campaign feature, to allow you to tell stories with branching path missions. This is intended to be a prototype to allow us to test functionality for the full Dynamic Campaign is a smaller and lower risk sandbox while allowing new content to come to you. Ian B Roberts, iblank, Neu, and Matt have been working together to create a first pack of missions for you, and we are sure that more are going to come soon.


[h2]Biologics![/h2]
That's right, whales are nearly here as well! This should make your submarine fights a good bit more risky now that a submerged contact might be a whale and not only a hostile submarine!

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[h2]Steam workshop showcase[/h2]
Check out this community made, recreation of a historical event! This is one SPs most popular missions on the workshop, so check it out!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3365959120&searchtext=


[h2]Community screenshots[/h2]
Stunning image by the well known Cent__! (MPS Discord)


(MODDED) Helicopters and the night sky just go so well together! Thanks for the awesome shot from the modding discord icem4n!


From the SP_NCMA Reddit, Hugh-J. found himself in a boat load of trouble with this one!