Mars Tactics News

Final patch for the demo is out. Thanks everyone for your feedback and patience. As before, giving credit to people who helped with the issues.

BUG FIXES
📺 Changing resolution now works consistently (Atomniy, feedback form)
✅ Correct stats now shown even when Sharpshooter trait active (Daybreak, Filip, Eggsley)
0️⃣ Shot accuracy now correctly displays 0% (Filip, feedback form)
🕺 Units now perform cover animation after exiting aim mode (Beaglerush, Daybreak)
🔫 No longer possible to shoot when magazine empty in some instances (Unkim, feedback form)
⬇️ Added scroll bar to Battle End unit list (Filip)
💬 Unit dialogue no longer cuts off some phrases (Eggsley)

QUALITY OF LIFE
❗ Trait abilities now displayed more prominently next to regular action icons (Gen Von Sassel, Unkim)
👨‍🏫 How to Play is no longer a giant wall of text! (Eggsley)
✨ Numerous UI improvements, including aiming and battle log (Beaglerush, Unkim, Jazzardous, James, feedback form)

KNOWN BUGS
👯 Enemy units sometime occupy same tile (Eggsley, James)
🏃 Enemy get stuck in endless animation on Overwatch (Eggsley, Filip)
😩 Units don't always step out of cover (Beaglerush, James)
📏 Tile selection is slightly inaccurate on tiles with slight elevation differences (Jazzardous)
💯 100% shots sometimes miss (James)
👓 Line of Sight indicator (dotted line) is hard to see (Unkim, feedback form)
📺 Wide monitor support

Thank you again for playing! The demo will be available until the end of Next Fest. Looking forward to sharing a bigger demo at a later stage in development! Please wishlist if you enjoyed.

Thanks to your feedback I made a lot of improvements. Giving credit below to the person/people who helped me identify issues. Pushing this out now so you can enjoy more of the demo!

BUG FIXES:
🏃 Enemies got stuck in endless animations in some cases (Filip, Daybreak, TheNiTrex, yung triangle, feedback form)
:bug: 'Too Close For Comfort' trait would cause game breaking bug (Eggsley)
🔫 Hovering over enemy indicator broke aiming UI (Corence)
🎯 Various aiming bugs (Corence, James)
💯 Rounded down hit accuracy %. So 100% should really be 100%! (Eggsley)
⌨️ Game controls now disabled while typing feedback (Corence, feedback form)
🧮 Correct accuracy when aiming at units without line of sight (James)
😴 Gained experience for doing nothing at battle outset (James)
🔙 Return to game button doesn't work when pausing the cut scene (Corence)

QUALITY OF LIFE:
📛 You can now rename soldiers by clicking their portrait in bottom-left (feedback form)
🧠 Added new trait 'Think Ahead' (carry over unused AP to next turn)
🖱️ Simplified controls: LMB to move/shoot with confirmation, RMB to perform without confirmation (TheNiTrex, many people via feedback form)
🗣️ Improved enemy speech variety (big thanks to Eggsley!)
👀 Black dotted line now displayed to line of sight obstacle. Should help you understand what is blocking your shot to a target (feedback form)
✅ Overwatch will now prompt confirmation like other actions (James)
🎥 Hovering over portrait centers camera on unit (feedback form)
🤏 Size of HP, AP, Ammo, Overwatch icons can now be adjusted from Settings (James)
👨‍🏫 Created a very basic How to Play screen in the main menu (Corence, feedback form)
🍒 Various UI improvements and more hotkey displays (for example, confirm button hotkey is SPACE)

KNOWN BUGS
📺 Changing resolution doesn't work consistently (fix is almost ready but requires another day of testing)
👯 Enemy units sometimes occupy same tile (Eggsley)
📺 Support for super-wide monitors

Thank you again for your patience. Aiming for one more patch before the weekend when I expect more users will try the demo. Ha, just kidding! We both know everyone will be playing Elden Ring!

Thank you for all of your feedback! Pushed out a hotfix for the Next Fest demo.

FIXES:
:beetle: Shoot icon not showing consistently
:beetle: Ammo UI showing incorrectly after reload
:beetle: Aim UI bugging out sometimes after shooting
:beetle: UI bugs on loading screen
:beetle: Units displayed twice on the battle end screen

BALANCE:
:brick: Created more cover near the base entrance. Makes a push up the middle viable and allows your initial reinforcements to grab guns from dead enemies in that area.

KNOWN BUGS:
:alert: Changing resolution doesn't work consistently. Still investigating, but for now added a RESET button if you have problems and want to reset back to 1920 x 1080.

Sorry for not catching these before release. Will continue tweaking and polishing throughout the event. Would love to hear more thoughts via Steam Community, Discord or the in-game feedback form.