Thunder Tier One News

1. Summary of Terms of Service Amendment
A clause will be added to explicitly state the company's right to switch the game model from a paid-to-play (P2P) model to a free-to-play (F2P) model.

2. Key Changes to the Terms of Service

3. Effective Date of the Amended Terms
The amended Terms of Service will take effect on May 12, 2025.

4. Objections and Inquiries
If you have any questions or objections regarding the changes, please contact us through [email protected]
If you do not agree to the amended Terms, you may request to delete your account. If you do not express any objection, you will be deemed to have agreed to the changes.

Hello, Operators!
First and foremost, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all players who have supported and enjoyed Thunder Tier One. From the beginning, we have deeply appreciated the trust players placed in us when purchasing the game. Over time, however, various factors led to difficult decisions regarding its future. While we understand that some of these decisions may have caused concern, we want to be fully transparent about the reasoning behind them and provide accurate information about what lies ahead.

Current Status
On October 17, 2023, we announced the shutdown of Thunder Tier One's multiplayer servers, following the game’s last patch on August 22, 2022. This decision was regrettably unavoidable primarily due to the game’s overall development direction, a declining player base, and the challenges of maintaining the servers. While this decision was made after thorough discussions, we acknowledge that it was communicated unilaterally and without sufficient explanation. We deeply regret any disappointment this may have caused and want to assure you that it was not made lightly. Thunder Tier One has always been a passion project for us and remains very close to our hearts.

Thunder Tier One Now Free for Everyone
To ensure that existing players can continue playing Thunder Tier One with their friends while also allowing new players to experience it, we have decided to make the game free for everyone. However, this change does not mean additional updates or new content will be developed. Thunder Tier One will remain in its completed state, and no further development is planned at this time.

Free Transition Date: May 12, 2025

Compensation Details
To ensure fairness for those who previously purchased the game, we have worked with our publisher to provide a refund option. As of the transition date, all past purchasers of Thunder Tier One will be eligible to request a refund through Steam Support. Refund will be available regardless of purchase date or playtime, ensuring that all affected players have the opportunity to receive compensation. Further details on the refund process will be provided soon.

Once again, we extend our sincere appreciation to all of our players for their unwavering support and for being part of this journey. We hope you have enjoyed—and will continue to enjoy—Thunder Tier One as much as we did while developing it. We also apologize for any inconvenience and imperfect communication on our part.

Sincerely,
The Thunder Tier One Development Team

It’s been nearly two years since Thunder Tier One launched in December 2021. Our team greatly thank the players for being with us throughout the journey. We have been keeping an eye on the players' game sessions and saw that the vast majority of them are either in single-player or in self-hosted games, with our dedicated servers seeing little usage. For that reason, we have decided to close all the dedicated multiplayer servers for Thunder Tier One starting from November 14th, 2023 10:00 AM CET.

Players will still be able to enjoy multiplayer sessions by creating custom games or by hosting their own dedicated servers. Guide on hosting your own server can be found here.

We would like to again thank our players for their continued love and support for Thunder Tier One.

It's been quite a journey for Thunder Tier One. It all started as a passion project among friends and grew into a full game created by an independent team and published with the help of KRAFTON. We really enjoyed developing the game together with our community. Your feedback during the beta phase and after the launch has been invaluable. It has helped us to produce a title that you could all embrace and build on using the modding tools – creating new game modes, missions, and even entire campaigns.

Thunder Tier One was always planned as a small, standalone title and we are happy with where the game is right now in terms of its development. As such, this will be the last content update for Thunder. We do hope you enjoy the new weapons, gear, and cosmetics we've added – as well as the much-anticipated camera manager modding ability.

We would like to thank our community once again for all the love and support you showed us along the way! You're the best!

Thunder out!


[h2]New items
[/h2]
[h3]New weapons: [/h3]

• AUG A1
  
• AK-47
  
• M1 Garand
  
• DP-28
  
• M3A1 Grease gun
  
• SPAS-12
  

[h3]New weapon attachments:[/h3]

• PU Scope
  
• M84 Scope
  

[h3]New gear:[/h3]

• Two sets of goggles
  
• Tactical Nomex Flight Gloves
  
• Headband
  
• Field cap
  
• Slouch hat
  
• Altyn (visor down)
  

[h3]Customization:[/h3]

• New unit patches
  
• New flag patches
  
• New camos and colours
  

[h2]AI[/h2]

• Throwing a frag or stun grenade no longer alerts the enemy AI to the player's exact position
  
• Fixed an issue when the friendly AI would not open fire despite an order from the player
  
• Fixed enemies sometimes not attacking in Urgent Fury
  

[h2]Audio[/h2]

• Updated M249 sounds
  
• Fixed announcer's VO cut off in Exfil
  
• Fixed VO for the deploy the camera command not playing
  

[h2]Character models[/h2]

• Improved female character model's eyes
  

[h2]Multiplayer[/h2]

• Fixed instances of players getting stuck in CP and AAS
  

[h2]Singleplayer[/h2]

• Players can start lone wolf missions with AI squadmates exceeding the loadout limit
  

[h2]Modding tool[/h2]

• Added camera manager for mods
  
• Minor changes to modding
  

[h2]UI[/h2]

• Friend list is sorted automatically now
  
• Red line is no longer displayed after restarting a domination match
  
• Quickplay button has been removed
  

Today, at 3:30pm CEST, we will be releasing our patch 1.3.0.

The patch contains bug fixes, gameplay and UI improvements. The Modding Tool is also going to be updated simultaneously with the patch 1.3.0 release.

At the same time, we’re releasing the dedicated server tool. You can read the dedicated server setup guide [HERE]

Please find the detailed notes below.

As always, we’re thankful for your bug reports, feedback, and for playing Thunder Tier One!

• Fixed an issue where Rank could display incorrectly on in-game chat.
  
• No longer displays broken loadout widgets when the lobby UI has more than ten characters by not displaying those widgets.
  
• Updated player count UI to be able to handle dedicated servers.
  
• Added player count to the lobby.
  

• Added new atmospheric sounds to each map.
  
• Added environmental animal sounds for different times of the day.
  
• Fixed an issue where ambient sounds could play on incorrect levels.
  

• Fixed a crash that would occur when selecting command training.
  
• Fixed a number of different common crashes.
  
  

• Fixed an issue where players could get inside the warehouse in Blue Typhoon on game modes where access should be denied.
  
• Updated the layout of Blue Typhoon on AAS and Exfil to improve gameplay balance.
  

• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to score 100% on Operation Cold Stone.
  
• Fixed an issue where enemies could hear friendly AI when sneaking.
  
• Fixed an issue on Golden Angel where some enemies would not actively engage during the Defend the Crash Site objective.
  
• Improved the UX for friendly AI target acquisition so it is more clear when friendly AI is able to engage.
  

• Increased the game functionality available for modding.
  
• Updated menu background selection to make it compatible with modding.
  
• Made perception ranges changeable at run time to make them available for modding.
  
• Made movement speeds changeable at run time to make them available for modding.