SimplePlanes News

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The new update for SimplePlanes is now available for download. We hope you enjoy the new tank cannon part, designer enhancements, advanced targeting, and a whole lot more! Here's the update trailer for the SimplePlanes 1.9 update:

https://youtu.be/qAsJr-UP7Ys

William added a new customizable tank cannon part and it is even more fun than expected, especially when combined with the new Advanced Targeting integration (thanks, Nicky!).



We've been having Dude Perfect style competitions by trying to blow stuff up from Wright Airport. The ships are a fun challenge, but Philip set the record when he blew up a Krakabloan bridge from Wright Airport. Who will be the first to oust Philip from this record?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPTGynp_AWU

Nicky integrated his Designer Suite into the game, so now you'll have access to all kinds of goodies like the blueprints overlay, orthogonal view, x-ray vision, and manual part connection editing. He also added a Funky Trees, which are an advanced way to blend inputs via XML modding. Some players are already using them in very / creative / ways and building things that would never have been possible before.

You can view the full change list here.

Did you know that William and Nicky have been secretly working on an update for SimplePlanes for the past few months? If not, then you are in for a pleasant surprise. The 1.9 beta is now available on Steam, and it should be available tomorrow on Google Play and shortly after that for iOS via TestFlight.

• First, let's get this out of the way. Unfortunately, mod support has been removed from the Android version for technical reasons. Google now requires 64-bit support. Unfortunately, mod support in SimplePlanes is dependent on Unity's version of Mono, which is limited to 32-bit.
  
• To be clear, this isn't Google's fault and it isn't Unity's fault. It's really not anyone's fault, it's just that the technologies we are using have shifted in an unfortunate way.
  
• To compensate for this, we've bundled two of the most popular mods into the game: FineTuner and Overload. Also, Nicky has integrated his Advanced Targeting and Designer Suite mods into the game.
  

• Added new Tank Cannon part.
  
  • Several customizable properties such as Caliber, Barrel Length, Muzzle Brake, Recoil, Projectile Velocity, and a whole bunch more.
• Added new stock craft: Jackhammer, an Armored Personnel Carrier, created by @EternalDarkness.
  
• Bundled Fine Tuner and Overload mods with the game, so Android users can still use them.
  
• Nicky fully integrated his Advanced Targeting and Designer Suite mods into the game.
  
• Advanced Targeting
  
  • Displays trajectory line and impact point for bombs and also for the new tank cannon.
    
  • Includes a Predictor quality setting for low-end devices, or if you just want to turn it off.
• Designer Suite
  
  • Attachment Editor - Manually add or remove connections between parts.
    
  • Blueprints panel - Overlay a reference image in the background of the designer.
    
  • Orthographic View
    
  • X-Ray Vision
• Funky Trees
  
  • Nicky brewed this up in his experimental laboratory. They aren't your traditional trees, but rather an expression parser so you can write actual code that is evaluated for input controllers. Intended for XML modders, these allow you to blend inputs in any way you can imagine. For example:
• Added support for switching between Metric, Imperial, and Nautical unit systems.
  
• Added Ground Speed, Indicated Air Speed, and True Air Speed modes.
  
• Added weapon naming and multirole weapons.
  
• Added sliders for Metallic and Smoothness to paint flyout.
  
• Added hex color textbox to paint flyout.
  
• Added ZeroThrottle and MaxThrottle inputs.
  
• Upgraded to Unity 2018.4.
  
• Performance Boost on Android. The silver lining of losing mod support on Android is that the game will now run a little faster.
  

• Added support for the Dev Console on mobile (tap settings header x5 to activate and then 3-finger tap to open/close).
  
• Tweaked touchdown physics and added smoke effect.
  
• Added Tournament Validator to aircraft properties.
  
• Added ignitionDelay attribute to missiles.
  
• Added waterproof attribute to missiles.
  
• Added shortestAngle property to JointRotator.
  
• Added hingeOffset parameter to JointRotator.
  
• Fixed normals on hemispheres.
  

• Fixed bug causing hubHeadScale to not react properly w/prop blur.
  
• Fixed a bug with mirroring small parts sitting on the mirror plane.
  

We decided to have ourselves a good old fashioned Halloween challenge to see who could build the best Halloween themed aircraft. Make a ballistic pumpkin go Mach five, send Pennywise a bombardment of bombs, or build a haunted house for kittens. Let's bring Halloween to the Simple-Verse! Points will be awarded to the top three players with the highest-rated submissions from the community. I will act as a tiebreaker for the top three by casting my vote. Make sure to upload your craft as a successor to this craft to enter.

The deadline for the competition is 11-4-2019 by 7:00 am CT.

• 1st: 1500 points
  
• 2nd: 500 points
  
• 3rd: 250 points
  

• Spooktacular creations that embody the spirit of Halloween.
  
• Multi-activation group madness.
  
• Aircraft that gets your blood flowing.
  

Try to keep things G rated, and have fun!

After more than three years of development, SimpleRockets 2 is now available on the iOS App Store and Google Play. You can get it here.



As usual, here's a new trailer we put together for this special day. There is an absurd number of features in the game and the mobile version has the same feature set as the PC and Mac versions. The only difference is that the graphics are dialed back slightly, but don't get the wrong impression as the game still looks amazing on mobile devices!













SR2 has been available on Steam for almost a year now, so we've had time to add tons of new features and fix a lot of bugs to get it ready for this mobile release. But, we're not stopping here! You can check out our Roadmap for the list of stuff we are planning to work on. If you have a suggestion, feel free to submit it and make sure to upvote the suggestions that you favor. We take player suggestions into consideration with every update and it has led to great enhancements to the game such as the procedural rocket engines and jet engines.

If I could go back three years ago to when we started this project, I never would have imagined that we would get a fully 3D space simulator with seamless ground-to-space transitions and unprecedented craft customization working on a mobile device. I'm really proud of the team and the work we've done in creating what is now the most comprehensive simulator on mobile for building and flying rockets. I hope you will enjoy the game as much as we've enjoyed making it!

Thank you for reading and we hope you enjoy the game!

-The Jundroo Team

Starting today, our games can be used for free for education. Educators now have access to download the Windows and Mac versions of SimpleRockets 2 and SimplePlanes (DRM-free) from our website and install them on any number of classroom computers.



We've heard many great things over the years about how teachers are using our games in the classroom. They lend themselves well to teaching physics concepts and students seem to enjoy them. Fundamental concepts such as velocity, acceleration, gravity, lift, drag, etc can easily be demonstrated with an airplane or a rocket hurtling through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds and that has a way of grabbing and maintaining a student's attention. SimpleRockets 2 goes a step further and can demonstrate advanced concepts such as orbital mechanics and many other rocket science concepts.

If you are an educator, just visit this page and click the Submit Request button. After we review your request, you will be given access to the downloads page where you can freely download our games for Windows and Mac.

If you are a student, help spread the word and let your teachers know!