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Quality of Life update!

[h3]Hello everyone! As promised, here's a bug patch and quality-of-life update for TABS!
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TABS just turned 8 years old earlier this month, it's wild to think that so many of you have been following this game for that long. We're eternally grateful to you all for playing, providing feedback and suggestions to make the game better and we're excited to keep seeing what you create and share!

As we announced back in 2022 we will no longer be adding more content to the game after the small neon update earlier this year. This Quality of Life Patch is most likely also the last major bug patch to be released for the game. You can read the 2022 post explaining why here



Additions:
  • Added a refresh button and pop-up in the workshop to delete and refresh subscribed mods.
  • Added the ability to change campaign levels with custom maps.
  • Added a search bar to find battles in custom campaigns.
  • Added a feature to reset all campaign and secret unit progress.
  • Added a button to exit the unit test.
  • Added an explanation of traditional vs radial controls on PC.
Fixes:
  • Fixed motion blur always being on in Pirate and Renaissance maps.
  • Fixed issue with some workshop content always getting the "failed to subscribe/download" error.
  • Fixed broken textures on the church in the Main Menu Legacy map.
  • Fixed Spooky faction units displaying in the incorrect order.
  • Fixed Plasma Shot’s projectile objects making large explosions when hitting certain units.
  • Fixed map creator template images which were displayed as white squares.
  • Fixed the middle ability button from becoming too large or small.
  • Fixed the buttons on the Miner unit’s pants.
  • Fixed an audio issue with Harpoon projectiles.
  • Fixed the rotation of the Shattering Sharpness 3 sword.
  • Fixed the Tempest Lich’s targeting range.
  • Fixed missing filter tags in Workshop search filters.
  • Fixed an issue with healed units not taking damage from Tesla shots.
  • Fixed an issue with the Tesla and Stasis neon projectiles' damage values not scaling with the damage multiplier.
  • Fixed an issue where the battle selection screen did not reopen when re-entering the campaign creator.
  • Fixed the floating grass in the Ancient Main Menu map.



For those of you who missed it, we released a new game in April called Content Warning where you film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! You can find the game here



We're also working on a new game called HASTE: Broken Worlds where you run fast, leap through the air, and perfect your landings as you try again and again to make your way through an infinite number of worlds falling apart behind you! You can check out HASTE here.

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Happy Landfall Day: New game Content Warning Free for 24h!

[h3]Happy Landfall Day! It’s that time of year again when Landfall releases something silly for April 1st! [/h3]

This time we’ve made a new game called Content Warning - a game where you film your friends do scary things to become SpookTube famous!

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[h3]The game is free for 24h hours on Steam and then it will cost 7.99USD so get your game now![/h3]

[h2]GET CONTENT WARNING HERE[/h2]

Neon Patch 2: Custom content fixes

[h3]Hello everyone! Here's a patch fixing some more of the custom content issues and clarifying error messages a bit more. [/h3]

Remember to verify the integrity of the game files to make sure you're on this version of the game!

Patch Notes:

  • "Some parts of this mod were not loaded" message fix.
  • Disable custom content validation fix.


We’re still working on the following issues, which we hope to include in a future Quality of Life patch alongside other fixes:

  • Spooky faction order fix
  • Pulse cannon weapon explosion effect rather than disintegration fix
  • SPACE ability button UI resize fix
  • Tempest Lich full-range fix
  • Shattering sharpness sword fix
  • Miners' clothing pink buttons fix
  • Harpoon projectile ranged weapons fix


Neon Patch: Custom content fix and neon works on Mac!

Hello everyone! We apologize for the issues caused by the last update, here's a patch solving some of the most pressing problems. We're also working on other bugs such as the Spooky order and different Neon-related issues for a future patch.




Patch Notes:

  • Fixed issues with custom content and riders
  • Fixed neon materials not rendering on Mac


Please remember to restart Steam and verify the integrity of the game files!


UPDATE: Neon weapons, colors, and abilities!

Hello everyone! It’s been a while but we’re happy to finally have the Neon-inspired stuff ready for the Unit Creator!

This update includes 20 new weapons, neon abilities, some neon head-pieces and neon colors for the Unit Creator.

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This update is the last planned update for TABS as detailed in the roadmap, we will keep track of any accidental bugs introduced in this build for future patches but past this update, we have no plans for more content for the game.

We’re immensely grateful to you all for joining us on this journey over the last 7,5 years! It’s bittersweet to finally be able to release this update.

It has been amazing to see this community grow and create your own factions, units, and external mods that will keep the game fresh forever. If you’re curious as to why we’re not planning any further updates we have spoken about the reasons on the roadmap page.

We’re currently working on a couple of new games, one of which is HASTE: Broken Worlds - a game where you run fast, leap through the air, and perfect your landings as you try again and again to make your way through an infinite number of worlds falling apart behind you!

You can wishlist the game on Steam.
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[h3]Patch notes[/h3]
New:
  • Added new neon props and abilities to the unit creator.
  • Added neon colors to the color palette.
  • Neon materials can be assigned to most unit meshes using the unit creator.
  • Added neon abilities under the special abilities section.
  • UCG is now versioned to prevent issues with incompatibility.


Fixes:
  • Fixed some shaders.
  • Fixed some LOD issues.
  • Various other fixes


Make sure to restart Steam and verify the integrity of the game files!

Enjoy,