Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) News

After just over a year in Steam's Early Access programme, Oliver Keppelmüller's ambitious American Civil War grand strategy game/RTS Grand Tactician launches today in version 1.0. The full launch adds a raft of new features and fixes, and prepares the historic strategy game for its planned slate of post-launch content.

As we've noted, version 1.0 of Grand Tactician adds two more campaign starts and six new historical real-time battles to fight. There are other upgrades to look forward to as well, however: Keppelmüller's team has made Grand Tactician easier to understand through a series of new tooltips and a range of tutorial videos, which are accessible within the game client.

There's also a new 'field manual' in Grand Tactician, which you can pull up at any time by clicking a question mark icon located near the compass in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, and it's packed with information about the campaign screen, tactical battles, and army management. Another nice touch is a scalable UI - there's an option to turn on 'historical' fonts, if you'd like to read dispatches styled to look like officers' elegant cursive handwriting in the mid-1800s.

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• finished intervention tooltips, also for strategy panel
  
• assumed fixed: replacing WIA/KIA commanders sometimes leads to multiple assignments
  
• AI now prefers recruiting smaller units in nearby states instead of larger units far away
  
• fixed: economy report mixes up overproduction and underproduction
  
• fixed: units do not lose ammo while retreating
  
• fixed: sometimes retreat button needs to be pressed twice before battle panel disappears
  
• now preventing states to switch faction by change of support, states may now only switch alliances through policies & objectives
  
• fixed: too dummy commanders are assigned although others are available
  
• fixed: all dummy commanders have home state “Alabama”
  
• improved: AI raises campaign groups although others are close
  
• fixed: CSA policy Mexican Intervention can be activated without Military II
  
• filter search text (military panel) is now cleared when adding new groups or using drag and drop
  
• fixed: filters not working in unit list view
  
• fixed: wrong side information for sunken ships in battle monument tooltip
  
• spawning armies when war starts now start with readiness 0
  
• changed commander appointment system: now lower ranks can be assigned for higher positions, assignment now takes rank, experience and fame into account
  

• improved AI refuse flanks and facing behavior, esp. in defensive stance
  
• fixed: units in assault column not triggering charges
  
• fixed: units charging falling back enemies have wrong facing
  
• fixed: if during fallback a new target out of firing range is assigned the selected unit moves towards enemy with reversed facing
  
• victory balance is now influenced by casualty ratios to prevent long lasting battles through objective points
  
• reduced objectives for campaign battles, depending on participating troops
  
• fixed: units have troubles leaving entry points when ordered by player ALT+
  
• fixed: OOB not showing content when opened the first time
  
• units now improve morale overnight
  
• some men now can escape if a unit surrenders, depending on fighting spirit and experience
  
• fixed: AI now reforms from (attack) column to line if firing on enemies (not charging)
  
• assumed fixed: cavalry horse sprites are sometimes shown between enemy and own unit when falling back
  

• fixed button states/visuals: main menu (all layers), army orders (battles)
  
• Main menu music now not stuttering anymore and linked to music options
  
• fixed: game guide still shown at start of each campaign & battle, although it was already shown before
  

• fixed: sorting commanders by administration not working
  
• changed logic for commander filters
  
• raiding of blockade fleets now does not influence national morale anymore
  
• added workaround for units that are placed on navmesh islands and cannot leave
  
• AI now constructs forts on fewer and better suitable construction sites
  
• added preset commander filters when replacing officers
  
• added enhanced tooltip for interventions, though not working as intended yet
  
• fixed high number of disintegrations related to huge block areas around enemy troops
  
• fixed: late game buildings are shown from start on
  

• increased influence of losses on victory balance
  
• units now retreat in slightly larger distances towards enemy units to prevent moving through small gaps in enemy lines
  
• fixed: melee status not resetting, leading to surrender of routed units
  
• fixed: AI artillery fallback not working if enemy is close
  
• cavalry and artillery now mount when retreating
  

• added “X” and “ESC” to close panels, removed similar functionality by using RMB