Ancient Warfare 3 News

The full patch notes are below. In case you prefer a video, here is a quick summary of the most relevant features and improvements in version 0.35.0: https://youtu.be/QLXG4AloM4Y

[h2] Alpha 0.35.0 patch notes[/h2]
Content

• Added M2 flamethrower
  
• Added flamethrower backpack (required for M2 flamethrower), but can be used as decoration on custom units
  

Features & Improvements

• Added anti aliasing (can be enabled in the graphics settings)
  
• Melee system improvements
  
  
  
  • Reworked some of the melee animations
    
  • Melee weapons will stop when hitting another weapon/shield
    
  • Players can now defend in 4 directions
    
  • Attack/Defend directions now work based on mouse movement (indicator and sensitivity adjustable in the game settings)
    
  • Skill setting is now working for AI melee units
    
  • Melee AI units will now block melee attacks
    
  • Melee AI units will now use their shield when they are getting shot
    
  • Melee weapon attack speeds depend on the weapon weight now
    
  • Blocking an attack will result in a short stun for the attacking unit
    
  • Improved melee weapon hit detections
    
  • Added blood splashes for melee weapon hits
    
  • Added dismemberment probabilities for each weapon
    
• AI targeting improvements
  
  
  
  • Units will now prioritize units that they can see
    
  • Guard/patrol units will only target units they can see
    
  • This will help to prevent targeting through walls in close quarters if other units are visible
    
• Other AI improvements
  
  
  
  • Improved visibility of ranged units
    
  • Improved navigation around corners (fixed jittering)
    
  • Melee units will no longer attack buildings
    
• Navigation features
  
  
  
  • You can now draw preferred and avoided areas for the AI in the editor
    
  • Added path preview tool the navigation preview
    
• Character body and head animations will now play in 3rd person
  
• Players can now sneak behind other units
  
• Jumping and running will now cause noise
  
• Noises are now related to a position in the world
  
• Arrows now have a chance to get stuck in shields
  
• Large bullet calibers can now penetrate shields
  
• You can now choose unlimited patrol points for units
  
• Added options to enter default or guard mode after the patrol path ended
  
• Units will now skip non traversable patrol paths
  
• Updated game settings save model (Will reset all game and audio settings)
  
• Added a light culling option to the render settings to improve the performance with many decorative lights
  
• Heavily increased flame thrower damage
  
• Battles, prefabs and campaigns are now stored in a compressed format to allow more advanced features to be stored in the files in the future
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed some problems with prefab placement
  
• Fixed problems with ladder climbing
  
• Fixed the functionality of the battering ram
  
• Fixed too many units warning when placing a lot of corpses
  
• Fixed that crouching could prevent the player from getting targeted in some cases
  

Next update
The next update will improve and expand the functionality of squad units. I will try to release it before christmas. Between christmas and new year, I will implement suggestions from the community to prepare a content update for early 2021.

Content

• Added a maul weapon (WMC reward)
  
• Added paper sheets and sticky notes
  
  
  
  • Can be placed on any other object (except for generated environment)
    
  • Text can be adjusted and supports basic tag based formating
    
• Added computer screens, a computer, mouse and keyboard
  

Features & Improvements

• You can now choose spawner limits for a specific team
  
• Spawner destruction can now be deactivated
  
• You can now climb down ladders by not pressing space
  
• You can now still move in each direction while on a ladder
  
• Doors will no longer open automatically
  
  
  
  • The interact key (default: F) can be used to open/close them
    
  • Modular doors can now be locked
    
• Added keys and keycards that can be assigned to doors to unlock them
  
• Performance Improvements
  
  
  
  • Improved the loading speed for users with many custom units/prefabs when the hard drive is not the limiting factor
    
  • Reduced lag when loading images of workshop items and store battles/units/...
    
• Reduced health of air vehicles
  
• Increased damage of flak cannon, marksman tank and AMX tank
  
• Improved targeting of flak cannon, marksman, AMX and AA unit against air vehicles
  
• Missing prefab workshop icons will now be downloaded from steam instead of generated
  
• Deathmatch mode can now result in a draw
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed newly subscribed prefab icon format
  
• Fixed that crouching in lava biomes would set the player on fire
  
• Remove laser turrets from airdrops
  
• Fixed rug placement on drywall floors
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause spawners to spawn units inside objects
  
• Fixed floating hostage units
  
• Fixed zombie grenades on passive units
  
• Fixed default animation settings in the unit creator
  

Content

• Added a future cannon turret
  
• Added a WWI 6 inch cannon turret
  
• Added a construction modular building set with framed and drywall parts
  
• Added 60+ decorative objects like filled palettes, rubble piles, material stacks, ...
  

Features & Improvements

• Added an option to create prefabs with the size of regular maps
  
• Improved the editor selection of objects to work when clicking on any part of an object
  
• Empty vehicles can now be placed on objects
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed a freeze/crash that happened when closing the game
  
• Fixed that the terrain did not count as an obstacle for the AI (as a result, placing objects below the terrain can block their AI navigation!)
  
• Fixed missing icons for some objects/equipment
  
• Fixed that changing the custom unit type would reset the appearance setting
  
• Fixed pause menu continue button in the arena
  
• Fixed selection of skeletons/ghosts when trying to select a unit to play as
  
• Fixed bullet icon resolution issue
  
• Fixed animations of some vanilla skeleton units
  
• Fixed skeleton hands clipping through gloves
  

Content

• Added a half version of the wood fence
  
• Added a two filter gas mask
  

Features & Improvements

• New skeleton model
  
• Skeleton units can now be equipped with all weapons and equipment objects
  
• Allowed a lot of objects to be placed on other objects
  
• Skeletons can now be passive units or corpses
  
• Custom zombies can now be poisoned or burned
  
• Added custom ghost units (they dont bleed and have no visible color but are still fighting for one color)
  
• Improved the stability of the custom battle creator
  
• Added a margin settings for heightmaps
  
• The WMC panel will now be hidden after the submission period ended
  
• More objects can now be placed on other objects (hedges, decoration objects, destroyed vehicles, ...)
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed that melee units couldnt target siege weapon control units
  
• Fixed that the grid overlay would be visible on certain object
  
• Fixed back of M1 tank model
  
• Fixed object category of some tanks
  
• Workaround for text mesh overflow error
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the custom battle editor to keep working on old tasks
  

Hello, I prepared another small bug fixing patch to improve the overall stability of the game. The next regular feature update should be available in approx. 2-3 weeks.

Bug fixes

• Fixed that units would try to shoot through indestructible glass
  
• Fixed custom poses when loading some custom units
  
• Fixed terrain holes from trenches in the prefab creator
  
• Fixed/added metallic/smoothness settings for camo clothing
  
• Fixed ammo variants for future shotgun and material melting gun
  
• Fixed missing face equipment icons
  
• Fixed lag when adjusting the filter in the equipment panel
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the unit creator to lock up when changing a unit while animation preview was playing
  
• Fixed flickering of settings panels when clicking on an object
  
• Fixed flying ship bug