Ancient Warfare 3 News

Below is a list of all changes and fixes since the 0.34.0.1 version of the game.

Changes

• Removed options to not replace some objects and units after changing the terrain to prevent illegal placement of some objects
  
• Modular buildings can still be ignored and objects placed on buildings will be ignored too
  
• Added an option for flags to only spawn units on the terrain
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed range multiplier for custom siege units
  
• Fixed UI interaction when overwriting a loadout in the main menu
  
• Fixed problems when copying modular buildings on raised terrain
  
• Fixed road nodes on raised terrain
  
• Fixed jungle rock rotation
  
• Fixed the placement of air vehicles outside of the terrain bounds
  
• Fixed parachute movement when the unit died
  
• Fixed multiple problems with duplicated modular buildings
  

Features and Improvements

• Optimized the deletion of large modular buildings
  
• Added options to ignore some units when changing the terrain
  
• Lowered recoil of LBR rifle
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed S4 compensator position
  
• Fixed placed objects on ice got messed up when the terrain got changed
  
• Removed bullets from the weapon category in the arsenal
  
• Fixed broken prefab placement in some cases
  
• Fixed wrong bush object rotations
  
• Fixed selection of shield fields
  
• Fixed that low foundations could end up flying in biomes with ice water
  
• Fixed navigation on the new stair parts
  
• Fixed the ladders on modular floors
  
• Fixed that units could get stuck under the new modular stair parts
  

Content

• Added LBR, S4, A12 rifles
  
• Added pitch resin area
  
• Added hair equipment items
  
• Added triangle foundations and floors
  
• Added 3 stair modular building parts
  
• Added modular rampart wall
  
• Added modular floor with ladder
  
• Added metal and rusty metal modular building parts
  

Features & Improvements

• AI improvements
  
  
  
  • New more reliable AI decision system for detecting units in range
    
  • Improved ranged AI behaviour around corners
    
  • Fixed that AIs would walk back for no reason in some cases
    
• Modular building changes
  
  
  
  • Removed most restrictions for the modular building systems
    
  • Pillars can be used to build a floor on top of a foundation or as decorative objects
    
  • Walls can be stacked and floors can be attached at both sides of a wall
    
  • Floors can be attached to other floors to create overhangs
    
  • Stairs can extend other stairs
    
  • Building parts that are not connected to a foundtion will be deleted in the editor and destroyed in a battle
    
  • Terrain changes will update modular buildings based on the foundations
    
• Updated the engine for improved stability
  
• Custom unit values can now be entered directly
  
• Single objects can now be deselected by clicking on them while holding shift/ctrl
  
• Fire damage per second is now 3 times higher
  
• Reduced lag after deleting objects
  
• Melee custom units will now determine the optimal attack distance automatically
  
• Units can now get closer to the edge of floors with small walls
  
• Player loadouts can now be saved/loaded in the main menu
  
• Helicopters will now try to keep distance to the terrain
  

Bugs

• Fixed navigation preview in the prefab editor
  
• Fixed clothing visual bugs with certain cloth/weapon combinations in first person
  
• Fixed that AI would shoot enemies through some modular building parts
  
• Fixed that custom units with lasers would generate an empty icon
  
• Fixed that flags would spawn units on top of objects instead of the terrain
  
• Fixed that the drop plane marker would be visible twice
  
• Fixed that wire fences did not block navigation in some cases
  
• Fixed underwater grass when grass is deactivated
  
• Fixed that replaced objects could not be selected
  
• Fixed that some objects were allowed to be built off the map
  
• Fixed WWII pants
  
• Fixed collision on ruined apartment buildings
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the editor selection effect to stay
  
• Fixed that duplicating stacked objects would sometimes result in wrong placement
  
• Fixed that melee units from spawners would not work in some cases
  
• Fixed picked up bayonets didnt work
  
• Fixed that static units could not get targeted by melee units in some cases
  

Next update

The next update will be released in 1-2 weeks and will contain AI improvements and features.

Total votes: 863

REWARD          | VOTES
SVT-40          | 244
Hair            | 273
Tricorn         | 81
Heavy Bolter    | 265

Thanks for participating! The unit hair equipment items will be in the 0.34.0 update, which will be released in about 2 weeks

General

• Removed ground vehicles from the game (for now), old maps can still spawn the vehicles
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed the UI of the apartment building settings
  
• Fixed lag that could happen when multiple spawners used the same spawn rate
  
• Fixed a lag that could happened when duplicating spawners
  
• Fixed UI issues in the custom unit creator when using a 21:9 apsect ratio