Patch Notes (2026-08-25) : Video Tutorials + New demo + MPS Publisher Sale!
Screenshots by Alan, Oriskany & Foxman 08/25/2026 A new patch including the previously mentioned video tutorials is now available. Besides, an updated version of the demo, incorporating these changes as well as the Simplified Chinese localization, has also been put online. · New video tutorials: to access them, you can either click on the Naval Academy button in the main menu, or open them in-g…
Screenshots by Matlock, CptXile & g0ld3ngames 07/30/2026 After a short mandatory Summer break, the team is back in action. The newer patch · New scenario: "Kantai Kessen". Protect a relief convoy on its way to Midway as the Japanese navy tries to interdict it and provoke a decisive engagement with your carriers. Enterprise, Hornet, Yorktown and Saratoga are making a pincer around the enemy flee…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring 『GӨᄂDΣП』 \ , Hyacinth, Poodle007, SundryZoo98697 & Reis! Hello there, Task Force Admiral fans! The team is still on its summer break, so this little pause feels like a good time to reflect on the current state of the game, and on what we'll be working on once everyone is back from the holidays. Wh…
Screenshots by Minga, Kaiju&Tanks 07/07/2026 User Interface · Introduction of a new contextual wheel-based menu. · Only for the strategic map so far, might be extended to the 3D world view. · Your feedback is important. · Added a popup to cancel a mission not yet greenlit when closing the strike planner. · Fixed old search missions still listed in the search planner if all planes have been lost…
Screenshots by Munchlol, Norski43 and Bananaphot. 30/06/2026 Added experimental animated 3D deck crew. · Only on USS Yorktown (CV-5) for testing purpose ! · Lacks some waiting poses. · A lot of small visual bugs may be visible. · Animations are still work in progress. · One needs to enable it from the game options from the main menu to see them. Doing it during a game session will require you t…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Durandal, Chill, CptXile, Foxman, Joshreacher, Kaiju&tanks, munchlol, Nessie2000, Poodle007 & Tygamer63! Hello there, old and new fans of Task Force Admiral! We had a busy week in the dev shack and in the discord, as we pushed a few new little features which shall reach you next week, while we are…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring \ xGNARxOWNAGEx, Ferda, Joshuu, Matlock, Munchlol, Poodle07 and robz! Early June was a fine time to be alive for Task Force Admiral, as the updated demo and the Ocean Fest did much to increase the ranks of our prospective admirals. Although progress has been a bit on the slow side, some important…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Comrade Roman, Alan, Poodle07, George, munchlol and Foxman! After a rather long and rather slow month of May for some of our team members, who had to go through a lot of rather exhausting personal issues, we are back with a new scenario making good use of the current assets, along with a preview o…
27/05/2026 · Fixed AI sending strikes at midnight. · Fixed freeze caused by fleet pathfinding. · Fixed radio messages containing "NoPilot". · Fixed turrets firing at sinking ships. · Fixed carriers stuck in recovery mode because of a ditched aircraft. · Fixed Japanese CAP over the TF-44 in Wake up Call at Tulagi. · Fixed seaplanes attempting to land on carriers. · Fixed wrong seaplane type on U…
Thanks to Poodle07 for his fantastic screenshots! Ahoy ladies & gentlemen! Task Force Admiral is taking part in Steam Ocean Fest 2026 , running from May 18th to May 25th . For the occasion, the demo on the Steam store page has been refreshed with the latest internal build we felt comfortable putting in front of new eyes. Nothing world-shaking compared to what backers and regulars have already b…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Munchlol, XEN, Alan, Matic, Pilot and Foxman. Great thanks to them! Not really a full update today, but the latest patches that dropped had still to get their patch notes - please find them below with a few comments! What's new: Static crewmen, LRCAP & FDO New functions, more details about Flight…
06/05/2026 · Fixed major bug with japanese seaplanes in the Wake Up Call at Tulagi scenario. · Fixed crash when planes requested to land just after a plane took off from a given carrier. · Added an error reporting system that will automatically package game data, with user validation. · Regarding carrier flight deck damage mechanics introduced a few days ago, please note the following: · A dest…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Chill, Supersigma69, Spicylol, munchlol and Foxman! There we go, a new scenario! Along with important changes to game mechanics that were mentioned in the previous patch notes. Let's have a look at all this content, as Task Force Admiral gets richer - and harder too! New Functions: LRCAP, FDO Limi…
A couple small updates were pushed before the weekend. After a few bugs were corrected, here are the current patch notes ahead of the release of another scenario, hopefully, next week : 24/04/2026 · Major changes made to the way strikes manage target assignment, especially by the AI player, to make it feel more natural and efficient . · We have introduced a new mechanism allowing for long-range…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Minga, Orbital, Munchlol, QJW, Alan & Reis. Big thanks to them! As mentioned in the last update, we're rolling out a new scenario. It is not meant as a turning point or anything, but it is an important stepstone in regard of contents, as we hone our skills and team organization towards more tactic…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord — today featuring Miko275, Nafeij, Munchlol, Pidgeyarmy, Minga, Rockgunner & Spicywolf1292! Big thanks to them! Routine update As mentioned in the last update, we're not running these on a weekly basis anymore so as to dedicate more time to actual development - and to keep these for larger news. We still want you t…
07/04/2026 · Improved fallback carrier selection when the original carrier is unable to retrieve planes. · Fixed landing sequence lock caused by a bug with barriers. · Fixed waypoints bug when merging two fleets. · Fixed bugs in enemy carriers AI logic.
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord — today featuring TWC Walmart, Nafeij, Hood, Munchlol, Kimmer (with a little help from Gemini) & Kaiju&Tanks! Big thanks to them! Welcome back — and apologies for the gap. There was no SITREP last week. We made a deliberate call not to post, because we didn't have the kind of content that would have justified one.…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord — today featuring Ferda1947, TyGamer, TWC Walmart, Spicywolf, Munchlol & Ram399. Big thanks to them! Greetings, admirals — and welcome back! Thank you again for joining us. As you know very well by reading the patch notes, we are not there just yet, and I am afraid we might disappoint when it comes to the contents…
13/03/2026 · Added AAA on Midway. · Fixed SB2U defensive turret. · Fixed planes crashing at takeoff & landing from Midway. · Fixed bombs remaining attached to a broken invisible wing (again, without crashes this time). · Reworked attack patterns for ground strikes. · Fixed crashes when moving planes to and from storage.
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord — today featuring Ferda1947, Hood & Ram399. Big thanks to them! Greetings, admirals — and welcome back to the bridge. Six weeks in. The coffee is cold, the paperwork is stacking up, and JB's screen has probably forgotten what sunlight looks like. But the ship is still underway, and that's what matters. Before we di…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord — today featuring Ferda1947, Rookie Chauffeur, Nafeij and Marlock. Big thanks to them! Welcome back, admirals! It’s been a month today since we released Task Force Admiral . It’s been wild. We even managed to feature on Steam’s Best Seller list for the month of January. That was not something we took for granted. T…
27/02/2026 · Updated the damage models for most carrier-based aircraft. · Added a repair countdown in the damage panel. · Reworked the Clear Deck function: · It can now use multiple elevators simultaneously to move aircraft to the hangar when needed. · Fixed an issue when planes collide with a ship. · Fixed edge cases when a carrier wants to face the wind while in a circular formation. · Fixed…
Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord — today featuring Alan, Hood, Nafeij and Sgt Hamlet. Big thanks to them! Welcome back, admirals! As expected, the week has been fairly calm on the update front, as we took some time to rest and refit, with JB enjoying a well-deserved break. He’ll be back in action on Monday, so don’t worry — updates and fixes will…
Note & credit: action screenshots were provided by players on the game's discord. Big thanks to them! Welcome back, admirals! One more week - we can't believe it's been nearly three weeks since the early access release. Honestly it feels like forever, but there's probably a reason for that. We've been up on the deck non-stop ever since d-day and it starts to show. Still, the week has been busy,…
Patch notes for the current build and the previous builds over the last 7 days. Reminder: all patch notes are visible on startup. Thank you in advance for your feedback! 12/02/2026 · Added new Midway scenario variant ("The Flight to Somewhere"). Allows us to scale up the engagement at Midway and to test a more hectic air and naval activity on our way to a complete representation of the battle.…
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