Hey Commanders, Remember when I said more patches are on the way? I ran a deep bug-hunt sweep through Survival, and between this and your reports this one turned into a big pile of fixes. Grab a coffee. The big ones · Elite and wave bonus rewards were getting silently overwritten one frame after spawn. That 3x HP elite tank you took down? It was paying base rewards. Elites now actually pay thei…
Hey Commanders, Quick SITREP: another day, another batch of bugs blasted. Here's what got fixed: - Units taking turns to move when the map gets crowded. A recent patch accidentally choked the pathfinding budget, so units were queuing up for their route calculations. Everyone moves at once again. Thanks TrashPanda! - Effect Density: new "Off" option (zero explosion visuals, hitmarkers and sound…
Hey Commanders, Quick SITREP: went through your reports from the last few days and blasted a solid batch of bugs. Here's what got fixed: - Base "capturing itself" with zero enemies in sight, plus the "base is under attack" radio spam that came with it. Turns out flying wreckage and enemy shells were counting as invaders. The base now only reacts to actual living enemies rolling in. Simple as th…
Hey Commanders, Confession time. The last proper patch note I posted was v0.9.714, and we're now on v0.9.803. If you noticed builds landing on Steam with no notes attached, you weren't imagining things. I kept sitting on the changelog, telling myself I'd bundle it all with the Zombies update. That was the wrong call, and a few of you rightfully called it out. So here it is: everything that ship…
Hey Commanders, Real quick, and no spin. Metal Thunder is in the Daily Deal today. 35% off, so $10.99 drops to $7.14. That's the cheapest this game has ever been, and the cheapest it's going to be for a good while. Here's the whole thing laid out, because I'd rather you see it than feel burned later: Today, Daily Deal: $7.14 (35% off). Lowest price of all of Early Access. After 1.0 launch: base…
Hey Commanders, Couple of urgent reports came in this week, all addressed today: Firing not registering on Steam Deck / Linux — AGT_ZURU and Bravo51 both flagged that mouse clicks weren't always reading, and holding to fire would cut out after a second or two. Tracked it down to an event-timing quirk on the Linux input backend where "press" or "release" events occasionally get dropped. Reworked…
Hey Commanders, Got the email from Valve this morning, Metal Thunder is officially Steam Deck Verified . Steam Deck was the target platform from day one, so seeing that green checkmark land in the inbox really made my week. Wishing you a lot of fun raining hell from 10,000 feet on the go, on the couch, or wherever you call your gunship home. Huge thanks for all the feedback, bug reports, and De…
Hey Commanders, Round two coming in. Weapon identity pass, a new Prestige feature, and a chunky performance fix that was biting the Napalm crowd. 🎯 Direct Hits Matter Now Landing a precision shot on the right target finally pays off. · Maverick, Hellfire, 105MM, JDAM direct hits one-shot helicopters and tanks , all the way up to heavy armor. They were supposed to be anti-armor specialists, so…
Hey Commanders, Small but important hotfix landing today. Couldn't ignore a few issues that were bugging players (and me). This is mostly about Steam Deck ergo Fixes: 🎯 Weapon Accuracy · In-flight projectiles no longer count as misses before they land · Direct hits on enemies always register now, even when the AOE detection stumbles · So yes, those 100% accuracy runs you earned actually show u…
Hey Commanders, Pulled a bunch of AI and pathing threads yesterday and most of it ended up knotted together today, so this one's a chunkier hotfix. A lot of "units standing around like statues" reports, a lot of "my squad won't listen" reports. Turns out those were all the same mess, just showing up in different places. Quick SITREP: Squad AI ⚡ Move orders actually stick now. Issue an order, th…
Quick follow-up to 708. A few things surfaced right after it went out. As a solodev I can only do so much testing before pushing updates out, so bear with me and thank you for your continued patience. Fixes: 🚁 Helicopters actually follow command orders - big thanks to @Travis440 and @JuggernautOfWar for the heli reports. You could deploy a heli to a command point and it would just sit there st…
Quick hotfix after 707. Couple things popped up once more of you got hands on it, sorry for the inconvenience. As a solodev I can only do so much testing before pushing updates out, so bear with me and thank you for your continued patience. Fixes: 🎯 Accuracy actually capping at 100% now - burst weapons like the 45mm and Hellfire were showing %120, %150 on the stats panel. Turns out every sub-p…
Hey Commanders, Thought I could sleep a little but once I got back \ Shipping a hotfix tonight targeting a nasty pair of bugs around currency and upgrades. A few of you have been reporting "I can't earn money to upgrade my weapons anymore" and the save recovery rebuild was the prime suspect. Turns out you were right. Bug squash: ⚡ Upgrade buttons stuck black after earning currency Armory only r…
Hey Commanders, Quick SITREP: some of you lost your lifetime progress after the big save refactor a few versions back. Currency, meta upgrades, weapon stats, all gone from the menu even though the data was still sitting there on disk. That's been bugging me for a while, so this hotfix is mostly about getting your progress back. Save Recovery On launch, the game now looks for your old save file.…
Hotfix v0.9.703 Being a solo dev has its pros and cons, and the biggest con is the inability to test every edge case. You folks find them faster than I ever could, so huge thanks for the reports. Let's get into the fixes: Helicopters are no longer made of STALINIUM Invincible helicopters are no more. Turns out a leftover armor flag was making them shrug off everything. They can now be shot down…
Hey Commanders, First off, I owe you an apology for the long hiatus. Had to step away for a bit to get myself better, both physically and mentally. A lot of you were incredibly supportive through the whole thing, and I can't thank you enough for that. (A small handful were unnecessarily aggressive. You know who you are.) Let me get the personal life update out of the way first. Last time I chec…
Hey Commanders, Good news! Slowly but surely getting back on track with the updates! Metal Thunder just went even more multilingual! This update brings full localization support for 15 new languages , so more Commanders around the world can join the fight. 🗣️ Newly Added Languages · Italian · Romanian · Swedish · Norwegian · Finnish · Dutch · Hungarian · Czech · Greek · Ukrainian · Bulgarian ·…
Hey Commanders, First off, I owe you an apology for going silent since May. Life hit me pretty hard with burnout, a divorce, and needing to spend some real time with my kids this summer while I got myself back on track. That old dev meme about “divorced my wife and kids to make this game” kinda came true for me in reverse. Through all of this, seeing Metal Thunder grow bigger than I ever imagin…
Hey Commanders! Today’s a huge milestone! We’re just about to welcome our 20,000th Commander to the ranks! 🎉 Getting to build the game I used to daydream about as a kid with such an awesome community is something truly special. I'm beyond grateful for the way you’ve embraced Metal Thunder and shared your feedback across Discord, Steam discussions, and even email, it’s been invaluable. Quick SI…
Hey Commanders, Couldn't sleep knowing accuracy tracking was off — so I patched a few things: · Accuracy should now be properly tracked · Fixed a "potential" game-breaking bug when selecting the 30mm · Added a time indicator to the Card Upgrades screen See you in the skies, – Tolga ⚡
Hey Commanders, Kicking off this update cycle with a highly requested quality-of-life change: You can now freely choose your starting weapon before each sortie. Simple as that. More patches are on the way — thanks for sticking with me and sending in your feedback! See you in the skies, – Tolga ⚡
Hey Commanders! I’ve been AWOL for a bit while relocating as the place I was renting got pulled into urban redevelopment, so I had to move out. Now that I’m finally settled in with stable internet, here’s a small QoL patch to get things rolling again: · Prestige Tracking: Each weapon now displays a prestige progress indicator. Track your advancement and push your arsenal to elite status. · Endl…
Hey Commanders! A few new tools for those chasing pain in Endless: Scaling Difficulty: Enemies health, damage & armor now ramp up over time. The longer you last, the worse it gets. Good luck. No Upgrades Modifier: Turns off all upgrade choices. Pure, stripped-down survival. No Leveling Modifier: Disables XP gain and leveling mid-run. No stat boosts, no new guns, just 30mm. All optional. All mea…
Hey Commanders, 🛠️ Fixes Mission briefing inconsistencies on the Survival UI have been resolved for Sentinel Peak and Frozen Aegis. A couple of translations have been corrected for all languages ⚙️ Quality of Life Projectile generation got another round of optimization — expect a solid 25%+ performance boost during heavy combat scenes with lots of firepower flying around. Started laying the gr…
Commanders! You may have noticed a flurry of updates lately—and no, I definitely didn't forget to write patch notes (I’m just reading my git pushes retroactively, alright?). Here’s a tidy recap of the recent patches, fixes, and quality-of-life changes deployed over the past few updates. Thanks for your patience and all the amazing feedback—keep it coming! ❤️ 🧰 Fixes · Fixed: Briefing on Operat…
The grind never stops, and neither do I. Thanks for pushing Metal Thunder to new heights! 🚀 BIGGER, BADDER, & MORE CUSTOMIZABLE 🔧 Difficulty Modifiers Overhaul · You asked for it! —total control over your experience! · 🔥 Tweak everything: enemy count, spawn rate, health, damage, speed, and armor . · ⚡ Endless Mode & God Mode (Pick one, not both—nice try 😏). · 🕶️ No UI Mode (Goes full immer…
Commanders, Your support keeps Metal Thunder in the fight! Every bit of feedback, bug reports, and suggestions help shape the battlefield. Thanks to your contributions, I'm making the game better with every update—thanks for being part of the mission! Fixes & Improvements · Decryption UI Fix – Fixed an issue where the decrypt animation could get stuck on encrypted text. · Camera Stability – Res…
Hey commanders! With sortie count change, a bug prevented extra projectiles to not deal any damage. Note to self : That's what you get for pushing an update at 5AM #realgamerhours I'm all ears for any and every bug, you can find me up on Discord as usual See you in the skies!
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