Dev update October 4

It's been a while since I shared more detailed dev notes, so I wanted to include those below. This is likely to be the second-to-last dev update ahead of launch on October 15.

Before we get to the full notes, a few highlights are:

• A new "battle tally" screen that better explains combat results

• Added 7 new vehicles

• Made it more costly to fully lose a sector

All expected features are in for the game to be launched, and my remaining to do items are balance and bug fixing.

However - I have started considering some new features to add for the late November 1.1 free update. These are all at an early concept stage, and I'm going to wait to listen to post-release feedback before determining which updates to make.

Here are the full patch notes:

• V0.9.3

  • Minor aesthetics updates to the UI

  • Rebalanced USA mobile artillery

  • Added new units to UK & Brazil to make them more appealing

  • Fixed a bug where helicopters would attack sectors on their own in certain cases

  • Units automatically start training when created

  • Fixed a bug in how kills were attributed to units

  • Fixed various bugs related to events

  • Added a Tornado F3 interceptor variant for the UK

  • Added an F4 Phantom variant for Germany

  • Rebalanced Chinese tanks

  • Fixed an issue that would prevent strike missions from firing in some cases

• V0.9.4

  • Increased lethality of infantry anti-tank weapons

  • Reinforcements now have less of an impact on unit training levels, allowing units to preserve XP better

  • Balance fixes to Cold War Gone Hot, Iron Curtain, and Industrial Giant scenarios

• V0.9.5

  • Balanced Industrial Giant, Force Modernization scenarios

  • Added new vehicles:

    • Chieftain

    • Q-5 Ground Attack aircraft

    • Mirage 2000

    • Magach 7

    • Strv 103

  • Made airbase upgrades cheaper

  • Edited the end-game flow to allow the player to look at their stats

  • Rebalanced manpower requirements for the Armored Battalion

  • Decreased the impact of arms purchases on relations

  • Added distinct choices for aircraft types to be auto-reinforced for squadrons

  • Increased penalties for losing a full sector

  • Improved the clarity of logistics/maintenance units for sectors, and made forward-deploying maintenance units more effective

  • Updated code for intelligence to produce more accurate reports

  • Multiple bug & exploit fixes

  • Added a new post-battle screen to show details on the battle results

• V0.9.6

  • Balanced additional scenarios

  • Increased the protection that vehicles offer to manpower in soft attack phases

  • Updated achievements to reflect new scenario balance