Genre: Simulator, IndieA-Spec: First Assault Nov 10, 2023 A-Spec First Assault launches into Early Access on Steam November 10, 2023
A-Spec First Assault is available to buy now on Steam . Releasing into Early Access, A-Spec First Assault adds a mini prologue campaign designed to introduce new players to concepts and features over 7 missions.A-Spec First Assault offers a wide range of customization options for each ship. Equip your vessel with an array of primary projectile guns and secondary missile launchers, bolstering your frontal assault. Alternatively, opt for turreted guns that provide wider firing arcs, or adopt a balanced approach with a combination of both. Remember, bigger ships deliver greater firepower and make bigger targets.Buy now on Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1608330/ASpec_First_Assault/ Patch Notes 0.12.0 Overview New seven mission prologue serving as an introductory tutorial New ships and weapons to play with General bugfixes and improvements Note: Existing game data from playing previous version will be deleted on first run Known Issues Autospeed match 'close' setting does not work as expected Colliders for Fighter, Gunship, Carrier, and Large Transport are not optimized for best fitting Jump-out animations are not scaled correctly for ships bigger than a gunship Guard My Target command is not implemented Fixed Carrier and Large Transport ships no longer blink out of existence on death Added missing venting and debris effects onv various ships when they take hull damage When entering into the Campaign Menu, whilst playing through the prologue missions, the player cannot navigate the UI Pressing 'external camera follow target' action should only enable if there is a valid target as strange behaviours occurs otherwise On Exiting a mission the player log message 'Releasing render texture that is set as Camera.targetTexture!' appears Fixed some instances of camera shake not honoring the Gameplay Camera Shake toggle when disabled Quit dialogue for completed primary objectives now displays the keyboard/controller bindings for the Pause action Playing a skimish mission and then playing a campaign mission spawn the first two waypoints in the wrong locations Adjusting the starting distance for skirmish mission from far will move team members further away from player Opponent Frigate distinct debris was not being spawned on death Added Seven prologue missions Civilian Tug Civilian Mining Barge Civilian Transport Civilian mining beam turret weapon Blaster Choke/4 primary weapon Large asteroid for prologue 'mining' mission Asteroid Fields Changed First time playing will default gameplay FPS to 60 instead of 30 Enemy fighters are better at avoiding non-complex geometry targets during attack runs Cycling turret orders cycle ordered from strict to relaxed turret targeting conditions. Increased range and muzzle speed of Hydracannon (XXS) A-Spec First Assault Early Access on Nov 10 November 3, 2023
A-Spec First Assault will be releasing to Early Access on November 10th. Demo Update 0.11.8 Released October 4, 2023
Patch Notes 0.11.8 Overview Improvements to gameplay experience Known Issues Autospeed match 'close' setting does not work as expected Carrier and Large Transport do not have death animations and blink out of existence on death Colliders for Fighter, Gunship, Carrier, and Large Transport are not optimized for best fitting Jump-out animations are not scaled correctly for ships bigger than a gunship Changed Increase model and collider sizes for Fighter and Gunship vessels Adjustments to Story Mission 1 Adjustments to Story Mission 2 Decreased health of Fighter and Gunship vessels Adjusted hull health across all vessels Demo update 0.11.7 September 29, 2023
Patch Notes 0.11.7 Overview Bugfixes and improvements Known Issues Autospeed match 'close' setting does not work as expected Carrier and Large Transport do not have death animations and blink out of existence on death Colliders for Fighter, Gunship, Carrier, and Large Transport are not optimized for best fitting Jump-out animations are not scaled correctly for ships bigger than a gunship Fixed Loading screen very occasionally gets stuck when exiting a mission Playing a campaign mission followed by playing a skirmish or tutorial mission would get stuck on the loading screen on launching the mission. Alt key descriptor for keyboard glyph does not fit correctly Reduce text size for normal key descriptor glyphs for better fitting Demo Update 0.11.6 Released September 27, 2023
Patch Notes 0.11.6 Overview New tutorials to improve the onboarding experience Bugfixes and improvements Known Issues Autospeed match 'close' setting does not work as expected Carrier and Large Transport do not have death animations and blink out of existence on death Colliders for Fighter, Gunship, Carrier, and Large Transport are not optimized for best fitting Jump-out animations are not scaled correctly for ships bigger than a gunship Fixed Targeting turret under reticule does not update the sub-target highlight correctly Null reference error when trying to cycle through sub-targets without a main target Progression lock with main missions 2 and 3 in the campaign Added Intermediate Targeting tutorial Primary Weapons tutorial Changed Updated Basic Navigation tutorial to bring progression in line with other tutorials Improved timings for computer messages in each tutorial Modified controller glyphs display to be compact and better fitting with other HUD elements Reduced the HUD Player Received Communications Panel background opacity to avoid text being unreadable on a bright background Demo Update - Patch 0.11.4 September 13, 2023
Patch Notes 0.11.4 Overview Tutorial improvements for better on-boarding experience Known Issues Autospeed match 'close' setting does not work as expected Carrier and Large Transport do not have death animations and blink out of existence on death Colliders for Fighter, Gunship, Carrier, and Large Transport are not optimized for best fitting Jump-out animations are not scaled correctly for ships bigger than a gunship Changed Flight controls are enabled and disabled as required during tutorials for an improved guided experience Improved dialogue during tutorials Demo Update - Patch 0.11.3 August 31, 2023
Fixed an issue with navigation tutorials where game freezes on loading screen New Patch (0.11.2) August 26, 2023
Patch Notes 0.11.2 Overview A new tutorial introducing targeting mechanics Known Issues Autospeed match 'close' setting does not work as expected Carrier and Large Transport do not have death animations and blink out of existence on death Colliders for Fighter, Gunship, Carrier, and Large Transport are not optimized for best fitting Jump-out animations are not scaled correctly for ships bigger than a gunship Added The basic targeting tutorial Fixed Unable to use the controller to select the Launch button in the Training Simulator menu Help glyphs will now display the positive and negative value axis control glyphs for keyboard controls New navigation tutorials to help avoid those nasty space hazards August 10, 2023
Demo Update Patch Notes 0.11.1 Overview 3 new tutorials covering navigation concepts This update will reset your controller bindings Known Issues Autospeed match 'close' setting does not work as expected Carrier and Large Transport do not have death animations and blink out of existence on death Colliders for Fighter, Gunship, Carrier, and Large Transport are not optimized for best fitting Jump-out animations are not scaled correctly for ships bigger than a gunship Added Training Simulator, accessible under the Training button on the main menu 3 navigation tutorials covering basic, intermediate and advanced navigation concepts. Accessible in the training simulator Default keyboard keybindings for flight controls Increase (=) and Decrease (-) throttle Mission Directives panel on flight HUD. Currently only used in the newly added 3 navigation tutorials New navigation tutorials to help avoid those nasty space hazards August 10, 2023
Patch Notes 0.11.1 Overview 3 new tutorials covering navigation concepts This update will reset your controller bindings Known Issues Autospeed match 'close' setting does not work as expected Carrier and Large Transport do not have death animations and blink out of existence on death Colliders for Fighter, Gunship, Carrier, and Large Transport are not optimized for best fitting Jump-out animations are not scaled correctly for ships bigger than a gunship Added Training Simulator, accessible under the Training button on the main menu 3 navigation tutorials covering basic, intermediate and advanced navigation concepts. Accessible in the training simulator Default keyboard keybindings for flight controls Increase (=) and Decrease (-) throttle Mission Directives panel on flight HUD. Currently only used in the newly added 3 navigation tutorials
