Ancient Warfare 3

Next major update

Alpha 0.37.3

Scripting tag system

Other scripting features

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented workshop items from being uploaded if the thumbnail was too large
  
• Fixed that controlling the siege shield would result in weird movement
  
• Fixed despawning of equipment (from scripting) for units with dual wielding
  
• Fixed that passive non hostile units spawned by scripts would be attacked
  
• Fixed missing icons for ropes/wires
  
• Fixed a bug that caused (scripting controlled) music to continue to be played after leaving the battle
  
• Fixed OnLand scripting node visuals
  
• Fixed that punching with ranged weapons would damage allied units with friendly fire deactivated
  
• Fixed a bug that caused various problems when starting to control a unit with projectiles stuck in them
  
• Fixed that pasting text in a text field would also paste copied nodes in the script editor
  

Content

• Added decorative ropes (default rope, metal rope, wire) to the game, which can be placed between two points with custom width and weight settings
  

Features & Improvements

• Default save path is now hidden on the UI
  
• Added scripting nodes to change color, intensity and range of (scripting)lights
  
• Added scripting nodes to check if a unit is passive, corpse or animal
  
• Scripting nodes will now show their description while hovering over them
  
• Scripting node input and output parameters will now show a description while hovering over them
  
• Modular parts will no longer be destroyed when the attached object is destroyed
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed that spawned weapons by scripting would despawn
  
• Fixed that spawned shields by scripting wouldnt fall down
  
• Fixed that spawned horses by scripting would fly
  
• Fixed that selected x-shaped sticky nodes would break the selection of objects
  
• Fixed player swimming
  
• Fixed various problems with the scripting light settings UI
  
• Fixed bullet shell directions on HMGs
  
• Fixed that vanilla siege units didnt save their equipment correctly
  
• Fixed that roof walls could not be placed on triangle roof parts
  
• Fixed that units that were pushed off by the player would fly in the air
  
• Fixed various animation issues related to snow coverage in the editor
  
• Fixed issues related to copy/pasting while snow coverage is enabled
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented modular parts from being placed after the terrain got changed
  

Content

• Added 45° modular roof parts
  
• Added 2 future energy shields (round and rectangular version)
  
  
• Added a decorative blood particle effect
  

Scripting walls

Modular material settings

New scripting nodes

• Added restrict move, look, attack, jump, crouch, sprint and lean nodes to prevent the player from doing certain actions
  
• Added InfoLeft/InfoRight nodes to show text notifications on the HUD
  
• CustomInfo node allows the creation of custom HUD messages with options for:
  
  
  
  • font size
    
  • vertical/horizontal text alignment
    
  • text color
    
  • background color
    
  • background transparency
    
  • duration
    
  • x/y positions in screen coordinates [0, 1] from the bottom left corner
    
  • width/height in percent of the screen size [0, 1]
    
  
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed missing units in zombie spawner UI
  
• Fixed full balaclava clipping through some items
  
• Fixed spawning with red players in the arena
  
• Fixed impact effects and sounds on modular building parts
  

Coming up next

Halloween menu scene

Halloween event map

Content

• Added SVD rifle (DMR D in game)
  
• Added dark and desert colored variants of all modern vanilla units
  

Features & Improvements

• Randomized vanilla units
  
  
  
  • Clothed units are now the default variant in the unit placement list
    
  • The existing variants (clothed, naked, light/heavy/full armored) still exist
    
  • Vanilla units spawn with randomized gear depending on their faction
    
    
    
    • Clothing, face equipments, hair, armor, shields and weapon attachments will be randomized
      
    
    
  • Vanilla units in old maps stay the same
    
  • The exact randomized variant of placed units will be saved and loaded
    
    
    
    • Exceptions: Units which spawn from spawners, in conquest/KOTH or drop from vehicles
      
    
    
  • When duplicating a randomized unit it will get a new set of random items
    
  
  
• Scripting
  
  
  
  • Increased .ogg file size limit to 1.5MB (Using large audio files will increase the map size and loading times)
    
  • Script execution time is now shown when using the debug.fps 2 command in the console
    
  • Added player to health cast node
    
  • Added skill input to Spawn(Custom)UnitEx nodes
    
  • Added increment/decrement nodes for float/int
    
  • Added Get/Set Ammo nodes to modify the amount of bullets in the player's current weapon
    
  • Added SetGuardMode node to set a unit to guard mode with a specific pose
    
  • Added hit normal output to interaction raycast node
    
  • Added OnJump/OnLand event nodes for the player
    
  • Added vignette screen effect node
    
  • Added Get/SetSkill nodes to modify the AI skill
    
  
  
• Campaigns
  
  
  
  • Large campaigns will now load without freezing the game
    
  • Added "keep equipment from previous level" option for campaign levels
    
  • Added "keep ammo from previous level" option for campaign levels
    
  
  
• Unit stats randomization
  
  
  
  • When a unit spawns its stats will be slightly randomized
    
  • Health: +- 10hp
    
  • Skill: +- 10%
    
  • Attack distance: Increased by up to 5
    
  
  
• Increased default unit attack distance from 30 to 50
  
• Increased pellet damage from 17 to 25
  
• Decreased shorty pump animation duration
  
• Slightly adjusted the models of "Helmet 1" and "Helmet 4"
  
• Boats can now drop units if the landing spot is blocked by other objects which units can walk on
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused wrong rendering of transparent face equipment items while editing/playing a battle
  
• Fixed inaccurate fps counter for slowed down battles
  
• Fixed that face equipments were not being added correctly to the campaign inventory
  
• Fixed that gatling guns were floating
  
• Fixed the campaign level close button
  
• Fixed working rotors on landed AE500
  
• Fixed typo in lush alien environment objects
  
• Fixed back left wheel material on LAV-25
  
• Fixed framed door frame collision
  
• Fixed SAM turret destruction when the object below the turret got destroyed
  
• Fixed skeleton corpse model
  
• HMGs should now hit strafing players in close range better
  
• Fixed door opened/closed scripting events
  
• Fixed that modifying the terrain would reset custom rotations of environment objects
  
• Added slight delay to prevent modular drag placement from being used when placing from certain angles
  
• Other minor fixes
  

Content

• Added 3 SAM turrets which shoot rockets at air vehicles
  
• Added stack of arrows ammo pack
  
• Added stack of bolts ammo pack
  
• Added gold and silver ingots as money (3 sizes each)
  
• Added landed versions of AE500, future helicopter, future jet, heavy dropship
  

Features and improvements

• Scripting
  
  
  
  • Added OnDamageGlobal event which gets invoked when any unit in the battle takes damage
    
  • Added ColorOverlay node which can be used to fade (0-1 intensity) the screen to a specific color (rgb)
    
  • Added DeleteEquipment node to delete the equipment of units which just died (OnDeath -> DeleteEquipment can be used to prevent the player from picking up the unit's weapons)
    
  • Added GetCustomUnitData to get the custom unit data if possible to spawn another unit with the same gear
    
  • Added global variables to share data between scripts
    
    
    
    • Global variables can be placed from the toolbar in the scripting view
      
    • Select variables to set a name and type
      
    • GlobalVar input node can be used to reference global variables from multiple scripts
      
    • GetGlobal/SetGlobal can be used to get/set the value
      
    
    
  • Added GetTarget node to get the target of a unit (can be a position or another unit)
    
  • Added GameSound node to input vanilla sounds
    
    
    
    • Contains all in-game music and some effect sounds. More effects will follow
      
    
    
  • Particle effects are movable objects now
    
  • Objects which are referenced by scripts can now always be deleted with the 'Delete' node
    
  • Setting the text of a unit hint (message bubble) to null or empty will hide it now
    
  • OnDamage events will now be invoked even if the unit died
    
  
  
• Buffed AA tanks (Marksman, AMX-10) with faster projectile speed and weapon rotations
  
• Added dark color theme for all ground vehicles
  
• Added an option to close the unit editor without updating the unit when it was opened from within the battle editor
  
• Custom units with anti air launchers will now always prioritize air vehicles
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused weapon to get knocked out of the player's hands
  
• Fixed that invalid sound files in a script would prevent the script from being compiled
  
• UI elements will now longer be affected by keyboard input
  
  
  
  • This will prevent a variety of bugs that caused invisible selected UI elements to be modified
    
  
  
• Fixed frequent lag spikes in the unit creator
  
• Fixed reloading of underbarrel gl
  
• Fixed that loading equipment from custom units would be possible in campaign levels with restrictions or inventory
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed units to move while crouching
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the animation for chambering a bullet to play after switching the gun
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some objects to be visible through other objects when the transform handles were visible
  

Next update

The next update will be 0.37.0 with randomized vanilla units to make them more interesting and some other improvements.

Content

• Sword
  
• Longsword
  
• Mace
  
• Battle axe
  
• Heavy sword
  
• Ancient Knife
  
• Warhammer
  
• Nail bat
  
• Katana
  
• Crossbow
  
• Spear
  
• Pike
  
• Bisento
  
• Pirate dagger
  
• Saber
  
• Slim saber
  
• Some lord equipment
  

• Flanged mace
  
• Medieval dagger
  
• Chokuto (replaces the tanto sword)
  
• Tsurugi
  
• Nagamaki
  
• Yari
  

• Added 11 new wooden shields
  
• Added 11 new improvised wooden shields
  

Features and improvements

• Improved rendering of fully clothed/armored custom units (up to 80% faster rendering time and ~63% RAM reduction)
  
• When an equipment or environment object is selected in the editor, you can now edit the rotation/position with transform handles
  
• Unit hint messages are now above their head equipment
  
• Added a toggle to the scripting mode to show all scripts
  
• Added a new SpawnVehicle node to spawn vehicles with a specific color option
  
• Added sounds effects for wooden shield impacts (melee/projectile)
  
• Increased helicopter explosion size
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed a memory leak when editing units or player equipment
  
• Fixed a blood splash culling issue
  
• Fixed that units placed on ships would get replaced when changing the terrain
  
• Fixed that when editing terrain with the cursor off the terrain, the modification would be applied below the camera
  
• Fixed that destroyed air vehicles would move while the game is paused
  
• Fixed that having a single dialog node with no answer would not trigger the scripting event
  
• Fixed that loading a unit in the scripting menu would overwrite the player equipment
  
• Fixed some modular building problems related to roof walls
  
• Fixed spawning of siege weapons from scripts
  
• Fixed PlayAnimEx/PlayAnimExF nodes
  
• Fixed that playing a custom animation with mode once would not allow the animation to be restarted
  

Content

• Added Panzer IV WW2 tank
  
• Added 10 fang variants for custom units
  

Scripting features

• Node to get the name of a custom unit
  
• Ignore node to ignore/unignore possible targets for a unit
  
• Node to change the unit behaviour (default, guard, wander)
  
• Nodes to remove any player weapon, support equipment and shield
  
• Input node for instrumental notes
  
  
  
  • Available instruments: Piano, Drums, Organ, 4 Guitars, Flute, Glockenspiel, Harp, Marimba, Trumpet, Vibraphone, Violin
    
  • Available notes/octaves depend on the instrument
    
  
  
• Input node to write instrumental notes as songs and nodes to play the song in 3d world space or 2d
  
• Input node for custom .ogg vorbis sound files
  
  
  
  • WARNING! If you use copyrighted songs in workshop items, you will risk to get banned from AW3's workshop/steam group and the copyright holders could take further actions against you.
    
  • -> Only use audio you are allowed to redistribute and give credit to the author if required
    
  
  
• Various nodes to play and control sounds
  
  
  
  • Play, Play2D
    
  • Get sound duration
    
  • Get pitch/range/volume
    
  • Set pitch/range/volume
    
  • Pause, restart, resume, stop
    
  • Set loop
    
  • Get/Set playback time
    
  • Set position
    
  
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed a crash caused by endless event loops in scripts
  
• Fixed wrong input type on EquipmentId to int node
  
• Fixed wrong output name on array length node
  
• Fixed OnConsume/OnPickupObject/OnPickupEquipment events
  
• Fixed default object id input node value
  
• Fixed that objects with variants could not be spawned from scripts
  
• Fixed that some exoskeleton parts could not be picked up
  
• Fixed mesh of ushanka hat
  
• Fixed some collision bugs with barrels and fences that could cause the player to glitch below foundations/terrain
  
• Fixed flak cannons
  
• Fixed some minor problems related to unit targeting
  
• Fixed that starting money wasnt given to the player when spawning in conquest/koth
  
• Fixed vehicle crosshairs
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented weapon switching when trying to reload the single shot flamethrower
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause grenades to get stuck in the player's hands when reloading a shotgun
  
• SetHealth node will now correctly set the max health of the unit
  
• Fixed that tank gunners didnt continue to find targets after the first one
  
• Fixed that the RemoveBullets node didnt update the UI
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the IsZombie node to not detect zombie dogs
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed respawning at a helicopter
  

Alpha 0.36.3.1

• Fixed that some food items were missing in the object id input node
  
• Adjusted culling settings for food items
  
• Fixed scrolling UI problem for the object type filter
  

Alpha 0.36.3.2

• Fixed a bug that caused units from spawners to not work in some cases
  
• Fixed missing unit reference output for ReplaceUnit nodes
  
• Fixed that dogs could be selected as squad mates
  
• Fixed visual bugs related to some version of the skeleton corpse
  
• Fixed destruction and collision of modular metal railing
  
• Fixed that the player could enter destroyed siege shields
  
• Fixed that objects could not be placed on bridge objects
  
• Fixed modular roof walls while/after placing prefabs