Ancient Warfare 3

• Added clothes to hostage units
  
• You can now choose weapons for the left hand of passive/corpse units
  
• Cardboard boxes can now be placed on shelves and tables
  

• Fixed various problems related to controlling of units after the player died
  
• Fixed various problems related to flag spawning
  
• Fixed name of the baseball cap
  
• Fixed that face equipments with glass would turn black in the editor and while playing
  
• Fixed winter jacket culling issues
  
• Fixed clipping of winter jacket through unit heads
  
• Fixed a visual bug that caused tank control units to be visible from below the vehicle
  
• Fixed a bug that stopped the async delete process when trying to delete many objects
  
• Fixed that timer based zombie survival battles would not end when switching the player mid battle
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented doors from being placed in drywall doorframes
  
• Fixed that trying to control units from spawners would make them disappear
  
  [The fixes below are only available for the 64bit Windows version! Win32 and Linux builds are pending]
  
• Fixed disappearing of face equipment objects with transparency on corpses
  
• Fixed that the spot where the player died would be blocked when trying to move there with another unit
  
• Fixed that rotating the dust particle effect had no effect
  

• Added short pants
  
• Added ushanka with and without ear flaps
  
• Added a winter jacket
  
• Added winter pants
  
• Added ballistic goggles and a fitting balaclava
  
• Added more beard variants
  
• Added a norman helmet
  
• Added a baseball cap
  
• Added round glasses
  
• Added half stone barriers
  

• Home and conquest flags can now be placed on buildings
  
• Settings panels will now stay open when dragging a list or any other element outside of the window
  
• Added an option to auto control a unit after dying
  
• Added an option to deactivate the HUD in the game settings
  
• Added an option to toggle aiming, sprinting and crouching in the game settings
  
• Added an option to change the default player view (1st/3rd person) in the game settings
  
• Battle settings panel resizing improvements
  
• Improved the prefab placement performance and fixed various placement problems
  
• Fixed jittering while ships are moving
  
• Improved the squad AI to stay closer to be player in enclosed spaces
  
• Improved the performance of trees and fixed some problems which caused frame drops
  
• Reworked the on ship movement to resolve a lot of problems related ship landing
  
• Added the player to the placement list
  
• Added a semi auto fire mode to the S16
  
• Added the first iteration of a learning helper, which will help new players to learn the basics of the editor and available tools
  
• Added a system to link steam guides to certain areas of the game to show more information when pressing an info button (there will be more guides in future updates)
  

• Fixed a bug that prevented close ranged melee units from attacking each other properly
  
• Fixed that deleting many objects and units sometimes didnt work
  
• Fixed that stacked roads did cut themselves out (You should use terrain painting tools to paint the whole terrain instead of roads for better performance)
  
• Fixed that trenches would block transparency while playing a Battle
  
• Fixed that units from spawners did not use their shields
  
• Fixed that assigning keybinds would sometimes not work
  
• Fixed that starting to control a unit while the time is paused did not work
  
• The edit terrain panel discard button is now working
  

• New model for future swords (Plasma sword)
  
  
  
  • With more damage, a high chance to set units on fire and custom sound
    
  
  
• Redesigned the wooden and metal guard towers and added ladders to them
  

• Added terrain painting to the environment editor
  
  
  
  • Allows to paint areas of the terrain with colors from all biomes or custom RGB colors
    
  • Paint can be applied with different strength, speed and shapes
    
  • Paint does work across different biomes, but will be reset when changing the terrain seed
    
  
  
• New road rendering
  
  
  
  • Roads are part of the terrain and dont cause collision problems
    
  • Grass and rocks will not spawn on roads
    
  • Railroads are outdated (old maps still work, but you cant create them anymore)
    
  
  
• Added new options to select no grass and no rock areas on the terrain
  
• Grenade/support equipment slot for custom units
  
  
  
  • Custom units with melee weapons or firearms can now be equipped with different grenades or support items like shield fields
    
  • Usage in combat depends on the unit skill, the surroundings and the target distance
    
  
  
• Added a small tooltip that shows the terrain height below the mouse while having a terrain height tool selected
  
• Added swing sounds to melee weapons
  
• Equipment items are now sorted alphabetically in the player equipment and custom unit creation windows
  
• Players will now keep their inertia while running down stairs
  
• Dying after starting control a unit will now always show the spectate notification instead of switching to spectate mode instantly
  

• Fixed player damage effect
  
• Fixed that certain control characters in texts would cause battles to not load
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to glitch through doors with the leaning mechanic
  
• Fixed 4x WW scope model
  
• Fixed a bug that caused directories in the file browser to be sorted incorrectly
  
• Fixed various reasons for error spamming and error displaying in the debug console
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause weird camera movement after spectating a unit
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed the throw indicator to stay visible
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to shoot after starting to control a unit
  
• Fixed crosshair and ammo HUD after starting to control a unit
  

• Added door frames with an offset door hole
  
• Added a beret, german steel helmet and full balaclava
  
• Added a crowbar (WMC reward)
  
• Added a WWII machine gun (MG B)
  
• Added a coat clothing object
  
• Added static versions of the ships which can be placed as objects
  
• Added 4 animal pelt carpets
  
• Added 10 wall mounted banners (blue + red variant for each)
  
• Added 2 battle banners (blue + red variant for each)
  
• Added a bar counter object
  
• Added 7 book stack variants
  
• Added 3 wall mounted plant pots with more than 20 plant variants
  
• Added a metal brazier (on/off versions)
  
• Added 3 different candle sticks (on/off versions)
  
• Added a chandelier
  
• Added a chopping board
  
• Added cinder roof parts in 3 color variants
  
• Added 2 decorative concrete columns
  
• Added a concrete planter box
  
• Added horses and elephants as objects
  
• Added 3 fancy wood tables
  
• Added an old fireplace (on/off versions)
  
• Added 5 different hay bales/stacks
  
• Added a horse hitching post
  
• Added a king's bed
  
• Added 4 medieval bed variants
  
• Added 3 different thrones
  
• Added a wood log beach barricade
  
• Added a medieval stick lantern (on/off variants)
  
• Added a medieval shelf
  
• Added 4 medieval stools
  
• Added 8 medieval tent variants (3 color variants for red and blue each)
  
• Added 3 medieval chairs
  
• Added 6 paper map variants that show a map of the current battle
  
• Added a war planning table that shows a map of the current battle
  
• Added 6 different plant pots with 20+ plant variants each
  
• Added 6 generic sack variants
  
• Added decorative versions of the spear trap and wood spike barricades
  
• Added a stacked barbwire object
  
• Added a stone and a wood lectern
  
• Added 2 medieval stone tables
  
• Added 4 stacked stone wall objects
  
• Added modular thatch roof parts
  
• Added 3 wall mounted torch variants (on/off each)
  
• Added 2 wall mounted wood shelves
  
• Added 3 burn wood pile variants
  
• Added various wooden table variants
  
• Added 3 wood bench variants
  
• Added a wooden planter box
  
• Added modular parts to fill the side of roof parts
  

• Improved the performance of barbed wire and various other traps
  
• Added ammunation starting options for the player
  
• Enabled the debug console again (F9 to open it)
  
• Long names in the placement list will now scroll through
  
• Added a respawn time option for conquest & KOTH
  
• Added color settings and adjusted the default material of sandbag barricades
  
• Added color settings to the cyborg eyes and doctor mask
  
• The evac zone in the hostage mode can now be placed on objects
  
• Angled roof parts can now be stacked to create long roof lines
  
• Some alien planet plants will now be aligned with the terrain slope
  
• Added support for wall mounted objects
  
• New objects will now show a "new" tag in the placement list
  
• Removed ambient environment sounds from most biomes
  
• Distance lights will now render at low quality instead of being culled
  
• Changed the ambient music in the main menu, custom battle and custom unit creator
  
• Removed ambient music while playing battles
  
• Added an apply button to the window and resolution settings
  
• Performance Improvements
  
  
  
  • Improved the memory efficiency of pathfinding which results in less stutters
    
  • Improved the AI pathfinding communication to remove some stutters
    
  
  
• Added new main menu backgrounds
  
  
  
  • Low end computers (< 4 cores or <= 4GB RAM) will show a simple but good looking scene
    
  • Other systems will show a medieval, high culture, future or world war background
    
  
  

• Fixed a bug that prevented propane tanks from being despawned
  
• Fixed squad unit symbol for tall custom units
  
• Fixed player bayonets with friendly fire enabled
  
• Fixed elimination mode end results to work with campaigns
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the UI system to stop working and become invisible in the editor
  
• Fixed red player spawns in random battles
  
• Fixed that helicopters wouldnt use their weapons
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented units from attacking the player while using siege weapons
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented units from moving towards the player in some areas
  
• Fixed initial health when starting to control a unit
  
• Fixed that notes couldnt be placed on future buildings
  

• Improved the squad system to create a better experience
  
• You can now choose up to 8 squad units (previously 4)
  
• To control units, there is a new menu that you can navigate by using the F1-F5 keys (adjustable in the settings).
  
• Squad units are no longer affected by pathfinding delays of the regular AI to make them more responsive
  
• List of controls
  Movement
  Can be used to send units to a position, follow the player, advance individually or stop at their current position
  Facing
  Can be used to set the look direction of squad units to match the player direction, look away from the player or a specific direction
  Formation
  Can be used to set the formation of the units around the player or before sending them to a position.
  Available options: Line, Loose, Circle, Square, Wedge
  Attack
  Decide if units are allowed to attack or not
  Distance
  Decide how close the units will stay next to each other in formations
  

Special Weekly Map Competition

Snow update

Alpha 0.35.0 patch notes

• Added M2 flamethrower
  
• Added flamethrower backpack (required for M2 flamethrower), but can be used as decoration on custom units
  

• Added anti aliasing (can be enabled in the graphics settings)
  
• Melee system improvements
  
  
  
  • Reworked some of the melee animations
    
  • Melee weapons will stop when hitting another weapon/shield
    
  • Players can now defend in 4 directions
    
  • Attack/Defend directions now work based on mouse movement (indicator and sensitivity adjustable in the game settings)
    
  • Skill setting is now working for AI melee units
    
  • Melee AI units will now block melee attacks
    
  • Melee AI units will now use their shield when they are getting shot
    
  • Melee weapon attack speeds depend on the weapon weight now
    
  • Blocking an attack will result in a short stun for the attacking unit
    
  • Improved melee weapon hit detections
    
  • Added blood splashes for melee weapon hits
    
  • Added dismemberment probabilities for each weapon
    
  
  
• AI targeting improvements
  
  
  
  • Units will now prioritize units that they can see
    
  • Guard/patrol units will only target units they can see
    
  • This will help to prevent targeting through walls in close quarters if other units are visible
    
  
  
• Other AI improvements
  
  
  
  • Improved visibility of ranged units
    
  • Improved navigation around corners (fixed jittering)
    
  • Melee units will no longer attack buildings
    
  
  
• Navigation features
  
  
  
  • You can now draw preferred and avoided areas for the AI in the editor
    
  • Added path preview tool the navigation preview
    
  
  
• Character body and head animations will now play in 3rd person
  
• Players can now sneak behind other units
  
• Jumping and running will now cause noise
  
• Noises are now related to a position in the world
  
• Arrows now have a chance to get stuck in shields
  
• Large bullet calibers can now penetrate shields
  
• You can now choose unlimited patrol points for units
  
• Added options to enter default or guard mode after the patrol path ended
  
• Units will now skip non traversable patrol paths
  
• Updated game settings save model (Will reset all game and audio settings)
  
• Added a light culling option to the render settings to improve the performance with many decorative lights
  
• Heavily increased flame thrower damage
  
• Battles, prefabs and campaigns are now stored in a compressed format to allow more advanced features to be stored in the files in the future
  

• Fixed some problems with prefab placement
  
• Fixed problems with ladder climbing
  
• Fixed the functionality of the battering ram
  
• Fixed too many units warning when placing a lot of corpses
  
• Fixed that crouching could prevent the player from getting targeted in some cases
  

• Added a maul weapon (WMC reward)
  
• Added paper sheets and sticky notes
  
  
  
  • Can be placed on any other object (except for generated environment)
    
  • Text can be adjusted and supports basic tag based formating
    
  
  
• Added computer screens, a computer, mouse and keyboard
  

• You can now choose spawner limits for a specific team
  
• Spawner destruction can now be deactivated
  
• You can now climb down ladders by not pressing space
  
• You can now still move in each direction while on a ladder
  
• Doors will no longer open automatically
  
  
  
  • The interact key (default: F) can be used to open/close them
    
  • Modular doors can now be locked
    
  
  
• Added keys and keycards that can be assigned to doors to unlock them
  
• Performance Improvements
  
  
  
  • Improved the loading speed for users with many custom units/prefabs when the hard drive is not the limiting factor
    
  • Reduced lag when loading images of workshop items and store battles/units/...
    
  
  
• Reduced health of air vehicles
  
• Increased damage of flak cannon, marksman tank and AMX tank
  
• Improved targeting of flak cannon, marksman, AMX and AA unit against air vehicles
  
• Missing prefab workshop icons will now be downloaded from steam instead of generated
  
• Deathmatch mode can now result in a draw
  

• Fixed newly subscribed prefab icon format
  
• Fixed that crouching in lava biomes would set the player on fire
  
• Remove laser turrets from airdrops
  
• Fixed rug placement on drywall floors
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause spawners to spawn units inside objects
  
• Fixed floating hostage units
  
• Fixed zombie grenades on passive units
  
• Fixed default animation settings in the unit creator
  

• Added a future cannon turret
  
• Added a WWI 6 inch cannon turret
  
• Added a construction modular building set with framed and drywall parts
  
• Added 60+ decorative objects like filled palettes, rubble piles, material stacks, ...
  

• Added an option to create prefabs with the size of regular maps
  
• Improved the editor selection of objects to work when clicking on any part of an object
  
• Empty vehicles can now be placed on objects
  

• Fixed a freeze/crash that happened when closing the game
  
• Fixed that the terrain did not count as an obstacle for the AI (as a result, placing objects below the terrain can block their AI navigation!)
  
• Fixed missing icons for some objects/equipment
  
• Fixed that changing the custom unit type would reset the appearance setting
  
• Fixed pause menu continue button in the arena
  
• Fixed selection of skeletons/ghosts when trying to select a unit to play as
  
• Fixed bullet icon resolution issue
  
• Fixed animations of some vanilla skeleton units
  
• Fixed skeleton hands clipping through gloves
  

• Added a half version of the wood fence
  
• Added a two filter gas mask
  

• New skeleton model
  
• Skeleton units can now be equipped with all weapons and equipment objects
  
• Allowed a lot of objects to be placed on other objects
  
• Skeletons can now be passive units or corpses
  
• Custom zombies can now be poisoned or burned
  
• Added custom ghost units (they dont bleed and have no visible color but are still fighting for one color)
  
• Improved the stability of the custom battle creator
  
• Added a margin settings for heightmaps
  
• The WMC panel will now be hidden after the submission period ended
  
• More objects can now be placed on other objects (hedges, decoration objects, destroyed vehicles, ...)
  

• Fixed that melee units couldnt target siege weapon control units
  
• Fixed that the grid overlay would be visible on certain object
  
• Fixed back of M1 tank model
  
• Fixed object category of some tanks
  
• Workaround for text mesh overflow error
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the custom battle editor to keep working on old tasks