Thanks for all the support and comments over on the Community Hub throughout Early Access.
But it's time. Meridian: Squad 22 is now feature complete!
We're really excited for this so share with your friends and get in touch with any comments on the Community Hub, discuss with other players!
Thanks again everyone!
Meridian: Squad 22 is out now!
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for supporting Meridian: New World.
The highly anticipated sequel, Meridian: Squad 22 is now available on Steam!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/451400
The game is currently in Early Access which means a special low price and bonus launch discount to early adopters! It also means you can jump in the community hub discussions, voice your suggestions and help shape the game for final launch!
Thanks again for the support!
The "Traces of Squad 22" update has arrived!
Patch 1.04 is released in preparation of the upcoming sequel to Meridian, Meridian: Squad 22 This update to Meridian: New World links the story of New World and Squad 22!
PATCH NOTES
NEW CONTENT
New unit: the "Manticore" is available from the Light Factory once you have a Laboratory.
New campaign mission: "Traces of Squad 22" is available directly from the main menu.
Added trading cards.
Added 5 new achievements.
Added French language pack.
Added Hungarian language pack.
BALANCE CHANGES
On easy difficulty, the enemy AI starts playing with a significant delay and plays slower.
Improved the enemy AI to use units more efficiently on Hard difficulty.
BUG FIXES
As a result of additional optimization, the memory footprint of the game was considerably reduced.
Fixed a bug where closing the Steam overlay, then closing the in-game menu would reopen the menu.
A bug with the equipment hologram was fixed where the units were sometimes not visible when equipping.
Log in to Steam to download the update and start playing right now!
A new campaign mission linking the story of New World and Squad 22
Rebalanced AI with an easier „Easy” difficulty and a bit tougher „Hard” difficulty
Trading Cards
New achievements
Additional language packs
A new unit: the Manticore
The Manticore is a heavy tank developed from Scouts. It is a powerful weapon that was used by Squad 22 throughout their mission. The schematics they've left behind allows you to use this unit from Meridian: Squad 22 in skirmish battles, but be careful – the enemy will use it as well!
A new campaign mission: Traces of Squad 22
After the events of Meridian: New World, Daniel Hanson and his squad are scouting the surface of Meridian to salvage as much of the abandoned outposts as possible. During their search, they encounter an outpost which used to belong to Squad 22.
The events of Meridian: Squad 22 happened after the colonists were sent to Meridian but before the central events of Meridian: New World took place. Information about Squad 22 was already found during the campaign of Meridian: New World, but you can uncover more in this brand new campaign mission!
Meridian: Squad 22 is Coming Soon!
Hi Everyone,
Welcome to Meridian: Squad 22, the sequel to Meridian: New World!
There's a lot to discuss about the game, we'll jump right in with graphics and AI!
Graphics
All of Meridian: Squad 22's units have much greater detail than in the prequel, Meridian: New World. Though Meridian: Squad 22 features a few units from the first game, these have been completely re-modelled and re-textured with great attention to detail.
The water effect was also re-designed for improved realism. This is especially important because Squad 22 features naval units, so the active gameplay will often be focused on the water surface.
And of course, unlike its predecessor, Squad 22 also features zooming and rotation! :)
Above: Meridian: New World
Above: Meridian: Squad 22
Pathfinding
In Meridian: New World, the pathfinding was sub-par because units were unaware of each other entirely. This is very clear when you take a look at how individual units attempted to find a path, they bumped into each other and immediately searched for a new path, delaying general movement. In Meridian: Squad 22 however, units accelerate and decelerate based on the surrounding units and adjust their path by predicting where nearby units will end up. This results in much smoother movement and better controls.
Above: Meridian: New World AI
Above: Meridian: Squad 22 AI
Patch 1.03 brings new skirmish maps, new achievements, Polish language and various fixes
PATCH 1.03
NEW CONTENT:
- New skirmish map: "Cliffhanger" is a 1v1 map with a related achievement if you can beat a hard AI on that map
- New skirmish map: "Cornered" is a 1v1 map with a related achievement if you can beat a hard AI on that map
- Added 3 new achievements
- Added Polish language pack
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed a bug which caused savegame incompatibility when loading a saved game from the Control mission that was saved before version 1.0
- Fixed a bug with justifying lines where the game could freeze up if a text was longer than the space it was meant to fit in
- Fixed a bug in the German language pack which crashed the game when reading Catherine's log during the Complex mission
- Fixed a bug in the German language pack which crashed the game when reading the log about the Flagship
- Fixed a bug which crashed the game if a custom user-made map tried to reference an EventID higher than 1499
- Fixed a bug which caused performance issues when playing after switching to a lower resolution.
NEW CONTENT, BUX FIXES and CZECH and PORTUGESE LANGUAGE ADDED
(11.06.2014.) Patch notes - Version 1.02
NEW CONTENT:
- New skirmish map: "Clash" is an 1v1v1v1 free-for-all map
- Added Czech language pack
- Added Portugese language pack
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed a crash which occured when the enemy AI was trying to attack a player that was already defeated
- Fixed the position of options windows on lower resolutions
- Fixed a bug which caused an enemy Light Factory to initiate production even if there wasn't enough food
- Fixed the German language pack
MERIDIAN: NEW WORLD - smashes its way from Early Access to Full Release, Friday, 26th September - HUGE UPDATES
One-man project set for full release on Friday, 26th September, 2014.
Merge Games and Headup Games are happy to present you the final Steam release date of their one-man-indie-project Meridian: New World - a single-player RTS game developed by Ede Tarsoly, the mastermind behind Elder Games.
We would like to thank the numerous Early Access members all over the world for their really helpful feedback and are happy to announce September 26th 2014 as the official release date of the final version on Steam
For press and you tubers interested in reviewing the full game before release please get in touch with Gregor - email : ebert@headupgames.com
Check out the new updates to co-incide with the FULL LAUNCH.
NEW CONTENT:
- New campaign mission: "Complex" is available after completing "Sector 16-2B"
- New campaign mission: "Escape" and the related ship-visit section is available after completing "Complex"
- New campaign mission: "Daniel's Outpost" is available after completing "Escape"
- New campaign mission: "Magellan Under Attack" is available after completing "Daniel's Outpost"
- New campaign mission: "Last Stand" is available after completing "Magellan Under Attack"
- New skirmish map: "Blockade" is an 1v1 map with a related achievement if you can beat a hard AI on that map
- New skirmish map: "New World" is an 1v1 map with a related achievement if you can beat a hard AI on that map
- New skirmish map: "Warpath" is an 1v1v1v1 free-for-all map
- Raised commander level cap to 45, allowing you to unlock and fully upgrade all abilities
- Added 17 new achievements
BUG FIXES:
- Storages no longer have self-destruct during the Control mission to prevent the mission from becoming impossible to accomplish
- Fixed a minor bug with Vanguards which caused a small RAM usage spike to occur
- Fixed a bug which caused minutes to be displayed incorrectly on the stat screens if the mission time was over an hour
- Fixed a bug which caused the stat screens to display incorrect mission times since patch 0.87
- Fixed Chimera placement and healing bugs that occured during the turret defense segment
- Fixed a bug which caused Troopers to not receive additional armor from the Shield ability if they had upgraded armor
- Fixed a bug where area healing didn't work if there was no unit at the center of the healing
- Fixed a bug where area healing didn't affect air units properly
- Fixed a bug where a charged Vanguard was destroyed but its electricity animation remained on the map
- Fixed a bug where area damage of Railguns would only work if the attacked unit was on screen
- Fixed a bug where the Vanguard charged indicator effect was visible even if the Vanguard was hidden in fog of war
- Fixed a bug where an empty control group could also be assigned -- doing this will now remove the control group
- Fixed a bug where the enemy AI wouldn't mine resources if its worker units were outside of the current map area
MAP EDITING AND SCRIPTING CHANGES:
- Added the "Player_MoveUnitsToLoc" function which allows you to move all units owned by a player to a specified location
- Fixed a bug which didn't allow some decor elements to be removed once they were placed on the map
- Added numerous decor elements and finalized decor list
- Added more special units to the game that can be created from script -- the documentation contains their names
- Clicking custom GUI elements will now respond at all times and won't include the 5 frame delay that all other events have
- Fixed a bug where Player_OrderUnitTypeToAttackMove wouldn't affect units that are holding position
Note: The Editor will only update after restarting Steam.
LATEST UPDATE
NEW CONTENT:
- New unit: the "Vanguard" is available from the Heavy Factory
- New weapon: the "Charger Cannon" is available as an equipment option once it is researched at the Laboratory
- New skirmish map: "Conflict" is an 1v1 map with a related achievement if you can beat a hard AI on that map
- Raised commander level cap to 35, allowing you to unlock more abilities or further upgrade existing ones
- Added 10 new achievements
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed a bug which caused "you need to set one slot to 'player'" to be displayed in the skirmish window even if there was a player slot
- Boost Construction, Boost Production and Boost Fire Rate is now displayed below the unit health bars when activated
- The AI will now decide whether to construct a Heavy Factory or a Landing Pad based on the current situation
- Fixed a bug which caused the AI to place a Shardium Mine and a Landing Pad simultaneously, causing it to build neither and freeze
- Fixed a bug which caused Railguns to not cause splash damage when equipped to Light Tanks or Scouts
- Improved visual quality of the Fighter, Bomber and Heavy Fighter units to make it easier to identify which team they belong to
- Fixed a bug which caused newly produced Heavy Fighters to have 2 armor instead of 1
- Fixed a bug which caused infantry and airborne death animations to stay on the map even after loading a saved game or starting a new game
- Fixed a bug where ctrl + left clicking a unit would select units but wouldn't display the unit selection interface
- Hours will now be displayed properly when displaying mission time on the victory / defeat screens
MAP EDITING AND SCRIPTING CHANGES:
- Added the "Env_UpdateLaserGate" function which allows you to draw a set of laser beams between two tiles
- Attack-move orders given from script won't affect worker units anymore
NEW UPDATE - MISSIONS, LEVELS AND MORE!!!!!!!!
Update now to get :
NEW CONTENT:
- New campaign mission: "Control" and the related ship-visit section is available after completing "Airbase"
- New campaign mission: "Sector 16-2B" is available after completing "Control"
- Raised commander level cap to 25, allowing you to unlock more abilities or further upgrade existing ones
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed a bug which caused a "System.OutOfMemoryException" crash when attempting to load a saved game
- Fixed a bug which caused saved games to go over 3MB size
- It is now possible to overwrite a saved game by double-clicking
- Fixed a bug where the Complex Interior tileset was lit with a different color without shadows
- Fixed a bug which caused the AI to initiate production of a Chimera with Mining Tools without paying its cost
MAP EDITING AND SCRIPTING CHANGES:
- To make it easier to work with locations, these will now always appear at elevation level 2, regardless of where they were placed
- Added Player_OrderUnitTypeToAttackMove function, allowing you to order units of the specified type to attack
