Starship Troopers: Terran Command New Achievements Beta Now Available
We are glad to announce that achievements are now available in the open beta version of Starship Troopers: Terran Command. Each campaign scenario has two unique achievements that can be earned by the most skilled and bravest Troopers out there. In addition, there is a set of global achievements related to your performance across the game. Join the open beta today and be one of the first to try out the new features and gameplay improvements currently being developed. To participate in the beta program, go through the following steps:
Right click on Starship Troopers: Terran Command in your Steam Library
Click on Properties
Click on Betas
Click on drop-down menu and select "Beta - Open Beta"
Then Steam should automatically update the game and download the beta
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We are joining WASD
From March 30th till April 1st we will be showcasing some of our most popular titles at WASD exhibition in London. Attendees will have the chance to play some of our greatest games, including Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector, ICBM, Starship Troopers: Terran Command, and Panzer Corps 2.
If you don't own these games yet, they will be joining WASD Sale on Steam.
Whether you're a fan of turn-based strategy, sci-fi warfare, or historical battles, our lineup has something for you. We're excited to give gamers a chance to experience our games and get a taste of what makes Slitherine titles so unique and engaging.
Our colleagues Giulia, Sara, Paolo and Edmond, will be there in person to provide guidance and answer any questions you may have. So don't miss this opportunity to join us at WASD: We can't wait to see you there!
You can access the exhibition from 10 am until 6 pm: buy tickets here.
Scenario Editor with Steam Workshop functionality is out now
Greetings Citizens,
Do you sit at home and think, how could I better do my part? Well think no more!
Build for the Federation today with the new Scenario Editor for Starship Troopers: Terran Command. Included in this powerful editor is everything a citizen needs to build the bright future of humanity, including:
* The Scenario Editor can be accessed in game through the main menu. Just click the Editor button and your creative journey will begin!
* Access to everything that was used to make the original single player campaign: Assets, units, terrain, props and more. Plus the ability to load those missions into the editor to see how they were done.
* Powerful scripting system to showcase your creativity. Make your own cinematic scenes using the in game engine, with commentary, unit movement, special effects and more.
* Easy-to-use terrain tools let you design your level without the need for any complicated learning. Just choose a terrain style, height and then paint away with simple brush and placement tools. No need to do any complex image mapping or other complex terrain techniques.
* Bring your mods to the Steam Workshop and share them with the world. The built-in Steam Workshop integration allows players to play your mods straight from the game itself. Our welcoming Discord modding community is also on hand to help you get the most out of the editor.
Scenario Editor live stream
To celebrate this release we will be hosting a “What’s your mod?” live stream on our Twitch channel today at 5 pm CEST, featuring the developers of Starship Troopers: Terran Command with Edmon. They will recreate a movie scene in the Editor, so we encourage all fans of the game to tune in and join us for the celebration.
So what are you waiting for?
Sign up today and create your world.
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Starship Troopers: Terran Command - Open beta update v2.3.7
Greetings Troopers,
today we are releasing a new update for the beta:
v2.3.7 - 96519e2f - Beta
Fixes
* Control groups selection highlight fixed * Editor: improved aspect ratio of displayed characters on trigger settings
Starship Troopers: Terran Command - Open beta update v2.3.6
Greetings Troopers,
today we are releasing a new update for the beta:
v2.3.6 - a7436a1af - Beta
Features
* Savegames - Add savegame support for Steam Workshop and local scenarios. * Workshop - New workshop screen in the main menu to subscribe and launch workshop scenarios * Editor - Added support for custom story characters in a scenario, see Template_Triggers_Attacking for an example * Editor - Added rescaling of decorations and updated tool help text
Improvements
* Decoration previews - Improved the decoration preview rendering in the editor, most decorations have a previews now * Control groups - simplified the new controls groups to a single default. Units can be added to multiple control groups using Alt+x or Shift+Alt+x * Polished editor UI in various places * Various fixes for the editor and the campaign in preparation of the release
Starship Troopers: Terran Command - Scenario Editor release date announced
Greetings Troopers,
We have exciting news to share with you today, but first we would like to take a moment to thank all of our fans for the amazing content you have shared since the opening of the Steam Workshop beta.
We are pleased to announce that on March 14th we will be releasing the Scenario Editor along with Steam Workshop functionality: you will have the chance to create your own unique maps and scenarios and to share them with the community on Steam Workshop.
We believe that this will take your gameplay experience to a whole new level, not only because you can now customize your experience, but also because now you have endless possibilities for playing whole new content. So mark your calendars and get ready to unleash your creativity!
We're also looking into preparing a special live stream on slitherinetv in which we'll showcase how the Scenario Editor works, so keep posted to know more details.
We'll see you on the battlefield!
Starship Troopers: Terran Command - Open beta update v2.3.5
Greetings Troopers,
today we are releasing a new update for the beta:
v2.3.5 - e28008140773 - Beta
Improvements
* Editor - Missing decorations will no longer crash loading the scenario, they will instead be silently skipped * Editor - Added TE_UnitSpecialSet to set units to “special” from triggers * Editor - Weapon ranges are now shown for selected units in editor * Editor - Moved back some unused units as “moddable” unit types * Editor - TE_MusicPlaylist now shows a list of available music states
Bugfixes
* Editor - Removed the option to delete players, as it is causing several crashes * Editor - Fixed AI team number display in editor * Editor - Fix for make dropship units removeable
Join the Beta: Map Editor with Steam Workshop functionality now open
Citizens of the Federation, attention!
The time has come to put your strategic skills to the test. We are proud to announce that the Beta for the Map Editor and Steam Workshop functionality is now open for Starship Troopers: Terran Command. Get ready to take control of the battlefield and build new maps to show the Bugs what humanity is made of.
How do I access the Open Beta Branch?
It’s this simple:
Right-Click on Starship Troopers: Terran Command in your list of games in the Steam Library.
Select "Properties".
In the menu that appears, select the BETAS tab on the left side.
Click the drop-down list and you will see "beta - Open Beta" as an option. Select it. You can now close the Preferences Menu.
Steam should now automatically update your game to the Open Beta Branch. If it does not start automatically, click the Update button.
In order to access the Steam Workshop for the game, you also need to join the Starship Troopers: Terran Command Workshop beta Steam user group:
In the top right click the green button to join the group.
You should now be able to access the Steam Workshop if you go to “Community Hub” → “Workshop”.
You can now Subscribe to Steam Workshop Items. Afterwards, they should show up in the game’s scenarios menu. Currently, you need to restart the game for new subscriptions to show up.
Publishing scenarios to the Steam Workshop can be done from inside the Scenario Editor.
Your feedback is critical to our mission
We encourage you to share your thoughts and suggestions on the STTC Discord channel.
For the Federation!
Open beta update v2.3.4
Editor features:
Steam Workshop support (BETA)
You can subscribe to scenarios in the Steam Workshop, after which they will show up in the Scenarios screen (after restarting the game).
You can publish scenarios directly to Steam workshop from the scenario editor, by clicking “Publish” inside the scenario editor.
Steam workshop is currently in beta, to gain access to the workshop you need to join a STTC workshop beta group. Instructions to do this are in the main menu of the game on the beta branch.
Reworked Editor UI: many parts of the editor have been polished for a more user friendly experience. Trigger system ui was completely restructured and cleaned up.
Support free rotation of all decorations using "shift".
Added filter box for decorations panel.
New scenario save/load panel, replaces the “Custom Scenarios” part of the Scenarios screen.
Extended control groups:
Units can now be assigned to multiple control groups.
Turrets & bases can also be added to control groups.
Controls have been changed to support adding to multiple control groups by default.
Ctrl + creates a control group without removing the units from existing groups.
ALT + creates a group and removes units from the existing groups.
Fixes:
Editor - fixed bug where the editor would automatically place decorations.
Editor - disabled navigating the editor ui using arrow keys, as this conflicts with the on-map scrolling.
Last week at Slitherine Next we had a special guest: Lukas Nijsten, Creative Director of the Artistocrats.
Together we wrapped up 2022, and had a look at what is next for the game in the first half of 2023.
In case you missed it, you can watch it here:
In short, there were a lot of announcements!
The highlights:
The scenario editor will be released alongside Steam Workshop support in Q1 2023
A new DLC is in the works! We can’t tell you everything yet, but one thing we can say is that it’s going to be a new campaign with new units set on a new volcanic planet. Make sure to watch the teaser below! It’s going to be fully revealed in 2023
Lukas expanded on the developers’ plan for the new game mode coming in 2023
And much more! Be sure to watch the full video for a full account
As a consequence, we decided to update the roadmap.
Last but not least, as mentioned above, here’s the teaser for the new environment: the volcanic planet.
See you all in 2023!
Starship Troopers: Terran Command || Roadmap update at Slitherine Next
Greetings troopers,
As you might have heard, Slitherine is going to host its Slitherine Next live event next week on Tuesday. Slitherine Next is a new three hours long live show which will showcase upcoming content for all of our major games, including of course Starship Troopers: Terran Command.
Lukas Nijsten, Creative Director of the Artistocrats, will be with us to let us know what is next in store for the game, and to give a live update to the development roadmap.
See you on Tuesday December 13 at 3 pm GMT on our Twitch channel for the pre-show, and at 4 pm GMT for the start of Slitherine Next.
