- Optimized campaign upgrade shop
- New wing formation effects
- Portuguese language support
- Window focus auto pause / mute
- Auto stage selection
- Improved particle handling
- Research ui and shortcut for new research
- Quest difficulty stage bonus credits / score
- Firemode yellow orbs combo cooldown reset
- Improved difficulty / score balance
- Audio SFX balancing
- Improved stage select performance
- Hidden content unlock requirements
- Improved data encryptions
- Overload item refill
- Quickbar item bundle max check
- Tutorial background overlap fix
- NEW Pause menu timer stop. Hotfix 06.12
- NEW Encryption Hotfix 06.12
Steel Rain Update 1.5.2 has been released
- New wing animations and gun graphics
- New formation sound effects
- Improved Drone Movement
- Formation change info display
- Formation auto-change in options
- Remastered sound effects
- Improved stage editor performance
- Increased menu button reaction speed
- Increased Formation B Armor Penetration
- Survival Hardcore Mode revamp
- Overload destroys all rockets in easy mode
- Granar Sa-X and La-X unit revamp
- Merc ModeMine unit revamp
- Upgrade Shop item selection arrows
- Improved Upgrade Shop Wing stats
- Stats Ui shortcuts removed
- Astelle Upgrade info limiter
- Campaign credit counter reset
- Drone selection respawn fix
- Arcade selection Ui infos fix
- Upgrades gamepad selection fix
Steel Rain Update 1.5.1 has been released
- Defense drone rotation synch
- Production & Focus Shortcuts added
- Planet 4 requirements reduced to 1 science lab
- Additional PowerUp descriptions in Stage 1-1
- Steel Mode attraction for power ups disabled
- Trade & Production buttons added to the Hangar
- Improved Gamepad support for Linux
- Improved weapon selection
- Improved translations
- Overload Steelmode range fix
- Back loop trade production fix
- Purple Drone recreation fix
Steel Rain Update 1.5.0 has been released
Dear players, Steel Rain Update 1.5.0 is now available and adds many new features, optimizations and fixes. Next to the improved and redesigned campaign mode, there are 2 new game modes, Arcade and Survival. Arcade mode allows you to play Steel Rain with a simplified alternative Upgrade system, auto refilling Quickbar and unlocked Skills. In Survival mode you have no quick bar items, no way to save your game and no hp refill. Fight as far as possible and compete with other players. All new game modes come with separate leaderboards, unique space missions and more new features.
New features:
- New Arcade mode with unique upgrade system
- New Survival mode with unlocked skills
- New sound effects and optimized vocal fx
- New improved enemy maneuvers and firemodes
- New orbit missions in arcade mode
- New progress map for Arcade and Survival modes
- New improved menu and ui design
- New overload animation and soundeffects
- New stage tutorials and stage designs
- 2 new Leaderboards for new game modes
Optimizations:
- Optimized difficulty balance
- Improved stage design and random events
- Optimized gamepad deadzone settings
- Options bar highlight if selected
- Improved menu and stage performance
- Adjusted power up letters
- Improved boss fights
- Improved Laser collisions and animations
- Ranking colors added
- Improved Quest and Orbit patrol balance
- Stage quit button confirmation added
- Improved missile and bullet visibility
- Optimized PowerUp balance and drop chances
- Improved translations and tutorials
- Optimized back button functions
- Improved background movement and fx
- Improved drone collision and low res scale
- Adjusted drone muzzle fx
- Optimized score cap screen
- Show credits income minimum delay
- Improved Quickbar and cooldown times
- Orbit patrol colonization requirements added
- Improved story screen and text speed
- Upgrade token pack for Arcade mode
- Increased minimum overload range
- Improved upgrade shop gamepad navigation
- Stage selection lead blink added
- Optimized Astelle animation and fx
- Enemy rocket speed difficulty balance
- Adjusted legacy gamepad mouse control speed
Editor & Worshop:
- Press button to reactivate Mouse or Gamepad input
- Campaign infos and timer disabled in editor mode
- Adjusted Editor workshop unit positioning
- Legacy and xbox gamepad support
- Improved Hide UI function
- Workshop Editor Stage end fix
- New trade hub interface and tutorial
- New Upgrade Shop Mission pack
- Production interface creation speed increased
- Increased high lvl upgrade costs
- Tradehub access in colonizing module
- Produced item visibility improved
- Adjusted citadel power requirements fix
- Increased credits count speed
- Killed enemies increase trade hub resources
- Improved powerup screen movement
- Improved citadel start supply positioning
- Drone T2 and T3 unlock fix
- Already built drones are still selectable
- Upgrade shop link to trading
- Gamepad select button for Astelle infos
Steel Rain Update 1.4.2 has been released
- Improved production item descriptions
- Bonus Stage drone collisions only in 2p coop
- Optimized drone collision handling
- Laser collision error fix
Steel Rain Update 1.4.1 has been released
- Colonizing construction requirements fix
- Add production item during mission fix
- Aeronautics research german language fix
- Improved performance and texture management
- Adjusted background fx layer transparency
Steel Rain Update 1.4.0 has been released
New features:
- New production inventory and crafting system
- New 2 player local coop mode
- 64 new items and upgrade prototypes
- New factory production interface
- New citadel focus mod interface
- New gamepad connection interface
- New gamepad 2d menu navigation
- Colony building access
Gameplay adjustments:
- Chance for colony attacks reduced
- Increased Harvester pickup duration
- Destroyed enemies drop crafting materials
- Get crafting materials from collectable Harvester Materials
- Hardcore and Legendary mode difficulty adjustments
- Reduced stage start difficulty stage 7-1
- Increase drone link range and adjusted firerates
- Increased credits income for HC and legendary mode
- Colony buildings price adjustment
Improvements:
- New Astelle notifications and tutorials
- New Drone graphics improved movement
- Gamepad / Joystick connect auto refresh
- Smoother Background movement
- Improved Background graphics and fx
- Improved Performance and details scale
- Improved bullet visibility
- Improved colonization controls
- Improved player stats
- UI modifications for production stats
- Colonizing improved gamepad controls
- Difficulty reset check
- Reduced fog and alpha correction
- Front elements adjustments
- HC and Legendary mode difficulty reset
- Colony attacks affect production
- Active research focus auto restore
- Research and production stats with direkt link
- Removed colony defended message during missions
- Optimized low res menu positioning
- Astelle one button skip message
- Improved control options for 2 player coop
- Active inputs control overview
- Optimized linux gamepad controls
Bugfixes:
- Colony attacks on Telaros Rift fix
- Reduced background fog fx
- Percussor wing select fix
- Harvester Pickup Gampad fix
- Colonizing gamepad destroy building fix
- Audio master volume reload fix
- Editor play button fix
- Hangar upgrade and options position fix
Steel Rain Update 1.3.2 has been released!
- New research map overview
- Optimized quests and random content
- Reduced red hit frame effect
- Gamemode hints on difficulty bar
- Improved stage editor handling
- Improved editor and quest preview
- Improved performance
- Improved background movement
- Improved item movement
- Optimized space fx
- Optimized quest infos
- Optimized message box
- Optimized difficulty balance
- Optimized quest gamepad controls
- Quest back leads to correct last area
- Quest Gamemode and difficulty reset
- Astelle Skills research info
- Gamemode in general settings
- Orbit attack background fix
- Editor scroll fix
- Editor random function fix
- Text display, missing letters fix
Steel Rain Update 1.3.1 has been released!
- Improved performance
- Astelle introduction
- Improved damage numbers
- Difficulty balance
- Orbit patrol difficulty scale
- Improved space stages
- Quest ship movement optimized
- Quest ship different hull points
- Improved boss collisions
- New enemy attacks
- Adjusted graphics detail levels
- Improved backgrounds
- New visible achievements
- Improved enemy and item movement
- Hangar tutorial fix
