Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
Significant changes in land battles
You can see the changes in the video:
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v1.1.1 rev.37783 patch notes:
1. Land units pathfinding overhaul.
2. Fixed units stuck with obstacles.
3. Fixed the reported cases with split and teleport of a unit.
4. Improved column formation.
5. Distributed volley in case of an obstacle. Now units can not shoot through houses. Part of the unit that has the line of sight of an enemy can shot.
6. Improvement in input for land battles. Solved some conflict situations with input (i.e. failed to drag units group frontline on friendlies).
7. Increased crew damage for ball-type shots.
8. Updated muskets for allied ships in late battles.
9. Broadside fire order now starts from the closest to the furthest cannon (related to target).
10. Updated Sea Wolfs reload skill (duration -> speed).
11. Updated Intelligence cutscene messages to inform the player that there is also a 3rd sub-mission with an enemy fleet arriving.
12. Fixed a possible case with the wrong battle outcome for the Nassau mission and updated Ai priorities accordingly.
13. Fixed a possible issue in Rice & Boats mission where frigate Scarborough could stuck on the bank of the river.
14. Fixed wrong nation for En cavalry battle.
15. Corrected/removed wrong unit names according to players' feedback.
16. Various minor improvements from forums and Discord feedback.
17. Various text improvements according to players feedback.
v.1.0.3 rev.37428
2. Fixed an issue with the Snatch mission that could lead to a crash
3. Fixed reported cases where succeeded battle objectives caused a wrong battle outcome
4. Fixed issue with medals awarding
5. Fixed broken restart battle for custom battles
6. Fixed unit attribute display in port where upgrade started from 0 HP
7. New localization for Reload to avoid confusion between naval guns reload (speed) with land weapons reload ( time)
8. Added a message in battle each time the wind changes
9. Expanded skill bars video tutorial with naval case
10. Updated wind tasks for Fireworks mission to avoid ships fighting near the shore
11. Ctrl + H now hides all UI/HUD elements
12. Various localization improvements
v.1.0.2 rev.37397
2. Fixed issues with Blockade and Savannah mission that could lead to a crash
3. Fixed a reported issue about controls misplaced in 3840 x 1080 resolution
4. Fixed same officer assigned to multiple units in Filthy Smugglers mission
5. Fixed issues with marksman skills
6. Repair ship cooldown increased from 60" to 150"
7. Added wind rose tooltip
8. Added video tutorial about skill bars
v1.0.1 rev.37360
1. Fixed ship damage decals
2. Fixed sound issues in large battles
3. Fixed issue with black trees
4. Fixed aim camera first frame blinking
5. Fixed blinking of a ship running aground notification
6. Added tooltips for ship damage notification icons
7. Updated infantry and skirmishers skills
8. Updated map preview image for Ransom mission
9. Lobby improvements for ultrawide monitors
10. Various localization improvements
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail released!
The game has come a long way since the early concept, the first baсker build and the period of Steam Early Access. We always wanted to create a hardcore tactical strategy game about naval battles that did not exist before. This is why we focused greatly on the development of very realistic sailing mechanics, a detailed damage model and the making of beautiful and historically correct ships.
In order to convey the complexity of managing a single sail ship or even a whole fleet, we added officers with various tasks on ship, simulating their true historical roles.
All the important weapons of the historical period and a vast technology upgrade system are featured in the game, offering a historically accurate and complete customization for all ships.
We have deeply researched a lot of historical sources and worked hard to finally provide to you “Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail”, a game which will travel you in the time of the American War of Independence and immerse you not only with epic and realistic naval battles but also test your skills in engaging landing operations.
Thanks to your support and feedback, we were able to improve various mechanics, add extra content and fix thousands of bugs. The game may still contain a few more bugs that we plan to fix as your reports arrive.
Thank you again for your support!
v0.10.23 RC rev.37324
2. Fixed duplicates in resolution options
3. Updated Snatch and Whitehaven Raid missions
4. Various localization improvements
Release Candidate
It has been a long road to release, full of hard working, completing the initially planned content, and solving technical issues. We didn't stick always with our initial plans during this EA. Our dynamically active community offered us valuable and encouraging feedback with numerous observations and requests. Many changes and new additions were made based on this live relation between our team and fans.
One such major change was the rework of the AI Adaption system. Our initial attempt for challenging naval battles produced difficulty spikes in the campaign for some of the players. We applied a series of changes to Adaption to eliminate this issue and offer a smoother campaign progression. Additionally, to avoid some spotted confusion with player initial choices of the campaign options, the Adaptation mode became optional and the Classic one the default. Furthermore, a new option added before each naval battle, allowing players to change the difficulty for an easier or a harder one but better rewarded.
On the other hand, a common positive comment we got, about the fan many players had using lower rate ships and frigates, led us to add in the Classic mode a limitation in the use of large Ships of the Line by the AI early in the campaign. This change resulted in an increase in the number of possible battles with frigates and smaller ships.
Although we had initially decided not to make a saving system during the battle, our fans left us no other choice but to create one. Our talented programmers bypassed all technical limitations and added the option for unlimited saves during battles.
The initial US campaign included some battles from the period of the Barbary Wars. Some comments that this part did not fit well with the rest of the US campaign, led to the creation of the Barbary Wars DLC. We replaced that part of the US campaign with the "European Voyage" chapter which takes place in the seas of the United Kingdom. We took the cut part and added 4x additional content creating the Barbary Wars DLC. The DLC was offered for free to all our fans who supported us during the EA!
It is really countless the list of changes we've did during the EA. There were improvements to naval AI for better and more intelligent ship maneuvers, a full rework of the soldier movement mechanics for smoother and more realistic animations and behavior, improved physical-based LOS, introduced real ballistics, improvements in UI and HUD and so many more, to ensure that the game has the level of quality and polish that our fans expect.
We would like to thank everyone who followed us on social media and supported our efforts from the first closed beta, the Backer build, the Early Access, and helped our team make this game better!
The Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail team
v0.10.22 RC rev.37304
2. Fixed broken scouts auto-detach
3. Fixed a rare case in Corsica mission that could lead to false defeat
4. Fixed wrong date in Glorious June description
5. Fixed issues with the camera in the Snatch mission
6. Fixed a bug with detached scouts on end battle
7. Updated Korean translation
v0.10.21 RC rev.37267
- Fixed 42pd carronade's weight
v0.10.20 RC rev.37265
2. Fixed large initial Finish button wrong position on the screen in some resolutions
3. Fixed an issue in Battle of Copenhagen where the player's local fleet, guarding the northern passage, remained idle
4. Fixed an issue with the Tripoli map where a unit could be trapped in one of the pools
5. Fixed an issue in Norfolk in Flames mission where units could walk in the sea
6. Fixed an issue in Rice and Boats mission where red arrows remained after the intro
7. Fixed an issue in Snatch mission where the damaged Indiaman was taking part in the naval battle, now they will remain anchored
8. Fixed an issue with missing unit name in messages
9. Updated naval version of Bunker Hill mission, now the warships anchored in Boston harbor will protect the Indiaman and attack the player if he attempts to capture any of them
10. Updated objectives in Objects in Motion
11. Updated naval guns
12. Added the Korean language
13. Added new description for Blomefield guns