War Tech Fighters
Long Range Sensors Update
in this update:
- new research "Long Range Sensors" that extends the detection range for Special Projects
Dismantle Update
in this update:
- In the upgrade menu, all war tech components that can be dismantled are now marked with a "materials" symbol so it's easier to understand what can be dismantled to recover materials.
- Dismantling a component now generates a bigger amount of materials.
Hotfix & Flow Update
In this update:
- Increased the reward for the Survival map "Ice Cold".
- Added a new step of dialog in "The Hound and the Fire" to make clearer how to fight with the Black Hound.
- Increased the sensitivity during hacking to allow an easier and faster hacking for Normal and Easy difficulty.
- In Rest In Pieces: Fixed an issue that allowed some players to solve the "rotating station" without actually rotating it.
- Fixed some issues on Wave 22 of the Ice Cold Survival Map.
Last chance to pick up War Tech Fighters for a discounted price!
A reminder that with War Tech Fighters now feature complete we will be increasing the SRP on August 8 2018 to $19.99 / €19.99 / £13.99, if you wish to get the game at the discounted price we advise buying to now before it is too late!
"Flow" Update 2
in this update:
- Changed the UI for unreachable targets so now it's easier to understand if a target is within the shooting range or not.
- We've noticed some players tend to use the heavy weapons with the wrong "button" approach. There's now a tutorial guiding them.
- Hidden Project parts have a wider detection range.
- The War Tech components in the upgrade menu now show their weapons open so that it's easier to understand what weapons come with those components.
- Enhanced the "flow" of the gameplay for the missions:
- Burning The Bridges I
- Tabula Rasa
- Untold Secrets
- The Snake In The Sand
- Black Sails
- Of Guards And Thieves
- Blind Flight
Camera & Hotfix Update
In this update:
- Reworked the camera handling for third person to be more dynamic and avoiding the War Tech to occlude the main sight.
- fixed some causes of freeze/lock while loading the main menu as reported by some users.
- Fixed the Unique Sets for Lynx resulting in some parts actually costing money to be equipped.
- Smoothed the overall difficulty for Normal & Easy
"Flow" Update
In this update:
- Changed the Executions tutorial not actually showing the right key/button to press.
- Changed the specific tutorial for the Quantum Wave in the mission "Freedom for Deimos" to be clearer.
- Changed the missions "Preparing for Battle" and "Tabula Rasa" to have a better "flow" in the gameplay with fewer stops.
Current sale and future pricing.
Special 50% discount ends August 1.
Don't miss out on our full launch discount! This special offer ends August 1 2018. At that point the SRP will go back to the Early Access price of $14.99 / £9.99 / €14.99.
With the game now feature complete, we will be increasing the SRP on August 8 2018 to $19.99 / €19.99 / £13.99.
Buy the game now!
Controller Remapping Update + hotfix
In this update:
- Game controller buttons can now be remapped.
- Fixed a bug occurring in the first training tutorial while using First Person Mode
- Tuned down Hammerhead damage on the first missions.
Full release build notes
War Tech Fighters is no longer an Early Access but a complete and full release. From everyone at Drakkar Dev, THANK YOU so very much for helping get to this point!
For everyone who supported us through the Early Access period, we offered you a special purchase price of $14.99. With the game now feature complete, we will be increasing the SRP on 8 August 2018 to $19.99. If you are reading this and have not yet bought the game, now would be a GREAT time to do so, especially with the current 50% launch discount (ending August 1 2018).
So, exactly what has been added to the game since we launched on to Early Access back in August 2017?
Core updates:
- Story Missions: Increased from 12 (5-6 hours) to 33 (15-20 hours)
- Robot Components: 110 components have been added or changed increasing the number of available components from 70 to over 180
- Research & Development: 86 projects have been added giving 160 projects in total
Unique War Tech Sets:
- Since launch, 3 unique War Tech's have been added to the game
- The Mantis
- The Fury
- The Reaper
- Each unique war Tech comes with their own design and weapon configurations. These can only be unlocked by finding and developing their respective special projects.
Visuals:
- Extended Field of View
- Improved lighting
- Doubled textures resolution
- Robot components restyle
- Enhanced Post Processing FX
- Background graphics restyle
- Increased models details
- Enhanced particles FX
Main Menu:
- Added the Database Deck
- Added more colors for War Tech customization
Special Projects:
There are now 13 projects to collect, scattered across the missions.that can be used to unlock:
Unique Sets
- Unique Sets
- Special Components
- Swords and Shields
- Researches
Performance enhancement:
- Huge performance boost especially in crowded situations
- DX11 optimizations
Swords & Shields:
- Added 24 swords and 15 shields for a total of 38 swords and 21 shields.
- New perks system has been implemented.
Challenges:
- Increased from 10 to 23
Survival Arenas:
- Increased from 1 arena to 3 from Rookie to Hero.
Achievements:
- 22 new Steam achievements added, increasing the total to 42
Gameplay:
The following additional new gameplay features have also been added since launching on Early Access:
- Momentum-based movement
- Alternate Missile Launch mode
- Beams/Mirrors gameplay
- Quantum Wave
- Supernova Rays
- Warhead missiles
- Redesigned battle UI
- 3D radar map
- 10 new enemies with custom mechanics and executions
- Loads of gameplay tuning as suggested by the Steam community
As you can see, War Tech Fighters is now a bigger and better game than when it originally launched on to Early Access and we know you will enjoy the final, complete version.
All our thanks
Drakkar Dev