Warplanes: WW1 Fighters – graphics update is now available
We continue to improve Warplanes: WW1 Fighters, which has been a huge success thanks to a great community. Our goal is to improve the entire Warplanes trilogy. Each game has taught us something. We try to utilize gained experience retroactively, updating older titles and implementing features we developed more recently. We don't want any group of fans to feel left behind. We strive to ensure that fans of WW1 Fighters, Battles over Pacific and Air Corp have the best experience possible.
This time, the changes mainly focus on graphics. As you have noticed the build weighs more. That's thanks to high-resolution terrain textures and new trees, so you'll be dogfighting over better-looking, more diverse terrain. Subtle tweaks in lighting should improve the overall graphics quality.
Terrain generation has been improved, making it smoother. We've improved the look of cities by replacing textures and adding new buildings.
Changelog:
● New hi-res terrain and tree textures. ● Dynamics shadows on player planes. ● Improved lighting. ● Improved cities – new buildings and textures. ● Takeoffs and landings physics tweaks. ● Adjustment of several airplanes specs. ● Various bug fixes and improvements.
We hope that you’ll enjoy the changes. Until next time pilots!
Warplanes: WW1 Fighters – multiplayer update 4.3 is now live
We are pleased to announce that the 4.3 update for Warplanes: WW1 Fighters is now available for download. We focused on the wishes of our dear community that continues to wage epic battles in multiplayer mode. One of the most common wishes was the ability to choose maps in multiplayer mode. The host can now choose from 25 locations known from the singleplayer and co-op modes. We refreshed each map and added cities and other buildings, roads and rails. Of course, anti-aircraft artillery has been disabled so as not to affect the balance of gameplay.
You will also notice a compass in the cockpit. The design is based on historical references. The Central Powers and the Entente have their own unique models. By default, the compass case is fixed, but you can unlock its realistic rotation caused by gravity in the Settings.
Multiplayer now has an option present in the legacy version – the host can set the limit of respawns. We've also added the Team Flare Mayhem mode to give you more options to play.
Full Changelog:
New mode: Team Flare Mayhem.
Selectable maps in multiplayer mode.
All maps have been refreshed; cities, buildings, railroads, ships, etc. have been added.
The cockpit of the aircraft includes a compass. In addition, in the Settings player can unlock the movement of the entire compass.
The host can set the limit of respawns in a session as in Legacy Multiplayer.
In Legacy Co-Op mode, the host can set the number of players.
Various bug fixes and improvements.
We look forward to your feedback and would like to thank you for your continued support.
For now we’ll focus on Warplanes: Air Corp, and we encourage you to follow the development of this production. Of course support for Warplanes: WW1 Fighters will continue.
Improved graphics and new Multiplayer – update 4.0 now available
Update 4.0 is now available. It introduces a number of changes and fixes that revamp the game and add new functionality to the multiplayer. It is the biggest update to Warplanes: WW1 Fighters and we have been working on it for the last 3 months.
The change you will definitely notice is the graphics. We released the first version of the game in January 2020. Since then we have learned a lot. We utilized this knowledge for Warplanes: Battles over Pacific, and now we want to revamp the first installment of Warplanes as well. We improved the skies, shaders and terrain, aircraft lighting, and reflections in the water.
The biggest changes have reached the multiplayer mode. We listened to your feedback and in order to introduce some of the desired functionality, we had to take a bold step and created standalone multiplayer.
At the moment, the game has two modes – Multiplayer launched from the main menu and Legacy Multiplayer, the core rules of which have remained unchanged, but it too has received features and new content.
Legacy Multiplayer (available, as before, from within the Campaign)
We added a second board so that you can manage your planes in an intuitive and easy way.
We added a requested feature of enabling friendly fire in the Team Deathmatch, Co-Op and Raid modes.
15 new maps available for PvP modes.
NOTE: In Legacy Multiplayer planes are shared with the Singleplayer mode.
Multiplayer (new, launched from the main menu)
All planes are available from the start and are fully upgraded.
Player gains experience that unlocks more ranks. Ranks unlock new decals (over 60 new pictures!).
Host can select which planes are allowed in the session. This gives you the possibility to exclude some planes or even to create a session with only one playable plane.
We added a requested feature of enabling friendly fire in the Team Deathmatch, Co-Op and Raid modes.
Added favorite bar in the respawn window. You can add up to 3 planes to favorites and pick a respawn plane swiftly.
15 new maps available for PvP modes are of course also present in the new Multiplayer.
Important Information
Leaderboards have not been reset.
The modes are compatible with each other – players from the new Multiplayer as well as Legacy Multiplayer can play with each other. The exception is for the new Multiplayer sessions with the Allowed Planes option enabled. This feature is only available in the new Multiplayer.
There are no differences in game balance between modes.
We hope that you’ll enjoy the new update. Since the update required a lot of changes, please let us know if you encounter any bugs or problems. Feel free to use our support form or leave a note on our Discord.
Update 3.0 – Two new planes and more
Update 3.0 for the Warplanes: WW1 Fighters is now available. This time we are introducing several smaller improvements as well as two new planes!
New wings – Pfalz D.III and Sikorsky S-16 are waiting for the best pilots out there. Be sure to check them and acquaint yourself with these two amazing machines.
The Joy of Shooting – thanks to the new and improved responsiveness of the machine guns as well as their overall audiovisual layer – shooting has never been more fun. Immerse yourself as one of the Sky Aces and strike a new kind of fear into your opponents!
Multiplayer improvements – as usual, the update brings some bug fixes and minor improvements. Among other things – the "vote to start" button has been eradicated from existence. Spawn points in PvP matches also got some attention and love.
Thanks for all your reviews and messages, they help us make the game better and better.
We are thrilled to report that Warplanes: WW1 Fighters is participating in Autumn Sale 2021 on Steam, making it the best opportunity yet to obtain a copy if you don't have one already!
En route is the brand new update, featuring two new planes! We are in the middle of extensive testing, launching soon.
For those who celebrate Halloween, we wish you a dreadfully good time and a happy one🎃!
While we are hard at work preparing the next update that will arrive later this year, we would like to take this opportunity and remind you that for the next few days – you will be able to obtain Warplanes: WW1 Fighters for a discounted price.
Don't forget to share a copy with your closest and meet them in the clouds!
