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May 24, 2010

AI War: Fleet Command - Valve

Updates to AI Wars have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Major new Border Aggression behavior for the AI.
Four new Heavy Beam Cannons (Mark I
IV).
Performance improvements for the largest battles, game loading, and more.
Focus fire control node options added, along with other various new control nodes.
Many various improvements to ship autofire targeting in general.
Many significantly rebalanced units, including MLRS, Anti
Armor, Transports, Sentinel Frigates, Scout Starships, all melee ships, mines, all Golems. Many of these units are like all
new (and much more useful) ships.
ClearType text is now used, resulting in vastly more attractive fonts.
New AI modifiers for optional less
Tower
Defense
inspired gameplay for advanced players: No Wave Warnings, Cross Planet Waves
New AI Plots feature for more exciting endgames: the first one, Avenger, is now available and more will come in the coming months.
New lobby options for starting with a largely invisible galaxy which is only revealed as exploration is undertaken (normally you can see all the planets and their connections, just not any details whatsoever about the planets).
Other balance tweaks, interface tweaks, and bugfixes.

Mar 3, 2010

AI War Update Released

AI War: Fleet Command - Valve

Updates to AI War: Fleet Command and Zenith Remnant have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.
The Specific updates include:

AI War

Simple Formation movement, as well as arc-movement
New, modular, riot control starships
Many various performance improvements
Manufactories now auto-manage themselves by default
Transports are now extremely more useful
Astro Trains are now much less fearsome
Cleanup drones can now remove mines (even perma-mines)
Gate-raiding is now cheaper in terms of AI Progress
Hit chance logic is slightly simplified to avoid player confusion
New screenshot key (F12)
Control nodes and rally points now knowledge-free
Option for historical autosaves
Dozens and dozens of balance tweaks
Other various bugfixes and small changes

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