1. Summary of Terms of Service Amendment
A clause will be added to explicitly state the company's right to switch the game model from a paid-to-play (P2P) model to a free-to-play (F2P) model.

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3. Effective Date of the Amended Terms
The amended Terms of Service will take effect on May 12, 2025.

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Hello, Operators!
First and foremost, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all players who have supported and enjoyed Thunder Tier One. From the beginning, we have deeply appreciated the trust players placed in us when purchasing the game. Over time, however, various factors led to difficult decisions regarding its future. While we understand that some of these decisions may have caused concern, we want to be fully transparent about the reasoning behind them and provide accurate information about what lies ahead.

Current Status
On October 17, 2023, we announced the shutdown of Thunder Tier One's multiplayer servers, following the game’s last patch on August 22, 2022. This decision was regrettably unavoidable primarily due to the game’s overall development direction, a declining player base, and the challenges of maintaining the servers. While this decision was made after thorough discussions, we acknowledge that it was communicated unilaterally and without sufficient explanation. We deeply regret any disappointment this may have caused and want to assure you that it was not made lightly. Thunder Tier One has always been a passion project for us and remains very close to our hearts.

Thunder Tier One Now Free for Everyone
To ensure that existing players can continue playing Thunder Tier One with their friends while also allowing new players to experience it, we have decided to make the game free for everyone. However, this change does not mean additional updates or new content will be developed. Thunder Tier One will remain in its completed state, and no further development is planned at this time.

Free Transition Date: May 12, 2025

Compensation Details
To ensure fairness for those who previously purchased the game, we have worked with our publisher to provide a refund option. As of the transition date, all past purchasers of Thunder Tier One will be eligible to request a refund through Steam Support. Refund will be available regardless of purchase date or playtime, ensuring that all affected players have the opportunity to receive compensation. Further details on the refund process will be provided soon.

Once again, we extend our sincere appreciation to all of our players for their unwavering support and for being part of this journey. We hope you have enjoyed—and will continue to enjoy—Thunder Tier One as much as we did while developing it. We also apologize for any inconvenience and imperfect communication on our part.

Sincerely,
The Thunder Tier One Development Team

It’s been nearly two years since Thunder Tier One launched in December 2021. Our team greatly thank the players for being with us throughout the journey. We have been keeping an eye on the players' game sessions and saw that the vast majority of them are either in single-player or in self-hosted games, with our dedicated servers seeing little usage. For that reason, we have decided to close all the dedicated multiplayer servers for Thunder Tier One starting from November 14th, 2023 10:00 AM CET.

Players will still be able to enjoy multiplayer sessions by creating custom games or by hosting their own dedicated servers. Guide on hosting your own server can be found here.

We would like to again thank our players for their continued love and support for Thunder Tier One.

It's been quite a journey for Thunder Tier One. It all started as a passion project among friends and grew into a full game created by an independent team and published with the help of KRAFTON. We really enjoyed developing the game together with our community. Your feedback during the beta phase and after the launch has been invaluable. It has helped us to produce a title that you could all embrace and build on using the modding tools – creating new game modes, missions, and even entire campaigns.

Thunder Tier One was always planned as a small, standalone title and we are happy with where the game is right now in terms of its development. As such, this will be the last content update for Thunder. We do hope you enjoy the new weapons, gear, and cosmetics we've added – as well as the much-anticipated camera manager modding ability.

We would like to thank our community once again for all the love and support you showed us along the way! You're the best!

Thunder out!

• AUG A1
  
• AK-47
  
• M1 Garand
  
• DP-28
  
• M3A1 Grease gun
  
• SPAS-12

• PU Scope
  
• M84 Scope

• Two sets of goggles
  
• Tactical Nomex Flight Gloves
  
• Headband
  
• Field cap
  
• Slouch hat
  
• Altyn (visor down)

• New unit patches
  
• New flag patches
  
• New camos and colours

• Throwing a frag or stun grenade no longer alerts the enemy AI to the player's exact position
  
• Fixed an issue when the friendly AI would not open fire despite an order from the player
  
• Fixed enemies sometimes not attacking in Urgent Fury

• Updated M249 sounds
  
• Fixed announcer's VO cut off in Exfil
  
• Fixed VO for the deploy the camera command not playing

• Improved female character model's eyes

• Fixed instances of players getting stuck in CP and AAS

• Players can start lone wolf missions with AI squadmates exceeding the loadout limit

• Added camera manager for mods
  
• Minor changes to modding

• Friend list is sorted automatically now
  
• Red line is no longer displayed after restarting a domination match
  
• Quickplay button has been removed

Today, at 3:30pm CEST, we will be releasing our patch 1.3.0.

The patch contains bug fixes, gameplay and UI improvements. The Modding Tool is also going to be updated simultaneously with the patch 1.3.0 release.

At the same time, we’re releasing the dedicated server tool. You can read the dedicated server setup guide [[url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/959038595556069396/959081638195777586/TTO_-_Dedicated_Server_Guide_V1.0.pdf]HERE[/url]]

Please find the detailed notes below.

As always, we’re thankful for your bug reports, feedback, and for playing Thunder Tier One!

• Fixed an issue where Rank could display incorrectly on in-game chat.
  
• No longer displays broken loadout widgets when the lobby UI has more than ten characters by not displaying those widgets.
  
• Updated player count UI to be able to handle dedicated servers.
  
• Added player count to the lobby.

• Added new atmospheric sounds to each map.
  
• Added environmental animal sounds for different times of the day.
  
• Fixed an issue where ambient sounds could play on incorrect levels.

• Fixed a crash that would occur when selecting command training.
  
• Fixed a number of different common crashes.

• Fixed an issue where players could get inside the warehouse in Blue Typhoon on game modes where access should be denied.
  
• Updated the layout of Blue Typhoon on AAS and Exfil to improve gameplay balance.

• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to score 100% on Operation Cold Stone.
  
• Fixed an issue where enemies could hear friendly AI when sneaking.
  
• Fixed an issue on Golden Angel where some enemies would not actively engage during the Defend the Crash Site objective.
  
• Improved the UX for friendly AI target acquisition so it is more clear when friendly AI is able to engage.

• Increased the game functionality available for modding.
  
• Updated menu background selection to make it compatible with modding.
  
• Made perception ranges changeable at run time to make them available for modding.
  
• Made movement speeds changeable at run time to make them available for modding.

Thunder Tier One was created with modding in mind. “By modders, for modders” is something we don’t say lightly. Today, we’re finally releasing the Modding Tool to the community, allowing you to fully explore the contents of Thunder Tier One.

The Modding Tools can be found on the Epic Store, using this link. This is not just a map creator, but a modified version of Unreal Engine 4, granting modders a huge amount of freedom to explore and create anything they could possibly want inside the Thunder Tier One’s universe. This includes maps, missions, weapons, equipment, and even completely new game modes and objectives.

Should you be unfamiliar with Unreal Engine 4, we highly recommend checking Epic’s Getting started documentation HERE and their Online Learning Courses HERE. We’re also making available a few separate, easy to follow guides to support you in the process of creating your content. Check them out:


Modding Tool

• This covers how to create a new mod, general naming conventions, packing and publishing, updating and deleting, etc.

Mission

• This guide covers level specifications, including cover and nav generations, building blueprints including dissolvable floors, mission logic, mission objective, UAV tracking, etc

Gear

• This one covers file and texture specifications, tri-count, preparing and importing, LODs, GUI icons, flags and arm patches, etc

Equipment

• Covering file and texture specifications, preparing and importing, LODs, etc

We’re also making available to modders most assets present in the game, such as weapons, props, maps and gear, and also audio files, UI, animations, effects, AI behavior trees, and much more. Should you wish to create a full mission, we’ll also be including two complete missions, including all the scripted events, triggers and objectives to help you get an idea of what can be done using Thunder Tier One.


Today we’ve also released patch 1.2.2 with mostly modding related QoL improvements and bug fixes. You can find the patch notes below.

• Unlocked coloured smoke grenades for all users.
  
• Players may now gain XP rewards while mods are enabled.

• Added the options for enabling or disabling mods when hosting a server.
  
• Improved the UI for joining matches with mods enabled.

• Reduced the minimum number of required players on Deathmatch to two.
  
• Reduced the default respawn time in DM and AAS to 5 seconds.

• Added a warning message about how mods may affect replays to the replay menu.
  
• Improved error message for when players join the server with the wrong password.

Updated the UI for mod management within the game, including:

• A new layout with clearer information on the mods.
  
• Button to enable or disable all subscribed mods.
  
• A search function for your mods.
  
• Sorting for mods.

• Fixed an issue where campaign saves could become unusable if the player character died before the final checkpoint.
  
• Fixed an issue on Black Knuckle where AI would sometimes attempt to navigate through walls.
  
• Improved AI navigation over the main building's rooftop on Black Knuckle.

We hope you enjoy exploring and creating content around Thunder Tier One. We thank you for your continued support and invite you to join our Discord server where we’ve added modding channels to discuss what you’re working on, share your work in progress, and link to your finished mods on the Steam Workshop.

The Dedicated Server tools should also be made available soon, so stay tuned for more news!

See you ingame!

Today, at 3pm CET, we will be releasing our patch 1.2.1.

The patch contains bug fixes, gameplay and UI improvements. Please find the detailed notes below.

As always, we’re thankful for your bug reports, feedback, and for playing Thunder Tier One!

• Spawn protection area disabled once the game goes into sudden death in AAS.
  
• In Black Knuckle AAS we have adjusted the position of Point C.

• Fixed an issue in Golden Angel where Nichols would die on being placed into the boat.

• Improved UI alignment in the player profile.
  
• Changed the server browser to not disable the filter while refreshing and make a new search if the filters are different when the search ended.
  
• Change server browser order so that private browsers are not displayed at the bottom any longer.
  
• No longer hide full servers by default.

• Fixed an issue where the AP ammo for P90 was doing insufficient damage to armoured targets.

• Fixed a crash that could occur on Cold Stone with a 150% enemy count multiplier.
  
• Made changes designed to counter some of the most popular cheats.

• Reduced the frequency of the "too many hostiles on point" voice over line.

• Updated unlocks so that when you unlock one ghillie suit item you unlock all of them. Existing players will unlock their missing ghillie suit items on the next level.

Today, at 1pm CET, we will be releasing patch 1.2.0. For this update, dedicated servers will be taken offline for approximately 1 hour.

While this patch mostly contains bug fixes, we want to let you know that we have been reading all the feedback regarding AI, and we’re looking to include some behavior improvements in a future update.

Progress is being made to resolve the issues preventing us from releasing the modding tool and we hope that we will be able to share a date for when this will be available soon.

As always, we’re thankful for your bug reports, feedback, and for playing Thunder Tier One!

• Improved performance on dedicated servers to reduce stuttering.

• Fixed an issue where AI could become stuck inside the tunnels on Cold Stone.
  
• Improved the default loadout for Shrimp.
  
• Fixed an issue where AI squadmates would not heal other AI squadmates unless extremely damaged.

• Fixed end of match lines for Domination and AAS matches.
  
• Fixed missing voice over lines for Cold Stone.
  
• Tweaked enemy AI audio level.
  
• Fixed an issue with missing VO in Black Knuckle.
  
• improved UI sounds for gaining XP and levelling up.
  
• Fixed an issue where the voice over was referring to incorrect exfil points

• Fixed an issue with multiplayer match UI.
  
• Minor fixes to the logo as it appears on the diorama and in the campaign window.
  
• Fixed an issue where windows could appear over the credits.
  
• Fixed an issue where player avatars were not appearing correct after server disconnection.
  
• Improved UI layout spacing at certain resolutions and scales.
  
• Unassigned F11 and F12 keys to avoid possible conflicts with windows assignments.
  
• Added scrolling to the experience rewards on mission end.

• Removed highlighting from character viewed underwater with night vision.
  
• Fixed headlights on enemy technical in Silver Dew.
  
• Fixed clipping issues that occurred with the BHI Vest.

• Fixed an issue where the player could become stuck inside the WMD location on Black Knuckle.
  
• Fixed an issue on Silver Dew domination and AAS where players could become stuck in a truck.
  
• Fixed an issue with Golden Angel where if Nichols died on the boat when the host is KIA the boat would not evac.

• Enemies in the last room of Advanced Training updated so as to not have access to grenades.
  
• Fixed an issue in Advanced Training where the player could become in the hostage room.

We will be deploying a hotfix to solve some issues with the Advance and Secure game mode:

• If both teams had 0 points and Team Wildfire died, the match wouldn't end.

Thank you for all your feedback and reports of issues so far.

At 5pm CET today we will be discussing the changes and fixes introduced in our first post-launch patch. Join us to see what’s new and improved in Thunder Tier One.