Hello Commanders,

115447 / 115459 are small updates in the Rainbows and Unicorns series in preparation for our next big update.

Full update notes: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/rainbows-unicorns-updates/

https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/2530409200137286910



https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/1709566654618577848

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.



Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off.



This is the first thing we changed.

Visit the TITANS store page and to for the permanent 90% off special upgrade price of ~US$2.99.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070/Planetary_Annihilation_TITANS/

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/85408


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Hello Commanders,

115280 is another small update in the Rainbows and Unicorns series in preparation for our next big update.

Full update notes: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/rainbows-unicorns-updates/

https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/2530409200137286910



https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/1709566654618577848

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.



Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off.



This is the first thing we changed.

Visit the TITANS store page and to for the permanent 90% off special upgrade price of ~US$2.99.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070/Planetary_Annihilation_TITANS/

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/85408


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Hello Commanders,

115186 is another small balance update in the Rainbows and Unicorns series in preparation for our next big update.

Full update notes: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/rainbows-unicorns-updates/

https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/2530409200137286910



https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/1709566654618577848

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.



Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off.



This is the first thing we changed.

Visit the TITANS store page and to for the permanent 90% off special upgrade price of ~US$2.99.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070/Planetary_Annihilation_TITANS/

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/85408


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Hello Commanders,

115050 is another small update in the Rainbows and Unicorns series in preparation for our next big update.

Full update notes: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/rainbows-unicorns-updates/

https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/2530409200137286910



https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/1709566654618577848

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.



Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off.



This is the first thing we changed.

Visit the TITANS store page and to for the permanent 90% off special upgrade price of ~US$2.99.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070/Planetary_Annihilation_TITANS/

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/85408


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Hello Commanders,

115003 is another small update in the Rainbows and Unicorns series in preparation for our next big update.

Full update notes: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/rainbows-unicorns-updates/

https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/2530409200137286910



https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/1709566654618577848

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.



Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off.



This is the first thing we changed.

Visit the TITANS store page and to for the permanent 90% off special upgrade price of ~US$2.99.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070/Planetary_Annihilation_TITANS/

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/85408


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Mid-season ends at 2020-12-04 00:00 UTC
Season ends at 2021-01-22 00:00 UTC
Prize Pool US$3,000

Hello Commanders,

Ranks are reset and Participation prizes are back for the most active players with more prizes available to higher leagues.

Mid-season ends 2020-12-04 00:00 UTC


Note: Players are only eligible for a single mid-season participation prize from this allocation.

Season ends 2020-01-22 00:00 UTC


Note: Players are only eligible for a single season participation prize from this allocation.


We have four maps carried over from season 8:

• Haze
  
• Line
  
• Shard
  
• Ulmost

One map returns from previous seasons:

• Superbowl (updated)

Ten NEW maps for season 9:

• Snowball (updated)
  
• Great Lakes
  
• Undergrowth
  
• Mantle
  
• Bayrange
  
• Pivot
  
• Castle
  
• Twin Peaks
  
• Scavenger’s Recluse
  
• Periculo
  

https://youtu.be/KfdYZux4b3k


https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/titans-1v1-ranked-season-9/



https://planetaryannihilation.com/guides/titans-balance-changes/



https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/1709566654618577848

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.



Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off.



This is the first thing we changed.

Visit the TITANS store page and to for the permanent 90% off special upgrade price of ~US$2.99.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070/Planetary_Annihilation_TITANS/

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/85408


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Hello Commanders,

114980 is another small update in the Rainbows and Unicorns series in preparation for our next big update.

Full update notes: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/rainbows-unicorns-updates/

https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/2530409200137286910



https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/1709566654618577848

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.



Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off.



This is the first thing we changed.

Visit the TITANS store page and to for the permanent 90% off special upgrade price of ~US$2.99.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070/Planetary_Annihilation_TITANS/

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/85408


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Hello Commanders,

Quick reminder for anyone who missed the Planetary Annihilation Inc news.

It's been 8 years since the Kickstarter and 2 years for Planetary Annihilation Inc.



https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/1709566654618577848

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.



Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off.



This is the first thing we changed.

Visit the TITANS store page and to Buy Planetary Annihilation - Upgrade to TITANS for the permanent 90% off special upgrade price of ~US$2.99.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070/Planetary_Annihilation_TITANS/


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Season ends at 2020-07-24 00:00 UTC.


Updated: 2020-08-05

Participation prizes are back for the most active players:

Mid-season ends 2020-09-04 00:00 UTC

• 15 most active players – US$100 each

Season ends 2020-10-23 00:00 UTC

• 15 most active players – US$100 each

https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/titans-1v1-ranked-season-8/



https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/1709566654618577848

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.



Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off.



This is the first thing we changed.

Visit the TITANS store page and to for the permanent 90% off special upgrade price of ~US$2.99.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070/Planetary_Annihilation_TITANS/

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/85408


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Updated: 2021-06-16 for 115711 update


Hello Commanders,

Your eyes do not deceive you, this creature of majesty above is both half-Commander and half-unicorn. Touch its horn if you will, but the only wish it grants is the pillaging of the galaxy’s resources to ensure the demise of your enemies. Friendship is temporary, but a well-placed ubercannon blast is forever.

The Unicorn Commander is available to all players during the Steam Summer Sale, after which it can be purchased through the Armory. It also comes with its own strategic icon so that everyone else knows that you’re better than them, both as a player and a person.

Lobbies now have the option to shuffle player starting locations. No longer can you know who is where without any scouting in FFA and team games. Live the mystery.

The AI has had an easy difficulty added to skirmish and normal in Galactic War as part of some more extensive changes. We hear your eyebrow lift (just one, you’re classy like that) at the addition of an easier difficulty, but once improvements land and it’s kicking your hiney, you’ll be sorry you got all sniffy about an easy difficulty.

Translations have been updated and expanded to include community mods like Legion Expansion and Queller AI.

Previous update series: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/stay-safe-updates/


Local client improvements:

• Updated translations
  
• Added connect timeouts to download manager to avoid long launch stalls
  
• Added initial support for full offline / disconnected mode via --offline (work in progress)
  
• Improved game password dialog with focus and default button
  
• Added shuffle landing zones to new game lobby for large FFA and teams games using maps with custom landing zones
  
• Improved discord user handling (114673)
  
• Improved commander spawn zoom (114673)
  
• Added spacebar to exit video (114673)
  
• Improved locale error logging (114673)
  
• Improved fatal error logging (114673)
  
• Added audio device routing (114716)
  
• Added default audio device setting with list refreshing every 5 seconds 114716)
  
• Added default audio device selection during startup (114716)
  
• Reduced unnecessary locks and allocations during material creation (114862)
  
• Added automatic open of players list for 1v1 ranked games (114750)
  
• Added --enable-detailed-minidump command line parameter as an alternative to setting the MINIDUMP_DIRECTORY environment variable (114750)
  
• Added skybox graphics setting (114776)
  
• Removed outdated sRGB restrictions for AMD / Intel GPUs (114880)
  
• Added --gl-disable-srgb / --gl-disable-mrt-srgb command line options to restore previous behaviour if needed (114880)
  
• Added --hardware-hdr command line option to enable experimental HDR10 support on latest Windows 10 for modern 10 series or newer Nvidia GPUs (114880)
  Note: macOS HDR10 support is automatic
  https://planetaryannihilation.com/support/troubleshooting/#HDR10
  
• Added support for 128 bit UNITTYPE flags and masks expanding max types from 63 to 127 (114980)
  
• Added SIMD optimisations for 128 bit flags (114980)
  
• Added legacy CPU check with error message to try legacy build (114980)
  
• Added events to ui/main/game/live_game/js/constants.js (114980)
  
• Updated water shader to show different depths (115280)
  
• Added SELECTED OR ALL to order and build previews (115711)

• Fixed SDL2 full screen toggle / resize issue on Windows (114628)
  
• Fixed intro video loss of focus (114673)
  
• Fixed tutorial commander specs (114716)
  
• Fixed custom line formations crashes (114726 / 114823)
  
• Fixed settings mod compatibility issue (114726)
  
• Fixed join modded game crash from modded new game lobby or live game (114726)
  
• Fixed landing crash on slower systems (114726)
  
• Fixed setCommandMode crash (114759)
  
• Fixed line command crash (114759)
  
• Fixed API data access (114880)
  
• Fixed get units crash (114880)
  
• Fixed icons not showing with one or more unit server mods (115280)
  
• Fixed handling of Unicode surrogates eg 🔥 (115447)
  
• Fixed ALWAYS order and build previews ignoring SELECTED (115678)

Local server and public server improvements:

• Added easy difficulty for AI skirmish to match galactic war (work in progress)
  
• Improved AI start location selection (114716)
  
• AI landing policies now avoid planets with others AIs so they spread across planets (115050)

Local server and public server improvements:

• Added normal difficulty between easy and hard (work in progress)

Local server and public server improvements:

• Improved attack (focus fire) task
  
• Added shuffle landing zones
  
• Added early exit for sim tasks that set failed during initialisation (114673)
  
• Added radar jamming (114862)
  
• Added support for 128 bit UNITTYPE flags and masks expanding max types from 63 to 127 (114980)
  
• Added SIMD optimisations for 128 bit flags (114980)
  
• Add new units types
  UNITTYPE_Vehicle (114980)
  UNITTYPE_Shield (114980)
  UNITTYPE_Amphibious (114980)
  UNITTYPE_WaterHover (114980)
  UNITTYPE_Interplanetary (115506)
  UNITTYPE_TacticalDefense (115506)
  UNITTYPE_Radar (115506)
  UNITTYPE_RadarJammer (115506)
  
• Changed amphibious units on sea floor to require underwater vision if below the water line (115693)

Local server and public server fixes:

• Fixed AI server crash in evaluateBases
  
• Fixed Windows 4GB replay / saved game limit (114862)
  
• Fixed moving to target assist task crash (114862)
  
• Fixed auto repair / reclaim while transporting (114862)
  
• Fixed water-hover pathing around structures, walls, TITANS, etc (114980)
  
• Fixed handling of Unicode surrogates eg 🔥 (115447)
  
• Fixed beam weapon collisions with structures, terrain and water surface (115447)

Map improvements:

• Added shuffleLandingZones

Updated the following maps to use shuffleLandingZones: true

• Clutch
  
• Lock
  
• Crag
  
• Bedlam
  
• PAX
  
• Medea
  
• Roc
  
• Blitz
  
• Forge
  
• Berg
  
• Duat
  
• Pacific
  
• Styx
  
• Meso
  
• Amplus

Modding improvements:

• Exposed locTree for localislation parsing of modified DOM nodes avoiding the need for concatenated loc strings or data-binding locTree(document.getElementById('#nav-link'));
  
• Added gOffline and gModsOffline for offline mode (work in progress)
  
• Added api.audio.getDevices():[string]
  
• Added api.audio.setDevice(string)
  
• Reworked SettingItemModel to support
  
• options.function(currentValue)
  
• options.deferredFunction(currentValue) for async
  
• options.refresh: seconds
  
• option.empty: string
  
• Added support for JSON // single line comments
  
• Improved modding support for multiple selectable skybox mods in settings: (114776)
  
• model.skyBoxes.push({text: 'Test', value: '/pa/terrain/sky/textures/skybox_02.json'})
  
• api.ar_system.changeSkyBoxSpec(api.settings.getSynchronous('graphics', 'skybox'));
  
• New recon observer channel radar_jammer (114862)

AI modding improvements:

• Default personality tag is the placeholder for current base game functionality
  
• Added fall back to default netural_networks if not included under personality.ai_path which will be the case for most mods
  
• Added additional --ai-debug output (114673)
  
• Added enabled to build specs for AI debugging (114673)
  
• Added debug to build conditions for AI debugging (114673)
  
• Added IsMainBase build condition (114673)
  
• Added first pass of AI intel point threat status (114673)
  
• Added personality.starting_location_evaluation_radius (114673)
  
• Added gw mod support for bounty_mode, bounty_value, sudden_death_mode, shuffle_landing_zones and land_anywhere (114716)

AI mods can use personality.ai_path to specify their own complete set of templates, builds and unit maps as the default AI may be changing significantly.

Updated software development toolchain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolchain

• C++17
  
• Visual Studio 2019 latest with 142 build tools / Windows 10 SDK latest (115050)
  
• Xcode 12.2 / macOS Big Sur 11 / 10.16 latest for macOS Mavericks 10.9+ with full notarisation using hardened runtime (115050)
  
• Steam Linux runtime with gcc-9 / LTO native (previously limited to gcc 6.2 and no LTO)
  
• Steamworks SDK 150 (115050)
  
• Windows libcurl 7.68.0 with nghttp2 1.40.0 for HTTP/2 and multiplexing (will upgrade to 7.70.0 and 1.41.0 soon)
  
• breakpad latest
  
• libpng 1.6.37 with SSE
  
• libsquish 1.15 with SSE
  
• stb_image 2.25
  
• stb_truetype 1.24
  
• lz4 1.9.2
  
• miniz 2.1
  
• zlib 1.2.11
  
• sdl 2.0.12

https://planetaryannihilation.com/guides/rainbows-unicorns-updates/



https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/1709566654618577848

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.



Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off.



This is the first thing we changed.

Visit the TITANS store page and to for the permanent 90% off special upgrade price of ~US$2.99.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386070/Planetary_Annihilation_TITANS/

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/85408


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/