Attention soldiers. Official communication from our president XOOM:


Today is the first day of 2019, and I wanted for all of us to take a moment and reflect on what we have accomplished. There have been some major milestones, several roadmap deliveries, increased productivity and understanding of systems and code, and new roads paved for us to make 2019 another year of tremendous progress. Please join me in this review and let us not forget how much ground has been gained. Do note, a Roadmap outlining 2019’s objectives will be a separate article, but I’ll quickly cover what we are working on at this moment. May you have a very Happy New Year, S!

I wanted to say THANK YOU for your steadfast support. We will be able to continue development and maintain operations of WWII Online as long as you are here. Each of you are extremely valued and we hope you will help us carry on this dream.

Many of you have grown so much in your capability as individuals, and as a team we’ve refined our process and intend to do so some more. This has resulted into tremendous progress in 2018 and has set ourselves up for a big year in 2019. Great work, and thanks for what you do, the WWIIOL community and I are no doubt grateful.

In all we have released 14 patches in 2018, and they included a variety of fixes / improvements and new features. Here are the main releases with some quick notes of its contents:

• 1.35.11 - JANUARY 2018: Tank Busters, updated gunsights, PPO changes and EWS updates
  
• 1.35.12 - MARCH 2018: Fighter Bombers, Close Support Tanks, .join command, several bug fixes
  
• 1.35.13 - MAY 2018: New Stuh42, Crusader III, Churchill V C/S, Granny updated to 64bit, riding FMBs, KE / HE audit
  
• 1.35.14 - AUGUST 2018: First Terrain update since 2011, massive number of fixes and some additions
  
• 1.35.15 - AUGUST 2018: US Paras, Steam receives DLC Packs, NCO and Ammo Bearer class, lots of fixes
  
• 1.35.16 - DECEMBER 2018: Panzer III L + N, Firefly, Achilles, Church 8, 3 new Fighter Bombers, HC Officer + HCMS, New PPOs, New Grass and AB Barracks models and much more

Check all version history including hot fixes released here: https://wiki.wwiionline.com/view/Readme_1.35

• 1.36 Hybrid Supply, which will enter Closed Beta in Q1-2019
  
• Production is working on fixes of content and implementing new stuff
  
• Community team is re-organizing High Command
  
• Operations team is enhancing network traffic inbound/outbound
  
• Support team is providing more self-help articles on support page
  
• Steam has a new assigned Manager and is getting re-imaged / new life
  
• All teams are reviewing process / staff access and making improvements to expedite results
  
• Leadership and all teams are preparing a 2019 Roadmap plan

As mentioned we’re working on the 2019 Roadmap and it is not quite ready for distribution as we’re ironing things out. That said, I can tell you that it will be another pretty aggressive year here at WWII Online and we’re going to have some big objectives to tackle.

The best thing you can do is to subscribe to the game because it provides us the literal life fuel to keep this activity up. CRS is delivering as promised tangible results both for new content and fixes. We can achieve substantially more by bringing some more folks on full-time, and we’d very much like to do that. We need your help to make that happen, as volunteer time can only go so-far, and what is being achieved by a mostly volunteer team is pretty extraordinary.

In closing, I’d like to once again thank you for the support you have provided, and encourage to the best of your ability to help my team and I do more here at WWII Online (CRS) for your benefit.

We will be able to maintain the game and carry it onwards for as long as you’re here to back us up, and make no mistake, you are single handedly vital to our mission success, more than ever before.

Thanks, and Happy New Year to you all. Salute!

Matt “Xoom” Callahan
President - Cornered Rat Software
xoom@corneredrats.com

Hello again, everyone. Head over to the Spriter 2 Testing forums to learn how to start testing features.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, Fellow celebrating Warriors! 🎄

We wish you all the best in 2019, with new battles, new victories and new emotions that are waiting for you in the New Year.

There is always something new to celebrate in a New Year and we decided to finish the current Ranked Seasons within a 2 weeks!

Hurry up to reach next league and achieve as much ranked points as possible before it resets on the 15th of January! We will archive your results, gift you special medals and refresh you points to the baseline values of your current league.

Kindly yours,
Mushroom Wars 2 team! 🍄

This past week we've been hard at work bringing you the main storyline centered around two revolutionary leaders Fidel Castro and Idi Amin. We will end the year in style and start a fantastic 2019! Happy New Year!

A straight arrow agent goes after the most notorious gangster until the job is done, what ever be the price. By helping him you risk uncovering uncomfortable truths about the kind of company you are keeping but perhaps it can be a way for you to stop a revolution. Notable characters and leaders you can meet:

First Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
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Starting Power: 4
Leader type: LAWFUL GOOD

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
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Starting Power: 4
Leader type: CHAOTIC NEUTRAL

Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar
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Starting Power: 2
Leader type: CHAOTIC NEUTRAL

Fidel Castro
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Starting Power: 8
Leader type: TRUE NEUTRAL

The infamous story of when megalomania succeeded and how a Ugandan dictator proclaiming himself the uncrowned King of Scotland and Lord of all the beasts of the earth and fishes of the seas betrayed both superpowers and got away to a life of luxury and contentment. Notable characters and leaders you can meet:

His Excellency General Dr. Idi Amin Dada,
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Starting Power: 2
Leader type: CHAOTIC EVIL

+ 24 NEW Decisions added - 9 for the Cuban Revolution (Timeline 1-3) and 15 for Idi Amin (Timeline 6-10)
+ Fixed an issue where a sound file was causing an error to be shown for those playing the DLCs
+ Idi Amin Dada starts off as a US Character and can transition into becoming a Soviet Leader
+ Idi Amin Dada decisions linked with choices made through the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
+ Engagement of the STASI in Uganda is now linked to the foundation of East Germany

+ Idi Amin chain can now unlock Decolonization Policy for USSR in SUAF. DECOLONIZATION(18 Turns Cooldown): Spend 3 ELITES to gain +5% INFLUENCE in this theater.
+ Updated State of Israel Policy to activate/deactive Soviet Idi Amin Dada transformation depending on policy chosen for Israel

+ Removed Supply Ability from Idi Amin Dada and Fidel Castro
+ Added STRONGMAN ability to Idi Amin Dada. STRONGMAN(Ends Turn): Spend 1 PEOPLE to gain 2 POWER.
+ Added Revolution ability to Fidel Castro. REVOLUTION(Ends Turn): Spend 1 MILITARY to gain 2 POWER and declare a WARZONE in CUBAN-BAHAMIAN ZONE.

+ All content added is also made available for play in multiplayer

+ Various bug fixes for tutorials that could at times cause a soft lock of the game

+ Click holding over menus will now print out a notification explaining their function
+ Added an notification for Achievable Options [] notifying the player that options cannot be selected but when achieved will trigger automatically at the end of the turn

+ NEW Editor can now handle modding of Leaders
+ NEW Editor element added for modding Decision flags
+ NEW Search function added to the editor
(To start modding, select to START EDITOR at the Profile login screen - Select Terminal Conflict and Push the Copy From button next to it. Give your mod a unique name and you are set to go. See more here http://terminalconflict.wikia.com/wiki/Editor )

+ Are you bothered by accidentally clicking buttons with your shaking Cold War fingers or are the brass on your sleeves pressing parts of your terminal you would not like to? No longer! Added the options to set a button click cap that will help out those in need and prevent unwanted presses in preparations for iOS and Android implementation later this year.
+ Easier debugging for missing file references
+ Fixed an issue where errors would be given for supply sounds

Happy new year everyone :sasa:! The Christmas break has ended, and development wise, I have taken full advantage. Please keep an eye out for upcoming news.

To kick 2019 off, I am on the search for a character artist to join our development team. The tasks are:

1) Redraw current artworks.
2) Complete illustrations for the rest of the game.

Style wise, something like this would be perfect. The artist is not available for work, but I have kindly been given permission to link to that piece as a reference.

Please feel free to leave comments, and I will do my best to keep on top of things. If you are keen, please send an email (with your portfolio) to:

contact(at)invertmouse(dot)com

If you know anyone else who may be interested, I hope you can pass this along.

Thank you so much!

P.S. The special thanks campaign has ended. Thank you to everyone who submitted feedback :bibi:!

Game Update v0.532

• Changed the way Ferry's leave a port on the back-end, in order to free up slots for more Ferry's to spawn. Additionally fixed a couple bugs in the Ferry spawning code.
• Players logging back in during the Resettlement Campaign mission will be asked if they would like to return to the objective location rather than moving you automatically.
• Players should now spawn with a full UCSpaceSuit when dying during the Resettlement Campaign mission.
• Fixed various issues with entering/exiting mission vehicles (requires testing)
• Attempts to correct the position offset on parked vehicles (requires testing)
• Raised the frequency of plant based resources spawning on Beta Prairie plus further foliage adjustments
• Optimizations to grass in Beta Prairie.
• Land claim price reduced to 500 credits.
• Horse price in Stables reduced to 300 credits.
• Abandoned vehicle spawns in environment on Beta Prairie increased
• Ferry speed increased on Janson Orbital - Delta Outpost route
• Ferry speed increased between major Space Stations: Hera, Kallus & Shoden
• Toll Droid Quest temporarily disabled in Redberry
• Fixed Lockhart Tower Position
• Various color fixes in the UI
• New! Combat staging area added on Beta Prairie. Access this enclosed testing area via the spawn screen - players will spawn in with weapons already equipped in order to test combat mechanics.

Hello all,

We wish everyone a prosperous and successful new year! Thank you to everyone for the support for our project Stitched and we have surprises awaits in 2019 ːsteamhappyː

Lastly, we will close the year with a treat


Will the nightmare continues...!?

Cheers!
Fluffex Studios

Hello everyone. Happy New Year!

It was still technically "late 2018" when the build was made live on our private forums. Edit: Head over to the Spriter 2 Testing forums to learn how to start testing the first feature

Have you noticed we have added big chessboard to the game? You can move chess pieces and play it with your friend! What would be the better way to start New Year? Only availalbe on full version of Voltage.

Big chessboard can be found on home-level.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1598711053

Tip: When you find the chessboard, save your game and you can always download this scene and start playing chess!

Who would buy chess games anymore when you can get it with this game?

Checkmate!

Last one before the new year. Anyone can wear pretty much anything. I decided it would be way too much work moving forward to create four sets of gear for every zone, so it will be up to you to equip your characters however you see fit!

2.2.1 [Build #35, Release Date: December 31, 2018]
New:
- Vendors in Auria have updated stock after the third Veil checkpoint.
- Placeholder quest added to current end of main story, pending updates. If you finished the current content before this patch – don’t worry. A debug object will be added to the Black Forest when the quest details are filled out.
Changes:
- Equipment can now be worn by any character. Main and off-hand remain character specific.
- Renamed equipment slots and reconfigured certain accessories.
- Text and restore effects changed for fruit items.
- Gizelle’s bronze boxes now contain Weak instead of Minor potions.
2.2.0.4 [Shipped with 2.2.1]
New:
- New quest appears at the start of the game for players exploring the menu. This quest disappears after The Mysterious Voice is obtained from Jack.
- Equipment for Riley now has a chance to drop from mechanical enemies.
- Equipment for Alex now has a chance to drop from caster enemies.


Happy new year!