Open Beta Patch v1.26o2 (12 may 2025)

[Destragon]

Hey Vic, Bvoid above mentioned that he couldn't discover airplanes despite having engines researched in b13 and I just heard from someone else who showed me a screenshot where he has researched propeller engines, but ultra light airplanes are not discoverable. Unless I'm missing something that's required for the discovery of airplane models, it sounds like there's something bugged here.

Now that I think about it, is it possible that ultra light airplanes require you to have ALL the engine techs researched instead of just one of them?

[Vic]

Posted beta15b. Should be ok now.

[Vic]

ORIGINAL: Destragon

Hey Vic, Bvoid above mentioned that he couldn't discover airplanes despite having engines researched in b13 and I just heard from someone else who showed me a screenshot where he has researched propeller engines, but ultra light airplanes are not discoverable. Unless I'm missing something that's required for the discovery of airplane models, it sounds like there's something bugged here.

Now that I think about it, is it possible that ultra light airplanes require you to have ALL the engine techs researched instead of just one of them?

Yes i broke this in recent beta patch trying to allow you to discover it with other techs as well.

Will fix ASAP. probably tomorrow though.

Workaround start on tech level 4.

[Destragon]

ORIGINAL: Vic

Yes i broke this in recent beta patch trying to allow you to discover it with other techs as well.

Haha, yeah, that's what I figured.
Thanks for the update though.

[Vic]

@Destragon

Fixed it immediately.
Uploaded beta15b-2

Sorry for the hassle.

[Destragon]

Lol, thanks, Vic. Don't forget to rest for the weekend.

[DasTactic]

I think this has been mentioned somewhere else but it would be great to somehow have the ability to change the individual components when designing aircraft rather than needing to start the design process again. Getting the best design is a fairly long process of trial and error at the moment.

Another element I think the game needs is a summary in the Reports of the battles fought - especially in the AI turns but would be great to also be able to review what happened during your turn as well.

As far as balance is concerned I'm wondering if the airforces are a bit OP at the moment. I haven't done extensive testing but it seems the MGs are killing ground targets as effectively as precision bombs.

[Vic]

Hi Das,

Nice to see you checking in. Working on helping with that design process and I agree on the MGs being a bit to effective against ground targets.

More detailed battled reports will have to wait. History does provide the results though.

Best wishes,
Vic

[Vic]

Posted beta-16!
Mostly finetuning to the model calculations, but also some other improvements.

best,
Vic

[Jorgas]

All my saved games crash on beta 16.

[battlefield91]

Not only saved games. Newly created too. All during AI prep. after Autosave

[mkemper31]

Can confirm, crashing on Beta 16 on first turn. Seems to be occurring during "Moving for Air Fronts 1610" stage of the AI turn. I cannot share links apparently, but I have uploaded my save game file if you'd like me to send you the link another way.

[solops]

Beta 16 - Started a new game. Crashes on turn one as soon as I end the turn.

[Daza99]

Yep can confirm crash for me too for the new Beta 16, i loaded a save from beta 15b and it couldn't complete Ai turn

[franklin1000]

yep, crashing on AI first turn. Beta 16

[mroyer]

Recommendation:

Vic,
You should consider leaving a trail of links to the previous few betas just in case there is a fatal issue with the latest beta. That way, players can drop back a beta and not be left in a lurch.

-Mark R.

For those who may not have saved it, here's the v1.05b15b-2 beta.

[bvoid]

Vic released b16 then collapsed due to exhaustion. He will wake up today and look at forums/email and facepalm hard

[Vic]

Sorry. I'll be fixing ASAP within 4 hours of this post.

Best wishes,
Vic

[Vic]

Beta17 posted. It fixes the certain-crash at end of turn.
I will try to avoid this with future beta's!

[Destragon]

ORIGINAL: Vic

-When you now redesign an Aircraft Model (negative command at end) the previous choices you made will be indicated with a † symbol and highlighted in yellow to help you fine-tune your design.

This is nice, but I already mentioned in the airplane design tech support thread that when the aircraft design is not able to fly, then pressing the "negative" button will close the window, instead of bringing you back to the beginning, so this new feature won't help in cases like that.