We've been working hard on fixing graphical issues with skirmish mode and have fixed a number of other issues along the way. Skirmish mode is still under active development while we work on fixing some issues and thus we have marked it as being beta. We've tested it internally and it seems to work well but we're interested in knowing if you have any feedback or suggestions for us for skirmish mode, or for the game in general.
This update include the following changes:
- Skirmish mode now available for beta testing.
- Increased maximum zoom level.
- Fixed bug related to Windows DPI settings (playing on High DPI / 4k monitors).
- Fixed some objects which rendered all-white.
- Rewrote shaders to improve performance.
- Made build grid easier to see.
- Made joystick selection box easier to see.
- Now show build timers when buildings are active.
- Now show armour and shield bars for damaged units at all times.
- Show white borders round power bars of current selected units.
- Removed fading on terrain decals.
- Fixed mouse issue with level 1.
- Bricks and Mortar achievement now actually achievable.
- General performance improvements.
Here are a few screenshots showing some of the changes in this build:
Zoom out further:
We've increased the max zoom distance so you can now zoom out much further. This makes the game much easier to play, especially on the larger levels!
Fixed the Bricks and Mortar achievement:
Some players reported they were unable to unlock this achievement. We found out that our code checking that you had built each type of building was flawed. The reason was that you never 'build' a shipyard. Your construction robot actually 'repairs' the shipyard as the frame already exists. We've now handled this and the achievement unlocks correctly.
Enabled skirmish beta:
We've been wanting to enable skirmish mode for a while but there were a number of issues with the graphics and the code in general. We've now fixed most issues and while we're working on improving the mode further we have enabled it for beta testing.
We hope you have fun testing Skirmish mode and hope our other changes have fixed issues that some users reported with the game :).
-TickTock Games
