KA2 v1.5 has been released. Thought it would be wise to follow up with a changelog.
- Physics files have been entirely redone. Hopefully this will solve the "wandering ships" problem, ships endlessly turning etc.
- Reworked weapons ranges. Tractor Beam weapons are now very short ranged, (all extrapolated from KA range data) Hellbores are now long range, capable of out-ranging most weapons. Each race's torpedo cruiser now has very long ranged torpedoes that can only target stations (and large monsters...)
- Most Hydran ships now have a fighter complement. These are hellbore or fusion beam armed, and the exact complement varies ship to ship. Some carry all fusions, some all hellbores, some a mix. Tooltips have been modified to reflect this.
- General bug fixes and graphical tweaks.
- New hero units (Commander Thok Mak for the Klingon Empire, Admiral Lenara for the Romulan Star Empire) and new VOs for the USS Star Empire and the IKS QeH'ral (namely, Captain Torlek, the player character from Klingon Academy)
- New VOs for several ship classes, to increase variety.
- Several new, symmetrical maps.
- New FleetOps style explosion effects
- New upgrade functionality. Carriers can upgrade to carry new types of fighter, and ISC ships can upgrade to their Disruptor armed "D" Refits.
- Secondary, Heavy and Advanced weapons no longer target fightercraft. (Ships will now engage them with primary weapons only)
- Changed probe functionality. Now fires a probe from a forward torpedo tube in the direction the ship is facing, which travels for a set time until it fades out.
- Added Plasma-Detecting Probes (PDPs) to certain ships. These probes are functionally the same as regular ones, but also reveal cloaked ships in their sensor range.
- Added new, subtle phaser flares to beam weapons. Not as garish as normal A2 flares, they help to blend the effect better, especially with large beams like the PPD or the AMFP.
Good Job Squire James! Thank you and marry christmas!
Thanks a lot, I think my favorite part is the probe update, love how it's not the classic Armada 2 setup of one scout reveals entire cloaked enemy fleet; feels a lot more like Klingon Academy's on-and-off cloak detection, very nice! One thing I seem to have trouble with though is getting the AI to build large fleets, it seems to be reluctant to pump out ships like it used to despite being given plenty of time and resources. Any advice on how to get the AI to be more fleet-oriented? Thanks again!
wow, it's done!