Ground of Aces News

[p]Hello Base Commanders![/p][p][/p][p]Did you know we host a weekly Ground of Aces livestream every Sunday on Twitch? The co-founder of our studio and the man who had the idea for Ground of Aces, Moritz—callsign "Dark Zero"—is streaming each week to test the latest features and to chat with the community.[/p][p][/p][p]If you haven’t tuned in yet, join us next Sunday and share your ideas, suggestions and questions in the livechat directly with one of the devs of Ground of Aces.[/p][p][/p][h2]Livestream Details[/h2][p]When: Sunday, November 9 – 9:30 PM CET | 3:30 PM EST | 12:30 PM PST[/p][p]Where: – Follow our Twitch channel to get notified![/p][p][/p][h2]This Week’s Mission: “The Perfect Base… on Hard Mode”[/h2][p]Our commander Dark Zero barely survived a massive Luftwaffe attack in the last session. And now he’s taking on a new challenge: Building a brand-new airfield under the toughest conditions yet set by the custom settings of the map parameter.[/p][p]Will the airbase survive? How long can his crew hold up against the air raids of the Germans?[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]To celebrate the livestreams, the illustrator on our team also prepares a custom poster each week inspired by real WW2 posters.[/p][p]Check out this week's version:[/p][p][/p][p]Inspired by:[/p][p][/p][p]Do you know a special WW2 propaganda poster that we should use for future inspiration? Don't hesitate to share them with us![/p]

[p]Here are the latest hotfixes:[/p]

• [p]recovery should no longer be possible in destroyed beds[/p]
• [p]fixed an issue with "carry heavy injured" task looping forever for a single crew member[/p]
• [p]fixed an issue with bed/sickbed being sometimes unavailable for sleep/recovery tasks[/p]

[p][/p][p]Thank you for your reports! We will keep working on more fixes and other improvements.[/p]

[p]Our second major update has landed! Experience a livelier world with female ground crew, a full health system for NPCs with injury, aid and recovery behaviors, and new props that let you build hospitals on your base.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Features:[/h2]

• [p]Health & Injury for crew members[/p]
  • [p]All crew members now have health and a health bar[/p]
  • [p]Health can be improved by training endurance (air crew only for now)[/p]
  • [p]Crew members can become injured and heavily injured[/p]
    • [p]Injured crew members are limited in their possible tasks.[/p]
    • [p]Heavily injured crew members are unable to act and slowly bleed out.[/p]
• [p]Health Recovery & Aid through doctors and nurses[/p]
  • [p]Crew members naturally recover HP while sleeping in beds[/p]
  • [p]Injured crew members can rest in sickbeds to recover faster[/p]
  • [p]Nurses and doctors can aid crew in sickbeds to recover faster[/p]
    • [p]This aid task is sped up by simple and strong medicine[/p]
    • [p]Medical personnel can also stabilize heavily injured crew members[/p]
• [p]Several Health Recovery Objects to build a recovery station[/p]
  • [p]Sickbed - Faster recovery while resting[/p]
  • [p]Medicine Cabinet - Increases effectiveness of aid with a boost to patients energy[/p]
  • [p]Night table - Improves patients confidence while recovering[/p]
  • [p]Blood Pack Rack - Reduced energy loss while recovering[/p]
  • [p]Divider Curtains - Give patients more privacy[/p]
  • [p]Handwash Bowl - Increased confidence in treatment[/p]
  • [p]Plus some decorative items who might get later uses.[/p]
• [p]Female crew members from the W.A.A.F[/p]
  • [p]New female models and uniforms from the Women's Auxiliary Air Force[/p]
  • [p]20% chance that recruits through the hire menu are from the W.A.A.F[/p]

[h2]Improvements:[/h2]

• [p]Large improvement in loading times across all versions[/p]
  • [p]This should solve problems of silicone Macs and large base files.[/p]
• [p]New detail view for the status of used training items[/p]
• [p]New shipment options[/p]
  • [p]You can get Military Construction parts shipped to repair AA guns[/p]
  • [p]You can get Beans and Tomato Seeds for your garden plots.[/p]
• [p]Herbs are now regrowing plants[/p]
• [p]Simple Medicine and Strong Medicine don't degrade when properly stored.[/p]
• [p]Over 30 new events that can hurt crew on daily tasks[/p]
• [p]Added new “Did you know” tips in the loading screens[/p]
• [p]The garden menu will now display the growth time of your crops[/p]
• [p]New particle effects on several training assets[/p]

[h2]Other fixes and changes:[/h2]

• [p]Fixed several issues of headgear and hair clipping[/p]
• [p]Crew will not mourn in front of empty graves anymore[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue of carpets occupying wrong tiles[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where using the destroy tool switched the texture of walls[/p]
• [p]Destruction of resource piles now produces rubble, not trash[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where destroyed ammo piles created thousands of trash[/p]
• [p]Fixed several instances of overflowing text in localisations[/p]
• [p]Fixed several problems with the damage shader on certain UVs[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue of planned flags being invisible from one side[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue of collapse animations replaying on load for collapsed people[/p]
• [p]Improved the mouseover collision for wall objects[/p]
• [p]Fixed a fatal issue when tooltiping over dead characters[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue of characters eyes not closing anymore during sleep[/p]

[h2]Issues we are currently working on:[/h2]

• [p]We are currently working on an improved damage system for bombs and roofs which should feel better.[/p]
• [p]We are creating more events that can happen around injuries so stay tuned for those.[/p]
• [p]We are implementing a limit on how much ammo you will get shipped from HQ to your base if you don't need it.[/p]
• [p]We are looking into a possibility to show characters HP also in the crew management screen[/p]

[h3]Please note that due to the new systems that are getting added with this Major Update, older saves may not work as intended. We recommend starting a new game to make sure you don't get any unexpected issues.[/h3][h3][/h3][p][/p][p]Thank you for all your reports and feedback. We can't wait to hear what you think about the new features![/p][p][/p][p]If you haven't already, please leave a review here on Steam. Reviews help guide new players and grow the game. They help us to push forward with more improvements and updates for the future of GROUND OF ACES.[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p]We uploaded a new test version to the “alpha” branch on Steam. That means you can already try and test new features of the upcoming Major Update 2![/p][p][/p][h2]Test these new features:[/h2]

• [p]Female NPCs[/p]
• [p]Health System for NPCs[/p]
• [p]Injury, Recovery & Aid Tasks[/p]
• [p]Hospital Props[/p][p][/p]

[p]This test build release is an EXPERIMENTAL version. We continue to work on the update before we release it to everyone.[/p][p][/p][p]All issues related to this version should be reported in the designated Discord channel #⁠bugs-testingbranch – ideally with save files attached.[/p][p]Join our Discord [/p][p][/p][p]You can also use the in-game feedback tool; we see the version number in the feedback entries. But if you have a bigger, weirder issue, it often helps when you provide us your affected save file. For that, the easiest way would be for you to join the Discord and share the file there with us.[/p][p][/p][p]We are not just looking for bugs. It would also be great to hear your feedback about the gameplay and balancing of the new features.
[/p][h2]How to get the test version:[/h2]

• [p]Go to your Steam library.[/p]
• [p]Right-click Ground of Aces in your list of games and select “Properties…” in the drop-down menu.[/p]
• [p]Go to “Betas” in the list on the left side.[/p]
• [p]In the “Beta Participation” drop-down selection select: “alpha - Alpha test”.[/p]
• [p]Now Steam will update your version of Ground of Aces to the testing version. It will now display "Ground of Aces \[alpha]" in your list of games.
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[h2]When you want to go back to the main version:[/h2]

• [p]Switch back the “Beta Participation” selection to “None”. Steam will switch back to the main version of the game and download it again.[/p]

[h2]What to look out for:[/h2]

• [p]Air crew can now take damage and sustain injuries during missions if planes were damaged: Is everything working correctly?[/p]
• [p]If issues arise with the plane after a crew came home injured or dead: Does changing the crew to healthy people fix the issues?[/p]
• [p]Workers can now get injured during daily tasks during events: How does this feel? Is it happening at a satisfactory pace?[/p]
• [p]People with the medical task can aid people in sickbeds to recover: Does the economy for medicine work? Are the medical objects useful?[/p]

[p][/p][p]Thanks to everyone who is interested in looking at this preview. We all hope you enjoy this early look[/p][p]
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