Ground of Aces News

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[p]Ground of Aces and Unity of Command II in one package! Take charge and experience World War II with our brand-new bundle. For a limited time, you can pick up these two WWII strategy titles with a 20% discount![/p][p][/p][h3][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]GET THE BUNDLE[/h3][p][/p][p]From the control tower to the command tent, every decision matters. Build your airbase in Ground of Aces and command your divisions in Unity of Command II![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]This Sunday, Blindflug Studios CEO and executive producer of Ground of Aces, Moritz (known as Dark Zero in our community), sits down with Tomislav Uzelac, developer of Unity of Command, to discuss his work and about making WW2 strategy games. Join us on Sunday in the livestream on Twitch and ask your questions in the livechat.[/p][p][/p][p]📅 Sunday, 23rd of November[/p][p]🕒 9:30pm CET | 3:30pm EST | 12:30pm PST[/p][p]📺 Twitch: @blindflugstudio[/p][p][/p][p]FOLLOW US ON TWITCH[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p]Here are the latest patch notes:[/p]

• [p]Walls and sandbags now offer protection from explosions. You need walls or sandbags to protect against the effect of an explosion that happen on the side of a building. (Before, roofs magically protected everything inside a building even without closed walls on all sides.)[/p]
• [p]Slightly increased HP for sandbags.[/p]
• [p]Destroying specific objects if multiple objects occupy a tile is now possible.[/p]
• [p]Mental breakdowns, such as panic, rage and collapse are not buffered anymore and won't happen to crew members long after their morale has increased again.[/p]
• [p]Reduced crew damage from fistfights so they are not permanently in bed.[/p]

[p]Issues we are aware of:[/p]

• [p]Currently, players experience crew members getting stuck on seemingly random spots.[/p]

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[/p][h2]Improvements & Bugfixes[/h2]

• [p]Cancelling deconstruction fixes[/p]
• [p]Added a map parameter: more attacks per week[/p]
• [p]Added a map parameter: gender of a starting crew[/p]
• [p]Added a map parameter: explosion damage[/p]
• [p]Minor bugfixes around the health system[/p]
• [p]Health tutorial now showing also when a first injury happens to be a crew member exiting a plane[/p]
• [p]Plane management window will now show an indicator that an injured crew member is assigned[/p]
• [p]Fixed an UI issue with tutorial being covered by some game UI elements[/p]
• [p]Added scramble window tooltips[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with crew dropping heavy injured members when saluting a plane from a returning mission[/p]
• [p]Added double the amount of health related events[/p]
• [p]Increased chance of multiple health related events[/p]
• [p]Minor memory optimisation[/p]
• [p]Minor navigation fixes[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug with injured characters coming from missions and not receiving aid[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug when a recovering character receives damage[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug with some characters not having a position data[/p]
• [p]Added characters nicknames to the crew list window[/p]
• [p]Various character animation fixes[/p]
• [p]Character idle animation variation[/p]

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

• [p]We are currently working on an overhaul of several attack damage, roof hitpoints and wall shielding effects.[/p]

[p]Thank you for your reports! We will keep working on more fixes and other improvements.[/p][p]
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[p]Hello Base Commanders!
[/p][p]We are doing a livestream interview this Sunday! Dark Zero, aka Moritz – the man who had the idea for Ground of Aces – will have a chat with WW2 fiction author Conor Bender on our Twitch channel. Your chance to ask questions in the chat and discuss WW2 fiction, storytelling, and Ground of Aces with us.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]When: Nov 16, 9:30 pm CEST | 3:30 pm EST | 12:30 pm PST[/h3][h3]Where: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/h3][h3][/h3][p]Discover Conor Bender's World War II novels here: https://conorbender.com[/p][p][/p][p]Enlist for our newsletter and get Conor Bender's novella "The Essex Curve" as a gift: https://groundofaces.com/enlist-and-join-the-community/[/p][p][/p][p]If you are already on our mailing list: no problem, just sign up again; the system will tag you and send you the download link.[/p][p][/p][h2]+ Let's Play GROUND OF ACES[/h2][p]Each week Dark Zero, aka Moritz, plays Ground of Aces with the community on Twitch. Join us on Sunday and share your thoughts and questions in the livechat.[/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]