General
Power trajectory
Up = buffed, down = nerfedPatch history
- ▲🐛Bug fixserver stability
Fixed several server crashes occurring with high player counts and during map transitions.
Fixed crashes with 32+ players and map transitions.
- ≈🎯BehaviorrendererDX11 Default→DX9 Default
Reverted default renderer to DX9 to resolve UI glitches, while keeping DX11 as an option.
Rolled back DX11 as default due to UI glitches.
- ≈✨Newdamage type—→Lava
Added a new 'Lava' damage type and corrected related achievement tracking.
Added Lava damage type and achievement tracking.
- ▲🎯Behaviormatchmaking
Improved the matchmaking logic for the Instant Play feature.
Improved Instant Play logic.
- ▲✨Newloadouts—→Added
Added support for resetting all custom loadouts back to their default settings.
Added ability to reset custom loadouts to defaults.
- ≈✂️RemovedApollo Event—→Removed
The Apollo anniversary event has come to a close after 325 Saturn V launches.
Event ended
- ▲🛠QoLCustomization Menu
Pressing Esc while customizing appearance now returns the player to the loadout screen instead of closing the window.
UI Fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixcamo persistence
Fixed bugs related to the persistence of awarded camouflage patterns.
Fixed bugs where awarded camos would not persist correctly.
- ≈🐛Bug fixtagging
Resolved various issues with the player/enemy tagging system.
Fixed issues with the tagging system.
- ≈🛠QoLsubsystem icons—→Scaled down
Scaled down subsystem icons on capital ships for better visual clarity.
Icons on capital ships were too large.
- ≈🐛Bug fixHUD health replication
Fixed a bug where resupplying a spaceship did not update the health HUD for other players.
Resupplying spaceships didn't update health for other players.
- ≈🐛Bug fixobjective replication
Fixed issues where hidden objective statuses were not replicating correctly to clients.
Hidden objectives weren't syncing to clients.
- ≈🐛Bug fixout-of-battlefield areas
Fixed stability and behavior issues in out-of-battlefield areas.
Areas outside the battlefield were malfunctioning.
- ▼📊Numericgrenade capacity2 per mod→1 per mod nades
Corrected ammo capacity mods to add 1 grenade instead of 2 per mod.
Ammo capacity mods were giving double the intended grenades.
- ≈✨Newcollision—→Added
Added collision boundaries around rockets and gantries to prevent clipping.
Added collision to rockets and gantries.
- ≈🐛Bug fixLukather's objectives
Fixed an issue causing Lukather's objectives to reset unexpectedly.
Objectives for Lukather were resetting.
- ≈📝TextEMP/Acid/Incendiaryhints—→Updated
Updated tooltips and hints for EMP, acid, and incendiary effects to reflect mechanical changes.
Hints now match current mechanics.
- ≈🛠QoLbullet decals—→Optimized
Optimized bullet decals on glass surfaces to eliminate performance spikes on certain maps.
Glass decals caused performance spikes.
- ≈✨NewApollo 11 Event—→Added
Added an Apollo 11 Moon landing anniversary event with unique objectives and unlocks on certain maps.
Anniversary event.
- ≈🛠QoLHUD Performance—→Optimized
Greatly optimized performance hits caused by the HUD and spaceship physics.
General optimization.
- ≈🛠QoLHackspikes UIUnique→Standardized
Hack-spike objectives now follow the standard display logic for colors and progress.
Consistent with other objectives.
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Fixed a major memory-management/packaging crash affecting servers and clients, primarily on space maps.
bugfix
- ≈🐛Bug fixLZ behavior
Fixed various issues where Landing Zones (LZs) were not behaving properly within territories.
bugfix
- ≈🐛Bug fixcommand callouts
Fixed an issue where command callouts, such as 'move to this position', were not playing their associated sound cues.
bugfix
- ≈🛠QoLfaction selection screen0-indexed→1-indexed
Fixed a display issue where the 'phase x of y' text was zero-indexed on the faction selection screen.
quality
- ≈✨Newbot callouts—→Added
Added a configuration option in AFFComms.ini to disable bot callouts from chat.
new
- ≈🐛Bug fixserver stability
Fixed misbehaving packages that were causing server crashes.
Fixed crashes
- ≈🐛Bug fixinput handling
Fixed an issue where a non-existent chatbox would capture player input.
Fixed chatbox input
- ▲🛠QoLnetcode
Improved and optimized netcode for text and audio callouts.
Optimized comms
- ▲🎯Behavioraudio prioritization
Improved callout audio prioritization; squad callouts are now audible regardless of distance.
Squad callouts always heard
- ≈✨Newchat messages—→Added
Added notifications to the chat when a player leaves the game.
Player left messages
- ≈🛠QoLChatcharacter handling—→Improved
Improved handling of long words and special characters in the chatbox.
Special characters fix
- ≈🎨VisualChatopacity—→Adjusted
Adjusted the opacity of various chat elements for better visibility.
Visual tweak
- ≈🎯BehaviorCalloutsdeliverySent while dead→Omitted
Team callouts are no longer sent to the player if they are currently dead.
QoL change
- ≈🐛Bug fixUI Textdistance formattingBroken < 1m→Fixed
Fixed distance-displaying text that was improperly formatted when under 1 meter.
Text fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixStabilitycrashesPresent→Reduced
Addressed various crashes and input oddities introduced in the previous update.
Stability fix
- ▲🛠QoLChatUI/UX
Major chat improvements including mute functionality, persistence through map changes, and better squad/team filtering.
quality
- ▲🎯BehaviorFlashlightattachmentGun-tied→Character-tied
Flashlight is now tied to the character rather than the gun, preventing it from bouncing wildly.
behavior
- ≈📊NumericADSsensitivity60%→70%
Default ADS sensitivity increased from 60% to 70%.
numeric
- ▼📊NumericShieldsexplosion damage1x→2x x
Explosions now deal double the damage to shields on average.
numeric
- ▲📊Numericvehicle respawn timer—→-25%
Reduced the time before players are re-offered a vehicle by 25%.
numeric
- ▲📊NumericGriphonion beam costX→0 gold
Set Griphon's ion beam loadout cost to zero as intended.
numeric
- ▲🛠QoLcamouflageLimited→Copy/Paste
Camouflage settings can now be copied and pasted between different items.
quality
- ▲🐛Bug fixAI repairBroken→Fixed
Fixed AI not understanding how to repair land vehicles when ordered.
behavior
- ≈🐛Bug fixpathing
Fixed various pathing issues and bot sticking points on Fortress and Lukather.
bugfix
- ≈🐛Bug fixcamouflage
Fixed camouflage choices not saving or working online; note that infantry camo may have been reset.
bugfix
- ≈🐛Bug fixUI/UX
Fixed chat box opening issues, loadout copying, and SGZ naming in the UI.
bugfix
- ▲✨NewconnectivityManual Port Forwarding→NAT Punch-through
Implemented a NAT punch-through server to allow players to host games without manual router configuration.
Easier hosting
- ≈🎯Behaviorbot reflexesUniform→Varied by difficulty
Bot response times are now properly scaled by difficulty level to prevent low-level bots from having perfect reflexes.
AI balance
- ▲🛠QoLVFX/UI/Lights—→Optimized
Significant optimizations to space VFX, UI text processing, and dynamic lighting for better performance.
Performance gains
- ▲✨NewcustomizationShips/Armor→Infantry Guns
Camouflage customization is now available for faction-specific infantry guns.
New camo options
- ≈🔁Reworkteam balance
Team balancing now prioritizes equal player counts, only restricting joining based on rank disparity if team sizes are already equal.
logic change
- ≈✨Newafflink protocol—→Added
Added 'afflink://' protocol allowing players to launch the game and join a server directly from a URL.
new feature
- ▼🎯BehaviorleaningEnabled→Disabled
Players can no longer lean while incapacitated.
incapacitated
- ≈✨Newsoundtrack—→Expanded
Added legacy music pieces to the official soundtrack package.
music add
- ≈🛠QoLmaster server
Optimized master server performance.
optimization
- ≈🐛Bug fixinfantry camouflage
Fixed a bug where camouflage colors reset when opening the loadout menu.
visual fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixIrega map
Fixed Point A failure, rebuilt lighting, and adjusted killzones in the chasm on the Irega map.
map fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixmap voting screen
Fixed flipping counters on the map voting screen.
ui fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixAI
Fixed AI stalling issues on the Yin Tao Shan map.
AI fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixammo mod effects
Fixed ammo modification effects for the P8 and bomber torpedoes.
mod fix
- ▲✨NewMaster ServerSteam→Custom
Implemented a custom master server for more reliable and faster server browsing, independent of Steam maintenance.
Infrastructure update
- ▲🛠QoLPerformance—→Faster
Low-level engine optimizations and removal of bloated system calls result in significantly faster performance on servers and PCs.
Engine optimization
- ▲📊NumericServer Slots—→64
All official servers have been returned to 64 slots.
Capacity increase
- ▲🎨VisualGrenadesvisualsBlue→Team-colored
Grenades now have friend- or foe-colored trails for better visibility.
Clarity improvement
- ▲✨NewLoadoutsaccessibilityIn-game→Main Menu
Added the ability to access the loadouts screen directly from the main menu.
QoL improvement
- ▲📊Numericbullet damage vs vehicles100%→150%
Increased bullet damage against vehicles by 50%.
All bullets deal 50% more damage to vehicles.
- ▲📊Numericbomb bay damage/mag100%→150%
Increased magazine sizes and base damage by approximately 50% for all bomber bomb bay weapons.
50% increase to magazine size and base damage.
- ▲✨NewHUD—→Added
Added HUD icons to warn players of incoming missiles.
Added icons for incoming missiles.
- ≈🎯BehaviorAI—→Sharper
AI has been tweaked to be sharper across all difficulty levels.
AI behavior tweaked across all difficulties.
- ≈✨NewTeam Balance—→Added
Added a server option to force players to join the faction with the lower playercount.
Server option.
- ≈🎯BehaviorObjective Decaystatic→decays to 0
Capture and hack progress now decays back to zero over time if the objective is uncontested.
If uncontested.
- ▼📊NumericGrenade Capacity4→3
Reduced the maximum number of grenades a character can carry from 4 to 3.
Per character.
- ▲🛠QoLUPNPunreliable→standardized
Implemented a new standardized UPNP system for more reliable auto-port-forwarding.
Better router compatibility.
- ≈🐛Bug fixserver security
Fixed an engine backdoor that allowed unauthorized access to password-protected servers.
- ≈🐛Bug fixserver stability
Resolved a server crash caused by new AI code.
- ≈🐛Bug fixaudio loop
Fixed an infinite loop bug triggered by footstep sounds tied to animation frames.
- ≈✨Newhead-bob—→Added
Added a head-bob slider to adjust camera wobble while running.
- ≈🛠QoLsettings menu
Rearranged the settings menu to move miscellaneous options into their own section.
- ≈✨NewDiscord link—→Added
Added a direct link to the Discord server in the main menu.
- ≈🐛Bug fixmouse cursor
Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would center on the TacMap when the window was not in focus.
- ≈🛠QoLfreelook icon
Changed the freelook icon and disabled it for infantry where it is not useful.
- ≈✂️Removedbriefing music—→Removed
Removed all legacy music cues from briefings.
- ▲📊Numericdestroyable objectives—→Weaker
Droppods, lockouts, and cores are now more vulnerable to explosives and AV weapons.
numeric
- ▲✨NewHUD prompts—→Added
Added HUD prompts indicating when a dropship is available at a station or carrier.
new
- ▼📊NumericCooling weapon mod—→+10% reload time
Cooling weapon mod now increases reload time by 10%.
numeric
- ▲📊NumericMLI rockets—→Faster
Increased the travel speed of MLI rockets.
numeric
- ▲📊Numericcore meltdown timers—→Shorter
Shortened core meltdown timers for destroyers and corvettes.
numeric
- ≈✨Newleaning—→Added
Added a toggle option for leaning in the settings menu.
Added toggle option in Controls->Misc.
- ≈📊Numericreturn to battle damage—→200 damage/s
Increased damage from 'return to battle' volumes to 200 per second to push players back into play faster.
Increased damage of out-of-bounds volumes.
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Fixed a rare crash occurring when changing resolution or visual settings due to texture buffer issues.
Fixed texture buffer bug causing crashes on alt-tab or settings change.
- ≈🛠QoLscoreboard
Scoreboard now displays the number of human players per team for easier balance checking.
Now shows human players per team.
- ≈🐛Bug fixAudiostabilityCrashes→Improved
Corrected cases of multiple sound sources thrashing audio devices to alleviate rare crashes.
bugfix
- ▼🎯BehaviorSupport Pointsaward conditionAwarded→Not Awarded
Support points are no longer awarded if you heal someone you have damaged yourself (when friendly fire is on).
behavior
- ≈🛠QoLConsolekeybindApostrophe→F2
Rebound command console from apostrophe to F2 for better keyboard compatibility.
quality
- ≈🐛Bug fixObjectivescapture progressInconsistent→Fixed
Fixed inconsistencies in how capture progress was calculated for some objectives.
bugfix
- ▲✨NewSpace Movementvisual clarity—→Added
Added space dust effects to make ship movement more readable for the player.
Added a simple version of a dust effect in space.
- ≈✨NewWarp-intimeoutNone→30s s
Prevents idle players from blocking ships by automatically jumping them in after 30 seconds.
Added a 30s timeout to warp-in point selection.
- ▲🛠QoLCountermeasuresHUD displayHidden→Visible
Players can now track their Countermeasures cooldown directly on the HUD.
Countermeasures cooldown time now shown on the HUD.
- ≈🐛Bug fixUI
Resolved numerous issues with the settings menu, keybindings, and menu flickering following the UI transition.
Fixed myriad of settings and menu bugs.
- ≈🎯BehaviorSmoke GrenadesspottingBroken→Working
Smoke grenades now correctly obstruct enemy tagging and spotting.
Now properly affects tagging.
- ▲🎯BehaviorFlareseffectivenessSingle Missile→Bunch
Flares are now more effective, affecting all missiles in an incoming bunch rather than just one.
Affects all missiles in a bunch.
- ≈📊NumericBurn/CorrosiondurationUncapped→8-10s s
Burning and corrosion effects are now clamped to 8 and 10 seconds; healing via repairgun or medkit now shortens these durations.
Clamped durations and added healing interaction.
- ▲📊NumericAIre-task rateSlow→Snappy
Increased AI re-task rate, making the MILNET commander more responsive.
Increased re-task rate.
- ▲🔁ReworkPerformanceFPSDrops→Stable
Rewrote infantry and vehicle identification decals as simple texture draws to fix endgame performance drops.
Rewrote identification decals.
- ≈•OtherBuild VersionTest Branch→Public Branch
Update 13 has been officially moved from the test branch to the public branch for all players.
- ≈🐛Bug fixMaps
Implemented several small fixes across various maps to improve stability and layout.
- ▼📊Numericperforation—→Decreased
General reduction in weapon perforation values.
Slightly rebalanced perforation values, mostly downwards.
- ≈🛠QoLpackaging—→Optimized
Implemented a new texture packaging system to minimize the size of subsequent updates.
Changed how textures are packaged to decrease future patch sizes.
- ≈✨Newcustomization—→Added
Added a backend system to support future character and vehicle skinning/customization.
Implemented backend for swapping camo textures on infantry, weapons, vehicles, and ships.
- ▲🎯BehaviorAI—→Improved
Commander AI is now more effective at defending, and bots are more focused on shooting objectives.
behavior
- ≈🐛Bug fixCollision—→Fixed
Fixed various collision holes and railing issues across multiple maps including Fortress, Irega, and Huginn.
bugfix
- ≈🛠QoLperformance
General optimizations to improve game performance and stability.
Performance improvements
- ≈🐛Bug fixHUD chat delay—→Fixed
Chat messages now appear on the HUD without a delay.
Fixed delay in chat messages appearing on the HUD
- ≈✨Newtutorial—→Added
New tutorial section added to explain console repair.
Added console repair section to tutorial
- ≈🔁ReworkaudioSpeed-based→Throttle-based
Ship engine audio now reflects the throttle setting rather than the actual speed of the ship.
Ship engine sounds modulated by throttle rather than speed
- ≈🎯BehaviorHoming Missiles
Significantly reduced the performance hit caused by homing missiles.
performance
- ≈🎯BehaviorAI Respawn
Precaching AI loadouts to reduce hitches during respawn, though it may slightly increase initial loading times.
frametime
- ≈🐛Bug fixKeybind Menu
Fixed chat options not appearing bound and prevented duplicate keybindings by unbinding the previous setting.
bugfix
- ≈🐛Bug fixMap Logic
Fixed endgame loops, debris gravity in space, and Territories timer/dropship issues.
bugfix
- ≈🛠QoLDeath Popup—→Added
The death popup box now displays which weapon likely killed the player.
quality
- ≈🎨VisualShield Visuals—→Red Tint
Shield materials now shift to a red tint as their health decreases for better visual feedback.
visual
- ≈🐛Bug fixHUD Health
Fixed issues where HUD health indicators would incorrectly display 0% or fail to update after medkit use.
bugfix
- ▲🎯BehaviorTurret AI
Fixed turret AI struggling to use lock-on weapon types, such as the Heimdall Destroyer.
behavior
- ≈🐛Bug fixmatch scoring
Fixed an issue where unranked servers were not applying match scoring.
Fixed unranked servers
- ≈🐛Bug fixphase messaging
Fixed messaging issues during the Igneous phase.
Fixed Igneous messaging
- ≈🐛Bug fixmaplist preview
Fixed the maplist preview for the Mazikeen map.
Fixed Mazikeen preview
- ▲🎯BehaviorCPU usage
AI is now significantly less CPU-intensive, improving overall game performance.
AI optimization
- ▲🎯Behaviornetwork lag—→Reduced
Network optimization reduces the amount of data sent, resulting in a smoother online experience.
Net optimization
- ≈🔁ReworkUI Framework—→In Development
A new UI framework is being built to replace 3rd party tools, promising better visuals and faster iteration.
New pipeline
- ▲✨Newstats progress—→Added
Singleplayer games now read and save stats progress without requiring a private server.
Singleplayer progression
- ≈🛠QoLmain menu news
News pieces in the main menu are now automatically pulled from Steam announcements.
UI update
- ▲🐛Bug fixstability
Fixed a crash occurring when exiting the game while inside a vehicle.
Crash fixes
- ▲🐛Bug fixAI behavior
Fixed an issue where AI would fail after servertravel.
Server travel fix
- ▲🛠QoLtutorial
Fixed various tutorial issues and added key prompts to tutorial triggers for better guidance.
Clarity improvement
- ▲🛠QoLperformance
Implemented various performance improvements for the HUD, AI, and spaceship physics.
Optimization
- ▲🎯BehaviorLAN serversSteam required→Offline
Improved connectivity by allowing LAN play without an active Steam connection.
Players can now host and join LAN servers even without Steam being online
- ▲🎯Behaviorspawnpointsno ammo→restore ammo
Team spawnpoints now act as ammo replenishment zones, marked on the HUD for clarity.
All team spawnpoint now passively restore ammo for all weapons
- ▲📊Numericbriefing ready percentage60%→40%
Matches can now start faster as only 40% of the team needs to be ready instead of 60%.
Reduced briefing ready percentage to 40% of team members from 60%
- ▼🎯BehaviorSensorsstationary detectiondetects→ignores
Sensors no longer detect enemies that are not moving, increasing the value of stealth and camping.
Sensors won't pick up stationary enemies
- ▲✨NewSensorsmine detectionnone→Added
A new sensor modification allows teams to detect hidden mines and demolition packs.
Added new sensor mod which can detect enemy mines and detpacks
- ≈🎯Behaviornetwork stability
Improved overall performance and reduced network lag to resolve connectivity issues.
Performance
- ≈✨Newdedicated servers—→Added
Dedicated server package is now available for download in the Steam Tools section.
System
- ≈🎯Behaviorserver replication
Reduced the number of replicated actors on the server to prevent connection choking.
Optimization
- ≈🎯BehaviorAI targeting
Optimized AI targeting code to improve general game performance.
Optimization
- ≈🐛Bug fixpassword protectionBroken→Functional
Password-protected servers are now fully functional.
Bugfix
- ≈🛠QoLvictory bar position
Moved the victory bar above the crosshair for better visibility.
UI
- ≈🛠QoLcountermeasure bind—→Z
Changed the default keybind for countermeasures to 'Z'.
Input
- ≈🐛Bug fixaudio settingsBroken→Fixed
Fixed issues with audio options in the settings menu.
Bugfix