Skies above the Great War news & patch notes

I finally found the time to really sit down with the game again and patch it into a very, very good state. Even though it’s still not perfect, this is a huge step forward.

• Performance and memory issues are solved. The game now runs much more smoothly and no longer slows down over time (at least on my test machine).

• New 3D cloud model (thanks to “SunshineClouds 2.0” by Bonkahe).

• Improved lighting and post-processing color correction, making everything look much nicer.

• Added Steam Trading Cards, Badges and Store Items.

• The AI now behaves more logically and has far fewer problems on the campaign map.

• Lots of small fixes for issues I came across.

If possible, please let me know briefly whether everything is running smoothly for you and whether there’s anything that still urgently needs to be fixed.

Thank's and have fun!

• Ported to the latest engine version for more stability and better performance.
• Ported to the Jolt Physics engine for better results and performance.
• The ui now scales with higher resolutions. Gone are the tiny fonts and ui elements.
• The font for the pilot names has also been changed to be more readable.
• As always minor fixes and improvements

• reduced lag when squads appear on the map
• painting the aircraft, copying and favoring paintings now works again
• pilots now heal faster

• Ported to the newest eninge version for more stability.
• The way the textures of the aircraft are loaded into the game has been changed, which should significantly reduce RAM-related slowdowns. I'm looking forward to your feedback on how it works for you now!
• The free camera can now be locked to the selected aircraft.
• Aircraft now catch fire more easily and have a certain probability of going up in flames when they crash.
• There is now a slider at the start of the campaign that allows you to adjust the campaign duration.
• The newspaper articles should now all appear as intended.
• More differnet pilot names so that they are not repeated so often.
• As always minor fixes and improvements

• Added a spectator mode where you can simply watch the planes fight and move around freely with the camera.
• In the game folder you can now find a description for modding and also one that explains how to upload a mod to the Steam Workshop.
• The Brequet was linked to the model of the RE8 by mistake all the time. Now the model is acutally in the game.
• In the menu you have now options for FPS-lock and v-sync.
• In the Settings.txt (...\AppData\Roaming\Godot\app_userdata\Skies above the Great War) you can now change the screen resolution. However, full screen must be deactivated for this to work. Please keep in mind that the game is supposed to be played in 1920x1080.
• As always minor fixes and improvements
• The game also supports AI made Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic translations now. I hope the AI did a halfway decent job. If anyone notices major problems with the translations, please let me know, as I certainly don't want to offend anyone!

• The strange behaviour of the game when pausing/unpausing should now be fixed.
• For those who have weird issues with the mouse, I've added an option to disable gamepad input. This should hopefully solve the problem.
• of course, as always, other small fixes

• repeated newspaper message for zeppelins fixed
• fixed the crashes of heavy bombers at start

• Ported to the latest Godot version (4.3 stable)
• You can now access a map while piloting an airplane if you want to focus on just flying.
• Fixed the bug that caused pilots to lose their skill progression (usually after loading the game). This also caused many of the strange behaviors where planes couldn't take off because they simply didn't have the skill to do so.
• Fixed multible bugs where the map would always stay on the screen, even in action mode, requiring a restart of the game.
• Squadrons finally fly home reliably before they run out of fuel.
• Again numerous small things, bug fixes and improvements.

• I was able to fix a memory leak which leads to less slowdown over game time.
• I've also introduced a few quality of life improvements based on your feedback.

• improved stability and elimination of some crash causes
• greatly improved behavior of the AI on the map
• slightly improved performance
• some minor improvements

• The last causes of strange pilot behaviour and random crashes should now be fixed.
• The performance is now much better and the game runs smoothly and reliably (at least on my test systems).
• The war, and therefore the game, now ends after a time and the outcome depends on the player's success during the campaign.

• Added the ability for squads to disengage from fights (and disengagements and retreats in general should now work better). You can activate the disengagement by clicking on the "in fight"-symbol.
• You can now drag and drop pilots and aircraft onto airfields directly on the map.
• Research and production as well as pilot training management can now be assigned to the ai.
• Due to display problems at some resolutions, the scaling has been reset to the pre 1.05 method.