Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles Steam news

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• Release dateJan 27, 2026
• DeveloperDrydock Dreams Games
• PublisherMicroProse Software

Genres: Action, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access

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Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles Steam news

Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Patch Notes (2026-10-05) : Summary of Fixes + Autumn Sale - 5 October 2026

  Screenshots by Foxman & Nicci.Some small housekeeping today. 10/05/2026Change to the automatic victory system: we do not force the end of a given scenario anymore based on the enemy fleet retiring from the battle. This mechanism will be revisited later as we fine-tune the scenario editor and its options.Added missing US cruisers seaplanes to the Coral Sea order of battle in the generated scenarios.Fixed overlapping items in Air Order of Battle panel.Fixed several bugs affecting hydrobases.Fixed a crash when deleting a strike.Fixed a crash when starting a new scenario multiple times.Finally, please note that Task Force Admiral is currently on sale for Steam's Autumn Sale event until Oct. 8!Best, and take care,The TFA Team

• [EA SITREP #17] The Latest News: the Road to the next Roadmap! - 26 September 2026

  Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Foxman, battleship61, betrayedsoldier, keepeverythingassimple, lapa, Matic, oriskany, pidgeyarmy, polandball_120, SundryZoo986973.Dear Friends, Dear Fans,Today's the day for a larger update. We've got a lot of stuff to cover, so allow us to go directly to the point in regard of the latest progress.The latest newsWe have worked on a number of mechanics over the last few weeks, aiming to provide Task Force Admiral with that extra touch of depth that sets it apart from the rest of the gaming landscape. Alongside these came a number of features designed to make the game more accessible to all, especially those who had trouble reading the interface. Last but not least, the interface itself has been rebuilt and optimized, so that readability and art direction remain more consistent throughout yo…

• Patch Notes (2026-09-25) : Now the clouds matter! - 25 September 2026

  09/25/2026Ship detection by aircraft is now impacted by clouds. o Limited to the first cloud layer. o This is still rough, future tweaking is expected. o Expect scouting missions to now have a chance of reporting contacts later, in an incomplete fashion, or not at all. o Following reports from the forums regarding questionable target selection when visibility is impaired, the changes only affect naval search missions for now. The behavior of strike packages will be investigated further.Updated the "Crane" and "Patriots" scenarios with the new AI system. Please report any weird behavior.Enabled the new AI system in the Midway mission generator. Please report any weird behavior.Camera "head bobbing" state selection is now persistent.Fixed a conflict with circles being drawn when editing a search mission.Fixed a crash when recording TacView if the username contains non-ASCII characters.Fix…

• Patch Notes (2026-09-19) : A New Look for TFA! - 20 September 2026

  Screenshot by FoxmanThe latest patch for Task Force Admiral is out, with some major items in terms of accessibility & looks. Here's the dope: 09/19/2026User InterfaceNew, cleaner UI look! Some menus still need to be updated. Please report any glaring issue.Added some new tools available on the strategic map to draw circles and add annotationsQoL: added a new option to increase the scale of the HUD. Mostly useful for 4K monitors. Warning: a higher scale might result in overlaps, use with caution! Fixed buggy list box item selection in 4K resolutions. Fixed issues with plane icons covering tooltips in the Ouija panel. Enemy AI system redesignIntroduced a new, still experimental AI system for enemy fleets. Only enabled in generated Coral Sea scenarios. Nothing should change dramatically for the moment, as we are just recreating the old behavior with it, but it is the foundation for somethi…

• Patch Notes (2026-08-25) : Video Tutorials + New demo + MPS Publisher Sale! - 25 August 2026

  Screenshots by Alan, Oriskany & Foxman08/25/2026A new patch including the previously mentioned video tutorials is now available. Besides, an updated version of the demo, incorporating these changes as well as the Simplified Chinese localization, has also been put online.New video tutorials: to access them, you can either click on the Naval Academy button in the main menu, or open them in-game through the new icon on the toolbar at the top of the screen. Currently, these videos are only available in English and without subtitles, but once the new video player has been sufficiently tested and debugged, we will integrate these new functions. Concurrently, we will carry on with the work on the interactive tutorials and the other videos (Briefings, Tactics).Changed the Ouija overlay GUI so that all modes are now using the same "blackboard" look.Unit icons on the strategic map have been impro…

• [EA SITREP #16] The Latest News: Torpedoes, Rabaul & Localization - 22 August 2026

  Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Hood_fr, Pidgeyarmy, Hyacinth, Poodle007, munchlol, Potatogranate, Oriskany, Reis, Glenn & Foxman!Dear Friends, Dear Fans,A little update at the end of the holiday season regarding our current progress.First of all, a new patch hit the digital shelves yesterday: you might have noticed it. Here are the official patch notes, also available in-game at startup:21/08/2026Many improvements were made to torpedo bomber AI. US torpedo bombers in particular should now show more convincing attack patterns.Damage model update. Ships on the receiving end of punitive damage should go under more reliably.Added Simplified Chinese support.The language can now be changed in the Options menu, under the "Game" category.This is still a work in progress: only the GUI is translated for now. More content will fol…

• Patch Notes (24474765) : New scenario - Kantai Kessen! - 30 July 2026

  Screenshots by Matlock, CptXile & g0ld3ngames07/30/2026After a short mandatory Summer break, the team is back in action. The newer patchNew scenario: "Kantai Kessen". Protect a relief convoy on its way to Midway as the Japanese navy tries to interdict it and provoke a decisive engagement with your carriers. Enterprise, Hornet, Yorktown and Saratoga are making a pincer around the enemy fleet - will it hold long enough?Note: the relief force in Midway is the first occurrence of an allied non-player naval unit in a scenario. You cannot change its course or speed for now, so do try to sweep ahead of it. It can also set as a target to be covered with CAP from your carriers.New objects fully integrated: BB Yamato, BB Nagato, CA Mogami, APD Manley.Japanese seaplanes can now carry bombs (Jake, Pete) and torpedoes (Mavis, Emily) when allowed to strike. Beware.A new pop-up was added to allow you…

• [EA SITREP #15] On the Road Ahead: Summer Design Notes - 22 July 2026

  Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring 『GӨᄂDΣП』 \, Hyacinth, Poodle007, SundryZoo98697 & Reis!Hello there, Task Force Admiral fans!The team is still on its summer break, so this little pause feels like a good time to reflect on the current state of the game, and on what we'll be working on once everyone is back from the holidays.What's been done, and what hasn'tWith regard to the original roadmap, let's have ourselves a healthy checklist moment, as we reach the original six-month mark. Graphics & SoundsVisuals are probably the department where our focus will be lightest in the near future. The animated crew has been taken care of as far as phase 1 is concerned, and is now about to be set in full deployment mode, with a lot of new, original contents. We'll keep pushing to generalize the little guys throughout the carrier fleet:…

• Patch Notes (24086848) : New radial menu, Air Ops & GUI fixes - 7 July 2026

  Screenshots by Minga, Kaiju&Tanks07/07/2026User InterfaceIntroduction of a new contextual wheel-based menu.Only for the strategic map so far, might be extended to the 3D world view.Your feedback is important.Added a popup to cancel a mission not yet greenlit when closing the strike planner.Fixed old search missions still listed in the search planner if all planes have been lost.Fixed long scenario titles overlapping other text in the save panel.Fixed tooltip still visible when HUD is hidden.Air OpsFixed some of the bugs when strategic-level terrain avoidance messed with air operations.Fixed shadowing search planes ditching while tracking a sinking ship.Fixed issue often preventing Ryujo to launch strike aircraft.Fixed freeze when a damaged AI carrier wants to set-up a scramble.Fixed cases of missing escort in AI strikes.Fixed FDO manual orders not working when a LRCAP was over a fleet w…

• Patch Notes (23969031) : Animated Crew, Air Intercept Alert, IJN Torpedo Fix - 1 July 2026

  Screenshots by Munchlol, Norski43 and Bananaphot.30/06/2026 Added experimental animated 3D deck crew.Only on USS Yorktown (CV-5) for testing purpose !Lacks some waiting poses.A lot of small visual bugs may be visible.Animations are still work in progress.One needs to enable it from the game options from the main menu to see them. Doing it during a game session will require you to reload the scenario/save.The new feature might have some impact on raw performances, but shouldn't impact time compression.Feedback is very much appreciatedAdded air intercept alerts. Added a new pop-up alert that appears whenever the player’s fighters encounter an enemy scout, strike group, or escort force for the first time. The alert pauses the game and allows the player to jump directly into the cockpit of the nearest fighter, focus on that fighter in the 3D world, or skip the encounter.These alerts will on…

• [EA SITREP #14] Little Guys & Other News, Coming Next Week! - 27 June 2026

  Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Durandal, Chill, CptXile, Foxman, Joshreacher, Kaiju&tanks, munchlol, Nessie2000, Poodle007 & Tygamer63!Hello there, old and new fans of Task Force Admiral!We had a busy week in the dev shack and in the discord, as we pushed a few new little features which shall reach you next week, while we are trying to survive tough temperatures as France seems to be aflame all around us. Yes, no A/C meant that we had to work at night just to be able to do something and not have machines overheat. But the little time we did enjoy did not go to waste, as you will see below. Them Lil' GuysOk, here they are. And that's pretty coolWe'll be rolling out the little guys in the next patch, after a few adjustments made during beta testing. Note that only Yorktown (and only her, CV-5) gets them as of now, as part…

• [EA SITREP #13] Patch Notes, the State of the Game & the Team - 20 June 2026

  Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring \xGNARxOWNAGEx, Ferda, Joshuu, Matlock, Munchlol, Poodle07 and robz!Early June was a fine time to be alive for Task Force Admiral, as the updated demo and the Ocean Fest did much to increase the ranks of our prospective admirals. Although progress has been a bit on the slow side, some important fixes have still been implemented, allowing us to improve in-game performance quite a bit. We also owe you an update about the team itself, so here we go. Kentai Kessen around the cornerKentai Kessen isn't out just yet, mostly because a few objects and a couple of in-game functions still need to be integrated. Their ships are getting ready as we speak, and we still hope to release the scenario before the end of the month. As you know, it is quite an endeavor that will push our unit count and our gam…

• [EA SITREP #12] New scenario, Patch Notes, Guadalcanal & Battleship Command! - 6 June 2026

  Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Comrade Roman, Alan, Poodle07, George, munchlol and Foxman!After a rather long and rather slow month of May for some of our team members, who had to go through a lot of rather exhausting personal issues, we are back with a new scenario making good use of the current assets, along with a preview of what is coming next. New Scenario : Revenge is a Dish Best Served ColdWe won't say too much about the new scenario so as not to spoil . But imagine, what if Fletcher had failed at Coral Sea - or more exactly, if Takagi had indeed struck Yorktown and Lexington instead of Sims and Neosho. What would that imply for Operation MO and the fate of Port Moresby? In this scenario, Halsey is running south as he did historically. But while this stroll down to the SOPAC area ultimately provided him with litt…

• Patch Notes (23431038) - 27 May 2026

  27/05/2026 Fixed AI sending strikes at midnight. Fixed freeze caused by fleet pathfinding. Fixed radio messages containing "NoPilot". Fixed turrets firing at sinking ships. Fixed carriers stuck in recovery mode because of a ditched aircraft. Fixed Japanese CAP over the TF-44 in Wake up Call at Tulagi. Fixed seaplanes attempting to land on carriers. Fixed wrong seaplane type on USS New Orleans in Cranes & Patriots. Fixed crashes in museum and during gameplay.

• Task Force Admiral's Demo is back for the Steam Ocean Fest! - 17 May 2026

  Thanks to Poodle07 for his fantastic screenshots!Ahoy ladies & gentlemen! Task Force Admiral is taking part in Steam Ocean Fest 2026, running from May 18th to May 25th.For the occasion, the demo on the Steam store page has been refreshed with the latest internal build we felt comfortable putting in front of new eyes. Nothing world-shaking compared to what backers and regulars have already been seeing in Early Access, but it brings the demo experience much closer to where the game actually stands today - better stability, updated UI passes across several screens, and the small quality-of-life fixes that have piled up over the past few weeks. If you have friends who have been on the fence, this is a good window to point them toward. The demo update is already available on the store page - please have fun!The Demo contains the usual Coral Sea contents (2 scenarios) along with a limited ver…

• Patch Notes: The little guys are showing up + new info - 9 May 2026

  Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Munchlol, XEN, Alan, Matic, Pilot and Foxman. Great thanks to them!Not really a full update today, but the latest patches that dropped had still to get their patch notes - please find them below with a few comments! What's new: Static crewmen, LRCAP & FDO New functions, more details about Flight Deck DamageThe following new fixes & functions were implemented this week:06/05/2026Fixed major bug with japanese seaplanes in the Wake Up Call at Tulagi scenario.Fixed crash when planes requested to land just after a plane took off from a given carrier.Added an error reporting system that will automatically package game data, with user validation.Regarding carrier flight deck damage mechanics introduced a few days ago, please note the following:A destroyed aft flight deck section will make all lan…

• Patch Notes (23096902) - 6 May 2026

  06/05/2026 Fixed major bug with japanese seaplanes in the Wake Up Call at Tulagi scenario. Fixed crash when planes requested to land just after a plane took off from a given carrier. Added an error reporting system that will automatically package game data, with user validation. Regarding carrier flight deck damage mechanics introduced a few days ago, please note the following: A destroyed aft flight deck section will make all landings impossible. A destroyed mid flight deck section will make strike spotting impossible, but CAPs will still be able to takeoff. A destroyed fwd flight deck section will make all takeoffs impossible.

• [EA SITREP #11] New scenario "Wake-up call at Tulagi" available - Patchnotes - 2 May 2026

  Note & credit: Action screenshots were provided by players on the game’s Discord - today featuring Chill, Supersigma69, Spicylol, munchlol and Foxman!There we go, a new scenario! Along with important changes to game mechanics that were mentioned in the previous patch notes. Let's have a look at all this content, as Task Force Admiral gets richer - and harder too! New Functions: LRCAP, FDO Limitations & Flight Deck DamageRegarding the new Long-Range Combat Air Patrol system, please refer to our previous patch notes below:These are very much in trial, and you might not be super happy with the reactivity of the detached CAP just yet. We will try to have them intercept more targets earlier. Note that the local Task Force will not direct them towards radar contacts. They will only engage what they can visually target.They are complemented by new Fighter Director (FDO) functions. The new FDO…

• Patch Notes (22936228) : LRCAP mechanics trials - 26 April 2026

  A couple small updates were pushed before the weekend. After a few bugs were corrected, here are the current patch notes ahead of the release of another scenario, hopefully, next week :24/04/2026Major changes made to the way strikes manage target assignment, especially by the AI player, to make it feel more natural and efficient.We have introduced a new mechanism allowing for long-range CAP patrols (LRCAP). These patrols are managed on the CAP interface (Fleet Plot) like any other CAP patrol. The mechanism is still experimental and requires further testing, so please report any bugs.These patrols can be assigned to another task force or an arbitrary player-defined position on the strategic map (see the "target" setting).Once over their target, these aircraft will circle and attack any enemy in sight. Note that assigning a patrol to a task force means that it will follow it around.IMPORT…

• Patch Notes (22882632 ) - 21 April 2026

  21/04/2026 Reworked parts of AI strike setups. Improved turrets automatic target selection. Fixed crashes.

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