- Ancient Frontier - Patch 1.18 - 12 April 2019
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- Ancient Frontier - Patch 1.17 - 28 January 2019
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- Ancient Frontier - Patch 1.16 - 30 December 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2F5015892209157839bcb7ad4dc19b67ba99ffe4b1.png Greetings Commanders! We have recently made a number of balance tweaks and quality of life updates to Steel Shadows. We wanted to be sure that we updated this game as well so that both are an equally polished experience. Read on for all of the tweaks in this patch. Optional Mission Display A user suggestion was that we hide all optional missions when there are none available, as they clutter up the interface. After talking about it, we saw no advantage to displaying all of the Optional Missions when a player has no Optional Deployments remaining. So, we have tweaked the display to hide optional missions when you can't take them. Shadows We have improved shadows from the main light sources on all levels. These will be disabled on the lowest two quality settings. Balanc…
- Steel Shadows is now available! - 12 December 2018
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- FREE Steel Shadows Beta is now live! - 24 November 2018
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- Ancient Frontier - Patch 1.15 - 23 November 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2F358b37a34001d5e64bc3e1182c239494c43123b2.png Greetings Commanders! We hope that everyone is able to enjoy the holiday season. We have been hard at work on the next game in this series, Steel Shadows, which releases in just three short weeks. However, some of the work we have done on that game is now going to be available in Ancient Frontier. External Save Files: For a small number of our customers they were concerned with the save location of the game using the Unity default. To address this we have written an entirely new back end save system for Steel Shadows that will save to an easily accessible external folder. With today's patch, Ancient Frontier will now also use a hybrid of the original save system and the new system from Steel Shadows. That means that if you start a new game you can now find your save f…
- Ancient Frontier - Celebrating One Year - 22 September 2018
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- Ancient Frontier - Patch 1.14 - 17 September 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2F735a05cf7c1d6fdd29c47fae5e742c134abc5665.png Greetings Commanders! Today we reveal the new Outrigger ship the Manticore class heavy cruiser. This appears along with several new missions where you fight the Outriggers in the Alliance campaign. Finally, we have addressed a few minor bugs. The Manticore This massive heavy cruiser is constructed at a secret location known only to the Outrigger engineers. Packed with stolen modern weaponry the Manticore is one of the most modern ships on the Frontier. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2F6c9b35d1f0a0711d6c1cff6fdc1fdca78ae29575.png The primary weapons of the Manticore are twin Coil Cannons. Coil technology was originally developed for the Federation by the Outriggers, and they kept the blueprints of the technology. Coil Cannons…
- Ancient Frontier - Patch 1.13 - 6 August 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2F637b3d8d76457d705b4697bca504716bd28f1184.png Greetings Commanders! Today we have a group of balance changes and bug fixes that we wanted to get out right away. We are working on another content update that will feature additional Outrigger ships and missions. There was not time to fully test the missions for this patch, however, so they will be launched in a future update. Rumors say that a new Outrigger heavy cruiser has been sighted in deep space. You have been warned. Graphic Enhancements With this patch we have made several changes to the display of the UI in all of the ship management screens. The UI will appear larger on most resolutions, and should lead to a better experience when playing at a variety of 2k and 4k resolutions. In addition we made changes that should allow the game to play on most TV monit…
- Ancient Frontier - Patch 1.12 - 16 July 2018
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- Ancient Frontier - The Music Video - 9 July 2018
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- Ancient Frontier - Quests and Events DLC - 25 June 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2F05484e59ad499ebaf642cbcaddc4b79ed5b33351.png Greetings Commanders! We are pleased to announce that our second DLC, Quests and Events, is now live and will automatically update everyone's game. This DLC is completely FREE as a continued thank you to all of our old and new fans. This DLC introduces a host of changes, most notably adding a Quest system and random Events. Read on for the full change log. Quests These are assignments and contracts that you can complete for rewards. There are ten different categories of quests that each can reward you for taking specific actions within the game. How do I get Quests? Quests are automatically awarded after the completion of most missions. After completing a mission and returning to the ship management screen, one of the menu buttons will display "New Quest!" if you have…
- Announcing Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows - 14 June 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2Fcc9188e8f3d97c7f81ec72879eb5e158550accd8.jpg Fair Weather Studios is proud to announce Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows. Continue the epic saga of Ancient Frontier in an all new campaign. Steel Shadows is a standalone RPG set in the epic universe of Ancient Frontier. Take command of a rag tag band of pirates and outlaws as you fight your way across the Frontier for treasure and glory. Delve into our latest turn based tactical RPG. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2F186a093088a0ccc723165f3280d418e677d3dabf.png With over 20 new story missions, new ships to command and new missions there will be plenty for commanders to sink their teeth into. Steel shadows is set to be released in 2018. Check it out right now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/734730/Ancient_Frontier_Steel_S…
- Ancient Frontier Patch 1.11 - 4 May 2018
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- The Crew - FREE DLC is now LIVE! - 1 May 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2Fc5310f6a79c6a3130705fdd134ab1dcc0020f15c.png Greetings Commanders! We are happy to announce that The Crew DLC is now live and will automatically update everyone's game. This DLC is completely FREE as a thank you to all of our new and old fans. This new DLC introduces quite a few changes, so keep reading for the full change log. The Crew Brave men and women from all walks of Frontier life are ready to serve you, Commander. Each crew member offers a variety of bonuses. In addition crew members gain experience and level up every time they survive combat. If you assign them to a new ship they keep all of their experience. How do I get Crew members? Crew members are gained one of two ways. They can either be purchased through the store screen, or they can be earned in missions. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamco…
- Progress Update 3 - The Vor - 3 April 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2F05b8d923b6996e2ae70f40c935740733851be1ad.jpg Greetings Commanders! We wanted to give all of you another quick progress update. Things continue to progress behind the scenes and we continue to believe we will be launching our free DLC "soon" (TM). One of the delays has to do with the large amount of rebalancing this update is requiring. The Crew are varied and add a level of power and versatility to human ships that the alien Vor can no longer match. We debated just leaving the Vor the same, or if we needed to buff their stats or make other changes. The Vor are not used heavily already according to our numbers. In the end we decided against adding crew like "organs" to the Vor or buffing their stats. Instead we are lowering the purchase and deploy costs across the board by a massive 30% to 33%, depending on the V…
- Progress Update 3 - The Vor - 3 April 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26176768%2F05b8d923b6996e2ae70f40c935740733851be1ad.jpg Greetings Commanders! We wanted to give all of you another quick progress update. Things continue to progress behind the scenes and we continue to believe we will be launching our free DLC "soon" (TM). One of the delays has to do with the large amount of rebalancing this update is requiring. The Crew are varied and add a level of power and versatility to human ships that the alien Vor can no longer match. We debated just leaving the Vor the same, or if we needed to buff their stats or make other changes. The Vor are not used heavily already according to our numbers. In the end we decided against adding crew like "organs" to the Vor or buffing their stats. Instead we are lowering the purchase and deploy costs across the board by a massive 30% to 33%, depending on the V…
- Free DLC "The Crew" - Progress Update 2 - 26 February 2018
Greetings Commanders. It has been a couple of months since our last update so we wanted to give you all a progress report. First off, this DLC has taken longer than we thought because we keep making changes and adding features. We understand this puts off the time to release the DLC, and we have made a firm decision to stop adding more changes than are already on the list. The artwork is now all done, which is a big help. There is only one more set of updates that require more code and testing. If this follows the pattern so far it should only take about two more weeks (roughly) before the DLC is ready for release. In addition to adding Crew, there are several other changes that will update the game. The biggest is that we have changed it so that the early level Hero ships will now be able to go on Bounty Missions. The late level Hero ships are still locked out for balance reasons. We h…
- Free DLC "The Crew" - Progress Update 2 - 26 February 2018
Greetings Commanders. It has been a couple of months since our last update so we wanted to give you all a progress report. First off, this DLC has taken longer than we thought because we keep making changes and adding features. We understand this puts off the time to release the DLC, and we have made a firm decision to stop adding more changes than are already on the list. The artwork is now all done, which is a big help. There is only one more set of updates that require more code and testing. If this follows the pattern so far it should only take about two more weeks (roughly) before the DLC is ready for release. In addition to adding Crew, there are several other changes that will update the game. The biggest is that we have changed it so that the early level Hero ships will now be able to go on Bounty Missions. The late level Hero ships are still locked out for balance reasons. We h…
- Ancient Frontier - Patch 1.10 (Steam Achievements) - 4 January 2018
Happy New Year Commanders! We hope everyone is having a great start to the New Year. This week we bring you Steam Achievements and a few bug fixes: Steam Achievements At long last the Steam Achievements are live. Many of them you should earn when you load an existing game as most of the achievements the game was already tracking. A few of the achievements will only start tracking from now forward. Good luck out there earning them all. Bug Fixes Changed the "Launch" button on the Deployment screen to always work even if something draws over the top of it somehow. Fixed the backup saves if Autosave is on. The Backup saves were not updating if Autosave was on after you started a new game, leading to a situation where progress could be wiped if you accidentally loaded from them. Going forward the backup saves will track the main save when Autosave is on, so you have four backups of your lat…
