Merc Tactics

Devlog

• Version 1.9.2: Alarms
  November 27, 2024 by Astronautz

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  Today we release 1.9.2 which is a minor feature update. These are the following new features: Alarms In a scene with hostages, alarm sirens are located around the scene. If a militant sees an enemy he... Continue reading

  
• 1.9.1 Better target data
  August 30, 2024 by Astronautz

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  Merc Tactics 1.9.1 This is a minor feature update New features: The enemy target data is now displayed in a info window when the mouse pointer hovers over the soldier. The hit chance and soldier heath... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.9: SSAO
  June 06, 2024 by Astronautz

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  Today we are releasing version 1.9 of Merc Tactics. This is a relatively minor release. The main new features are: Screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO) This feature improves the graphic quality by cr... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.8.1 (bug fix release)
  January 23, 2024 by Astronautz

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  Merc Tactics 1.8.1 has been released today. This is a minor release, mainly fixing bugs. Full screen mode: Full screen mode should now work on Macs with retina screen. There is no longer a full screen... Continue reading
• Version 1.8: Under-barrel Grenade Launchers
  December 02, 2023 by Astronautz

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  Today we are releasing Merc Tactics 1.8, featuring under-barrel grenade launchers. New features also include a revamped inventory system and better village building layout. Under- barrel grenade launc... Continue reading

  
• Fixed Mac version
  November 13, 2023 by Astronautz

  Unfortunately, there was a problem with the Mac version, because the zip file somehow became corrupted. This has now been rectified... Continue reading
• Version 1.7 released: Free hostage quests
  September 22, 2023 by Astronautz

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  Today version 1.7 has been release. Features include improved procedurally generated buildings and the free hostage quest, along with many bug fixes. Improved building generator new slanted roof varia... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.6: Improved AI
  May 08, 2023 by Astronautz

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  We are releasing version 1.6 today. The Main improvement in this version is the AI: The AI has been upgraded with a more flexible algorithm. It is now "task based". There are 3 main attack tasks: stan... Continue reading
• MacOS ARM / Retina bugfix
  April 10, 2023 by Astronautz

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  #bugfix

  1.5.2.3 fixes bugs in the MacOS version. This allows Merc Tactics to run on Mac ARM devices and should fix problems on Macs with Retina screens (although I do not have a Retina device to test it on. P... Continue reading
• Version 1.5.2: Bug fix
  March 07, 2023 by Astronautz

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  #bugfix

  This is a bug fix version, fixing the following bugs: The AI turn can hang, if they take grenade damage during there own turn Movement of physics objects goes slow if PC cannot run game at 60 FPS Sold... Continue reading
• 1.5 Released
  February 27, 2023 by Astronautz

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  Today we are releasing version 1.5 of Merc Tactics. The 2 major new features are destructible doors and procedurally generated industrial buildings: New features: Doors can be damaged if a grenade exp... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.4.3: bug fix
  August 12, 2022 by Astronautz

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  #bugfix

  Version 1.4.3 has been released. This version fixes the following bugs: Render code sometimes causes a crash Pathfinder causes game to hang for a few seconds when path passes through closed door Game... Continue reading
• Version 1.4.2: bug fix
  July 31, 2022 by Astronautz

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  #bugfix

  Version 1.4.2 of Merc Tactics has been released today. This fixes the following bugs: HUD does not disable buttons properly allowing posture change even when APs are zero HUD does not update rotate /... Continue reading
• Version 1.4.1: minor improvements
  July 20, 2022 by Astronautz

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  #bugfix

  Version 1.4.1 was released today. This is a minor bug fix version The following changes were made: Improved flanking. Flanking happens less often. Improved code to abort flanking movement when enemy c... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.4: Generated buildings, Doors and New AI
  July 15, 2022 by Astronautz

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  We are releasing version 1.4 today, a major new release with many new features, including: Procedurally generated buildings + furniture Doors Rewritten AI Improved grenades Improved Rock fields Proced... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.3.2: minor bug fix
  October 09, 2021 by Astronautz

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  Unfortunately two small bugs slipped into the previous version. This version corrects these bugs: Sometimes AI militia do not arm themselves correctly after throwing a grenade Grenade throw parameters... Continue reading
• Version 1.3.1 released
  October 08, 2021 by Astronautz

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  Today we are releasing Merc Tactics 1.3.1. This is a minor release which brings bug fixs and improvements. New features: Allow change weapon action to be undone (this effectively allows to player to t... Continue reading
• Version 1.3 released: grenades!
  August 14, 2021 by Astronautz

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  #New release

  Today we are releasing version 1.3 of Merc Tactics These are the new features: Grenades grenade explosion particle effect + scorched ground decals display of trajectory new throw/rotate mechanism blas... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.2.1 released
  March 31, 2021 by Astronautz

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  Today we have released version 1.2.1 for Windows, Linux and MacOS This version is primarily for stability and to improve the AI algorithm. New features: Many improvements and bug fixes for the AI duri... Continue reading
• Version 1.2 released
  February 16, 2021 by Astronautz

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  #new release

  Today we are releasing version 1.2 of Merc Tactics, which brings a lot of new features: Scopes There are two types, the scout scope gives the weapon +1 accuracy and the sniper scope, which gives + acc... Continue reading

  
• Linux version released
  November 17, 2020 by Astronautz

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  Today we have released a Linux version of Merc Tactics. To install unpack the file MercTacticsDemoBeta1.1.tar.xz Then run ./MercTactics from a command prompt glfw and GLEW need to be installed on your... Continue reading
• Version 1.1 released
  November 13, 2020 by Astronautz

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  #new version released

  Version 1.1 released This version improves game balance, see many graphic improvement and fixes various bugs. Changes: Improved game balance . Easier to play in later levels. Finance aspect more balan... Continue reading

  
• Mac version released
  May 20, 2020 by Astronautz

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  #release

  Today we are releasing a new version for MacOS. Also, included are a few improvments from 1.0: Merc Tactics now requires OpenGL 3.2 as minimum (required for MacOS) Some graphics performance improve... Continue reading
• Version 1.0 Beta
  May 08, 2020 by Astronautz

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  #new release

  This is a major new version with the following new features and improvements: 1) Improved AI interrupt behaviour This is a subtle change, but has increased the playability of the game enormously. Now... Continue reading

  
• New version 0.9.2
  November 11, 2019 by Astronautz

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  Version 0.9.2 of Merc Tactics has been released today. This is a minor bug fix version. This is what has changed: Removed small battle menu, main menu is used instead. Now you can access all items fro... Continue reading
• New version 0.9
  October 18, 2019 by Astronautz

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  #new release

  Version 0.9 has been released today. It is mainly improving the graphics of the game. These are the new changes: More 3D assets and building types. Improved scene generation: buildings and vehicles la... Continue reading

  
• Improving graphics
  June 10, 2019 by Astronautz

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  #graphics, #scene generation

  I'm currently working on improving the graphics for the game. I realised that I needed to do this looking the ugly default graphic that Google shows when you search for "Merc Tactics". Firstly, I've... Continue reading

  
• New Version 0.8
  February 07, 2019 by Astronautz

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  Version 0.8 has been released This version adds many new features, some as result from feedback from players Players can choose whether to have manual or automatic interrupts, via the "Auto-overwatch"... Continue reading
• New interrupt mechanism
  November 24, 2018 by Astronautz

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  #game mechanics

  In the latest version of Merc Tactics the interrupt mechanism has been greatly simplified. The player can put any soldier into "overwatch" mode, provided that the soldier has enough action points to t... Continue reading

  
• New version 0.7
  November 23, 2018 by Astronautz

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  Beta 0.7 has been released. The main reason for this update was that the game did not run Nvidia GPUs. This has now been fixed.(sorry for any inconvenience) A couple of features were already in the wo... Continue reading