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1.9.1 Better target data
August 30, 2024
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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...
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Version 1.9: SSAO
June 06, 2024
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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...
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Version 1.8.1 (bug fix release)
January 23, 2024
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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...
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Version 1.8: Under-barrel Grenade Launchers
December 02, 2023
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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...
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Fixed Mac version
November 13, 2023
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Astronautz
Unfortunately, there was a problem with the Mac version, because the zip file somehow became corrupted. This has now been rectified...
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Version 1.7 released: Free hostage quests
September 22, 2023
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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...
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Version 1.6: Improved AI
May 08, 2023
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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...
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MacOS ARM / Retina bugfix
April 10, 2023
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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...
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Version 1.5.2: Bug fix
March 07, 2023
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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...
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1.5 Released
February 27, 2023
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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...
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Version 1.4.3: bug fix
August 12, 2022
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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...
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Version 1.4.2: bug fix
July 31, 2022
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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 /...
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Version 1.4.1: minor improvements
July 20, 2022
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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...
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Version 1.4: Generated buildings, Doors and New AI
July 15, 2022
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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...
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Version 1.3.2: minor bug fix
October 09, 2021
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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...
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Version 1.3.1 released
October 08, 2021
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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...
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Version 1.3 released: grenades!
August 14, 2021
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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...
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Version 1.2.1 released
March 31, 2021
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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...
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Version 1.2 released
February 16, 2021
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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...
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Linux version released
November 17, 2020
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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...
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Version 1.1 released
November 13, 2020
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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...
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Mac version released
May 20, 2020
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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...
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Version 1.0 Beta
May 08, 2020
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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...
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New version 0.9.2
November 11, 2019
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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...
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New version 0.9
October 18, 2019
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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...
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Improving graphics
June 10, 2019
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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...
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New Version 0.8
February 07, 2019
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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"...
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New interrupt mechanism
November 24, 2018
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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...
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New version 0.7
November 23, 2018
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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...
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