Pacific Strafe - Alpha

Devlog

• My game lives in a time of InvariantCulture! BUG!
  September 11, 2020 by Insane Software#Bug Fix

  Hi All, A fellow developer has uncovered an issue that may affect my game on a lot of PCs, rendering it unplayable. This being how numbers are read from files. As such, I've made the relevant adjus... Continue reading

  
• Windows 32 and 64 bit versions
  September 09, 2020 by Insane Software#32 bit, #64 bit

  Hi, The build is now separated into Win 32 bit and Windows 64 bit versions. This is due to limitations in memory for those running higher end hardware, I had to move back to 64 bit (and thankfully pr... Continue reading

  
• Version 156 - Midway Updates and Win 7/8 Alpha
  September 08, 2020 by Insane Software#1942

  Hi all Work continues on the game with the battle of midway level going through a number of iterations. Its still WIP and it cant be completed, so apologies. Its more a tech test of some changes an... Continue reading
• End of Level Bosses - Working in Progress
  August 23, 2020 by Insane Software#WW2

  Just an update on progress and design work for the battle of midway level. The Akagi has been fitted out and now steams through the water, launching wave after wave of planes to attack you and your c... Continue reading

  
• Version 155 - Patches and Tweaks
  August 08, 2020 by Insane Software

  Version 155 is out, has a number of tweaks and bug fixes. There have been some major changes to AI internally, which will require some rebalancing. In some cases, the game is alot easier to complete... Continue reading

  
• Version 154 - More Widescreen and bug fixes
  July 24, 2020 by Insane Software#Patch, #WW2, #Bugs

  This version addresses some UI scaling issues I missed! Also, clean up on Tulagi mission, its a little bit easier now to take down the end of level boss. Lots of tweaks and stability improvements... Continue reading
• Patch 153 - Widescreen Support/Bug Fixes
  July 18, 2020 by Insane Software#Patch

  New version allows you to now scale the game UI correctly. Note, there are some gaps in it, so if you use Ctrl-F to flick in and out, it will rescale correctly the UI if not at first. Please use -c co... Continue reading
• Tulagi walkthrough
  July 10, 2020 by Insane Software#Walkthrough

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• version 0.152 Patch - Tulagi Enabled!
  July 09, 2020 by Insane Software#Patch

  Short update, but basically the 2nd fully playable map is complete - Tulagi. Wake Island saw you support your tanks while they moved up to capture the airfield, dealing with heavy ground defenses. In... Continue reading
• Version 0.151 Patch - Tulagi Mission
  July 03, 2020 by Insane Software#Patch

  Version 0.151 brings a bunch of bug fixes to the ever growing complication that is Pacific Strafe. Tulagi is now a map you can complete, rather than just fly around. There are more enhancements to... Continue reading

  
• Version 150 - Major Gameplay changes
  June 28, 2020 by Insane Software

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  The new version has some gameplay changes that I am testing, in particular additional altitude on the game play plane, so that there is a distinguishing layer between ground and air. Previously this... Continue reading

  
• Building Missions - Pacific Strafe
  June 26, 2020 by Insane Software#level dev, #content

  I wont take too long on this post, but to say that updates and changes are happening more rapidly as I move to finishing this 5 mission demo. I hope that I can garner enough interest to complete this... Continue reading

  
• Version 149 - Improved landscape, More updated models, bug fixes
  June 22, 2020 by Insane Software

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  Just an update to a few things, lots of bits and pieces added, including a major revision to how I render detail. Feel free to have a play, you can also set up a command line "-c config.ini" if you w... Continue reading

  
• Version 148 - New models, softer shadows and updates
  June 19, 2020 by Insane Software#Patch

  New version has updated all the core ship models in game to high quality. I've also improved the rendering of cloud shadows to use softer shadows in game. Be aware that there are some crash bugs im... Continue reading

  
• Version 147 Update
  June 11, 2020 by Insane Software

  Version 147 is a quality of life patch. Lots of changes and some bug fixes. UI Updates New Destroyer Model Clean up of shadow rendering AI glitch now fixed for multi turret vehicles. Ships are ver... Continue reading
• Version 146 - More AI and more gameplay changes
  June 07, 2020 by Insane Software#Patch

  New version adds substantial changes to AI and some graphics. Be aware, this game is still alpha, and is going through many changes. This is a .NET 4.5.2 required, I just started working with butle... Continue reading
• Version 145 - More fixes.
  June 07, 2020 by Insane Software

  Just a heads up as the testing continues, we've found some edge cases. Also, 3d sound was broken completely, it should now be more immersive...and quite frankly accurate. Lots of other bits in there,... Continue reading
• Version 144a - More bug fixes
  May 23, 2020 by Insane Software

  In testing we found some crashes and game hangs that are now fixed. There was also some updates to graphical fidelity around shadows and the addition of detail maps on terrain. Enjoy!... Continue reading
• Version 144 - Lighting and Crash fixes!
  May 22, 2020 by Insane Software#Patch

  Quick bug fix version - Found to crash bugs. Cleaned up some lighting issues and improved the briefing for Wake Island and Tutorial. Lots of other fixes in here. Rushed out the bug fixes since the... Continue reading

  
• Version 143
  May 19, 2020 by Insane Software

  This version incorporates some major changes under the covers, the use of material properties rather than straight rendering textures. For now, there won't be too much visually different with excepti... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.142 Release
  April 28, 2020 by Insane Software

  This update to Version 142 isn't as quick as you would think. The previous version was over a month or so old. The new version has a number of updates to the AI code around wingmen and enemy logic... Continue reading
• First Release on Itch.io
  April 27, 2020 by Insane Software

  This is my first release to Itch.io and I have been working away for some time on this project. It's still far from complete or polished, but it gives you some ideas of where it is going. I hope you... Continue reading