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Update v1.5

Dev AndrewGarrison  8.4 years ago

The update is out on all platforms except for Amazon Underground (it should be approved soon there too).

Watch the video trailer here.

New Content

  • 1 new combat mission: Convoy Assault
  • 1 new airplane race: Indy Air Race
  • 2 off-road car races: Riding Dirty & Snow Crawl
  • 3 on-road car races: Airstrip Drag, Gold Prix, & Motor Mirage
  • New stock airplane: Bush Plane
  • Convoys added to Krakabloa and Maywar. Like the battleships, they will become hostile if engaged.

New Parts

  • Parachutes! Slow down and safely descend. Carrier landings are now a breeze. Choose your favorite colors.
  • Fuselage Inlets! Build better replicas with a customize-able air intake for your jet engines, built directly into the fuselage.
  • Tractor wheels! A new wheel type option for the resize-able wheels.

AI

  • AI spawning dialog options enhanced and expanded. Now includes positioning and AI modes.
  • AI will attempt a landing when a Final Approach location is selected.
  • Aggressive AI mode! Orchestrate your own battles. If they have weapons, get ready to feel some heat..
  • AI now works with cars! If vehicles turn over during a race, they will automatically flip back upright after a short delay. Aggressive cars will chase you down in a crazy game of kamikaze chicken.
  • AI opponents will be properly placed on the ground in races. Manually spawned AI will be re-positioned on the ground.

3D Printing & Exporting Designs

  • EUCL3D 3d printing available for mobile players.
  • Export the 3D model (OBJ file) of your design. Print your own creations. Fool around with it in some 3D modeling software. (Here's a guide on how to use this on iOS).

Modding

  • Updated mod tools to support adding our assets (ships, turrets, bridges, AA tanks, etc.) onto custom maps.
  • Added two new XML-only attributes to control surfaces: "activationGroup" (0-8) and "activationGroupLocksInput" (true/false).

Other Features & Tweaks

  • Redesigned stock airplanes: Vertigo & Sea Plane.
  • Increased length of CoM, CoL, and CoT gizmos.
  • Added a small amount of spread to bullets.
  • Zooming the flight mode camera with the mouse wheel is now a bindable input.
  • Performance tweaks.
  • Game engine upgrade (Unity 5.3.4 -> Unity 5.3.6f1).

Bug Fixes

  • AI will no longer spawn underwater, appearing as if they never spawned at all.
  • The AI flight bug when the plane was perpendicular to target.
  • Improved the fuselage properties flyout dialog.
  • Removed the Fix Rotation warning message.
  • Fixed a bug where jet engines would randomly stop working.
  • Fixed a few tool-tip issues in the designer.
  • Removed excessive undo steps when nudging on PC/Mac.
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    I have had simpleplanes on my kindle for a long time, and it will not even update to 1.6! I don't know if it is because my kindle is crappy and old, but when I go to the appstore it says that I do not have it and that it costs $4.99 like normal (but I still can play and upload like normal, wierd.) It is just horrible not to be able to download the best planes and watching everyone play with their Gyroscopes, spheres, torpedos, cleavers, and chaff/flares is torture! HELP!

    6.9 years ago
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    1,579 Lizarddragon

    New update please

    7.8 years ago
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    1,943 Irmantas69

    When the next update will apear?

    7.9 years ago
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    We need 1.6

    8.0 years ago
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    404 Mcllulen

    @SazonAir i am on iOS i cannot scale up and even then it would not have helium like properties

    8.0 years ago
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    @AudioDud3 Contact me using the contact link the bottom right of the page.

    8.1 years ago
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    @AudioDud3 We couldn't put the order 3D print feature in the Amazon Kindle version because it violates Amazon's terms of use. You will need to use a different version of the game (Steam, GOG, Humble, iOS, or Google Play).

    8.1 years ago
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    1,362 goutboy411

    When do you think the next update will be????

    8.1 years ago
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    @AndrewGarrison Can you PLEASE add an urban map? Because i'm on Mac, so no go with downloads. Help me and my other fellow mac users. Maybe some roads to drift on? Also, sorry to be pushing you, these are just suggestions. Maybe drift lines and smoke, and dust like from the convoys.
    Thank you for being one of the best dev's ever, THANKS!
    P.S. I live pretty close to you, maybe i'll meet you at a seattle convention if there is a soonish one.

    8.1 years ago
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    I cant find the activation group bit for control surfaces, is it like the "disableAircraftcollisions" (where you have to put it in yourself) or what because I really want to figure it out

    8.2 years ago
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    404 Mcllulen

    Will we ever get zeppelin parts?

    8.2 years ago
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    279 TOMMY

    I want this update

    8.3 years ago
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    1,399 Berzerk

    Things like hover car or a orbit system

    8.3 years ago
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    1,399 Berzerk

    Andrew we need north and south magnets to make

    8.3 years ago
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    @Mcllulen Maywar is not on mobile. however every thing else is.

    8.3 years ago
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    @jamesPLANESii I like that logic

    8.3 years ago
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    404 Mcllulen

    Ok two questions, if i play on mobile is maywar there and two if so where is maywar

    8.3 years ago
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    ME WANTS WIND!!!! ME WANT TO GO SOARING!!!! ME WANT TO DESTROY PLANE BY RIPPING IT APPART FROM TURBULENCE!!!! ME ALSO WANT TO SKID ALL OVER RUNWAY BECAUSE IT IS TOO WET!!!!!!!

    8.3 years ago
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    @AndrewGarrison thx!

    8.3 years ago
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    @AndrewGarrison By the way I'm not sure if this is a bug. but if part of yoru vehicle breaks. some times hinges which are set to floppy will completely lock up and no longer move.

    8.3 years ago
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    @AndrewGarrison can't wait :3

    8.3 years ago
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    @Typhlosion130 I'll start a new tournament on Monday.

    8.3 years ago
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    11.3k LiamW

    contact Steam Support, usually theyre pretty good.

    8.3 years ago
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    30 StefanM

    @LiamW ok but how? i cant download last update ???

    8.3 years ago
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    11.3k LiamW

    Just do the update???@StefanM

    8.3 years ago
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