It's the Steam Awards! Airship Dragoon got an update NINE YEARS after initial release - and I had to HACK Microsoft's Visual Studio to do it!
No really ... ːnotsohappychappyː

Microsoft retired Visual Studio 2013, but Airship Dragoon's dependencies are not compatible with the latest Visual Studio. Not a problem until last year when they locked me out of my own build because my license went "stale" ( too much yeast perhaps?) and the online product connection has been shut down.

The solution? The OFFICIAL™ solution as posted on the Microsoft forums?

Hack it. Hack regedit. So I did and can now access my build again.

Airship Dragoon, released 26 Aug, 2014 ... last updated 30 October 2023 - and there will be more to come.

ːcorblimeyguvnorː

Just a small patch after Valve released a fix for the Steamworks SDK, bringing it up from v.1.58 to v.1.58a. Steamworks change/fix did not actually affect the game, but it's nice to keep it up to date with the SDK.
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Steamworks SDK updated to v1.58.
Microsoft retired Visual Studio 2013, but Airship Dragoon's dependencies are not compatible with the latest Visual Studio. Not a problem until last year when they locked me out of my own build because my license went "stale" ( too much yeast perhaps?) and the online product connection has been shut down.

The solution? The OFFICIAL™ solution as posted on the Microsoft forums?

Hack it. Hack regedit. So I did and can now access my build again.

So here's an update. Nothing fancy, just Steamworks updated to the latest version.

Airship Dragoon, released 26 Aug, 2014 ... updated 15 September 2023.

Valve have released a new version of the Steam SDK, and so Airship Dragoon has been updated to the latest build of the Steamworks SDK 1.53 to go with the latest Steam Client upgrades. Enjoy!

Airship Dragoon has been updated to the latest build of the Steamworks SDK 1.52 to go with the latest Steam Client upgrades. Enjoy!

Airship Dragoon has been updated to the latest release of Steam's SDK, which is v1.51. This gives me the opportunity to test the new Steam Pipe patch notes editor - which is what you're reading ... so let's hope that works!
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Airship Dragoonette has had a bit of a makeover to freshen this up this Autumn ... which apparently they call "Fall" across the pond. New hairstyle, because riding on top of airships all day really blows your curls around, strappier corset because you can never be tied in tight enough, and to top it all off, a soothing cup of tea (full caffeine).

Liked the old main menu and cover image? Don't worry, they display in rotation every 5 or so restarts.

There's also been a change to how PANIC works. Previously it was fight or flee with an RNG, but now it's more dangerous as a panicked trooper will always go all guns blazing in an indiscriminate manner as first choice, should targets present themselves. If there is no one in obvious rage to attack in a beserk style, than they will decide that discretion is the better part of valour and bottle it and flee ... unless they've got lost in which case they will just sit there like a numpty.

Why do this all now? Well, Steam has a new announcement system and I wanted to see how it worked.
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And last but not least, Valve released a new Steamwork SDK update, so Airship Dragoon has been rebuilt to run with the latest SDK.

Valve has updated the Steamworks SDK, and so Airship Dragoon has been recompiled and updated to work with this. There is no change to the game, just the SDK for running it on Steam.

Ever wondered what the occasional, mysterious ~3mb download was? ːnotsohappychappyː

Valve has been updated the Steamworks SDK, and so Airship Dragoon has been recompiled and updated to work with this. There is no change to the game, just the SDK for running it on Steam.
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