FAQ

[A Corsican Frog]

Q: No damage breakdown?
A: Hold down SHIFT or CTRL, breakdown will appear.

Q: My planes suddenly cannot attack even though they have ammo and all
A: Bad weather. If it's raining / snowing your planes cannot engage the enemy and have their visibility reduced to 0 hex. Enact the "All weather" policy if you wish to have your planes fight in bad weather.

Q: Weird behaviour in the store or other parts of the game, buttons not working or similar issues.
A: Unplug any accessories currently plugged in your PC, keep only your mouse and keyboard plugged in. 99% of the time players had an external device plugged in (joystick...). Disconnecting it make the issue go away. I have no explanation as to why.

Q: Are you gonna make a Cold War era game like Hex of Steel?
A: Unfortunately not, I am a WW2 'fan' and I am not really interested by post WW2 conflicts, sorry. But mods are a solution to that!

Q: What is the difference between the Desktop version and the mobile version?
A: Scenarios and mechanics wise, 100% identical, because the game has cross platform multiplayer. So the players must be playing the exact same game. What's missing is gonna be minor things such as keyboard keybinds, steam workshop support (no easy way to get access to mods).

[BurntChicken]

What coding software do you use?

[A Corsican Frog]

Originally posted by Yaboo:

What coding software do you use?

Unity for the game engine and coding in C# using Visual Studio

[trevorama]

Will HoS support 64 bit for Mac OS? Please say yes.

[A Corsican Frog]

Originally posted by trevorama:

Will HoS support 64 bit for Mac OS? Please say yes.

Yes it does
Why did you write "will" ? The game is already out :)
Also, it is written on the store page, all platform supported have their logos next to the price. The game is available on everything (Windows 64bits, macos 64bits AND M1, and Linux)

[trevorama]

Originally posted by valentin56610:

Originally posted by trevorama:

Will HoS support 64 bit for Mac OS? Please say yes.

Yes it does
Why did you write "will" ? The game is already out :)
Also, it is written on the store page, all platform supported have their logos next to the price. The game is available on everything (Windows 64bits, macos 64bits AND M1, and Linux)

Hi, on the game page there is a box that says “This product is not compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina. Click here for more information." When you click the link it takes you to this Steam page description.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5E0D-522A-4E62-B6EF

The demo did load for me, but I am concerned about buying the full version and then it not working. I did find rthis bit of info that is for developers. Don’t know if it will help or not, but thought I’d share it.

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/3632639303428097613

[A Corsican Frog]

Wow I had no clue this was showing, that's very weird ! Game is fully compatible with M1 and 64 bits :)
I am on Mac myself and playing on Mac so, you can trust me :)
I'll see how to update that text

[A Corsican Frog]

Ok so turns out only the demo had those unchecked
The game itself had it ON so it's all good, I updated for the demo

[trevorama]

Originally posted by valentin56610:

Ok so turns out only the demo had those unchecked
The game itself had it ON so it's all good, I updated for the demo

Great! Thanks for the reassurance and for updating the demo.

[A Corsican Frog]

You're welcome !:)

[Marder]

I have the problem where the buttons are not working, i tried to unplug my headphones and my microphone, yet they are still not working, i also tried unplugging and replugging the mouse and keyboard.

[A Corsican Frog]

Originally posted by Marder:

I have the problem where the buttons are not working, i tried to unplug my headphones and my microphone, yet they are still not working, i also tried unplugging and replugging the mouse and keyboard.

Hello!
Owh
What PC / OS do you have please ?
In what parts of the game does this occur ? Do you have wireless mouse / keyboard ? Anything that comes to mind that could potentially trigger this ?

I know that this is due to unity’s automatic UI navigation, but this happens only when you use the keyboard like up down left right keys, otherwise it is not triggered
I did a lot of googling but couldn’t find anyone with this issue except me

[Marder]

What PC / OS do you have please ?
Windows 7 Professional (64Bit)
It sadly happens in all of them and i use both a USB mouse and keyboard, both cable.
I will look again into the problem, maybe i find a solution.

[A Corsican Frog]

Damn, I’m sorry
Demo doesn’t change anything ?
Can you try one of the files from there : https://itch.io/e/8852552/valentin56610-updated-hex-of-steel

I am afraid I can’t help, there must be some kind of explanation of why the game thinks you are using your keyboard, maybe the model of the keyboard I don’t know … I am 99% sure this is a hardware issue and not software
I think by playing around with your keyboard etc you should get it to work

[Neo Scully]

What are the differences of the PC version vs. the iOS/Android version?

[A Corsican Frog]

Originally posted by Neo Scully:

What are the differences of the PC version vs. the iOS/Android version?

Mobile version doesn't have any modding / customisation capabilities
Sharing saves / maps is impossible on iOS and not convenient on android (but still possible)
I think that's all
Ergonomic is best on desktop