Game Director Update: Hotfix Incoming and Community Feedback

[Ryan]

Hey everyone, Game Director on Age of Darkness: Final Stand here!

Myself and the team at PlaySide have been reading every single one of your comments, feedback and reviews on the launch. We know there have been a lot of questions, and we really appreciate your patience as we’ve been focused on addressing the issues reported over the last 24 hours. Right now, our priority is resolving the most immediate concerns being raised by the community.

We’re actively working on a hotfix update that looks to address some of the main issues, including game stuttering, the frequency of autosaves and failing to connect to multiplayer games. Beyond that, we’re also planning what future updates could look like. There’s a wide range of ideas on the table - some smaller, some more ambitious - but for now, our focus remains on addressing the feedback you’ve shared.

Some of you have also asked about the launch discount. The reason we have done such a deep discount is to say thank you to everyone who has waited of course, but also to reduce the barrier to entry for as many players as possible. What matters most to us is getting more people playing and enjoying the game we’ve worked so hard on over the past three years.

Your feedback has been, and continues to be, invaluable to us. We’ll keep investigating and addressing the reports coming in. If you have any questions or further concerns, please share them with us here on Steam or in our Discord. Thank you so much for your patience and for being part of this journey with us!

- Ryan

[happy boy's day]

I need a function to mark a place or target to my teammate.
And the Delay make my operation Invalid sometime. 54ms like 540ms.

[XDeadzX]

Originally posted by happy boy's day:

I need a function to mark a place or target to my teammate.

alt+middle click? It drops a flare marker for your teammate.

I'd like more contextuals but the current flare is a good bare minimum.

[Tyvern]

Originally posted by Ryan:

Hey everyone, Game Director on Age of Darkness: Final Stand here!

Myself and the team at PlaySide have been reading every single one of your comments, feedback and reviews on the launch. We know there have been a lot of questions, and we really appreciate your patience as we’ve been focused on addressing the issues reported over the last 24 hours. Right now, our priority is resolving the most immediate concerns being raised by the community.

We’re actively working on a hotfix update that looks to address some of the main issues, including game stuttering, the frequency of autosaves and failing to connect to multiplayer games. Beyond that, we’re also planning what future updates could look like. There’s a wide range of ideas on the table - some smaller, some more ambitious - but for now, our focus remains on addressing the feedback you’ve shared.

Some of you have also asked about the launch discount. The reason we have done such a deep discount is to say thank you to everyone who has waited of course, but also to reduce the barrier to entry for as many players as possible. What matters most to us is getting more people playing and enjoying the game we’ve worked so hard on over the past three years.

Your feedback has been, and continues to be, invaluable to us. We’ll keep investigating and addressing the reports coming in. If you have any questions or further concerns, please share them with us here on Steam or in our Discord. Thank you so much for your patience and for being part of this journey with us!

- Ryan

Thank you Ryan. The citizens of Erodar's moral have gradually uplifted the hope of a stable, likable, and truly refined game performance that would perpetually glamour in the hearts and minds of the people. As it should never be shattered ever again by the hordes of the Veil.


For the light.

[GiancarloManson]

Thank you for the great update and I have faith that the issues will be resolved. I do hope for some more content in the future considering those golden units would look real nice as a dlc faction!

[Tyvern]

Originally posted by GiancarloManson:

Thank you for the great update and I have faith that the issues will be resolved. I do hope for some more content in the future considering those golden units would look real nice as a dlc faction!

+1 The Alderin Empire and The Elosan.

[comp9]

Yay. I'm glad to hear the stuttering is a know issue. I've just spent twenty minutes tinkering with settings wondering why there is so much flicker and stutter showing on my machine.

With vsync off at 4K only 50-60% of my GPU is being used and 20-30% of my CPU and I get 50-65FPS whether or not dynamic resolution is on. Generally I can get 120+FPS in other games.

Worth noting, when playing at 1920x1080 I get exactly the same performance--even when I turn down the in-game graphics settings.

Specs:
Windows 10 v22H2
Intel Core i9-10900KF
NVIDIA RTX 3080
64GB RAM
4K resolution.

[Commander Tom]

Thank you for the deep discount, my friends bought it too now.
I played some coop yesterday and today and we've found it be be pretty fun. The only thing that annoys us really is the when the autosave happens our both screens freeze for 3-4 seconds and this happens A lot during a survival. Thanks for looking into this. :)

[Ryan]

Hey everyone,
Thank you so much for your patience! Our first hotfix is now live, and we’re actively working on more updates to address the issues you’ve raised. Check out the patch notes below:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1426450/view/760645664025608389?l=english

[Tyvern]

Originally posted by Ryan:

Hey everyone,
Thank you so much for your patience! Our first hotfix is now live, and we’re actively working on more updates to address the issues you’ve raised. Check out the patch notes below:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1426450/view/760645664025608389?l=english

Thanks for the Hotfix 1.0. The micro-stutters or not feeling smooth when moving around the camera or panning your mouse cursor is still present in all game modes regardless if you turned v-sync on or off at maximum refresh rate of your monitor.

According to Zebez, the problem may lies from the inbuilt frame limiter of the game that causes stutters. To attain smoothness, you have to limit your framerate half of your refresh rate via NVIDIA Control Panel, NVIDIA App or RTSS which is very odd.

This is the ONLY solution we have so far. Please, fix this issue. Thank you.

[Ryan]

Originally posted by Tyvern:

Originally posted by Ryan:

Hey everyone,
Thank you so much for your patience! Our first hotfix is now live, and we’re actively working on more updates to address the issues you’ve raised. Check out the patch notes below:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1426450/view/760645664025608389?l=english

Thanks for the Hotfix 1.0. The micro-stutters or not feeling smooth when moving around the camera or panning your mouse cursor is still present in all game modes regardless if you turned v-sync on or off at maximum refresh rate of your monitor.

According to Zebez, the problem may lies from the inbuilt frame limiter of the game that causes stutters. To attain smoothness, you have to limit your framerate half of your refresh rate via NVIDIA Control Panel, NVIDIA App or RTSS which is very odd.

This is the ONLY solution we have so far. Please, fix this issue. Thank you.

Hey Tyvern,

Thanks for sharing your findings. We’re aware that this issue is still persisting and want to assure you that we’re actively working on a fix. The V-sync update in the recent hotfix addressed a similar but unrelated issue, so we appreciate your patience as we continue to investigate the root cause of the stuttering.

We’ll keep you updated as soon as we have more progress to share. Thank you for your detailed feedback and for sticking with us!

[SMole]

I'd really like to see my light coverage when placing new light. It'd make advancing so much easier.

[Tyvern]

Originally posted by Ryan:

Originally posted by Tyvern:

Thanks for the Hotfix 1.0. The micro-stutters or not feeling smooth when moving around the camera or panning your mouse cursor is still present in all game modes regardless if you turned v-sync on or off at maximum refresh rate of your monitor.

According to Zebez, the problem may lies from the inbuilt frame limiter of the game that causes stutters. To attain smoothness, you have to limit your framerate half of your refresh rate via NVIDIA Control Panel, NVIDIA App or RTSS which is very odd.

This is the ONLY solution we have so far. Please, fix this issue. Thank you.

Hey Tyvern,

Thanks for sharing your findings. We’re aware that this issue is still persisting and want to assure you that we’re actively working on a fix. The V-sync update in the recent hotfix addressed a similar but unrelated issue, so we appreciate your patience as we continue to investigate the root cause of the stuttering.

We’ll keep you updated as soon as we have more progress to share. Thank you for your detailed feedback and for sticking with us!

Thanks, Ryan. We're excitedly anticipating the next Hotfix.

[SerchV]

Thanks Ryan, the multiplayer is being really awesome.

A map seed support for multiplayer would be highly appreciated.

[billythefisherman]

Really enjoying the game so far but had to give up as it keeps crashing. Looks like there is a nasty GPU? crash when I move my troops next to a tower. Also there's a de-reference of null in one of the particle systems (niagra.dll). I'll wait for a patch before I come back.

[Fruity Pierre]

Had a full game with friend this evening after updating. Ran Steam and game as admin. First game locked up but could reload it. No issues with completed game.