Airmen

Devlog

• What is Expedition Mode?
  March 02, 2018 by Bronze Johnson

  What is Expedition Mode? Expedition mode is an all new open-ended way to play Airmen. Players will join a lobby, form a crew, select their airship and launch their expedition. On your expedition you'l... Continue reading
• Airmen is live on Steam
  July 25, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  After over 1 year of development and 6 months of public alpha Airmen is available on Steam ! Check out the Airmen trailer and download the alpha for a taste of airship building before you buy! Airmen... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.65.2: Balloon Buffs
  July 10, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

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  0.65.2 Major Features Restored performance improvements and fixed two major crash causes. Roughly doubled HP of non armored balloons. Armored balloon gets +40% hp. Optimization to grass rendering. Bu... Continue reading

  
• Airmen Update 0.65.1: Siege Mode & Escort Mode
  July 07, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  0.65.1 Major Features Siege mode: Siege is a co-op gamemode with a preset AI team with unique spawn locations. Siege mode AI are typically immobile fortresses. Win by disabling all enemies. Escort Mod... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.65.0: New Map and Pigeon Missile Overhaul
  June 30, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  0.65.0 Major Features Weapons below 30% HP are disabled until repaired above this threshold. Disabled weapons behave the same as weapons without sufficient pressure. Doubled repair power. Scrap cost r... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.64.4: New Turret Weapon and Railgun Buffs
  June 26, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  0.64.4 Major Features Added Twin Cannon. Fires 4 shots per second with base inaccuracy, small bloom and no splash damage. Must reload every 30 shots. Press R to reload early. Minor Features Added upsi... Continue reading

  
• Airmen Update 0.64.3: Boarding Knife and Turning Changes
  June 23, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  0.64.3 Major Features Added Boarding Knife. Compared to axe: less damage, 25% faster swing, 50% earlier hit time, double size hit volume, negative armor pen. Further increased revolver fire rate to ~1... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.64.2: Destructable Trees
  June 19, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  0.64.2 Minor Features Revolvers have a higher fire rate (2.1s > 1.7s). The server recognizes tree collision meshes. Trees can be destroyed by taking 3 hits from any melee weapon. Improved position syn... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.64.1: Ship Stability and Build Mode Wanrings
  June 16, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

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  0.64.1 Minor Features Increased time before lobby close after match end. Scoreboard appears when the match ends. Return to hangar confirmation message. Commandeering an enemy ship rewards negative tea... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.64.0: Capture Points, Major Mac Fixes, and More
  June 09, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  0.64.0 Minor Features Propellers spin slower when damaged. Upped max ram damage to 1500. Upside down turret. The server browser displays the time remaining for a match in progress. The server browser... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.63.4: Rotation Fix and Reduced Part Limit
  June 04, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  0.63.4 Minor Features Max part count reduced to 700. New 3x1 armor plates, slants, triangles, and roots. Reduced HP of riggings to be more in line with skinning. Bug Fixes No more popping airships. Fi... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.63.3: Player Cosmetic Variance
  June 03, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  0.63.3 Minor Features Performance improvements to airship rendering. Reduced the draw of propellers and increased draw AND thrust of ballasts and rudders. Altered rotation speed limiting algorithm. Bi... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.63.2: More Netcode Optimizations and Bug Fixes
  May 29, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  0.63.2 Minor Features Respawn chambers must be placed upright. Team ship damage does not count as griefing if the ship was recently captured. New ship spawn algorithm that uses even less bandwidth. Ca... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.62.3: Lobby Hotfixes
  May 16, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

  Thanks to Monday's playtest and everybody's awesome help on the Discord channel, I think I've located and fixed the "blank name" lobby issue. Once the lobby grew to a certain size, players joining did... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.62.2: Lots of Lobby Changes
  May 15, 2017 by Bronze Johnson#update

  We've seen lots of complaints from players unable to easily get into a running match. This update adds some feedback to when things don't work (like when you attempt to connect to an offline server) a... Continue reading
• Airmen Update 0.62.1: Half Rams and Linux Version
  May 13, 2017 by Bronze Johnson

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  The focus of this update is to fix an annoying bug where players would end up in crews previously joined in lobby, rather than their last choice. I few other details have been wrapped into the fix lik... Continue reading