The developers of the WW2 strategy simulation game Task Force Admiral – Vol.1: American Carrier Battles are all hands on deck, steering it through early access.
A new update has just been released, including a few improvements.
The patch notes are brief, but still quite relevant.
- Improved automatic FDO & Scrambles interception logic that will impact fighter responsiveness against strikes.
- Minor improvements were made to fleet maneuvers when turning into the wind when the task force is set in a non-circular (non-ring) formation.
- Fixed the glitches on arresting barriers introduced in the last patch.
- Game won’t “acquire” the mouse anymore.
- Except when the player is controlling an aircraft.
- This means the -nograb option is no longer necessary.
- Except when the player is controlling an aircraft.
A few new models, which you can see in the gallery below, are being introduced in the game and will be included in new scenarios that the developers hope to release hopefully in the last week of February or the first week of March. They will also include new mechanics.
A new “ironman” version of the Midway scenario has also been added, including a hypothetical second Japanese carrier task force.
The sequence of smaller updates will pause next week, as the lead developer of the game takes some much-deserved rest.
After that, the team will focus on much-awaited features like the mission editor and the cinematic in-game replay system. There’s no indication on when they’ll be ready for implementation in Task Force Admiral, but it’s certainly promising.
If you’re unfamiliar with Task Force Admiral – Vol.1: American Carrier Battles, it’s one of the first strategy simulation games revealed under MicroProse‘s umbrella when the historical publisher was officially revived in 2019
It’s available in early access for PC, and no other platforms have been announced at the time of this writing.
Full disclosure: the author of this post backed Task Force Admiral as soon as the Kickstarter campaign was made available.
