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Attack Cruiser

Command a cruiser and its squadrons in large space battles.

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Patch notes

What changed in Attack Cruiser, newest first. Updated with each game update.

11 changes
  • Save a solo battle and continue it later.
  • Friends list, with one click invites.
  • Name your own ships, and legions bring small perks.
  • The main menu shows a live fleet, and there are new weekly and best team leaderboards.
  • A regroup break after each Endless boss, to repair and rearm.
  • Formations: four shapes for your wingmen. Hold Alt to look around freely.
  • Back and Esc return to the screen you came from, and lists keep their place.
  • Fewer stutters, and battles fade in instead of cutting in.
  • Sound starts on for everyone, and old mute settings are cleared once.
  • Free patrol wings no longer help you win missions.
  • Squadrons sent home to a carrier without a hangar now land properly.
3 changes
  • Multiplayer: the guest hears the boss music when a boss arrives.
  • Multiplayer: squadron orders, wingman calls and fleet orders work for both pilots.
  • Command Console: a tactical map of the battle, with tabs for your ship, squadrons and reserves.
16 changes
  • Focus mode (Caps Lock) hides the HUD except the crosshair and warnings.
  • Asteroid fields match for everyone in multiplayer, so rocks sit in the same places for both pilots.
  • Allied fleet: AI Venators and Arquitens join Endless and fight Separatist capital ships.
  • Squadron orders: Form up and Let loose, also on the command wheel.
  • Multiplayer: the guest sees the host's battle, mirrored.
  • Volume sliders and mute on the Flight controls screen, saved for each pilot.
  • Raise and lower your command ship.
  • The play screen lobby shows rank, ship and ready state for both pilots.
  • The weapons strip shows weapon groups and fire modes, and flashes when they change.
  • Call a wingman from the squadron slice of the command wheel.
  • Command wheel slices and tiles fill the full width of the screen.
  • One colour set for enemies, brackets and radar, easier to read.
  • Legion paint colours match the stock ships.
  • A medal earned shows a banner in battle and on the results screen.
  • The starfighter HUD can be full, minimal or hidden.
  • Pickups show a small note in the corner instead of large floating text.
22 changes
  • Asteroids stop shots, so cover works in battle.
  • Six new medals for feats in battle, kept in your service record.
  • Clone pilots call out kills, hits, losses and torpedoes on the radio.
  • Attack runs on ship parts: strafing targets a chosen part, and flak is deadlier.
  • Squadron orders on the number keys: attack my target, cover me, defend our ship, attack a part, return home.
  • Damage control: a repair crew fixes your ship's parts one at a time (J moves it).
  • Power presets for shields, engines, weapons and balance (U, I, O, Y).
  • Capital ships fight by class: Munificent bombards from range, Recusant closes for broadsides, Providence keeps launching.
  • Rare enemy aces with gold markings and bonus XP.
  • Hyena bombers pick a ship part to attack, and the admiral names it.
  • Kill cam: slow motion when a capital ship is destroyed.
  • Capital ships break apart, and burning sections drift and then fade.
  • Ships show damage: capital ships burn and spark, fighters trail smoke.
  • Hits leave scorch marks on capital ships, and screen shake scales with damage.
  • Multiplayer: missions stay in step for both pilots.
  • Hold Kaliida Station has its own backdrop.
  • 6 smaller changes not listed.
14 changes
  • Engine glow at every ship's real nozzles.
  • Performance: faster frames in large battles.
  • Fixed the ARC 170 and the main Torrent flying backwards.
  • Fighter guns and engines measured on each model.
  • Starfighter flight overhaul: smoother handling and an orbiting chase camera.
  • Chase view: camera markers no longer draw behind the camera.
  • Clearer targeting rings and a gold flagship arrow.
  • Light cruisers face a fairer frigate curve.
  • Wave breather with a countdown and repairs.
  • Clearer capital ship weapon reticles and sounds, and command fleets fight with purpose.
  • Smarter dogfights: sticky targets, flak avoidance and bomber passes.
  • Supply runs drop in between waves.
  • 3D fighter combat with roles, hangar launches, faster ships and a live radar.
  • Weapon group switching, and a busier battlefield.
21 changes
  • Smoother animations in the HUD and menus.
  • Threat levels rise every 5 waves, with tougher Separatist fleets.
  • Endless battles bank XP as they go.
  • Enemies spawn from more directions, always out of sight.
  • Faster frames and menu fixes.
  • Combat runs 25 percent slower, so it is easier to follow.
  • True scale: fighters are tiny next to a Venator.
  • Ships fly level and only bank into real turns.
  • Torpedoes are streaks of light: small blue and heavy red.
  • Fighters are easier to fly, and combat runs at 75 percent speed.
  • Planets stay fixed in the world and render sharp.
  • Republic engines glow blue, with hit markers and a hyperspace sound.
  • Starfighter mode, reinforcements, Coruscant and a 10 times bigger arena.
  • Hangar with pilot ranks, XP and unlockable ships and squadrons.
  • Short glowing laser bolts and punchier explosions.
  • Right click fires torpedoes, G launches squadrons, and the mouse wheel zooms.
  • 5 smaller changes not listed.