Assault Wing

Assault Wing 1.14.0.0 was published today. It features the following changes.

• Optimized network usage in several ways that should make large battles smoother.
• Players can reconnect to a game server if they are disconnected. Reconnecting is possible until the arena ends. A disconnected player won't lose his ship (until someone shoots it to pieces) and his score will not be zeroed when he reconnects.
• In-game dialog can be opened also by pressing game pad 1 Back or Start buttons. The Esc key works like before.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Assault Wing window disappear totally if the game went to full screen mode when the window didn't have focus. Thanks to Street Veteran for reporting this on the forum!
• Fixed the occasional delay when closing the Assault Wing window. The delay could even make Windows freeze for a few seconds.

Assault Wing 1.14.0.1 was published on the same day. It contains a fix to a game server crash.

Assault Wing 1.14.0.2 was published right after. It contains a fix to a crash with the XNA sound engine.

Believe it or not, 1.14.0.0 was tested before release. Sometimes the bugs just lurk in from directions you least expect :).

Assault Wing 1.15.0.0 was published today. It contains a fix to clients in a Battlefront game:

• Weapon effects are visible again. For example repulsor shockwave is visible and a blinking ship moves smoothly. These were broken in the 1.14 releases.

Although this version is merely a bugfix, the minor version number increased from 14 to 15 because the network protocol was changed and is incompatible with older releases. Always keep your Assault Wing up to date to be able to join the official servers. Remember that your registered pilot will gain statistics only at the official servers such as AW Server 1.

Assault Wing 1.15.0.1 was published today. It features the following fixes and improvements:

• Show a wait dialog while connecting to a game server.
• If connecting to a game server resulted in an error, show it in a popup.
• If a logged-in pilot changes his name in the Battlefront menu, the login status is reset.
• Fixed a rare crash at game exit.
• Improved debugging and profiling of Assault Wing networking. The goal is to improve Battlefront game network performance in the long run and to make it robuster.
• Implemented framework for an informative in-game feed.

There are also continuous updates on the Battlefront Statistics. One of the latest features is the history of played arenas. You can see the final standings, how many kills and deaths each pilot got, etc.