AI War 4.0 Early Version

[x4000]

I'm not announcing this on the main news page yet, as 4.0 officially launches tomorrow, but of course for that to happen it had to be done today.  So it is.

And if you guys have the unity betas installed, you can install 4.0 now.

Lots of good stuff in this final one: http://arcengames.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=AI_War_-_Current_4.0_Beta#Prerelease_4.000


For stuff that didn't make the cut, like the changes to the contrast to the checkboxes, it was simply a lack of time.  I was up until 5am last night, Keith was up until 4am, and we were both back on it this morning... and we still came in 10 minutes past our deadline.  All should be good, though, I think.  Fingers crossed there.

Anyway, regular AI War development will be continuing for the next while, though not as much is likely to happen in the next couple of days as we decompress and take care of some other business stuff.  As promised, there will be more details on Light of the Spire soon, such as when, how much, and generally how big.

[Collic]

Congrats. I'm hoping rps will decide to give you a bit of coverage for this. Will certainly be emailing them once this hits steam eta al. It'll be cool to see AI War up there with the other steam play titles. Hopefully that alone will help drive some sales for you.

[Mánagarmr]

Congratulations! I really hope things pick up for you! I dunno who I'm going to buy copies for anymore xD

[x4000]

Thanks so much, guys!

[Otagan]

Some of my friends may find themselves with shiny new copies of AI War come tomorrow.

And even more will find themselves with Children of Neinzul.

[x4000]

Many thanks.

[Winter Born]

Yea, time to take care of yourselves and the family that supports you

[Thumpy]

congrats for getting it done. must be a rewarding feeling.

as for post 4.0: i have one minor suggestion, wouldn't the reference sheet be even more useful if there was an 'all ships on this planet' scope filter? including those of the AI. this way you could plan how to take on all AI units on this planet most effectively on one page.

[aen_darasi]

Congratulations and thank you for your absolutely astonishing amount of work supporting this game. Now is the time for folks to start bringing up the buzz in the various websites, forums, blogs etc. Best of luck!

[mlaskus]

Congratulations, you guys are the best!
I guess a few more of my friends will find serial keys in their inboxes tommorow.

[Zeba]

Sweet!

Hope to see a massive spike in your sales graph and a long exciting future of expansions. 

[x4000]

Thanks, all.   We have our fingers crossed, too.  Tomorrow and the next week or so are going to really determine what happens with Arcen in the near future, if we'll be able to keep going or what.  So definitely nervous, though I have a good feeling!

[Sizzle]

Congrats!    Take some time for yourselves and your family... Well deserved!

[Salamander]

Nice work on this. My one friend likes the demo so tomorrow I plan to buy the whole thing for him. One of my other friends has had his personal life calm down some and I made him DL the demo as well. Assuming he likes it too, I'll get one for him and then for another friend who only has internet when visiting the other aforementioned friend. Being moved to 3 different states has made a mess of all our gaming.

[keith.lamothe]

Thanks very much, everyone

Given the common theme here, I think we're going to have to track two different stats: # of people purchasing AI War voluntarily, and # of people whose friends have unilaterally volunteered them