Universe at War: Earth Assault Patch 2 Released

Posted by: GameBorder Staff on 2008-03-04 10:32:06

Petroglyph Games announces the availability of the promised second patch for Universe at War: Earth Assault.

General/Gameplay Changes:
* Four brand new skirmish/multiplayer maps have been added:
Washington D.C. (1 vs 1)
Atlatea (1 vs 1)
Arecibo (1 vs 1)
Grand Canyon (8 players)
* Atlatea, Arecibo, and Washington D.C. have been added to the Ranked game map rotation
* Most Abnormal Game Exit crashes should now be a thing of the past (oh man am I glad to type that)
* That occasional invulnerable walker thing? Fixed.
* Walker hardpoints are now always customizable after loading a saved game
* Camera distance increased by 22%
* Map transfer support added (maps go in Data\CustomMaps)
* Mod support added (full mod tools coming soon)
* AMD driver and detection issues resolved
* UI response time and behavior has been improved
* DirectX 10 performance improvements
* All shadows should now touch units’ feet
* Miscellaneous AI improvements
* Quick Match should now be more responsive when matching
* Players can no longer modify their settings in a Custom session once the host has started the countdown
* Outdated replays now appear in red to indicate that they were recorded with a different version
* Replays no longer quit at the point another player leaves the game
* Newly recorded replays should behave better in general (alternate universe replays should no longer happen)
* The camera view can now be rotated via the keyboard (left and right arrows)
* Removed 5 cows from Appalachia southwest starting area
* Several Russian and Korean language audio/text fixes
* General terrain and map beautification. Also, more crushing!
* Civilian pathfinding optimized for better performance
* The Inverter shield is now lowered upon being EMPed
* Conquerors no longer pass through buildings while using Vortex
* Masari Knowledge Vault upgrades are no longer cancelable by attacking the upgrade in progress
* Altea’s Peace now shuts off Saucer foo behaviors
* Allies can no longer be taken over by Mind Magnets
* Phased units are no longer targeted by Mind Magnet
* Avengers no longer spawn when Masari vehicles are uploaded by Vertigo
* Vertigo can no longer upload other Vertigos in multiplayer games (the ramifications were just too confusing)
* Midnight basketball league for at-risk youth added

You can read the full Release Notes here.
See below for download link.

Universe at War Patch 2 Release Notes

Universe at War: Earth Assault Demo now available