2006.049 (February 18, 2006)

Pioneer Progress Made On Important Details

The WC Pioneer team has spent most of this month working on a variety of critical internal pieces for their upcoming game. Joel VanEenwyk has made progress on the mission editor and asset manager, while Howard Day has created weapon models and effects. The light show below highlights the blasts you'll see from the laser, mass driver, meson gun, neutron gun, photon blaster, particle cannon and plasma gun. Missiles have come together nicely, and a tentative explosion effect has been designed. Click the image for a .mov of it in action. The last image is a nebula test that's helping to diversify the space backgrounds.

New Standoff Scoreboard Stats Available

The latest addition to the Standoff Scoreboard is a detailed set of usage statistics. You can now see exactly how popular certain missions and ships are. Over three thousand individual scores have been submitted in the Kilrathi and Confed Gauntlets so far! If a fighter is being underutilized, that might also be your cue to capitalize on the lack of competition for a higher score. Grab the Episode 3 Starter Pack or upgrade patch and start racking up scores today. There's some fierce competition going on, and you'll all definitely need the practice for the exciting space combat coming soon.