Aces of Thunder

New Content The Team Death Match (TDM) mode is no longer limited to WWII aircraft: a new WWI TDM mission, "Flanders," has been added. New Bomber Cover and intercept Bombers missions have been added to the Custom Battles mode: \[Air Battle] Bulge \[Air Battle] Britain \[Air Battle] Smolensk \[Air Battle] Honolulu Changed the spawn logic in Team Death Match: the game now prioritizes the country selected in your hangar, rather than assigning one at random as before. New Settings and Interface Features Ammo limit settings have been added to the mission editor. The mission editor now allows selecti

Nimble, heavily armed, and full of character! Meet the legendary Soviet “Donkey”, arriving in Aces of Thunder. The I-16 Type 27 will appear in the game in one of the upcoming updates as a separate DLC! The I-16 Type 27 in Battle The Donkey’s greatest strength is its maneuverability. In a horizontal turn, it can outfly most opponents: enter a turn and hold it, denying the enemy a good angle of attack. The horizontal fight is your ace card instead of a straight-line race, where faster fighters can easily outrun you. Watch out for boom-and-zoom attacks, as faster opponents will prefer to strike f

Added a “Limited Ammo” option to Test Flight settings. Fixed an issue in Custom Battles where player statistics were not sent correctly after leaving and rejoining the same battle multiple times. Adjusted the placement of several German anti-aircraft guns in the “Berlin BFD” mission. Some guns were moved farther from buildings so that they can engage targets more effectively.

Two fuselages, two engines, one pilot — the most unusual "Messer" in history is arriving in Aces of Thunder. The experimental Bf 109 Z-1 "Zwilling" will appear in the game in one of the upcoming updates as a separate DLC! One Aircraft Made of Two The Zwilling (German for "twin") was born from a simple yet daring idea: the Luftwaffe urgently needed a heavy fighter, but there was no time to set up production of an entirely new machine. The solution? Take two Bf 109 fuselages, join them with a new center wing section and a shared stabilizer — and there you have a heavy fighter, built from parts t

Improved Mulit-functional Menu interaction. The MFM activation binding has been removed in favor of a more conventional and faster activation system. Items now activate after the selection has been held for at least 0.125s and is then released (e.g. the stick or hat returns to neutral). This greatly eases MFM navigation and helps operate it faster, though it may take a bit of getting used to. In the controls template selection dialog, connected joysticks are now shown at the top of the list, before gamepads and other controllers (e.g. VrSense/DualSense/Xbox controllers). Fixed an issue where t

A steep dive, a precise strike — the most recognizable "Stuka" of the Luftwaffe is arriving in Aces of Thunder. The Ju 87 D-5 will appear in the game in one of the upcoming updates as new DLC! The Ju 87 D-5 in Battle This is a classic dive bomber: climb high, enter a steep dive, and land your bomb dead on target. Don't forget the air brake — it makes controlling your bomb release in a dive much safer and reduces the risk of catching flutter. The arsenal offers a wide selection of weaponry for any task: from 50 kg SC50JA bombs to the 500 kg armor-piercing PC500, capable of punching through a sh

The Steam Summer Sale is here! Both editions of Aces of Thunder and all available DLC are now 35% off. This is a great chance to take to the skies for the first time or expand your hangar. Sale runs from June 25th, 17:00 GMT to July 9th 17:00 GMT https://store.steampowered.com/app/2754090/Aces_of_Thunder/ Don’t miss your chance to grab the Deluxe Edition, which includes five iconic aircraft — F4U-4, Spitfire Mk Ia, Hurricane Mk IV, SBD-3, and P-40E-1 — each of which is also available separately as part of the sale.

Slight HUD performance optimization in battle. Fixed a bug that could occasionally cause a single stuttering frame while looking around the cockpit. Simultaneous press of Increase and Decrease axis actions now cancels out, instead of always applying Increase. Fixed a bug in the Join-in-Progress mechanic that occasionally prevented players from joining battles. Fixed a rare crash when exiting the game with joysticks connected.

While we continue polishing new aircraft and missions, working on more complex usability improvements and pushing hard to allow players from different platforms to meet in battles, some fixes and improvements need not be delayed.   In this update (0.1.0.51): A bug that prevented new players from accessing matchmaking options right away was fixed, now they have a greater chance of fighting other players in our skies. Quadrant labels on the maps now have more contrast, readability was greatly improved in some cases. Online battles should no longer end prematurely when there are no human players

We continue to read your feedback and work on improving the game experience. This update (0.1.0.46) focuses on control settings — and upcoming updates will bring further improvements to the control setup process, including VR-specific ones.  The control template selector in the controls settings has been replaced with a toolbar featuring dedicated buttons to revert and save changes. Template control has been moved to a separate window accessible via a dedicated button — the previous template carousel has been removed to avoid confusion and accidental misuse. This makes changing settings cleare