Warring States

Released: Jan 29, 2018
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Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 04:38 GMT

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29 Jan 2018Developer post
Warring States - Released!
Warring States: Tactics has been Released! It's finally here, after a long road. At the bottom of this post you'll see a list of changes from the Beta update. From the bottom of our hearts, thanks to all of you that put up with us on this long journey for our small game. Release
Warring States: Tactics has been Released!
It's finally here, after a long road. At the bottom of this post you'll see a list of changes from the Beta update. From the bottom of our hearts, thanks to all of you that put up with us on this long journey for our small game.
Release Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd2fBH-YpiQ
For a bit of fun, compare this to our OLD Greenlight Trailer from 2013!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKasc0qUO0g
New Website
https://www.warringstatestactics.com/
Changes
The Beta was the last News announcement we posted, but we've been releasing small updates and maintaining a thread on the old Early Access general forum of the patch notes. Here is a complete list of all changes since the Beta update.

Improved handling of AI threads
Fixed error caused by killing all remaining Supply Depots in Mission 2-3 at the same time
Fixed issue with AI deploying cavalry on walls
Improved resource loading
Added alert for first time players to direct them to the Game Guide on the HUD
Improved default naming on save files
Fixed scrolling health not respecting the x2 animation speed
Fixed AI retreating sometimes getting stuck
Fixed AI not moving because its own units block the best path
Eased difficulty of Campaign 1 missions and S ranks
The Cursor is now confined to the game in Fullscreen when you have two monitors (use alt+tab or Windowed mode otherwise)
Disabled edge of screen map scrolling when the window doesn't have focus
Improved Windows Fullscreen support. Now by default Fullscreen means Exclusive mode on Windows and Borderless Windowed fullscreen is now a Steam launch option. Unfortunately this is a Unity engine limitation, but unlike most Unity games, we wanted to give you the option to have both.
Fixed an issue with retreating units not moving (related to gates)
Fixed Mission 4-2 Lua serialisation error after taking the flag in the city
Fixed a soft-lock related to killing undeployed Siege Towers
Errors in missions no longer use the Debug UI and now exit the mission
Fixed an error in Network deployment if you deployed before your opponent finished loading
Improved AI handling of invalid paths
Added Player tooltip for Battle and MP that shows a player's current tactical points, units killed and units lost
Fixed audio error that would occur in MP games
Added missing tooltip icons for Raise Morale and Salvo
Fixed floating text and engagement arrows appearing in Fog of War
Fixed Retreating units ignoring Animations Off
AI will now use Raise Morale correctly
Fixed FoW visibility not reseting after Disorganise
Reduced tower attack duration to speed up upkeep phase
Rebalanced tower damage slightly (improved)
Fixed Volley and Salvo sometimes selecting the same unit multiple times (causing coroutine error)
Improved MP data handling to remove desyncs
Fixed Fire damage not applying consistently between animation modes
Increased timeouts in MP for slow loaders
Fixed Salvo and Volley highlighting on gates
Increased damage bonus on various melee special attacks to make them still worth it on single target
Reduced duration on Pierce and Disorganise debuff
Fixed various unlocalised text elements
Fixed colour in game lobby screen showing game settings
Added unique art for new Raise Morale and Salvo actions
Fixed error introduced by Hotfix #4 related to Fire special attacks
Added unique art for some traits still using generics
Updated Campaign image for Mission 4-3
Fixed Zhao general in 4-4 being a treacherous Han
Fixed the Linux build
Restructured some assets which has reduced loading times and install size
Removed needless particles in specials when using Immediate animation mode
Fixed some AI errors with forts
Fixed issue with capturable buildings not counting
Moved an enemy reinforcement point to ouside fort in 1-3
Fixed the fort area in 3-1 to include all wooden towers
Added some missing effects for Light Cavalry attacks
Adjusted music intensity levels on numerous campaign missions to fit the levels of combat
Fixed inconsistency in retreating units when their path is blocked
Fixed numerous desync issues in MP related to edge case combinations of abilities
Adjusted stats on faction-specific units to differentiate them from their generic versions
Fixed enemy units self-deleting in the last phase of 4-2 when retreating to the gate
Added Tactics bonus for burning enemy units and even more for burning wooden enemy buildings
Added Catapult and Balista as deployable units in non-Siege battle/MP maps
Adjusted Deploy areas for Siege battle/MP maps so the defender can deploy anywhere in a castle/fort initially
Enabled S Rank achievement
Fixed score display in 4-2
Fixed error in 4-2 when your units transport into the city
Added 'Detailed Tactics Points' option to toggle the detailed information about where tactics points are earned
Improved layout of Detailed Tactics Points to no longer wrap, and be on the second line below the actual point value
Increased damage on Swordsman Rushing Blow
Lowered damage on Crossbow Pierce attack
Reduced Tactics Bonus for Spear vs Cavalry advantage, since it's so easy to get
Fixed Spear holding units getting the Spear vs Cavalry combat bonus when engaged with another unit. They should only get the bonus when they fight back.
Fixed destroying a siege tower with a unit on top not removing said unit
Fixed more inconsistencies in Immediate Animation mode vs Normal
Fixed potential desyncs in Multiplayer when players had different animation modes
Reduced number of lights in 4-2 for performance
Added missing effect for the start of Horse Archer special move and Fire Attack special
Fixed flags not updating when castles change ownership
Improved spacing on scrolling combat text
Moved some deploy positions in Attacker vs Defender MP maps to be closer
Fixed an issue with save file names
Fixed units being able to occupy the same tile of a fleeing unit that was initially out of sight due to fog of war
Fixed ambush not triggering when moving next to a hidden unit inside a forest
Fixed Sword Faint not breaking engagement on immediate mode
Original post
29 Jan 2018Developer post
Warring States - Released!
Warring States: Tactics has been Released! It's finally here, after a long road. At the bottom of this post you'll see a list of changes from the Beta update. From the bottom of our hearts, thanks to all of you that put up with us on this long journey for our small game. Release
Warring States: Tactics has been Released!
It's finally here, after a long road. At the bottom of this post you'll see a list of changes from the Beta update. From the bottom of our hearts, thanks to all of you that put up with us on this long journey for our small game.
Release Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd2fBH-YpiQ
For a bit of fun, compare this to our OLD Greenlight Trailer from 2013!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKasc0qUO0g
New Website
https://www.warringstatestactics.com/
Changes
The Beta was the last News announcement we posted, but we've been releasing small updates and maintaining a thread on the old Early Access general forum of the patch notes. Here is a complete list of all changes since the Beta update.

Improved handling of AI threads
Fixed error caused by killing all remaining Supply Depots in Mission 2-3 at the same time
Fixed issue with AI deploying cavalry on walls
Improved resource loading
Added alert for first time players to direct them to the Game Guide on the HUD
Improved default naming on save files
Fixed scrolling health not respecting the x2 animation speed
Fixed AI retreating sometimes getting stuck
Fixed AI not moving because its own units block the best path
Eased difficulty of Campaign 1 missions and S ranks
The Cursor is now confined to the game in Fullscreen when you have two monitors (use alt+tab or Windowed mode otherwise)
Disabled edge of screen map scrolling when the window doesn't have focus
Improved Windows Fullscreen support. Now by default Fullscreen means Exclusive mode on Windows and Borderless Windowed fullscreen is now a Steam launch option. Unfortunately this is a Unity engine limitation, but unlike most Unity games, we wanted to give you the option to have both.
Fixed an issue with retreating units not moving (related to gates)
Fixed Mission 4-2 Lua serialisation error after taking the flag in the city
Fixed a soft-lock related to killing undeployed Siege Towers
Errors in missions no longer use the Debug UI and now exit the mission
Fixed an error in Network deployment if you deployed before your opponent finished loading
Improved AI handling of invalid paths
Added Player tooltip for Battle and MP that shows a player's current tactical points, units killed and units lost
Fixed audio error that would occur in MP games
Added missing tooltip icons for Raise Morale and Salvo
Fixed floating text and engagement arrows appearing in Fog of War
Fixed Retreating units ignoring Animations Off
AI will now use Raise Morale correctly
Fixed FoW visibility not reseting after Disorganise
Reduced tower attack duration to speed up upkeep phase
Rebalanced tower damage slightly (improved)
Fixed Volley and Salvo sometimes selecting the same unit multiple times (causing coroutine error)
Improved MP data handling to remove desyncs
Fixed Fire damage not applying consistently between animation modes
Increased timeouts in MP for slow loaders
Fixed Salvo and Volley highlighting on gates
Increased damage bonus on various melee special attacks to make them still worth it on single target
Reduced duration on Pierce and Disorganise debuff
Fixed various unlocalised text elements
Fixed colour in game lobby screen showing game settings
Added unique art for new Raise Morale and Salvo actions
Fixed error introduced by Hotfix #4 related to Fire special attacks
Added unique art for some traits still using generics
Updated Campaign image for Mission 4-3
Fixed Zhao general in 4-4 being a treacherous Han
Fixed the Linux build
Restructured some assets which has reduced loading times and install size
Removed needless particles in specials when using Immediate animation mode
Fixed some AI errors with forts
Fixed issue with capturable buildings not counting
Moved an enemy reinforcement point to ouside fort in 1-3
Fixed the fort area in 3-1 to include all wooden towers
Added some missing effects for Light Cavalry attacks
Adjusted music intensity levels on numerous campaign missions to fit the levels of combat
Fixed inconsistency in retreating units when their path is blocked
Fixed numerous desync issues in MP related to edge case combinations of abilities
Adjusted stats on faction-specific units to differentiate them from their generic versions
Fixed enemy units self-deleting in the last phase of 4-2 when retreating to the gate
Added Tactics bonus for burning enemy units and even more for burning wooden enemy buildings
Added Catapult and Balista as deployable units in non-Siege battle/MP maps
Adjusted Deploy areas for Siege battle/MP maps so the defender can deploy anywhere in a castle/fort initially
Enabled S Rank achievement
Fixed score display in 4-2
Fixed error in 4-2 when your units transport into the city
Added 'Detailed Tactics Points' option to toggle the detailed information about where tactics points are earned
Improved layout of Detailed Tactics Points to no longer wrap, and be on the second line below the actual point value
Increased damage on Swordsman Rushing Blow
Lowered damage on Crossbow Pierce attack
Reduced Tactics Bonus for Spear vs Cavalry advantage, since it's so easy to get
Fixed Spear holding units getting the Spear vs Cavalry combat bonus when engaged with another unit. They should only get the bonus when they fight back.
Fixed destroying a siege tower with a unit on top not removing said unit
Fixed more inconsistencies in Immediate Animation mode vs Normal
Fixed potential desyncs in Multiplayer when players had different animation modes
Reduced number of lights in 4-2 for performance
Added missing effect for the start of Horse Archer special move and Fire Attack special
Fixed flags not updating when castles change ownership
Improved spacing on scrolling combat text
Moved some deploy positions in Attacker vs Defender MP maps to be closer
Fixed an issue with save file names
Fixed units being able to occupy the same tile of a fleeing unit that was initially out of sight due to fog of war
Fixed ambush not triggering when moving next to a hidden unit inside a forest
Fixed Sword Faint not breaking engagement on immediate mode
Original post
17 Dec 2017Developer post
Update 21 - Beta
Long time no see! It's time for an update and it's a pretty big one with lots of changes across the board. We're calling this 'beta' because it has all the content in we want for the game and what's left is balances, fixes and polish. This update will go live today. Where have we
Long time no see! It's time for an update and it's a pretty big one with lots of changes across the board. We're calling this 'beta' because it has all the content in we want for the game and what's left is balances, fixes and polish. This update will go live today.
Where have we been?
It's not an excuse, but the reason the updates have stopped is because of our small team, I was the one doing updates. At the start of the year I got really really ill and spent a good half of the year dealing with it, including numerous trips to the hospital and an unpleasant procedure.
Despite this work did not stop on the game at all. But we don't like to put out updates with half finished work and loads of my work went half touched. Now that I'm back we've been busting the past few months to bring all of the year's work together into an update. All I can do is apologise for the lack of updates and poor communication at this point, and hope you can forgive me.
Okay so, on to the update!
Campaign 04
Campaign 04's remaining missions have been released, this is 4-2, 4-3 and 4-4. This campaign culminates in the epic Battle of Changping which set the State of Qin up for total dominance over the rest of the Warring States of China.
New Multiplayer Map - Confluence Crossing
This large map has you battling over a 4-way crossing of rivers interlocked with bridges. Suited for 4 players, but can be played with 2 as well.
New Multiplayer Map - Stone Forest
This medium map promotes a game of cat and mouse with numerous bridges, forests and hills to gain an advantage over your opponent, prepare ambushes and launch a counter attack after throwing back their attack.
Multiplayer Map Balance
We have done a pass over all multiplayer maps and their modes for balance. Siege levels now have clear capture points within the forts to end the battle as well as much larger deploy areas around the forts giving the attacker more choice, and less time is spent running up to the walls on the larger maps.
Mission Balance Pass
Every single mission has been tweaked, reworked, balanced and adjusted to feel a steady progression of unit availability, difficulty and flow. Some missions have had major adjustments done to get this to work better (for example 2-1 with new ambush mechanics from the AI).
AI Improvements
AI can now use Special Attacks! Previously they did Reinforce but that was about it. Be careful though, because they can really mess you up now with clever AOE attacks and displacements when you weren't expecting it before. This is a small change on the list, but probably one of the biggest impacts to the game when playing against AI.
We have also done some significant overhauls of the AI that make them much more aware of tactically important tiles and how to manipulate Special Attacks to their advantage. For example, if you're standing on a capture point the AI will now use displacement attacks to push you off of it.
New Special Attack - Arrow Salvo
We have added a cheaper and smaller ranged special attack, Salvo. This hits all enemies in a direct line, but you have to make sure they line up! Use this when Arrow Eclipse is just too much.
This attack is also available on lower tier units, where Arrow Eclipse is not.
Combat Improvements
There have been a few fundamental improvements to combat as we balanced every aspect of the game.
Line of Sight
This is a big one. We've introduced Line of Sight to ranged attacks. Not all buildings block it, but the obvious ones do. This primarily came about as we felt it was weird that defending a castle meant having archers on the ground behind the walls, trading shots with archers outside the walls.
Now walls and towers will block Line of Sight and force you to rethink your approach, defending or attacking.
Morale
Morale was behaving a bit incoherently. We had a lot of hidden mechanics like if you were low health, you could take multiple morale hits at the same time. This made it feel like you could break really easy for no reason when this 'rolled' against you. Additionally ranged attacks were too good at causing morale tests and breaking enemy units, which goes against how we feel combat should work.
We've removed these spikes and made it totally transparent. Now you cannot cause morale tests with ranged attacks unless a unit is significantly low strength already. We've also reduced the impact of the Under Fire debuff and introduced some new ones to compensate.
Now we have added the Flanked and Charged/Cavalry Charged debuff that happens when (as you can guess) you Flank or Charge a unit. This puts a one-turn but significant Leadership debuff on the unit. This also makes it feel more plausible that you're flanking and crashing cavalry into a unit, causing real terror.
These new debuffs plus the removal of multiple morale level losses in one have really smoothed out the way morale is lost in fights and should feel far more predictable. It also rewards good tactical behaviour more directly.
Unit Costs and Stats
Unit costs have been totally redone across the board and now much more closely represent their power. If a unit costs more, in general, it should be better barring specific tactical situations.
We have also done a major pass on unit values to ensure each type of unit at each tier had a purpose and style, as well as making sure the tiers battling each other were well balanced.
Tactics Points and Special Attacks
We have done a pass balancing the cost of special attacks, their damage and how quickly you earn Tactics Points. There should be a steady feeling of always being able to spend tactics points and not being forced to conserve them.
You now gain a small amount of Tactics Points per turn. We have also added numerous additional tactics points sources:

Destroyed an Enemy Unit
Attacked a Broken Unit
Defended a Narrow Gap (low combat width tile)
Defended an Outpost
Defended on a Hill
Capturing an Enemy Outpost
Attacking a Charged Unit
Attacking a Flanked Unit
Reinforce
Reinforce has been tweaked to now only give 25% of your maximum strength, but the cost has been reduced to compensate. This should stop it being the unstoppable tanking action and also make it so you can spread the value of your Tactics Points across your army.
Raise Morale/Rally
Previously, you could use the Rally action to try to raise the Morale of a unit that wasn't broken, but this actually used the Leadership stat and had a chance of failure, just like a Rally. This felt unfair to waste an entire unit's turn on, so now we have split it into a new action that replaces Rally when a unit is not broken. Raise Morale always succeeds and always raises your morale a level.
Charges
Charging is fun and as part of the balancing we have made it much cheaper to do.
Unused Deploy Points
Unused/Leftover Deploy Points are now converted to starting Tactics Points at the beginning of a mission. So you no longer feel sad that you just couldn't quite spend those 50 remaining points.
Quality of Life
We have been fixing minor things across the game in terms of HUD, UI and input. Here are a few of them:
Right-Click Actions
Previously, the default action of a unit could execute with Right-Click (move, attack) but when you selected an action directly you had to finish with Left-Click. In the end this felt unneccessary and clunky so we've changed it to all be Right-Click for consistency.
Flag Selection
You can now select units by clicking on their flag. The tooltips used to work on the flags as well, so why not selecting? Done!
Deploy Multiple Units
When deploying it now keeps your previous selection so if you want 3 Light Archers just keep clicking on the map to keep deploying them.
Options Tooltips
The Options menu now has tooltips explaining what the unclear options do specifically.
Animation Speed Toggle
This is a favourite of mine...you can now toggle the speed of animations between 1x and 2x speed. You can even set it to always be 2x in the options! The toggle is Spacebar by default, but is of course rebindable in the options.
Unit Performance Option
You can not set the maximum number of characters in a unit for performance. We know many of you play on lower end machines or laptops with very hot CPUs when running a game, and this is for you. Along with strict frame limiting options and the ability to limit the number of characters in a unit, the game should be quite playable on a low-end machine.
Optimisation
A ton of optimisation work has gone on to reduce frame spikes and overall cost of frames. One example is when lots of units moved at once in a cutscene there was some serious hit to the performance. A big rewrite of our underlying coroutine usage here has wiped this specific spike totally out.
Bug Fixes
More bug fixes than we can even count have gone into this, but I love mentioning it. It's the silent work that doesn't make for a good headline or update note, but really improves the quality of the game as a whole.
Original post
17 Dec 2017Developer post
Update 21 - Beta
Long time no see! It's time for an update and it's a pretty big one with lots of changes across the board. We're calling this 'beta' because it has all the content in we want for the game and what's left is balances, fixes and polish. This update will go live today. Where have we
Long time no see! It's time for an update and it's a pretty big one with lots of changes across the board. We're calling this 'beta' because it has all the content in we want for the game and what's left is balances, fixes and polish. This update will go live today.
Where have we been?
It's not an excuse, but the reason the updates have stopped is because of our small team, I was the one doing updates. At the start of the year I got really really ill and spent a good half of the year dealing with it, including numerous trips to the hospital and an unpleasant procedure.
Despite this work did not stop on the game at all. But we don't like to put out updates with half finished work and loads of my work went half touched. Now that I'm back we've been busting the past few months to bring all of the year's work together into an update. All I can do is apologise for the lack of updates and poor communication at this point, and hope you can forgive me.
Okay so, on to the update!
Campaign 04
Campaign 04's remaining missions have been released, this is 4-2, 4-3 and 4-4. This campaign culminates in the epic Battle of Changping which set the State of Qin up for total dominance over the rest of the Warring States of China.
New Multiplayer Map - Confluence Crossing
This large map has you battling over a 4-way crossing of rivers interlocked with bridges. Suited for 4 players, but can be played with 2 as well.
New Multiplayer Map - Stone Forest
This medium map promotes a game of cat and mouse with numerous bridges, forests and hills to gain an advantage over your opponent, prepare ambushes and launch a counter attack after throwing back their attack.
Multiplayer Map Balance
We have done a pass over all multiplayer maps and their modes for balance. Siege levels now have clear capture points within the forts to end the battle as well as much larger deploy areas around the forts giving the attacker more choice, and less time is spent running up to the walls on the larger maps.
Mission Balance Pass
Every single mission has been tweaked, reworked, balanced and adjusted to feel a steady progression of unit availability, difficulty and flow. Some missions have had major adjustments done to get this to work better (for example 2-1 with new ambush mechanics from the AI).
AI Improvements
AI can now use Special Attacks! Previously they did Reinforce but that was about it. Be careful though, because they can really mess you up now with clever AOE attacks and displacements when you weren't expecting it before. This is a small change on the list, but probably one of the biggest impacts to the game when playing against AI.
We have also done some significant overhauls of the AI that make them much more aware of tactically important tiles and how to manipulate Special Attacks to their advantage. For example, if you're standing on a capture point the AI will now use displacement attacks to push you off of it.
New Special Attack - Arrow Salvo
We have added a cheaper and smaller ranged special attack, Salvo. This hits all enemies in a direct line, but you have to make sure they line up! Use this when Arrow Eclipse is just too much.
This attack is also available on lower tier units, where Arrow Eclipse is not.
Combat Improvements
There have been a few fundamental improvements to combat as we balanced every aspect of the game.
Line of Sight
This is a big one. We've introduced Line of Sight to ranged attacks. Not all buildings block it, but the obvious ones do. This primarily came about as we felt it was weird that defending a castle meant having archers on the ground behind the walls, trading shots with archers outside the walls.
Now walls and towers will block Line of Sight and force you to rethink your approach, defending or attacking.
Morale
Morale was behaving a bit incoherently. We had a lot of hidden mechanics like if you were low health, you could take multiple morale hits at the same time. This made it feel like you could break really easy for no reason when this 'rolled' against you. Additionally ranged attacks were too good at causing morale tests and breaking enemy units, which goes against how we feel combat should work.
We've removed these spikes and made it totally transparent. Now you cannot cause morale tests with ranged attacks unless a unit is significantly low strength already. We've also reduced the impact of the Under Fire debuff and introduced some new ones to compensate.
Now we have added the Flanked and Charged/Cavalry Charged debuff that happens when (as you can guess) you Flank or Charge a unit. This puts a one-turn but significant Leadership debuff on the unit. This also makes it feel more plausible that you're flanking and crashing cavalry into a unit, causing real terror.
These new debuffs plus the removal of multiple morale level losses in one have really smoothed out the way morale is lost in fights and should feel far more predictable. It also rewards good tactical behaviour more directly.
Unit Costs and Stats
Unit costs have been totally redone across the board and now much more closely represent their power. If a unit costs more, in general, it should be better barring specific tactical situations.
We have also done a major pass on unit values to ensure each type of unit at each tier had a purpose and style, as well as making sure the tiers battling each other were well balanced.
Tactics Points and Special Attacks
We have done a pass balancing the cost of special attacks, their damage and how quickly you earn Tactics Points. There should be a steady feeling of always being able to spend tactics points and not being forced to conserve them.
You now gain a small amount of Tactics Points per turn. We have also added numerous additional tactics points sources:

Destroyed an Enemy Unit
Attacked a Broken Unit
Defended a Narrow Gap (low combat width tile)
Defended an Outpost
Defended on a Hill
Capturing an Enemy Outpost
Attacking a Charged Unit
Attacking a Flanked Unit
Reinforce
Reinforce has been tweaked to now only give 25% of your maximum strength, but the cost has been reduced to compensate. This should stop it being the unstoppable tanking action and also make it so you can spread the value of your Tactics Points across your army.
Raise Morale/Rally
Previously, you could use the Rally action to try to raise the Morale of a unit that wasn't broken, but this actually used the Leadership stat and had a chance of failure, just like a Rally. This felt unfair to waste an entire unit's turn on, so now we have split it into a new action that replaces Rally when a unit is not broken. Raise Morale always succeeds and always raises your morale a level.
Charges
Charging is fun and as part of the balancing we have made it much cheaper to do.
Unused Deploy Points
Unused/Leftover Deploy Points are now converted to starting Tactics Points at the beginning of a mission. So you no longer feel sad that you just couldn't quite spend those 50 remaining points.
Quality of Life
We have been fixing minor things across the game in terms of HUD, UI and input. Here are a few of them:
Right-Click Actions
Previously, the default action of a unit could execute with Right-Click (move, attack) but when you selected an action directly you had to finish with Left-Click. In the end this felt unneccessary and clunky so we've changed it to all be Right-Click for consistency.
Flag Selection
You can now select units by clicking on their flag. The tooltips used to work on the flags as well, so why not selecting? Done!
Deploy Multiple Units
When deploying it now keeps your previous selection so if you want 3 Light Archers just keep clicking on the map to keep deploying them.
Options Tooltips
The Options menu now has tooltips explaining what the unclear options do specifically.
Animation Speed Toggle
This is a favourite of mine...you can now toggle the speed of animations between 1x and 2x speed. You can even set it to always be 2x in the options! The toggle is Spacebar by default, but is of course rebindable in the options.
Unit Performance Option
You can not set the maximum number of characters in a unit for performance. We know many of you play on lower end machines or laptops with very hot CPUs when running a game, and this is for you. Along with strict frame limiting options and the ability to limit the number of characters in a unit, the game should be quite playable on a low-end machine.
Optimisation
A ton of optimisation work has gone on to reduce frame spikes and overall cost of frames. One example is when lots of units moved at once in a cutscene there was some serious hit to the performance. A big rewrite of our underlying coroutine usage here has wiped this specific spike totally out.
Bug Fixes
More bug fixes than we can even count have gone into this, but I love mentioning it. It's the silent work that doesn't make for a good headline or update note, but really improves the quality of the game as a whole.
Original post
27 Nov 2016Developer post
Update 20 - New Multiplayer Maps
New Multiplayer Maps We've added 4 new Multiplayer/Battle Maps (2 small, 2 medium). There is an additional large map coming next week, but we didn't want to delay the update. Small - South Sea Island Two sides battle to claim the island for their own. Positioning will be crucial
27 Nov 2016Developer post
Update 20 - New Multiplayer Maps
New Multiplayer Maps We've added 4 new Multiplayer/Battle Maps (2 small, 2 medium). There is an additional large map coming next week, but we didn't want to delay the update. Small - South Sea Island Two sides battle to claim the island for their own. Positioning will be crucial
15 Nov 2016Developer post
Update 19 - In Game Guide
Smaller update content-wise but with a lot of bug fixes. Gameplay Guide We've added an in-game guide to explain some of the key concepts of gameplay. You can access it with the ? button in the top right by the minimap. It covers a variety of topics which you can view in an index.
15 Nov 2016Developer post
Update 19 - In Game Guide
Smaller update content-wise but with a lot of bug fixes. Gameplay Guide We've added an in-game guide to explain some of the key concepts of gameplay. You can access it with the ? button in the top right by the minimap. It covers a variety of topics which you can view in an index.
19 Sep 2016Developer post
Update 18
New update rolling out as this message is posted. I had hoped to get Chapter 4 in the update but we found an issue at the last minute with the missions and rather than postpone the update any further I wanted to get it out - since it included a ton of bug fixes. Waypoint Movement
19 Sep 2016Developer post
Update 18
New update rolling out as this message is posted. I had hoped to get Chapter 4 in the update but we found an issue at the last minute with the missions and rather than postpone the update any further I wanted to get it out - since it included a ton of bug fixes. Waypoint Movement
11 Jun 2016Developer post
Update 17 - Big One
Hey everyone! It's been a while since our last update. The reason for this is primarily because we were doing a big overhaul of the combat system, which required poking everything in the game in terms of art, animation, code and design. With just four of us, you can imagine that
11 Jun 2016Developer post
Update 17 - Big One
Hey everyone! It's been a while since our last update. The reason for this is primarily because we were doing a big overhaul of the combat system, which required poking everything in the game in terms of art, animation, code and design. With just four of us, you can imagine that
23 Feb 2016Developer post
Update 16 - Achievements and more
Our last update was just before Christmas, so this update is a bigger one. There have been a lot of behind the scenes changes (Unity 5 the biggest among them) but also a lot of new useful stuff for players. Achievements, Trading Cards, Badges and Emoticons They've been very commo
Our last update was just before Christmas, so this update is a bigger one. There have been a lot of behind the scenes changes (Unity 5 the biggest among them) but also a lot of new useful stuff for players.
Achievements, Trading Cards, Badges and Emoticons
They've been very commonly requested, and we were always going to do them, but it was never a huge priority at the start when we had a lot of a game to finish. Now as we're approaching our end goals we've managed to get them in.
A few achievements are disabled (namely Rank related achievements) since these scores aren't finalised.
Custom Keybindings
No PC game is complete without custom keybindings. This also helps our players with international keyboards where the default setup doesn't work well for them. We may adjust the default before final release and I'd also like to look into predefined defaults for specific international keyboards.
Building Flags
We've done a pass on all capture-able buildings to ensure they had clear ownership flags.
More Options
We've exposed more options for quality settings in Video to help with lower end machines. Additionally we've added numerous reset options at the bottom of the General tab.
Included is the option to unlock all missions. This does not grant any achievements and is simply to allow you to bypass the progression blocks to play any mission you like. You still need to beat the levels for achievements!
Unity 5
We've updated Warring States to use Unity 5.3. Up to this point we've been on 4.6, which is quite old by now. We get a lot of gains with this move that directly benefit the game (eg performance). Another benefit of 5.3 is the new lighting system which has allowed us to do a nice pass on the post-process effects in the game.
Here is a side-by-side example of 4.6 and 5.3 with the lighting changes.
Besides improvements to what you see, the new lighting gives us more options for future. So look forward to some new stuff :)
Mission 3-1 Added
We've been slow getting final missions in, as we keep jumping back to fixes or gameplay improvements, but they are slowly coming! Up next is Mission 3-1, the missing initial mission for the invasion of Chu chapter.
More Changes
Besides these updates, we've added numerous little fixes and changes.
Changelist

Added more sound effects across numerous game actions.
Added Steam name to faction names when in MP game.
Campaign progress is now saved properly.
Added portrait for Rally action.
Changed Game Icon to look less like upcoming Total War game ;)
Added more prominent flags to MP capture-able forts.
Changed unit outline renderer to much better system, now with transitions on enable/disable. (Also looks better on siege weapons)
Added confirmation menus on various buttons.
Added loading screen quotes.
Fixed texture seams throughout various maps.
Fixed some walls without end pieces.
Fixed effects on Stone and Wood Tower firing.
Fixed particles on buildings.
Added grey button for non-purchasable units.
Fixed some units missing faction colours.
Fixed Special action banner sequences having alpha issues.
Fixed collision on bridges.
Improved animation transitions significantly, speeding up numerous in-game actions.
Fixed unit selection sound played when removing deployed units.
Fixed music being played as a 3D sound.
Fixed siege towers remaining highlighted after deploy.
Fixed various spelling mistakes.
Fixed Reinforcement ignoring No Anims option.
Fixed special banners appearing multiple times.
Fixed Spearman special icon always being 'on'.
Fixed hidden units being briefly selectable in forests.
Fixed deploying on walls showing multiple options.
Fixed buildings ignoring No Anims option.
Fixed save menu not working if you typed in an option.
Improved save menu performance significantly.
Improved usability of save menu to work more as expected.
Fixed error in Minimap panel.
Fixed randomised mountain heights.
Fixed loading save files where Siege Towers had already been deployed.
Updated Steamworks library version.
Fixed alignment in deploy message.
Fixed Cavalry charge occasionally getting stuck on hills.
Fixed siege tower showing multiple options on deploy.
Added colour to Start Turn text.
Fixed bugs related to cavalry moving over bridges.
Fixed soft-lock related to bridges.
Improved performance significantly on levels with a lot of units.
Fixed bug in MP related to pausing while the other player deploys.
Improved MP game creation to default to valid game settings.
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23 Feb 2016Developer post
Update 16 - Achievements and more
Our last update was just before Christmas, so this update is a bigger one. There have been a lot of behind the scenes changes (Unity 5 the biggest among them) but also a lot of new useful stuff for players. Achievements, Trading Cards, Badges and Emoticons They've been very commo
Our last update was just before Christmas, so this update is a bigger one. There have been a lot of behind the scenes changes (Unity 5 the biggest among them) but also a lot of new useful stuff for players.
Achievements, Trading Cards, Badges and Emoticons
They've been very commonly requested, and we were always going to do them, but it was never a huge priority at the start when we had a lot of a game to finish. Now as we're approaching our end goals we've managed to get them in.
A few achievements are disabled (namely Rank related achievements) since these scores aren't finalised.
Custom Keybindings
No PC game is complete without custom keybindings. This also helps our players with international keyboards where the default setup doesn't work well for them. We may adjust the default before final release and I'd also like to look into predefined defaults for specific international keyboards.
Building Flags
We've done a pass on all capture-able buildings to ensure they had clear ownership flags.
More Options
We've exposed more options for quality settings in Video to help with lower end machines. Additionally we've added numerous reset options at the bottom of the General tab.
Included is the option to unlock all missions. This does not grant any achievements and is simply to allow you to bypass the progression blocks to play any mission you like. You still need to beat the levels for achievements!
Unity 5
We've updated Warring States to use Unity 5.3. Up to this point we've been on 4.6, which is quite old by now. We get a lot of gains with this move that directly benefit the game (eg performance). Another benefit of 5.3 is the new lighting system which has allowed us to do a nice pass on the post-process effects in the game.
Here is a side-by-side example of 4.6 and 5.3 with the lighting changes.
Besides improvements to what you see, the new lighting gives us more options for future. So look forward to some new stuff :)
Mission 3-1 Added
We've been slow getting final missions in, as we keep jumping back to fixes or gameplay improvements, but they are slowly coming! Up next is Mission 3-1, the missing initial mission for the invasion of Chu chapter.
More Changes
Besides these updates, we've added numerous little fixes and changes.
Changelist

Added more sound effects across numerous game actions.
Added Steam name to faction names when in MP game.
Campaign progress is now saved properly.
Added portrait for Rally action.
Changed Game Icon to look less like upcoming Total War game ;)
Added more prominent flags to MP capture-able forts.
Changed unit outline renderer to much better system, now with transitions on enable/disable. (Also looks better on siege weapons)
Added confirmation menus on various buttons.
Added loading screen quotes.
Fixed texture seams throughout various maps.
Fixed some walls without end pieces.
Fixed effects on Stone and Wood Tower firing.
Fixed particles on buildings.
Added grey button for non-purchasable units.
Fixed some units missing faction colours.
Fixed Special action banner sequences having alpha issues.
Fixed collision on bridges.
Improved animation transitions significantly, speeding up numerous in-game actions.
Fixed unit selection sound played when removing deployed units.
Fixed music being played as a 3D sound.
Fixed siege towers remaining highlighted after deploy.
Fixed various spelling mistakes.
Fixed Reinforcement ignoring No Anims option.
Fixed special banners appearing multiple times.
Fixed Spearman special icon always being 'on'.
Fixed hidden units being briefly selectable in forests.
Fixed deploying on walls showing multiple options.
Fixed buildings ignoring No Anims option.
Fixed save menu not working if you typed in an option.
Improved save menu performance significantly.
Improved usability of save menu to work more as expected.
Fixed error in Minimap panel.
Fixed randomised mountain heights.
Fixed loading save files where Siege Towers had already been deployed.
Updated Steamworks library version.
Fixed alignment in deploy message.
Fixed Cavalry charge occasionally getting stuck on hills.
Fixed siege tower showing multiple options on deploy.
Added colour to Start Turn text.
Fixed bugs related to cavalry moving over bridges.
Fixed soft-lock related to bridges.
Improved performance significantly on levels with a lot of units.
Fixed bug in MP related to pausing while the other player deploys.
Improved MP game creation to default to valid game settings.
Original post
07 Dec 2015Developer post
Update 15
Time for another update! Lots of little things have gone into this update along with a bunch of bug fixes. Updated Floating Unit Info We've added a morale indicator to the floating unit info, which corresponds in color to the morale level on the unit panel. This gives you morale
Time for another update! Lots of little things have gone into this update along with a bunch of bug fixes.
Updated Floating Unit Info
We've added a morale indicator to the floating unit info, which corresponds in color to the morale level on the unit panel. This gives you morale info of numerous units at a glance.
Multiplayer Team Info
We've gone through and made sure the Team and Steam Player names were communicated well throughout the multiplayer screens. In game there is a HUD element indicating players, as well as an improved game results screen.
Multiplayer Results Screen
Multiplayer games exited the same as single player. This was rather poor, and we always intended a more complete results screen.
Mission Intro Maps
We've finished all of the mission intro maps and even updated the originals to bring them all up to the same standard.
Changelist

Multiplayer Results Screens (local and online)
Multiplayer names and roles indicated in game
Updated Singleplayer Results Screen
Updated Singleplayer Game Over Screen
Added Morale indicator to floating unit info
Improved readability of combat text
Added all mission briefing maps
Updated existing mission briefing maps
Added mission rank indicators
Increased timeout for loading into a multiplayer game
Fixed issue with loading saved games
Fixed bugs that appear when playing a campaign mission after a battle mission
Fixed various issues with the HUD radar/map
Fixed errors in the objective panel on the HUD
Fixed unassigned flags in Capture the Flag Battles
Fixed floating combat text causing mouse clicks to block
Fixed a soft lock that occurred when a unit retreated while another action blocks its path
Fixed a bug related to the change of Windows locale preventing the game from launching
Fixed issues with fog of war updating when a unit dies or is removed from deployment
Fixed the representation of supplies on the HUD map
Fixed supply buildings not having an icon or name when selected
Fixed Tower and Gate height collision
Fixed Unit spread on Tower and Gate
Fixed Team Frame to fit multiple elements
Now that we've got a lot of stability fixes and UI improvements in, we're going to be focusing again on content. If all goes to plan, the next update will be a big batch of campaign missions.
Original post
07 Dec 2015Developer post
Update 15
Time for another update! Lots of little things have gone into this update along with a bunch of bug fixes. Updated Floating Unit Info We've added a morale indicator to the floating unit info, which corresponds in color to the morale level on the unit panel. This gives you morale
Time for another update! Lots of little things have gone into this update along with a bunch of bug fixes.
Updated Floating Unit Info
We've added a morale indicator to the floating unit info, which corresponds in color to the morale level on the unit panel. This gives you morale info of numerous units at a glance.
Multiplayer Team Info
We've gone through and made sure the Team and Steam Player names were communicated well throughout the multiplayer screens. In game there is a HUD element indicating players, as well as an improved game results screen.
Multiplayer Results Screen
Multiplayer games exited the same as single player. This was rather poor, and we always intended a more complete results screen.
Mission Intro Maps
We've finished all of the mission intro maps and even updated the originals to bring them all up to the same standard.
Changelist

Multiplayer Results Screens (local and online)
Multiplayer names and roles indicated in game
Updated Singleplayer Results Screen
Updated Singleplayer Game Over Screen
Added Morale indicator to floating unit info
Improved readability of combat text
Added all mission briefing maps
Updated existing mission briefing maps
Added mission rank indicators
Increased timeout for loading into a multiplayer game
Fixed issue with loading saved games
Fixed bugs that appear when playing a campaign mission after a battle mission
Fixed various issues with the HUD radar/map
Fixed errors in the objective panel on the HUD
Fixed unassigned flags in Capture the Flag Battles
Fixed floating combat text causing mouse clicks to block
Fixed a soft lock that occurred when a unit retreated while another action blocks its path
Fixed a bug related to the change of Windows locale preventing the game from launching
Fixed issues with fog of war updating when a unit dies or is removed from deployment
Fixed the representation of supplies on the HUD map
Fixed supply buildings not having an icon or name when selected
Fixed Tower and Gate height collision
Fixed Unit spread on Tower and Gate
Fixed Team Frame to fit multiple elements
Now that we've got a lot of stability fixes and UI improvements in, we're going to be focusing again on content. If all goes to plan, the next update will be a big batch of campaign missions.
Original post
12 Nov 2015Developer post
Update 14
Hey everyone! This week we have had quite a few bug fixes go in, but also a couple cool features. In the past we've slipped bug fixes in with occasional ninja updates during the week, but we've been prompted by a few asking what are in these updates. We don't really want to post
12 Nov 2015Developer post
Update 14
Hey everyone! This week we have had quite a few bug fixes go in, but also a couple cool features. In the past we've slipped bug fixes in with occasional ninja updates during the week, but we've been prompted by a few asking what are in these updates. We don't really want to post
21 Oct 2015Developer post
Update 13
This week we're adding the previously mentioned Multiplayer modes that were in development and held up by our front-end update. Along with these modes includes new maps and we've expanded the number of players up to 4. Multiplayer Modes We've added a few different modes and optio
This week we're adding the previously mentioned Multiplayer modes that were in development and held up by our front-end update. Along with these modes includes new maps and we've expanded the number of players up to 4.
Multiplayer Modes
We've added a few different modes and options to play besides the original battle. There was a lack of win conditions previously, or limits which meant you could find yourself in a stand-off where neither side wanted to advance. You can still have this if you want, but now you can break this up with the following options:

Attacker VS Defender - The defender wins if he holds out for a specific amount of turns, while the attacker wins if the defender is defeated or routed from the map. In this mode, you can specific the deployment points of each team independently.
Capture of the Flag - Capturable flag points are scattered around the map to be taken and held. You may set the number of flags to be taken, requiring either the whole map worth, or only some to win.
Turn Limits - You can specify turn limits for your game, to create a sense of urgency between players or allowing one player in the lead to go on the defensive and hold out for victory.
Siege Maps - Attacker VS Defender has the option to have siege battles, adding a map specific fortress to be fought over.
4-Players with Teams
Since we've added up to 4-players now for multiplayer; we felt it was prudent to include teams. This makes the primary ally and opponent based on your team number, rather than faction. You can have any combination of teams 4-players allows. Only Attacker vs Defender is limited to 2 teams for obvious reasons.
New Large Map
4-Player can be best played on larger maps, so we've added a larger desert-tiled map to give you more room for battles.
New Unit UI and Combat Window
We've updated the unit display on the HUD to make quick-glance info more readable and changed the stat values and traits panel entirely optional. Whatever state you leave these panels in will be saved, so no need to keep re-opening them if you like to see them. We have further work to come on the Combat Window element.
Original post
21 Oct 2015Developer post
Update 13
This week we're adding the previously mentioned Multiplayer modes that were in development and held up by our front-end update. Along with these modes includes new maps and we've expanded the number of players up to 4. Multiplayer Modes We've added a few different modes and optio
This week we're adding the previously mentioned Multiplayer modes that were in development and held up by our front-end update. Along with these modes includes new maps and we've expanded the number of players up to 4.
Multiplayer Modes
We've added a few different modes and options to play besides the original battle. There was a lack of win conditions previously, or limits which meant you could find yourself in a stand-off where neither side wanted to advance. You can still have this if you want, but now you can break this up with the following options:

Attacker VS Defender - The defender wins if he holds out for a specific amount of turns, while the attacker wins if the defender is defeated or routed from the map. In this mode, you can specific the deployment points of each team independently.
Capture of the Flag - Capturable flag points are scattered around the map to be taken and held. You may set the number of flags to be taken, requiring either the whole map worth, or only some to win.
Turn Limits - You can specify turn limits for your game, to create a sense of urgency between players or allowing one player in the lead to go on the defensive and hold out for victory.
Siege Maps - Attacker VS Defender has the option to have siege battles, adding a map specific fortress to be fought over.
4-Players with Teams
Since we've added up to 4-players now for multiplayer; we felt it was prudent to include teams. This makes the primary ally and opponent based on your team number, rather than faction. You can have any combination of teams 4-players allows. Only Attacker vs Defender is limited to 2 teams for obvious reasons.
New Large Map
4-Player can be best played on larger maps, so we've added a larger desert-tiled map to give you more room for battles.
New Unit UI and Combat Window
We've updated the unit display on the HUD to make quick-glance info more readable and changed the stat values and traits panel entirely optional. Whatever state you leave these panels in will be saved, so no need to keep re-opening them if you like to see them. We have further work to come on the Combat Window element.
Original post

Updates & announcements

Warring States: Tactics has been Released!

Release Trailer

New Website

Changes

Warring States: Tactics has been Released!

Release Trailer

New Website

Changes

Where have we been?

Campaign 04

New Multiplayer Map - Confluence Crossing

New Multiplayer Map - Stone Forest

Multiplayer Map Balance

Mission Balance Pass

AI Improvements

New Special Attack - Arrow Salvo

Combat Improvements

Line of Sight

Morale

Unit Costs and Stats

Tactics Points and Special Attacks

Reinforce

Raise Morale/Rally

Charges

Unused Deploy Points

Quality of Life

Right-Click Actions

Flag Selection

Deploy Multiple Units

Options Tooltips

Animation Speed Toggle

Unit Performance Option

Optimisation

Bug Fixes

Where have we been?

Campaign 04

New Multiplayer Map - Confluence Crossing

New Multiplayer Map - Stone Forest

Multiplayer Map Balance

Mission Balance Pass

AI Improvements

New Special Attack - Arrow Salvo

Combat Improvements

Line of Sight

Morale

Unit Costs and Stats

Tactics Points and Special Attacks

Reinforce

Raise Morale/Rally

Charges

Unused Deploy Points

Quality of Life

Right-Click Actions

Flag Selection

Deploy Multiple Units

Options Tooltips

Animation Speed Toggle

Unit Performance Option

Optimisation

Bug Fixes

New Multiplayer Maps

Small - South Sea Island

Small - Bridge Control

Medium - Hidden Paradise

Medium - Serpents Way

Bugfixes

New Multiplayer Maps

Small - South Sea Island

Small - Bridge Control

Medium - Hidden Paradise

Medium - Serpents Way

Bugfixes

Gameplay Guide

Font Rendering Optimisation

Steam Invites

Balance Changes

Bugslayers

Upcoming

Gameplay Guide