Bellum Aeternum v1.0.0 Release Notes

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After nearly a year of iteration, from early mission development to the final release rebuild, Bellum Aeternum v1.0.0 is now officially available.

Now let's take a look at the key features in the official release.

You can download and play it from the Download Page.

Featured Content

Brand-New Campaign

The official release unlocks 6 missions per faction, for a total of 12 campaign missions, including epic storylines, high-quality maps, and rich mission mechanics.

Before jumping into the campaign, we strongly recommend checking the Lore first.

New Skirmish Mode

The campaign-exclusive Panjandrum Mk.7 now appears in a new skirmish mode.

New mode: Rampage. On the new map "Racing Forest", players can only use the Panjandrum Mk.7 to defeat all enemies with insane speed and wildly unreliable attacks.

There is no skill ceiling here, only luck and adrenaline.

Major Changes

1. Super Weapons Greatly Enhanced

Super weapons are optional and require tech progression before use. Their previous impact was underwhelming, so they have received major buffs in this version.

Nuclear Missile:

  • Damage increased; one strike can destroy any single building.
  • Blast damage now falls off from center to edge.
  • Nuclear radiation duration increased.

Lightning Storm:

  • Area of effect increased.
  • Damage increased; central buildings can be destroyed very quickly.
  • Duration increased, but strike frequency reduced.

2. Tech Tree Adjustments

Sabre Fighter: Due to mission timeline constraints and size considerations, the Dagger has been replaced by the Sabre. Changes include:

Sabre Fighter
Sabre Fighter
  • Weapon changed from air-to-ground missiles to bombs.
  • Maneuverability reduced.
  • Voice lines replaced.

3. Performance Optimization

Beta v1.2 still had performance drops caused by visual enhancements. This release includes focused optimization across the game:

  • Wreck fire duration shortened.
  • Half transparency disabled for some smoke effects.
  • Trail effects removed from some debris.
  • Particle effects removed from the radiation tank.

New Content

  1. Added several neutral buildings.
  2. Added several terrain tiles.
  3. Added several mission structures.
  4. Added Soviet unit: BTR-152P half-track (mission only).
  5. Added Allied unit: Panjandrum Mk.7 (mission only).
  6. Added Bomb Drone Car (cannot be built, only from crates).

Updated Content

Global Changes

1. Unit veterancy is easier to gain: destroy units worth 1.5x your unit value to level up.

Visual Adjustments

  1. Replaced nuclear strike effect animation.
  2. Replaced Allied Battlefield Control Center model.
  3. Replaced Allied Emergency Power Plant model.
  4. Optimized missile trail-flame animation.
  5. Replaced rocket launcher trail-flame animation.
  6. Added flashing police lights to police cars.
  7. Replaced some fire animations.
  8. Reworked campfire visual effects.
  9. Improved weather animation presentation.
  10. Optimized Flak Track model.
  11. Improved electric arc visuals for all Tesla weapons.

Voice Adjustments:

  1. Replaced Katyusha voice lines.
  2. Replaced Radiation Tank voice lines.

Mechanics Adjustments:

  1. Reworked napalm payload for intruder aircraft.
  2. Nuclear reactors no longer trigger a nuclear blast on destruction; now they cause prolonged radiation leakage.
  3. Crate changes:
    • Removed the map-wide HP recovery crate.
    • Toxic gas crates can no longer damage NBC-protected vehicles.
  4. Fire truck water cannon behavior adjusted; now it can extinguish campfires.
  5. Optimized bombing behavior of the Stratosphere Fortress Bomber.
  6. Bullet impact points now scatter randomly.

AI Changes

AI now uses a wider variety of unit types in combat, including hidden units.

Bug Fixes

  1. Fixed missing display names for some units.
  2. Fixed firing coordinate errors for the Stealth Tank and IFV.
  3. Fixed incorrect HP value for Flak Cannon.
  4. Fixed firing coordinates for:
    • Flak Track
    • Flak Cannon
    • Sentry Gun
    • IFV
    • IFV (Arctic)
    • Stealth Tank
  5. Corrected movement and pathfinding behavior for some vehicles.

Balance Changes

  1. Heavy Trooper secondary projectile speed reduced, building damage increased.
  2. Rocket Infantry primary projectile speed reduced, building damage increased.
  3. Assault Trooper primary and secondary weapon range increased.
  4. Conscript primary weapon range increased.
  5. Nuclear missile can destroy Kirov Airships at blast center.
  6. Residual fire damage slightly increased.
  7. Katyusha accuracy increased, ammo reduced to 6 rockets.
  8. Centurion Tank HP increased to 1400.
  9. Flak Track main weapon changed to 23mm AA cannon with longer anti-air range.
  10. IFV repair speed reduced.
  11. Apocalypse rocket damage and blast radius increased, but accuracy reduced.
  12. Radiation Engineer deployed weapon slightly improved.
  13. First capture of a Tech Oil Derrick now grants 2000 credits.
  14. Special Forces C4 placement interval reduced to 1 second.
  15. Flak Track and Stealth Transport now have higher passenger survival chance.
  16. Main weapons of Armed Miner, Rhino Tank, Apocalypse Tank, Grizzly Tank, Battle Fortress, and Radiation Tank gain extra accuracy at elite rank.
  17. Secondary weapons of Machine Gun Bunker, Sentry Gun, Battle Fortress, and main weapon of Half-Track gain extra accuracy.
  18. Tech Oil Derrick income tick rate increased.
  19. Grizzly Tank main ammo changed to HVAP with faster projectile speed.
  20. Conscript and Assault Trooper primary projectile speed increased.
  21. Prism Tank HP increased (1000 -> 1300).
  22. Black Prince AVRE HP reduced (2200 -> 1500).
  23. Tesla Reactor power output reduced from 150 to 120.