The Human Resources Kickstarter was cancelled slowing down engine development. Misunderstanding, bad timing and miscommunication about ongoing development of classic PA after the 1.0 release did not help. There is a lot of misinformation usually posted by a small vocal minority upset that they did not receive Titans for free.Ĭlassic PA had a rough launch in September 2014 followed by a cancelled Kickstarter for Human Resources which was based on the same engine: Human Resources Kickstarter and Negativity The armory contains cosmetic commander skins from the original Kickstarter tiers and high level backers. There are no micro payments and no pay to win. You can also host private or public dedicated servers: No Micro Payments / No Pay To Win If you have good internet upload and download speeds you can host multiplayer games over the internet in online or offline mode. With great specs you can host multiplayer LAN games in offline mode using a single copy of PA. With reasonable specs you can play offline using a local server and without an internet connection. Like all applications, an SSD will dramatically improve startup and loading times. To play online you need at least 1 Mbit/s or faster reliable broadband internet connection.
Out of date drivers and software that conflicts with OpenGL or network connections are the top causes of issues. You can read about sim performance, time dilation and RAM usage here: There is no unit cap by design so the limit is the hardware. The minimum specs of OpenGL 3.2+ and Shader 3.0 are supported by all modern GPUs. Ideally you want dedicated graphics with at least 1GB VRAM. To support the new units, unit wreckage and multi-level terrain the minimum specs for Titans have increased to 8GB RAM (12GB or more preferred) with a quad core processor. Once you do it's hard to go back to flat maps. You will get used to playing on spherical planets. learn to use middle mouse to grab and alt middle mouse to rotate.disable pole lock and use align to north pole (default keybind: n).have fun even if you're losing (it takes time to learn).practice against different Queller AI Uber personalities:.practice against the AI in skirmish mode (your goal is to win games with two Absurd AI players consistently).watch replays (with caps lock on to see orders) including the top 10 gold, platinum and uber players (gold will be easier to emulate if you are new).review every game you play using chronocam at the end of your game.
The full unit database including Legion Expansion is available here: and a list of community mods is available here: Learning To Play PA has an active modding community including the community developed Legion Expansion faction mod for Titans: Titans adds new units and experimentals or super units that were not part of the original Kickstarter pitch and were specifically excluded from classic PA.
Titans is free for the original 44,000+ Kickstarter backers of classic PA from September 2012 and is 90% off (US$3.99) for all other classic PA owners.īoth games share the same engine and continue to receive updates: Īnother update to both games is due soon. Planetary Annihilation Inc is a new company with a team comprised of original PA developers and long-time community contributors focused on making PA into the best game that it can be, one ready to take full advantage of the many changes in technology since development started back in 2012. Most multiplayer and 1v1 ladder ranked players have moved to Titans. Titans owners can join and host classic PA games.
Both are self published indie games.Īs a standalone expansion you do not need classic PA. Planetary Annihilation Titans is a standalone expansion to Classic Planetary Annihilation. Planetary Annihilation is now developed by Planetary Annihilation Inc.