Eterium is a space flight sim in the spirit of 90's games like Wing Commander and X-Wing. Developed by a two-man team, Eterium aims to bring the classic style of space combat games into the modern era. You play as a pilot working his way up the ranks aboard the United Earth Alliance carrier Canopus during a war against an evil alien race known as the Revi. Experience story-driven gameplay, advanced artificial intelligence, procedural missions and intense 3D space combat as you battle your way through over 30 missions of action-packed gameplay. Gameplay Features: * Fully customizable joystick, Xbox controller and mouse support * Outstanding stereo 3D support (nVidia 3d Vision only) * Advanced artificial intelligence * Dynamic difficulty * Intelligent procedural mission generation * Advanced ship damage systems * Fully 3D rendered cockpits * Asteroid and mine fields
Major Changes:
- New music
- Improved Graphics and Performance
- HDR Lighting
- An all new 3rd mission
- A chance to encounter a new enemy fighter, the Grilkath Medium Fighter.
Release Notes:
- If you have a previous version of the Eterium Demo installed, you will need to uninstall it.Release Notes2435.11 -> 2534.02- Added new music- New 3rd mission- Added HDR lighting- Improved graphics quality- Dynamic battle music- Improved lighting model- Add invert option for all axes and throttle on joystick- Added FXAA antialiasing as a lower quality option- Added improved tone mapping and bloom- Improved landing- Fixed ghost menu input when using Xbox Controller- Menu now responds to mouse up rather than mouse down- Difficulty menu defaults to normal- Overwrite dialog defaults to cancel- Star glows are now the color of the star- Reduced intensity of star glows- Add new eject alarm- Change communication shortcuts- Launcher now defaults to joystick- Updates to procedurally generated mission briefings- Fixed damage trails blocking view- Added Grilkath Medium Fighter as an enemy to the demo (available in the 4th mission (sometimes))- Instancing for asteroids- Wingmen are more aggressive on harder difficulties- Fixed several objective related bugs- Fixed xbox controller cycle target bug- Fixed various typos- Improved performance on lower quality settingsKnown Issues:- Debris from explosions rotates off axis.- Debris from exploding Capital ships is wrong size / looks weird.- You may sometimes collide with your wingmen on launch.- Ejecting on last mission ends game (you will need to continue from the start menu if you want to try again)- Starting a new missions after exiting from a previous mission sometimes make intro cinematic unskippable.