Supreme Ruler 2030 Development - Refits and Upgrades

[@TheArakan94]

Yay! It's finally here.

[@jake2.035]

You did it guys! you put in something new and flashy! something we can get excited about! Thank you guys, before this announcement I was 90/10 for not buying SR30 unless heavily reduced in price, now, I'm buying it on release.

[@viktorolasz8583]

You guys are improving on the things I see missing in Sumpreme Ruller Ultimate, like the AI hardly build roads and rail and other bouilding as well. And it makes the game sometimes feel preaty dead. Keep up the good work!

[@ripthetruth1006]

Great to see this improvement to the engine finally being made. Been one of my personal wish list items since i stated playing SR2020 in 2008

[@FFDmh2223]

Congrats, I'll be buying for this feature alone. Can't wait

[@rbfishcs123]

Ahhh this is FANTASTIC!!!

[@citizengone6138]

Sweeeeet!!! Cannot wait this sounds awesome!

[@albiovernight]

Wow!!!

[@KonglomeratYT]

Upgrades are super interesting! The "Arms Race" preset to auto-scrap units as an option has now basically become irrelevant. Will there be a way to automate upgrades?

[@chrisbattlegoat]

In theory, with minister initiative and the right minister priorities, it should be possible to automate this. We'll need to test that all the pieces line up.

[@wesleyodell1338]

Awesome! Just like the Minutemen going through the phases of upgrades, they didn't change the warheads or the missile casings, just upgraded the electronics and propulsion systems. This is GREAT!

[@wesleyodell1338]

Also, as a prior Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Operations Specialist in the US Army, I love messing with the Chemical units. Kills a lot of units fast because the AI didn't seem to think about chemical warfare protection. Is the AI now going to think about protecting their units more against this?

[@profesoroff]

This is all great with unit upgrades, but just as important a feature, it would be great if we encircle a base or an enemy unit (force units-equipment to surrender, capture and study for subsequent production already at their bases) Thus, introduce another feature with prisoners and the exchange of these prisoners (Lowering, raising morale, etc.) Ps. Sorry for my English if something is difficult to understand (Spy capture of research is relevant more for the cold war)

[@gabeghiby6935]

upgrades and refits and researching tech to buff for units sound awesome... please make something to allow us to rotate the map, or see the map from different angles, if and when needed... like maybe a camera viewpoint that we can control and rotate around a spot/hex on the map, as we need it... something similar to how they made it in Sim City or City Skylines... like to see some city, or units behind a mountain, that otherwise, we can't see because the map - or our view - is fixed always pointing north...

[@BattleGoat]

We do allow a full top-down view hotkey to help with this, but because of our very large map size and other technical issues a rotating camera view is not on our current development list.

[@gabeghiby6935]

@@BattleGoat I understand... just it might worth a brainstorm meeting about it in my opinion a rotating camera would be a significant improvement for the gameplay experience...

[@sparkyplug28]

Most requested game addition ever is here 😂 great news

[@mrxsatyr8459]

Is there any chance on you guys making improvements on battlegroups for battle groups? ex. Making 3 battalion sized battle groups and then forming a larger regional army battle group of those 3 smaller ones??

[@BattleGoat]

Improving Battlegroups is definitely on our list. We've made a number of significant enhancements, including the ability to set a leader unit of a Battlegroup and auto-creation of groups, and more cooperation among units of a group. A full hierarchy system is a 15-year wishlist item, since Supreme Ruler 2010, and there are a lot of complexities with that. Right now we're not doing hierarchy (ie regiments-divisions-armies etc) but the new Battlegroup features should make control of groups more flexible, and we'll continue looking at player feedback for more ideas.

[@wesleyodell1338]

@@BattleGoat I always tried to get my ship fleets built with 2 subs, 2 destroyers, 2 cruisers, and a carrier. Then I loaded my carriers with all the aircraft. This is great! I will have an easier time making my fleets with being able to make 1 battlegroup and setting it to auto-create. I can't wait to get this game on release!

[@Grannn]

Quick question :) Can you name the upgraded units? For example if a western nation buys BMP-1's from the market, once upgraded can you change the name to something like BMP-1-UK Mk.1 ?

[@chrisbattlegoat]

You can rename your units

[@Grannn]

@@chrisbattlegoat Thank you :)

[@dmitrybrooklyn]

Best update alongside loyalty update and diplomacy you did is good

[@hua15814]

Will we be able to refit aircraft aboard carriers? So if I have an aircraft carrier away from my territory, can I change the aircraft on my carrier from air-to-air armaments to air-to-ground?

[@SoWhiskey]

Great news! I was waiting for such mechanism for years! Would it be possible to modernise units straight from A1 to A3 or will I need to upgrade it to A2 and then to A3?

[@chrisbattlegoat]

You'll need to go through each step

[@SoWhiskey]

@@chrisbattlegoat So in order to manufacture A3 variant I'll need it researched, but to upgrade A1 variant to A3 I'll need A2 researched as well? Or research of A3 would be possible to unlock only if I have A2 already known?

[@chrisbattlegoat]

@@SoWhiskey A3 needs A2 to be researched first.

[@SoWhiskey]

@@chrisbattlegoat So obtaining blueprints for A3 diplomatically would be possible only if I already have A2 or getting them both at one time or it would be just for production, not modernisation purpose? Sorry for my inquisitiveness, but SR2020 is a game that I play for 15 years and I just recently found out about 2030 and I'm super hyped for it...

[@chrisbattlegoat]

@@SoWhiskey If someone trades you the A3, they end up giving you the A2 design as well. You would then send the unit into upgrade twice in a row. No worries, glad you're hyped :)

[@britishgamer666]

This is perfect for keeping older units with experience in the game. Instead of having to scrap a unit with lots of battle experience, you can upgrade it and keep the experience. Good stuff.

[@nelsontadeu9505]

These updates are really good. And improvements that I saw that I didn't have in Supreme Ruler ultimate. I would also like to have a translation for PT/BR

[@JM_Traslo]

Do we get to specify this? it seems like they're auto-picking upgrades with no info on what it refits/upgrades to.

[@chrisbattlegoat]

Each unit has exactly 1 upgrade option and/or 1 refit option. We're still working on the UI to preview what that upgrade/refit.

[@FA1F.W]

This features will make game process more difficult. Thank you, guys. I really love this game

[@ivythewhiteboxer9726]

Have you added the ability to target a certain part of a complex/city with missiles? For example a city has power plants or an airfield connected to it, I would like to target these but not the city. This was a feature in SR2010 but has since not worked the same in the other games. If i could have one feature this would be it.

[@chrisbattlegoat]

Yes, you can target specific facilities in a location when firing missiles.

[@ivythewhiteboxer9726]

@@chrisbattlegoat Thanks for replying Chris. Now looking forward to 2030 even more now.

[@brandonvortex995]

question? is there an black market arms trade? instead just ordering a military hardware through other country that sometimes reject it you can buy weapons from black market

[@BattleGoat]

We aren't adding a "black market" but we've added the real-world equivalent - the open public arms market! The World Market will now buy and sell equipment to players. So you now have the choice of buying equipment on the World Market or continuing to negotiate directly with individual regions.

[@brandonvortex995]

@@BattleGoat sweet! I'll buy that for a dollar!

[@idam9336]

This will be game changing! Will the AI be able to rebuild destroyed bridges and build a new bridge entirely?

[@yasserhamedo69]

Waw that's i was hoping since long time to find it in the game . My question is for how long time we have to wait . Really you took very long time

[@verasz]

All I want is just better engine and improved AI.

[@chrisbattlegoat]

Both of those things are already in. There is a discussion thread on our dev forums that lists the features that we're confident will be in; www.bgforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=104&t=32873

[@Страпетилы]

It would be cool to separate countries by region. And I like to have trade nodes that you have a more lively market, but the fact that during the occupation you can buy everything you need and it will turn out to be a little annoying for you (the meaning is lost in the embarco). And there would also be a feature with a civil war and different parties so that there would be a difference between the pros and cons of soybean regimes. And you can fasten the AI ​​functions so that it would only take away for repairs). Me and my friends are your fans from Russia, I hope you don't cancel us

[@airairsol]

the only A.I improvement i am hoping for is for it to not send it's whole army to be slaughtered by the enemy submarine waiting for it to turn into merchant marine at the port (Serbia trying to conquer the new greek capital after conquering Greece's mainland)

[@citizengone6138]

Sounds like the issue is with the intelligence of the user rather than AI. Did you try a different unit class (waterlanding) and landing craft over trying to force merchant marine on a port ? Or destroying the submarine ? I mean if this is your greatest issue with AI then you have some low expectations sir.

[@airairsol]

​@@citizengone6138 i obviously wasn't controlling Serbia ,it was A.I vs A.I war .

[@footballuniverse6522]

indeed this is a HUGE thorn in SRU's side, the AI is still very very primitive I wish it could make intelligent calculations like in europa universalis where computer opponent feels like a real tough challenge

[@citizengone6138]

@@airairsol I stand corrected sir!

[@Lonewolf-6]

Why i cant use any cheats in SR 2030

[@my_account.]

That is really awesome 🎉 Hope the new game won't be stalling in late stages due to unit spam by AI Will AI be able to remove unnecessary units?

[@chrisbattlegoat]

The AI in SRU can already scrap old units. The important change you're looking for is the AI shutting off unit production when certain conditions are met. That has been improved and is currently in testing. This should reduce mid to late game overproduction without leaving AI regions vulnerable.

[@my_account.]

@@chrisbattlegoat great news! Thanks!

[@AnthonyTheExotic]

Can you guys make a coal regeneration technology that gives countries with no coal the ability to make it like gas. Also please do the same with uranium. Thanks

[@yasserhamedo69]

When this game will see the life ??

[@chrisbattlegoat]

See the previous video we released for some details on this. The demo will be available in June's Steam NextFest.

[@ZZ-RS]

Russia luse in Ukraine...WHAT A REALISTIC GAME...🤣🤣🤣 This is SF game, LOL...

[@randomguy-rm1wf]

Looks the same