Patch Notes: Thunder Run

This week in Thunder Run:

Dear Commanders:

We hope you all enjoyed the final end of season tournaments that took place in all Battlehouse games! As always, we’re blown away by the level of passion and excitement that you all continue to bring to our games, even now when the end looms closer.

With the end of April approaching, we want to provide you all with an important update regarding when specifically the games will be shutting down, and what we can all expect moving forward after the final season tournaments.

As things stand right now, the Battlehouse team will be closing up all games & support by September, 2023. Until then, we’ll do our best to offer support and keep the games running stable so that you can continue to finish up all those final events & achievements if you haven’t already.

That being said, it was recently brought to our attention that Facebook will be closing down access to Battlehouse games from the Facebook Games platform this Friday, April 21st. Rest assured, you will still be able to access your game account and base by downloading our desktop client, and migrating your account over! Be sure to migrate your Facebook account as soon as you can if you wish to continue playing through September! 

Migration Steps

You can now auto-migrate your Facebook account details over to the desktop client!

Please follow the steps below based on which scenario fits you:

Scenario 1: You have never tried our client before. Here are three easy steps to do it!

1. Install client and run it.
2. Select “Use Facebook” and log in with the account you use for the game
3. Click Play Now.

Scenario 2: You have tried the client, logged in with Facebook, but have not migrated yet and want to do so. Please follow these steps:

1. Install the client, and log in
2. Click Account Info
3. Scroll down and look for “Auto-Migrate Existing Account”. If it is Off, click on “Click to Enable”
4. Click Play Now.

Scenario 3: You have tried the client before, but didn’t use the “Login with Facebook” option AND have not yet migrated, please use these steps:

1. Check if you have a Facebook account associated with your login by going to https://www.battlehouse.com/bh_login/login/
2. Click the button for the login method you currently use in the desktop client.
3. Click on “Click here to manage your account.”
4. If “Linked Facebook Login: (none) appears, copy down the email address that appears further up
5. Go back to https://www.battlehouse.com/bh_login/login/
6. Click “Continue with Facebook” and log in with the account you use for the game
7. Click on “Click here to manage your account.”
8. If the email address is the same as the one you already had, you’re done. If not, click on “Change” next to your email and enter the one you copied in step 4.
9. Check your email and click the confirmation link.
10. Follow the steps in Scenario 2

Note: Please follow the appropriate steps for your situation. As it was before, migrating accounts will result in loss of access of one of the accounts. Due to the technical challenge of unmerging accounts, we will not be able to do this for anyone in the foreseeable future.

Important: If you have already migrated your account via support or the migration tool, do NOT enable “Auto-Migrate Existing Account” on your client.

Looking to hang out with old friends? Head on over to the community-run Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

Season 29, Final Tournament Winners!

• ARB TOP1 – 11809 Points

1 – alomdaisrawy L71 with 3051 points WINS 800 Gold
2 – SpecialForeces L62 with 3032 points WINS 800 Gold
3 – GEN. Chishty L67 with 2015 points WINS 800 Gold
4 – XBOSSXKINGX L72 with 1920 points WINS 800 Gold
5 – cazzivostri L75 with 1878 points WINS 800 Gold
6 – GEN. vitobal L68 with 1559 points WINS 800 Gold
7 – MG. karammetany L44 with 1514 points WINS 800 Gold
8 – GEN. samo L60 with 1499 points WINS 800 Gold
9 – GEN. SATISFIED L69 with 1496 points WINS 800 Gold
10 – Einstein L40 with 1208 points WINS 800 Gold

• BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA – 11385 Points

1 – GEN. DarkFlame L73 with 4203 points WINS 400 Gold
2 – Utoy L49 with 3398 points WINS 400 Gold
3 – matej L61 with 2325 points WINS 400 Gold
4 – Vipeɾ L41 with 2025 points WINS 400 Gold
5 – BG. assasingirl L43 with 1779 points WINS 400 Gold
6 – GEN. majormuscleman L65 with 1363 points WINS 400 Gold
7 – revenge L69 with 1293 points WINS 400 Gold
8 -Bilal L61 with 882 points WINS 400 Gold
9 – LTG. xHRNx L49 with 828 points WINS 400 Gold
10 – WARTHOG L72 with 325 points WINS 400 Gold

• LEGION OF ROYAL CATS – 10903 Points

1 – GEN. giuseppe L75 with 1426 points WINS 250 Gold
2 – COL. CHRISTIANDOG L39 with 582 points WINS 250 Gold
3 – BG. كُہوكُہ L43 with 283 points WINS 250 Gold
4 – MG. KARAM L44 with 265 points WINS 250 Gold
5 – MG. غزةالكرامة L46 with 233 points WINS 250 Gold
6 – SLOWER L43 with 113 points WINS 250 Gold
7 – FUTHUNDERRUN L35 with 46 points WINS 250 Gold

Looking to hang out with old friends? Head on over to the community-run Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

End-of-Season 29 Clan Tournament

Heads up, Commanders!

From April 6th – April 13th, 2023, rally your Clan and head to the Thunder Dome for your chance to be the strongest Clan of Season 27!

Be one of the Top Clans with the most Clan PvP Points to win between 1,750-8,000 Gold, divided evenly among the top 10 members of your clan.

Tournament ends on April 13th, 2022 at 1700 GMT, at which point winners will be announced, prizes awarded. It’s important to note that you should stay in the same Clan through the end of the tournament and for at least one hour afterward, until at least 1800 GMT to ensure your Clan’s prizes are scored correctly.

The Final Tournament

We cannot state how much we appreciate all of you who have played through these several seasons with us. Now, for the final time, go raise some hell!

After the tournament ends, we will be posting the final tournament winners, as well as a couple of stats that you might be interested in. Stay tuned!

Discord Handover

We’re also pleased to announce that the Discord Server has been officially handed over to the players. Hang out with old friends, reminisce the good old days, or talk about other games to play as the sun sets in this chapter. Visit the Discord Server now!

Again, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. And good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

Voice of the Commander Updates

Greetings, Commanders!

As mentioned in our last Patch Notes, now that we have completed rolling out the Apocalypse event, we will try to fix as many lingering bugs as we can to make the last few months be as smooth as possible. Here are a few bugs that have been squashed.

• Leader Barracks now train leaders to L7, whereas it was previously missing
• Stryker Platoon is now researchable, whereas it previously was not despite having the BP
• Hardware Factories now have a Leader slot for Chernyak and Damyan
• Oscar Leaders Chernyak and Damyan no longer deployable on Turret Emplacements

We understand that these bugs may have been occurring for a while, and would like to apologize for the delays. We also thank you for bringing this to our attention, and encourage that you continue to do so.

For more feedback, please head on and share them on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

Apocalypse: Chapter 3

Greetings, Commanders!

The final chapter of the Apocalypse Event is here!

This is it, folks! The finale of finales. Featuring:

• Increased Seismic Datum and Data amount obtained from Apocalyptic Gundar map.
• Heat shield awarded after hitting certain thresholds of seismic data progress. That is plural. So players get multiple shields that stack and caps at 70% damage reduction from Volcanic Towers!
• Apocalypse: Chapter II added to Singles, This is a “bridge” mission to Chapter III.
• Apocalypse: Chapter III added to Singles. Stop Red Pole from destroying Gundar! Or at least, you can certainly try!
• Volcanic ash and lava may fall on your base during defense missions. They may or may not look like missile strikes from afar. Heads up!

The Future

We truly appreciate your patience, Commanders, while we have hunkered down to get this Apocalypse Event out. As previously stated, this will be the final update to the game. Of course, there are some lingering bugs that you have brought forth to us, and we will try our best to fix them in the upcoming weeks if time and resources allow.

This is not the final Patch Note of the game. Not yet, anyway. So we won’t say our final goodbye… yet. Instead, we would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you that have been with us until now. We only got this far because of you. Thank you.

If you have any feedback, please head on and share them on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

Apocalypse: Chapter Two

Greetings, Commanders!

Chapter Two of the Apocalypse Event is here! Featuring a new map map: Apocalyptic Gundar! Race to gather Seismic Data! These will be required to unlock Chapter 3.

We have received a few recurring questions about this event, and we do apologize for the lack of intel on that, Commander. But we’re going to answer the most asked here:

Volcanic Towers are OP. How do we even do this event?

Volcanic Towers can be weakened via an unresearchable tech will shield against lava and thermal damage. This is rewarded upon getting a certain amount of seismic data. It is recommended to do lower level event bases for now, or wait a little. More info below.

Why do we have to do tens of thousands of event bases to beat this event?

You don’t, and we apologize for not communicating this earlier. At the moment, the amount of seismic data obtained per event base it intentionally set too low as a throttling mechanism. The 150,000 seismic data objective is meant to be unreachable at this time, so as to give time for our developers to finish Chapter 3.

As soon as Chapter 3 is ready, seismic data rewards will be increased hugely. By this time, it should be easier to hit the threshold where you can get the heat shield, as well as the full amount required to unlock Chapter 3. Or, you are also free to keep farming now so when Chapter 3 releases, you get the heat shield earlier.

Bug fix

• Bug preventing Oscar leaders from being promoted is now fixed. Other Oscar-related concerns are being looked into.

We again thank everyone who has stood by with us for all this time, and those will stand with us until the end. We hope you like what we have left in store for you in the coming months.

Still, if you have any feedback, please head on and share them on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

Greetings, Commanders!

We sincerely apologize for the delays, but here are the:

Season 28 Tournament Winners!

• ULTRAS – 2864 Points

1 – ROCKY L64 with 1062 points WINS 800 Gold
2 – TheEnd L68 with 884 points WINS 800 Gold
3 – Mathieu L75 with 519 points WINS 800 Gold
4 – Ica L75 with 504 points WINS 800 Gold
5 – Madness L59 with 365 points WINS 800 Gold
6 – GEN. kaptain L72 with 363 points WINS 800 Gold
7 – GEN. MagicStick L69 with 322 points WINS 800 Gold
8 – kacho L71 with 309 points WINS 800 Gold
9 – xXxWiCkEdBoYxXx L71 with 286 points WINS 800 Gold
10 – GEN. ALGNOUR L68 with 273 points WINS 800 Gold

• War Fighters – 2471 Points

1 – GEN. blackhunter L71 with 1920 points WINS 400 Gold
2 – GEN. FUBAR L72 with 727 points WINS 400 Gold
3 – xXxBELAxXx L70 with 605 points WINS 400 Gold
4 – xxMANGAxx L69 with 316 points WINS 400 Gold
5 – GEN. تريكة L72 with 284 points WINS 400 Gold
6 – GEN. xXxQASEMxXx L65 with 187 points WINS 400 Gold
7 – kingsaid L73 with 186 points WINS 400 Gold
8 – Feridun L73 with 63 points WINS 400 Gold
9 – elameer L72 with 60 points WINS 400 Gold
10 – xxxRAVENxxx L39 with 46 points WINS 400 Gold

• THE DESERT SHARKS – 541 Points

1 – GEN. GRIZZLY L75 with 205 points WINS 291 Gold
2 – SlackBlast L72 with 137 points WINS 291 Gold
3 – GEN. TheHornet L59 with 126 points WINS 291 Gold
4 – GEN. devastator666 L71 with 75 points WINS 291 Gold
5 – GEN. BIGGPAPPAPETE L59 with 46 points WINS 291 Gold
6 -LTG. WalkerTexasRngr L47 with 10 points WINS 291 Gold

Have new feedback to share? Let us know over on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

Voice of the Commander Updates

Greetings, Commanders!

This is it. The beginning of the end. Welcome… to the Apocalypse!

Apocalypse Event: Chapter One

The Apocalypse has begun! In this update, you will find…

• 24 levels of mayhem! Featuring:
  • Cutscenes of beloved (and behated) characters with new portrait and backdrop art
  • An all new lava environment with completely new artwork (careful, it’s hot!)
  • New Volcano environment hazards that send out blasts of lava. Steer your units clear, they can’t damage volcanoes but volcanoes can damage them.
  • New Volcanic Tower buildings with a new art model. Does the same damage as a volcano, but your units can damage these.
  • Reworked loot tables. All units, turrets, and missiles now have free unlock items for every level. The loot system will check your levels in order and award you an appropriate upgrade item. Use it right away so you can enjoy the newfound power before your next mission.
  • New 60-minute, 50% damage boosts for infantry, vehicles, and aircraft in the loot mix.
  • Chapter II is coming soon, with a race to gather seismic data before Red Pole launches the next step in his vile xenophobic plan.

Game improvements

• Lore-drop with the new “Dossiers” in Achievements New “History of Gundar” achievement. Click to see a brief cutscene.
• All single-player maps are now available all the time, but will be replaced with a new Apocalypse event map as new chapters roll in. Eventually, all of them will be retired upon the Apocalypse Grand Finale. Beat them before they disappear forever!
• Slashed prices and build times again
• ONP Store permanently open, with Hardware Prizes store planned to do the same
• ONP no longer expire. Save and spend!

We again thank everyone who has stood by with us for all this time, and those will stand with us until the end. We hope you like what we have in store for you in the next coming months.

Oh, and a belated Seasons Greetings to everyone! We also wish you a Happy New Year!

Still, if you have any feedback, please head on and share them on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

Voice of the Commander Updates

Greetings, Commanders!

“It came in the dead of night. A patch of stars disappeared a few days ago. In its place, a strange spot of darkness, a black void where the stars should have been. It quickly grew larger, eventually encompassing the night sky. Then, it suddenly disappeared. The stars flickered again, as if nothing happened.“

These were the words of our night-duty guards, who swear that since that incident, our technological progress has been reversed. That we have been sent back a short period back in time.

This, of course, is hard to believe. We are leaning more towards the possibility that our guards were having a sneaky drink while on duty. They have been sent to our resident psychiatrists for further eval.

We still have our TOC13. We still have our Doped Mines. We still have our latest military technologies. Our units, turrets, and bases still behave as they used to two months ago.

Still, even though the guards have sent to our resident psychiatrists for further eval, some of us cannot shake the feeling that something has changed. If what they saw was real, perhaps it is a sign of things to come. We will report any updates, Commander! In the meantime, here are the…..

Tweaks of the Week

• Just in case it wasn’t clear above, all balance changes have been reversed.
• Bug involving undying units being targeted by the TOC LRAD has been fixed. Just to be clear, it was a bug. NOT a cheat or a hack.
• Due to the reversal of the balance changes, there will likely be little to no tweaks made further. Apocalypse event development is now in full-swing.

We appreciate all the feedback over the past few weeks on the new systems. We understand that some have gotten used to and have actually enjoyed the new systems. Unfortunately, further tweaking and balancing is taking up too much of our lead developer’s time – something we are running out of.

Still, if you have any feedback, please head on and share them on our Thunder Run Discord Server.

Good hunting, Commanders!

New this week in Thunder Run:

Voice of the Commander Updates

Greetings, Commanders!

Our team has continued, and will continue, making tweaks to the new systems so as to make it easier for everyone to participate in our “Grand Finale.”

We are again thankful for those who keep on providing feedback so we can continue to try and make these last few months as fun and memorable as we can for everyone. Here are some changes to address a few of the issues and suggestions that you’ve brought forth to us.

Tweaks of the Week

• Splash area was too small that units are often unable to hit moving targets. Splash area has been doubled.
• Reduced HP penalty for DPS units by 20%
• Nerfed AI unit damage and HP.
• Slight boost to unit damage and HP for all player units.
• All other maps have closed. There are now only two maps.
  • Tournament Map: Strongpoint Quarries now award combat bonuses in addition to quarry yield and text bonuses.
  • Non-Tournament Map: Free base damage protection is now awarded more frequently.
• Due to PvP issues at higher levels, security teams from leader items have had their HP and DPS nerfed. Since single player AI attackers have reduced HP and DPS compared to players, this should have minimal effect on the difficulty of single-player and bring the defenses of bases in PvP closer in line with what people are used to.
• When units are selected a group, their speed is modified so they will stay closer together. As soon as they are no longer in a group they regain their normal speed.
  • Group speed works this way: The difference between the speed of the slowest and largest is divided by the size of the group. The group then gets the minimum speed plus this, or +5%, whichever is smaller.
  • The reason for this is to make it always worthwhile to group units, but not allow really slow units to travel super-rapidly around the map by also selecting an ultra-fast unit.

Incoming

• Client: Will take another crack at improving targeting when a unit can do no damage. Snipers currently refuse to target buildings at all. They are meant to never select a building on their own.
• Combat Balance: Will be continuing evaluation of difficulty attacking and defending. Have made new script to instantly rework a base at a higher or lower TOC tier in order to test different difficulties.
• Content:
  • The “Apocalypse” event is in the works.
  • Reduced costs of TOC leader upgrades (will require a TOC leader promotion token instead of merging, reduced time and resources to upgrade).
  • Reducing XP requirements for player levels so everyone has a chance to get to max level before the end.
• De-Monetization: We will be further increasing speed bonuses given by gold/alloy. Pre-closure announcement, you got crafting, repairs, upgrades, etc sped up by 3 minutes per gold/alloy. Currently, these get sped up by 6 minutes per gold/alloy. This will increase to 9 minutes on 12/1. Resource harvest rates will be increased on 12/1. The maximum craft/research/upgrade/etc time will also be reduced by 24 hours on 12/1.

More tweaks incoming! Please do continue to share your feedback over on our Thunder Run Discord Server as it helps a lot in speeding up the adjustment process.

Good hunting, Commanders!