This month’s update is somewhat truncated since I’ll be at PAX + associated meetups for the rest of this week. We’ve got the rest of the IPS-N done and dusted, rounding it out with the Raleigh, Lancaster, and Tortuga. Other than that, we’re maintaining our bug steady state with a buncha fixes to offset the ones I’m sure I introduced with specifically Lancaster and its cursed winches and harnesses.

Oh! On a bsky recommendation, I also made an account on mod.io to start investigating hosting user-made maps (and eventually, someday, mods) via that. So, um, yeah. Nothing more to say here besides watch this space.

New Content

• Finished implementing the IPS-N catalog.
• Pilot barks on structure/stress/destroy target/death/brace events
• New batch of community maps from celtarican, venator_iv, and markopolodev.
• Add AI and NHP tags, enforce their uniqueness. No cascading yet.

Content Fixes

• Fixed crash on arc projector attacking a size 2+ enemy

• Add missing briareos frame to IPSN catalog

• Player deploys first for extraction sitrep

• Fade cloak asks to confirm activation

• Mag parry only works against kinetic-damaging attacks

• Vijaya rockets correctly deal explosive damage

• Fix missing CPR accuracy

• Metahook breaks when linked unit is exiled/intangible

• Ghostweave invis into integrated cloak preserves hidden

• When lose assassin, hive, iceout, lotus, or sentinel drones, the gear is also destroyed

• Add concept of “mission critical entity” that can’t be stepped on and is not a deployable (term is from Interpoint’s Enhanced Combat supplement)

• Fixed Snow_Crash triggering on miss if energized swarm hits an npc

• Fixed metahook -> lesson of the held image not using extended metahooked sensor range

• Mines cannot be placed adjacent to each other

• Fix mag cannon not pulling

• Can no longer scylla with vorpal gun

• Fixed Mino CP not stunning

• Swarm body now only deactivates when YOU move, not when anybody moves

• Hive drone damage is now AP

• Ferrous lash save is now AGI

• Ferrous lash cannot move units uphill (could be talked out of this)

• Ferrous lash can move flying units over grounded units and vice versa

• Large units no longer collide with themselves during forced movement eg ferrous lash

• Increase neurolink targeting CB bonus from +2 to the correct +3

• Energy damage increases manticore CP charge die instead of only heat

• Fix double flank activation (cancelling the first) soft-locking the game

• Grapple cable range works for duelist 3 free grapple

• Fix stabilize clearing ALL conditions on the indicated character

• Can jump while slowed

• Centimane/tidal suppression is 1/round

• Fix being able to deploy multiple OROCHI drones of the same type

• Made a trait to make certain deployed effects (e.g. mag field) dissipate on their owner’s deaths. deployables shut down but remain in place.

• Can’t fold knife if slowed

• Fix fliers getting soft cover when above 10 elevation

• Fix accumulation of _savefile maps

• Specific-attack-roll bonus damage inherits damage type correctly

• Stabilize doesn’t force you to spend a repair if you’re at zero heat

AI

• Sentinel does not eye of midnight when it’s already applied
• Fix NPCs getting stuck in loop self-doubt about whether they can move
• Fix crash when the AI controls orochi deployment

UI / Graphics

• When starting with UI at 2x scale, double the min screen size as well

• Telegraph grunts not taking damage on saves

• Don’t ask for confirm rerolls on attacks where player is not controlling the attacker

• Omit the unit’s name in the battle log if it’s a repeat from the previous line

• Experimenting with using a decal for the tile cursor instead of a flat mesh – it’ll conform to whatever you’re hovering over, but also sometimes weirdly smear.

• Tile cursor highlight locks to LOS blocker height, not standable elevation height. Feels more natural for tall non-LOS-blocking setpieces like windmills and radio towers

• Fixed placing large deployables not showing the entire correct placeable area

• Add trigger text to mimic mesh tooltip

• Show sentinel acc in attack preview during overwatch

• Current-action bar has a dark toggable back window instead of stacking them and eating up so much play area

• New batch of icons for GMS gear and Balor

• Character sheet uses kit action icons instead of manufacturer icons

• Can clear integrated weapons from NPC mechs

• Unique tag enforced for weapons

• Fixed crash when a pilot roster folder is empty

• Give stock pilots barks

• Add olive color scheme to more clothing choices

• Show full rules text for sitreps in instant action screen

• Holdout zone doesn’t require entry/end zones (but can still use them)

• Fix being able to launch on maps with a required zone that exists but is empty.

• Actually full repair lancers on pressing “full repair”

• Fight setup doesn’t have a warning message about destroyed mechs when the roster is empty

• Camera needs things to be closer together before it’ll zoom in automatically (may cause it to zoom out too much… keeping an eye on this)

Map editor

• Fixed bug with painting/deleting multiple setpieces not always updating all of its component tiles

• Reduce instances of getting stuck in line-painting mode when holding shift and the window losing focus

• Change painting preview when changing brush size by hotkey

• Select a block/setpiece/doodad by default when changing to that tool

• New doodads! Landing pads, rail tracks, potted plants, wiring

• New setpieces! Modular buildings, shipping crates, elevation-changing pipes, radar dishes, greenhouse dome, gravel piles, new rock spire formations, statues.

— Olive