Nuclear Option news & patch notes

Content, Features & Improvements:

• New flyable aircraft: VT-7 Vagrant

• New sea vessel: Surf Class Patrol Boat

• Artillery Units: (MSV Multiple Launch Rocket System, HLT Mobile Artillery)

• New models & textures for pilot seats

• New wheel models & textures for all aircraft previously missing them

• Surface based missile launchers now take time to reload and consume ammo to do so

• Munitions trucks have AI now, and will ferry ammo from storage facilities to units that need resupplying

• Munitions bunkers, dumps, containers and trucks now hold a limited amount of ammunition

• Glancing collisions with water at high speed will sever aircraft parts

• Severed aircraft parts now induce drag

• Smoother take off transition for ducted thrust and swivel duct VTOLs

• Flight assist no longer toggles Auto/Manual for ducted thrust systems. Like in the FS-12 Vortex, this toggle is determined by Custom Axis 1 position. Full forward is Auto, while any other position is a manual override.

• Stability Assist is enforced while auto-hover is active

• Aircraft fuel fires have been reworked and will exhibit much more consistent and predictable behaviour

• Vehicle wrecks no longer stop vehicles on first collision

• Vehicles now have better controlled self-righting behaviour

• Added machine gun emplacement

• Added Infantry Bunker unit

• Garrisoned infantry (such as on guard towers, vehicle depots and infantry bunkers) can now use RPGs

• Added new roads to assist with vehicle access to several Heartland areas

• Missiles now proximity fuse according their target's actual location instead of observed/known location

• Improved CI-22 Cricket ground steering

• FPS limit setting

• Max Pixel Lights setting

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed landing gear wheels being unable to roll backwards

• Fixed missing Eyeball Mk. II loadout for Ibis fuselage pylons

• Fixed Eyeball Mk. II not giving spotting rewards to the launching player

• Fixed "double smoke trail bug" on multi-stage rocket motors

• Fixed mission editor placement on angled surfaces not aligning correctly

• Fixed D-pad down not being default bound to landing gear, despite the tutorial saying so

• Fix hangars not opening for AI if all weapons on a hardpoint are restricted

• Fixed some cases of buggy road pathfinding

• Fixed some cases of AI aircraft missing runway during landing approach

• Fixed multi-weapon turrets sometimes firing before recalculating trajectory for newly selected weapon

• Fixed cursor class CIWS turrets missing targets when ship is in motion

• Fix Modify Environment outcome not updating wind

• Fixed potential index out of range errors in Target Detector system

• Fixed potential index out of range error in unit firing state tracking

• Fixed issue that would cause AI unit to select more targets than the network sync allows

• Fixed potential index out of range error with Damage Effects

• Fixed an unintended performance issue with Bullet Simulation System

• Fixed potential null reference error with Inertial Seeker

• Fixed Kinematic Rigidbody Velocity Warnings for Missiles

AI:

• AI Pilots equipped with multiple forward fixed guns now use linked firing

• Improved shell gliding behaviour

• Long range SAM sites do a better job of not wasting missiles on low hit probability targets

• Anti-air missile launchers will ignore economically unfavourable interceptions

• Improved vehicle turning behaviour

• Improved vehicles navigating around obstacles

• Improved vehicles passing each other head-on

• Improved landing AI behaviour

• Added AI system for munitions trucks

• Added AI system for artillery units

• Fixed AI helicopters prematurely ejecting during landings

Interface:

• Improved votekick UI

• HUD now indicates the closest aircraft via a chevron under the HUD Unit Marker

• HUD now indicates the platform/player name of the unit closest to the targeting cursor

• UI Theme system allowing custom HUD and map colors to be defined

• Upgraded HUD text rendering

• Input System Update: Rewired updated to newer version to prepare for future Input System improvements

• Added "Reduce Collective" warning label for low rotor RPM

• Added controls for camera elevation in cockpit view

• Additional unit icons

• Additional info on target selection filter : lased targets, number of inbound missiles.

• Added reaming overlay on map screen for visualisation of unit ammo management

• Added weapon station status indicator

• Improved waypoint circle sizing

• Settings Menu : changed TrackIR checkbox to a generic Head Tracker checkbox, and added a dropdown for Head Tracker selection to prepare for future updates.

• Settings Menu : improved readability of Control Bindings Menu

• Settings Menu : added Controller Glyphs to Control Bindings Menu

• Main Menu: added one time notification for Input Manager System Update

• Steam Workshop: Improved steam workshop search to fetch more items with matching name

Audio/Effects:

• Optimisation pass to reduce performance cost of loading and unloading particle systems and tracers

• Fixed some instances of pitch oscillations when spectating fast moving units

• Camera centric wind rushing sound now fades out with reducing air pressure

• Additional rocket motor sounds for missiles with long burn times

• Added rocket motor transition effects for Scimitar

• Added internal lighting to hangars

• Lights & smoke effects added to refinery prop

• Structure/ship lights can now blink

• Added shadows to debris particle effects

• Added elevator warning lights to aircraft carriers

• Fixed jittery laser VFX

• Fix sun position being delayed by a frame

• Some visual effects received a performance optimization pass to improve average frame times

• Added potential ammo fires for most ammo storage units

• Improved appearance of and visual consistency between different types of ammo explosions

• Improved appearance of bullet hits on terrain when impacts are grouped closely

Balance:

• Increased Compass dry mass from 5320kg to 6111kg, increased engine thrust from 28kN to 31.6kN, increased effective wing area proportionally

• A-19 Brawler wing slats will deploy during turns

• Tweaked center of lift and drag for all aircraft to improve handling feel

• Scythes will now fail to track if fired at something greater than 80 degrees off boresight

• Fixed bug which caused very short range scythe shots to exhibit perfect accuracy off the rail, even against ground targets

• Missiles with home-on-jam capability no longer spread out from each other

• ARADs are now capable of leading fast moving targets

• R9 lock persistence increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds

• Slightly increased Boltstrike radar power, fire rate and scan frequency

• The value of a unit's stored munitions is now included in the kill reward

• Munitions containers & pallets are substantially cheaper

• Missile proximity fuse now functions independently of guidance, meaning shots from directly behind/head on may have to be physically dodged even if tracking is lost

• Compass can carry 2 additional Scythes under its middle wing pylons.

• AAM-29 Scythe drag increased, allowing kinematic evasion outside of ~16km

• Increased AT-145 laser resistance

• Increased AGM-99 cost from $480k to $1.25m

• SAH-46 Chicane moved from Rank 2 to Rank 1

• VL-49 Tarantula moved from Rank 3 to Rank 2

Mission Editor:

• Added faction skill multipliers in scenario settings

• Increased maximum height bounds for unit placement

• Skill & bravery settings added for aircraft in editor. Skill currently has very limited effect on aircraft behaviour

• Missiles spawned via the editor can now be assigned a faction

• Missiles spawned via the editor can now be assigned a target and a guiding radar for SARH.

• Added RevealUnits outcome

• Added box selection for selecting multiple units

• Added direct click-and-drag editing for selected units. Drag to reposition, Alt-drag to move vertically, and Shift-drag to rotate toward the cursor

• Added copy and paste support for selected units

• Added unit browser to filter unit selection and list currently selected or all filtered units

• Added position and angle snapping option

• Added terrain following toggle for new unit placement

• New unit placement rotation no longer follows the camera and can be adjusted with the scroll wheel

• add completeOnEnterRange option for ReachWaypoints Objective

• Increase ShowMessage text box size

• Keybind hint to acknowledge dialogue box

• Dynamic keybind glyphs for dialogue box

• "add selected" and "select assigned" buttons to objectives menu

• Altitude line for selected units

• Improved mission format: Objective and Outcome values are now stored directly instead of via data list

• Visual Graph Editor for Objectives and Outcomes

Networking:

• Player Name Syncing: player name is now fetched locally from steam instead of syncing over the network

• Improved Vote Kick UI: votes shown in progress bar to make it more clear what number is required for vote to pass

• Improved Anti-cheat for aircraft flying under terrain

Known Issues:

• Ammo information overlay on map displaying units requesting rearm currently doesn't work for remote clients in multiplayer. This will be patched in a hotfix soon.

• Added Steam and Discord Rich Presence

• Added vote kicking

• Better performance tracking for servers

• Fixed Error in GetPlayerList Remote Command

• Lowered log level for Steam Manager to stop log spam

• Blocked family share copies of the game joining if the game owner is already connected (to prevent ban circumvention)

• Added "get-server-id" Server Command

• Added "get-mission-rotation" Server Command

• Added "set-mission-rotation" Server Command

• Added "clear-next-mission" Server Command

• Added "Workshop" support to dedicated server config

• Fixed bug which caused optical missiles to loft over low targets when fired at very short ranges

• Further improved very short range accuracy in optical missiles

• Fixed typos in leaderboard right click menu

• Fixed Leaderboard height

• Fixed Join Menu layout

• Fixed time of day not updating on dedicated servers

• Fixed rejoining faction after reconnecting when 'Prevent Join' is changed

• Fixed disconnect bug if server froze for more than a second

• Fixed PAB80-LR missing glass texture in single mount

• Fixed Annex LHA missing RAM45 launcher transforms

• Improved map tooltip display of ammo

• Fixed UnitStorage error when approachTransform is null

• Fixed target and jammed markers not hiding properly

• Fixed Faction Info Panel showing event content when not allowed by mission

• Fix bug which caused a subset of missile launchers to fire at targets well beyond the stated max range of their missiles

• Fixed Dynamo Railgun and Shard 57mm gun not adjusting fire when missing long range shots

• Fixed ships not receiving warheads

• Fixed mission editor minimum escalation ranks not saving correctly

• Fixed modifyEnvironment Outcome Cloud Height value resetting

• Fixed CompleteSome text value being parsed incorrectly

• Fixed aircraft AI errors if it ejects via escape capsule during landing

• Fixed Target List Selector showing accurate distance for targets that were no longer active on datalink

• Fixed missing surf effects on Ignus Archipelago

• Fixed tunnel roof texture on Ignus Archipelago

• Fixed pitch oscillations in event content

• Increased CI-22 Cricket roll authority

• Fixed Argus Class Frigate missing lighting effects

• Fixed cases of flickering/discontinuous rocket motor effects in missiles

• Fixed rocket motor effects continuing to play after missile destruction

• Fixed mission editor outcome 'Complete Some' percentage textbox value not being parsed correctly

• Fixed Modify environment cloud height resetting to default value

• Fixed Workshop mission filename and meta mismatch breaking mission select menu

• Fixed stall horn continuing to play in external view

• Fixed virtual joystick not recentering in external view

• Added controls hints to debug windows

• Fixed HUD options not updating properly

• Reduced supply crates visibility (1250m for 6m container, 1000m for 4.8m pallet, 750m for 2.5m fuel tank)

• Fixed max number of lines in kill feed not applying

• Fixed sonic boom effects breaking when multiple supersonic aircraft are present

• Improved grass render distribution and fixed cases of jittering

• Improved multiplayer server-side error detection

• Fixing play from mission editor error when using default mission

• Allowing steamcmd download for workshop items

• Added 0.5s guidance delay to AAM-29 Scythe, reduced steering torque by 25%

• Fixed instances of BDF fleet escorts failing to navigate correctly at the start of Terminal Control

• Fixed fuel system status indicator showing incorrect color states

• Fixed analogue throttle axis behaviour becoming "crunchy" or "sticky" at high framerates

• Fixed starting rank not being set for clients on subsequent games being hosted in the same game session

• Mission editor: fixed CompleteSome outcome not working for CompleteOther and SpotUnit objectives

• Fixed AGM-48x2 missing from chicane stub tip pylons

• Fixed Argus & Cursor Class ships displaying incorrect dimensions in encyclopedia

• Fixed missing Piledriver descriptions in encyclopedia

• Fixed roadmap displaying incorrect version number

• Fixed scimitars achieving ridiculously high hypersonic speeds in thin air at high altitudes - motor now only produces thrust up to Mach 5

• Fixed bad surface geometry at Harmony Sands medium hangar spawns

• Fixed cases of EW-25 Medusa fly-by-wire oscillations at high altitudes

• Fixed ATP-1 undershooting targets during top-down attacks

• Fixed rare cases of game freeze caused by spectating an aircraft in the moment before it is recovered and despawned

• Fixed restricted weapons appearing in loadout menu dropdowns

• Removed landing cam from Alkyon AB-4 (for default settings, configurable in gameplay options)

• Fixed 2nd & 3rd Medium hangar spawns at Harmony Sands sunk into terrain

• Increased damping for KR-67 Ifrit fly-by-wire to reduce low speed oscillations
• Increased Argus class frigate NL-98 launcher ammo from 80 to 160
• Alkyon AB-4 swing wing system now reverts to auto swing control if manually set to swept while at high speeds, or to extended while at low speeds
• Updated main menu roadmap
• Fixed cases of ejecting pilot parachutes not appearing in multiplayer
• Fixed laser misalignment on Cursor class LFD (visual only)

Content and Features

• New aircraft : Alkyon AB-4

• New ship : Argus class frigate

• New ship : Cursor class littoral fight deck

• New weapon : GBM-500LR submunition dispensing glide bomb

• New submunition : GS-25

• New SAM missile : NL-98 ARH missile, launched by the Argus class frigate

• New weapon mount: 4x AT-145 launcher

• New weapon: Eyeball Mk. II recon missile

• New weapon: ventral 20mm rotary turret for CI-22 Cricket

• Asymmetric outer pylon options for Cricket, Chicane, Brawler, Ibis, and Tarantula

• New cargo : fuel tanks

• New emplacement : ATGM launcher

• Vehicle Depots and & Guard Towers can now shoot back with small arms fire

• New building: Ammo Dump

Bug Fixes

• Custom sea lanes are properly saved in the editor.

• Fixed fire damage being applied in cases where it shouldn't, causing planes to burn down too quickly

• Fixed nuclear weapons being rearmed without taking from airbase stockpile.

• Fixed player funds not updating in aircraft selection menu.

• Fixed aircraft fly-by-wire failing to prevent over-g maneuvers at high altitudes.

• Fixed pillbox being unable to shoot at moving targets

• Fixed cases of explosion particle effects spawning at world origin

• Fixed cases of vehicle weapons & engines being silent until the vehicle is spectated

• Fixed some cases of Landing Craft failing to navigate correctly

AI

• AI aircraft will now keep targets selected when using laser guided weapons

• AI aircraft will now better handle offensive jamming of enemy radars

• AI aircraft are now much better at using glide bombs

• AI aircraft can now airdrop cargo when enemy units are closer than objective position

Interface

• Refactor of various MFD panels : Faction Info, Target Filter, HUD Options... to account for new units.

• HUD Options : settings can now be saved and used across sessions.

• HUD Options : settings file accessible in player directory (where missions and player.log)

• New : set screen resolution

• Multiple new graphical settings : LOD distance, shadow distance, anti-aliasing...

Audio/Effects

• New foliage system rendered by GPU

• Grass and shrubs

• Foliage color variation

• Foliage is scorched by nearby large explosions

• Missile aerial explosions are now aligned with missile velocity

• Improved appearance of naval ammo detonations

Balance

• SAH-46 Chicane receives internal ECM

• Iron bombs are now slightly more resistant to laser.

• Scythes max tracking angle increased (60°), guidance delay decreased (0.1s) and notch tolerance increased (3s)

• Scimitars now have Home On Jam (HoJ), causing them to switch to a target offensively jamming them

• Dynamo now has 128 R9 missiles

• Dynamo radar jam tolerance increased to 0.8

• Medusa and Darkreach get AGM99 loadouts.

• Scimitars and Scythes now attempt to spread out when multi-fired at BVR ranges, to make them harder to notch

• Active Radar Homing missiles close-range performance significantly improved, with better maneuvering off the rail

• At close ranges (<5km), Active Radar Homing missiles can now be prevented from acquiring an initial target lock as long as ECM is in use

• Missiles no longer aim for points under sea level while intercepting targets

Mission Editor

• Added multi-select for map icons

• Added CompleteSome as option for objectives

• Improved error/waring notification when loading a mission

• New file management interface, new save system with autosave

Networking

• Improved client performance in big lobbies

• Compression for mission syncing, allows for bigger missions in multiplayer

• Improved network Rate limiting

• Dedicated server pauses when no players are connected

• Adding "Post mission delay" for dedicated servers

Known Issues

• Loading a 2nd mission from inside the mission editor causes a freeze. Workaround: exit mission editor before loading another mission

• Existing custom mission loadouts for CI-22 Cricket, A-19 Brawler, SAH-46 Chicane, UH-90 Ibis, and VL-49 Tarantula will need to be re-assigned in mission editor to avoid incorrect weapons appearing on newly added or split pylons

• Fixed potential game freeze caused by switching spectated aircraft while cockpit is breaking off

• Certainly nothing else included

• Fixed TrackIR crash on mission start

• Rebalanced Reprisal mission, clarified objectives & improved messaging

• Strengthened A-19 landing gear

• Reduced anti-air accuracy of non-anti-air vehicle gun turrets

• PAB-80LR - increased resistance to lasers

• Spearhead MBT - clamped APS laser max elevation to 80 degrees

• Fixed 57mm cannon pod firing faster when linked with other gun types

• A-19 Brawler aim assist can now be disabled by turning off flight assist

• Added pitch limiter to A-19 Brawler

• Fixed low-speed oscillations in A-19 fly by wire

• Removed airdrop frames from MSV trucks

• Fixed cases in multiplayer of ammo counter decrementing when deploying troops or cargo hook

• Reduced A-19 AI pilot roll inputs

• Fixed A-19 ejection seat not visible from within cockpit

• Fixed A-19 canopy glass casting shadows inside cockpit

• Escalation: fixed MSV-FC truck not holding position

Content

• New flyable aircraft: A-19 Brawler (Close Air Support / Ground Attack)

• New music track for the A-19 Brawler

• New Weapons: 57mm Gunpod, 30mm Gunpod

• New Weapon Mount: Triple AGM-68 rack

• New vehicle : HLT Fire Control truck (networks radar SAM batteries to improve coordination and efficiency)

• New truck family: MSV (MRAP, Radar, Ammo, Fuel, Stratolance, Fire Control, and TBM variants)

• New emplacement: Static 23mm AAA emplacement

• New emplacement: Static MANPADS emplacement

• New Single Player mission for A-19 Brawler: "Reprisal"

• New map building: Lighthouse, added to several locations around Heartland

• Encyclopedia: new environment, added info on unit weapons

• Reworked "Convoy Attack" mission

• Added Tactical Ballistic Missile trucks to Escalation and Terminal Control, which launch when Strategic threshold is reached

• Added new gameplay hints to main menu and loading screen

Mission Editor

• Multi-select unit edit and transform

• Added spawnable missiles and bombs

• Added spawnable ammo containers

• Added spawnable dismounted pilots

• New menus and UI tweaks

• Map buildings can now be selected as target objectives

• New objective outcomes

• Camera can be moved up/down

Gameplay & Mechanics

• Performance:

  • Optimized Main Menu initialization; assets now load asynchronously to prevent freezing during startup

  • Added support for DirectX 12 and Vulkan

• Time & Environment:

  • Dynamic Time: Added options for x0 and x0.5 time speeds; fixed issue where time updated twice per frame

• UI & Controls:

  • Radial Menu and Weapon Wheel: Many aircraft controls can now be accessed via the radial menus

  • Axis Modifier binding - can be held to turn throttle adjustments into Custom Axis 1 adjustments

  • Map Teleport: Select a spot on the map to move to that position (default middle mouse button)

  • Target Filters: Now highlights laser targets; fixed issues when selecting filtered targets

  • New Camera chase view with pre-defined positions (accessible with numpad 0-9 keys)

  • New Camera controlled state, to set defined translation and rotation movements

  • New Camera Control UI, to access camera states and applicable parameters

  • Camera field of view is now the same in all views

  • Camera max field of view increased to 120° (clamped at 90° previously)

Multiplayer & Networking

• Added Profanity Filter to Multiplayer Lobby chat

• Added loading progress indicators for Dedicated Servers

• Added verbose network logging option for Steam connections

• Added get-player-list console command

• Improved server command logic and ban functionality (kicking players immediately upon ban)

• Validated network snapshots to prevent "NaN" errors

Visuals

• Improved cloud visuals, cirrus cloud layer, skybox, stars, and night lighting

• Ground support equipment visuals in aircraft selection menu

• SAH-46 Chicane rotary cannon barrels now visually spin when active

• Improved tracer ricochet visual effects

Balance

• Blast damage refactor : 

  • Bombs and gun blast damage vs all unit types and buildings has been refactored for greater consistency

  • Small guns now deal less blast damage to armored targets

• IR Seeker & SAM Rework:

  • Refined seeker range factors and logic

  • Flare direction and distance now affect decoy efficiency

  • IR Missile Maximum Target Speeds: S1: Mach 2.0, S2: Mach 2.75, S3: Mach 3.5

  • All gun turrets now use a new interception calculation, for improved accuracy

• Ground Units:

  • Type 12 and Spearhead MBT: added collider between turret and hull

  • AFV8: Increased armour slightly

  • Linebreaker: Increased armour slightly, updated unit cost values (APC/IFV/SAM)

• Weapons:

  • Fixed missing projectile mass values

  • Glide Bombs: Adjusted fire intervals based on size (80: 0.25s, 250: 0.30s, 500: 0.50s)

  • PAB-80LR: Size reduced to fit in internal bays

• Aircraft :

  • Medusa: Radar coverage (without radome), reduced to 60° front arc

  • Scimitar: Warhead yield increased; boost thrust increased; reduced supersonic drag

  • ALND4: RCS reduced to 0.005

  • Tarantula: Tuned damage model and joints; fixed propellers completely blocking blast damage to other parts

  • Fixed missing or excessive recoil animations for all aerial guns/turrets

• Ships :

  • Rebalanced armor values for Annex/Hyperion

  • Reduced overperforming damage control effectiveness

  • Annex class : increase IR S2 SAM turret ammo counts up to 66 missiles

  • Hyperion, Dynamo class : reduce IR S3 SAM turret ammo counts down to 72 missiles

  • Ship CIWS now uses radar as primary target detector, with shorter optical fallback

  • Ship CIWS now fires continuously rather than in bursts

Bug Fixes

• Fixed HLT target detectors not functioning correctly

• Fixed missing collider on Ignus in Feldspar region

• Fixed Vortex using the wrong mount type in the weapon bay

• Fixed stretched texture on Maris airport taxiway

• Fixed duplicate decal geometry at Dustbowl

• Fixed auto-hover icon remaining stuck "on" after landing

• Fixed building destruction effects playing unnecessarily when loading into a match with pre-destroyed buildings

Known Issues

• (Existing) Throttle & Custom Axis 1 may respond poorly to analogue inputs when game is running at above 60 FPS

• Missiles spawned in Mission Editor can't currently be assigned to an owner, target, or faction

• Vehicle weapon sounds are sometimes silent until the vehicle is spectated

• Rescuing a pilot via cargo hook currently embeds the hook in the pilot's skull

• Network smoothing for cargo being transported by sling hook is not yet implemented

• Dismounted pilots may appear in seated position when spectated as a client in Multiplayer

• AI aircraft currently lack routines for airdropping cargo or using troops to capture airbases

• Fixed cases of HUD freeze caused by ships being sunk

• Fixed cases of repeating errors caused by cruise missiles locking onto player aircraft

• Fixed T/A-30 Compass livery opacity issue in cockpit area

• Fixed cloud particles not spawning when far from map center

• Fixed cases of overexposed horizon brightness

• Fixed cases of stars visible in sky during daylight

• Fixed cases of stars and moon visible below horizon at high altitudes

• Fixed cases of Multiplayer lag spikes caused by invalid network positions

• Mission objectives on map now display the name of the objective instead of the type of objective

• Fixed instances of vehicles getting stuck inside Maris Airport Terminal

• Fixed vehicle turrets remaining locked after airdrop landing

• Fixed cockpit AoA effects getting stuck after mission restart

• Improved layout of aircraft selection menu, reduced clicks required to switch aircraft

• Added navigation lights to CI-22 Cricket, FS-12 Revoker, and SFB-81 Darkreach

• Improved lighting and added camera movement for Encyclopedia

• Added LODs to FS-12 Revoker and EW-25 Medusa, and adjusted aircraft LOD distances for consistency

• ARAD-116: increased RCS, slightly reduced speed

• Fixed vehicle depots unable to deploy vehicles after being repaired

• Fixed Stratolance launchers remaining attached to original radar after being transported by sling load

• Added wing vapor effects to FS-20 Vortex

• Improved Ifrit handling characteristics in post-stall regimes

• Patched potential security vulnerability in Unity game engine

Content:

• New flyable aircraft: UH-90 Ibis

• New vehicle: Hexhound UGV (SAM and grenade launcher variants)

• New vehicle: M12 Jackknife combat engineering vehicle for conducting base building repairs

• New vehicle: CRAM trailer

• New vehicle: Laser CIWS trailer

• New infantry squad cargo for UH-90 Ibis, which remain with the aircraft to allow airbase capture

• Warhead storage buildings at airbases, providing nuclear loadout availability and general rearming

• New ship lights at night, nighttime lighting improvements, and moon

• Sling loading hooks for VL-49 and UH-90 Ibis, for transporting cargo and vehicles, and rescuing pilots

• Cargo parachutes for aerial deployment of containers and vehicles

• Agrapol/Maris airbase renovations, with additional spawn points and improved layouts

• Many new scenery objects available in Mission Editor

• New Single Player mission: Shifting Tide

• New aerodynamics and Fly-by-wire control filters for all aircraft

• Improved maneuvering and terrain avoidance skills for AI aircraft

• Improved HUD for multiple gun turrets, and improved turret aiming

• Released dedicated server hosting tool, available from Tools category in Steam games list

Bug Fixes

• Fixed cases of Spearhead laser not engaging targets

• Fixed cases of ground vehicle weapon effects moving with the vehicle

• Fixed cases of ships sinking spontaneously during maneuvers

• Fixed cases of Annex Carrier and OTB-31 not holding position as instructed

• Fixed returned airframe counted as loss in faction stats

• Fixed cases of PAB80-LR exploding on launch

• Fixed cases of helicopter rotor physics instability after blade damage

• Fixed error in faction info panel when an airbase is captured / destroyed

• Fixed northern helipad not being included in South Boscali General Aviation recovery area

• Fixed BDF Carrier failing to hold position in Free Flight - Heartland

• Fixed cases of airbase buildings appearing neutral for remote clients in Multiplayer

• The wingman in the "Dustbowl" mission will now correctly assist the player instead of immediately returning to base

• Chicane IR signature now aligns with exhaust direction

• Fixed cases of deployed cargo containers sliding without friction

• Fixed cases of deployed cargo becoming stuck in aircraft cargo bay

• Fixed mirrored rudder on CI-22 Cricket

• Fixed cases of Cricket elevator vibration

• Fixed cases of SAH-46 Chicane gun not rearming properly

• Fixed cases of objective positions displaying incorrectly on map in Multiplayer

• Fixed cases of AI aircraft launching AGM-99s from very low speed

• Fixed Vortex lift fan door not contributing to aerodynamic drag when open

Audio/Effects

• New sound for Chicane's 30mm rotary gun

• New sound for AFV8 IFV 25mm Cannon

• Radar ping lines on map now indicate state of detection/lock

• New sound for Linebreaker IFV 25mm Cannon

• Added soft-launch effect to ground-to-ground missile

• Added smoke plumes to all ground based missile launchers

• Fixed some surface guns being too quiet

• Fixed vehicle idle sounds being too loud

• All ships now have red, white, green navigation lights

• All ships with landing decks now have directional landing lights, deck flood lights, and bridge lights

• Added moon, with phases and night lighting updated

• Improved dynamic exposure and range of daytime and nighttime post-processing effects

• Improved night vision clarity and dynamic range

• Improved tracer motion blur and night visibility

• New and improved particle effects for ammunition detonations

Balance

• tweaked MIL / AB thrust and IR levels for Vortex, Ifrit, Revoker

• Vortex afterburner is now restricted when nozzle is pointing directly down

• Increased max IR intensity for Ifrit (8.2, was 8)

• Increased IR flare count for Ifrit (+8 for 72 total)

• Increase VTOL dry thrust for Vortex

• Reduced max IR intensity for Vortex (8, was 9)

• Increased optical magnification for Vortex (1, was 0.7)

• Reduced IR intensity for Revoker at MIL power (6, was 7)

• Small increase to pilot g tolerance

• Mission Editor: Increased max faction funds up to $10B

• Increased AShM-300 terminal range to 5km (was 2km), same as AGM-99

• Improved PAB-80LR gliding performance

• Reduced ship radar clutter sensitivity

• Reduced SARH / ARH missile minimum target altitude

• Increased civilian buildings damage tolerance

• Slightly reduced Tusko-B thrust and max speed

• Increased ARAD thrust and max speed

• Capturing an airbase now provides reward points to all contributing players

• Replaced IRM-S1 with IRM-S2 for Mobile Air Defense units

Known Issues

• Vehicle weapon sounds are sometimes silent until the vehicle is spectated

• Rescuing a pilot via cargo hook currently embeds the hook in the pilot's skull

• Network smoothing for cargo being transported by sling hook is not yet implemented

• IRM-S2 missiles may exhibit aim over-correcting behaviour when launched from close range

• AI aircraft currently lack routines for airdropping cargo or using troops to capture airbases

• Fixed cases of SARH incoming missile notching direction displayed inaccurately for clients in multiplayer
• Fixed cases of AI Tarantulas and Darkreaches spawning with incompatible loadouts
• Added navigation for ground vehicles around buildings (excluding platforms, which may be used as drivable surfaces)
• Fixed cases of misaligned engine fire particle effects for clients in multiplayer
• Improved performance of animated shaders
• Increased ratio of tracer rounds in KR-76 Ifrit
• Added extra hints to main menu and loading screen

• Reduced maneuverability of Tusko-B missiles
• Increased cost of Tusko-B missiles to $1.65m
• Reduced Annex class carrier damage control effectiveness
• Fixed Piledriver TBM (HE) not penetrating hardened aircraft shelters
• Fixed AGM-99s sometimes missing target and improved jink evasion pattern
• Fixed unimplemented unit types appearing in Mission Editor dropdown menus

Content and Features

• Speed of sound now depends on altitude (340m/s at sea level, reducing to 290m/s above 11,000m)
• Transonic effect increases drag when an aerodynamic simulated object (aircraft, missile, bomb..) gets close to Mach 1.0
• Complete missile seeker refactor (optical, IR, radar, anti-radiation, cruise missile), with more reliable results and better performance overall.
• Increased maneuvering drag for most missiles, allowing kinetic evasion tactics in some envelopes
• Aircraft RCS now decreases when external weapons are expended.
• Aircraft drag now decreases when external weapons are expended.
• New guidance method : laser designator (automatic with target selection)
• New feature : laser designator can guide any friendly laser-guided weapons to targets (buddy lasing)
• New missile : AAM-36 Scimitar, beyond visual range ramjet active radar missile, up to 150km range at Mach 4.0 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43181574/6c2b97ed0643a81b7c90597ee2cdb3f53c2931a1.jpg
• New missile : IRM-S2 short range (~10km) IR missile {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43181574/c433640c98cdbfad29a97592c24567ea2871b7e8.jpg
• New missile : Tusko-B, long range surface attack missile {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43181574/584c5f837213582737fc594dbc6f9a72596c18e5.jpg
• New missile : Piledriver TBM, large tactical ballistic missile for SFB-81 Darkreach {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43181574/6c24f3dc929b81041f43b45a6378b59d9466dc60.jpg
• New missile : ATP-1, anti tank missile with top attack behaviour for SAH-46 Chicane {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43181574/7d96f1da14c0f456e9197932442683801075aac9.jpg
• New rocket : AGR-24 Kingpin, laser guided 127mm rocket {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43181574/b0ba676b0bfd628fc3e5205ce6a7e18787189c41.jpg
• Changed : AGR-18 Lynchpin is now laser guided
• New option : Demolition Bomb for VL-49 Tarantula
• New option : internal IRM-S1 for SAH-46 Chicane
• New option : internal ATP-1 for SAH-46 Chicane
• New option : ALND-4 in outer bays for SFB-81 Darkreach
• New 'heater bay' internal IRM-S2 stations for KR-67 Ifrit
• New external ECM pod for CI-22 Cricket, SAH-46 Chicane, VL-49 Tarantula {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43181574/28483e4886b800644e18b90687b6c69d665fbd24.jpg
• New mission format allows setting aircraft loadout options with a text reference to the weapon mount name instead of a numerical index
• New model and textures for AGM-99

Bug Fixes

• Fixed : nuclear bombs were not damaged by high impact force with water.
• Fixed : double smoke trails on AAM-29 Scythe
• Fixed : CIWS turrets ignoring missile / bomb acceleration when leading the target
• Improved : collision detection of air-dropped vehicles and cargo
• Improved : cargo vehicles are now much less likely to survive severe crashes
• Improved : severe roll induced by yaw inputs on KR-67 Ifrit
• Fixed : impossible to issue orders to friendly group of units
• Fixed : capacitor charge not updated when spawning in the air
• Improved : vehicles and cargo getting stuck by the ramp of the VL-49 Tarantula
• Fixed : misplaced visual effects of AShM-300 VLS boosters
• Fixed : AI could use conflicting bays options for Tarantula (cargo + side gun) and SFB-81 Darkreach.
• Fixed : donating negative funds to faction, would increase player funds and decrease faction funds.
• Fixed bug causing Annex crews to immediately scuttle their ship after receiving damage to the stern
• Fixed: Instances of physics instability caused by incorrect mass accounting during weapon rearmament
• Fixed: Instances of fuel tank fires being ignited by minor collisions

AI

• Fixed AI aircraft firing missiles at targets outside the weapon's maximum engagement range

Interface

• Aircraft HUD now displays AoA (with alpha symbol), Mach and G values where appropriate
• Missile HUD now uses only range ladder
• Missile HUD now uses better estimation of no escape zone (NEZ)
• Missile warning system now only warns of active radar homing missiles when the missile is in active mode (typically within 12km)
• Missile warning system now only warns of passively seeking missiles (IR, optical, etc) when missile is within 5km
• New laser guided weapon HUD interface.
• FS-12 Revoker and KR-67 Ifrit now use variable afterburner throttle gauge
• Optimization of HUD icons
• Added an estimated time of flight (ToF) to bomb CCIP / CCRP

Audio / Effects

• Optimized dust effects for all objects
• Improved and optimized water downwash particle effects
• New tire contact sounds added
• New / improved explosion and fireball effects
• New / improved unit destruction effects with debris
• Improved nuke water effects (explosion, shock wave)
• Improved horizon appearance at high altitudes

Balance

• Curated several loadout options, replacing some redundant or unbalanced options
• Reduced radar clutter factor, significantly improving look down / shoot down ability
• Annex carrier now fires longer-ranged IRM-S2 SAM from missile turrets
• Aircraft with radars can now locate surface units upon being pinged by their radar
• Afterburner thrust reduction with altitude
• Increased KR-67 Ifrit thrust at medium to high altitudes
• Tweaked control filters for fighter jets for slightly better response and pitch authority
• Annex crews are now much better at closing doors when their ship is taking on water
• AGM-99 has a more effective terminal evasion pattern

Known Issues

• Ships may start ignoring player-issued waypoint commands several minutes after they're given

Bug Fixes

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