Yay! Release day! I kinda feel like I got my shit packed here. But no mere mortal can defeat the STONEMASON.
Patch Notes September 17th, 2013
LAUNCH
Upcoming Patch - Tuesday September 17th @ 10AM -- 1PM PDT
Patch Number: 1.2.242
Change Log
UPDATE
3, 2, 1, Launch!
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Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where users are experiencing severe heat from the center volcano area in Terra Therma.
- Fixed an issue where the lava in Terra Therma is causing unintentional damage to 'Mechs.
- Fixed a number of stuck bugs in Forest Colony, Frozen City, and Terra Therma.
- Fixed an issue where the 3rd Person drone appears to have weapon collision to the user firing.
- Fixed an issue where the spectator will remain in 1st person view when spectating a 'Mech in 3rd person view.
- 3rd Person drone will no longer spawn in Testing Grounds for the dummy 'Mechs.
- UAV should no longer interfere with the 3rd Person camera by snapping camera back and forth when launching an UAV.
- Fixed an issue where PPC is still colored yellow when aiming at a 'Mech below 90m.
- Gauss Rifle will no longer charge when out of ammo.
- Fixed key hold repeat issue for Backspace in chat windows.
- Fixed chat messages being cut off in chat windows.
- Fixed the Hunchback Founder 'Mech colour.
- Fixed an issue where users could not colour all three channels on the Hunchback Founder 'Mech.
- Fixed an issue where shooting a specific point on the destroyed actuator of a Blackjack's side torso will damage the opposite side torso.
- Fixed an issue where certain users were seeing blue tree sprites in the Forest Colony maps.
- Fixed an issue where shadows would flicker depending on the angle of the camera.
We thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you on the battlefield!
The MechWarrior® Online™ Team
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mc5-cN_7eY
A few surprises from my favorite monster type in the remainder of the Isle of Tar.
"Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle is the first episode in the Goodbye, Galaxy! series. Keen must explore the Shadowlands to find and rescue members of the High Council of Gnosticus IV who have been kidnapped by the Shikadi."
from http://www.shikadi.net/keenwiki/Keen_4:_Secret_of_the_Oracle
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfWShJKMJOk
I've been threatening it for a few videos. Here we go: Re-doing the elevators to (hopefully) make more sense. Get ready for an exciting video of drawing black and blue lines on blobs of grey pixels.
About SimTower (from Wikipedia):
SimTower: The Vertical Empire (known as The Tower (ザ・タワー Za Tawā?) in Japan) is a construction and management simulation video game developed by OpenBook Co., Ltd. and published by Maxis for the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh System 7 operating systems in November 1994. In Japan, it was published by OpenBook that same year and was later released for the Sega Saturn[1] and Sony PlayStation[2] in 1996. The game allows players to build and manage a tower and decide what facilities to place in it, in order to ultimately build a five-star tower. Random events take place during play, such as terrorist acts that the player must respond to immediately.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBfVcy9Qrqw
What's with all the fuckin' plasma? I can't skip over any of it this time -- unless you mean skip to-my-lou over the beams.
From Steam:
"You are John Dalton, an ex-Marine assigned to patrol the edge of human space as a Marshal for the Terran Colonial Authority. Unexpectedly, your monotonous life is shattered by a chilling distress signal, plunging you into an adventure beyond belief. Violent turmoil among the races has erupted on your watch."
http://store.steampowered.com/app/13200/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkALRqGJsgM
Commander Keen investigates a strange chasm. Two sides to it, big blue birds, and no apparent value other than some 1up opportunities -- curious.
"Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle is the first episode in the Goodbye, Galaxy! series. Keen must explore the Shadowlands to find and rescue members of the High Council of Gnosticus IV who have been kidnapped by the Shikadi."
from http://www.shikadi.net/keenwiki/Keen_4:_Secret_of_the_Oracle
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSJEDXw0tFQ
Commander Keen ventures through The Computer Room, negotiating several turrets and beams in the process.
More information on the mod:
http://www.shikadi.net/keenwiki/Keen_10:_Mirror_Menace
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtrUd_6iuOk
Patch Notes April 15th, 2014
PATCH #15
Upcoming Patch - Tuesday, April 15th @ 10AM -- 1PM PDT
Patch Number: 1.3.283
Change Log
UPDATE
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Performance
- Projectile Explosion effects made server side authoritative
- Fixed a problem in the host state rewinding logic where weapon traces between the server and client could occasionally desync
- Improved framerate by removing unnecessary raycasts from turrets in Assault.
- Optimized the function that was cooling the mech off when it was in water.
- Disabled Mech reflections in all but very high settings to reduce number of draw calls when Mechs are around water.
- Addressed an additional shader configuration issue to further reduce stuttering.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the defense turret is able to lock on enemies shielded by ECM.
- Fixed an issue where the target letter designation goes up and down during a match.
- Previously selected game modes will now be saved between matches for solo players.
- Group leaders will still have to pick the desired game modes each time, this will be fixed on the next patch.
- Fixed certain weapons effects that were corrupted in DX11
- Disabled keyboard interaction during searching for a match and various pop-ups.
- Fixed an issue where the Group leader will get an error message when trying to immediately launches after readying up.
- Fixed an issue where the first message received without having Social window open is not displayed
- Fixed an issue where user names with spaces broken onto separate lines if maximum character for text is reached
- Fixed an issue where purchasable mech remains selected when switching to the owned filter
- Fixed an issue where users games would randomly hang
- Fixed an issue where users would crash shortly after entering a match
Known Issue:
- In Assault Mode, the turrets have no ballistic or missile weapon collision.
- Water splash VFX from projectiles sometimes do not appear at close ranges.
- Players who had disconnected from a group and are re-invited will be removed from the group once more after the next match.
- Game mode selections do not carry between matches while in a group.
- Missiles no longer explode upon reaching maximum range.
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We thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you on the battlefield!
The MechWarrior® Online™ Team
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akqf4VH5SbQ