Today is Wednesday.. which means, we’re getting all the patches that were originally scheduled for Tuesday, but were delayed!<\/p>\n
The MechWarrior Online team gave us, what at an initial glance, seemed like a very ‘sparse’ patch (granted, it could have fixed every bug ever, added endless new content, and someone, somewhere, would have complained it was too small).\u00c2\u00a0 But, deeper inspection, reveals some diamonds in today’s patch!<\/p>\n
Like these two:<\/p>\n
10 words have never been so exciting to see.\u00c2\u00a0 From a cursory glance at the MWO Forums, folks are seeing a 10-15 FPS increase after today’s patch!\u00c2\u00a0 This is good indeed… there are also posts saying that the “lagshield” has been lessened some, so you can actually hit those pesky light ‘Mechs now!<\/p>\n
This is the true gem of the patch though:<\/p>\n
Yup.. Bitchin Betty is back in ALL her glory, and you’ll now hear her while going through your startup sequence (which is newly animated, and appears to be different for each Chassis).<\/p>\n
Only thing missing from these notes, is the return of C-Bill\/XP Rewards for capturing bases, especially in Conquest mode!\u00c2\u00a0 So, let’s get on that one for next patch, ok PGI?<\/p>\n
Full patch notes after the jump.<\/p>\n
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Patch Notes January 23rd, 2013<\/p>\n
Open Beta Update #9<\/p>\n
Upcoming Patch – Wednesday Jan. 23rd @ 10AM \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 1PM PDT<\/p>\n
Patch Number:<\/p>\n
Change Log<\/p>\n
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UPDATE<\/p>\n
Greetings MechWarriors.<\/p>\n
Death’s Knell is here! With a 30% C-Bill boost that lets you make money while dancing around Atlai burning their armour off with four medium pulse lasers. You know you will look good because this BattleMech has possibly the coolest Hero skin yet!<\/p>\n
All Systems are\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Nominal?\u00c2\u00a0 (we’re getting there!) Finally! the Bitching Betty start up sequence is in game!\u00c2\u00a0 If this doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give you warm nostalgic feelings, then you my friend, are dead inside.\u00c2\u00a0 There are also some additional animations and functionality for overheat and shutdown.<\/p>\n
Some nice bug fixes round out the rest of this patch. Thanks for your help in tracking down and squashing them!<\/p>\n
See you on the Battlefield,<\/p>\n
Matt Newman<\/p>\n
GENERAL<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Death\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Knell\u00e2\u20ac\u009d COM-TDK<\/p>\n
– Base Mech:\u00c2\u00a0 Commando
\n– Tonnage:\u00c2\u00a0 25
\n– Top Speed:\u00c2\u00a0 113.4 kph
\n– Armor:\u00c2\u00a0 176
\n– Weapons & Equipment:
\n– Left Arm:\u00c2\u00a0 2 Medium Lasers
\n– Right Arm:\u00c2\u00a0 2 Medium Lasers<\/p>\n– Hardpoints:
\n– Left Arm:\u00c2\u00a0 2 Energy
\n– Right Torso:\u00c2\u00a0 1 AMS
\n– Right Arm:\u00c2\u00a0 2 Energy<\/p>\n– Internal Structure:\u00c2\u00a0 Standard
\n– Heat Sinks:\u00c2\u00a0 11 Double
\n– Jump Jets:\u00c2\u00a0 n\/a
\n– ECM Capable?:\u00c2\u00a0 No
\n– Module Slots:\u00c2\u00a0 2
\n– 30% C-Bill Bonus<\/p>\nNew Trial Mechs:<\/p>\n
– Spider SDR-5V
\n– Hunchback HBK-4SP
\n– Cataphract CTF-3D
\n– Awesome AWS-8V<\/p>\nGameplay:<\/p>\n
– Start-up animation at the beginning of the match.
\n– Normal power on\/offs during gameplay now have animations.
\n– Now able to manually shutdown during an override<\/p>\nPower System: (Powering on and off the Mech):<\/p>\n
– There has been a significant change in how the power system works in regards to powering on and off your Mech and when overheating.<\/p>\n
– Pressing the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 key will always turn on \/ off your Mech even if your Mech is shutdown from overheating.
\n– Pressing the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcO\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 key will temporarily prevent the shutdown of your Mech due to overheat.<\/p>\nWhat does this mean exactly?<\/p>\n
Pressing the “O” key just prior to overheating will temporarily disable the overheat Mechanic for the next 5 seconds.\u00c2\u00a0 If you do not overheat in those 5 seconds, the override is cancelled and will need to be toggled the next time you wish to engage it.<\/p>\n
If your Mech DOES overheat within that 5 second buffer, your Mech will continue to operate but will cause you to start taking damage to your internals.<\/p>\n
Pressing the “P” key now powers your Mech on\/off no matter what state you are in.\u00c2\u00a0 Hence, if you press the “P” key while you are overheated, your Mech will power up but you will start to take damage to your internals until you have cooled off sufficiently.<\/p>\n
Performance:<\/p>\n
– Anti Aliasing is Disabled by default for low specs.
\n– VSync off by default.
\n– Optimized visibility checks.<\/p>\nBug Fixes:<\/p>\n
– Fixed some issues with CryEngine.
\n– Fixed a few memory leaks.
\n– More fixes done to the FE.
\n– NARC\/TAG reward now shows up in the EoR screen.
\n– Fixed texture LOD issue with the cockpit items.
\n– Additional movement code bug fixes and improvements<\/p>\nWe thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you on the battlefield!<\/p>\n
The MechWarrior\u00c2\u00ae Online\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 Team<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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