Cyber Knights: Flashpoint News

Knights and mercs, what a journey.

This Early Access has been something special. As we cap off the final Early Access Update #255, we want to thank you all for being on this crazy ride with us, sticking with us when there was a bug or a missing piece of content, and supporting us and our work to make this game what it is today. Our team (Andrew, Cory, Jay, Liv, and Viktor) all send their gratitude. A special thanks to every reviewer who posted a review and helped us achieve Overwhelmingly Positive (95%+) review score.

This is the FINAL update of Early Access - so we've dropped an all new hair, beard and eyebrow system, added a new Street Splicer to the Underworld Hub (with the Wetware cybernetics service, hype!), made the UHUB contacts cost $50K, rebalanced Coordinated Charge, improved Opposition Research to list Sec AI type and security devices, and fixed a mountain of F10s too.

[h2]Launch Community Events[/h2]
First, at 8:30am EDT, we'll be doing a brief launch countdown hangout / Button-Press Party in our Discord.

Andrew and Cory will be streaming the big moment when we press the button and Cyber Knights officially exits Early Access! Chat will be sharing memes and memories from the early days, chatting about plans for new playthroughs, showing off favorite character customizations, and more. We'll wrap up the stream soon after launch as I know everyone who's free to will be eager to download and dive in, but the Discord's sure to be hopping all day; always good place to hang out / ask questions / swap builds and tactics, etc.

Then at 1:00pm EDT, through 3pm EDT we'll be live on our Twitch channel with an official Full Launch Celebration Stream. Cory and Andrew will be showing off some of the launch update content, answering questions, and chatting about post-launch plans!

[h2]New Hair, Eyebrow and Beard System[/h2]

We've added an entirely new and higher-detail hair, eyebrow and beard system! This supersedes the existing hair and beard system but does not remove it from the game (see below). We know how much love everyone is putting into decking out their squad to make them look good on heists, and this adds a lot more fun and customization options to every character.

Before we go any further, the hair system upgrade is about improving mesh and texture quality, so it is a lift on performance. If you have performance issues with the new hair or like the old style better, you can swap back to the old hair system, and the entire game will switch over for you. Just go to Options > Graphics > Hair Quality and set it to Legacy. You can even use this trick if you love a specific legacy hairstyle for a character; you can swap to Legacy, set it for your character, and then swap the game back to Detailed Hair.

So what is new?

• There are 32 new hair styles now available to all characters. Every hair style has the option to be double tinted, so you can apply 2 colors to it to a more nuanced or crazy look.
  
• You can compose your facial hair and beard from a choice between 3 mustache styles, 2 goatee styles, 2 full beard looks and the short shave option as well. These can be combined in any way you like to get the full look you want. You can set your beard colors separately from hair now for the best looks.
  
• You can pick from 5 eyebrow styles for every character. You can set eyebrow color separately from hair as you please.
  
• We have more coming - this is what we could get processed, tested and certified for this release but we have a roadmap of additional options to add to the game.
  

We're very excited to get this into your hands before launch so you can check it out and give us feedback! We did not change any of your mercs look, so if you want to use the new styles, you'll need to go into the game and tweak their appearances.

[h2]Underworld Hub: New Street Splicer[/h2]

Update #255 has added a new and eccentric Street Splicer to the offers from the Underworld Hub. This Splicer has access to the Street Wetware service, which was previously only available through a single recruit and a single backstory choice they could make. Now you can get access to it more widely and with it a number of new cyberware you probably have never seen! Enjoy that - the Splicer is eager to get working.

With Update #255, we've also attached a $50,000 cost to getting new Contacts in the Underworld Hub. Making and securing such valuable connections is not free. However, by the time you are using this feature of the safehouse room, you should have enough bankroll that this isn't a huge number, but it is a consideration about when and where to buff your Contact list.

[h2]Coordinated Charge Rebalance[/h2]

We have rebalanced Coordinated Charge - we hope you like it! We shortened its duration by 1 Turn and trimmed its starting range to 10m. We have also moved the +1 Move Point buff right into its default configuration so it's powerful and instantly useful without upgrading it to the gills. The upgrades have lost their +Accuracy % and focused instead of Initiative and Move Speed buffs.

It plays more like a Soldier's version of Tact Surge now - very timely, focused, use it right when you need it instead of an ever-present buff you try to keep up to make everyone just go fast all the time.

[h2]Face's Opposition Research[/h2]

With this update, we've buffed what the Face's Opposition Research Talent can do. Once fully upgraded in its buff line, it can now tell you the exact name of the Sec AI you'll be facing as well as summarize the types of security systems that you'll encounter on a map, such as Prox-Mines and Bio-Scan Fields.

We also fixed a bug with the Talent where it was using map code names instead of the map names shown in the specific mission. That was confusing!

[h2]Pricey Leverages[/h2]
The leverage price curve got raised a bit recently, but it was like $60K, $72K, $885K ... $90K ... Fingers are for typos! We fixed it.

[h2]And More[/h2]
Let's say - today is a busy day! I am going to skip typing up the rest as it is smaller stuff, so check the full log below for specific details. Lots of nice little things. Big thanks to everyone for their F10s!

You know what's next - let's go!

[h2]v1.10.75 - Update #255: FINAL Early Access Update - 5/30/2025 [/h2]
- All new Hair, Eyebrow and Beard system: +32 new hair options for everyone, +5 eyebrow options, build a beard with +11 mix-n-match pieces
- For performance or preference - one-click switch back to previous hair system under Options > Quality > Hair Quality setting
- No mercs were changed, set their new appearance if you want to use the new hair system (or not)
- Added new Contact under "Doctors" to Underworld Hub Contact option - locate a street splicer with Wetware service
- Locating a Contact with the Underworld Hub now costs 1 Token and $50,000
- Improved Opposition Research Face Talent to include specifics of Sec AI (by name) and Security Devices
- Fixed bug with Opposition Research using map code names instead of names seen in mission (Wreckspire instead of District 83 Towers)
- Rebalanced Coordinated Charge (moved +1 MP to base, reduced Duration by -1, removed Accuracy buffs, trimmed starting range)
- Improved some balance of the Sec AI actions it can take in Escalation to better balance against Heat
- Fixed extremely high prices for some Power Levels of Leverages ($885K woops!)
- Added section about shareholders and restricted stock to Journal > Terms
- Fixed small case where Highest Turn could still be wrong in load game list
- Fixed typos and issues with retirement tags
- Fixed issue with combat stats and full buff/debuff block missing from mission display
- Fixed issues with Hacker dialog and Respects tag in the rooftop mission
- Increased physics force some single shot weapons to improve ragdoll

Knights and mercs, we are very near to the end of this Early Access train ride, but everyone here agrees that just means we should update the game even faster! The dev team is cranking hard to make this Early Access ending epic, so please take a moment to leave a review and share the game with your friends. We need that extra boost now more than ever!

With Update #254, we've added a few hundred lootable weapons, mods and armors as well as rounded out the Heat system to its final form. We've added some new game options requested by the community, completed our final tweaks to the Team Power Level and XP system and more - check it all out below.

If you are enjoying the final, frantic days of our Early Access where the updates are coming near daily - please take a moment to drop a review. Our tiny game dev team of 3 is working hard to polish and improve, so hope you can help us spread the word!

Thanks to @ShallowRain Discord for providing the screenshot for the update tonight through the community Photomode event. You can see a list of all of the past community events and challenges on the Cyber Knights wiki.

[h2]New Looting for Weapons, Mods and Armor[/h2]

With Update #254, we've made a major add to the loot system. You can now loot safelocked weapons, mods, and armor from the lootboxes on maps. These physical rewards are immediately ready for use once you get them back to the safehouse and break their safelock (you can't use them in the mission where you loot them). With over 250 pieces of equipment landing in lootboxes near you, this steady drip of new loots will help both your new and veteran team alike have more options to play with when building out their gear and weapons.

Some of the things you can loot overlap with what Contacts can offer to sell, some overlap with what you can find Blueprints for and some are only obtainable through looting.

Go forth, heist and loo!

[h2]Heat burns up Sec Level[/h2]

We've also wrapped up the final and biggest effect for the Heat system in Update #254. This loops Heat back into the Security Level, Sec AI's options with Escalation and into secondary objective challenges as well.

Remember, as you stir trouble in the underworld - with the law and with criminals alike - we produce Heat which makes operating your team harder.

The new rule - when starting a mission, the Sec Level for the Sec AI starts at +1 for every 25% Heat. Therefore, starting with 0% Heat is like you have today (Sec Level 0), 32% Heat is 1 Sec Level and so on up to a maximum of 4 Sec Level. This is less impactful than it might originally sound, but let me detail what effects this has:

• The Sec AI does not get a free Escalation or get to any extra action because of this.
  
• However, the Sec AI's action that it can take during an Escalation are gated by its Sec Level. As the Sec Level goes up, it gets access to nastier cards.
  
• For example, many Sec AI won't buff the Tally per Turn by +1 until the Sec Level reaches 1. If you came in with 26% Heat, that would be an immediate option. Other Sec AI won't start buffing their squads ("Chemical accelerants for combat!") until the Sec Level is 2 or 3, which again, you could bring into play directly
  
• Secondary Objectives that want you to complete missions under specific will be affected by this. If your goal is to stay under Sec Level 6 and you start at Sec Level 2, that goal is going to be harder.
  
• Sec Level has no effect on pure combat missions, so Heat has no effect either.
  

We're very excited here how this opens up a lot more nuance in what the Sec AI might do and we will be balancing and expanding their actions in following updates.

Remember, you have multiple ways to mitigate and reduce Heat outside of missions, including the Counter-Intel Safehouse room and Face Talent Pressure Drop.

If you have a combat loud team that is constantly burning hot, you may need to pace your action a bit more or use more of the mitigation options available to you. Or, honestly, lock and load and plow through like you always do.

[h2]Power Level and XP Tuning[/h2]

As this rocketship of gamedev updates goes screaming into our upcoming release, we've taken a minute to do a final pass of tweaking on the Team Power Level and XP progressions for the game. With this update, we've slightly reduced the number of missions required to move through the mid-game Power Levels from 4 to 7. The tuning is minor, it takes 1 less mission to pass through Power Level 4, a part of the game we don't want to feel like it drags too long.

In addition, we've reduced the XP from missions by 3-6%. For most of the game, you can get pretty solid Handling on your Face with an XP bonus that will more than make up for the tiny bit we've scraped off the top.

[h2]Heavy and Light Weapons Tagged[/h2]

To be sure it is clear which weapons are heavy and which are light, we've added the designation next to their type, Power Level and rarity in all equipment and market screens. You can carry 1 heavy weapon and 1 light weapon or 2 light weapons. Or get cybernetics to carry 2 heavy, you beast!

[h2]Fixed Filter and Buy on Steam Deck / Controllers[/h2]
We've got a steady set of improvements continuing to come online for Steam Deck and controllers, working to really fine tune the experience. Last update improved movement plotting with (Y) and this update fixes an overlapping set of hotkeys in market and inventory that (RT and ... RT) that could cause some trouble. Now you've got RT and Y to take your actions quickly.

[h2]Option for Extended Chat Bubbles[/h2]

The little quips and chat bubbles that the enemy agents have been saying have been a big hit! They say the darndest things ... and we're here with a new option in case they say them too fast. You can now turn on Extended Chat Bubbles, which doubles the amount of time this data stays on screen. Thanks to everyone for suggesting great options!

[h2]Fixed Cybernetic Talent Respec[/h2]

There was a bug where you would lose the Talents granted to you by cyberware if you respec'd. We caught this testing Warmachine but it may have affected your cyber lung implants which have Talents. If that did happen to you, you're stuck removing and then reinstalling the cybernetics. That's going to hurt!

[h2]Fixing F10s[/h2]
The F10 grind continues! We fixed a number of issues with enemy grenades, including one case where they could cheat and throw grenades at mercs that were properly hidden.

[h2]v1.10.73 - Update #254: Heated Loot - 5/29/2025[/h2]
- Added +225 Lootable Weapons, Weapons Mods and Armor to lootboxes (physical item can be used from safehouse, not Blueprints)
- Added new Heat effect - Sec Level of missions starts at +1 Level per 25% Heat (draws better cards faster)
- Tuned Power Level and XP progression for missions / proc-gen
- Inventory now shows Heavy / Light item tag next to name / Power Level / Rarity in the top right
- Added new gameplay option to double the time that quips/pings stay on visible on the map
- Fixed overloading hotkey in market for Filter and Buy (split to RT and Y)
- Fixed bug where cybernetic Talents could be deleted by Respec
- Fixed possible lock-up in enemy's turn when throwing debuffing grenades
- Fixed bug where enemy might throw a grenade at hidden merc as if they knew they were there
- Fixed bug with crafting where weapon mod blueprint could be overcommitted to multiple crafts
- Fixed map issues, broken props, odd Exfiltrate starting points, lootboxes not correctly filled

Knights and mercs, we've got another update hot off the final press runs here. With Update #253, we've boosted the XP bonuses from running Legwork and improved their UI, made a really nice improvement for Steam Deck movement (Y), added 9 new cosmetic options for faces for your characters, fixed FIeld Ops bugs, fixed issues with second stages of missions (Eleventh Hour, Carnivore, Meteoric Hotdrop, etc), gave Dade's backstory his missing 2 Attribute points and more and made a metric ton of small fixes and map adjustments.

If you are enjoying the final, frantic days of our Early Access where the updates are coming near daily - please take a moment to drop a review. Our tiny game dev team of 3 is working hard to polish and improve, so hope you can help us spread the word!

Thanks again to @AlphaFox Discord for providing the screenshot for the update tonight through the community Photomode event. You can see a list of all of the past community events and challenges on the Cyber Knights wiki.

[h2]Legwork XP[/h2]

Legwork can eat up a lot of a merc's time and often includes some risk to each up more of a merc's time with Injury. In order to better reward these risks and the choice to send a merc on a Legwork, we've bumped up the XP bonus from Legwork from 6-10% of the XP you need to gain the next level to 25%. This scales nicely as your mercs become higher level and is a much heftier feeling reward for the risk/reward.

In addition, we are now showing the XP that each merc stands to gain in the legwork offer, so it is clear the amount you stand to gain.

[h2]Steam Deck (Y) Talent Ranging[/h2]

With Update #253, we've fixed an annoyance on Steam Deck. If you set a movement destination with (Y) and then use (X) to move through your Talent bar, you can see all the ranges of all of your Talents. Unfortunately, if you then changed your destination with (Y) the Talent ranges did not update to the new location. Well, thanks as always to @Brian for poking us about these sorts of things, because now it is fixed. Let's go Deck!

Also, if you aren't using the double-press (Y) to move option yet, please try it. We think it makes the Steam Deck control scheme significantly smoother to use and are looking at enabling it as a default if we detect a Steam Deck player.

[h2]Added 9 new faces[/h2]

There are so many ways to expand the options on how to design your characters' appearance so we like to go in a circle, adding to each category as we can. Today we've pushed in 9 new options for your character's faces. New faces can be crossed with every other cosmetic option the set so really open up some new cool looks. Enjoy!

[h2]Dade Attributes[/h2]
Dade was still lagging behind everyone else by 2 Attribute points for the backstory trait - that is resolved in all games now. Harder, better, stronger, faster.

[h2]Friendly-Fire Stun[/h2]

Previously, all mercs were totally immune to Stun effects. This would let you throw Concussion Grenades into groups that included friendly fire and not suffer any negative effects. Watch out, because mercs now fully suffer Stun! Ouch! You lose all AP, cannot use Talents and your Turn ends ... immediately.

Friends don't concussion grenade friends. Or do they?

[h2]Multi-Stage Mission Escalation[/h2]
There was an initialization bug on the second stage of multi-stage missions that would cause the Sec AI to always Escalate at the end of the first Turn. For missions like Meteoric Hotdrop and Eleventh Hour - ouch, this was painful! Thanks to @Lockindal for pushing F10s on this one until we fixed it!

[h2]F10s and Map Bugs[/h2]
We are smashing about 100+ F10s a day - typos, map mistakes, lootboxes, open field spawns, terminals that aren't perfectly positioned. A huge thanks to everyone who is taking the time to help us improve by submitting feedback and bugs ːsteamhappyː At this point, there are too many to type in here but see the full change report for details on the bigger ones.

[h2]v1.10.71 - 5/28/2025[/h2]
- Increased XP bonus from Legwork to 25% of XP required for next level, added XP display to Legwork offer screen inline
- Improved Steam Deck and controller support - Talent ranges always update when changing movement destination with (Y)
- Added 9 new face options for your mercs
- Fixed bug with Field Ops room Delay option always showing 0h
- Fixed issues with multi-stage missions where there might be an inexplicable Escalation on the first turn of second stage
- Fixed story issues with final mission of Daedelus Bloc mission where boss enemies didn't always arrive
- Upgraded Dade's backstory Trait to restore 2 missing Attribute points
- Fixed issue with Warner-Braun Doctor not having their Imported Cybernetics service
- Enabled characters to suffer Stun (0 AP, skip full Turn) - currently watch out for friendly fire from Concussion Grenades
- Fixed issues with lootboxes that could possibly end up empty in some map scenarios
- Fixed bug where 2 different recovery times could be shown in roster for cybernetic surgery
- Fixed mission map bugs, including mission where you might start inside a Bio-Scan Field
- Fixed rare bug where extracted merc still be counted as being inside a Bio-Scan Field

Knights and mercs, we've got another screaming hot update touching down in the New Boston Zone! Update #252 adds a introductory slide show to help set the lore context for your team, improves enemy agent ability to follow through on security events, rebuilds Dade to be much better, adds a Withdraw button to immediately fail a mission, improves some Traits, adds Face Handling Attribute effects (+Team XP and Stress Res), and fixes a metric ton of community suggestions and F10s!

If you have enjoyed the progress on the game during Early Access and our small team's relentless pace of updates, please take a moment to drop a review!

Thanks to @AlphaFox Discord for providing the screenshot for the update tonight through the community Photomode event.

[h2]New Game Slides[/h2]

To help better tell the starting story of your team and to give new players a better sense of their place in the world and what it means to become a Cyber Knight, we've added a set of 6 introductory slides before the start of every New Game. We hope you like them, that is all.

You can easily skip and turn these off, skip them, or hit space to move through them faster - lots of options for veteran players who don't want to see them every time (also see Options > Gameplay > Tutorial and Intro to change it manually).

[h2]Better Enemy Agent Follow-Through[/h2]

After the High-Stakes Heist update a few updates back where the AI security/stealth game got a lot better, we've still been hunting a few last issues. We've closed one of the most important ones tonight - vastly increasing the enemy agent's ability to pursue a security event across longer distances. In the past, if the event was far enough away, they'd usually quit moving toward it after 1 to 2 Turns and start to hunt locally. This reduced pressure on the action point of the event, on your team to keep moving, and reduced the chance that a body would be found, etc.

With Update #252, unless they are interrupted, the enemy agent will move all the way until they are near the event before starting to hunt around. This is a great boon for anyone using security events to distract enemies (Prank or just leaving a trail of events to throw them off) but also more pressure for everyone trying to avoid being seen.

Also, just more fun and immersive, as an agent might cross the map, chatting to other agents as they go and warning them of their Suspicions.

[h2]Dade Retooled[/h2]

We've completed a project to rebalance and improve the starting Hacker, who starts as "Dade" in default games. In all games, your starting Hacker (be it Dade or your own designed character) will have an upgraded backstory Trait "Digital Thief Ex-Con" that now comes with better bonuses (+HP instead of -HP) and a set of specific Hacking bonuses.

In addition, any new starting Hacker who is created after Update #252 will have a Digital Rush Trait along with the Calm Trait, giving them even more Hacking-focused bonuses while still keeping them as a more combat-viable Hacker option than you're likely to find elsewhere (+HP, Ignore Recoil, Stress Res).

[h2]Withdraw from Heist[/h2]

With Update #252, we have added a new option for aborting and throwing in the towel on missions that are going to be a loss. Instead of forcing you to duke it out with your enemies until your entire team is dead, you can now use the Withdraw button in the pause menu to declare defeat and immediately drop out of the level. Of course, there are other ways to achieve this as well with restart turn, level and restoring to the safehouse before the mission so you don't take a loss.
 
[h2]Face's Handling[/h2]

We have wrapped up the missing bonuses for the Face's Handling Attribute. This team-focused Attribute now adds XP bonus % for the entire team as well as Stress Res % for the entire team.

We've also fixed all the Attribute icons in the Face's class tree and ensured that the face will trigger a "Training" tag on the Roster in the main Safehouse view.

[h2]Load Game Turns / High / Low[/h2]

With Update #252, we've improved the load game UI to always show the exact Game Turn. Each Turn is 6 hours, so 4 Turns is a day. The game date (like May 26, 2231) is still shown but the turn is included now as well to make comparison of slots easier and faster. We've also fixed all reported bugs with the Highest and Lowest markings to ensure they are useful for their original purpose.

[h2]Mission Cleanups[/h2]
With Update #252, we've hit a couple important mission issues - first up we've fixed Fadelight Blades mission that was always reporting you didn't find the valuable loot files -


Next up, we fixed Meteoric Hotdrop to correctly show that there is no hacking in this multi-stage mission -


And finally, we fixed Face's Handpicked Talent to work with recruits like the Eleventh Hour Scourage.


[h2]F10s by the Oodles[/h2]
We also just fixed over 100 user F10s with this update. Many were small map changes, typos, little Talent description updates and more. We're working hard to improve the game on every single piece of feedback you send in so thank you! Check the changelog for the big list of changes.

And remember to drop a review to tell a friend about our hard work.

[h2]v1.10.69 - Update #252: - 5/25/2025[/h2]
- Added short introductory slide show before New Game to help set context (easy to skip/disable)
- Improved enemy agent ability to follow through on a far away security order, will get closer before hunting
- Rebuilt Dade's Traits Digital Thief Ex-Con (adds HP, Matrix Dmg, Deck Armor) and Digital Rush (now granting more Matrix AP as well as IO)
- Added withdraw button to ESC menu - immediately forfeit any mission and take a loss
- Increased Stress Res granted by Calm Trait at each level (1-4), boosted Endurance Trained Trait to include +HP
- Finished Face Handling Attribute effects - adding to Mission XP and Stress Res for entire team
- Fixed class node icons for Face to match their icons (Cunning, Persuasion, Handling)
- Updated load game list to directly include game turn number to help improve clarity
- Fixed Highest and Lowest Turn notes on load game lists being incorrect (only considers Game Time/Turn now)
- Fixed bug with Eleventh Hour recruit and a few other recruits who were not getting the Face's Handpicked Bonus
- Fixed issue with Fadelight stolen Faked Citizenship Files always failing to be counted in mission victory
- Fixed bug with Meteoric Hotdrop mission incorrectly showing tags that it had hacking optional
- Improved dialog in some of the legwork stories
- Renamed Neural Accelerator to Synaptic Accelerator for entire cyberware line
- Further down-balanced Eleventh Hour, swapping 2 Long-Range Cameras for regular Cameras
- Fixed bug where Face would not trigger the "Training" tag on the safehouse Roster tag list
- Fixed bug with Eleventh Hour if restored mid-mission after update 1.10.67
- Fixed bug with enemy agent sometimes getting stuck in an elevator

Knights and mercs, another update is touching down on the streets of the New Boston Zone. With Update #251, contacts who dislike you have gained more teeth to try to hurt you during their Influence Limit Breaks, we've added double-click or double-press for controllers to confirm move, fixed an issue where Dr. Ashe was not appearing at the start of every game, improved the balance of the Eleventh Hour storyline, smoothed out gameplay timing to avoid delays during use or buffing by map area of effects like Sniper' JTAC and fixed a pile of bugs around Limit Breaks and your Face's Care and Feeding Talent.

If you are enjoying the pace of improvements and our focus on responding to community suggested improvements, we hope you'll help us share the game by leaving a review!

Thanks to @jotwebe Discord for providing the screenshot for the update tonight through the community Photomode event.

[h2]Enemy Contacts Strike Back[/h2]
As we continue to expand the sharpen the claws of the underworld simulation, we're excited to bring online more Limit Break options for Contacts. Update #251 releases 2 new options for Contacts who are your enemies - those with negative Trust, Enemy or Burnt status. These new options allow a Contac to either leak intel and lies into the underworld to raise your team Heat by +25 as they try to make your heist-life harder, or they might instead try to harm your network by going after a vulnerable allied Contact, spiking their Exposure by up to +80%.

These new results are sure to help you hate your enemies much more actively. Which is good, because more options to hurt them in return are coming too!

[h2]Double-Click or Double-Press to Move[/h2]

With Update #251, we've added the option to enable double-click to move with a mouse or double-press to move with a controller. For mouse players, this allows you to play the game more actively with only a mouse, possibly speeding up movement. For controller players, this allows you to plan movement with (Y) and execute your movement with double-pressing (Y).

For starters, we've left the option off by default but we're interested to see everyone's preference after seeing it in action. You can turn on double-click or double-press to move under Options > Controls > Mouse and Controller Options section.


[h2]Paging Dr. Ashe ...[/h2]

We had an issue with that last release where your friendly starting doctor, Dr. Ashe was in hiding. We pushed a hotfix for it earlier today, but it is now resolved fully in this update. If you had a game without a starting Doctor, just reload the save and Dr. Ashe will appear.

This was also exposing an unfortunate issue where if you tried to pay for Treatment for a merc but there were no providers available, it could result in a lock-up in the Roster. We've fixed this too while we were figuring out the Dr. Ashe issue.

[h2]Map Area of Effect Delays[/h2]
Some very old code caused a nearly 2 second delay after using some Talents like Sniper's JTAC. We've resolved this delay and cut it down to nothing - play faster, heist more my friends!

[h2]Limit Break and SImStream Issues[/h2]
With Update #251, we've fixed up a number of popular F10 and confusion points around Limit Breaks.

• The Face's Care and Feeding Talent was not actually rerolling negative Limit Break options and just offering you the same thing.
  
• Sometimes the SimStream Detox couldn't reduce your Stress, because your Stress had (invisibly) moved up past 100% to like 120%. Then putting that merc into the Detox still didn't make a visual difference.
  
• Mercs could be put into the Detox even after they had started a Limit Break which could cause issues with their status. This has been resolved and if your merc is pending a Hype or Stress Limit Break, they cannot be shoved into a detox. This is a rare case, but always led to issues.
  

[h2]v1.10.67 - 5/23/2025[/h2]
- Enemy Contacts with Influence Limit Breaks have new options - bringing the Heat on you or causing Exposure to your friendly Contacts
- Double click to confirm and move on the map with option to disable under Options > Controls > Mouse Options
- Fixed issue with Dr. Ashe not always appearing at the start of a new game (sorry!) - she will immediately appear on game reload
- Improved enemy setup in Eleventh Hour map, reduced 2-3 starting patrollers per map instance, added +1-2 Turns for Assassin's walk
- Enabled 2/4 cosmetic options for face plates from last release which we failed to turn on
- Tweaked rules for fighting over elevation, giving less disadvantage to attacker on low ground
- Fixed bug allowing you to commit a merc to a SimStream Detox session when they had a Limit Break pending
- Fixed bug where SimStream Detox chamber might fail to remove Stress
- Fixed bug that could lock up Roster or other screen if there were no available Doctors for Treatment
- Fixed bug where hidden or extracted characters could be buffed / damaged by moving map areas or Leverages
- Fixed odd delay after character used or triggered map AOE like JTAC, Poison Cloud or other
- Fixed bug where Face's Care and Feeding did not successfully reroll Stress Limit Breaks
- Improved UI for cyber surgery screen to avoid hover for implants you have installed going out of screen
- Improved UI for Mission List to be large enough to show 3 rows of tags without overlap