Update 45: How Do You Do, Fellow Executives
[p]This is an update focused on items from recent feedback from players. A couple of them are rather amusing.
I'm still focused on my big sprint toward the Tier 3 goals, but I'm recognizing that I may wind up doing more intermediate builds (largely for purposes of the beta branch getting tested) than I thought. I honestly am not sure at the moment. I'm just kind of following whatever feels the most comfortable as I go. I have a set list of things I want to accomplish over the next months, but I try not to force myself on any specific order. Having that freedom feels nicer and gets everything done faster.
If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.[/p][p]Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It’s a powerful way to have your voice heard and contributes to how future patches are prioritized and addressed.[/p][p]Thanks for reading and for playing.
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[h2]Update 45 Changelog[/h2]
[h3]Clarity[/h3]
[/expand][p]Full notes here.
[/p][h3]Connect with the Machine[/h3][hr][/hr][p]Want to stay in the loop or share your thoughts? Join the conversation across these platforms:
💬 Discord – Best place to share feedback, get direct responses, and to talk about Heart of the Machine.
📜 Reddit – Discuss strategies, share ideas, and exchange tips with the community.[/p]
I'm still focused on my big sprint toward the Tier 3 goals, but I'm recognizing that I may wind up doing more intermediate builds (largely for purposes of the beta branch getting tested) than I thought. I honestly am not sure at the moment. I'm just kind of following whatever feels the most comfortable as I go. I have a set list of things I want to accomplish over the next months, but I try not to force myself on any specific order. Having that freedom feels nicer and gets everything done faster.
If you’ve spent time with Heart of the Machine and want to leave a review, that’d be appreciated. No need to say more than you mean, but if you’ve been meaning to write one, I’d be grateful. Steam reviews carry weight. For a project like this — developed by a single person over many years, every review makes a difference.[/p][p]Honest thoughts are what matter. Whatever your experience has been, sharing it helps. It’s a powerful way to have your voice heard and contributes to how future patches are prioritized and addressed.[/p][p]Thanks for reading and for playing.
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[h2]Update 45 Changelog[/h2]
[h3]Clarity[/h3]
- Investigation Percentages: When you're investigating something as part of a project, it now gives you an accurate percentage completed on the project itself, rather than sticking at 0% and then eventually jumping to completion.
- Homo Grandien Aftermath Text: Revised this to be more focused on how humans messed things up, rather than the ethical implications.
- Bionic Dues Clarity: This goal now notes that there are multiple paths to creating the cult, but that the nature of the cult is the same regardless of how you create it. The aftermath text now no longer mentions this, as it felt out of place there.
- Bionic Secret Aftermath Text:
Corrected one spelling item here, as well as revised the text to no longer have the machine intelligence caring about the fact that the rebels didn't share with it for free. It would have found that suspicious. - WW4 Aftermath Text: Improved clarity of the wording.
- Military Invasion Aftermath Text: Improved the wording to no longer include a typo, as well as not to be sometimes incorrect if you're in the International Scrutiny doom set.
- Collapse A Fedcorp Aftermath Text: Improved the flow of the wording.
- Executive-Tomb Aftermath Text: Improved the flow of the wording.
- Vorsiber Ends A Civil War Aftermath Text: Improved the text to be a bit more mysterious.
- Mech Equipment Renames: Shoulder-Mounted Rockets for mechs are now called Auxiliary Rocket Mounts, Shoulder-Mounted Lasers for them are now called Auxiliary Laser Mounts, and Infrasonic Loudspeakers for mechs are now called Infrasonic Amplifiers. This makes it so that in upgrade lists they actually show up properly, and since they have different names, they don't look like incorrect duplicates.
- Hello Fellow Humans: Units that are supposed to be blending in with humans can no longer use saw arms in particular. This made for some pretty funny memes, but stretched credulity to say the least.
- Yes I'm Really Angry: Finishing Civil Spycraft (on the beta branch) now grants +5 Hatred of Vorsiber. When you see it, you'll know why.
- Typo Fix: Fixed a typo in calling to Vericorp.
- Clone Allegiance: Fixed a minor issue where clones of your units were not properly tied to your shell company if they were the sort that should have been. This didn't actually affect anything right now, but might in the future.
- Achievement Fix: War Crime Blackjack" is now properly possible.
- Typical Middle Managers: Fixed an issue where middle managers, out of touch with the state of the city, could require you to do something that was impossible in order to complete their quest. They now have a better grasp on reality.
[/expand][p]Full notes here.
[/p][h3]Connect with the Machine[/h3][hr][/hr][p]Want to stay in the loop or share your thoughts? Join the conversation across these platforms:
💬 Discord – Best place to share feedback, get direct responses, and to talk about Heart of the Machine.
📜 Reddit – Discuss strategies, share ideas, and exchange tips with the community.[/p]