MW5 JULY 21ST PATCH NOTES

Greetings MechWarriors!

Tomorrow we will be bringing you a patch for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and the Call to Arms DLC.

Here are a few highlights of this update:
Release Time: Wednesday, July 20th at 5 pm PST / Thursday, July 21st at 12 am UTC

GENERAL

• Increased spawn rates for CN9-YLW2 and BL-P-KNT2 Hero 'Mechs
  
• Fixed a gamepad issue where you could not move back to work orders after canceling a work order
  
• Fixed a gamepad issue where the tooltip option was missing when editing loadout
  
• Fixed an Instant Action issue where Scorched Earth and Battlefield missions are missing variants
  
• Fixed an issue where nothing happens when selecting the Social icon in Instant Action
  
• Fixed an issue where some quest names are cut off when focused on
  
• Fixed an issue where 'Mech nicknames could move UI elements, and didn't save in paint screen
  
• Fixed an issue where 'Mech switch order was incorrect for the first rotation
  
• Fixed an issue where the Airstrike HUD overlapped with the Battlegrid
  
• Fixed an issue so that replenished ammo displays for destroyed weapons as well
  
• Various other UI and Localization fixes
  
• Various other 'Mech fixes
  

MODDING

• Updated the supported mech tags in skin assets to use the parent tag
  
• Modders can now opt-in to saving content assets
  
• Fixed Asset and class picker widgets to exclude ModOverride
  
• Modders now have the ability to change damage when being hit
  
• Tweaked Player aim assist to check visible targets beyond sensor range
  

We hope you continue to enjoy MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and Call to Arms, and as always if you have any technical issues or bugs to report, please email [email protected].

-The MechWarrior 5 Team

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