MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries News

• Lancemates will follow issued commands more consistently
  
• Lancemates will no longer become unresponsive after ‘Mech switching
  
• AI targeting now more consistent
  
• AI will fire more frequently
  
• AI will fire LRMs more frequently
  
• Lancemates no longer get stuck inside the dropship
  
• Friendly AI no longer walk through buildings and structures in Defense missions (friendly-fire may still occur with missed weapons fire)
  
• Enemy AI will avoid walking through buildings and structures on Demolitions missions
  
• AI will no longer walk backwards towards targets for no reason
  
• AI will no longer incorrectly overheat when firing weapons that fire multiple projectiles per shot (ie. SRMs)
  

• Active 'Mech roster now expandable from 12 to 40 'Mech Bays
  
• Dropship has four ‘Mechbays
  
• Additional active ‘Mechbays may be leased for a quarterly fee per additional ‘Mechbay
  
• The first eight additional bays will have their quarterly costs highly subsidized by Interstellar Expeditions
  
• You may lease up to 36 additional active ‘Mechbays, for a total of 40 available
  
• All ‘Mechs stored in active ‘Mechbays are eligible for mission deployment and receiving repair orders
  

• Improvements to the Ready Up UI in Co-op make it easier to see lance ready status
  
• Avoid friendly fire with a new audio cue
  
• Stay informed with the ability to view details of set work orders
  
• Moved Faction info into a separate tab, and condensed the ‘Mech database stats
  
• Divided the Star System information on the View Intel screen
  
• There's more to see now with Spectators in Co-op mode now able to view mission objectives and the minimap
  
• You’ll know they’ve heard with added UI feedback when giving lancemate commands
  
• Gain a better understanding with added UI feedback for bonus or reduced negotiation points due to faction reputation
  
• Try something new with the added first-person, conventional shooter controls-style mode for gamepad, keyboard and mouse
  

В свежем выпуске подкаста No Guts No Galaxy президент Piranha Games Расс Боллок заявил, что студия работает над новой частью MechWarrior. Это будет одиночная игра.

• 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
  

• 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