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= Latest Patch Notes =
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v18.2 (aka the "Time For Holiday Cheer" patch) has been released to the installer. This patch has a brand new, super cool, feature that has been in production for literally years. Eet excited! I sure am!
  
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v11.4 (aka the "Are You Not Entertained?!" release) has been released to the installer. This patch is a heavy release, lots going on here, so let's hop to it.  
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'''WARTECH IIC UPDATED:''' This is the big ticket item folks, the reason for the season. After several years of discussion, development, and more discussion than you would ever believe, a long-awaited feature for Wartech IIC has finally arrived: Extended Contracts. I'm not going to go excessively in-depth about ECs here in the patch notes but you can read about it more on the wiki here: https://www.bta3062.com/index.php?title=Wartech_IIC
  
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'''NEW MECHANIC:''' The [[Game Worlds]] have arrived! Well, they've been here, but now they do something special. Since the earliest days of BTA people have asked for special duel content on [[Solaris|Solaris VII]]. Today, you get that content. Now when you visit one of the 8 gameworlds in the Inner Sphere (and beyond!) you will have the option to purchase entry into a special duel contract against dedicated gladiator opponents driving customized [[:Category:Hero Mechs|"hero mech"]] rides. There's 8 kinds of duels: light/medium/heavy/assault mech categories for both solo and duo duels. If you win 6 of a specific category (say, light solo duels), you win a special prize, a hero mech of that weight class. Go forth and duel! Duel forever! But be warned, the gladiators aren't pushovers and the mechs are usually pretty good. Buyer beware. For further information, please see the FAQ.
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'''MODTEK UPDATED:''' ModTek has been updated to version 4.2.2. This is an important update that brings with it some performance increases. Do know that for Linux users it might be a little buggy to get working, we've had mixed results with getting it working. We *should* have it sorted out but there is a chance it won't install properly depending on your installation method, so some fiddling may be required on Linux user's ends.
  
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'''IMPORTANT:''' The gameworlds are searchable by the starmap's Ctrl-F search bar HOWEVER to search them properly with the right tag requires a new career. Can't do anything about this, sorry.  
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'''CRITICAL UPDATE NOTE:''' Because of the ModTek update, it is absolutely imperative you manually delete your Mods folder before running the installer to update BTAU to v18.2. Be absolutely sure you do this.
  
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'''NEW MECHANIC:''' [[Battle Armor|Battle Armor!]] Who doesn't love a little squad of dorks running around? Well, your enemies won't after this patch, now that you can carry them around on omnimechs or APCs and now that they can swarm attack mechs. But mechs aren't without defensive options, they can swat off BA squads or they can stop-drop-and-roll to get them off. For more details about the new BA mechanics, please see the [[Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ]] or the wiki!
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'''SUBSTANTIAL MAP UPDATES:''' In order to improve performance, we've done some backend changes to the starmap. We've removed a lot of things that were fundamentally unnecessary and took some limited processing power to sort through. Players are unlikely to see the difference visually since we're talking about milliseconds of performance improvements but hey, every bit helps over a long career.
  
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'''NEW MECHANIC:''' Weapons fire now makes you (and the OpFor) easier to detect. Firing a weapon increases the sensor signature of a 'mech by 25% so you'll show up as a blip from further away and so will the enemy.
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'''FACTION STORE UPDATES:''' The Outworlds Alliance now sells all three types of ATM ammo for their Improved MMLs. Clan Snow Raven now sells the proper aidrop contract for an Omen instead of for a Nova Cat Prime as well as also selling two Pulverizer variants.
  
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'''UPDATED MECHANIC:''' Strafing runs are a little different now. They call in two waves of aerospace fighters, one fighter after another with a delay between the strafes. Double the effectiveness for the cost! The cost has been rebalanced to account for calling multiple fighters at once.
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'''UPDATED TERRAN HEGEMONY WORLDS:''' For new careers, the Terran Hegemony will have a slightly modified OpFor roster on their worlds. Instead of Local Gov, you can face Word of Blake. Does not apply to existing careers, only to new ones.
  
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'''UPDATED MECHANIC:''' The AI is starting to receive overhauls in BTA. This is an extended, ongoing, process but expect the AI to get a little sharper as we go forward. You can see the smarter AI at work in the gameworld duels, if you do those.
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'''PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT ADJUSTED:''' The OpFor specialities that offer discounts in stores have had their values reduced to help curb the possibility of getting profit in their stores.  
  
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'''UPDATED START:''' The [[Faction_Starter_Lists#BA_.28Battle_Armor.29|Battle Armor start]] now comes with an OmniMech and an APC to carry your boys around.
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'''AETHER UPDATED:''' At BlueWinds request, Aether has been updated. She now has a new portrait and a new special pilot skill, Speed of Light, that gives increased ground speed but also reduced weapons range at all ranges. Existing instances of Aether in your career will retain her old ability and portrait. This change only applies to new careers or new instances of Aether being acquired.
  
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'''UPDATED PLANET:''' [[Arc-Royal]] is now properly owned by Clan Wolf-in-Exile. They'll sell you things, shiny shiny things. Wolfhounds, Clan mechs, it's all on the table! Go give them some money.
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'''QUIRK ICON UPDATED:''' Easy to Pilot now has the proper icon for a gyro quirk.
  
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'''COMMUNITY CONTENT:''' The [[Weapons#Support PPC Array|Support PPC Array]] was added, though it's not on a unit yet. The [[Weapons#Rapid MRM|Rapid MRM]] and [[Weapons#Improved Rapid MRM|Improved Rapid MRM]] were added, along with two UrbanMechs ([[UrbanMech#UM-R68R|UM-R68R]] and [[UrbanMech#UM-R69R|UM-R69R]]) to field them. The [[Monster LAM#MNST-3R-LAM-PRIME|Monster LAM Omni]] was added.
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'''HELLO TEXT PROVIDED:''' The Terran Hegemony and the Rim Worlds Republic now have proper greetings for their sub-factions when you face them in combat. Somehow missed this, whoopsie-daisy.
  
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* Fixed more Omnimech heat sink kits. We'll get 'em all eventually!
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'''LASER HEAT SINK UPDATES:''' The E-Cooling on the Laser Heat Sink Night Gyrs now give -10 heat so that they actually *do* something for the mech. Also, you can now buy LHS at Tywcross (no kits, just the heat sink itself).
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* Fixed a lot of typos.
 
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* [[Skills_and_Abilities#Vehicle_Pilot_Abilities|Target Prediction]] now costs more resolve to use: 30 (up from 20).
 
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* Sensor Sweep and Target Painting were swapped in the tank skill tree (Target Painting is now at rank 5, Sensor Sweep at rank 8).
 
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* Some decent store work was done this patch, you should see better ammos more reliably now.
 
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* There are now several APCs in stores as well as the Chevalier to ComStar's stores.
 
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* Command and Control is a different skill now. Same name, different effect, read it closely.
 
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* Mission Control was updated. This is a seamless update to fix bugs.
 
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* Most installable [[Gear#Gyros|gyros]] saw various changes. Now they take some amount of weight between 0.5 to 1.5 tons and they were largely rebalanced.
 
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** Gyro Defense:
 
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*** Gyro Defense: 1t weight, +1 defense against being hit effect removed, +1 evasion pips gained from movement added
 
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*** Gyro Defense +: 1.5t weight, +1 evasion pips gained from movement effect removed
 
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*** Gyro Defense ++: 2t weight, +1 defense against being hit effect removed, max evasion pips gained from movement increased to 2 (up from 1)
 
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** Gyro Melee:
 
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*** Gyro Melee: 0.5t weight
 
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*** Gyro Melee +: 1t weight
 
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*** Gyro Melee ++: 1.5t weight
 
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** Gyro Stability:
 
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*** Gyro Stabilization: 0.5t weight, added -1 recoil effect, entrenched effect removed, stability damage reduction removed
 
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*** Gyro Stabilization +: 1t weight, added -1 recoil effect, stability damage reduction removed
 
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*** Gyro Stabilization ++: 1.5t weight, added -1 recoil effect, stability damage reduction reduced to 10% (down from 15%)
 
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* The Stable Weapon quirk now just works for all weapons in every instance of the quirk.
 
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* The [[Sturmfeur|Sturmfeur Missile Tank]] is now purchasable from the [[Lyran_Commonwealth|Lyrans].
 
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* The BTA Loot Caches are much, much, MUCH better now. They're actually rewards!
 
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* Battle Armor locations are now properly named after troopers instead of mech locations. Whoops!
 
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* [[Weapons#Arrow IV|Clan Arrow IV]] stats reduced in line with last patch's nerf of the rest of artillery:
 
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** Direct damage reduced to 35 (down from 75)
 
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** Variable Damage reduced to 15 (down from 35)
 
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** Scatter range reduced to 49m/92m (down from  60/120)
 
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* [[Weapons#TAG|cTAG and cLight TAG]] got a minor buff: their accuracy bonus now stacks twice, so you can light the same target up twice if you've got more than one TAG.
 
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* [[Weapons#Extended Range Lasers|Clan ER Micro Lasers]] got a small buff: heat per shot reduced to 5 (down from 6)
 
  
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'''SUPERWEAPON FCS EXISTS:''' See the title. Anyone who sells a superweapon also sells the FCS now. Hurrah!
  
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v11.4 is an "update" update. Run the installer again to let it just update your files and you're set to go. The installer auto-updates the CAB and injects Modtek for you.
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'''COMMUNITY CONTENT:''' There's a bit of new CC in this patch, just a wee bit: a new Nagual named the Wayob and a Marauder II with a HISC Hyper Laser (and the accompanying superweapon hardpoint).
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IMPORTANT: v11.4 is not a save breaking update, your saves are compatible and will work fine.
 
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IMPORTANT: You can see v11.4's patch notes, as well as any BTA patch notes, on our wiki on this page: https://www.bta3062.com/index.php/Patch_Notes
 
  
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'''REMINDER:''' This update, and others like it, are made possible by my Patreon supporters. Without their support, updates would come slower and be less impactful. If you feel like being a part of the support for BTA, you can find me here: https://www.patreon.com/bloodydoves
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* Default Gyro now does stability damage when destroyed.
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* Adjusted Helepolis hardpoints, mostly expanded them a bit.
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* Updated Anubis hardpoints a bit.
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* ComStar faction store now offers LAM Bombs.
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* Updated UAC/2 and UAC/5 ammo bins to be 30 shots instead of 15.
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* Adjusted Hellspawn sizing.
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* Fixed an event in 3061 to properly attack an intended system.
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* Hardwired the Ferro-Lam on the Shieldmaiden.
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* Fixed Dakota description to no longer reference BA firing ports.
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* Resorted the Super MML to the superweapon category.
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* Wulf's event should no longer fire multiple times.
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* There's a new introtech Longbow, just for giggles.
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* Mini Heat Sink has been changed to the Micro Heat Sink and now does -2 heat instead of -1.
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* IS MASC is now 3 crits instead of 4.
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* The Chevalier is now salvageable.
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* The Mech Grenade Launcher has been adjusted to have stronger effects with smaller radii.  
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* Buncha typos and minor bugs were fixed.
  
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'''REMINDER:''' Custom mod commissions are still available if you're interested. If you'd like to get your own community content added to BTA DM me, bloodydoves, and we can work something out.
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v18.2 is an "update" update. In this case, clear your Mods folder manually and then run the installer, it'll do the work for you.
  
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= Older Patch Notes =
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v18.2 is not a save breaking update, your saves are compatible and will work fine.
  
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[[Patch v1.2 - 2019/6/25]]
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'''REMINDER:''' This update, and others like it, are made possible by my Patreon and Ko-Fi supporters. Without their support, updates would come slower and be less impactful. If you feel like being a part of the support for BTA, you can find me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bloodydoves) and on Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/bloodydoves)
  
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[[Patch v1.3 - 2019/6/26]]
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'''REMINDER:''' Custom mod commissions are still available if you're interested. If you'd like to get your own community content added to BTA DM me, bloodydoves, and we can work something out.  
  
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[[Patch v1.4 - 2019/6/29]]
 
  
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[[Patch v2.0 - 2019/6/29]]
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== BTA Light ==
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BTA Light has received the ModTek update and is now on version v18.2.lite.  
  
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[[Patch v2.1 - 2019/7/3]]
 
  
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[[Patch v2.2 - 2019/7/3]]
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= Older Patch Notes =
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[[2024/12/19 - Patch v18.2]] - The Extended Contracts patch. <br>
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[[Patch v2.3 - 2019/7/10]]
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[[2024/11/22 - Patch v18.1]] - The "Superweapons" patch.<br>
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[[2024/10/10 - Patch v18.0.3]] - The "I'm Back" patch.<br>
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[[Patch v2.4 - 2019/7/14]]
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[[2024/8/30 - Patch v18.0]] - The BTAU patch.<br>
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[[2024/6/7 - Patch v17.6]] - The Pile of Mechs patch.<br>
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[[Patch v2.5 - 2019/7/20]]
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[[2024/4/26 - Patch v17.5]] - The Second Rattler patch.<br>
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[[2024/4/1 - Patch v17.4]] - The Amaris Fools patch.<br>
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[[Patch v2.6 - 2019/7/29]]
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[[2024/3/1 - Patch v17.3]] - The CAB Reorganization patch.<br>
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[[2024/2/23 - Patch v17.2]] - The Artillery Again patch.<br>
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[[Patch v2.6.2 - 2019/8/4]]
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[[2024/1/26 - Patch v17.1]] - The Welcome to 2024 patch.<br>
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[[2023/12/22 - Patch v17.0]] - The Christmas 2023 patch.<br>
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[[Patch v2.7 - 2019/8/4]]
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[[2023/11/24 - Patch v16.7]] - The Grab Bag patch.<br>
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[[2023/10/20 - Patch v16.6]] - The Fancy Gear patch.<br>
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[[Patch v2.8 - 2019/8/12]]
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[[2023/09/15 - Patch v16.5]] - The Sanctuary Expansion patch.<br>
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[[2023/08/05 - Patch v16.4]] - The Quirk-ttachment patch.<br>
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[[Patch v2.9 - 2019/8/28]]
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[[2023/07/07 - Patch v16.3]] - The Aurigan Directorate patch.<br>
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[[2023/05/29 - Patch v16.2]] - The 331st Division patch.<br>
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[[Patch v2.9.2 - 2019/9/9]]
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[[2023/04/24 - Patch v16.1]] - The stand-in patch.<br>
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[[2023/04/14 - Patch v16.0]] - The MechLab overhaul patch.<br>
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[[Patch v3.0 - 2019/9/20]]
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[[2023/04/01 - Patch v15.3.1]] - The 2023 April Fool's patch.<br>
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[[2023/03/10 - Patch v15.3]] - The SPAM expansion patch.<br>
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[[Patch v3.0.2 - 2019/9/29]]
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[[2022/02/07 - Patch v15.2]] - The SPAM introduction patch. (this patch took place in 2023, the link is just wrong)<br>
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[[2022/01/05 - Patch v15.1.2]] - The Fixes and a Spider patch. (this patch took place in 2023, the link is just wrong)<br>
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[[Patch v3.1 - 2019/10/6]]
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[[2022/12/27 - Patch v15.1.1]] - The BD Forgot To Put Stuff in 15.1 patch.<br>
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[[2022/12/26 - Patch v15.1]] - The Minor New Mechs patch.<br>
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[[Patch v3.1.1 - 2019/10/6]]
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[[2022/12/12 Patch v15.0]] - The Sanctuary Worlds patch.<br>
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[[2022/10/5 Patch v14.4]] - The Station Keeping patch.<br>
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[[Patch v3.1.2 - 2019/10/11]]
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[[2022/8/31 Patch v14.3.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[2022/8/30 Patch v14.3]] - The Electronic Warfare patch.<br>
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[[Patch v3.2 - 2019/10/20]]
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[[2022/8/18 Patch v14.2]] - The C3 patch.<br>
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[[2022/8/1 Patch v14.1.1]] - The Albatross/Koschei/Mercury II hotfix/patch.<br>
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[[Patch v3.2.1 - 2019/10/23]]
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[[2022/7/22 Patch v14.1]] - The X-Quads Are REALLY Cool patch.<br>
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[[2022/6/24 Patch v14.0]] - The 3-Year Anniversary patch.<br>
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[[Patch v3.3 - 2019/10/27]]
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[[2022/5/19 Patch v13.4.1]] - The Quads Are Still Cool patch.<br>
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[[2022/5/12 Patch v13.4]] - The Mech-Pocalypse and SAD patch.<br>
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[[Patch v3.4 - 2019/11/1]]
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[[2022/4/14 Patch v13.3]] - The weather, airlifting, resupplying, and damage reduction patch.<br>
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[[2022/3/13 Patch v13.2.1]] - The fistful of c-bills patch<br>
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[[Patch v3.5 - 2019/11/9]]
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[[2022/3/10 Patch v13.2]] - The salvage rebalance patch<br>
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[[2022/2/11 Patch v13.1]] - Bug fixins<br>
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[[Patch v3.5.1 - 2019/11/9]]
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[[2022/2/7 Patch v13.0]] - Lots of BA, lots of other stuff. Save breaking patch<br>
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[[2022/1/1 Patch v12.1.2]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[Patch v3.6 - 2019/11/17]]
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[[2021/12/31 Patch v12.1.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[2021/12/30 Patch v12.1]] - The drone and tank update<br>
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[[Patch v3.6.1 - 2019/11/17]]
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[[2021/12/25 Patch v.12.0.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[2021/12/14 Patch v12.0]] - The Christmas event update<br>
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[[Patch v3.7.4 - 2019/12/14]]
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[[2021/11/16 - Patch v11.4.3]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[2021/11/16 - Patch v11.4.2]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[Patch v3.8 - 2019/12/22]]
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[[2021/11/16 - Patch v11.4.1]] - The Solaris update update<br>
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[[2021/11/3 - Patch v11.4]] - The Solaris/BA update<br>
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[[Patch v3.9 - 2020/1/1]]
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[[2021/10/8 - Patch v11.3]] - The artillery update<br>
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[[2021/9/26 - Patch v11.2]] - Strafing runs and heat balances<br>
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[[Patch v3.9.3 - 2020/1/1]]
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[[2021/9/5 - Patch v11.1.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[2021/9/5 - Patch v11.1]] - The vehicle crew skill tree update<br>
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[[Patch v3.9.4 - 2020/1/2]]
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[[2021/8/9 - Patch v11.0.3]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[2021/8/9 - Patch v11.0.2]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[Patch v3.9.5 - 2020/1/8]]
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[[2021/8/9 - Patch v11.0.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[2021/8/8 - Patch v11.0]] - The Airdrop Beacon patch<br>
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[[Patch v4.0 - 2020/1/18]]
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[[2021/7/10 - Patch v10.5.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[2021/7/10 - Patch v10.5]] - The Resolve rework patch<br>
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[[Patch v4.1 - 2020/1/25]]
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[[2021/6/24 - Patch v10.4]] - The Hoplite/Dig King/Ostscout/Toyama + new installer patch<br>
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[[2021/6/2 - Patch v10.3]] - The WoB patch<br>
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[[Patch v4.2 - 2020/2/9]]
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[[2021/5/18 - Patch v10.2]] - The Minsk patch<br>
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[[2021/5/3 - Patch v10.1]] - The Von Rohrs patch<br>
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[[Patch v4.2.1 - 2020/2/9]]
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[[2021/4/24 - Patch v10]] - The playable tanks + save breaking patch<br>
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[[2021/4/2 - Patch v9.4.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[Patch v4.2.2 - 2020/2/9]]
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[[2021/3/31 - Patch v9.4]] - The House Arano invades Terra/Community Content patch<br>
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[[2021/3/13 - Patch v9.3]] - The WarTech IIC patch<br>
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[[Patch v4.3 - 2020/2/20]]
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[[2021/3/7 - Patch v9.2]] - The bug fix patch<br>
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[[2021/2/27 - Patch v9.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[Patch v4.4 - 2020/3/11]]
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[[2021/2/27 - Patch v9.0]] - The Quad 'Mech patch<br>
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[[2021/2/13 - Patch v8.5.2]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[Patch v4.5 - 2020/4/3]]
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[[2021/2/13 - Patch v8.5.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[2021/2/13 - Patch v8.5]] - The Zeppelin patch<br>
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[[Patch v4.5.1 - 2020/4/2]]
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[[2021/1/30 - Patch v8.4]] - The Pilot Specializations patch<br>
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[[2021/1/17 - Patch v8.3]] - The Clan Nova Cat/Diamond Shark + LAM AirMech mode patch<br>
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[[Patch v4.6 - 2020/4/8]]
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[[2021/1/2 - Patch v8.2]] - The shop fix + ExcavatorMech patch<br>
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[[2020/12/21 - Patch v8.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[Patch v5.0 - 2020/4/15]]
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[[2020/12/21 - Patch v8.0]] - The Battle Armor patch<br>
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[[2020/11/25 - Patch v7.7.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[Patch v5.1 - 2020/4/19]]
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[[2020/11/25 - Patch v7.7]] - The Brigand/Mantis/Sha Yu/Enfield/Bombardier patch<br>
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[[2020/11/8 - Patch v7.6]] - The new variants for lots of mechs patch<br>
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[[Patch v5.2 - 2020/4/23]]
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[[2020/11/2 - Patch v7.5.1]] - Hotfix<br>
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[[2020/10/30 - Patch v7.5]] - The TisButAScratch patch<br>
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[[Patch v5.3 - 2020/5/4]]
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[[2020/10/18 - Patch v7.4.1]]<br>
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[[2020/10/17 - Patch v7.4]]<br>
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[[Patch v5.4 - 2020/5/19]]
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[[2020/10/6 - Patch v7.3.3]]<br>
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[[2020/10/4 - Patch v7.3.2]]<br>
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[[Patch v5.5 - 2020/6/2]]
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[[2020/10/3 - Patch v7.3]]<br>
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[[2020/9/23 - Patch v7.2.1]]<br>
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[[Patch v5.5.1 - 2020/6/2]]
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[[2020/9/21 - Patch v7.2]]<br>
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[[2020/9/6 - Patch v7.1]]<br>
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[[Patch v5.5.2 - 2020/6/6]]
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[[2020/8/21 - Patch v7.0]]<br>
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[[2020/8/11 - Patch v6.4.1]]<br>
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[[Patch v6.0 - 2020/6/24]]
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[[2020/8/9 - Patch v6.4]]<br>
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[[2020/7/26 - Patch v6.3]]<br>
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[[Patch v6.0.1 - 2020/6/25]]
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[[2020/7/19 - Patch v6.2]]<br>
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[[2020/7/6 - Patch v6.1]]<br>
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[[Patch v6.1 - 2020/7/6]]
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[[2020/6/25 - Patch v6.0.1]]<br>
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[[2020/6/24 - Patch v6.0]]<br>
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[[Patch v6.2 - 2020/7/19]]
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[[2020/6/6 - Patch v5.5.2]]<br>
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[[2020/6/2 - Patch v5.5.1]]<br>
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[[Patch v6.3 - 2020/7/26]]
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[[2020/6/2 - Patch v5.5]]<br>
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[[2020/5/19 - Patch v5.4]]<br>
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[[Patch v6.4 - 2020/8/9]]
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[[2020/5/4 - Patch v5.3]]<br>
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[[2020/4/23 - Patch v5.2]]<br>
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[[Patch v6.4.1 - 2020/8/11]]
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[[2020/4/19 - Patch v5.1]]<br>
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[[2020/4/15 - Patch v5.0]]<br>
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[[Patch v7.0 - 2020/8/21]]
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[[2020/4/8 - Patch v4.6]]<br>
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[[2020/4/2 - Patch v4.5.1]]<br>
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[[Patch v7.1 - 2020/9/6]]
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[[2020/4/3 - Patch v4.5]]<br>
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[[2020/3/11 - Patch v4.4]]<br>
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[[Category:Patches]]
 
[[Category:Patches]]

Latest revision as of 18:00, 19 December 2024

v18.2 (aka the "Time For Holiday Cheer" patch) has been released to the installer. This patch has a brand new, super cool, feature that has been in production for literally years. Eet excited! I sure am!

WARTECH IIC UPDATED: This is the big ticket item folks, the reason for the season. After several years of discussion, development, and more discussion than you would ever believe, a long-awaited feature for Wartech IIC has finally arrived: Extended Contracts. I'm not going to go excessively in-depth about ECs here in the patch notes but you can read about it more on the wiki here: https://www.bta3062.com/index.php?title=Wartech_IIC

MODTEK UPDATED: ModTek has been updated to version 4.2.2. This is an important update that brings with it some performance increases. Do know that for Linux users it might be a little buggy to get working, we've had mixed results with getting it working. We *should* have it sorted out but there is a chance it won't install properly depending on your installation method, so some fiddling may be required on Linux user's ends.

CRITICAL UPDATE NOTE: Because of the ModTek update, it is absolutely imperative you manually delete your Mods folder before running the installer to update BTAU to v18.2. Be absolutely sure you do this.

SUBSTANTIAL MAP UPDATES: In order to improve performance, we've done some backend changes to the starmap. We've removed a lot of things that were fundamentally unnecessary and took some limited processing power to sort through. Players are unlikely to see the difference visually since we're talking about milliseconds of performance improvements but hey, every bit helps over a long career.

FACTION STORE UPDATES: The Outworlds Alliance now sells all three types of ATM ammo for their Improved MMLs. Clan Snow Raven now sells the proper aidrop contract for an Omen instead of for a Nova Cat Prime as well as also selling two Pulverizer variants.

UPDATED TERRAN HEGEMONY WORLDS: For new careers, the Terran Hegemony will have a slightly modified OpFor roster on their worlds. Instead of Local Gov, you can face Word of Blake. Does not apply to existing careers, only to new ones.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT ADJUSTED: The OpFor specialities that offer discounts in stores have had their values reduced to help curb the possibility of getting profit in their stores.

AETHER UPDATED: At BlueWinds request, Aether has been updated. She now has a new portrait and a new special pilot skill, Speed of Light, that gives increased ground speed but also reduced weapons range at all ranges. Existing instances of Aether in your career will retain her old ability and portrait. This change only applies to new careers or new instances of Aether being acquired.

QUIRK ICON UPDATED: Easy to Pilot now has the proper icon for a gyro quirk.

HELLO TEXT PROVIDED: The Terran Hegemony and the Rim Worlds Republic now have proper greetings for their sub-factions when you face them in combat. Somehow missed this, whoopsie-daisy.

LASER HEAT SINK UPDATES: The E-Cooling on the Laser Heat Sink Night Gyrs now give -10 heat so that they actually *do* something for the mech. Also, you can now buy LHS at Tywcross (no kits, just the heat sink itself).

SUPERWEAPON FCS EXISTS: See the title. Anyone who sells a superweapon also sells the FCS now. Hurrah!

COMMUNITY CONTENT: There's a bit of new CC in this patch, just a wee bit: a new Nagual named the Wayob and a Marauder II with a HISC Hyper Laser (and the accompanying superweapon hardpoint).

  • Default Gyro now does stability damage when destroyed.
  • Adjusted Helepolis hardpoints, mostly expanded them a bit.
  • Updated Anubis hardpoints a bit.
  • ComStar faction store now offers LAM Bombs.
  • Updated UAC/2 and UAC/5 ammo bins to be 30 shots instead of 15.
  • Adjusted Hellspawn sizing.
  • Fixed an event in 3061 to properly attack an intended system.
  • Hardwired the Ferro-Lam on the Shieldmaiden.
  • Fixed Dakota description to no longer reference BA firing ports.
  • Resorted the Super MML to the superweapon category.
  • Wulf's event should no longer fire multiple times.
  • There's a new introtech Longbow, just for giggles.
  • Mini Heat Sink has been changed to the Micro Heat Sink and now does -2 heat instead of -1.
  • IS MASC is now 3 crits instead of 4.
  • The Chevalier is now salvageable.
  • The Mech Grenade Launcher has been adjusted to have stronger effects with smaller radii.
  • Buncha typos and minor bugs were fixed.

IMPORTANT: v18.2 is an "update" update. In this case, clear your Mods folder manually and then run the installer, it'll do the work for you.

IMPORTANT: v18.2 is not a save breaking update, your saves are compatible and will work fine.

REMINDER: This update, and others like it, are made possible by my Patreon and Ko-Fi supporters. Without their support, updates would come slower and be less impactful. If you feel like being a part of the support for BTA, you can find me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bloodydoves) and on Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/bloodydoves)

REMINDER: Custom mod commissions are still available if you're interested. If you'd like to get your own community content added to BTA DM me, bloodydoves, and we can work something out.


BTA Light

BTA Light has received the ModTek update and is now on version v18.2.lite.


Older Patch Notes

2024/12/19 - Patch v18.2 - The Extended Contracts patch.
2024/11/22 - Patch v18.1 - The "Superweapons" patch.
2024/10/10 - Patch v18.0.3 - The "I'm Back" patch.
2024/8/30 - Patch v18.0 - The BTAU patch.
2024/6/7 - Patch v17.6 - The Pile of Mechs patch.
2024/4/26 - Patch v17.5 - The Second Rattler patch.
2024/4/1 - Patch v17.4 - The Amaris Fools patch.
2024/3/1 - Patch v17.3 - The CAB Reorganization patch.
2024/2/23 - Patch v17.2 - The Artillery Again patch.
2024/1/26 - Patch v17.1 - The Welcome to 2024 patch.
2023/12/22 - Patch v17.0 - The Christmas 2023 patch.
2023/11/24 - Patch v16.7 - The Grab Bag patch.
2023/10/20 - Patch v16.6 - The Fancy Gear patch.
2023/09/15 - Patch v16.5 - The Sanctuary Expansion patch.
2023/08/05 - Patch v16.4 - The Quirk-ttachment patch.
2023/07/07 - Patch v16.3 - The Aurigan Directorate patch.
2023/05/29 - Patch v16.2 - The 331st Division patch.
2023/04/24 - Patch v16.1 - The stand-in patch.
2023/04/14 - Patch v16.0 - The MechLab overhaul patch.
2023/04/01 - Patch v15.3.1 - The 2023 April Fool's patch.
2023/03/10 - Patch v15.3 - The SPAM expansion patch.
2022/02/07 - Patch v15.2 - The SPAM introduction patch. (this patch took place in 2023, the link is just wrong)
2022/01/05 - Patch v15.1.2 - The Fixes and a Spider patch. (this patch took place in 2023, the link is just wrong)
2022/12/27 - Patch v15.1.1 - The BD Forgot To Put Stuff in 15.1 patch.
2022/12/26 - Patch v15.1 - The Minor New Mechs patch.
2022/12/12 Patch v15.0 - The Sanctuary Worlds patch.
2022/10/5 Patch v14.4 - The Station Keeping patch.
2022/8/31 Patch v14.3.1 - Hotfix
2022/8/30 Patch v14.3 - The Electronic Warfare patch.
2022/8/18 Patch v14.2 - The C3 patch.
2022/8/1 Patch v14.1.1 - The Albatross/Koschei/Mercury II hotfix/patch.
2022/7/22 Patch v14.1 - The X-Quads Are REALLY Cool patch.
2022/6/24 Patch v14.0 - The 3-Year Anniversary patch.
2022/5/19 Patch v13.4.1 - The Quads Are Still Cool patch.
2022/5/12 Patch v13.4 - The Mech-Pocalypse and SAD patch.
2022/4/14 Patch v13.3 - The weather, airlifting, resupplying, and damage reduction patch.
2022/3/13 Patch v13.2.1 - The fistful of c-bills patch
2022/3/10 Patch v13.2 - The salvage rebalance patch
2022/2/11 Patch v13.1 - Bug fixins
2022/2/7 Patch v13.0 - Lots of BA, lots of other stuff. Save breaking patch
2022/1/1 Patch v12.1.2 - Hotfix
2021/12/31 Patch v12.1.1 - Hotfix
2021/12/30 Patch v12.1 - The drone and tank update
2021/12/25 Patch v.12.0.1 - Hotfix
2021/12/14 Patch v12.0 - The Christmas event update
2021/11/16 - Patch v11.4.3 - Hotfix
2021/11/16 - Patch v11.4.2 - Hotfix
2021/11/16 - Patch v11.4.1 - The Solaris update update
2021/11/3 - Patch v11.4 - The Solaris/BA update
2021/10/8 - Patch v11.3 - The artillery update
2021/9/26 - Patch v11.2 - Strafing runs and heat balances
2021/9/5 - Patch v11.1.1 - Hotfix
2021/9/5 - Patch v11.1 - The vehicle crew skill tree update
2021/8/9 - Patch v11.0.3 - Hotfix
2021/8/9 - Patch v11.0.2 - Hotfix
2021/8/9 - Patch v11.0.1 - Hotfix
2021/8/8 - Patch v11.0 - The Airdrop Beacon patch
2021/7/10 - Patch v10.5.1 - Hotfix
2021/7/10 - Patch v10.5 - The Resolve rework patch
2021/6/24 - Patch v10.4 - The Hoplite/Dig King/Ostscout/Toyama + new installer patch
2021/6/2 - Patch v10.3 - The WoB patch
2021/5/18 - Patch v10.2 - The Minsk patch
2021/5/3 - Patch v10.1 - The Von Rohrs patch
2021/4/24 - Patch v10 - The playable tanks + save breaking patch
2021/4/2 - Patch v9.4.1 - Hotfix
2021/3/31 - Patch v9.4 - The House Arano invades Terra/Community Content patch
2021/3/13 - Patch v9.3 - The WarTech IIC patch
2021/3/7 - Patch v9.2 - The bug fix patch
2021/2/27 - Patch v9.1 - Hotfix
2021/2/27 - Patch v9.0 - The Quad 'Mech patch
2021/2/13 - Patch v8.5.2 - Hotfix
2021/2/13 - Patch v8.5.1 - Hotfix
2021/2/13 - Patch v8.5 - The Zeppelin patch
2021/1/30 - Patch v8.4 - The Pilot Specializations patch
2021/1/17 - Patch v8.3 - The Clan Nova Cat/Diamond Shark + LAM AirMech mode patch
2021/1/2 - Patch v8.2 - The shop fix + ExcavatorMech patch
2020/12/21 - Patch v8.1 - Hotfix
2020/12/21 - Patch v8.0 - The Battle Armor patch
2020/11/25 - Patch v7.7.1 - Hotfix
2020/11/25 - Patch v7.7 - The Brigand/Mantis/Sha Yu/Enfield/Bombardier patch
2020/11/8 - Patch v7.6 - The new variants for lots of mechs patch
2020/11/2 - Patch v7.5.1 - Hotfix
2020/10/30 - Patch v7.5 - The TisButAScratch patch
2020/10/18 - Patch v7.4.1
2020/10/17 - Patch v7.4
2020/10/6 - Patch v7.3.3
2020/10/4 - Patch v7.3.2
2020/10/3 - Patch v7.3
2020/9/23 - Patch v7.2.1
2020/9/21 - Patch v7.2
2020/9/6 - Patch v7.1
2020/8/21 - Patch v7.0
2020/8/11 - Patch v6.4.1
2020/8/9 - Patch v6.4
2020/7/26 - Patch v6.3
2020/7/19 - Patch v6.2
2020/7/6 - Patch v6.1
2020/6/25 - Patch v6.0.1
2020/6/24 - Patch v6.0
2020/6/6 - Patch v5.5.2
2020/6/2 - Patch v5.5.1
2020/6/2 - Patch v5.5
2020/5/19 - Patch v5.4
2020/5/4 - Patch v5.3
2020/4/23 - Patch v5.2
2020/4/19 - Patch v5.1
2020/4/15 - Patch v5.0
2020/4/8 - Patch v4.6
2020/4/2 - Patch v4.5.1
2020/4/3 - Patch v4.5
2020/3/11 - Patch v4.4
2020/2/20 - Patch v4.3
2020/2/9 - Patch v4.2.2
2020/2/9 - Patch v4.2.1
2020/2/9 - Patch v4.2
2020/1/25 - Patch v4.1
2020/1/18 - Patch v4.0
2020/1/8 - Patch v3.9.5
2020/1/2 - Patch v3.9.4
2020/1/1 - Patch v3.9.3
2020/1/1 - Patch v3.9
2019/12/22 - Patch v3.8
2019/12/14 - Patch v3.7.4
2019/11/17 - Patch v3.6.1
2019/11/17 - Patch v3.6
2019/11/9 - Patch v3.5.1
2019/11/9 - Patch v3.5
2019/11/1 - Patch v3.4
2019/10/27 - Patch v3.3
2019/10/23 - Patch v3.2.1
2019/10/20 - Patch v3.2
2019/10/11 - Patch v3.1.2
2019/10/6 - Patch v3.1.1
2019/10/6 - Patch v3.1
2019/9/29 - Patch v3.0.2
2019/9/20 - Patch v3.0
2019/9/9 - Patch v2.9.2
2019/8/28 - Patch v2.9
2019/8/12 - Patch v2.8
2019/8/4 - Patch v2.7
2019/8/4 - Patch v2.6.2
2019/7/29 - Patch v2.6
2019/7/20 - Patch v2.5
2019/7/14 - Patch v2.4
2019/7/10 - Patch v2.3
2019/7/3 - Patch v2.2
2019/7/3 - Patch v2.1
2019/6/29 - Patch v2.0
2019/6/29 - Patch v1.4
2019/6/26 - Patch v1.3
2019/6/25 - Patch v1.2

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