Patch Notes

v18.4.1 (aka the "Making Loki's Life Easier" patch) has been released to the installer. This patch isn't too complex, mostly bugfixes, but there's some new content in there for ya to enjoy too!

LOST IN SPACE FIXED: There was a bug with Lost In Space, the mod that hides starsystems until the appropriate time, where systems were showing up on the map too early. This has been fixed, though it may not be retroactive to existing careers.

HEAT LIMITED ADJUSTED: There have been reports that the external heat limit set by BTA in an earlier patch may not be functioning at present. So, we've tried a new adjustment that hopefully will fix it and bring the limit back into functionality.

MORE ULTRALIGHT FLEAS: There are two new ultralight Flea variants, and one Flea has been renamed. The Flea FLE-23 has been renamed to the FLE-13. This was to make way for a new Flea FLE-23 (an ultralight), as well as the new Flea FLE-22 (also an ultralight). Yes I'm making Amid's life more annoying. Sorry buddy, love you! <3

FIXED HERO SPAWNING: There were a number of hero variants that could not spawn in the arenas or in the ranks of the S7 Mercenary League, this has been fixed. Among them are all the ultralights, the Archangel, the Cyclone, the Hammerhands, the Hatamoto Chi, the Mist Lynx, the Piranha, the Prince Crab, the Shadow Cat, the Slagmaiden, both Stone Rhinos, the Stormcrow, the Summoner, the Timber Wolf, and the Warhammer IIC.

NEW PIRATE FACTIONS: To facilitate a new idea, there are nine more pirate bands that have been added to BTAU. Included are the Abominari, Calderon's Commandos, Dedrickson's Devils, Forever Vigilant, Green Ghosts, The Dark, Hookworm's Highwaymen, Santander's Killers, and the Strychnine Slavers.

NEW PIRATE GAMEPLAY: The pirate gameplay loop is a weird one in BTAU. It's very easy to lose reputation with the Aurigan Pirate faction and so lock yourself out of their storyline and the Black Market + other pirate stores. To that end, there has been an adjustment to the starmap. Instead of fighting the Aurigan Pirates (the "generic pirates" faction), in most of the map you will instead fight a specific pirate band, based on where you are. Each faction generally has a different unique pirate band in their space. These unique pirate bands do not have reputation and do not affect your standing with the owners of the black market (the "generic pirates"). You can still get work *from* the generic pirates and you can still ally them without issue. The following factions all have unique pirate bands (if a faction is not listed here, they either do not have a unique pirate group and instead have the generic pirates as OpFor still or simply do not fight the pirates at all): Lyran Commonwealth, Rim Worlds Republic, Terran Hegemony, Free Rasalhague Republic, Clan Nova Cat, Draconis Combine, Outworlds Alliance, Federated Suns, Taurian Concordat, Aurigan Reach, Capellan Confederation and St. Ives (these two share a pirate band), Free Worlds League, Magistracy of Canopus, Fronc Reaches, and Calderon Protectorate.

**IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT ABOVE**: The pirate changes are not retroactive to existing careers, they only work for new careers. If you want the new features, you must start a new career, nothing we can do about it.

AETHER FIXED: Aether had some incorrect ability tagging, which has been fixed.

CLEANED UP FACTION WEB: Cleaned up some faction disagreements to make it more possible to have wider alliance webs.

NEW MODEL: The 10-ton ultralight, the Mite, has been given a brand new model and it is *gorgeous*. Go get yourself a Mite and enjoy the most pod-on-legs mech you've ever seen!

MITE HARDPOINTS CHANGED: The Mite has had all its arm hardpoints removed on all variants and has had more torso and head hardpoints added, to go along with its new model.

• M-Pod and A-Pod now have proper ammo costs. Whoopsie!
• Gameworlds now spawn a couple more duels every cycle.
• Updated Omni Hardpoint to specify that it does not include superweapons.

IMPORTANT: v18.4.1 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: v18.4.1 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 been updated to fix some bugs and has been given the current Wartech IIC implementation, complete with Extended Contracts, it received no other content changes. It is now on v18.4.1.lite.

Older Patch Notes

2025/03/10 - Patch v18.4.1 - The Pirate Band Expansion patch.
2025/02/24 - Patch v18.4 - The Ultralight Bonanza patch.
2025/01/15 - Patch v18.3 - The Slowpoke patch.
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