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Welcome to the official website of the '''Battletech Advanced 3062 (BTA)''' full overhaul mod pack for the 2018 Harebrained Schemes stragey game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleTech_(video_game) BattleTech]. The mod advances the timeline and technology level of Battletech to the year of 3062, the beginning of the Federated Commonwealth Civil War. It also aims to enhance the tactical game experience with new systems, to slightly modify the strategic game experience, and to vastly deepen and detail the amount of mechs and gear that players can encounter and use within the game.
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Welcome to the official '''Battletech Advanced 3062 (BTA)''' Wiki! BTA is a full overhaul mod pack for the 2018 Harebrained Schemes strategy game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleTech_(video_game) BattleTech]. The mod advances the timeline and technology level of Battletech to the year 3062, the beginning of the Federated Commonwealth Civil War. It aims to enhance tactics with new systems, to modify the strategic game experience, and to vastly expand and explore the mechs and equipment that players can encounter and use within the game.  
  
All of these changes were made with the dream of creating an experience halfway between lighter overhaul mods like BattleTech Extended 3025, and more intense overhaul mods like RogueTech. What this amounts to is an overhaul that keeps a delicate enough learning curve that someone familiar only with the vanilla game can adapt to BTAs environment quickly and with ease, while still being able to enjoy an entirely new level of depth.
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All of these changes were made with the dream of creating an experience halfway between lighter overhaul mods like BattleTech Extended 3025 and more intense overhaul mods like RogueTech. BTA3062 is an overhaul that strives to be familiar enough for players of the vanilla game to quickly and easily adapt while simultaneously enabling an entirely new level of depth.
  
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* The Mod Installer is hosted on [https://www.nexusmods.com/battletech/mods/452 NexusMods].
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|box1description1 = Download the installer for BTA3062 hosted on NexusMods. The installer can also install updates when they come out.
* Video instruction for installation [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvkJpD11lHU here].
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|box1link3 = [https://www.bta3062.com/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions FAQ]
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|box1description3 = Answers to common questions including installation, how to get help, game mechanics, and more.
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|box1description4 = If your questions cannot be answered here, please visit our Discord for technical support. Note that only the most recent update in the official BTA3062 Installer is supported! Older versions of BTA will likely continue to work fine but we cannot help you fix problems if you are out of date.
* Click here to be invited to the [https://discord.com/invite/g5nCYAV BTA Discord].
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* Browse the [[Frequently Asked Questions]]
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* Browse the [[Full List of Mechs]]
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==Key Features==
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|box2description1 = The official BTA Discord server. Chat with the developers and fellow players! Technical support is also available in our Discord.
Battletech Advanced 3062 includes 500 new mechs, dozens of new weapons systems, an entirely overhauled combat experience, a completely different mechbay system, an amazing new mech assembly mechanic, and countless other features. Below is a growing list of what currently comes included with the mod:
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*More than 50 new platforms, more than new 500 mech variants, and more than 200 tanks from the Inner Sphere.
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|box2description2 = Bloodydoves (BD) is the main developer of BTA3062. He regularly streams on Twitch to show new features of BTA as well as playing other games.
*Dozens of new weapons systems, such as LB-X Autocannons with multiple firing modes, Ultra and Rotary Autocannons, Area of Effect Artillery, Binary Lasers, LRM minefields, and more. Complimenting these new weapon systems are new types of payloads that you can switch between, such as inferno, smoke, artemis, and thunder ammunition.
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*New technology standards to match the timeline. Experience a new level of customization and a variety of new builds as you outfit your lance with equipment like Endo-Steel skeletons, Ferro Fibrous armor, Extra Light engines, expanded ECM modules, Myomer Accelerator Signal Circuitry (MASC), and a plethora of other new items and enhancements for your war machines. Expect more common encounters with advanced vanilla technologies like Double Heat Sinks, ER and Pulse Lasers, and Gauss Rifles.
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*Improved AI that actually can pose a challenge!
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|box2description3 = Want to support BTA financially? Please visit Bloodydoves' Patreon!
*A searchable star map so you can find that one planet you can never remember where it is!
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*A totally overhauled mechbay that replicates real tabletop BattleTech rules and lets you change *anything* about your mechs!
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*Totally different movement system! Now you can sprint and shoot! Evasion doesn't go away when you're shot at! Light mechs are survivable now!
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*An improved heat system that checks for ammo explosions and can even force shutdowns!
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*New salvage system that doesn't force you assemble mechs if you don't want to.
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|box3description1 = BTA3062's feature set. All of the things that make BTA3062 an amazing mod!
*Performance fixes so good you'll wonder why they're not in vanilla!
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|box3link2 = [https://www.bta3062.com/index.php/Full_List_of_Mechs BattleMechs]
*A dynamic shop system that puts all the new toys into shops naturally!
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*And more!
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|box3description2 = A full list of all of the 'Mech chassis and variants in BTA3062, click 'Mech names to view detailed technical information.
 
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== Footnotes ==
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* '''NOTE:''' This wiki is a prototype that is still very much a work in progress. If you've stumbled onto this and you're looking for more information, please join us on the [https://discord.com/invite/g5nCYAV BTA Discord] server.
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|box3description3 = A full list of all of the Weapons available in BTA3062 with detailed technical information.
* [https://www.twitch.tv/bloodydoves Bloodydoves] is the lead designer for the mod pack. He streams new features regularly before they are in the release version.
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* If you want to financially contribute to the modpack, we suggest you channel your efforts to [https://www.patreon.com/bloodydoves Patreon].
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* Thank you to the wiki team for assembling this site.
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|box3description4 = A complete list of ammo types available in BTA3062. Many weapons have specialty ammo to fit your specific need.
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Revision as of 08:52, 14 January 2021

Welcome to the official Battletech Advanced 3062 (BTA) Wiki! BTA is a full overhaul mod pack for the 2018 Harebrained Schemes strategy game BattleTech. The mod advances the timeline and technology level of Battletech to the year 3062, the beginning of the Federated Commonwealth Civil War. It aims to enhance tactics with new systems, to modify the strategic game experience, and to vastly expand and explore the mechs and equipment that players can encounter and use within the game.

All of these changes were made with the dream of creating an experience halfway between lighter overhaul mods like BattleTech Extended 3025 and more intense overhaul mods like RogueTech. BTA3062 is an overhaul that strives to be familiar enough for players of the vanilla game to quickly and easily adapt while simultaneously enabling an entirely new level of depth.