Revision as of 21:32, 1 March 2024

v17.3 (aka the "Backend Updates" patch) has been released to the installer. It's fairly minor for features but has a *big* update on the backend. Read on to find out more!

CAB REORGANIZATION: The headline news with this patch is that the CAB (or Community Asset Bundle) has been completely reorganized. In recent months we in BTA and our friends over in RT have been noticing more and more users having CAB download failures. We believe that the issue lies with the size of the CAB, as it is quite chunky now. Before today, the CAB was organized into about 6 sub-repositories (CAB Misc, CAB Tank, CAB CU, CAB Maps, CAB Clan, CAB IS). Most of these are pretty small, but CAB Clan and CAB IS are quite large, with CAB IS reaching almost 6 GB in the Mods folder alone. To alleviate the issue and to help fight against downloads timing out, the CAB team (headed by myself and by Jamie Wolf [who also makes our installer]) has split CAB Clan and CAB IS into a total of 7 sub-repositories, bringing the total number of CAB repos to 11. Each of these is much smaller than CAB Clan and CAB IS used to be and should result in easier downloads for end users.

SPECIAL UPDATE NOTES: However, because of this, we have released a new installer and *require* that you download it for today's patch and for future patches. This was necessary because the CAB download paths have changed. Additionally, this patch does require that you do something special with the new installer. After downloading and starting the new installer, please follow these directions:

1. Upon booting the new installer, it will ask you to set your settings. Please do so, the options are pretty self-explanatory.

2. Before doing *anything else*, go to Cache Options on the top bar menu and select Wipe BTA Cache. Once done, also select Wipe BTA Install.

3. Proceed to install BTA as normal, following the installation guide as usual.

This is necessary because the CAB has changed organization structure and if you do not do this you may run into unexpected problems. Be absolutely certain you follow these steps.

SOME MORE NEW ICONS: The Xerxes, Rattlesnake, and Woden got shiny new icons! Hurrah! All glory to the Plog!

GRASSHOPPER RARITIES ADJUSTED: The Grasshopper is meant to be fairly rare in the Inner Sphere but I swear I fight one every mission. Adjusted their rarities to be a little less common, hopefully.

ARTILLERY AOE FIX: You shouldn't see artillery damage just vanish into the void anymore, at least that's the plan. If that still happens, let us know.

AMMUNITION CLARIFICATIONS: For the true artillery tubes, Shaped Charges are now Seismic Charges (effect is unchanged, still labeled as SC in-mission). The Extended LRM ammo now says its for the Extended LRM weapon system.

ARTILLERY FIX: The true artillery tubes no longer work with the Webb FCS since they didn't *do* anything with the Webb. This means they also don't really "take up a slot" in terms of the Webb so if you use the Webb alongside a tube arty you can have an actual weapon in the same location to get the benefit. Hurrah...?

COMMUNITY CONTENT: The Ultra Arrow IV now works like the other true artillery and properly works with the Artillery FCS. Huzzahs!

IMPORTANT: v17.3 is an "update" update. In this case, read the detailed update notes above to see best practices on how to update to 17.3.

IMPORTANT: v17.3 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 v17.1.lite. This is a restructuring update, same as BTA Classic v17.3. Follow the same above instructions to update BTA Light as you would for BTA Classic.

Older Patch Notes

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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-v16.1 (aka the "Too Much to Be a Hotfix" patch) has been released to the installer. This is a very dense patch with a lot of changes, so read carefully!
+v17.3 (aka the "Backend Updates" patch) has been released to the installer. It's fairly minor for features but has a *big* update on the backend. Read on to find out more!
-'''NEW MECH:''' The Omen, an 85 ton Clan BattleMech, has lumbered into battle. This heavily armored brick of guns is fielded (and sold) by Clan Snow Raven, specifically their second-line force, Delta Galaxy.
+'''CAB REORGANIZATION:''' The headline news with this patch is that the CAB (or Community Asset Bundle) has been completely reorganized. In recent months we in BTA and our friends over in RT have been noticing more and more users having CAB download failures. We believe that the issue lies with the size of the CAB, as it is quite chunky now. Before today, the CAB was organized into about 6 sub-repositories (CAB Misc, CAB Tank, CAB CU, CAB Maps, CAB Clan, CAB IS). Most of these are pretty small, but CAB Clan and CAB IS are quite large, with CAB IS reaching almost 6 GB in the Mods folder alone. To alleviate the issue and to help fight against downloads timing out, the CAB team (headed by myself and by Jamie Wolf [who also makes our installer]) has split CAB Clan and CAB IS into a total of 7 sub-repositories, bringing the total number of CAB repos to 11. Each of these is much smaller than CAB Clan and CAB IS used to be and should result in easier downloads for end users.
-'''NEW MECH:''' The Decimator, a 100 ton Inner Sphere BattleMech, is peppering the battlefield with support fire. This mech is the Inner Sphere answer to the Clan's Bane and is based on the same old Star League design as that mech is. The Decimator is fielded by ComStar and the Free Rasalhague Republic and also sold at Grumium and Tukayyid.
-'''NEW MECH:''' The Wight, a 35 ton light trooper BattleMech, has sprinted into battle. This Kuritan design is fielded by Houses Kurita and Steiner and is sold at Luthien and Son Hoa.
+'''SPECIAL UPDATE NOTES:''' However, because of this, we have released a new installer and *require* that you download it for today's patch and for future patches. This was necessary because the CAB download paths have changed. Additionally, this patch does require that you do something special with the new installer. After downloading and starting the new installer, please follow these directions:
-'''NEW PIRATE HAVENS:''' The Pirates are an interesting faction, one a lot of players wanted to do stuff with, but since they have no "homeworlds" they were a little tricky to get reputation with. Well, that's been fixed. Now, there are four worlds scattered about the Periphery that are proper Pirate worlds: Antallos (north of the Outworlds Alliance), Novo Franklin (south of the Outworlds Alliance), Port Vail/The Rack (northwest of the Lyran Commonwealth and north of the Rim Collection), and Astrokaszy (southwest of the Free Worlds League and nestled between the FWL, the Marian Hegemony, and the Magistracy of Canopus). All of these worlds offer exclusively pirate contracts. Additionally, the Pirates now have a "faction" store. In reality, it's just another Black Market, but it's one you can get via alliance and not via the BM event. Enjoy your piratical career!
+* 1. Upon booting the new installer, it will ask you to set your settings. Please do so, the options are pretty self-explanatory.
-'''SOME PERIPHERY TECH UPDATES:''' The Jury-Rigged XL (which was hot garbage) has been swapped out for the Prototype XL in every stock mech that has it (except for a couple of CC mechs). The ProtoXL is the same size as a normal XL but causes extra heat generation. Light Plating is slightly less crap thanks to reducing armor a little less than before (15% reduction instead of 25%). Heavy Plating was nerfed somewhat (+20% instead of +25%). Primitive armor was removed from several shops that sold it (for some reason?) and several mechs with Primitive Armor have been adjusted to no longer use it (namely, the ExcavatorMech-1X was the primary change here). Prototype Endo-Steel has been created (it's normal endo but takes 2 more crits) and several Periphery omnimechs have been updated with both ES-Proto and the Proto XL (the Hepheastus and the Liberty, specifically). Finally, the Rifles now use ammunition boxes. Every stock mech with Rifles has been updated to use ammo boxes. The ammo has also been spread out into Periphery stores and faction stores wherever Rifles are sold.
+* 2. Before doing *anything else*, go to Cache Options on the top bar menu and select Wipe BTA Cache. Once done, also select Wipe BTA Install.
-'''HO HO HO:''' Kringle's Killers has been fixed! Hurrah! Sorry about the soft-locks, we got a fix for it now though, so you should be able to accept Kringle's properly now!
+* 3. Proceed to install BTA as normal, following the installation guide as usual.
-'''SPECIAL NOTE FOR SUB-MODDERS:''' So, we've heard your cries and pleas for some better AdvancedJSONMerge features and behold! This patch includes an updated ModTek that will help you with your advanced JSON merges! Enjoy! (if you don't know what I'm talking about, this isn't for you, don't worry about it)
+* This is necessary because the CAB has changed organization structure and if you do not do this you may run into unexpected problems. Be absolutely certain you follow these steps.
-'''COMMUNITY CONTENT:''' The Matar SAM-3G has been updated, as per the maker's wishes, and comes with a little bit of new gear such as the S.M.E.S. and the Universal Magnification Array. Check it out!
-* Several Snow Raven events have had their text corrected so there's no more ERRORs.
+'''SOME MORE NEW ICONS:''' The Xerxes, Rattlesnake, and Woden got shiny new icons! Hurrah! All glory to the Plog!
-* Fixed fusion cores no longer being able to removed. Now they can be removed easily! Enjoy!
-* Snow Ravens have tanks/turrets properly now. Whoops!
-* Tandem SRM ammo now does 2 structure damage instead of 1.
-* CASE II now properly requires ClanArmor.
-* The Valkyrie VLK-QD1 has been updated to its canon loadout of ArtIV.
-* The Bull Sharks have been given Support hardpoints and the BSK-MAZ has a brand-new loadout involving artillery!
-* Lots, and I mean lots, of dll updates.
+'''GRASSHOPPER RARITIES ADJUSTED:''' The Grasshopper is meant to be fairly rare in the Inner Sphere but I swear I fight one every mission. Adjusted their rarities to be a little less common, hopefully.
-'''IMPORTANT:''' v16.1 is an "update" update. In this case, clear your Mods folder manually and then run the installer, it'll do the work for you.
+'''ARTILLERY AOE FIX:''' You shouldn't see artillery damage just vanish into the void anymore, at least that's the plan. If that still happens, let us know.
-'''IMPORTANT:''' v16.1 is not a save breaking update, your saves are compatible and will work fine.
+'''AMMUNITION CLARIFICATIONS:''' For the true artillery tubes, Shaped Charges are now Seismic Charges (effect is unchanged, still labeled as SC in-mission). The Extended LRM ammo now says its for the Extended LRM weapon system.
+'''ARTILLERY FIX:''' The true artillery tubes no longer work with the Webb FCS since they didn't *do* anything with the Webb. This means they also don't really "take up a slot" in terms of the Webb so if you use the Webb alongside a tube arty you can have an actual weapon in the same location to get the benefit. Hurrah...?
+'''COMMUNITY CONTENT:''' The Ultra Arrow IV now works like the other true artillery and properly works with the Artillery FCS. Huzzahs!
+'''IMPORTANT:''' v17.3 is an "update" update. In this case, read the detailed update notes above to see best practices on how to update to 17.3.
+'''IMPORTANT:''' v17.3 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 v17.1.lite. This is a restructuring update, same as BTA Classic v17.3. Follow the same above instructions to update BTA Light as you would for BTA Classic.
 = Older Patch Notes =
+[[2024/3/1 - Patch v17.3]] - The CAB Reorganization patch.<br>
+[[2024/2/23 - Patch v17.2]] - The Artillery Again patch.<br>
+[[2024/1/26 - Patch v17.1]] - The Welcome to 2024 patch.<br>
+[[2023/12/22 - Patch v17.0]] - The Christmas 2023 patch.<br>
+[[2023/11/24 - Patch v16.7]] - The Grab Bag patch.<br>
+[[2023/10/20 - Patch v16.6]] - The Fancy Gear patch.<br>
+[[2023/09/15 - Patch v16.5]] - The Sanctuary Expansion patch.<br>
+[[2023/08/05 - Patch v16.4]] - The Quirk-ttachment patch.<br>
+[[2023/07/07 - Patch v16.3]] - The Aurigan Directorate patch.<br>
+[[2023/05/29 - Patch v16.2]] - The 331st Division patch.<br>
 [[2023/04/24 - Patch v16.1]] - The stand-in patch.<br>
 [[2023/04/14 - Patch v16.0]] - The MechLab overhaul patch.<br>

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