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v13.3 (aka the "Rain, Reduction, Rarity, and Resupply!" release) has been released to the installer. This is a chunky patch, so let's waste no time.
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v17.4 (aka the "Amaris Fools!" patch) has been released to the installer. It's our annual April Fool's patch so you'll definitely want to see what we've got cookin' this time!
  
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'''NEW FEATURE:''' EnvironmentalDesignMasks has been created and then incorporated into BTA. EDM creates an entire weather system for BTA missions, complete with mechanical effects. Clear days do nothing, of course, but if you drop and there's a hurricane, you're gonna have some effects. Ye be warned. Every weather that does something has a status icon you can hover over for details and each time you drop and there's weather one of your crew will pop up a dialogue box reminding you of the weather and its rough effects, so don't skip over those boxes!
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'''SOMEHOW, AMARIS RETURNED:''' The Inner Sphere once knew true fear as Stefan Amaris, the Usurper of the Star League and conquerer of the Hegemony, crushed those who dared stand before his might and now, after centuries of hiding, he has returned to claim what is rightfully his. His realm, the Rim Worlds Republic, lives again and the worlds of the former Terran Hegemony will be his once more. If you dare, you can stand against his forces and be obliterated by his new superweapons in combat. If you are willing to accept him as your rightful lord though you can aid in his takeover and reap the plentiful rewards that come with such obesiance (put plainly, you can work for the RWR and ally with them; the RWR faction store has some unique mech variants and four new unique superweapons you can buy: the Meatgrinder MG, the Death Ray, the Mercy autocannon, and the Atom Smasher/10).
  
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'''NEW FEATURE:''' Damage Reduction and the cover system has been completely overhauled. For details, please see the blog post that accompanies this patch, a full break down is beyond the scope of this post. Evasion is unaffected by these changes and remains as-is.
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'''THE RATTLER COMETH:''' Ok, you might think this is an April Fool's event but no, this is very real. The Rattler Mobile Fortress has been added to BTA as a unique "monster" fight akin to the Union and Overlord dropships. However, fighting a Rattler is like fighting a mobile mountain. It has no turrets that are easily killed like the dropships, instead the literally hundreds and hundreds of tons of weapons are built right into the body and are active right up until you kill the whole damn thing. Oh, and it has three Barracuda capital-scale missile launchers and a Sub-Capital Naval Laser to boot. Good luck, you are gonna need it. To be honest, I am dubious that you can kill it without extreme cheese but should you manage it, you'll get the ultimate reward (beat it to find out what it is). Finally, in order to fight this monster you must fly to Terra itself and buy the contract in the store, just like the dropship fights.
  
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'''NEW FEATURE:''' In-mission ammo resupply and armor repair systems have been implemented! You can now get access to the J-27 Resupply Truck and the Mobile Field Base which permit you to perform these functions. The J-27 Resupply Truck permits ammo resupply and the Mobile Field Base permits armor repair (not structure or component, just armor). There's also a dedicated truck for resupplying the Kalki Cruise Missile Tank (in WoB faction store). See the FAQ post that accompanies this patch for details on how the system works!  
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'''THE HANSEATIC CRUSADE HAS ARRIVED:''' As many of you predicted, the inclusion of the Goliath Scorpions and Nueva Castile was 100% a prelude to the Hanseatic Crusade. Starting in January 3065, Clan Goliath Scorpion will invade and assault the Hanseatic League and, over the course of that year and part of 3066, will eventually conquer it, ending in the foundation of the Scorpion Empire as the Clan unifies itself with Castile and the Hansa. You can participate in either side of the war as you like, the Scorpions will hire you and you can even ally with them (and later the Scorpion Empire) for access to their faction store. Enjoy the sprawling extended war!
  
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'''NEW FEATURE:''' Airlifting units has been implemented. This system allows you to pick up an allied unit (such as a mech or tank) and fly around with them. Only one unit is capable of performing this function, the Horskr Airlift VTOL. See the FAQ post that accompanies this patch for details on how the system works!
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'''NEW VOICEPACKS:''' At RogueTech's request, we have incorporated five new voicepacks from RT into BTA. These voicepacks include the Das, JellyRoll, MIG, Pagan, and Svelte voicepacks. I've given them a very cursory listen and they seem nice to me. BTA is still not super interested in further voicepacks but since RT asked nicely we decided to incorporate them as a favor to RT. Thanks, RT, for the extra content! <3
  
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'''NEW FEATURE:''' There is now a unit "rarity" system implemented in BTA. Previously, every unit had an equal chance of spawning (once it was selected as a valid target for spawning that is). Now, units have variable chances of spawning based on unit tags. Some units are extremely rare (because they should be, such as LAMs and Superheavies). Other units are very common (such as the most-produced mech of all time, the Archer-2R). Rarity isn't on the wiki yet, we're still workshopping a solution for that, but what you need to know is that general decent level technology (ER/Pulse lasers, gauss, streak SRMs, Artemis IV, this sort of thing) is the most common tech now. Basic level tech (such as 3025-level stuff), real Periphery shit (rifles, rockets, etc), artillery, and really super cutting edge experimental stuff (VSPLs, Bombast Lasers, anything you'd see at Solaris VII) is all rarer. Clans have their own version of this (regular Clan tech and the Omnimechs are most common, second-line designs are less common, real cutting edge stuff like ER Pulse Lasers and Streak LRMs are fairly rare, etc). That should give you a little bit of a feel for things.
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'''DFA PENALTIES IMPLEMENTED:''' In order to attempt to curb the AI's extreme overuse of Death-From-Above attacks, we have implemented a DFA penalty setting. Right now, the DFA penalty is +7, which is pretty steep. We'll see if it helps curb the AI's bad behavior or not.
  
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'''NEW UI FUNCTIONALITY:''' Now, next to the unit's name in-mission where you normally see the evasive pips, you'll see a little breakdown of the unit's Damage Reduction at that moment as well as their evasion pips given in both number and pip count. As a warning, there is occasionally a disconnect in the displayed pips and the displayed pip number. The number is always correct, the pips are wrong, trust the number (it's an obscure HBS rounding error, we're working on fixing it).
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'''DROP SLOT ADJUSTMENT:''' The UI has improved for putting Battle Armor onto BA carrier units. Now, in the deployment screen you'll see that each unit has a pop-up slot that you can put a BA suit + pilot into (assuming the unit can *carry* BA in the first place; if it can't carry BA you'll still see the slot but you can't put anything in the slot). For now, the four dedicated BA slots remain in Lance 3 but they may be getting removed as it's not clear what they're really useful for anymore, we'll see.
  
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'''NEW FACTION:''' You asked for it, you got it! Generic Mercenaries are now an available OpFor faction. You can fight against them essentially anywhere at any time. They have a reasonable spawn list, you can see it on the wiki: any mech that says "Local Mercenaries" is this faction.
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'''NEW PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT:''' Thanks to the work of community member, friend, and team member of BTA, Jamie Wolf, it has been discovered that HBS BT has a large amount of internal telemetry that HBS intended to use for data collection. However, that telemetry is no longer being used by HBS but *is* still running, causing noticeable performance slowdowns. In order to help performance, Jamie developed a mod that disables the telemetry from running and thus claws back some small performance gains. They're small but every bit counts! Thanks Jamie!
  
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'''UPDATED PLANETS:''' The Chaos March has arrived. This is a spread of about 14 planets in the heart of the Inner Sphere right around Terra that are independent worlds. Everyone fights over them, everyone fights on them, it's a chaotic mess (see: they're called the Chaos March). Have a blast.
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'''UPDATED OMNIMECH LOADOUT:''' The Preta (the Word of Blake Celestial OmniMech) has had its loadouts adjusted. Now, they all have a Retractable Blade in the left arm. Your Pretas will need to be stored and re-readied to receive the updated blade and to fix any errors introduced in your loadouts. This was done because the Preta is unusual. While it does not have the blade model in the *mechbay*, it does have it *in battle*. This produces odd dissonance and we decided to make it properly reflect the in-combat visuals with the addition of the blade.
  
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'''UPDATED BIOMES:''' Historically, getting Lunar or Martian missions has been tricky. Well, tricky no longer! If a planet says "Lunar" or "Martian", it *means it*. Lunar and Martian missions are significantly more common now. Even some normal planets have the biome, there's planet tags for "Colonized Moon" that indicate a planet can have Lunar or Martian missions even if it's not a Lunar or Martian planet.
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'''CLAN QUIRK MODIFIED:''' The Clan quirk now provides 10% decreased heat generation. This was done in order to help the Clans remain dangerous, help Clan chassis remain competitive, and to help the Clans manage their increased weapon heat in hot biomes.
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Rifleman III, a NullSig-equipped ambush sniper created by Stefan Amaris in the Amaris Civil War, has burst from a building into combat. Good luck! You can get the Rifleman III from the Rim Collection (who found it in a bunker somewhere in the Deep Periphery) and their faction store. It also comes with two extra variants (one LB-2X variant, one Binary Laser Cannon variant).
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'''NEW MECH CHASSIS:''' The Tolson, a 60 ton non-canon Star League e-war chassis, has snuck into battle. This mech is focused heavily on command and control functions and serves as an excellent e-war platform thanks to its integrated Command Console. Find it wherever old Star League mechs are found, as well as in the factory at Tukayyid where ComStar produces it.
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Deva, the fifth of the Word of Blake Celestial Omnimechs, has arrived. This heavy omni comes with the usual WoB oddities such as a Small Cockpit and a Retractable Blade. You can get it from the Word of Blake and their faction store.
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'''NEW MECH VARIANTS:''' There are a handful of new mech variants in this release, including: 10 new variants for the RWR's forces; a new Shadow Hawk-style Periphery mech named the Skadi; there's a pair of new Wyvern variants (including one with a new weapon, the Vehicular Grenade Launcher); there are a lot of new gladiator heroes, all of which are also on the hero reward lists (included are heroes for the following chassis: Argus, Cephalus, Dragon Fire, Dragoon, Great Turtle, Icarus II, Lancelot, Medusa, Phoenix, Rifleman III, Sirocco, Talos, Tarantula, Valkyrie II, Vision Quest, Wawkalak, Yeoman, Cyclone, Ironclad, Lao Hu, Osteon, Pulverizer, Scorpion, and Verfolger); a large batch of new introtech and 3050-tech Commandos have been released, including the Blazing Inferno II (also, the Blazing Inferno I has had its designation updated to match the newly assigned canon one).
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Liberty, a non-canon 65-ton Taurian Concordat Omnimech(!), has been invented and deployed. It's fast for its weight and comes with simple low-tech loadouts. You can get it from the Taurian Concordat and their faction store.
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'''COMMUNITY CONTENT NO MORE:''' In a new first for BTA, a piece of Community Content has graduated from CC into BTA proper. The Surtur, a Hanseatic League original chassis, has been moved into BTA proper and has received two more variants. It has also had its model changed from the Wolverine to the Valkyrie II to better represent the sword the Surtur carries.
  
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'''UPDATED MODELS:''' The [[Ostroc]], [[Ostsol]], [[Ostwar]], [[Crusader]], and [[Charger]] models are all updated to actually take paint properly now. They have some quirks (weapons don't take paint and the Crusader/Charger arms don't either) but it's largely a huge upgrade.
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'''BREAKING NEWS IS BROKEN:''' This is a bit of a sad announcement but the flashpoint Breaking News has... some issues. We discovered this after last patch when it was discovered that Breaking News still wasn't spawning properly. It also turns out that Breaking News isn't actually *done* and while technically playable does not meet the standards we like to keep BTA to. For now, it remains unavailable to play through until such time as we can manage to fix it. Sorry folks.
  
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'''UPDATED FLASHPOINT:''' Prototype, the Raven/ECM flashpoint from Urban Warfare, has a new unique Raven as the prototype in question, the -4LX. It has a unique hard-wired Anti-Missile ECM that's pretty special, so it's worth using now. The Rotary ER Medium Lasers don't hurt either.
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'''COMMUNITY CONTENT:''' There's some new CC here today, hurrah! First we have a new pilot, Warper Jawa; there's a Hunchback with a Bombast PPC; the LBX-RAC5 got a further nerf (I don't want to hear any complaints, it needed it and you know it); the Blackjack BJ-1M was updated slightly; and there's a new JagerMech, the JM6-1M!
  
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'''NEW VTOL:''' The Karnov Heavy Transport VTOL has hovered into play. This heavy transport can carry *two* squads of Battle Armor and can support any offensive using its battery of MMLs. You can get it in general Inner Sphere stores, much like the Dakota and the Utakke.
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* Fixed Gambier's allowed biomes such that you can actually get duels there as intended.
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* There was some file consolidation on the backend that changed some filepaths. Most users should see no effect but submodders might need to look around for a few things.
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* Knight at the Omni was properly fixed, again.
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* Fixed some RepMes for the Goliath Scorpions.
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* Lots of fixed typos and such.
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* A few mechs got expanded factionality (mostly pertaining to the Hanseatic League).
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* The Mech Taser got a small buff, it was rather underwhelming.
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* The Dire Wolf and the Kit Fox had incorrect structure values, that has been corrected.
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* A bug with the Black Python BP-3 and BP-4 was corrected.
  
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'''NEW VTOL:''' The Horskr Airlift VTOL has arrived in style. This is a unique VTOL that can airlift allied units around the map. You can get it from general Inner Sphere stores.
 
  
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'''NEW TANK:''' The MRM Saracen is now available from House Kurita shops. MRM in style at high speed!
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v17.4 is an "update" update. In this case, read the detailed update notes above to see best practices on how to update to 17.3.
  
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'''COMMUNITY CONTENT:''' Bunch of new CC this patch: the Shock Cannon and Shock Mortar ammo and the mechs that field them (the weapon and ammo are available from [[Mack's Dustball]]); the Battlehammers (Warhammer/Battlemaster hybrids, uses the Templar model); the LAC/10 and LAC/20 are available from [[Mack's Dustball]]; the Crosscut, Shootist, and Dervish IIC (and the Shootist IIC comes with an Improved AC/20)
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v17.4 is not a save breaking update, your saves are compatible and will work fine.
  
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* Battle Armor can garrison buildings now! Yay!
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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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* The [[Weapons#Single_Shot|Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle]] can melee now. Whoops.
 
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* The Preta got an affinity, Brawler.
 
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* There are a handful of new mech variants in this patch: the Stone Rhino 4, the Kintaro 21, two Icarus IIs (-2M, -2T), and two King Crabs (-010, -000).
 
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* The King Crab KGC-BD (bloodydoves's special King Crab in the BTA Calling event) has been significantly upgraded with much more dangerous weaponry.
 
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* There are now Clan convoy vehicles that drop Clan components. Have fun!
 
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* Shops were enhanced with a wider variety of basic mechs. Should be better uses for your c-bills now.
 
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* The Juggernauts updated with their proper canon loadouts now that we can actually give a mech 18 MGs.
 
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* Clan XL Engines and Clan Ferro-Fibrous armor now are worth less.
 
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* [[Ultra Ferro]] armor has been significantly updated: it now takes 14 crits (not 21) and also adds CASE II functionality to the entire mech.
 
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* The Nightstar Affinity has been updated to be more powerful.
 
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* The "special" mech stores (Arc-Royal, Outreach, the Diamond Shark worlds) now offer more mechs for sale (not new ones, just more volume in stock).
 
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* You can now bulk purchase items in the store (hold Ctrl and click to buy 5 at a time!).
 
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* Blitzkrieg resized down a little, it was too chunky.
 
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* The [[Ostroc]], [[Ostsol]], and [[Ostwar]] now have new icons that look much nicer! Yay!
 
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* MRMs should be more common in stores now.
 
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* MinRange accuracy boosts now work correctly. Whoops.
 
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* The Gnome and Salamander [[Battle Armor]] suits have proper affinities now. Yay!
 
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* The [[Chameleon Light Polarization Shield]] and [[Null Signature System]] have had their status icons clarified a little.
 
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* VTOL armor plating has been nerfed somewhat (VTOLs were a little too free).
 
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* The AI has been rejiggered to maybe laser focus VTOLs less and to actually properly evaluate targets now. Still in testing though.
 
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* Lots of dll updates!
 
  
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v13.3 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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'''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:''' v13.3 is not a save breaking update, your saves are compatible and will work fine.
 
  
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'''IMPORTANT:''' You can see v13.3'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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== BTA Light ==
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BTA Light has been updated to v17.2.lite. This is a minor update, with a few minor fixes. However, it also includes the performance update mentioned above for BTA Classic, so it's definitely worth you getting.
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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
 
  
 
= Older Patch Notes =
 
= Older Patch Notes =
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[[2024/4/1 - Patch v17.4]] - The Amaris Fools patch.<br>
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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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[[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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[[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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[[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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[[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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[[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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[[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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[[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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[[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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[[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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[[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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[[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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[[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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[[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>
 
[[2022/4/14 Patch v13.3]] - The weather, airlifting, resupplying, and damage reduction patch.<br>
 
[[2022/4/14 Patch v13.3]] - The weather, airlifting, resupplying, and damage reduction patch.<br>
 
[[2022/3/13 Patch v13.2.1]] - The fistful of c-bills patch<br>
 
[[2022/3/13 Patch v13.2.1]] - The fistful of c-bills patch<br>

Revision as of 19:46, 1 April 2024

v17.4 (aka the "Amaris Fools!" patch) has been released to the installer. It's our annual April Fool's patch so you'll definitely want to see what we've got cookin' this time!

SOMEHOW, AMARIS RETURNED: The Inner Sphere once knew true fear as Stefan Amaris, the Usurper of the Star League and conquerer of the Hegemony, crushed those who dared stand before his might and now, after centuries of hiding, he has returned to claim what is rightfully his. His realm, the Rim Worlds Republic, lives again and the worlds of the former Terran Hegemony will be his once more. If you dare, you can stand against his forces and be obliterated by his new superweapons in combat. If you are willing to accept him as your rightful lord though you can aid in his takeover and reap the plentiful rewards that come with such obesiance (put plainly, you can work for the RWR and ally with them; the RWR faction store has some unique mech variants and four new unique superweapons you can buy: the Meatgrinder MG, the Death Ray, the Mercy autocannon, and the Atom Smasher/10).

THE RATTLER COMETH: Ok, you might think this is an April Fool's event but no, this is very real. The Rattler Mobile Fortress has been added to BTA as a unique "monster" fight akin to the Union and Overlord dropships. However, fighting a Rattler is like fighting a mobile mountain. It has no turrets that are easily killed like the dropships, instead the literally hundreds and hundreds of tons of weapons are built right into the body and are active right up until you kill the whole damn thing. Oh, and it has three Barracuda capital-scale missile launchers and a Sub-Capital Naval Laser to boot. Good luck, you are gonna need it. To be honest, I am dubious that you can kill it without extreme cheese but should you manage it, you'll get the ultimate reward (beat it to find out what it is). Finally, in order to fight this monster you must fly to Terra itself and buy the contract in the store, just like the dropship fights.

THE HANSEATIC CRUSADE HAS ARRIVED: As many of you predicted, the inclusion of the Goliath Scorpions and Nueva Castile was 100% a prelude to the Hanseatic Crusade. Starting in January 3065, Clan Goliath Scorpion will invade and assault the Hanseatic League and, over the course of that year and part of 3066, will eventually conquer it, ending in the foundation of the Scorpion Empire as the Clan unifies itself with Castile and the Hansa. You can participate in either side of the war as you like, the Scorpions will hire you and you can even ally with them (and later the Scorpion Empire) for access to their faction store. Enjoy the sprawling extended war!

NEW VOICEPACKS: At RogueTech's request, we have incorporated five new voicepacks from RT into BTA. These voicepacks include the Das, JellyRoll, MIG, Pagan, and Svelte voicepacks. I've given them a very cursory listen and they seem nice to me. BTA is still not super interested in further voicepacks but since RT asked nicely we decided to incorporate them as a favor to RT. Thanks, RT, for the extra content! <3

DFA PENALTIES IMPLEMENTED: In order to attempt to curb the AI's extreme overuse of Death-From-Above attacks, we have implemented a DFA penalty setting. Right now, the DFA penalty is +7, which is pretty steep. We'll see if it helps curb the AI's bad behavior or not.

DROP SLOT ADJUSTMENT: The UI has improved for putting Battle Armor onto BA carrier units. Now, in the deployment screen you'll see that each unit has a pop-up slot that you can put a BA suit + pilot into (assuming the unit can *carry* BA in the first place; if it can't carry BA you'll still see the slot but you can't put anything in the slot). For now, the four dedicated BA slots remain in Lance 3 but they may be getting removed as it's not clear what they're really useful for anymore, we'll see.

NEW PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT: Thanks to the work of community member, friend, and team member of BTA, Jamie Wolf, it has been discovered that HBS BT has a large amount of internal telemetry that HBS intended to use for data collection. However, that telemetry is no longer being used by HBS but *is* still running, causing noticeable performance slowdowns. In order to help performance, Jamie developed a mod that disables the telemetry from running and thus claws back some small performance gains. They're small but every bit counts! Thanks Jamie!

UPDATED OMNIMECH LOADOUT: The Preta (the Word of Blake Celestial OmniMech) has had its loadouts adjusted. Now, they all have a Retractable Blade in the left arm. Your Pretas will need to be stored and re-readied to receive the updated blade and to fix any errors introduced in your loadouts. This was done because the Preta is unusual. While it does not have the blade model in the *mechbay*, it does have it *in battle*. This produces odd dissonance and we decided to make it properly reflect the in-combat visuals with the addition of the blade.

CLAN QUIRK MODIFIED: The Clan quirk now provides 10% decreased heat generation. This was done in order to help the Clans remain dangerous, help Clan chassis remain competitive, and to help the Clans manage their increased weapon heat in hot biomes.

NEW MECH CHASSIS: The Tolson, a 60 ton non-canon Star League e-war chassis, has snuck into battle. This mech is focused heavily on command and control functions and serves as an excellent e-war platform thanks to its integrated Command Console. Find it wherever old Star League mechs are found, as well as in the factory at Tukayyid where ComStar produces it.

NEW MECH VARIANTS: There are a handful of new mech variants in this release, including: 10 new variants for the RWR's forces; a new Shadow Hawk-style Periphery mech named the Skadi; there's a pair of new Wyvern variants (including one with a new weapon, the Vehicular Grenade Launcher); there are a lot of new gladiator heroes, all of which are also on the hero reward lists (included are heroes for the following chassis: Argus, Cephalus, Dragon Fire, Dragoon, Great Turtle, Icarus II, Lancelot, Medusa, Phoenix, Rifleman III, Sirocco, Talos, Tarantula, Valkyrie II, Vision Quest, Wawkalak, Yeoman, Cyclone, Ironclad, Lao Hu, Osteon, Pulverizer, Scorpion, and Verfolger); a large batch of new introtech and 3050-tech Commandos have been released, including the Blazing Inferno II (also, the Blazing Inferno I has had its designation updated to match the newly assigned canon one).

COMMUNITY CONTENT NO MORE: In a new first for BTA, a piece of Community Content has graduated from CC into BTA proper. The Surtur, a Hanseatic League original chassis, has been moved into BTA proper and has received two more variants. It has also had its model changed from the Wolverine to the Valkyrie II to better represent the sword the Surtur carries.

BREAKING NEWS IS BROKEN: This is a bit of a sad announcement but the flashpoint Breaking News has... some issues. We discovered this after last patch when it was discovered that Breaking News still wasn't spawning properly. It also turns out that Breaking News isn't actually *done* and while technically playable does not meet the standards we like to keep BTA to. For now, it remains unavailable to play through until such time as we can manage to fix it. Sorry folks.

COMMUNITY CONTENT: There's some new CC here today, hurrah! First we have a new pilot, Warper Jawa; there's a Hunchback with a Bombast PPC; the LBX-RAC5 got a further nerf (I don't want to hear any complaints, it needed it and you know it); the Blackjack BJ-1M was updated slightly; and there's a new JagerMech, the JM6-1M!

  • Fixed Gambier's allowed biomes such that you can actually get duels there as intended.
  • There was some file consolidation on the backend that changed some filepaths. Most users should see no effect but submodders might need to look around for a few things.
  • Knight at the Omni was properly fixed, again.
  • Fixed some RepMes for the Goliath Scorpions.
  • Lots of fixed typos and such.
  • A few mechs got expanded factionality (mostly pertaining to the Hanseatic League).
  • The Mech Taser got a small buff, it was rather underwhelming.
  • The Dire Wolf and the Kit Fox had incorrect structure values, that has been corrected.
  • A bug with the Black Python BP-3 and BP-4 was corrected.


IMPORTANT: v17.4 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: v17.4 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 v17.2.lite. This is a minor update, with a few minor fixes. However, it also includes the performance update mentioned above for BTA Classic, so it's definitely worth you getting.

Older Patch Notes

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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