Update 0.32: Brrrrrt of Prey

Content

• New flyable aircraft: A-19 Brawler (Close Air Support / Ground Attack)

  

• New music track for the A-19 Brawler

• New Weapons: 57mm Gunpod, 30mm Gunpod

• New Weapon Mount: Triple AGM-68 rack

• New vehicle : HLT Fire Control truck (networks radar SAM batteries to improve coordination and efficiency)

  

• New truck family: MSV (MRAP, Radar, Ammo, Fuel, Stratolance, Fire Control, and TBM variants)

  

• New emplacement: Static 23mm AAA emplacement

  

• New emplacement: Static MANPADS emplacement

  

• New Single Player mission for A-19 Brawler: "Reprisal"

• AddedNew map buildingLighthouse, added to several locations around Heartland
• AddedEncyclopedianew environment, added info on unit weapons

• Reworked "Convoy Attack" mission

• Added Tactical Ballistic Missile trucks to Escalation and Terminal Control, which launch when Strategic threshold is reached

• Added new gameplay hints to main menu and loading screen

Mission Editor

• Multi-select unit edit and transform

• Added spawnable missiles and bombs

• Added spawnable ammo containers

• Added spawnable dismounted pilots

• New menus and UI tweaks

• Map buildings can now be selected as target objectives

• New objective outcomes

• Camera can be moved up/down

Gameplay & Mechanics

• Performance:

  • Optimized Main Menu initialization; assets now load asynchronously to prevent freezing during startup

  • Added support for DirectX 12 and Vulkan

• Time & Environment:

  • AdjustedDynamic TimeAdded options for x0 and x0.5 time speeds; fixed issue where time updated twice per frame

• UI & Controls:

  • Radial Menu and Weapon Wheel: Many aircraft controls can now be accessed via the radial menus

  • Axis Modifier binding - can be held to turn throttle adjustments into Custom Axis 1 adjustments

  • Map Teleport: Select a spot on the map to move to that position (default middle mouse button)

  • FixedTarget FiltersNow highlights laser targets; fixed issues when selecting filtered targets

  • New Camera chase view with pre-defined positions (accessible with numpad 0-9 keys)

  • New Camera controlled state, to set defined translation and rotation movements

  • New Camera Control UI, to access camera states and applicable parameters

  • Camera field of view is now the same in all views

  • Camera max field of view increased to 120° (clamped at 90° previously)

Multiplayer & Networking

• Added Profanity Filter to Multiplayer Lobby chat

• Added loading progress indicators for Dedicated Servers

• Added verbose network logging option for Steam connections

• Added get-player-list console command

• Improved server command logic and ban functionality (kicking players immediately upon ban)

• Validated network snapshots to prevent "NaN" errors

Visuals

• Improved cloud visuals, cirrus cloud layer, skybox, stars, and night lighting

• Ground support equipment visuals in aircraft selection menu

• SAH-46 Chicane rotary cannon barrels now visually spin when active

• Improved tracer ricochet visual effects

Balance

• Blast damage refactor :

  • Bombs and gun blast damage vs all unit types and buildings has been refactored for greater consistency

  • Small guns now deal less blast damage to armored targets

• IR Seeker & SAM Rework:

  • Refined seeker range factors and logic

  • Flare direction and distance now affect decoy efficiency

  • IR Missile Maximum Target Speeds: S1: Mach 2.0, S2: Mach 2.75, S3: Mach 3.5

  • All gun turrets now use a new interception calculation, for improved accuracy

• Ground Units:

  • AddedType 12 and Spearhead MBTadded collider between turret and hull
  • AdjustedAFV8Increased armour slightly
  • AdjustedLinebreakerIncreased armour slightly, updated unit cost values (APC/IFV/SAM)

• Weapons:

  • Fixed missing projectile mass values

  • AdjustedGlide BombsAdjusted fire intervals based on size (80: 0.25s, 250: 0.30s, 500: 0.50s)
  • AdjustedPAB-80LRSize reduced to fit in internal bays

• Aircraft :

  • AdjustedMedusaRadar coverage (without radome), reduced to 60° front arc
  • AdjustedScimitarWarhead yield increased; boost thrust increased; reduced supersonic drag
  • AdjustedALND4RCS reduced to 0.005
  • FixedTarantulaTuned damage model and joints; fixed propellers completely blocking blast damage to other parts

  • Fixed missing or excessive recoil animations for all aerial guns/turrets

• Ships:

  • Rebalanced armor values for Annex/Hyperion

  • Reduced overperforming damage control effectiveness

  • Annex class : increase IR S2 SAM turret ammo counts up to 66 missiles

  • Hyperion, Dynamo class : reduce IR S3 SAM turret ammo counts down to 72 missiles

  • Ship CIWS now uses radar as primary target detector, with shorter optical fallback

  • Ship CIWS now fires continuously rather than in bursts

Bug Fixes

• Fixed HLT target detectors not functioning correctly

• Fixed missing collider on Ignus in Feldspar region

• Fixed Vortex using the wrong mount type in the weapon bay

• Fixed stretched texture on Maris airport taxiway

• Fixed duplicate decal geometry at Dustbowl

• Fixed auto-hover icon remaining stuck "on" after landing

• Fixed building destruction effects playing unnecessarily when loading into a match with pre-destroyed buildings

Known Issues

• (Existing) Throttle & Custom Axis 1 may respond poorly to analogue inputs when game is running at above 60 FPS

• Missiles spawned in Mission Editor can't currently be assigned to an owner, target, or faction

• Vehicle weapon sounds are sometimes silent until the vehicle is spectated

• Rescuing a pilot via cargo hook currently embeds the hook in the pilot's skull

• Network smoothing for cargo being transported by sling hook is not yet implemented

• Dismounted pilots may appear in seated position when spectated as a client in Multiplayer

• AI aircraft currently lack routines for airdropping cargo or using troops to capture airbases