Early Access 0.2.0

Patch Information

Version:

J81790

Release Date:

December 17, 2024

Highlights

Chronology

General

Player Pings
- New mini-map and in-world visualization of pings.
- Pings are now player-colored.
- Structures are now pingable through the Fog of War.
- Removed the ability to Cancel and Confirm Pings.
- Fixed ability cooldown pings displaying incorrect duration.
CPU optimizations for high unit counts. This includes faster lag recovery, faster rollback, and faster replay scrubbing.
Optimizations for low-spec GPUs.
Forest Autumn trees have been updated with higher-detail art.
Many visual effects now dissipate more gracefully rather than pop suddenly out of existence. There are ongoing efforts to update all of the effects.
Fixed an issue where Hornet sound effects were not tied to the volume mixer.
The loud crickets found on certain maps have been quieted.
Enter will no longer swap between Windowed and Full-Screen mode when pressed.
You can now change Screen Percentage if the DLSS tickbox is unchecked but Super Resolution is set to something other than Off.
Fixed an issue where certain visual effects would not play for a player if that player didn’t have vision of the center of the target. This was most commonly seen with Saber beam attacks.
Fixed various issues that could occur while Alt-Tabbing.

The Adrenaline Amplifiers Gear now has unique icon art.
The Heavy Construction, Adrenaline Amplifiers, and Change of Plans Gears now each have unique Icon art in the UI menu.
Pit Crew art is now consistent between Gear menu and when equipped.
Combat Medic footsteps are no longer exceedingly loud.
Warz’s Reap the Harvest audio has been adjusted when hitting multiple units.
Eradicators firing sound effects are no longer spammy.

Enflamed Imps will no longer overkill targets with its attack.
Therium Patches will no longer incorrectly show as Enriched when they respawn.
Therium Patches will no longer incorrectly show as Enriched when they respawn.
Morph Cores are no longer able to push units out of map-bounded camera range.
MedTechs no longer cast Nanoswarm on non-Mechanical units when set to autocast.
Fixed an issue where Atlases would not gain range bonuses from Veterancy when they morphed between modes.
Unloading a unit from a transport will no longer cause them to be added to automated control groups.
Fixed an issue where some users saw a greyed-out queue button after leaving a match, making it impossible to queue again immediately.
Vectors (in large quantities) will now more consistently obey commands when Delta Jumping or Recalling.
Ruination Map
- Flowers in the concealment were hard to click and have moved to easier-to-reach locations.
- Chickens no longer appear as enemies on the mini-map.
- A new lighting pass has been completed to fight the darkness on this map.
- Fixed some clipping issues ground units were experiencing with the center ramp walls.
- Removed the audio dead zones in terms of ambience.

Medical Wrap will no longer activate when at full health.
Skipping past the Ryker event in Mission 1 will no longer prevent Ryker from being recruited to your team.
Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where structures could be built on, around, and even in the drill.
Fixed an issue where cutscenes could be missing voiceover audio.
Fixed an issue where the Campaign Inventory Bar remained on screen during in-game cutscenes.