Hangar Module

Additions:

Gameplay

• Million Mile High Club is now available on live to those with the eligible package. You can access it via the Hangar elevator or the Main Menu -> “Universes” interface.
  • It is also possible for members of your party to go with you into your Million Mile High Club.

Ships

• The AEGIS Sabre is now hangar-ready!
• The new MISC Freelancer (base) model is is now available for viewing in the Hangar!
  • (It’s also flight-ready in Crusader).

Environment

• A new lighting pass for Revel and York has begun.
• Vanguard Warden has received some graphical updates.

User Interface

• Two new sliders have been added to the audio option menu.
  • “Dynamic Range” and “Ship Computer Speech Volume”.

Fixes:

Ships

• Fixed an issue where the Vanguard was missing its bathroom door.

Environment

• Fixed an issue with texture conflicts in the left and right expansion bays of Selfland.
• Fixed an issue where some untextured items would appear on the reflections inside the VFG Industrial Hangar.
• Fixed an issue where there was a not-so-faint pink-purple tinge in all of VFG Industrial Hangar.

Technical

• Fixed an issue where having all Constellation variants in the hangar at once would cause severe streaming issues.

User Interface

• Fixed an issue where the ladders in the VFG Industrial had no use prompts to descend them.

Arena Commander Module:

Additions:

Gameplay

• Pilots can no longer exit ships in Arena Commander.
  • Except for Free Flight mode, where pilots and crew can still exit their ships and EVA freely.

Components

• The Apocalypse Arms (APAR) Revenant, a new size 4 ballistic gatling gun.
  • This weapon is available on the Vanguard Warden by default, or purchased separately on the store.

Ships

• The AEGIS Vanguard Warden is now flyable in both Arena Commander and Crusader!

Balance/Tweaks:

Components

• Ships can now only lock and fire 2 missiles simultaneously.
  • The exception at the moment is the Origin 325a, which can lock 4 missiles due to the WillsOp Targeting computer.
  • We are looking into other ships with similar or identical targeting computers to identify further missile adjustments in the future.

Ships

• The weapons and turrets on the Retaliator and Cutlass have been adjusted for better overall role balance.

Fixes:

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where ship attachments (weapons and components) would not behave correctly when the ship was destroyed.
• Fixed an issue where the Battle Royale game mode would sometimes not end.
• Fixed an issue where players could get kicked from Vanduul Swarm for being idle while waiting to respawn.
• Fixed an issue where ejecting during self-destruct would allow players to bypass the respawn penalty.

Ships

• Fixed an issue where the self-destruct of a ship would be canceled after ejecting or exiting the pilot chair.
• Fixed an issue where the P-52 Merlin could not respawn in Race mode.
• Fixed an issue where multiple ships had broken or incorrect damage states in multiplayer game mode.
• Fixed an issue where the Vanduul Glaive and Scythe had incorrect top speeds in SCM mode.
  • The Scythe now has a top speed of 195 m/s in SCM mode
  • The Glaive now has a top speed of 205 m/s in SCM mode.

User Interface

• Fixed an issue where Vanduul ships weapons were not being displayed in the OVR HUD.
• Fixed an issue where ship holograms were not displaying sections of the ship.

Persistent Universe:

Additions:

Gameplay

• The Covalex Shipping hub now has a mission associated with it, seeking a Private Investigator.
  • The mission should provides different paths and endings based on what data the character locates during the mission.

Ships

• The MISC Freelancer (base) is now flyable in Crusader!

Environment

• Added an “aim” pose for characters that are prone.

User Interface

• Both the Hangar Elevator and the Main Menu “Universes” UI now allows users to select instances (either best available or instances with friends/contacts) after they have selected the location.

Balance/Tweaks:

Gameplay

• mobiGlas animations have been streamlined to make the process of accessing missions faster.

Character

• Crouch animations and related locomotion have received some tweaks.
• The animations for “Idle to Movement” and “Movement to Idle” while holding a pistol have been tweaked.
• Some minor changes to how stop, starts, footsteps and running are animated.
• Run/walk animations have received tweaks.

Technical

• Several performance improvements for Crusader have been made.
• The Port Olisar ship selector console has received some performance improvements.

Fixes:

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where weapons were not brought back up after mobiGlas had been toggled off.
• Fixed an issue where aim-down-sight did not persist when transitioning to and from prone.
• Fixed an issue where QT could not be activated once a character had passed the “edge of universe boundary”.
• Fixed an issue where players could get back into a ship after ejecting, despite the canopy having been destroyed.
• Fixed an issue where pilots would not receive a collision warning for certain objects and stations in Crusader.
• Fixed an issue where ships that had self-on or near landing pads would not despawn and thus render the landing pad useless.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to get the Port Olisar airlocks stuck in a permanent cycle state.
• Fixed an issue where ships could self-destruct in the Armistice zone.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to black out even with G-SAFE enabled, without using boost.
• Fixed an issue where ship weapons would remain non-functional after having been repaired.
• Fixed one major cause of ships spawning with missing collision.
  • This was effecting a variety of ships, and we will be monitoring closely to see if new causes are revealed.

Character

• Fixed an issue where activating aim down sight would not correctly override sprint when the player had a weapon out.

Ship

• Fixed an issue where the landing gear for the Retaliator Bomber was missing collision.
• Fixed an issue where the Vanduul Scythe cockpit would shoot forward when the ship is destroyed.
• Fixed an issue where interacting with the Constellation Andromeda side airlocks would catapult players out into space.

Environment

• Fixed a typo on the construction sign for the ArcCorp Galleria, so it now correctly lists “2946” as the completion date.
• Fixed an issue with railing collision in various areas of ArcCorp.
• Fixed an issue where audio elements from the ship-terminals at Port Olisar would abruptly cut off as a character interacted with it.
• Fixed an issue where the scroll bar in the Contacts List (“F11”) was very difficult to see.
• Fixed an issue where the Dumper’s Depot robotic arm audio was playing across all of ArcCorp.

Equipment

• Fixed an issue where weapons would pop into place during select/deselect animations rather then happening smoothly.
• Fixed an issue where the “Use” prompt for pick-ups (such as guns) would show up through walls.
• Fixed an issue with the P4-AR Ballistic Rifle, where it added a camera jerk when shifting fire modes.

Technical

• Fixed an issue where motion blur would be much more drastic on faster machines.
• Fixed several server-side crashes.
• Fixed a number of client crashes.
• Fixed several causes of Error 7 when attempting to access Crusader.
• Fixed some of the server and performance issues that were occurring when there were many AI ships active simultaneously.
• Fixed an issue where joining instances via the “Contacts In Instance” function was frequently timing out.
• Fixed a performance issue related to AI deaths in Crusader.
• Fixed a frame rate drop that would occur for all connected clients in Crusader, when a player died in combat.
• The Constellation Andromeda has received some optimizations to improve client performance in and around the ship.

User Interface

• Fixed an issue where “Contacts in Instance” was very difficult to read on the Elevator terminal UI.
• Fixed an issue where the party list would disappear for the leader when there are more then 2 members of the party.
• Fixed an issue where “Contacts In Instance” wouldn’t appear on the Hangar Elevator until the user had entered and exited a instance.
• Fixed an issue where the text entry field for contacts had to be cleared by clicking “X” each time.
• Fixed an issue where kicking someone from a party or disbanding the party would not update the contacts window until it had been closed and reopened.