battleMETAL

Devlog

• Celebrating the classics, Earthsiege 1
  October 26, 2024 by battleMETALgame

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  #sale

  MetalTech: Earthsiege , October 1994, by Dynamix. Short history: Dynamix made Mechwarrior 1 in 1989. As they started working on Mechwarrior 2, Activision pulled the rights. Activision's Mechwarrior 2... Continue reading

  
• v5.0.0 - big patch
  September 22, 2023 by battleMETALgame#patch, #update, #bugfix

  BIG PATCH NOTES --------------- Almost 2 years in development, not bad for a 1-person team. There's a lot more work under the hood to achieve most of these items, but this is easiest to read highlight... Continue reading

  
• V3.7.4
  December 23, 2021 by battleMETALgame

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  #development, #mech, #release, #update

  It's finally here, the 3.7.4 update. Lampshaded a while back, this fairly large update adds new mechs to the player roster, some item reworks, and some nice fixes. First up, metals. Warden Light mech... Continue reading

  
• Particle updates, minor fixes.
  October 26, 2021 by battleMETALgame

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  #development, #patch

  The 2021 updates just keep rollin'. This time around the particle system has been given a moderate update. Several weapon effects have been improved for effect and readability. Bullet impacts now rend... Continue reading

  
• UI 2.0 out now!
  September 17, 2021 by battleMETALgame

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  #development, #release, #ui

  UI2.0 - refreshed and rebuilt. fixed some longstanding display issues and updated UI graphics. This update should clean up and improve the entire game's UI. The specific UI styling has been redone to... Continue reading

  
• UI 2.0 - status
  August 14, 2021 by battleMETALgame

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  #development, #gui

  Itch is nice to have a more formalized dev-log system, vs steam's community announcements...anyway. Just wanted to note for folks who don't keep up with twitter or steam, I've been overhauling the men... Continue reading

  
• Major Release - 2.0.0
  May 28, 2021 by battleMETALgame

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  #development, #release, #update

  Release 2.0.0 - The Big drop What started as an effort to improve the terrain textures expanded out into nothing less than a major overhaul. Taking player feedback as well as a list of bugs and improv... Continue reading
• Hotfix #3 - Crash to Desktop on Graphics Menu.
  March 28, 2021 by battleMETALgame

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  #hotfix, #patch, #development, #release

  Release 1.9.9 1 fix Game would ungracefully crash to desktop when user changed anything in the Graphics menu, this is now fixed... Continue reading
• Minor Patch #3
  March 19, 2021 by battleMETALgame

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  #patch, #update, #minor patch, #development

  Small updates. Originally planned a larger all-in-one update to go live later in the Spring / early summer, but some issues needed addressing sooner rather than later. Updates Sweet new shaders added... Continue reading

  
• Patch #2 - Network fixes
  February 05, 2021 by battleMETALgame#development, #patch, #update

  Minor code changes to the networking for the game. The real changes are to game settings in default.cfg, I've updated the values of several client-side settings to improve network performance especial... Continue reading
• Major Patch #1
  February 01, 2021 by battleMETALgame

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  #patch, #update, #development

  Patch Notes on Steam Highlights new .cfg vars Please check your config.cfg (found in c:\users\user\Saved Games\battlemetal\metaldata\ ) copy-past these settings if you don't already have them set... Continue reading

  
• Hotfix #2 - Patch #1 error fixes.
  January 05, 2021 by battleMETALgame

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  #development, #co-op, #fps, #mech, #mechwarrior

  Release v1.1.3 Patch #1 based issues Tightened up Server Info send process for first-time player connect to a server. Added code to support Co-op servers that are running a map which is .animaticOnly... Continue reading
• Patch #1 - Co-op fixes.
  January 05, 2021 by battleMETALgame

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  #update, #co-op, #development

  Main Fixes Fix: Co-op 'Ready Up' button kicking player off server - button removed, 'Ready Up' button not needed. Instead, end-of-round countdown timer reduced to 45 seconds. Fix: Co-op failed to cycl... Continue reading
• Hotfix #1 - Map fixes
  December 31, 2020 by battleMETALgame#update, #hotfix, #maps

  release v1.0.5 fixed victory trigger error on map O1M4 for Veteran Difficulty. fixed radar post placement on O1M2. fixed Deathmatch spawn points for DM3. fixed info and ignoreSave bug for Training-on... Continue reading