Hawken Reborn (Steam) Version 0.2.0.0 (2023 October 3)

Features

• The Maximum Pilot Level cap increased to 35.
• Wyndham Moors (Zone B) is now accessible.
• A third-person camera is now implemented as the default view.
• All weapons now have infinite ammo.
• 180-degree turning is now available.
• The Ostentum Heavy mech platform blueprint is now available at Pilot Level 26.
• Ultra Rapid Fire SMG blueprint is now available in the workshop at Pilot Level 26.
• The Long Jumper Thruster blueprint is now available in the workshop at Pilot Level 27.
• The Multi Missile Launcher blueprint is now available in the workshop at Pilot Level 27.

Audio

• Audio degradation arising after long play sessions should no longer occur.
• Fixed audio issues that would occur towards the end of A0E6.

Bugs

• A drone should no longer spawn underground in mission A Busted Pipe Dream.
• Audio no longer becomes muffled if a session is disconnected.
• During the Patrol mission Mech Bait, the smuggler mech's health will no longer randomly deplete resulting in a failure.
• Enemies will no longer fall between the crates at Blackport.
• Enemy health bars will no longer appear too small during the Patrol mission Poetry in Motion.
• Enemy mech will not spawn behind rocks in A0E6.
• Fixed misc. bugs causing the game client to crash.
• Havn will no longer get stuck under the MTP platform during A0E1.
• Pilots should no longer be able to launch patrol without a second weapon equipped.
• Players will no longer experience an infinite loading screen when repairing a mech.
• Prompts should appear correctly when approaching a console whilst dashing.
• Rock clipping should no longer cause pilots to get stuck through them.
• The game will no longer crash when modifying a component before the previous is completed.
• Toggling between windows during the loading screen should no longer cause pilots to get stuck in an infinite load screen.
• Various improvements to Adam Slek in A0E6 that were progression blockers were fixed.
• Volta laser sound no longer lingers after an enemy's death.

Gameplay

• A total of 3 Patrol Missions can be discovered concurrently.
• Critical hit spots are now present on Mechs in the game and are indicated by the colors of the damage numbers upon impact.
• Enemy infantry crushing is now possible by making a direct impact with them that bursts their shields, incurring a small amount of damage to the player’s mech.
• Infantry will now flee, and retreat from mechs in certain instances.
• Medium drones will fly kamikaze into pilots when on low health as intended.
• The weapon recoil system has been reworked to create an improved shooter experience.
• Thruster speed and fuel consumption have been improved for increased utility.
• The final encounter in the To Trail an Assassin mission should now scale accurately in difficulty.
• There is an increase in random encounter locations throughout Zone A.
• All existing Thrusters have been rebalanced to create more unique characteristics for each Thruster.
• Minor weapon and platform stat changes following Power Level formulae refactors.

Graphics

• Several visual environmental issues in Zone A have been fixed.
• Environment elements have had additional layers of polish.
• Improved textures across various structures across the game.
• The windowed full-screen option is now available.

Improvements

• Additional objects across Zone A & B are now more destructible.
• Patrol Mission rewards have been rebalanced.
• Thruster sizes now scale according to the Light, Medium, and Heavy mech class chosen.

Patrol Mode

• Threat Level is no longer on a constant tick and instead will increase based on your actions in the world, such as completing missions and defeating enemies.
• Players should no longer experience rogue random encounters spawning during missions to avoid any confusion between objectives.
• World Threat Level will now increase when a certain amount of resnodes are broken.

Quality of Life

• Dash ability has been rebuilt as part of the Thrusters system to remove bugs and offer future opportunities for Dash-focused Thrusters.
• Mouse sensitivity settings have been adjusted for better calibration.
• A new cross-hair in the center of the screen now displays the remaining ammo in the magazine, weapon heat, and a clearer accuracy indicator.
• Resnodes have been rebalanced for both frequency and provided resources.
• Heavy-class mech platforms have been rebalanced to offer much greater health pools in exchange for their decreased mobility.

UI / Text

• Crosshairs will turn red when aiming at enemy turrets as intended.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a weapon upgrade when skill points were spent.
• Fixed various missing text strings
• HUD elements will now appear to be curved with the cockpit.
• Loot notifications will no longer overlap with the radar's compass.
• Players will have separate control options for third and first-person mouse sensitivity.
• Press P in-game will toggle between 1st and 3rd person camera view. Gamepad is up on the D-Pad.
• Third and first-person camera views can be toggled from the in-game menu.
• Top up button in the Hangar will no longer spill out of the panel.
• UI elements displayed in the cockpit should no longer overlap with one another.
• The "Quit" button is now clearer in Mech Pad settings.

Miscellaneous

• Sacrificed a few infantry crash test dummies to stomp out additional improvements in various areas of gameplay.