Hawken Reborn (Steam) Version 0.2.1.0 (2023 November 8)

Features

• Story Arc is now removed and new players can launch straight into Patrol from the hangar.

Quality of Life

• Random encounters should spawn earlier and more frequently when in Patrol.
• Random encounters should no longer linger in your missions list.
• Enemy mechs now have clearer colors indicating their aligned factions.
• The keyboard schematic was added to the settings page.
• Enemy attacks now do more damage to increase the challenge factor for encounters.
• Radio missions stay on the screen longer to give pilots more time to evaluate them.
• Resnode resource drops in Zone B have been rebalanced.

Graphics

• The flash effect for the Gieren muzzle has been reduced to avoid excessive strobing.
• Draw distance rendering adjusted to avoid distant objects popping up.
• Frame rate should no longer drop when taking hull damage from explosions.
• Mech's legs now rotate closer to the speed of the upper torso.
• Adjustments made to the intensity of lights emitting from mechs.

UI/Text

• Missions in the Mechpad now have clearer designs to indicate their status.
• Various typos and missing text strings have been corrected in the menu and dialogue pop-ups.
• Ammo bars will turn opaque when the mech is sprinting to indicate weapons cannot be fired.

Bug Fixes

• Collected items should now display correctly upon completion of a Patrol.
• Location names should no longer pop up excessively after crossing into them.
• Random encounters should no longer occur whilst a mission is in progress.

Miscellaneous

• Exhausted Illal's supply of paint giving enemy mechs a fresh coat to make them pop in Patrol.