Greetings Mercenaries

Patch Date and Time - 29 JAN 2019 @ 12PM PST

Patch Number: 1.0.193

The latest patch details have arrived with improvements and bug fixes. We will be Patching Wednesday, Jan 29th at 12 PM PST (Noon)

We will also be hosting a Dev Update next week (details will be posted next week) so look for exciting information on what the future holds for MechWarrior 5 to be revealed then!

The MechWarrior 5 Team

Please Note: The MW5 Mod editor will also receive an update to keep the Mod Editor Version in line with these changes.

General Improvements

You can now sell 'Mechs directly from cold storage!

Created a default joystick button binding template for supported joysticks based on the Thrustmaster button layout

Adding the ability to change Anti-Aliasing Modes

Social overlay subheadings can now be collapsed

Created separate movement controls for the drop ship navigation and 'Mech controls

Gameplay / Mission Fixes

Mission "Intriguing Offer" now has a warning in the transmission that accepting this quest will cancel out any other active mission

Federated Commonwealth no longer has allegiance to any other faction

Davion contracts against Federated Commonwealth are no longer possible

Federated Commonwealth now has its own unique selection of 'Mechs

Removed Comstar as a potential enemy for (non-quest) procedural missions

Periphery is no longer set to have allegiance to Independent

Magistracy of Canopus now uses the Periphery icon

Fixed an issue where a DropShip was arriving over a specific garrison and clipping through buildings

Mission / Reward Fixes

Mission "Cost of Freedom" - The correct opponent faction now displayed on the post-mission screen

"Blood and Treasure" Story Quest now produces ammo for the LosTech it rewards

Completing mission "The Shadow Coup" now rewards the correct pilot

Mission "A Dragon in Sheep's Clothing" - User can no longer claim rewards after completing Part 2 (must complete Part 3)

Mission "Pirate Hunt" - Completing Part 3 now grants the completion rewards

Tier 0 Burst Fire AC/10 now has correct salvage shares

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Narc on an enemy turret displayed an incorrect HUD indicator

Audio - Hitting TAB to close the pause menu no longer causes the audio to remain muted

Instant Action - Users can no longer get stuck on a black screen if they press Tab or Esc in the Paint 'Mech menu

Tutorial - Unable to complete 'Press "A" and "D" to turn' when certain joysticks are plugged in the PC

Fixed an issue where some users were unable to look around using the mouse

Co-op Fixes and Improvements

Epic Online Services - Upgrade to EOS SDK 1.3

Clients are no longer able to advance time on host campaign when healing an injured pilot

Clients can now always access the pre-drop screen by clicking the contract button along the top menu bar when a mission is queued

Custom paint will no longer revert to the previous state if another client submits a work order and completes it

Player name will no longer become a random number if not connected to EOS

Social will now update when removing the last friend from your friends list

Clients no longer see empty brackets in campaign when Rare weapons or 'Mechs are for sale

Clients no longer see a menu overlapping the Post Mission stats when connecting while host is on this screen

On the drop screen itself, there is now an icon to show which player is readied up

Fixed an issue where the client was unable to join host campaign if they have a large inventory

'Mech Related Fixes

'Mech Hitbox Tuning Pass for the following chassis: Banshee Kintaro UrbanMech Crab

Highlander - HGN-HM - Equipping a Narc to the second LT slot no longer places the weapon in front of its head

Nightstar - Fixed the Cockpit so it is no longer tilted to the left

Annihilator - ANH-2A - Destroying either arm will no longer show weapons floating in the air

Shadowhawk left arm laser texture fixed

Cicada - Cockpit bounce has been improved

Thunderbolt TDR-9SE - Upper rear RT no longer does damage to the front

Faction Camo - Taurian Concordat now has correct Primary, Secondary, Tertiary colours set

Text and Localization Fixes

Fixed some incorrect mission descriptions

Fixed some long, incorrect, or missing translations (German, French, Russian)

Cold Storage & Market sorting by class, name or tonnage now works in any language

Stability and Performance

Fixed some crashes on loading screens

Fixed a case where users would hang in instant action loading screen due to glitched friend request

Drop Preparation Screen - no longer able to switch tabs with the abort popup on-screen (this would result in being stuck)

Art and Levels - Multiple fixes and improvements

Fixed floating art and game objects in some missions

Fixed level of detail settings on some art assets

Fixed texture resolution on some art assets

Fixed collision and stuck locations in some levels and missions

Fixed issues with some objects spawning under the terrain

Fixed a tutorial checkpoint issue

Tagged: Patch-Notes