Dark Horizons: Mechanized Corps
Patch 0.0.7.0 LIVE
New Cockpit views
Each chassis now has a unique cockpit in first person mode.
*To go into cockpit view in-game by default hit the TAB key
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=355772696
Faction Wars Update #1
A first step toward Factions Wars this patch sets the ground work for character progression and Squads.
- You now gain XP during battles and gain levels and rank. Currently levels only unlock the ability to create a squad but they also form part of the base core for Faction Wars and will affect the game further in the future.
- Squads - You can create a squad at level 7 and you can invite other people to your squad via the global chat interface.
- Squad stats are recorded in battle and are displayed on the Squads screen.
We are looking to reward the current Early Access adopters for their support at the beginning of the new year with some sort of visual badge. Stay tuned!
Other updates
- Updated faction wars map image to introduce the new look coming in Faction Wars Update #2
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=358807816
What we are working on next
We have a series of patches planned and in progress for the beginning of the new year. We will be following up first with patch 0.0.7.1 which will include new mission environments.
Other coming update:
More Faction Wars
- factions
- new level unlocks
- territory wars
- More weapons to customize your chassis
- Linux Alpha.
Update 0.0.6.7 LIVE!
We pushed a emergency update to 0.0.6.6 (0.0.6.7) Saturday that fixes aiming bug found in first person mode. We also fixed 2 crash bugs. We will have another update this week with new missions.
We are currently working on many new features which is why its been awhile for a new patch. We are at the point we can start releasing new patches again, and should be doing so more frequently.
NEW FEATURES:
- Sniper cannon for Switchblade and Viper Chassis, has a 2 km range
- New zoom levels (default key is Z)
- Torso lag added, similar to turret lag on tank game. Allows you to look around a little faster then your torso rotates. (CAN LOCK TORSO in options menu)
- Brimstone and Hellfire lasers currently follow the camera and not the torso. FEEDBACK needed.
- Default throttle change to not stick, optional sticking throttle with -/+ keys and are rebind-able
- Added more feedback when hit by explosive weapons such as rockets and missiles
- Added full screen damage affect
UPDATES and BUG FIXES
- Increased visible distance on all missions to accommodate
- Updated several weapons with increase muzzle velocity.
- Balanced weapons to allow for a bit faster pace to combat.
- Updated Coastal mission with layout changes and new buildings
- Added menu music
- Changed mech stomp sounds to vary
- Added explosion to destroyed weapons
- Power plant now explodes on downed mech
- Removed friendly names unless targeted
- Fixed mounting issue with targeting laser on Abolisher
- Fixed issues with 360 controller
- Fixed issues with mouse sensitivity. Slider now works correctly
- Fixed issues with under water FX staying on when leaving game
0.0.6.7
- Bug Fixes for crash report
- Bug fixes to AI
- further updates to balancing
DHMC - November Event Schedule
The current list includes the following events: More to come!
Saturday Morning Bot smash!
Saturday - 11/8/2014 - 11:30AM EST/8:30AM PST
Saturday Morning Bot smash!
Saturday - 11/15/2014 - 11:30AM EST/8:30AM PST
DHMC Faction weekend!
More details to come on Faction weekend, but we will kick it of with:
Friday Night Fights. - Crashsite
Friday - 11/21/2014 - 10:00PM EST/7:00PM PST
Remember best way to keep informed of event times etc... is to join the official Steam Group:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/dhmc
DHMC DEV DIARY 10/31
We have been working on various parts of the game including:
New and updated missions
Weapons and mech balancing
new weapons
mech movement and cockpits
and Faction Wars….
Coming in version 0.0.6.6
In the upcoming patch version 0.0.6.6 we have working on improving performance so we can update visual distance in the game, reducing the amount of fog.
Why is this a big deal you may ask? We have added 2 new zoom levels for use with long range weapons, like the ARCs, LARBS and the NEW! sniper cannon which will be released in 0.0.6.6 .
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=334626597
Also coming in the next build is a new mission “Crashsite”, updates to the mech balancing, additional feedback when being attack, and many bug fixes.
And then?
Coming shortly after is something we are all excited about, and for this we will just let the picture speak for itself.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=334662767
First person cockpits have been a long time coming , and the first iteration to make it back into the game is coming later in November. With this we will also support server settings to force cockpit only.
And last but not least we are hard at work on Faction Wars, with elements coming out over the next couple updates with the start of the persistent system coming soon..
Upcoming Events
We will be hosting more multi-player events in November, including a introduction to the Factions in three weeks. To be kept up to date on scheduled events we encourage you to join the OFFICIAL GROUP at http://steamcommunity.com/games/dhmc .
Patch 0.0.6.5 LIVE
Changes
-Graphics Update: Changed rendering over to deferred setup and improved the linear space lighting
-Map Updates: - Updated Lighting and postfx on all of the missions
-AI Updates: Updated AI to not side step and use torso twisting
-Removed postfix toggle in options. PostFX are now always on unless you are changing lighting to lowest and it disables postfx.
-Fixed bug so you go back to multiplayer menu if lobby fails to create
We will do another content patch with 2 new missions ahead of Faction Wars.
Steam Trading Cards for DHMC are live!
To learn more about Steam Trading cards goto http://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards,
Enjoy!
MGT Staff
Friday night Fight! 9/26
If you can't make this time we encourage you to post times you will be on for others in your time zone to join!
We also encourage you to join the official community group!
http://steamcommunity.com/games/dhmc
Friday night Fight! 8/19
We will start the fights at 9pm EST/6pm PST.
If you can't make this time we encourage you to post times you will be on for others in your time zone to join!
If you haven't joined the official community group, we encourage you to, so you can stay up to date on the latest happenings.
http://steamcommunity.com/games/dhmc
MGT Staff
DHMC Sunday Blast - 9/7/14 - Twitch Stream
We will start playing at 9 PM EST/6 PM PST and go for a 2-3 hours.
We will also be doing our first twitch.tv stream of the game, so come on out. We will post more details Sunday before the match. Sorry didn't happen last weekend, had technical issues.
Don't forget to join the official game group to get update notifications at:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/dhmc/
Thursday night Fights TONIGHT!
If you haven't joined the official community group, we encourage you to, so you can stay up to date on the latest happenings.
http://steamcommunity.com/games/dhmc
MGT Staff