Patch Notes:

• Transaction Log Screen
  
  
  
  • Minor visual update
    
  • Sorted: recent transaction on top
    
  • Dynamic: updated on time
    
  • Persistent: saved with save game
    
  • Categorized: streamline transactions log per month
    
  • Optimized: does not update when off screen
    
  
  
  
• Player Resources Widget
  
  
  
  • Improve tool tip to show daily and monthly resource contribution estimation
    
  • Change notification update frequency of mech sales from weekly to monthly -> less screen clutter
    
  • Implement quick access to transaction log screen by left clicking the player resource widget
    
  
  
  
  
• World Event History Screen
  
  
  
  • Past and current world events is now being saved with save game
    
  • Limits the maximum number of saved world events to 20
    
  • Update the UI to be more informative
    
  
  
  
  
• Platform Overview Screen
  
  
  
  • Minor visual update
    
  
  
  
  
• Alpha Version Widget
  
  
  
  • Add a FPS counter
    
  • Minor visual update
    
  
  
  
• News ticker Widget
  
  
  
  • Fix bad animation
    
  • Implement queue system-> no more overlapping news
    
  • Implement quick access to world event screen by left clicking the newsticker
    
  
  
  
• Bug fix
  
  
  
  • Fix crashing when randomizing a mech
    
  
  
  
• Save Version
  
  
  
  • Updated to 0.2
    
  
  
  
• Various improvements and bug fixes
  

Next Update : 22nd of June 2018

Patch Notes:

• Save Version
  
  
  
  • Introduce save version to safeguard crashing from loading outdated save version
    
  • Update the save and load UI visual to easily inform player about save version compatibility
    
  
  
• Worker Candidate / Applicant system improvement
  
  
  
  
  • A list of candidates now refreshes each month
    
  • List of candidates is now being saved along with game save. No more reloading to min-max candidates
    
  • Each candidates list contains mixed types of workers (Businessman, Scientist, Engineer). In future update, the scarcity and quality of each worker type will be influenced by in-game world event
    
  • Update the UI to be more informative
    
  
  
• Control input
  
  
  
  • Implement ESC key to show setting menu, as is tradition in computer game
    
  
  
• Research Tree
  
  
  
  • Category Worker is now unlockable. It has the following research items
    
    
    
    • Engineer Capacity + 5 (1-3 for a total of 20 Engineers)
      
    • Scientist Capacity + 5 (1-3 for a total of 20 Scientist)
      
    • Businessman Capacity + 5 (1-3 for a total of 20 Businessman )
      
    
    
  • Category Factory is now unlockable. It has the following research items
    
    
    
    • Minimum Profit -2% (1-3 for a minimum of 2%)
      
    • Maximum Profit +2% (1-3 for a maximum of 21 %)
      
    • Worker Training 1 (one-time free engineering, research, and business resource)
      
    
    
  
  
  
• Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  

Next Update : 15th of June 2018

Patch Notes

• 4 New Research Tree Category (Work In Progress)
  
  The ground works for other research category has been implemented. It is still work in progress. Expect full functionality in upcoming updates
  
  
  
  • Attachment
    
  • Worker
    
  • Factory
    
  • Platform
    
  
  
• Mech component weight calculation improvement
  
• Fix unintended overlapping platform sale summary in assembly mode.
  
  
• Various refactorings and minor improvements
  

Note

Next Update : 8th of June 2018

Early Access Development Timeline

• Core Gameplay
  
  
  
  • Better market AI
    
  • More interaction with workers
    
  • Attachment system
    
  • Upgradeable platform
    
  • More realistic material configuration
    
  • Additional research tree for factory specialization
    
  • Sales report
    
  
  
• Visual
  
  
  
  • 3d Meshes
    
  • Animations
    
  • User Interface + UX
    
  • Textures + materials
    
  • Particle Effects
    
  • Fulfillment of at least 180 body parts stated in EA Game disclaimer
    
  
  
• Balancing
  
  
  
  • Mech's statistics, prices, competitors, workers, world events, research tree's bonuses balancings
    
  
  
• Polish
  
  
  
  • Fulfillment of steam achievements and steam cloud saves
    
  
  
• Buffer
  
  
  
  • an extra phase to implement other features not mentioned in early access, such as driveable mech, testable mech, mod support, etc.
    
  
  
• Full Release
  
  
  
  • Mechsprofit exits Early Access, approximately Q2 2019
    
  
  

Patch notes

Mechsprofit website

• General

  
  
  
  
  • Introduce opt-in "Early Access Mode/ Cheat" to instantly unlock all parts. Can be activated from Tutorial->Early Access->Unlock All Research
    
  • Introduce head specific data
    
    
    
    • Auto Pilot Level
      
    • Camera Type
      
    • Auto Track Target
      
    • Max Track Target
      
    
    
  • Introduce Arm bonuses (Work in progress)
    
  • Improve terrain capability logos
    
  
  
• Fix incorrect worker salary report
  
• Fix unclickable mech component in assembly
  
• Update terrain capability icons
  
• Update 83 mech component data structures
  
• Implement mech properties value calculation at runtime. future balance modification will be easier
  
  

• Assembly UI

  
  
  
  
  • Additional Left Mouse Button click logic to differentiate intent between mech rotation and component selection
    
    
  • Add new panel for head and arm statistics
    
  
  
  

• Research UI

  
  
  
  
  
  • Color Indicator to differentiate Status
    
    
    
    • Red : Locked (Either not enough resource or previous item in research tree not yet unlocked)
      
    • Yellow : Unlockable
      
    • Green : Unlocked
      
    
    
  • New part specific info panel
    
  • Changed component viewer projection type from perspective to orthographic
    
  • Better algorithm for component auto-focus
    
  • Add a roll rotation control when inspecting a component
    
  • Several UI visual tweaks
    
  
  

• Raised initial player resources
  
  
  
  • Money : 1,000,000 -> 5,000,000
    
  • Engineering: 50 -> 75
    
  • Research : 20 -> 50
    
  • Business : 10 -> 50
    
  • Add a tooltip in resource widget to indicate what the resource is called
    
  
  
• Platform Sale Widget upgrade
  
  
  
  
  • Change prototype sales update logic to use delegates instead of tick
    
  • More precise week 1 calculation, taking into account if a sale starts not at the beginning of a week
    
  • Changed the "Remove Sale" Button background color to red
    
  • Display more information, with onHover tooltips
    
    
    
    • Last week sold unit
      
    • Total sold unit
      
    • Sale Specialization (Category)
      
    
    
  
  
• Fix a locked locomotion part showing as unlocked on new game
  
• Implement sortable mechs array. Click on a header title to sort it. (Market UI)
  
  
• New prototypes entering the market, and old ones leaving the market will now notify the player through the newsticker
  
• List of past events can now be accessed from Market->Events (Work In Progress)
  
• Improve Assembly Flow logic. Cant modify a mech when already sold on a market and cant check the market tab if not yet sold on the market
  

• Balance (resource rate, prices)
  
• Content (less placeholder asset)
  
• More intuitive UI
  
• Bug fixes
  

1. Tutorial menu
   
2. Autosave function
   
3. Various bug fixes
   
4. Gameplay balance tweak #1
   

• Bugs fixing
  
• Finalize all button tooltips popup to help convey intent and mitigate lack of tutorial
  
• Auto Save function
  
• Balancing
  

Updates

• Assembly UI Improvements
  
  
  
  
  • Part Selection now dynamic with animation, screen real estate is less cluttered.
    
  • Part Selection now more interactive, click a body part in assembly mode to see applicable parts.
    
  • Add an animation toggle button
    
  
  
• Various Bugs fixes
  
• Better performance in assembly. Change Icon loading logic from sync to async.
  
• Implement a transitional material system. Future new mech part iteration will be faster
  
• Implement internal Mech cheat system, testing and debugging is now faster
  
• Reorganize Locomotion Technology Level for Manufacturer 1. it is now : Wheel->Biped->Jet