Metal Slug Tactics

UX:

• Preview of Special Actions superior levels on Level Up and in Barracks
  

Features:

• Refusing a Strategic Asset grants 5 coins
  
• New weapon mods that change the user’s Max HP
  
• Improved the algorithm that randomly draws missions in a biome
  

Balancing:

• Trevor’s Flying Blade II & III now cost 3 ADR
  
• Trevor can now target himself with Nanoshroud
  

Bug Fixes:

• There cannot be several weapon mods of the same upgrade chain when choosing a reward
  
• Eri’s Secret Service achievement could not be triggered with Clark’s Jump into Action, Tarma’s Final Crash and Ralf’s Overhead
  
• Trevor’s Flying Blade sometimes did not inflict damage when the target was too far
  
• Trevor’s Jet Lag reduced Special Actions costs by 2 instead of 1
  
• Trevor’s Nanoshroud applies the correct bonus movement effects
  
• Characters who died while in Mummy status played their idle animation on the next turn and appeared alive
  
• Some effects were not properly applied or removed after Aeshi Nero’s Laser and Bite attacks (e.g. Protection status was not removed)
  
• Path preview was not properly rendered on top of the map, mainly where there was a Jump
  
• Path preview Jump was sometimes vertically misplaced
  
• Path preview was improved for big jumps (eg. when landing on a Leaf Pile)
  
• Fixed path preview for the Slugnoid
  
• Fio’s Helping Hand passive did not work for some of her Special Actions
  
• Fio’s Extra Motivation passive did not work for some of her Special Actions
  
• Fio’s Field Dressing did not always correctly preview the healing bonus
  
• Fio’s Germi Style could trigger Fio’s weapon’s effects even if no sync was triggered
  
• Hid the Rewards panel on JupiterKing’s mission
  
• Miners are not affected by Nadia’s electric mines
  
• Slugs are not affected by Nadia’s electric mines
  
• Brawn’s bonus can only be activated once per turn per unit
  
• Brawn’s bonus was not activated if the attack triggered a revenge hit
  
• After gaining a bonus action, the unit’s UI was in some cases not properly updated
  
• Improved Paqar SFX integration when swapping idols
  
• Fixed Paqar’s idols hit and destroy animations
  
• Paqar’s destroyed idols were not correctly respawned on Reset Turn
  
• Paqar’s introduction can be fast-forwarded
  
• Fixed Slugs Popup (Armor and Fuel label)
  
• Fixed the Tutorial reset button
  
• Fixed Trevor’s animations in the HQ
  

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Balancing & Feature



• Reworked Clark’s Argentine Backbreaker to differentiate it from Stargazer. Now Clark
  rushes towards the enemy before hurling them.
  
• Clark’s Argentine Backbreaker costs -1 ADR (all 3 levels)
  
• You can now give up your current run at any time. This triggers the Defeat screen,
  grants currency rewards, and then takes you back to the Character Selection screen.
  
• Rebind for Camera Move (WASD) added
  
• Rebind for cursor superposition cycling added. Default keys: page up/page down
  
• Protect Miners is now easier for the first 3 difficulties, lowered the count of required miners to be kept alive to complete the mission
  
• Trevor’s Shinobi I & II now cost +1 ADR
  
• Trevor’s Shinobi III now doesn’t grant a bonus action if the target dies
  
• Trevor’s Flying Blade now doesn’t grant a bonus action if the target dies (all 3 levels)
  
• Trevor’s Flying Blade now has a reduced launch range, reduced damage for level 3, and increased ADR cost for level 1
  
  
  

  Feedback & Interface

  
  
• The Desynchronized feedback on bosses is now triggered after all sync attacks have
  been performed
  
• Increased screen size for Special Action upgrade popups
  
• Improved AOE now display in popups
  
• Enemies’ level is now displayed in their popup
  
• Profiles do not use display names anymore, nor they require a keyboard for
  creation
  
• The 3 available profile slots are displayed explicitly
  
  
  

  Bug Fixes & Performance Optimizations

  
  
• Lightning Idol now deals damage on high ground
  
• Explosive props destroyed in a Sync attack now correctly apply their damage
  
• Players can now sync on targets hit by an explosive prop
  
• Syncs, including destructible crates, are now properly previewed
  
• The Convoy is not hurt by Geyers
  
• The Convoy does no longer open Sarcophagi
  
• Fixed the “Spy” achievement
  
• When moving an enemy with a Special Action in a mine’s AOE, the mine is now only
  triggered if the enemy is not killed by the action, or if another enemy is in the AOE
  
• Enemy Chaser now correctly predicts sync attacks
  
• Fixed Special Actions that could not hit Dragon Nosuke : Dynamite Punch, Enemy
  Chaser, Galactica Phantom
  
• Fixed pathfinding bug after room transitions in Dragon Nosuke’s mission
  
• The game now keeps backups for save files if the game/computer crashes during the
  save process
  
• Sync attacks are no longer previewed for units killed by the original attack
  
• Spotlight II & III AOEs should now correctly display in popups
  
• Fixed an issue for which delayed Hits for the Rebel Tower were sometimes not correctly restored on reload or reset turn
  
• Rewards drawn in the Outpost are now saved and won’t change on reload
  
• Incubator animations now play correctly
  
• Special Actions cannot break anymore when opening the Pause Menu during
  preview
  
• The destroyed Rebel Tower now stays on screen
  
• The camera now starts at the correct position when reloading the Dragon Nosuke mission
  
• The “War Machines” achievement now correctly triggers when defeating Dragon Nosuke
  
• Target statuses don’t count for the “A Sister” achievement
  
• Combustion triggers if a sync kills an enemy
  
• Units in Slugs are not killed during room transitions
  
• Correctly initialize reinforcements when selecting another difficulty
  
• Destroy idols objective counter
  
• Hide the enter slug UI “IN” feedback after destruction
  
• Cannot one-shot Abul Abbas and Allen O’Neil by invoking slugs on their position
  
• Don't play idle for empty slugs on continue
  
• Lingering character visual when resetting a turn with a character inside a slug
  
• Alice is now correctly restored on continue
  
• Added bleeding effect description
  
• Fixed all occurrences of several music tracks playing at the same time
  
• Improved performance when there are Delayed Hits
  
• Improved performance for Jupiter King
  
• Improved performance when playing with a controller
  
• Improved performance when displaying units range
  
• Improved general performances in mission
  

  Sounds

  
  
• Polish, resync, and added missing SFX for
  ○ Leona's Skills and her afterimages (attack type/hits)
  ○ Nadia's Skills
  ○ Trevor's Skills
  ○ Clark's Skills
  ○ Ralf’s Skills
  
• Enhanced "no damage" feedback
  
• Mummy players now no longer trigger Flamethrower or grenade sound upon weapon
  selection
  
• Fixed announcer randomly not saying "you're great" on level up
  

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• [Controller only] Fixed a softlock that occurred when skipping a particularly long dialogue as it appeared.
  
• The elevation tutorial pop-up should now correctly disappear.
  

UI:



• Increased font size for:
  
• All popups
  
• Tooltips
  
• Character reactions
  
• Mission UI: cancel move button, objectives, deploy units…
  
• Rewards Legend
  
• Level Up
  
• Turn order popup shows Rumi's order
  
• Nadia’s Mine tooltip
  
  

  Optimizations:

  
  
• First Blood damage modifier optimized
  
• Controller memory leaks optimized
  
  

  Audio:

  
  
• Missing SFX for Paqar’s Totem swap now should appear correctly
  
  

  Debug:

  
  
• Fixed equipped weapon glitch that could happen after exiting a vehicle
  
• Fixed the Metal Slug main cannon attack animation
  
• Node Superposition tooltip: the mouse icon should now appear correctly
  
• Optimized Save Profiles management
  
• Frags made by invocations (Alice, Gunbot, Iron Lizard, After Image) now count as frags for their invoker
  
• Frags made from a vehicle now count for objectives
  
• Frags made with a Crane now count for objectives
  
• Credits: "Compositor" role corrected to "Composer"
  
• End Turn now doesn't require holding on the keyboard
  
• The game now ensures that all achievements validated ingame are validated on the platform as well
  
• Rumi’s name is now displayed
  
• Alice's status now has a description
  
• Alice’s SFX now does not play indefinitely after going back to the menu
  
• Outpost: fixed Rumi's name that could be hidden behind the reroll button
  
• The green color should no longer stick to the tile after reviving a character.
  
• Characters should no longer keep the mummy attacks after being killed as a mummy and revived.
  
• Leona's afterimages can now be walked through by other units
  
• Nadia can no longer sync with her handgun while gunbot is spawned
  
• Fio's Bandaid passive skill now triggers correctly on Acupuncture Boost
  
• Gunbot can no longer gain infinite XP and coins for saving prisoners
  
• Tesla Ammo should now activate after undoing a move
  
• Quitting to the Main Menu then Continue'ing decremented the number of turns left before a destination room reveals by 1
  
• Corrected a crash that happened when a berserker retribution hit killed Leona
  
• Dragon Nosuke can now be correctly targeted
  
• The menu font should now correctly adapt to Turkish language
  
• Initiator II & III weapon mods now correctly add sync damage
  
• The description for Gunbot Self Destruct should now be correctly displayed
  
• The description for Rage ability and status (Natives) should now be correctly displayed
  

• Grenade-type weapons sometimes can’t hit enemies standing on different elevations despite being in range
  
• Kills caused by cranes, barrel explosions, metal slugs, or any non-character damage) do not count towards “kill X enemies” mission objectives.
  
• When playing Trevor and previewing an attack with his secondary weapon Laser, using the Turn Reset feature will cause a softlock.
  Workaround: back out of attack previews before using a Turn Reset.
  
• Profile creation is not currently possible while using a gamepad. Using the mouse to complete profile creation is enough to play the rest of the game with a controller.
  
• If you manage to reach the final biome “City” without unlocking a Strategic Asset during your run, some missions may not offer primary arsenal rewards.
  
• Characters killed in unusual conditions (boss phase transitions, while mummified, in a vehicle…) might reappear with missing arms. The issue is purely visual : the character still counts as dead for all experience and gameplay purposes.
  
• The game does not pause on loss of focus. Sound, and animations will continue when tabbed out
  
• The Rebind keys option is currently not implemented
  
• Controller rumble has not yet been implemented
  
• Dragon Nosuke boss sometimes becomes untargetable after room transition: When Nosuke “breaks the ground” and changes the room, the boss sometimes spawns out of reach.
  Workaround: Using Turn Reset will fix the issue. Quitting the game and reloading the fight might also work.
  
• There is no currently no tutorial explaining how to free a prisoner: This does not cost an action. To free a prisoner, simply move a character near a prisoner and interact with them. Note that if the character begins their turn near a prisoner, interacting with the prisoner will still consume the movement as if using an action to interact with a lever.
  

ABOUT NADIA & TREVOR:

• Fearless foodie Nadia Cassel returns! With her deadly robots and explosive electro-mines, Nadia is ready to wreak havoc on the battlefield!
  
• Genius hacker and martial artist Trevor Spacey is back! This time, Trevor has tapped into the power of mind control to turn enemies against each other!
  

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