Sprocket

Additions

• The last saved vehicle is now loaded when entering the designer.
  
• Track segments and spare wheels are now affected by grime level.
  
  
  
• Added 'Ultra' budget level to custom battles. Allows 10,000 tonnes, essentially unlimited.
  

Fixes

• Fixed a cause of blueprints not appearing in blueprint selection.
  
• Fixed camera distance from pivot being reset when finishing a text input.
  
• The log and tool parts now painted and recieve dirt.
  
• Fixed placement tool positions not updating when undoing/redoing attachment moves.
  
• Stopped circular engine vent fan getting shadowed incorrectly, should be more visible now.
  
• Designer section and module navigation UI now included in the designer enter animation.
  

Changes

• Designer overlays now enabled/disabled when showing/hiding the GUI.
  
• The loading screen is now active until the designer tank is fully loaded.
  
• Allied vehicles in scenarios now use the weathering settings set in the blueprint.
  
• Adjusted weathering grime textures and rendering technique. Resolution improved and it now looks like it adds bumps on the surface.
  
• Adjusted paint condition rendering technique - making it slightly more subtle.
  
• Improved resolution of camouflage at higher distances.
  
• Adjusted paint texture mapping. It should be much less distorted on side vertical faces, though it's still far from perfect.
  
• Reworked textures of the square engine vent and the German commander cupola.
  

Additions

• Added graphics options for terrain quality with 'Track trail effects' option enabled. Disabling track trails should get you back most of any performance lost in V0.124.
  

Fixes

• Fixed screen flashing black seemingly randomly due to v0.124 changes.
  
• Several stability improvements for custom battles.
  

Optimizations

• Sped up rendering of 'Dunes' map terrain.
  

Custom Battles

Other Additions

• Can now sort by fields on selection panel. e.g. Sorting vehicle blueprints from highest mass to lowest.
  
• Added search bar to selection panel.
  
• Can now change pages in selection panel using the arrow keys.
  
• Added team member balance indicator, to show how the battle is going more clearly.
  
• Reworked Dunes terrain using new shaders:
  
  
  
  • Gives the terrain more detail when close to the screen.
    
  • Less texture tiling at long ranges.
    
  • Dust wind effects.
    
  • Persistent track trails. (Performance intensive, toggled with the 'Track trail effects' option).
    
  • + More to come on other maps.
    
  
  
• Added link to the, now official, Sprocket subreddit.
  

Fixes

• Fixed ricochet post-game stat not working, ricochets were being counted as non-penetrations instead.
  
• Leaving and entering the designer no longer sets the current tab back to the first tab in the section.
  
• Era information popup now appears again.
  
• Improved consistency of blueprint preview icon lighting across different maps.
  
• Track click & drag editing no longer possible on the track without visualizations - through the hull.
  

Changes

• Updated all built-in blueprints.
  
• Blueprint preview images now fade out around the edges, instead of cutting off.
  
• Made vehicle position consistent in preview images across different vehicles, they should all sit on the bottom of the image now. (Only for newly generated previews)
  
• Reduced memory usage of blueprint preview icons.
  
• Removed obsolete objective progress indicator (red circular fill bar).
  
• Removed obsolete friendly team count indicator.
  
• Lighting adjustments to Sandbox (Flat).
  
• Cannon elevation motor now also has sound when moving, instead of only when accelerating.
  
• Load screen now active until the designer is fully loaded.
  
• Design selection approach changed for scenario AI teams. It now selects random units from certain eras within a mass range. You might find ALLEN on dunes now.
  

Additions

• 1 new wave defence scenario.
  
• 5 new latewar enemies.
  
• Custom default and grab cursors. Grab cursors don't appear in designers awaiting undo/redo support.
  
• Reasons for win and loss on end game screens.
  
• Stats to end game screens. Let me know which other stats you'd like to see below (or on the forums).
  

Fixes

• Polished end game screens.
  
• Potential fix for designer UI failing to unload when returning to main menu.
  
• Fixed clutch braking drive+steer gradual braking not functioning when turning left.
  
• Improved recovery of failures during attach/detach. More info
  
• Potential fix for "No Tank's Land" scenario being unbeatable on following playthroughs after beating it once (without leaving the scenario).
  
• Armour view no longer shows up in blueprint save preview icons.
  
• Fixed opening duplicate prompts or selection panels creating a non-functional panel. This would then stick around until the game was restarted.
  

Changes

• Capitalized scenario instructions.
  
• Enemy artillery in "No Tank's Land" scenario now fire while you're in the designer.
  
• Updated enemy Centurion and Spatter blueprints.
  
• Reworked "Fields" scenario's sky with new engine tech.
  
• Tab now changes cycles through the active section, instead of modules.
  
• Made mass & space displays more compact.
  
• Twin transmissions will now shift the inner track into neutral if the outer track is in 1st gear while turning. Allows turning with single gear "transmissions".
  

• Changed Dunes splash image.
  
• Changed splash image formats of NTL and Fields scenarios.
  
• Fixed broken design reset button.
  
• Added 'Scenario' title to scenario select screen.
  

Additions

• Added animated transitions to all GUI.
  

Fixes

• Fixed spare track duplicates & mirrors not saving correctly.
  
• Fixed failed assemblies partially leaving the designer, with no way to return, locking the game. Reproduceable on tracks with no roadwheels.
  
• Steering with cruise control now scales with the current cruise level.
  

Changes

• Reworked scenario selection screen. Making it more open to additional scenarios and give more info on what you're playing.
  
• Updated all starter blueprints.
  
• Increased handling of twin transmissions at speeds. Fixed an error which allowed the track to move faster than the current engine-gear speed.
  
• Clutch braking now gradually applies the brakes during drive+steer, instead of purely disengaging the clutch.
  

Additions

• Added undo/redo support for the track designer.
  
• Added better visualization for cannon click & drag editing. Allowing you to see where segments start and end more clearly.
  

Fixes

• Scrolling while placing a turret no longer adjusts the number/variant of all rivets attached to said turret.
  
• Fixed track click & drag edits picking up parts under the cursor when releasing the drag.
  
• Reduced shaking/vibration while aiming.
  
• Fixed turret rings spawning with 0 thickness, making them a massive weakspot.
  
• Roadwheels no longer stop rotating when off the ground.
  
• Fixed engine basic power display (underpowered, fast, very fast, etc) not updating with engine changes.
  

Changes

• Cannons now load instantly when spawning and leaving the designer.
  
• Engine presets are now generated instead of pre-configured, making them less susceptible to breaking over updates.
  

Additions

• Added new sound effects for engines depending on engine size. There are now unique sounds for 4, 6, 8 and 12 cylinder engines.
  Pitch & volume changes slightly with cylinder displacement. Each vehicle and engine combination should have its own unique sound now.
  
• Added new sound for tracks. Making the vehicle feel heavier with various rattling and squeaks.
  

Fixes

• Fixed increased cannon aim shake added in multi-cannons, back to the initial amount. Full fix for shake coming in the next few.
  

Changes

• Lowered lateral velocity damping. Now starts of lower at low speeds, then lowers until it's completely off by ~60km/h. This makes turning feel slightly less on rails, though it's subtle.
  
• Increased turning resistance significantly, in an attempt to get back to realistic turning and make good turners a design challenge again.
  
• Changed visual effects for track dirt throw off.
  
• RPM counter now rounds to the nearest integer below 100rpm.
  

Fixes

• Fixed translate tool not moving parts on the selected axis when placed on a rotated turret.
  
• Fixed parts on rotated turrets having their mirror's rotation inverted when moving via translate or rotation.
  
• Raised cannon barrel segment length minimum from 0.005 to 0.01.
  
• Fixed incorrect cannon barrel shading on surfaces connecting the segments.
  
• Fixed inability to fire gun when aiming outside of turret rotation range. This only applies when there is 1 gunner is in the selected fire group.
  
• Fixed incorrect Matilda mantlet barrel position at low scales, causing the barrel to visually detach from the mantlet.
  
• Stopped loading hull blueprints from destroying attached turrets.
  
• Fixed incorrect commander efficiency debuff for newly assigned commanders.
  

Changes

• Increased HVSS spring torque by 100%. Strength now scales with suspension scale squared instead of linear scale.