These are today's changes to Bravemech: The Century War, from version 0.73.667 to 0.73.674.
v0.73.674
- Every enemy ace now comes for you in turn, not only one.
- Enemy aces now lead some of the patrols you fight.
- Aces now speak their own lines when they arrive.
- Ace names now match across Chinese, Japanese and Korean text.
v0.73.673
- The game now asks Windows for your fast graphics card.
- Clicks on the sector map respond much faster.
- Big save files load faster when the game starts.
- The title's wordmark no longer hides behind the menu panels.
- Space colony city lights and water now move.
- PCs with less memory free more of it during play.
- Laptops with built-in graphics start on lighter animation frames.
v0.73.670
- Pointing at a hex next to a unit now picks that hex.
v0.73.668
- Strategy: enemy starports, mines and crystal rigs must now be besieged.
- Mines and crystal rigs are outposts: lighter defences, smaller hangars.
- Siege turrets turn onto you, then fire from their barrels.
- Siege turrets now hit what they aim at.
- A mech flying low over siege ground is no longer half hidden.
v0.73.667
- Hover tips no longer cover buttons.
- Travel and Dock buttons step aside while a bridge station is open.
- Strategy battles now honour your Auto-Play setting.
- A hardcore career locks Auto-Play in every mode.
- Your fight HUD pick now shows in every battle you fly.
- Strategy pilots now bring their traits and feats into fights.
- Strategy wingmen now fight better on a ship with high morale.
- Named enemy aces now come back to fight you again.
- Each side has five named aces, each with their own face.
- When an ace arrives, the fight pauses to introduce them.
- Meet one again and the card recalls your last fight.
- Reputation now shows the other side's top aces and your history.
- Aces now lead the patrols you are sent to hunt.
- A pilot who shoots you down earns a name.
- The Alliance ace Orla Vance is now called Celeste Vance.
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