Nuclear Option Soundtrack · published · build 21185809
New flyable aircraft: A-19 Brawler (Close Air Support / Ground Attack)
New music track for the A-19 Brawler
New Weapons: 57mm Gunpod, 30mm Gunpod
New Weapon Mount: Triple AGM-68 rack
New vehicle : HLT Fire Control truck (networks radar SAM batteries to improve coordination and efficiency)
New truck family: MSV (MRAP, Radar, Ammo, Fuel, Stratolance, Fire Control, and TBM variants)
New emplacement: Static 23mm AAA emplacement
New emplacement: Static MANPADS emplacement
New Single Player mission for A-19 Brawler: "Reprisal"
New map building: Lighthouse, added to several locations around Heartland
Encyclopedia: new environment, added info on unit weapons
Reworked "Convoy Attack" mission
Added Tactical Ballistic Missile trucks to Escalation and Terminal Control, which launch when Strategic threshold is reached
Added new gameplay hints to main menu and loading screen
Multi-select unit edit and transform
Added spawnable missiles and bombs
Added spawnable ammo containers
Added spawnable dismounted pilots
New menus and UI tweaks
Map buildings can now be selected as target objectives
New objective outcomes
Camera can be moved up/down
Performance:
Optimized Main Menu initialization; assets now load asynchronously to prevent freezing during startup
Added support for DirectX 12 and Vulkan
Time & Environment:
Dynamic Time: Added options for x0 and x0.5 time speeds; fixed issue where time updated twice per frame
UI & Controls:
Radial Menu and Weapon Wheel: Many aircraft controls can now be accessed via the radial menus
Axis Modifier binding - can be held to turn throttle adjustments into Custom Axis 1 adjustments
Map Teleport: Select a spot on the map to move to that position (default middle mouse button)
Target Filters: Now highlights laser targets; fixed issues when selecting filtered targets
New Camera chase view with pre-defined positions (accessible with numpad 0-9 keys)
New Camera controlled state, to set defined translation and rotation movements
New Camera Control UI, to access camera states and applicable parameters
Camera field of view is now the same in all views
Camera max field of view increased to 120° (clamped at 90° previously)
Added Profanity Filter to Multiplayer Lobby chat
Added loading progress indicators for Dedicated Servers
Added verbose network logging option for Steam connections
Added get-player-list console command
Improved server command logic and ban functionality (kicking players immediately upon ban)
Validated network snapshots to prevent "NaN" errors
Improved cloud visuals, cirrus cloud layer, skybox, stars, and night lighting
Ground support equipment visuals in aircraft selection menu
SAH-46 Chicane rotary cannon barrels now visually spin when active
Improved tracer ricochet visual effects
Blast damage refactor :
Bombs and gun blast damage vs all unit types and buildings has been refactored for greater consistency
Small guns now deal less blast damage to armored targets
IR Seeker & SAM Rework:
Refined seeker range factors and logic
Flare direction and distance now affect decoy efficiency
IR Missile Maximum Target Speeds: S1: Mach 2.0, S2: Mach 2.75, S3: Mach 3.5
All gun turrets now use a new interception calculation, for improved accuracy
Ground Units:
Type 12 and Spearhead MBT: added collider between turret and hull
AFV8: Increased armour slightly
Linebreaker: Increased armour slightly, updated unit cost values (APC/IFV/SAM)
Weapons:
Fixed missing projectile mass values
Glide Bombs: Adjusted fire intervals based on size (80: 0.25s, 250: 0.30s, 500: 0.50s)
PAB-80LR: Size reduced to fit in internal bays
Aircraft :
Medusa: Radar coverage (without radome), reduced to 60° front arc
Scimitar: Warhead yield increased; boost thrust increased; reduced supersonic drag
ALND4: RCS reduced to 0.005
Tarantula: Tuned damage model and joints; fixed propellers completely blocking blast damage to other parts
Fixed missing or excessive recoil animations for all aerial guns/turrets
Ships :
Rebalanced armor values for Annex/Hyperion
Reduced overperforming damage control effectiveness
Annex class : increase IR S2 SAM turret ammo counts up to 66 missiles
Hyperion, Dynamo class : reduce IR S3 SAM turret ammo counts down to 72 missiles
Ship CIWS now uses radar as primary target detector, with shorter optical fallback
Ship CIWS now fires continuously rather than in bursts
Fixed HLT target detectors not functioning correctly
Fixed missing collider on Ignus in Feldspar region
Fixed Vortex using the wrong mount type in the weapon bay
Fixed stretched texture on Maris airport taxiway
Fixed duplicate decal geometry at Dustbowl
Fixed auto-hover icon remaining stuck "on" after landing
Fixed building destruction effects playing unnecessarily when loading into a match with pre-destroyed buildings
(Existing) Throttle & Custom Axis 1 may respond poorly to analogue inputs when game is running at above 60 FPS
Missiles spawned in Mission Editor can't currently be assigned to an owner, target, or faction
Vehicle weapon sounds are sometimes silent until the vehicle is spectated
Rescuing a pilot via cargo hook currently embeds the hook in the pilot's skull
Network smoothing for cargo being transported by sling hook is not yet implemented
Dismounted pilots may appear in seated position when spectated as a client in Multiplayer
AI aircraft currently lack routines for airdropping cargo or using troops to capture airbases