October Patch Update 10/15

BEHOLD OUR LARGEST PATCH EVER, IS NOW LIVE!

October 29, 2015

Announcements -Warmachine: Tactics is now updated to Unreal Engine 4.9, bringing signifigant performance improvements! -Check out all the latest news about Warmachine: Tactics on the new splash screen! -Introducing a new measuring tool to accurately determine distance and line of sight between locations and units! -Scenario Flags now have new art that reflects which player has control of the zone. -Retribution Myrmidon Chimera is now available to the Retribution of Scyrah faction! -Retribution warriors Houseguard Halberdiers are now available to the Retribution of Scyrah faction! -Destroyed Warjacks now leave wreck markers that act as rough terrain and grant cover. -Custom Squads can now be given descriptions. -New Visual Effects for Feats and signature spells! -All units have been given new Halloween Hats! (You can turn them off in the graphics options)

Balance Changes -Pikehedge updated to make melee attacks on any enemy that runs or charges into a Steelhead Halberdier's melee range. -Winterguard Aim Low ability now reduces target's speed by -1 instead of -2. -Kell Bailoch's Crippling Shot now reduces a target's speed by -1 instead of -3. -Repenter Flamethrower range increased to 10 from 8. -Flameguard Cleanser Health dropped to 10. -Temple Flameguard Health increased to 12. -Steelhead Halberdier Health dropped to 9. -Battle Mage point cost dropped to 3. -Battle Mage Health dropped to 7. -Units with Shield Wall may now make a normal attack after entering Shield Wall.

Fixed Bugs -Warjacks in Terminus' battle group should no longer receive tough. -Godhead should no longer trigger Enliven. -Godhead no longer triggers on enemies who freestrike. -Warcasters can no longer use Heal Self after teleporting. -Fixed the wording of Menoth's Howl. -Fixed the wording of Kinetic Whirlwind. -Fixed the Godhead tooltip to display the correct 8 damage. -Martyrdom will not be active on units that have gone beyond 10 squares. -Skirmish and Single Player AI should no longer skip their turn when using multi-attack abilities like Thunder Thrust and Assault. -Allison will no longer charge twice in tutorial. -Wildfire no longer allows more than 3 focus allocated per jack. -Using Terminus and Deathjack will no longer causes fatal errors. -Terminus should no longer get stuck on top of his units. -Fixed a rare issue where Mission 16 could not be completed. -Mangler's Thresher attack now benefits from boosted attack rolls when under Magnus' Iron Aggression. -Feora's WildFire feat no longer allows more than 3 focus to be allocated to warjacks.

Known Issues -Continuous Fire and Continuous Corrosion can sometimes trigger twice when the effect expires. -Units sometimes will show incorrect facing after moving diagonally or hit with a Free Strike. -Enemy Cinerators in Mission 7 may become stuck if the player runs their army to the mine when the Mission begins. -Framerate may drop or hang during the AI turn on Single Player and Skirmish Matches with heavy troop numbers or systems with minimum required hardware. -The Achievements 'Multi-Talented' , 'Bigger is Better' and 'Battle Mage' are not unlocking correctly. -An AI Controlled Darius may skip his activation if his Halfjacks are all engaged. -Sometimes Right Mouse Button will not move units (Left-Mouse button will still work)

Crashes -Rare crash may occur on certain GPU/hardware configurations. -If you experience a crash, please email us with the circumstance of the crash, your dxdiag file, and your warmachinegame.log file.

Unimplemented -Unit painter. -Asynchronous Play.

Events -Join our #WTFridays developer stream on Twitch every second and fourth Friday! <www.twitch.tv/whitemoondreams> -New to the game? Our community is here to teach you! Visit the forum thread at forums.whitemoondreams.com/showthread.php?1925-Hey-community-chime-in-if-you-are-willing-to-teach-new-players-the-game -Got an itch for competitive play? Check out our forums for upcoming tournaments: forums.whitemoondreams.com/forumdisplay.php?16-Tournaments -Vote on which new features and units you want to see next on our Trello boards! trello.com/b/32ZRQmwv/warmachine-tactics -Like our game? Please leave us a review on Steam and let us know what you think! steamcommunity.com/app/253510/reviews/