Greetings MechWarriors,

A Hot-Fix is scheduled to occur on Thursday, April 26th at 2:00PM PST (21:00 UTC), to address the following fixes:

Front End Loading Time Optimization
Over the years MWO has grown significantly. Where you once existed in one localized area of the front end, we have since added Faction Play, Comp Play and Solaris making it possible to be in some areas and not others. For example, you may be in the Quick Play area all the time and never go into Faction Play, Comp Play or Solaris areas. The way the system operated was to load the entire front end experience whether you visited those other areas or not and under this scenario, you’d be loading Quick Play, Faction Play, Comp Play, Solaris, MechLab and the Store.

We have found a way to optimize what gets loaded when you enter the game and navigate through your play areas. The system will no longer load the entirety of the front end and will only load what is necessary for what you are wanting to view. The initial load will be to the Quick Play Home Screen as usual and as you are used to after all these years. It will not however, load Faction Play, Comp Play, Solaris or the Store. This is a major reduction in load time for the initial load into MWO. If you choose to check out Faction Play, it will trigger a short load to load the Faction Play part of the front end. This one time load will now allow you to switch between Quick Play and Faction Play seamlessly. If you enter Comp Play, this will trigger a short load of the Comp Play part of the front end. You can now switch between Quick Play, Faction Play and Comp Play seamlessly. Essentially each load will load that area into memory and will stay persistent until unloaded/dumped by dropping into a match or leaving the front end in general.

New Variants and Omnipods now available for C-Bills!

New Variants For C-Bills

Mech – URBANMECH UM-R68 1,646,313 C-Bills
Mech – GRIFFIN GRF-5M 7,797,291 C-Bills
Mech – VICTOR VTR-9A1 7,416,399 C-Bills
Mech – KIT FOX KFX-G 5,096,203 C-Bills
Mech – LINEBACKER LBK-H 11,211,952 C-Bills

ALSO
the Following Omnipods are now available in the Mech Lab

KIT FOX Omnipods= 148,381 C-Bills

Omnipod – KFX-G HEAD
Omnipod – KFX-G LEFT ARM
Omnipod – KFX-G LEFT TORSO
Omnipod – KFX-G RIGHT TORSO
Omnipod – KFX-G RIGHT ARM
Omnipod – KFX-G LEFT LEG
Omnipod – KFX-G RIGHT LEG

LINEBACKER Omnipods – 330,864 C-Bills

Omnipod – LBK-H HEAD
Omnipod – LBK-H LEFT ARM
Omnipod – LBK-H LEFT TORSO
Omnipod – LBK-H RIGHT TORSO
Omnipod – LBK-H RIGHT ARM
Omnipod – LBK-H LEFT LEG
Omnipod – LBK-H RIGHT LEG

Greetings MechWarriors!

A Hot-Fix is scheduled to occur on Thursday, April 19th at 3:00PM PST (22:00 UTC), to address the following fixes:

Faction Play fixes:
– Unit Leaders can now cancel contracts properly on the Mercenary screen in Faction Play.
– Fixed a bug where double clicking on “Cancel Contract” caused an error message.
– Fixed the issue where Freelancers could answer a “Call to Arms” Faction Play match from the Solaris match making screen which would then cancel the Solaris match and move the player to Faction Play which then resulted with some missing UI.

Solaris fixes:
– Fixed an issue with the 21:9 Resolutions that caused the inability to close the Solaris overview overlay.
– Fixed a bug in the Solaris map ‘Ishiyama Caves’ where a bugged wall would teleport a ‘Mech running into it.
– Fixed a bug where the Solaris match Group leader was able to select more than one server region.
– Fixed an issue in Solaris where the preferred server region automatically resets back to NA after every match.
– Fixed the issue where ‘Mechs with Jump Jets can get stuck in Mech Factory B2 area around the crates.
– Fixed an issue where the Division drop down list goes blank after switching resolutions.
– Fixed an issue where some players would be stuck in match maker launch queue without a displayed launch countdown.
– Fixed a bug where the player can start moving forward before the camera intro sequence is complete at the start of a Solaris match.
– Fixed a bug where the exiting transition from a Player Card locks for a short time.
– Fixed a bug where the Solaris 7 title overlapped the header button when set to 21:9 resolution.

Other Fixes:
– Fixed a bug where Ballistic weapons on the Rifleman RFL-DB were overlapped by Energy weapons on the right arm of the ‘Mech.
– Urbanmech UM-K9 Deputy Dog’s police lights Bolt-On is now on the ‘Mech by default and correctly displayed so. Other Bolt-Ons can also now be equipped on it’s head without issues.
– Fixed a Quirk bug on the Fafnir FNR-5 where the Cooldown Quirk did not apply to Heavy or Light Gauss Rifle.
– Fixed an issue where the Urbanmech UM-K9 would cause the game to crash upon selecting it and attempting to initiate a match.
– Fixed a bug where a Bolt-On sometimes blocked UAV’s from firing.
– The Supply Cache progression bar overlay will not appear after each Quick Play match unless it has been rewarded.
– Fixed a bug where Dropships were missing their blue flame effects during the flight sequence.
– Fixed the issue where Supply Caches items were not showing the full name or item category
– Fixed a bug where the Warhorn animations and it’s sound not synced.
– Bolt-Ons tab in Camo Spec screen will now have the name of the ‘Mech Chassis which the Bolt-Ons are available to equip on the variants of.
– Fixed an occasional dedicated server crash

Additional Notes:
– Bolt-On’s rewarded through Supply Caches from Solaris may not be Bolt-Ons for the same ‘Mech Chassis or Division which you have earned them from.

Update version: 1.4.162.0

Thank you for your patience!

Greetings MechWarriors!

A Quick-Fix is scheduled to occur on Today, April 17th at 4:30 PM PST (23:30 UTC), to address the following fixes:

Faction Play Fixes
Loyalty Points have been restored in Faction Play.

Solaris Fixes
Divisions and Leaderboards will now display the proper information for each Division.
In addition, the Solaris Leaderboards will be updated every 15 minutes instead of hourly.

There will be a small downtime duration for this fix but no client patch.

We will be continuing to investigate and work on more fixes for a scheduled Hot-Fix on Thursday, April 19th 2018.
Keep an eye out for a news announcement for the exact time of the Hot-Fix on Thursday.

Thank you for your patience!