Patch notes

1.08 Main

ALL Battlezone owners will be upgraded to the GOLD edition.
Battlezone Gold will include the game, Classic Mode and all released tank skins, and bobbleheads.
This will mean that owners of the game will get all the DLC and play without VR FREE!
VR and non-VR players can play co-op together!

Updates

"Play Again" button added to the end of a campaign.
Healing shards are now present in a Nemesis Duel.
Updated Radar
Improved messaging when using team lives. (Respawn progress now slows down if being healed by an ally)
Updated weapon behaviours.
Balanced end of level rewards.
Improved AI pathfinding.
Increased chance of different environments throughout a campaign.

Bug Fixes

Radial Weapons no longer occluded by geometry.
Combo kills now retrigger in the same level.
Jets now count for combo kills.
Health shards will now return more health.
Hacker tank rebalanced.
Various smaller balance tweaks, bug fixes and performance improvements.

PC Specific

Mouse and Keyboard support added.
Text chat added.

1.07

Added support for direct input controllers which should include the vast majority of flight stick, HOTAS controllers and older gamepads. Due to the sheer variability of these controllers, customising your controls is required before attempting to play. Note that direct input controllers aren’t currently supported in classic mode - apologies for the inconvenience but we wanted to get controller support for the main game to you as soon as possible.
Further improvements to voice chat quality on Steam.
Further improvements to jet pathfinding.
Improved UI messaging when the player is dead/being revived to discourage unnecessary use of lives. We’re aware that new players aren’t always aware that campaign lives are shared and we’re hoping that this will help to discourage premature respawning.
Fixed a bug where artillery shells would sometimes split prematurely, causing them to spread more than intended.
Tweaked artillery shell splitting. This change should make artillery hit the intended target more reliably. This, coupled with the above fix, should make the higher-level artillery weapons more viable.
Fixed a bug where Steam achievement progress was not being updated.

A minor tweak sneaked into v1.06 hotfix 1 but didn’t make patch notes:

Increased time the respawn button must be held for while a player is being revived. This is intended to discourage players from respawning while they’re being revived.

1.06

We’ve added a couple of requested options and fixed a couple of issues that have come up since launch.

Added ‘Comfort’ menu with a single option, Peripheral Vision Reduction, which reduces the viewing area whilst turning in order to mitigate motion sickness. This option has three levels, Low, Medium and High. Feedback on this feature is very welcome.
Fixed an issue that would cause a friendly convoy to not move on a convoy escort mission on Industrial levels.
Added an option, DisableHMDMask, to GraphicsOptions.ini (found in AppData/Local/Battlezone) to disable the HMD masking when using Vive headsets to make it easier to capturing gameplay footage. This will negatively affect performance so should only be used if you’re confident your system can maintain framerate.
Attempted fix for OpenVR headsets. Should enable users with HDK2.0, etc. to play.
Various localisation fixes.

1.05

This is a small (Steam only) update to address some quality-of-life issues that have cropped up since launch.

Fixed an issue where DS4 controllers would stop working after entering classic mode.
Fixed an issue in the Customisation menu where the Buy button would not function.

1.04

New difficulties

Play on both Beginner and Extreme difficulties

New trophy

King Cobra...

New tanks

Unlock all new tank loadouts - Sniper, Medic and Support

New weapon & enemy type

Destroy enemies from a distance with the powerful new Railgun
Keep your eye to the skies and watch out for the new fast-moving Jet

New purchasable tank customization options

Safari skins
All new bobbleheads now available – including Rogue Trooper & Judge Death

Updated campaign content

New levels & missions added

New field manual entries

Various performance optimizations and bug fixes

1.03

Classic Mode now available

Field Manual now available

Both Classic Mode and Field Manual available via Extras Menu

Updated campaign content

New maps, missions and events
Health crystals in single-player as additional means of restoring health
Hints will display upon death
HUD colour options added to Settings Menu

Bug fixes and optimizations

Fixed a bug where hoppers sometimes got stuck in level geometry
Reduced projectile-based lag when not hosting in online co-op
Various performance optimizations

Added purchasable tank customization options

New skins, bobbleheads and horns now available to purchase

1.02

Added PS4 Pro support

Note for PS4 Pro users:
Some users are experiencing a crash on the PS4 Pro where if you try and run the game before enabling the headset while using a 4k TV it will crash.
Please make sure you start your PSVR headset before running the game.
Increased super-sampling resolution
Improved dynamic lighting in the Cobra cockpit
Increased reflective lighting resolution

Balancing changes

Defend and Convoy missions are more balanced
Difficulty randomization more even throughout campaign
Enemy rank scaling more balanced throughout campaign

Bug, performance fixes and other changes

Improved clarity of particle effects
Fixed a rare framerate hitch during hangar sequence
Fixed rare physics issue that caused players to leave game world
Minor enemy behaviour tweaks