Battletech is back!!!

[SirAndrewD]

Beware downloading the 1.03 Beta.  After opting in, time progression stalled on a financial report, and it just stuck and done.  After that, no time based progress on anything would progress, including repairs, refits and healing.  Campaign is broken for me until a fix is in.  Saw a few reports on the Paradox forums that indicate I'm not alone.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Seems to be hit or miss.  Time progression is still working for me but I have had a few lock ups occur during battles when the melee animations try to load.

[Capn Darwin]

I'm on 1.0.3 beta from 1.0.2 without an issue. Did you run a verify on your files?

[SirAndrewD]

I'm on 1.0.3 beta from 1.0.2 without an issue. Did you run a verify on your files?

Doing it now.  It wasn't having an issue most of the day.  It happened very suddenly, and now I can't seem to roll it back.  Going back to previous saves it'll still do it. 

I'd just cleared off all my pre 1.03 saves.  Guess that was a mistake or I could just roll back.  Might be a show stopper till it's fixed. 

[Jarhead0331]

I finally attempted and beat the ammo dump mission. I used the extreme right of the battlefield which was a very good elevated position with a large boulder for cover, but with room to maneuver, as well. I ended up surviving relatively unscathed. The heaviest mechs I had to deal with were a dragon and griffon. Everything else was 35 tons or less.

The dragon is intimidating when you see one on the field, but my experience fighting against it is that it's really a pussy cat. It can soak up a lot more damage than it can actually deal out. There are much lighter, but more dangerous mechs out there.

[Gusington]

How many different mech models are represented in the game?

[Barthheart]

How many different mech models are represented in the game?

Buy the damn game!

[Gusington]

I did...pre-ordered, even. Just haven't got there yet.

[Capn Darwin]

I think some people are having problems due to either missing or corrupted support library files, 3rd party programs running in the background (one guy traced his problem to a Nicon camera app he was running), and drivers. Certain AV programs may be causing problems too. I hope you get it figured out.

I'm on 1.0.3 beta from 1.0.2 without an issue. Did you run a verify on your files?

Doing it now.  It wasn't having an issue most of the day.  It happened very suddenly, and now I can't seem to roll it back.  Going back to previous saves it'll still do it. 

I'd just cleared off all my pre 1.03 saves.  Guess that was a mistake or I could just roll back.  Might be a show stopper till it's fixed.

[Jarhead0331]

The patch notes didn't seem worth the risk to my campaign. I'll update once the patch has been fully tested and it goes live.

[FlickJax]

For Gus:

LIGHT
Locust
Commando
Spider
Firestarter
Jenner
Panther
Urbanmech
MEDIUM
Cicada
Blackjack
Vindicator
Centurion
Enforcer
Hunchback
Trebuchet
Griffin
Kintaro
Shadowhawk
Wolverine
HEAVY
Dragon
Quickdraw
Catapult
JagerMech
Thunderbolt
Grasshopper
Orion
Cataphract
Black Knight
ASSAULT
Awesome
Victor
Zeus
BattleMaster
Stalker
Highlander
Banshee
King Crab
Atlas

[Geezer]

Here is a link to a ton of stats:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fnaqQv8nnYpy9gtQm75-D6fmYfNJ5u3OALSIe8ckOuo/htmlview?sle=true#

[Gusington]

^Thanks Flick and Geezer!

[SirAndrewD]

I think some people are having problems due to either missing or corrupted support library files, 3rd party programs running in the background (one guy traced his problem to a Nicon camera app he was running), and drivers. Certain AV programs may be causing problems too. I hope you get it figured out.

Unfortunately validation and a reinstall didn't do anything.  I did have one surviving post 1.0.3 save that went back far enough that it wasn't happening, but in every one after that, the financial report doesn't pop and the time progression stops.

There are more bug report threads on it popping up on the Paradox site, sadly not all consolidated in the same place, but I put my report in.  Looks like they have a few save games to look at. 

I really hope HBS has a look at this one.  It seems to be something that started with 1.0.3, and if they send it up live with this in there, a lot more people are going to hit it, and it's a showstopper.

[SirAndrewD]

Well, 1.0.3 went live today, with the Financial Report time stop bug intact.  Doesn't look like HBS acknowledged the threads on the Paradox boards.  Starting to see a few people getting upset on some other forums.