Greetings Gear pilots, I wanted to take this opportunity to address the community and let you all know about what has been going on at MekTek and a little about what will be happening next. First I’d like to let everyone that received a free key in a giveaway that they should all now be able to be activated in Steam and the game downloadable. If you experience any problems with the installation or authentication, we recommend that you take a look at the FAQ. The last couple weeks have been a blur of activity around here. From preparing to release, to getting approval to release, to actual releasing. Not to mention the holidays falling in the middle of everything. Speaking of which, I’d like to wish everyone a prosperous new year. Since we released on Steam, there has been a lot of great feedback that we’ve received. We are actively watching and listening to the discussions, reviews and comments on Steam, Youtube, and anywhere else we find people talking about HGA. We are taking everything into consideration and prioritizing our tasks accordingly, I would like to thank everyone that has taken their time to provide their feedback. In order to address these items, our plan is to push updates that make improvements to the presentation and user experience as we address them, while simultaneously working on larger upcoming features and content. Right now, we are focusing a large effort into addressing a number issues with the Linux build of the game. It has come to our attention that many of our Linux players are running into various problems when attempting to play the game. Supporting Linux and the Linux community is one of our top concerns. We believe we should have most of the bugs addressed and will be pushing our next patch once we have had a chance to verify these fixes.
Maybe the most common feedback that we’ve received is that new players don’t know how to equip weapons. While we have a weapons and inventory tutorial in the works, we have made couple changes in the upcoming update to help address this issue. First, we have added a quick Equip Weapons step to the current tutorial. This will eventually be removed when the weapons tutorial is complete. Second, the weapon inventory slots will now highlight on your HUD when you select them. We have a couple more changes to the HUD that we plan to implement but we believe these changes should help most players equip their weapons. Another common issue is players going into prone and being unable to get back up. We have identified and resolved the bug that was preventing the Gear from recognizing the get-up command. In the next update, you will be able to go prone by pressing [Z] then stand again by pressing [Z] a second time. If you are having trouble aiming while in prone, we recommend trying with Advanced Controls which allows you to torso twist while prone. While we continue to make updates and expand the tutorials, I would like to invite everyone to take a look at the manual. It is packed full of useful information. You can find it on the Heavy Gear Assault store page on Steam or directly here: http://store.steampowered.com/manual/416020 In addition to the above updates, we also have a number of updated weapon models in production. Light Pulse Laser
Very Heavy Autocannon
Heavy Laser Cannon
And last but not least, here is a teaser of the Spitting Cobra for the Southern fans!