Changes in Open Beta 0.3.0 include new mechs, maps and weapons, bug fixes and major rebalancing plus performance optimisations. The full changelog follows.

Balance

• Almost every weapon has been rebalanced using the new internal balacing tools.
• Armor across all vehicles has been rebalanced as well.
• All vehicle variants adjusted to match perfectly to improved tonnage rules. Be warned these are not CBT, but are now strictly adhered to.
• Prices on weapons tweaked, more to come later.
• AC10's and AC20's are now automatic firing weapons.
• Ultra AC's now have a significant jam penalty when overheated.
• All tank's have had the their movement params tweaked.
• AMS now only focuses on 1 salvo of missiles at a time.
• AC10's and AC20's now explode after a certain range
• Increased repair costs.
• Increased maximum flight ceiling of aerospace to 1500m.
• Damage has been tweaked across the board to increase average combat time.
• Reduced order of magnitude on scores.
• Slightly reduced C-Bill accrual rate.
• Cockpit now shakes significantly when jump jetting in a Mech.
• BA view screen shakes slightly when jump jetting.
• Gauss projectile speeds increased.
• PPC projectile speeds slightly decreased.
• AC2/AC5 ranges slightly decreased, now inccur linear damage drop off after stated max range.
• AC10/AC20 inccur damage drop off after stated max range.
• Hawkmoth B reconfigured to hunter killer loadout.
• More than we could possibly listed here.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes for most Light Mech leg animations.
• Fixed out of combat area ceiling height on Inferno.
• If buying ammo for a partially empty weapon the player is only billed for the missing rounds (partial tons).
• AMS is now repairable.
• Aerospace manuverability is no longer frame dependent.
• Fixed vehicle heat damage behaviour.
• Fixed ejector seat not disabling after use for owner of the vehicle.
• Improved joystick support.
• Buying at an APC now also works when connecting to the server after the APC was spawned.
• Hovercrafts now have functioning boost with no overheat effect.
• AMS now stays on one Arrow IV if multiple missile instances are inbound.
• Fixed Mech landing sounds sometimes not playing.
• Fixed destructible trees demanding too much performance.
• Fixed pilot positions in a few mechs.
• C-Bill transfer dialogue and controls do not change weapon group assignments.
• Fixed Test of Strength prices.
• Fixed bug in BA jumpjet effect that caused a CDT.
• Fixed bug which caused weapon reloading not to be correctly displayed on the client.
• Improved Novacat leg animation & performance, *not final version.
• Fixed extra ton of ammo exploit.
• Bomb sight is now more accurate, lateral momentum still not accounted for.
• Fixed bug which caused a VTOL/aerospace to be stuck in hangar structure after spawn.
• Fixed a bug which caused the Harrasser to be stuck in water sometimes.
• Fixed bug which caused damage not to be transfered from the backtorso to torso when backtorso was destroyed.
• Fixed text on HUD grenade indicators and in Buy menus.
• Fix for NARC beacon not being removed after destorying a target.
• Fixed jumpjet percentage indicator.
• Players are not longer able to enter enemy APCs.
• Fixed BA drowning to death after 2 minutes.
• Wire guided weapons such as MRMs actually travel where they say they do now. Still affected by TAG & NARC.
• More than we could possibly listed here.

New Features

• Changed behaviour of ammo quick buy key.
  • Buy ammo for all empty / partially empty weapons
  • If there is only one weapon that needs ammo, that ammo has purchase priority.
  • If there are multiple weapons that need ammo, buy ammo for that weapon selected in the firegroup manager.
• Added possibility to limit player / team respawns with Tickets in Solaris Arena and Test of Strength modes.
• Added HUD display for player / team tickets (if team tickets are inactive the ticket display is used for regular team score).
• Added server variable so that limits teams to IS and Clan assets only (aka "IS vs Clan" mode).
• C-Bill transfer disabled during combat (damage taken), 2 minutes after suicides and reconnections.
• APC owners are now rewarded with 5000 C-Bills for every BA that spawns at their APC.
• ECM and passive radar now increase lock time for missiles (passive and ECM delay effects will stack)
• Added three state radar detection:
  • First state (between 60% and 100% with no line of sight): You only have a blip indicating a valid target and distance.
  • Second state (less than 60% radar range while active with no line of sight): You gain knowledge of the target's class.
  • Third State (less than 80% radar range with line of sight): You have all available information.
• Radar information is cached (but not updated) if you go out of range while targeting.
• Cached target data will show as "Outdated".
• Refactored LUA/HUD code to allow for easy implementation of new game modes.
• C3 broadcasters now receive money for transmitting new targeting information to team mates.
• Now possible to sell vehicles back at the Mech bay / aerospace hangar / VTOL pad, aero hangar. Default key 'J' while still in vehicle.
• When first repairing and then selling your mech you only get the C-Bills for the value of the Mech prior to repairing as it would otherwise be an exploit otherwise.
• Added posibility to limit buy options for a factory (not currently implemented).
• You can now repair aerospace on the runway.
• Betty events are now queued and no longer overlap each other.
• Non-destroyed Mechs without pilot now stay a lot longer on the battlefield.
• Improved landing performance for aerospace units with a "flatten glide path" feature, default key is 'L-CTRL'.
• When crouching, Mechs gain a higher pitch elevation limit to aim at airborn units. Four Mechs receive a base additional elevation bonus and are AA mechs.
• The firegroup manager now remembers the firgroup assignments depending on vehicle and variant. No need to reset them all the time anymore.
• Added crouch, shutdown, AMS, overheat, deploy and C3 indicators to Mech HUD.
• Changed night vision shader with custom configuration.
• Long Tom has now to be deployed before it is able to shoot. Deployed via 'L-CTRL' as default.
• When buying a second BA weapon and the BA small beam laser is still in the inventory, the BA small beam laser is automatically dropped.
• New chat system & killog font.
• New Spectator HUD overlay.
• New damage display icon for tanks,VTOLs and aerospace.
• Internal structure for the Uziel.
• New HUD indicator when overheating.
• Radar ranges and active / passive / GECM state is now shown for friendly units on the overview map as ring indicator.
• Legend on overview map to distinguish all the new symbols.
• Streak SRMs now have more unique firing pattern.
• Heat warnings in HUD overlay.
• Numerous other small features you may or may not notice.

New Content

• Uziel IS 50-ton Medium Mech added.
• Loki CL 65-ton Heavy Mech added.
• Aerospace IS Sparrowhawk added.
• Added AMS turrets for bases. These are neutral and will fire and enemy and friendly shells/missiles.
• Added sounds and effects to Long Tom tank and Long Tom shells.
• Added a library of betty sound warnings.
• Completely reworked SA_Frostbite map layout.
• Reworked SA_Extremity map with new assets and improved terrain layout.
• Tweaks to SA_Sandblasted map.
• Tweaks to SA_Marshes map time of day, added AMS/anti-LT turrets.
• Tweaks to SA_Clearcut map, trees should perform better than 0.2.0.
• New map SA_Mirage map.
• New map SA_ThunderRift map.
• Added Actionmapper input/controls utility accessible from new beta launcher.
• New Beta launcher, providing GUI for server configuration (including level rotation), giving you more advanced options for launching (32/64 Bit, force DirectX 9) and allowing for quick access to various configuration tools (Joystick.exe, Actionmapper).
• New Beta launcher has support for embedded update (future use).
• Added new BA footstep sounds.
• Added new BA gear sound (myomer approximation).
• Added limited library of impact sounds for weapons fire.
• New Long Tom tank model.
• New Long Tom deployment/undeploy animation.
• New Flamer effect.
• Updated PPC effect.
• New laser impact effect particle.
• Added missile models to most missile types.
• New BA weapon Micro Heavy Laser.
• New loading screens for all maps.
• New D/E variants for Shiva and Harasser.
• New sounds effects for certain weapons like the Gauss and UAC lines.
• Extensive Betty audio notification library added
• Betty target status announcements added
• Betty game state announcements added

Optimizations

• Optimized bandwith usage of Mech legs.
• Basic bandwidth improvements over 0.2.0
• Improved particle effect performance for many effects.
• Improved sound channel performance for several sounds.

Known issues:

• Inverting the joyaxis_y on vehicles does not work.
• Implemented impact sound library is only valid for LOD0 detail (only plays out to about 20m) but is sufficient for first person damage impactor notification.
• Impact libary will not play for impacts to Mech legs, tanks, aerospace or VTOLs, will be fixed in a later version.