• Reverse Thrust - reduced energy consumption from 110% recharge rate to 83% recharge rate (planes now recover energy while reversing)
  
• Rubberized Hull - reduced energy loss and turning debuff from EMP by 20%
  
• Biplane (All Forms) - reduced energy loss and turning debuff from EMP by 20%
  
• Biplane (Recoilless) - afterburner effectiveness increased by 14%
  
• Biplane (Recoilless) - secondary weapon energy usage reduced by 2%
  
• Biplane (Dogfighter) - afterburner effectiveness for stall breaking significantly increased [effectiveness drops linearly from +60% at slow speeds to +0% near cruise speed]
  
• Biplane (Dogfighter) - secondary weapon energy usage reduced by 2%
  
• Biplane (Heavy Cannon) - primary weapon added piercing third hit (100%, 75%, 45%)
  
• Biplane (Heavy Cannon) - secondary weapon energy usage reduced by 10%
  
• Miranda (Trickster) - primary weapon (fully charged shot only) reduced damage lost on bounces by 15% (122/98/74 -> 122/102/81)
  
• Miranda (Time Anchor) - (only when carrying big bomb or ball) anchor energy usage increased by 25%
  

• ball_channelpark (modified ball_funnelpark)
  
• ball_fracas (modified ball_mayhem2)
  
• ball_greywar (modified ball_darkwar)
  
• ball_proton (modified ball_core)
  

• ball_cavern (modified ball_cave)
  
• ball_gliderpark (modified ball_planepark)
  
• ball_meteoroids (modified ball_asteroids)
  
• ball_powder (modified ball_snow)
  

• 1de_asteroids
  
• 1de_mayhem
  
• ball_arcade (thanks Polio and Nikon)
  
• ball_atmosphere (thanks Nikon)
  
• ball_cross (thanks BlueMoon)
  
• ball_factory (thanks Polio and Nikon)
  
• ball_funnelpark (thanks Mandrad)
  
• ball_hardcourt (thanks Elixir and Nikon)
  
• ball_ice (thanks Nikon and Dyno)
  
• ball_pixelized (thanks Nikon)
  
• ball_ufo (thanks TRUEPA!N)
  
• ball_volcano (thanks innerlyte and Elixir)
  
• tbd_assembly (thanks pig_bomb)
  
• tbd_chess (thanks silent skies)
  
• tbd_justice (thanks pig_bomb)
  
• tbd_origami_park (thanks Mandrad)
  
• tbd_scrapyard (thanks Hartz)
  
• tbd_volcano (thanks innerlyte and Jayfourke)
  

• Checkers
  
• Flames
  
• Santa Hat
  

• Added Map, Time (round duration), and Next Map to award screen
  
• Added "Bomb Camera" spectate option to TBD mode -- press C to toggle Free/Chase/Bomb spectate modes
  
• Added "Chase Specific Player" spectate option -- you can lock the camera to a single player via the score screen (hold TAB to show scores, right click player, choose 'Spectate...')
  
• Added "[Warning] You have been idle for 4 minutes." message (with beep) to help spectators avoid idle kicks
  
• Increased the visibility of the Mouse crosshair and the Keyboard+Mouse orientation cone
  
• New title screen background
  
• Replaced welcome screen buttons with changelog
  
• Friend list: increased visibility of current server and last online time; added buttons for "Join Server" and "Message"; increased max friend count to 200
  
• Friend chat windows (Menu -> Friends) no longer consume the escape key allowing easy toggling between gameplay and chat
  
• If a tournament is in progress, the score screen (TAB) will render the names of participants that are currently spectating with the color of the team they are assigned to
  
• If a tournament is started with even teams and teams become uneven at any point during the tournament a red warning will appear in the top right (Teams: X vs Y)
  
• Spectators can now visually determine which team an acid cloud belongs to (left team's acid is light green, right team's acid is dark green)
  
• Hangar Deck -> Stats has a new row, "Total"
  

• tbd_asteroids
  
• tbd_underpark
  

• Reverse Thrust - increased acceleration by 10% and reduced energy consumption
  
• Miranda's Reverse no longer temporarily disables Repair Drone
  
• Miranda's Reverse and Time Anchor now reduce Repair Drone's recharge rate by 50% (time between repairs is doubled for the 1.35 seconds following Reverse/TimeAnchor activation)
  
• Biplane (All Forms) reduced afterburner energy usage by 5%
  
• Biplane (Dogfighter) secondary weapon increased range from 80 to 90, added piercing (second hit deals 80%, third 50%), increased damage from 27 to 28
  
• Biplane (Recoilless) secondary weapon increased range from 80 to 90, added piercing (second hit deals 70%, third 40%)
  
• Biplane (Heavy Cannon) primary weapon increased piercing second hit damage from 50% to 67%
  

• Plane configurations are saved between sessions
  
• All downloaded maps (not just official maps) are available for play
  
• FFA and TDM games end after 7 minutes
  

• Added "Lock Gamepad Config" to Options -> Controls: check this box to prevent reinitialization of default gamepad bindings when controllers are temporarily unplugged
  
• Added friend count to friends list window
  
• Added account creation date to Hangar Deck
  
• Added "Local Time" and "Altitude Time (GMT)" to bottom of in-game scoreboard (hold TAB to view)
  
• "Mouse Navigation: Turning and Throttle" - can now override the mouse-based throttle at any time by pressing the Throttle-Up/Down keys (allows mouse users to utilize the "Reverse Thrust" perk)
  
• Adjusted "Mouse Navigation" trigger to prevent accidentally entering mouse mode when switching to Altitude from another application
  
• Server Launcher now writes a PID file containing server_launcher's process identifier to ~Altitude/servers/server_launcher.pid upon startup and restart
  
• Servers that are running an outdated version are automatically filtered from the server list
  
• Bug Fixes
  

Added "Offline Mode" for convenient access to training and skirmish modes when playing without an internet connection

New mouse control configurations available under Options -> Controls -> Mouse Navigation:

• Turning and Throttle -- control orientation and throttle using the mouse (default)
  
• Turning Only -- control orientation with the mouse and throttle with the keyboard (best for mouse+reverse thrust)
  
• Disabled (prevent accidental switches to mouse mode)
  

Added configurable bot count to Training -> Skirmish

Added "Reconnect" option when disconnected from a server

Added (reason) to "has left the game" chat notifications for unusual exits (connection lost, ping kick, banned for )

New console command "connect" (ex: press F1 to open console, type "connect 75.102.27.114:40004" to join the server at that IP:Port)

Server Configurator: added tooltips for "HTTP Map Download Source" and "Admin Account IDs"

Added server log warning "LAN mode -- only servers on local area network will see this server" when running with "LAN server" enabled.

JSON server log message "clientAdd" -- added 'aceRank' and 'level' attributes

Fixed visual artifacts when wrapping around map edges in spectator mode

Fixed rendering issue along bottom of ball_lostcity

Fixed a few bugs

• Added tbd_underpark (thanks Mandrad)
  
• Updated tbd_cave
  

• Biplane (All Forms) increased turning rate by 1.5% (6.5 -> 6.6)
  
• Biplane (Dogfighter, Recoilless) increased primary weapon ejection velocity (17 -> 19, note: reduced lifetime so that max travel distance is unchanged)
  
• Biplane (Dogfighter, Recoilless) slightly increased primary weapon damage (38 -> 39)
  
• Biplane (Heavy Cannon) slightly increased primary weapon damage (109 -> 112)
  
• Bomber (All Forms) decreased turning rate by 2.9% (7.0 -> 6.8)
  

• Mouse Control: press F1 to open the console and type "mouse true" to activate
  
• LAN Servers tab added to server list
  
• Improved "Pilot Certification" tutorial
  
• Export -> Screenshot added to map editor
  
• Hangar Deck -> Community Points now allows you to hover your point total for a points-by-source breakdown
  
• Bots that just spawned and are pursuing a stationary objective powerup (e.g. the ball after a goal was just scored) will fly at half throttle to give non-bot teammates a chance to grab the powerup first
  

• Tightened Miranda teleport collision check to prevent exploits
  
• Fixed bug that would sometimes prevent dunks from scoring (dunk = flying directly into the goal while carrying the ball)
  
• Fixed rare bug that allowed more than one ball to enter play
  
• Fixed team switch bug in 1-life modes
  
• Fixed console auto-completion bug
  
• Fixed rare bug that caused objects near the edge of the screen to flicker
  
• Fixed incorrect badge display on award screen caused by players leaving while the awards are showing
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented nickname changes
  
• Fixed a few miscellaneous bugs
  

• Upon reaching level 60, players can click a button under Hangar Deck -> Stats to become an Ace.
  
• When you become an Ace you will start over at level 1 with unlocks and challenges reset.
  
• There are no gameplay advantages to becoming an Ace.
  
• You will receive a new badge and the first 5 Ace ranks will each unlock an extra slot on the plane selection screen.
  
• The max Ace rank is 10.
  
• Aces can only gain XP in multiplayer games: single player skirmishes and bot kills don't generate XP
  
• Ace XP gain is slower on high player count servers to discourage XP farming: with 10 or fewer players aces gain experience at 140% the pre-patch rate; at 14 players experience accumulates at the normal rate; beyond 14 players experience accumulates slower in proportion to the excess player count (e.g. 20 players -> 14/20 = 70% normal XP gain)
  

• Added "Ball Camera" spectate option: press C to toggle between Free/Chase/Ball spectate modes
  
• Added goal assist tracking
  
• Added "time of possesssion" to end of round award screen
  
• Added visual trail effect to ball
  
• Increased Biplane's ball shot speed (16.5 -> 17.2)
  
• Increased Miranda's ball shot speed (16.8 -> 17)
  
• Decreased Loopy's speed while carrying the ball (79% -> 78%)
  

• Added ball_planepark and tbd_planepark (thanks Mandrad)
  
• Added tbd_nuclear (thanks Hartz)
  
• Added tbd_focus (thanks Esoteric)
  
• Updated ball_cave, ball_core, ball_football, ball_grotto, ball_labyrinth, ball_lostcity, ball_mayhem2, ball_planepark, ball_snow (thanks Maimer)
  

• dnd (do not disturb mode), type "/dnd true" into the chat window to activate, "/dnd false" to deactivate: suppresses in-game whisper messages and notifications
  
• listBans
  
• removeBan (IP or VaporID)
  
• addBan (IP or VaporID) (duration) (time-unit) (reason) -- for banning players that aren't currently on the server
  
• serverWhisper (nickname) (message) -- allows the server to send a message to a single player
  
• serverMessage
  
• assignTeam (team -1 is spectator, 0 is left team, 1 is right team)
  

• Added "You..." stat box beneath MVP boxes for comparison
  
• Updated categories to display additional information
  

• Server rows now refresh upon selection
  
• Added filter option "Level Appropriate" -- excludes servers that don't allow players in your level range
  

• Explodet: "Press F to launch a rocket, then press F again to detonate it."
  
• Biplane: "Press F and D simultaneously to fire both weapons at once."
  
• Miranda: "Miranda's forward warp (hold UP) damages enemies in its path."
  

• Added "Map Editor" and "Server Launcher" links to the main menu
  
• Adjusted packet loss tracking for max ping kick detection
  
• Streamlined facebook app, added unlink option, fixed known issues
  
• New display option "Show Notifications" under Options -> Gameplay: toggles visibility of notification boxes in bottom right (e.g. " logged in")
  
• New child safety option "Suppress names" under Options -> Account: replaces custom player names with "Player 1", "Player 2", etc