0.656 Hotfix 17 — Heart of the Machine Steam update #604761

Another dose of tidying-up. Next week will see Update 17 release, and hopefully this is the last Hotfix before then. Overall there have been a lot more...

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Heart of the Machine (2001070)
Event type
patch note
Published
30 May 2025 - 15:04:20 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
Another dose of tidying-up. Next week will see Update 17 release, and hopefully this is the last Hotfix before then. Overall there have been a lot more hotfixes needed than usual because of the extreme number of shifts to the codebase during Update 15 with the new prologue and ability to replay things on existing profiles. Thank you to everyone for the patience you've shown related to that. I usually avoid having that much carnage. 0.656 Hotfix 17 Background Conflict Remnants Removed: Not a bugfix, this is just a thing that is now complete. There is a new Pressure Points mechanic that fully supplants this concept (also replaces the Rogue Escalations concept I've talked about for a bit, as that did not do super well). Turns In Older Saves Fix: Fixed a regression introduced in Hotfix 16 where if you loaded older saves of a timeline in the profile you they belong in, they would reverse-merg...

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