Mach-X 1.1.0 release notes

New

Bigger battle arenas in solo, co-op and raids; enemies still spawn around you, so waves are no denser.
Optional side objectives from wave 2, one or two per wave: convoys, outposts to defend, downed pilots to rescue, flak nests, photo recon, intel crates, fuel depots and an armoured train. They pay stars, a chest or XP, have no timers and expire with the wave.
Objective markers in the world, amber off-screen arrows and short HUD lines.
A corner minimap showing planes, objectives, bosses and the arena edge (Settings > Cockpit display > Minimap, on by default).
Your loadout is now visible on the plane: every weapon gets a hardpoint mount, items bolt on hardware, and legendary and mythic items add a signature piece.
Airframe tiers MK I to MK V as the run goes on, with a tier-up moment and parts that slide and bolt on with labels.
Rockets and bombs empty and reload, guns recoil and gatlings spin up.
14 new weapons with LV3/LV6 path forks (including a chaingun, limpet mines, a mortar and smoke pots), 25 combos (4 of them three-weapon combos) and 8 weapon slots.
Pause menu: a PLANE STATS screen with launch values versus now, weapons with level, evolution and forks, set bonuses, items and curses.
Bomb craters now knock down trees; they burst and leave burnt stumps for the rest of the run.
A new boot screen: a full night battle with a bomber stream, flak, searchlights and dogfights, with a tap-to-skip hint and a "Roguelite Air Shooter" subtitle.
Base: a build and upgrade sequence with a lorry, scaffold, crane, hammer glints and welding sparks, finishing on a brass COMPLETE / LEVEL plate (tap to skip).

Gameplay & balance

The storyline is gone: comics, lore, mission debriefs, boss taunts and the traitor arc are removed, and pilot bios are now plain character flavour.
New players go straight into the guided first wave.
THE OLD MAN now appears at Heat 5 once the five founding worlds are cleared (the "true ending" medal is now "Founding Fronts" with the same gate).
Bosses last longer: their armour grows with wave and phase, and late builds can no longer one-shot a boss through every phase.
Critical hits are capped, and on-hit effects such as chains, ricochets and burns no longer crit on top of a crit.
Items you can only have once are never offered again while you own them.
The 14 new weapons were balanced, and smoke rounds now slow or fizzle instead of working on everything.

Co-op & online

Online co-op reconnects after a connection drop: the link restarts, lost messages are resent, a RECONNECTING overlay shows the countdown, and rejoining restores your position.
A co-op room is kept for 90 seconds if both phones drop.
Co-op guests see the host's weapon zones (smoke, mortar, limpets and more), animated mounts on their teammate's plane and their teammate's loadout.

Graphics & audio

Every base building gets its own WW2 war kit that changes per level, battle damage, distant salvo flashes at night and soldiers 1.5x bigger.
Base buildings use weathered WW2 materials: rusty corrugated roofs, sandbags, taped windows.
Music now changes key and gets its drum fills and heartbeat layer as intended, and weather ambience plays.

Interface

Offer cards show an "Owned xN" stamp, and an item roster with legendary and mythic totals appears in plane stats and on the run-end screen.
In-run declutter: toasts become a chip in the banner lane, banners appear one at a time, the boss-wave bar is quieter, and the FPS counter is readable on its own plate.
The HUD's centre column starts below the pause button so camera cutouts no longer hide it.
The hangar plane sheet lays out properly on landscape phones.

Performance

The first shockwave of a run no longer causes a half-second hitch.
Smoke, decoy and chaingun targeting do less work, with less overdraw.

Bug fixes

Building a non-producer building at the base no longer crashes.
The Black Market two-column list no longer overflows on 640 px landscape screens.
The boot screen survives a missing canvas or a failing scene and always hands over to the menu.

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