Pico Tanks Version 16.0 Update

October 7, 2019
12:58 pm

Pico Tanks is now available on the App Store and Google Play globally! You can discuss this update on the official discussion thread on our subreddit.

IMPORTANT NOTE: To get these changes, please ensure that you have the correct version downloaded on your mobile device. You can check which version you have by tapping on the settings ⚙ in the Pico Tanks Battle Screen.
Please go to the Pico Tanks Discord Server to discuss these changes and any issues you find. Pico Tanks is currently in beta and any feedback is appreciated. Check the Pico Tanks Beta page for when our next scheduled playtest is!

New Features

Added a Mohawk Rainbow topper

Added 46 emotes each with unique sounds

Added menu music which can be muted in the settings panel

Added a new message indicator to group chat

The bug report popup has been updated with a clear button, a remove screenshot button and a toggle for including your save file

Added a rate limit for in-game communications including emotes and team commands

Updated settings popup to include a toggle for Music and Effects, added a link to the support and FAQ webpage

Added sounds for double and triple kills

Added sounds for post-match reward screen

Added sounds for commendation likes

Balancing Changes

Everything has been rebalanced. Only the most notable changes are listed below!

All Bodies: Energy charge rate has been lowered by about 25%
- We felt the games were too dominated by ability usage. This change should put more focus on gunplay
Mammoth Body: Now has a lot more health
Monster Truck Body: Lower health and energy capacity
Bubble Shield: Now has a lot more health
Land Mine and Cannon Turret: Can only have one deployed at a time
- Bunkering down in a corner with (potentially) 6 turrets and mines were too strong and not fun. This should help curb that strategy
Repair Pack: Costs more energy but provides a lot more health
- We want players to be able to save their friends by throwing repair packs at them. This change should make that strategy more feasible
Repair Drone: The repair radius has been greatly increased
- This will mean it’ll be easier to repair your allies with the repair drone (Once it’s done repairing you!)
Shotgun and Helix: Similar to what they were before, but every other weapon has been buffed to match their strength

Changes

Tank Base names have been updated based on the results of the recent survey.

Basic – Classic (by @CaptainMaxwell7)
Heavy – Mammoth
Sports – Flash
Spring – Slinky
Training – Plankinator

Tank Ability names have been updated based on the results of the recent survey.

Attack Drone – Stinger Drone
Bubble Gum Grenade – Goo Grenade
Speed Boost – Nitro

Map names have been updated based on user suggestions in the Official Discord.

HTF Forest – Backwood Basin
HTF Shipping – Hostile Harbor
FTC Shipping – Pico Port (by @Cooper)
HTF Caves – Mystic Mines (by @Cooper)
1v1 Forest – Forest Furrow

The Medic weapon no longer auto-aims at friendlies

Made player respawn counter more visible and added temporary sound

Soccer Ball topper colors adjusted

Added a skip tutorial button

Added a cancel button to change player and Loadout name popup

Hid send message button in Friends and Clan chat tabs

Disconnected/reconnecting popup now covers the whole menu rather than just the social page

Fixes

Performance should be better in most parts of the game

It is now much faster to navigate between the different tank item pages in the menu

Artillery/Cannon/Medic/Helix/Sniper Rifle no longer push players around on impact so extremely

When in low quality, the tank previews now render correctly in the Loadout screen

Fixed bridge in firing range not making noises when driving over it

Made some changes to our asset pipeline that means we are less likely to break save files going forward. We had to reset save files again to apply the change