A number of new difficulty settings have been added. Now that every existing function of difficulty can be controlled, settings that affect the game as a whole are the focus. The new Loss Effect setting allows you to replace permadeath with a reload from the start of the last rest. Ammo Usage allows you to crank down the resources management aspects of the game and reduce or completely eliminate the need for ammo in your campaign.
2.8.0
Major Features
Added a new difficulty setting, Loss Effect. This setting allows you to choose if losing the campaign allows loading from the last save or if the campaign must be restarted.
Added a new difficulty setting, Ammo Usage. This setting allows you to increase or decrease the amount of ammunition used by firing weapons. At 0%, ammo is never expended and not required to fire.
Added a new difficulty setting under Friendly Fire. Friendly fire can now be enabled for all attacks instead of just AoEs.
Added a target dummy to all rest areas that can take unlimited damage and be locked on to.
Minor Features
Added an indicator in the inventory that a hand is supporting another weapon.
Added a loot tier to the listed loot level when inspecting a region.
Added a crosshair notification when toggling auto-targeting weapons on and off.
The height of a Granvir's hitbox now varies based on the legs and torso used. Granvirs with long upright legs have gotten taller and Granvirs with short quadruped legs or tracks have gotten shorter.
Balance
Added a small cooling rate bonus to some of the less mobile leg options and the tracks.
Fixes
Fixed being able to apply part enhancements to parts that already have a higher tier enhancement in the same category.
Fixed being able to reduce a part's mass below zero with lightweight modifications. Lightweight modifications that would reduce a part's mass below zero can no longer be applied.
Fixed projectiles fired by a remote user's handheld weapons and armatures visually phasing through targets if the projectile hit a target very shortly after being fired.
Fixed being unable to reload weapons in testing grounds without loaded ammo.
Fixed the final boss reinforcement phase appearing on Hard instead of Extreme in Millennium Horizon (Campaign 2).
Fixed hull and armor not recalculating when modifying a damaged part.