Status report 2026.06.25: the command console overhaul

The entire menu was rebuilt into a diegetic command console, and a fresh balance pass re-armed the three house mechs.

The entire menu has been rebuilt into a diegetic command console, and a fresh balance pass has re-armed the three house mechs. Everything that changed:

Rebuilt the whole menu as a diegetic command console - your hero mech stands in a live 3D bay behind the interface.
Added cascade navigation that drills into one column at a time.
Added deeplinks and Back/Forward support - every screen has its own URL now.
Added live faction standings to the header.
Added a SPECTATE / LOGIN gate so signed-out visitors can still get in.
Added a Daily Ops dropdown with description, reward and claim, plus a daily quest-log widget.

Hangar & Workshop

Split the Hangar into a Mech Gantry and a Repair Bay.
Added pop-out cascade editors for Loadout, Power, Skin and Pilot.
Added a searchable, sortable, favouritable hardpoint-assignment list.
Added roster search plus power and A-Z sorting, with favourites pinned to the top.
Added real mech avatars - your actual chassis and applied skin - in place of fallback art.
Changed Workshop fire rate to read as shots-per-second instead of seconds-between-shots.
Added a dedicated mobile screen for subsystem assignment.
Added server-side saving for inventory favourites.
Fixed weapon-slot labels to match the real sim hardpoints.
Fixed skin previews to render on the mech’s own chassis.
Fixed the power-split Reset so it actually persists.
Fixed the subsystems panel getting stuck on “READING INVENTORY”.

Market, Auctions & Crates

Split the Market into Storefront and Buy/Sell, with a My Listings section and sell-from-inventory.
Added a SOLD / BURNED settle reveal when an auction hits 0:00.
Added crate artwork and a reveal build-up, with opening now fullscreen.
Added avatar, stat radar and subsystem icons to the mech crate reveal.
Split Boost into Buy NXR and Alpha Citizen, and added Wallet, Repair Bay, Veteran and Airdrop screens.
Fixed the auction countdown flashing “NaN”.

Combat & Mechs

Changed the RM house mech to run two autocannons, and reduced its house damage.
Added a right-arm laser sword to the ZHI house mech.
Changed the BC house mech to carry a vibroblade.
Buffed BC durability and survivability so the brawler survives the dive.
Fixed BC’s out-of-range stock speed.
Fixed melee mechs swinging at air instead of closing to contact.
Added clan tags to deployed mechs in battle.

Economy

Changed battle payouts to settle against the faction you deployed to.
Raised the starter pack to 500 NXR.
Fixed the Mech Bay buy button to disable when you can’t afford a chassis.
Changed the Mech Bay to show human-friendly chassis names instead of internal slugs.

Visuals & Quality of Life

Changed faction colours to come from server config everywhere, keeping them consistent.
Fixed selection highlights to be faction-aware, ending the grey-for-everyone panels.
Added markdown lore and concept art to the Codex.
Changed the emoji-war picker to open as a full-page modal.
Grouped the top navigation into five menus, and added Clans to the header and main menu.
Added Esc-to-close and focus-trapping to menus and dialogs.
Fixed the signature angled corners to a true, bordered 45 degrees across panels, badges and chips.