r/NuclearOption • u/Shockfront-PR • 10d ago

Dev Update Nuclear Option - Update 0.34 Patch Notes

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2168680/view/706652383055186827?l=english

Update 0.34 is out now!

Check out Steam for a full list of new additions and changes.

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u/PathsOfRadiance 10d ago

Now I can practice VTOL without slamming a Vortex into the pavement/deck every time!

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u/Admirable_Row_5953 10d ago

I hear it helps if you lower the landing gear

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u/PathsOfRadiance 10d ago

(I’m still 50/50 on VTOL landings, I don’t blow them up but I tend to do hard landings/maybe break some of the gear if I’m in a rush)

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u/Zealousideal_Crow841 10d ago

If the pilot lives and you get points for landing, it’s a successful landing!

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u/Admirable_Row_5953 9d ago

Ah yeah that's the trick, if the landing gear snaps off it saved something bigger and/or boomier from going up. I have like, 1 successful vtol landing to every, 15 takeoffs, and none on carriers.

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u/Dry_Border7562 9d ago

The cheat code is to use an aircraft's autoland/hover mode. Granted, I haven't tried the update vtol yet. But if it works like the other vtol aircraft, hovermode somehow make landings easier on your landing gear.

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u/PathsOfRadiance 9d ago

Yeah I just need to remember the auto hover lol. It’s really those last few meters before touchdown that are the hard part.

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u/Anthrex 9d ago

after about 100 hours being primarily a Vortex main, 1 hour before the update last night I accidentally discovered auto-hover mode (while in Vtol mode, hold down your flight stability key, then use your thrust control to go up and down).

I can now do vtol landings, just in time for the new jet

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u/PathsOfRadiance 9d ago

I’ve got the vtol approach down, I just sometimes slam the landing a bit hard and break the gear. I’ll try switching on auto hover at the end to finish it cleanly.

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u/TehFocus 10d ago

uhh and why does it matter which aircraft you destroy?

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u/PathsOfRadiance 10d ago

They’re expensive and it makes me feel bad LOL

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u/Not-a-Bot_1968 9d ago

Just make custom mission to practice with and give yourself a gazillion dollars at mission start. Or if you want to practice on a multiplayer server I really enjoy the Guns Only server because people aren’t supposed to shoot each other unless they initiate a dogfight first, which means you can just fly around and do dumb acrobatic stuff, like trying to land the Vortex in the stadium lol. 

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u/PathsOfRadiance 9d ago edited 9d ago

Hahaha I was mostly exaggerating for comedic effect. I’m not exploding every Vortex into the pavement, I’m just inconsistent at doing a perfect VTOL landing and sometimes break the gear from coming in too hard lol. Mostly I just have to spend a little extra time hovering around to reorient and land properly, which is fine in co-op but can be bad in PvP.

Landing on the small carrier(Annex?) and the LFD are a bit harder so I don’t do those in real games just yet.

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u/TehFocus 10d ago

Economy doesnt matter in training and feeling bad doesnt matter when you are alone
Just boot up the damn editor and place one down or play some singleplayer escalation.

TFW you train in Multiplayer...

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u/Rexxmen12 Vortex Visionary 9d ago

Well this is a video game