Not Knowing Software has released Chapter 1a for Cleared Hot, its take on the classics like Desert Strike and Jungle Strike. The major addition as part of the Chapter 1a release is a brand new helicopter, the RAH-66 Comanche, which is an agile craft but is susceptible to taking damage rather quickly. That is not the only addition, with a new test flight area, and more fixes. Plus Cleared Hot is now confirmed as Steam Deck Verified.

Cleared Hot Chapter 1a update

Survival Mode

This area has a handful of small mini-game modes that we are exploring. In survival mode you defend a building from waves of enemies, with health and ammo dropped in between waves. You get a cash reward for reaching the half way point and for completing the stage.

Defense Simulation

This just sends waves of enemies straight at a target. The enemies don’t progress and there is no ending.

Standoff Range

Spawns both friendly and enemy NPCs and sends them into a battle.

Other Areas

There are a lot of other areas for you to play with.

Demolition Playground
Physics Playground
Standoff Range
Shooting Range
Vehicle Range
Turret Range
Radar Turret Range

New Options

Screen Shake – You can now adjust how much screen shake is applied (in game options)
No Blood / Gore / BBQ Meat – You can now disable blood and gore. The NPCs will no longer explode into various cuts of meat after being killed by rotors or certain weapons.
Active Debris Limit – Added a slider for the maximum number of physics debris pieces that can be active at a time. Lowering this will help performance in certain CPU bound situations, or really destruction heavy levels.
UI FPS Limit – We’ve added an option to limit your FPS while in the game UI, to prevent melting any graphics cards unnecesarily 🙂
Cloud Save -We also added cloud save. So you can keep synced between your various devices. Keep in mind that with the current implementation, the game syncs on quit. So if you want to swap devices, quit out of your current session before switching.
Steam Deck Verified – Cleared Hot is now Steam Deck verified, woohoo! This update came through last week but we didn’t announce it publicly.

Various Fixes

Improved: Boss music logic so it fits better with the different phases
Improved: Sfx on collision performance for props
Imprived: Collision damage performance for destructible props
Fixed: camera starting sometimes in strange positions
Fixed: bug where you could change to different UIs in the homebase when selecting helo ending up with a broken ui
Fixed: updated a few props to use the proper collider
Fixed: Configured the rope pickup in some props so they work better when they spawn rotated
Fixed: Mouse was hidden when using “Quit to menu” option while in a mission
Fixed: Warehouse destruction model fixed so the broken parts don’t kill units inside
Fixed: Hind passenger stat now match the actual number of passengers supported ingame