Cash would probably work since it’s really a measure of efficiency? But you’d have to not replay waves for that…

The music doesn’t work for me until I follow the steam guide to edit the ini and set music to sound blaster mode. I had to boot my steam deck to desktop mode to make the edit. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=701564226

One review said the keyboard controls are slower, but they feel like how I remember them to me.

My home Lemmy instance died so here I am on another one.

Any particular wave in Bravo that you’re having trouble with?

Phase shields recharge very slowly when not firing, if I recall - but it’s been a while. You can stack phase shields. Buy phase shields.

Swap alternate weapons as needed. You get cash per explosion so send an air-to-ground missile into a building before swapping back to air-to-air. You get air-to-air, air-to-ground, and dumbfire (AA+AG) for free pretty quickly.

The auto aiming machine gun is great, I was doing a veteran run on my Steam Deck just now and I think I got it on Bravo wave 4ish? Maybe 5? It’s worth saving for because it lets you hit targets indirectly. I sold my mega bombs to manage it.

The mega bombs destroy bullets but that’s no surprise I figure. Watch for the delay. I don’t use them very often but I should. While I’m mentioning tips you probably know - prioritize avoiding fire over kills. The bonus yellow plasma pickups aren’t worth taking a hit for imo.

And running into stuff hurts a lot.

I saw a review that said the keyboard controls were slower than expected. They’re how I remember them but maybe you’re bumping into that? I think it said putting Controls=1 in the ini was a fix?