Hello Gamecrafters,
A new update has launched for Gamecraft and contains new blocks, reworked blocks, chairs, doors and a powerful Centre of Mass block. We are looking forward to seeing your feedback on this update and can't wait to see how these new blocks give you greater power to create.
The full patch notes can be read by clicking here
The Centre of Mass Block
A powerful block that lets you move a creation’s centre of mass. This block will make many of the already made vehicles much more stable and improve how driving feels. Taller vehicles for example will take a bit more effort to try and topple them over as you can see from the comparison gif below.
Reworked Spring Block
The spring block is now far more powerful and offers more accurate suspension. Below is an example of springs before the update, compared to what they will look after todays update
N.B: These improvements are quite extensive so they are likely to change how creations and games function. We’ve found a lot of them still work more or less the same, with some very noticeable improvements, while others might need a bit of tweaking to get the same behaviour if they relied on specific behaviour or stats. Spring based pressure plates are one example of this.
While we always try to avoid breaking existing content as much as possible, we really felt the benefits of this rework far outweigh the negatives this time round.
Hinge Spring block and the Axle spring block
These two spring based blocks offer a variety of building opportunities. Firstly, the spring hinge works very similar to the current hinge, but has a default resting position which it will return to when no force is applied. It can create flexible suspension as seen from this machine.
The second is the Axle spring, which is a rotator block, that works similar to the current Axles. This block will also return to its default position when no force is applied. We created a few examples of this in action including a vehicle with Torsion suspension
And a battering ram that can be operated by Leo himself!
New Chairs And Doors
This update will also include several chair and door variants. You can check them out in the swanky adverts below:
We also reworked servo, stepper and pneumatic joints to give them much more power and addressed a few bugs with them. The link to the full patch notes is at the top of this announcement.
N.B: As with the Spring rework, some creations that rely on the old strength/speed/behaviour of these joints being used in specific ways may not function the same anymore. The incredible new strength of these parts was simply too good not to commit to. Stacked joints are one of the more commonly affected areas.
Now Gamecrafters, show us what you can build!
The Gamecraft Team