Below are the full patch notes for the Infinity Update; to find out more information about some of the new features and content, please read the accompanying post here.
NEW:
- Infinity Cube System - once you unlock a part on the Tech Tree or purchase a cosmetic, you can use it as many times as you like
- Tiers return to Robocraft
- New Tier 3 and Tier 4 Campaigns
- New Custom mothership skins (purchasable from the Item Shop when in rotation)
- More colors for all players - Premium players have 32 colors; free players have 10
- New Ops room Tab containing the Tech Tree, Daily Quests and Tier overview screen (to see your Tier progress)
- New Quickplay system - opt in or out of TDM and Battle Arena game modes
- New Item Shop for cosmetic items and custom mothership skins
- New Robot Ranking system tied to the new Tiers
- Infinity Factory (CRF) - If you have the parts unlocked you can download Robots freely
- New Strut parts added to the game
- New Tech tree layout to accommodate changes and new parts
- Tech Point unlock costs reworked in line with item part Tier placement
- All Tier 0 and Tier 1 parts unlocked on the Tech Tree for new players. Existing players can unlock them at zero Tech Point cost
- New weapon projectile effects
- New weapon projectile hit effects
- Edit mode HUD updated to display shortcut commands
- Robot voting system at the end of battle - vote on the best robot from the top 5 scorers
- New 'incomplete parts' system that alerts a player when they only have the left version of something so they are less confused when using the mirror function in edit mode
- HUD can be turned off in mothership and edit mode with ‘=’ button
- Feedback/Support/FAQ buttons in the Home screen
- Players matchmade by Robot Tier eg. Tier 3 Robots matched against Tier 3 Robots
- All party members must play with the same Robot Tier
- New Play menu layout
- New loading screens for Home/Test
- New battle loading screen
- New Lobby screen while waiting for battle
- New Login screen layout
- AI-controlled robots will fill empty seats if players are queuing for battle for an extended period of time
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS & CHANGES:
- All players now have improved bay visuals
- The game checks a Robot has functional cubes (movement + weapons) before allowing it to enter battle
- Updated settings screen with tabs for Visual/Audio etc.
- Profanity filter enabled for all players and can no longer be switched off
- Players existing League Rank converted to new Tier 5 Rank
- Updated the Altimeter and Speedometer models to remove any units from the texture (ft/m & mph/kph)
- Updated old orange Robocraft branding to new blue Robocraft branding
- Updated the branding across the official Robocraft website, forums and social spaces
- Updated the minimum specification requirements on Steam Store
- Electroplates have been reorganised so there are three per Tier (T2, T3, T4 and T5)
- General lighting improvements on a number of maps
- Controls can be edited via the Pause Menu when in battle
- Settings can be edited via the Pause Menu when in battle
- Improved visual fades between game screens
- In-game user-interface now supports dynamic scaling to support higher monitor resolutions
- Improvements to the battle kill feed above the mini-map to make it easier to read
- Tooltips added to a number of buttons in-game to assist new players
- Improvements to Factory search filters (part of a series of planned improvements)
- Updated in-game buttons to 'Save and Test' and 'Save and Exit' to make it clearer for players when saving a Robot in edit mode
- General improvements to menu layouts in the game
- Building Gun model in Edit mode no longer displays selected cube quantity
- Paint Gun model updated in Edit mode to accommodate additional colors
- XP is earned more appropriately to the infinity unlocking system
- Forge and Recycle functionality removed as it is no longer required with players having infinite inventory
- League Arena mode removed - both TDM and BA game modes are now competitive and contribute to your Tier ranking. Players cannot drop rank any lower than their highest rank badge in each tier i.e. if you reach silver, you will never drop below silver but you can fluctuate between silver and gold
- General improvements to Campaign Mode
- Award Golden variants of the legendary weapon and movement parts to players who have 25+ of their regular version in their inventory prior to the Infinity Update
- Main menu screen improvements including a split screen showing the player's Robot on the right-hand side
- Windows XP no longer supported
- Hurt Locker achievement changed to Win a Campaign
BUG FIXES:
- The Gold Laser, Top 100 Holoflag, Gold Silver and Bronze badges are now displayed right at the bottom of the player's inventory rather than being grouped together
- Fixed a bug which caused jagged shading on the Cardboard Ion particle effects
- Campaign localisations further updated
- Fixed some missing localised language text in Campaign mode
- Fixed a bug which caused the wrong error message to appear when attempting to enter a Campaign with a zero CPU Robot bay
- Fixed a bug which caused the wrong voice-over to play at the start of a Campaign
- Fixed a bug which caused the music to clip in Test Mode
- Cardboard ION and Wheel parts now darken when damaged in-battle
- Fixed an issue with 'click focus' on the custom avatar image select pop-up
- Fixed a bug which sometimes caused AI weapons to fire through solid objects
- Fixed a collision issue on the Carbon 6 variant of T5 Plasma weapon
KNOWN ISSUES:
- Robots that are uploaded by ‘new players' will not appear in search results when filtering by username
- Chat channel tags ([Clan] etc.) may overflow onto another line if they are long enough
- On the Battle Summary screen the get premium button displays even if you have premium
- The get Premium button on the Battle Summary screen will not open the Store
- Factory downloaded robots are defaulting to Keyboard Controls
- If a player with a custom avatar but no active premium clicks on their avatar, it will reset to a default image
Some of the tooltip text for the T5 Chaingun (gold variant) is incorrect - please note that the actual data is correct- An active ghost module will deactivate when any player dies in battle
With today's update, an issue came to light that affects some players. Any player that copied their Robots prior to dismantling the original and recycling ALL of the parts before the Infinity Update may have broken Robots in their bays due to part data not being found. Unfortunately, it isn't possible to recover this data and fix any broken Robots. We apologise unreservedly for this error and for any time lost in building/rebuilding Robots. We will ensure that steps are in place to ensure issues like this do not happen again.