This past week we've been working on many new features and have been monitoring this past release for bugs, exploits and balancing issues.
We've been integrating a decal system into the game. This type of system allows for footprints, cut marks, and blood splatter. It helps improve the immersion in the game. You might get some blood splatter on your weapon and the ground when attacking others. And you'll see the whip marks or bruises on the body of the person you hit. Resource tools will also leave marks on the resources and terrain.
A tutorial button for guild crests is being added into the game. This button will bring up a pop-up style menu tutorial that players can flip through to learn how guild crests work, and how totems and decay works. As we find there can be a fair bit of confusion from new players when their base is destroyed or decayed that might not understand the systems in the game.
We've also been hearing from players is that they run into players that they find annoying or offensive in the chat box. We've decided that a good way to tackle this is to allow players to mute other players selectively in the chat. As well, give admins the ability to mute certain players on the server all-together. This will give players and the server operators the control they might need if someone is becoming particular offensive or spamming the chat. Aside from this, we are also putting in more server-side admin options for seeing the ping of players, easier to ban/kick players, and more.
We are improving the ping-detector to be more reliable. And work on the hack report system is also now getting underway again, some of you may remember we were working on this system some time ago, but it had to take a back seat while it's programmer worked on the ping-detector. This system will make it easier for players to report other players. And eventually, down the line, will have options for auto-banning of highly reported players (configurable) using internal statistics and formulas to determine the likelihood that they are an offending player or not.
Some of the new content in the works is 7 new objects to paint on. These include hanging signs, a billboard, a town sign, art canvas with frames, and a signpost.
Please visit this thread for info on how to report exploit + hacks, it also explains how we deal with exploits:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/344760/discussions/4/523890528707976945/
Enjoy your weekend of gaming,
- The Code}{atch Team