Hey Everyone,
We have a major update today. With this update we have resolved majority of the new bugs and issues after the big move to mySQL. And we can finally say the game world is in a good place now.
This update also completes the big balancing change that removed all the grinding from the game. We take it further this time, with mining and gathering made a lot easier, and refunds added to crafting – like empty water bottle refunds when using water or oil in crafting.
This updates also lays foundation for the in-game music. This will be expanded and updated with more unique tracks based on the planet and environments that player is in.
We expect next update by Wednesday next week that will include the fixes for last rare issues, at which point we will be able to switch to mostly work on new content.
And so presenting Update 33
New features and fixes
- New Ambient Music system. The game plays random ambient music except when in areas with music
- Completed balance changes - mining rocks gives a lot more stone, one per hit, and more resources in bushes
- Empty water bottles are now refunded when crafting with them - including them filled with oil or water
- Fixed various bugs with AI sometimes disappearing after getting off horse or other vehicle
- Game world is now a lot brighter during night time
- Fixed player spawning sideway inside nova, and at the wrong location
- Fixed building bases while self hosting
- Vehicle new player planet respawn not working when moving between planets
- Nearly completed work on new player admin console (to be enabled end of June)
- Fixed art for vehicle wreck having dozen of tires in place
- Fixed various issues with melee weapons not properly damaging Oraphant
- Oraphant is now significantly tougher
- Fixed odd rotation of passengers when leaving vehicles
- Fixed various bugs with crafting in space
- Fixed dropping item or death loot not always working
- When mining in space player now sees waypoitns to asteroids and space derbies
- Improved the visual FX when mining in space
- Various fixes for Ferry not working right
- Fixed Ammo bug bundle exploit
- Grazer now repairs your own claim components, and damaged other player bases