Hey Everyone,
First of all – please accept our sincere apologies for the server disconnection and crashing issues of the past 30 hours – especially on server 3. We finally have this resolved, and scaling things up to support the increasing player population. Migrating server 3 to a stronger server tomorrow (all player data will be intact), and we also are adding two new fresh official servers tomorrow - PvP 2 and PvE 4.
And we have another solid update for you today!
We focused on server stability to fix the crashing issues, as well as worked on vehicle disappearing issues – the only one remaining happens is when flying to the other planets, please avoid that for now. Fixing that by tomorrow. This update also includes a range of fixes and improvements, as well as updated translation for German and Chinese versions. In addition we have done a lot of work on balancing crafting, item stats, weight and durability.
Now, lets take a look at our 0.71st update:
- Major improvements to server stability
- Major updates to the server code
- Fixed various issues causing players to disconnect from servers
- Fixed majority of issues with players crashing from the game
- Fixed most issues causing certain servers to disappear for a few minutes
- Added support for two new official servers – coming online this Sunday
- Fixed large number of errors with AI creatures glitching in all kind of ways
- Fixed major grieving exploit where player would jump on other players to damage or kill them
- Completely disabled square damage – to stop players exploiting that
- Major improvement to visuals on Beta Prairie planet – fixed the gloomy dark fog that made things look very bad
- Fixed various issues with logging out and back in while flying in a spaceship
- Reworked the starting Cryo Ships – players are not longer allowed to kill NPCs
- Reworked the starting Cryo Ship to make sure players cant get Outlaw status there
- Removed Mechs from the Cryo Ship – as they were causing various issues
- Additional fixes and improvements to the Cryo Ship – like getting lifts to work in the spawn area
- Major updated to the German localization – redid all the starting text, tutorials, and other changes
- Major updated to the Chinese localization – redid all the starting text, tutorials, and other changes
- Balanced the Weight, Value and Durability of the Makeshift: Backpack, Pistol, Shotgun, Shovel, SMG, Sniper Rifle, Vehicle Turret, Land Mine, Grenade, Fishing Rod.
- They now have the correct weight and a little extra value making it worth crafting instead of purchasing,
- Re-Balanced Crude Oil It now weight a 5th of the original weight.