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21 février

The red solstice 3.02. We got updatez!

There have been complaints about de-sync problems in the game, so we have been digging through netcode a bit again. Few problematic areas have been identified and reworked in a much neater way. Namely, update information regarding marine death, revive and ailment grants have been reworked as separate packages. Code for detonating explosives has also been reworked and optimized. These changes should both prevent the desync issue and reduce the network load.
We are aware of some additional problematic parts of the netcode, most pressing ones being connected with the synchronization of boss monster behavior and damage. We are still working on those and hope to have them fixed in the near future. In the meantime, if you notice any de-syncs please let us know. Any information that would allow us to pinpoint when exactly the problems happen is very valuable.

It has also been noticed that some updates ago, game experienced a drop in a general frame rate. Some time has been spent profiling for bottlenecks in the code and several has been identified and fixed. Users testing the version so far report a considerable improvement in that area. It is worth noting though that few users have been reporting performance drops on the final waves. Again, please let us know if and under what circumstances you experience any problems, so we can better identify and fix them.

While profiling for performance drops, it has been noticed that loading of certain resource files from the disk caused major performance problems, specially noticeable issue was with the boss monsters, where game would noticeably stall waiting for the sound resources to load. Same issue was noticeable at the beginning of the game where certain objects and textures were not loaded in time and were displayed as black or white squares. In order to combat that, a preloaded system was introduced. It will upon game start immediately begin loading certain resources and keep them in the working memory for as long as the game is running. This should make the game run much more smoothly and with much fewer bugs caused by resources not being loaded in time. It could increase the game's memory footprint, so you might choose not to use it (or use it only partially) if you are low on RAM as it is. In the Options menu you can choose which types of files you wish the preloader to load. Please note that it is still an experimental feature, so if you encounter problems, please try playing with different preloader settings (game needs to be restarted for preloader features to be turned off), and let us know about your results.

You should also now be able properly select default HUD options for monster and item names display from the HUD tab of the options menu.

The way game calculates damage has been a bit problematic in the past, so it has been changed, with percentage modifiers now being applied last, after the value modifiers. This new, in our opinion more logical way of calculating might have an impact on some skills and weapons. There might be adjustments in the future to keep the gameplay balanced.

There is a problem with game lobbies we have hoped we managed to solve with this update, but turns out it is still present. It has to do with the workarounds we were forced to apply in order to make full 8 man lobbies visible from the "games in progress" list. It manifests with some users entering a lobby but not being to connect or see other players. It has been noted that re-creating a lobby fixes the issue. We apologies for leaving this issue and will handle it as soon as we can.

On a more positive note, I can report that much work has been done on the singleplayer mode, with some new features being implemented, and first missions being made. Some of our users who have made special contribution, either by contributing financially or by promoting and testing the game will quite soon be given the opportunity to participate in early singleplayer testing.

Have fun!

The Red Solstice team

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6 février

The red solstice 2.99 update. Now with integrated voice chat, new GUI, statistics and more bugfixes

This is our first singleplayer screenshot!

It took us a bit longer then usual to get this official patch ready as a lot of our time goes into working on singleplayer campaign, but finally it's here.

New GUI is now in a stage where where it can finally be called an official new feature. It will probably go through some additional improvements as we gather your feedback, but it should be more intuitive and functional then the old one.

After successfully running the evil santa holiday leaderboard, we decided to make some more. Statistics panel in your multiplayer menu will no longer show "work in progress" but will be loaded with actual data. First column will show your own personal best score and second column will show best score any player has achieved.
You can go through leaderboards in more detail by opening the following link
Please note that leaderboards could at some point prior to release get reset.

With this update we also introduce the integrated voice chat. It works in a "push to talk" style, You will need to bind a new key for push to talk in options menu. You might also need to set voice volume also in the options menu. On the game setup menu, in game and on the end game menu you will now find icons next to player names allowing you to mute their voice chat. They will also indicate when a person is talking.

As requested a while ago, you will now also be able to automatically mute music by clicking mute music icon. It will be displayed in the left upper corner of most menus. It can also be found in game in the upper right corner after pressing escape.

Explosive items (barrels, fillers) will now explode after a random timer (about 0.8 seconds or so) if they take instant 100 or more points of damage.

All monsters of same type will no longer all be born equal. They will now have size variation of up to 20%.

Notable tweaks and bugfixes with this update include:

ailment prevention/resistance should now work properly
VIP will not be able to get any ailments any longer, health regeneration also increased from 2 to 3
MERCSarmor regeneration reduced from 3 to 1
2 Kers should no longer spawn on wave 9 mission
sniper will no longer revert from hollow to piercing on normal mode
insurgents 3 will spawn evac mission
energizer buff description changed
you can select gender now in server lobby
you cannot change your loadout if you are ready
added circle for safety beacon showing the safety radius when mouse is over

Be warned marines! It's February and snatchers are very... frisky.

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Key features

Take the Lead: Issue commands and set waypoints and objectives for your friends as you outsmart and outgun your way through the derelict domiciles of Tharsis.

Play Your Way, Together: With support for 8-player co-op, play as one of 8 distinct, customizable classes. Each with unique abilities and traits.

Odd Jobs: Tackle an onslaught of randomly generated events with just one hour to make your mark. From zone defense to supply retrieval, you’re never short of enemies to kill and objectives to complete.

Earn and Learn: Kill to earn experience points and unlock new abilities and classes. Heal allies, deploy turrets, launch grenades, set traps and much, much more.

Game NOT Over, Man: Killing ain’t easy. Drive back untold Martian horrors in multiple modes, maps and difficulties and get stronger every time. Even if you perish.

NOTICE:

Configuration requise

Minimum:

OS: Windows 7 or Later
Processor: Intel Core i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00 Ghz or Better
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3800 / Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT or Better
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 1 GB available space
Sound Card: A Fine High Definition Audio Device Never Hurt Anyone
Additional Notes: OpenGL / OpenAL

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_Ave

70 produits enregistrés

2 évaluations

Recommandé(e)

233.7 heures en tout

Posté le : 19 février

Oh jeez where to start? At first this game was very difficult for myself and others to play before steam. The Devs are actually not just active, but even play along with players! Amazing that they do their own testing and are actually willing to listen to players when they have something to say about certain things.

1 - This game has completely topped my list.
2 - I've quit nearly every other game because of this one being so addicting.
3 - If you're looking for a game that gives you reason to come home to play something, THIS IS YOUR GAME.

Best way to get in a group even for newer players - wait around, keep in mind that it is a smaller player base, but there will be a game popping up, or even hop in the Teamspeak 3 server with us! ts.game-com.de - We're always looking to help out newer players and to get the number of people higher!

Wanting to see more people in this game, would be great! Community is awesome!

Steep learning curve, but it can be done!

Keep up the good work guys! :]

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Green's Slut

63 produits enregistrés

5 évaluations

363.3 heures en tout

Posté le : 28 février

This has to be the most awesome Early Access game I've ever played. I love the feel of it - I have a few hours playtime for NOTD as a WC3 mod and as a SC2 mod and I have to say I like this "incarnation" of it the most. At over 300+ hours in this game, I don't think I'll be stopping my playtime anytime soon!

I honestly can't compare it to Alien Swarm (way too many hours played) or to NOTD (maybe 30 hrs played) or to any other "type" of game this is. I love that the learning curve is steep and challenging. I love that you have to learn how to move and run and be situationally aware. And I love that I can play with 7 other people. I love that there's no DLC (and hoping there won't ever be any), and I definitely love that the devs are awesome and play games with you and are open to constructive criticism as well.

Anyway, I'm gushing lol...but this really has been the most engaged I've been in a game since Dawn of War I and II.

Thanks Ironward and Green (for getting me the game <3) :D

Smokerunner

41 produits enregistrés

113.1 heures en tout

Posté le : 15 février

The Red Solstice is a third person real time co-op game. They plan to have a single player campaign but it is not playable yet. I have to say that generally I do not like co-op shoot em up games but this has me hooked. Co-op is where it is at. In RS you play one marine in a squad, you pick the powersuit you want, which offers different powers and abilities, then you go kick butt. There are serious strategy elements and team work is critical to success. So much fun.

Pros: The most engaged player community I have ever seen. Very responsive developers. For early access, this game is polished and feels like it could be on the market already. You get to play a space marine! Replayability is huge as bosses and scenarios change even if you play the same map repeatedly.

Cons: It is early access, so there are still balancing issues that are being worked out, but not many. There are a few bugs here and here but nothing game breaking. The player community is small but seems to be growing. This game does have a learning curve, but most people help out new players which is nice. If you dont use team speak or communicate much it might be hard to fully enjoy a co-op game. If you don't have an issue communicating then that isnt really a con. Also, AdAstra is always hitting basic lockers but what can you do right? I am just kidding on that last one.

I have been following this game for months now and its evolution from its early days on steam has been profound. I love playing it currently and I cant wait to see what it looks like when they finally are ready for market. It's a hidden gem, if you are on the fence, buy it and I bet you will be glad you did.

ARCHAON

271 produits enregistrés

1 évaluation

555.8 heures en tout

Posté le : 4 février

This game has the chance to be a premier "tactical co-op" experience. Playing as a squad of marines desperately trying to push back the stem of undead/mutants that are threatening man kind on mars, players will have to work together or perish alone. That said, the game is extremely hard, with many retries required to win a game. A single mistake or bad decision can be the difference between success and a squad wipe.

In the current state, the game is quite buggy, crashes often (once every couple of games), desync causes many issues. The playerbase is plagued with elitist people (including myself, I must admit), and new players can easily find themselves lost in the steep learning curve and bashed by the more experienced. But if people are willing to stick with it, they may end up enjoying it.

My best advice, do not be afraid of asking questions, people would rather help you than scorn you if you atleast ask before doing something. Newbies are treated as something to be cared about, even if they tend to do some stupid stuff.

The developers are friendly, they respond to questions and bug reports, and interact with the playerbase. In time, the game should hopefully be bug free and play like a dream, we can hope at least.

For early access, this is definitely a game with promise, and even in its current state, an excellent game in my opinion.

Jibbles

124 produits enregistrés

7 évaluations

4.8 heures en tout

Very fun game, reminds me so much of the Warcraft 3 custom game Undead Assault 2, yet it's a lot smoother and more balanced than that. Solid gameplay, lots of fun, definately recommend.

Skull'N'Bones

443 produits enregistrés

2.9 heures en tout

Posté le : 20 février

This game is indescribably fun. It actually has players cooperate instead of run off and screw about on their own. The updates are frequent and always bringing in new content and fixes, showing that the developers actually care, unlike some games -cough- DayZ -cough-

eL gRINGO

94 produits enregistrés

Non recommandé(e)

960.4 heures en tout

Posté le : 29 novembre 2014

The playerbase has fallen below the critical level needed to sustain the 8-man game lobbies, and little seems to bring them back.

There's also no single player mode, leaving players nothing to do if they cannot find a lobby.

[Jinx]

84 produits enregistrés

4 évaluations

71.4 heures en tout

Posté le : 25 novembre 2014

I can not recommend this game right now.

This game is great, you start out with little to no idea what to do, you die, sometimes you might get saved, sometimes you don't.
You earn EXP and it means something, from new weapons and classes to small increases to damage and movement speed.
You have a lot of fun dying and dying again.

The downfall is for any of this to take place you need to have other people online to play with, And even right after patch, you will be lucky to get 6/8 lobby filled. As it stands I can not recommend picking this game up unless it is on sale or it is fully released, they complete single player, or they add NPC's that do more than follow you, because no one is playing it, and I know this review is kinda self defeating, but it is the truth.

Diode

60 produits enregistrés

1,101.8 heures en tout

Posté le : 20 décembre 2014

** Early Acess Review as of 12-20-2014**

8 Player Co-OP. If your a fan of the War3 mod or the SC2 where teamwork is key to survive the game then look no futher. The game is fun and addictive but has a moderate learning curve. The grind for skills isn't that bad since most of the major skill a player would use in any classes could be attain in 5-6 games depending on ability to play the game.

*Playing mode* There are as 2 maps playable and a 3rd one in testing. This is all for CO-OP.
There is no single player at this moment but should be added but no time table for it.
To me this game primary focus is the CO-OP aspect to create a growing community and hope for an editor to come out to provide user created content soon!!

You can ask your questions here and I will try to answer them correctly to the best of my ability.

The developers are active and particpate with the community on daily bases and patches come frequent enough with fixes and new content.

The community with is still growing but are open to new people to joining everyday. You will meet people all over the world with one goal in common to kill zombies and spray lead till they stop moving.

*****TLDR*****

Pro-- Good game, Growing community, Responsive Developers, CO-OP fun.

Con-- Growing community, Lack of Single Player for some people atm, Moderate learning curve

*note*
I play this game for about 700hrs so my POV is over the progress from the start of the game till now.

Ask questions if you like.

p0xy

30 produits enregistrés

567.3 heures en tout

Posté le : 31 décembre 2014

I found this game by searching for the multi-player co-op tags on steam. If you're looking for that kind of experience, and like challenging games, then this game is for you. They are reportedly working on a single player mode, but cooperative-multiplayer is where the heart of this game is.

The game IS challenging. If you are playing at the correct difficulty for your team, you will lose more often then you will win.

Even though it's early access, the game is very playable. They've had some buggy patches but they tend to fix them pretty quick. The devs are on a fast-release cycle and they listen to the community as to what is and isn't working, what's fun and isn't fun, and they participate in the forums.

Now that the game is more stable, the dev's have been focusing on adding more content (maps, bosses, missions, skills, etc) which is keeping the game fresh and challenging.

If you can get this game on sale, or money isn't a big deal, I'd definitely recommend the early access version. If you are on a tight budget, you may want to wait for release. I have ~500hours on record so far for a $20 game. So I'm very happy with the value I'm getting.

Kin

28 produits enregistrés

167.5 heures en tout

Posté le : 29 octobre 2014

When you're first starting out, the game is really hard even on the easiest difficulty setting. I HIGHLY recommend reading the player guides if you want to get any good at this game. Once you know what you're doing and have a coordinated team, beating the game on easy and normal difficulty is a piece of cake. In that case, you might want to try hard or nightmare difficulty, both of which are extremely brtual.

The community here is quite small. The veterans are quite welcoming if you're willing to learn, follow directions and get teamspeak. You don't have to talk on TS if you don't want to. As long as you can hear everyone else, then it's okay.

FantasyFreak_UK

724 produits enregistrés

232 évaluations

3.6 heures en tout

Posté le : 12 septembre 2014

Genre - Co-op Squad based survival
On paper this game sounds great to me. You are part of a squad of marines have to complete missions and protect each other from alien hordes. There are different classes with their own perks and unlocks as you play through the game. However, it doesn't quite work at the moment. The objectives are not clear and a lot of players tend to play bunker, which seems to involve staying in one place and killing endless swarms of aliens. When you do get into fighting the inventory is difficult to navigate and it is not clear what the stuff does. The shooting seems to just involve selecting auto aim and reloading when needed. Really wish I had invested in another early access game as think there is too much that needs changing here to make this game enjoyable, although I could be wrong...please prove me wrong developers!

Owl

61 produits enregistrés

8.3 heures en tout

Posté le : 14 octobre 2014

I want to tell you guys this game is a good one, which it is there's no bugs that I've seen yet. It's challenging and it reminds me of Night of the dead from Warcraft 3 custom games, but I wish it would be more like swat aftermath :( anyway I am writing this review mainly to tell you that its dead there's usually around 3 people online now a days.. so buy at your own risk.

Lanvrik

165 produits enregistrés

1,019.5 heures en tout

Posté le : 22 décembre 2014

The Red Solstice is brutal and I wouldn't have it any other way. It's rare to have a game that gives a real sense of accomplishment for completion these days. For the most part, you will fail and fail often. But having those games where everyone works together to pull it off is supremely rewarding.

Hard Boiled Egg

91 produits enregistrés

9 évaluations

38.8 heures en tout

Posté le : 6 décembre 2014

This game is epic, and only in early access.

Ignore the really bad voice acting at the start, and jump in. At first you'll be thinking what the hecks going on, not enough ammo, getting swarmed by the creeps and dying fast, but stick with it for a couple of rounds multiplayer, and buddy up to a vet and a whole world will open up to you.

It has good progression after the initial steep learning start, and enough different builds of skills, classes and gear to keep you going.

This game is true co-op, you go it alone you die, you need your team mates, and they need you.

As with all multiplayer games there are a group of jerks out there who aren't worth playing with, but just avoid them and find a good squad to run with.

Mechanics are a sci-fi diablo esq, but with much more options in build and pick-upable equipment, including changing fire modes on rifle (single, burst, full auto)

Picture Me Caring

149 produits enregistrés

19.2 heures en tout

Posté le : 15 décembre 2014

indeed recommended for all those who enjoy coop survival teamwork games. really hard which makes trying it again and again even better.

TargetStalker

113 produits enregistrés

8 évaluations

6.9 heures en tout

Posté le : 10 décembre 2014

Really good game. Get a couple of buds together and have a blast. It is difficult though. Ammo becomes scarce.

Sireke

54 produits enregistrés

19.5 heures en tout

Posté le : 11 novembre 2014

The game is hard very hard, and tough to get into, but you'll want to keep trying and keep learning to see the victory screen, it will be glorious!

Akurei

329.2 heures en tout

Posté le : 26 novembre 2014

It's a challanging, but very fun game to play. It's a great feeling when everyone in your match comes together to work as a team and achieve a true victory in this game.