Today we released another small update in our continued effort to polish the game. We will be releasing more as we make changes and fixes to the game.



Thank you all who are playing the game, it has been absolutely amazing to see our player counts soar to a new high every day so far and now seeing the count hold pretty steady around the 2k mark.

Also, we wanted to thank everyone who has taken the time to post their feedback, this really helps us to improve the game and make The Mean Greens the best it can be

Below is a list of the changes/fixes that made it into this patch.

- Added more spawn points to sandbox for larger servers

- Centered Halloween UI image

- Fixed reload bug where animation would play but no ammo would be loaded

First of all, we wanted to say thank you so much to the massive influx of new players. The response has been far better than we ever could have imagined!




With this new update we are fixing some minor issues and adding new features to our server systems. Players can now host their own private matches with only their friends by ticking the Invite Only option when they Host a Match. We are working on adding the ability to password protect dedicated servers, this will come in a future update along with more improvements to our server hosting files. We have also made some improvements to how the server's update the server list.

We are also talking to some server companies about getting more servers up to help with all the players looking to join in a game. If you get a message saying that a server is full or lost connection to the host, please try again, it's likely that multiple people are trying to join in the same server at the same time.

UPDATE - hotfix patch is up, this should resolve the invite issues

Below is a list of the changes/fixes that made it into this patch.

- Added Invite Only button to hosted matches
- Added volumetric fog to Fish Tank Frenzy

- Updated bullet impact volumes
- Updated character physics materials
- Improved lighting in Fish Tank Frenzy around flags
- Changed Private Match menu item to Host Match
- Servers now update the server list more frequently

- Fixed some collision issues on Off the Rails
- Fixed user manual's reference to sprinting

The holidays may be over but we're still in the giving spirit. For the next 10 days The Mean Greens will be a whopping 90% off! That's right, you can now pickup your favorite plastic melting miniature mayhem game for under a dollar!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/360940/The_Mean_Greens__Plastic_Warfare/

This is the lowest price The Mean Greens has EVER been so tell your friends, tell your grandparents, tell your neighbor’s sister's dog; let's get as many people in game as we can and prove once and for all which team is better, Green or Tan.

That's right, with our latest patch we're bringing back the server browser! This is something we've been wanting to bring back for quite a while and we're glad we can start off the new year by fulfilling a fan request.



In addition to bringing back the server browser we're including the files needed to host your own Mean Greens server.

How do I run my own dedicated server?
I'm glad you asked, it's easy. Simply run the HostServer.bat file that's located in your install directory and that's it!

We are also looking for server companies interested in offering The Mean Greens servers so please message me if you are interested.

EDIT
We're uploading a quick hotfix patch to resolve a couple minor issues we noticed. Please restart steam to grab the new update and restart your server if you're hosting one. Thank you

Below is a list of the changes/fixes that made it into this patch.

- Server Browser
- Dedicated server files

- Changed characters to be unique for every spawned player
- Updated loading screens for Lazy Hamster and Halloween Hustle
- Updated footstep cue volumes and music volumes
- Adjusted bullet impact volume
- Updated physics materials for all levels
- Adjusted volume curve
- Adjusted volumes of all weapons

- Fixed some collision issues on Off the Rails
- Fixed some clipping issues on Deep Freeze
- Fixed forced map not working after beacon removal
- Fixed level selector

We are excited to be launching patch 1.19 today*. This new update brings a TON of backend improvements and changes but I'm sure the most exciting thing will be our brand new map Halloween Hustle!



*Ok, after a whole bunch of tricks tonight, it's time to enjoy some treats. The update is now live. Enjoy

Halloween Hustle is an exciting new map set on an outside porch during Halloween. This is a team deathmatch map with AI controlled skeletons thrown in to keep everyone on their toes.

As we mentioned in our most recent news post, we are diligently working on adding bots to The Mean Greens and we are making progress and we are looking at a tentative release of early 2019. We will of course keep everyone posted as things progress, the best place to stay up to day is our Official Discord channel so be sure to join the community.

Patch 1.19 brings a bunch of other changes and additions to the game you already know and love! We have made a lot of changes to our particle VFX including a brand-new flamethrower effect that really is hot!

A few new taunts have also snuck into this build too so be sure to check them out.

We have also made a lot of back end improvements to the game, we upgraded the engine to version 4.20 and added some additional checks and improvements to our networking system. The ball in Barnyard Ball has been completely rewritten making it MUCH smoother and more reliable.

Throw in a bunch of performance improvements and bug fixes and you've got a patch we're pretty pumped about. We hope you enjoy this update and thanks for playing!

Attic Attack and Sandbox Showdown and temporarily being removed from the map list as we revamp the vehicles. We're making a LOT of improvements to them and these maps will return as soon as they are ready.

To celebrate this new patch, we are running a 50% off sale!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/360940/The_Mean_Greens__Plastic_Warfare/

Below is a list of the changes/fixes that made it into this patch.

- Added a new TDM map “Halloween Hustle”
- New Taunt-NahNaBooBoo
- New taunt (facepalm)

- Updated to Unreal Engine version 4.20
- Temporarily removed Attic Attack and Sandbox while we revamp them
- Updated hit reaction system
- New Flamethrower VFX
- Updated Melting VFX for Deep Freeze
- Updated fire on Off the Rails to be more performant, added light to light place
- Updated water splash impact for bathtub bash
- Updated splash material
- Updated ducks to have water moving vfx
- Updated Bathtub Bash map with new bubble bath water visuals and particle vfx for various props
- Off The Rails sudden death (capture all 3 points to trigger countdown)
- Completely rewrote how the ball is handled in Barnyard Ball for better performance and smooth movement
- Removed sprint stamina meter and tweaked animations/blending
- updated credits page

- Localization updates
- Fixes for train - lighting changes, fixed some material issues
- Level selector UI fixes
- Fixed a typo on a box in Deep Freeze
- Fixed Deep Freeze fog not fading
- Material performance pass
- LOD performance pass
- Fixed some potential crashes with Lazy Hamster
- Fixed loss of control when gamepad disconnects
- Fixed some issues with tutorial level
- Fixed gamepad/keyboard binding issue which prevented use of controller and arrow keys

We wanted to take a moment to apologize for the delay, but we are still working diligently on adding bots to the game! We listened to your requests and want all of you to enjoy the game - the complexity of adding the bots is taking us sometime however. As of right now we are looking at a tentative update early next year for you guys.

https://youtu.be/4ujFmlYxWXI

In the meantime - We are excited to announce our Halloween Hustle map releasing October 26th! We are very excited for you all to play our newest addition. If you dare you can jump in the game with your friends...and the new AI skeletal foes that we added to spook things up!

We hope everyone is having a great holiday season! Hopefully you are getting to spend time with loved ones and getting some quality gaming time in as the year draw to an end.

As a bit of a Christmas gift from us here at Virtual Basement, we wanted to let everyone in on what we've been secretely working on lately!

We have been hard at work behind the scenes creating more than just awesome new maps like the recently released Lazy Hamster map. So without further ado, here's what we're currently working on:



That's right, we have been actively working on an AI system that can handle the vast array of game types we have in The Mean Greens. This will allow you to play offline as well as help fill up servers.

In addition to bots players have been asking for a ranking system, and we've been listening. We have a ranking system designed and are working on implementating. We're not quite ready to outline the details of how the ranking system will works quite yet but I can assure everyone that it will not give players with higher ranking any advantages over lower ranked players.

On top of all that awesomeness we're still designing and developing more maps/modes for The Mean Greens all being released in FREE updates!

Here's a few maps/modes that are in development:
- Picnic Panic
- Jurassic Plastic
- Halloween Hustle
- And More!


The Mean Greens is still part of Steam's Winter Sale and Mean Greens is at it's best price EVER! 75% off! That's right, you can now pick up Mean Greens for under $2.50!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/360940/The_Mean_Greens__Plastic_Warfare/

These new additions are all pretty huge and they will take some time for us to polish up but we didn't want to keep it a secret any longer! We hope everyone is as excited about this as we are. Please feel free to discuss this in the forums or in our Official Discord server https://discord.gg/zP4twkW

We hope everyone is having a great holiday season! Hopefully you are getting to spend time with loved ones and getting some quality gaming time in as the year draw to an end.

As a bit of a Christmas gift from us here at Virtual Basement, we wanted to let everyone in on what we've been secretely working on lately!

We have been hard at work behind the scenes creating more than just awesome new maps like the recently released Lazy Hamster map. So without further ado, here's what we're currently working on:



That's right, we have been actively working on an AI system that can handle the vast array of game types we have in The Mean Greens. This will allow you to play offline as well as help fill up servers.

In addition to bots players have been asking for a ranking system, and we've been listening. We have a ranking system designed and are working on implementating. We're not quite ready to outline the details of how the ranking system will works quite yet but I can assure everyone that it will not give players with higher ranking any advantages over lower ranked players.

On top of all that awesomeness we're still designing and developing more maps/modes for The Mean Greens all being released in FREE updates!

Here's a few maps/modes that are in development:
- Picnic Panic
- Jurassic Plastic
- Halloween Hustle
- And More!


The Mean Greens is still part of Steam's Winter Sale and Mean Greens is at it's best price EVER! 75% off! That's right, you can now pick up Mean Greens for under $2.50!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/360940/The_Mean_Greens__Plastic_Warfare/

These new additions are all pretty huge and they will take some time for us to polish up but we didn't want to keep it a secret any longer! We hope everyone is as excited about this as we are. Please feel free to discuss this in the forums or in our Official Discord server https://discord.gg/zP4twkW

We are excited to be launching patch 1.18!

This patch brings with it a brand new map! Introducing Lazy Hamster, our new payload style level. Work with your team to get the hamster into its cage.

On top of the new map, patch 1.18 has a TON of bug fixes and improvements to help make The Mean Greens run as smooth as possible.


We are also proud to announce that we are taking part in Steam's Winter Sale and Mean Greens is at it's best price EVER! 75% off! That's right, you can now pick up Mean Greens for under $2.50!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/360940/The_Mean_Greens__Plastic_Warfare/

Below is a list of the changes/fixes that made it into this patch.

- Added a new payload map “Lazy Hamster”

Kitchen Run
- Made improvements to the User Interface trigger for winning when pushing the cup to 0 centimeters.
- Fixed a bug where player would get stuck on the zipline when the cup is pushed near the end of the kitchen counter.

Attic Attack
- Made improvements to the Mouse control when flying.

Sandbox Showdown
- Balanced the threshold of boost for the vehicles Jeep and Buggy.

Tutorial
- Fixed a bug where if you lost the flag while dying in the tutorial it would not respawn.
- Fixed collision issue bug with the bridge when traveling back with the flag.
- Changed the letter of the text from “Press F to Enter Vehicle” to “Press E to Enter Vehicle” when near jeep.

Options
- Controller can now be selected in the options menu.
- Controller buttons can now be bound to any user input selected.

Voice Chat
- Implemented team based voice chat.

Multiplayer
- Fixed networking issue when traveling to a new gameplay session from an active gameplay session.

- Joining other games while in a game would fail to connect.
- Fixed Green zipline repeating zip down when cup was close to edge
- Fixed HUD for Kitchen run ruler + cup display accuracy
- For tutorial map: added sound to pick up/drop flag, adjusted flag platform to prevent running into edge and stopping.
- Fixed controller rebinding menu not opening on pc click
- Fixed Bathtub bash cheating by disabling collision on water
- Fixed invisible flag issue on bathtub bash when killed while holding a flag
- Fixed FOV on ultrawide monitors
- Decreased time "Already Bound" message appears
- Fixed set to default for sound tab for in-game Escape Option widget
- Applied a fix for disconnecting controller leading to loss of control with keyboard and gamepad for PC
- Fixed tutorial flag rolling sound bug
- Fixed issue in Options -> Keybinding where player lost control of gamepad + arrow keys if attempting to change 'Disabled' controls

We are excited to be launching patch 1.18!

This patch brings with it a brand new map! Introducing Lazy Hamster, our new payload style level. Work with your team to get the hamster into its cage.

On top of the new map, patch 1.18 has a TON of bug fixes and improvements to help make The Mean Greens run as smooth as possible.


We are also proud to announce that we are taking part in Steam's Winter Sale and Mean Greens is at it's best price EVER! 75% off! That's right, you can now pick up Mean Greens for under $2.50!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/360940/The_Mean_Greens__Plastic_Warfare/

Below is a list of the changes/fixes that made it into this patch.

- Added a new payload map “Lazy Hamster”

Kitchen Run
- Made improvements to the User Interface trigger for winning when pushing the cup to 0 centimeters.
- Fixed a bug where player would get stuck on the zipline when the cup is pushed near the end of the kitchen counter.

Attic Attack
- Made improvements to the Mouse control when flying.

Sandbox Showdown
- Balanced the threshold of boost for the vehicles Jeep and Buggy.

Tutorial
- Fixed a bug where if you lost the flag while dying in the tutorial it would not respawn.
- Fixed collision issue bug with the bridge when traveling back with the flag.
- Changed the letter of the text from “Press F to Enter Vehicle” to “Press E to Enter Vehicle” when near jeep.

Options
- Controller can now be selected in the options menu.
- Controller buttons can now be bound to any user input selected.

Voice Chat
- Implemented team based voice chat.

Multiplayer
- Fixed networking issue when traveling to a new gameplay session from an active gameplay session.

- Joining other games while in a game would fail to connect.
- Fixed Green zipline repeating zip down when cup was close to edge
- Fixed HUD for Kitchen run ruler + cup display accuracy
- For tutorial map: added sound to pick up/drop flag, adjusted flag platform to prevent running into edge and stopping.
- Fixed controller rebinding menu not opening on pc click
- Fixed Bathtub bash cheating by disabling collision on water
- Fixed invisible flag issue on bathtub bash when killed while holding a flag
- Fixed FOV on ultrawide monitors
- Decreased time "Already Bound" message appears
- Fixed set to default for sound tab for in-game Escape Option widget
- Applied a fix for disconnecting controller leading to loss of control with keyboard and gamepad for PC
- Fixed tutorial flag rolling sound bug
- Fixed issue in Options -> Keybinding where player lost control of gamepad + arrow keys if attempting to change 'Disabled' controls