We've recovered Momo's ship from dead space and cracked open his cryostasis chamber. As soon as he's gone through the decontamination scrubbers, we'll be doing a live webcast Q/A with the developer himself.

The webcast is ear-marked for the second week in May and provides an excelent opportunity to talk about what's next for Astrox and to answer any questions you may have.

Specific date and time to follow in the coming week so stay tuned!

We've recovered Momo's ship from dead space and cracked open his cryostasis chamber. As soon as he's gone through the decontamination scrubbers, we'll be doing a live webcast Q/A with the developer himself.

The webcast is ear-marked for the second week in May and provides an excelent opportunity to talk about what's next for Astrox and to answer any questions you may have.

Specific date and time to follow in the coming week so stay tuned!

1. Action required:
Use STINGER to hack into the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver and shut down the security camera system, so we can covertly insert a strike team to retrieve Agent MidDipper.

2. Background:
With the assistance of Omicron, we were alerted to the disappearance of Agent Middipper. Using a GPS device hidden on her person, we tracked her to movements from Boston to the Vancouver Airport. However, the device went offline shortly afterwards, en route to central Vancouver. We suspect MidDipper is being held within Vancouver. Our contact within the Vancouver International Airport provided us with a passenger manifest of the flight MidDipper and her captors took from Boston. Four names were flagged on the flight, all members of Klaymore Securities, a paramilitary contractor. It appears that MidDipper was kidnapped by Klaymore.

3. Updates:
Agent MidDipper was located at the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver, after the cursed flowers were removed and we exploited their network through a hacking operation by our Green Level agent. We now need to blind the consulate security camera system so we can covertly insert a strike team for a rescue operation. Read the security camera exploit guide Archive #YJ98NC. and use the stinger-cm command in the STINGER terminal to hack the system.

4. Recommendation:
(a) Read the STINGER security camera exploit guide Archive #YJ98NC. and enter the commands at http://stinger.blackwatchmen.com.

(b) Obtain the admin password for the security system and relay success code to Dispatch [dispatch@division-66.com].

(c) Join the global agent network in the investigation on IRC at irc.blackwatchmen.com - #division66 ( https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.blackwatchmen.com/division66 ).

(d) Monitor the Division 66 Twitter channel for updates on the operation ( @Division66 )..

Link

1. Action required:
Use STINGER to hack into the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver and shut down the security camera system, so we can covertly insert a strike team to retrieve Agent MidDipper.

2. Background:
With the assistance of Omicron, we were alerted to the disappearance of Agent Middipper. Using a GPS device hidden on her person, we tracked her to movements from Boston to the Vancouver Airport. However, the device went offline shortly afterwards, en route to central Vancouver. We suspect MidDipper is being held within Vancouver. Our contact within the Vancouver International Airport provided us with a passenger manifest of the flight MidDipper and her captors took from Boston. Four names were flagged on the flight, all members of Klaymore Securities, a paramilitary contractor. It appears that MidDipper was kidnapped by Klaymore.

3. Updates:
Agent MidDipper was located at the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver, after the cursed flowers were removed and we exploited their network through a hacking operation by our Green Level agent. We now need to blind the consulate security camera system so we can covertly insert a strike team for a rescue operation. Read the security camera exploit guide Archive #YJ98NC. and use the stinger-cm command in the STINGER terminal to hack the system.

4. Recommendation:
(a) Read the STINGER security camera exploit guide Archive #YJ98NC. and enter the commands at http://stinger.blackwatchmen.com.

(b) Obtain the admin password for the security system and relay success code to Dispatch [dispatch@division-66.com].

(c) Join the global agent network in the investigation on IRC at irc.blackwatchmen.com - #division66 ( https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.blackwatchmen.com/division66 ).

(d) Monitor the Division 66 Twitter channel for updates on the operation ( @Division66 )..

Link

• Changed the Main Menu to load maps in Singleplayer mode by default.

You can still load maps in metaverse mode, you just have to use the Custom Game menu for now.

• Changed the Main Menu to load maps in Singleplayer mode by default.

You can still load maps in metaverse mode, you just have to use the Custom Game menu for now.

The price has been dropped to $9.99 and on launch will be 15% off!

New trailer and screenshots (on store and in community) with the new update!!!

See you on launch June 22!


~insom

Problem with impossibility to speed up craft is fixed.

Also please note that getting into game first time after wipe may result in broken trade. If it happens, just re-login.

Problem with impossibility to speed up craft is fixed.

Also please note that getting into game first time after wipe may result in broken trade. If it happens, just re-login.

Saves from previous versions are automatically DELETED as Steam updates the game, as they're incompatible with the new version. Do not update if you want to finish a previous playthrough first!


FULL CHANGELOG



Added a new game creation parameter: Jagging, which decides how "jagged" the island coastline is, therefore producing more varied and interesting islands. Setting Jagging to 0 creates the same oval shaped island of before this update, while setting it to 100% generates a very jagged coastline, with peninsulas and gulfs:







Note that increasing Jagging will indirectly reduce the island total landmass.




Generated islands, regardless of the option selected, are now roughly 25% bigger than before, which when setting size 150% is a huge increase! This to both counter balance the fact that the new Jagging parameter reduces the final landmass, and to produce more immersive islands, since performance are getting better as the game is optimized.




Rain sound has now two different sounds combined depending on the rain intensity, also rain effect improved:



Added wind gusts happening from time to time, momentarly increasing wind speed and triggering a wind whistle sound.




You can take a nap instead of sleeping, which makes you wake up much sooner.




Character info screen now also shows the current character, zoomed and with his/her gear equipped:






- Reduced damage from MILD starvation, which means you will start getting real damage when your fat reserves are very low, making it easier to survive until you get very skinny.
- Rebalanced food kcal / proteins content, proteins are now much higher.
- Proteins are absorbed/digested much more quickly, which makes it easier for the body to "burn" them to produce energy when calories are low.
- Drink more water with one sip: getting thirst quenched used to require too many sips.
- Dropping with Q now drops one item at time, and now if both hands are free, also drops the gear on your back.
- Buried eggs must be unearthed before being able to take/eat them, which requires some time and effort.
- Skills decay rate now scales by 100% with Stamina (instead of 50%), this means that at 100% Stamina decay won't happen. To compensate this, base decay raised a bit, but overall it is much slower now, especially if you manage to sleep well.
- Melee attack with LMB (left mouse) or during Mouse Turn mode, improved in precision and responsiveness.
- Ranged attack made more fluid and responsive.
- Many more tweaks to the Survival Mode!




- Added a floating text appearing when the player attacks (including chopping trees) showing the damage dealt:



- Animals produce more eggs, both to reduce the extinction chances and to use room from the larger map.
- Some objects decay rate reduced even further.
- Graphics improvements to fog and reflections.
- Huge optimizations, especially in fullscreen mode.
- Tons of fixes.


As always, make sure to read the full changelog for the complete list of changes!



Dan