Mar 7, 2016
FortressCraft Evolved! - DjArcas
Patch 5 (All platforms!)
A week later than I'd anticipated, but chock full of frame-rate boosting goodies, Patch 5 is now live for everyone.
Highlights:
Full patch notes are here!
Patch 6
I keep getting asked "Ok, so what's in Patch 6?"
Here's a preliminary set of notes - these are just notes, and of course subject to change!
This is planned as a shorter patch cycle - hopefully 3 weeks - bringing us back to 'Releasing the patch at the start of each month'
Want to help and ensure Patch 6 gets done? Head over to the Patreon and pledge today!
A week later than I'd anticipated, but chock full of frame-rate boosting goodies, Patch 5 is now live for everyone.
Highlights:
- Moved to Unity 5
- Added Threaded Raycast Vis (use F11 to toggle this, if you're having any issues)
- The combination of these two changes should see most worlds getting at least a 40% boost, with some worlds getting as much as 400% FPS increase. Yes, I realise this means that your base will actually be 400% bigger at the same FPS, but I did my best.
- Added a completely new disk and CRC system that should minimise (if not eliminate!) corrupted worlds.
- Loads of work on Minecarts; animations, audio and performance. They should also be a bit less stupid at Stations. More work is planned for these as T4 becomes more developed. They are approximately 30 times faster than before!
- Signs! Free for everyone due to the Patreon smashing the target goal!
- Zipper Merge! Free for everyone due to the Patreon smashing the target goal! . This item gives a PERFECT 50/50 merge beween 2 conveyor lines.
- Added Overminds, and Orbital Strike Controllers. You should now be able to completely eradicate surface attacks. This will require charging your Orbital Energy Transmitter 4 times!
- Added absolutely loads of new skins, including male/female/other gender selection
- 10 of these are only available as part of the Skin Pack #1
- Loads of network fixes and improvements
- VR support temporarily disabled. There's a VR_Test branch if you're strong of stomach, however.
- Coal Enrichers are 2x as good as before!
- Added a Crystal Scanner to the Ore Scanner - finding Crystals should be easier than ever!
- Added 3 Patreon Reward blocks. Available to everyone, these blocks commemorate people who have gone far above and beyond in supporting of this game.
- Added MK1 and MK2 grapplers, and added animation to the build gun.
- LPTs should now respect high tier battery settings.
- Frozen Factory ('T4') blocks and machines are ONLY available to Patreons. This will become available to all around Patch 7or 8, when the expansion
launches. - Added Ctrl-Click to store items in Storage Crate
- Added Hive Brain Matter. Kill a hivemind and get 10 Research Points - guaranteed! Simply Analyse it in your Laboratory.
- Added Worm bosses.
- Added Lava Worms and new Lava graphics.
- Fixed Wheelmouse support on Ore Scanner.
Full patch notes are here!
Patch 6
I keep getting asked "Ok, so what's in Patch 6?"
Here's a preliminary set of notes - these are just notes, and of course subject to change!
- Mining Laser that can dissolve Hardened Resin
- Mass Storage improvements!
- Improved Modding
- Cargo Lifts
- More T4 items for Patreons
- AutoExcavator OverCharge and Hemisphere modes
- SpiderBots upgrades(?)
- PC Master Race ultra-detail setting
- Further VR work, to get that all-important 90-fps-with-two-eyes performance
- Brand new drop pod!
- Loot collecting automated robots - no more 'fields of vacuum hoppers'
- Serialisation of Research Assemblers.
This is planned as a shorter patch cycle - hopefully 3 weeks - bringing us back to 'Releasing the patch at the start of each month'
Want to help and ensure Patch 6 gets done? Head over to the Patreon and pledge today!
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