=== CryoFall v0.30.2.1 (A30 Experimental Patch #1) ===

We're happy to announce that the first patch to the experimental A30 version is out!
If you have not tried the experimental version yet, please consider joining one of the experimental servers and help us improve the game.

Patch notes:

Changes:
- Industrial drones: drones will temporarily reserve their previously occupied slots so you will never drop returning drones due to lack of free space in the inventory and hotbar.
- Boss event start delay: 20 minutes boss spawn timer on PvE servers, no delay on PvP servers.
- Adjusted the crafting recipe requirements of solar panels.
- Reduced the lifetime duration of the reactor fuel rod.
- Increased pragmium reactor psi emission.
- Decreased unrefined keinite drop from black beetle and burrower.
- Base lights auto active time changed (now from 20:00 to 7:00).
- PvP: Click on newbie protection notification will open the Social menu.
- Updated art for cliffs (both types), cliff render mask, road slopes (up and down).
- Crafting: Now you don't need to remove equipped items if they need to be used for crafting (e.g. braided helmet with oil lamp recipe).

Fixes:
- Chat was not closed when clicking on the menu buttons/hotbar/other UI elements.
- The respawn UI input was blocked if the chat was opened during the character's death.
- Dropped drone will provide a "dropped items" map mark and notification (though you're unlikely to see it now unless you manually remove the reserved slots for returning drones and you have no space in the inventory).
- Biomaterial collector: When there is not enough space in the inventory, a full biomaterial vial will drop on the ground and a notification will be shown.
- Learning skill was progressing incorrectly fast on servers with high LP rates (like the A30 experimental servers).
- "Use oil lamp" quest task was not finishing immediately on lamp use. This task will be also satisfied when using a lamp installed into the braided helmet.

Two A30 Experimental servers are launching this Friday (March 19th) at 1 PM by GMT/UTC time. You can expect new content and plenty of great improvements (for more details see the #upcoming-features in our Discord).
This time, the experimental servers will have much higher rates (such as resource gathering and LP/XP rates) than usual to help us test the new end-game content such as pragmium power plant and exotic weapons.
If you want to help us testing the update before it goes live, please consider joining the experimental servers!

We would like to remind you that all the Official PvP servers have a scheduled wipe this Friday (March 19th, wiping every 4 weeks).

Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 8 AM by Central US (CDT, GMT-5 summer time)
• 2 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+1 winter time)
• 16:00 by Russia/Moscow (GMT+3)
• 21:00 by China/Beijing (GMT+8)
• 10 AM by Argentina/Brazil (GMT-3)
• 10 PM by Japan and South Korea (GMT+9)

With this wipe, there will be the following changes:
• Global Clan Wars server will have a lower limit on private faction size—20 players max. Please note: other official PvP servers already have a limit of 10 players for private factions.
• PvP damage multiplier restored (how it was in A28 version) to x0.5 instead of x0.4. In A30 version, lower PvP damage resulted in harder-to-win fights when you're outnumbered (as your opponents have more time to regroup and heal) and also more grind to craft ammo.


As the current wipe cycle on Global Clan Wars draws to an end we can now announce first-ever winners on this server in the faction leaderboard!

1. [RECT] — 8284
   
2. [MECH] — 2154
   
3. [XIII] — 1446
   
4. [NATO] — 1262
   
5. [PN] — 1216

The popular community server CryoSmall had a wipe last Saturday and it's not too late to join it now! This server has moderation to enforce the rules of no-alliances so nobody can play there in the larger team than permitted (up to 2 players per team).
By the way, if you're looking for a moderated server allowing teams up to 5 players, CryoFive server will hold a wipe on 27th March.

=== CryoFall v0.29.12.16 (A29 Patch #10/Signed executables) ===

This is just a service patch—nothing has changed but the game binaries were rebuilt.
We've finally acquired a Code Signing certificate from Sectigo. It should prevent problems with false-positive detection by antivirus software that are using machine-learning to guess whether the executable contains any similarities with known malware. Code sign will also prevent tampering of the game files. If you notice any issues, please let us know immediately.

Enjoy the game and stay tuned for A30 Update! Follow us on Official Discord server—we're posting upcoming content and features regularly!

We are happy to announce that we have just updated the CryoFall Supporter Pack!

As the game nears its release and gains more and more new features and content we are able to share more interesting art assets and miscellaneous thing within the Supporter Pack. This update brings additional concept art, high-resolution game art, and other goodies. If you have purchased the Supporter Pack previously—you can immediately access all of it. And if not—we would be very thankful if you can consider supporting the game with this little additional purchase.



The Supporter Pack doesn't provide any advantage in the game and is purely optional. It includes the game's complete soundtrack (now 7 tracks, total over 22 minutes long), concept art, high-resolution game art, chat badge, etc.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178321/CryoFall__Supporter_Pack/
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support and for helping to shape CryoFall!

https://steamcommunity.com/games/829590/announcements/detail/3034840264061004772


=== CryoFall v0.29.12.13 (A29 Patch #9/Experimental local server) ===

This patch brings a new experimental feature to which we want to hear your feedback.
Local server runtime is now included and could be launched by the batch file right from the game folder. It makes it much easier to start a local game server for single-player use. The default server rates are also customized to make it more fitting for a single-player experience: x2 LP, x2 skill XP, x1.5 item gathering, no structure decay, bosses require only a single player to defeat (you can adjust all these rates by editing ServerRates.config file), 60 FPS tick rate.
Running the local game server will require an extra 1 GB of free RAM and several % of a typical CPU's resources.

For the latest guide about the local server, please refer to this new short guide!
https://steamcommunity.com/games/829590/announcements/detail/3034840264061004772
How to launch and use the local server:

• 1. Navigate to the game folder (open Steam Client, right click on CryoFall -> "Manage" -> "Browse local files")
  
  
• 2. Double click on the "CryoFall Local Server" file. The console window for the local server will open and the server will start loading. Usually, it takes roughly a minute before the server is accessible (do not worry if it doesn't stop writing various information into the console—it's running properly and reports performance metrics). You may need to approve its access in Firewall if such a prompt will be displayed
  
• 3. Launch the game client as usual
  
• 4. Navigate to the "SERVERS" menu and open the "Custom" tab on the right side of the tabs bar (it has a distinctive "+" icon)
  
  
• 5. Connect to the "localhost" server (the first one in the list; it may take 1-2 minutes before it's accessible)
  
• 6. After you've finished playing, simply close the console window of the game server and it should automatically stop and save your progress (it also performs an autosave every hour same as multiplayer servers)

If you wish to edit the server settings or rates config, open the folder "<your Documents>\AtomicTorchStudio\CryoFall" (if it's empty please check the hidden folder "C:/Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/AppData/Local/AtomicTorchStudio/CryoFall") and edit these two files: SettingsServer.xml and ServerRates.config. Also, the savegame is stored in the Saves subfolder here.
If you have any problem please reach us directly via email support@atomictorch.com so we can investigate the problem together and gather more feedback about this experimental feature!

Patch notes:

Changes:
- Added local server runtime (experimental feature)
- Improved deconstruction outline effect
- Bioreactor interface improved with visual instructions on how to use it (similar to Mulchbox)
- Faction chat tab will be displayed always above the party chat tab instead of being mixed with private chats

Fixes:
- Assign faction role dialog was broken for Korean translation
- Fixed a random issue when, due to high packet loss, the Medical Cooldown status effect was not properly removed after completion, preventing player from attacking and using more medicine for a while
- Fixed incorrect deconstruction outline when playing in windowed mode
- Fixed incorrect teleport effect when playing in a small window and during camera zoom animation

This is a client-only patch.

=== CryoFall v0.29.12.10 (A29 Patch #8/Hotfix) ===

It's addressing the false-positive threat detection by Windows Defender and (hopefully) Norton AV.
Improved compatibility with Windows 7.

Greetings, survivors!

We would like to remind you that all the Official PvP servers have a scheduled wipe this Friday (February 19th, wiping every 4 weeks).

Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 7 AM by Central US (CST, GMT-6 winter time)
• 2 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+1 winter time)
• 16:00 by Russia/Moscow (GMT+3)
• 21:00 by China/Beijing (GMT+8)
• 10 AM by Argentina/Brazil (GMT-3)
• 10 PM by Japan and South Korea (GMT+9)


As the current wipe cycle on Global Clan Wars draws to an end we can now announce first-ever winners on this server in the faction leaderboard!

1. [RECT] — 16551
   
2. [XXX] — 12080
   
3. [CN] — 9263
   
4. [SSS] — 8627
   
5. [SNV] — 8197

Also, the popular community server CryoSmall will also have the following day—this Saturday (February 20th, wiping every 3 weeks) at 12 PM by GMT/UTC time. This time it will be a solo/duo server so you can play solo or create a team of 2 players maximum. This server has moderation to enforce the rules of no-alliances so nobody can play there in the larger team than permitted.
By the way, if you're looking for a moderated server allowing teams up to 5 players, please check CryoFive server that wiped last Saturday.

=== CryoFall v0.29.12.6 (A29 Patch #7) ===

Changes:
- Restored previous woodcutting/mining sounds (the new mining sound is used for pragmium mining only).
- PvE: hidden diplomacy management faction permission (as there is no diplomacy in PvE).

Fixes:
- PvP: sometimes it was not possible to pickup player loot located in the opened door.
- In the server list entry, the next wipe date was displayed in UTC time instead of local time.

This is a client-only patch.


PSA: if you're using Norton Antivirus, some of the game files may be detected as malicious. They're not—we've verified this 100%. It's just a false-positive detection due to heuristics analysis (signature matching is not a perfect way to determine a virus or malware and Norton is notorious with this issue). You can see the analysis by Virus Total—every other major antivirus doesn't detect anything with the game executable. We've reached Norton to submit false positive detection to them and, if you're their user, we encourage you to do the same by following this link https://submit.norton.com/?type=FP (we've submitted the file as well but it's stuck in "Analyzing" state for almost a month now despite the promised 48 hours to process our report)
As a workaround, please disable the antivirus temporarily, install the game, whitelist the game executables, then enable the antivirus back. There are two executable files that you need to whitelist:Enjoy the game!

=== CryoFall v0.29.12.5 (A29 Patch #6) ===

Changes:
- New sounds for woodcutting and rock mining.
- Many sounds introduced with A29 Update updated with better versions (e.g. Sand Tyrant boss sounds).
- The rest of the A29 Update's sounds updated with the best quality versions (stereo).
- It's no longer possible to transfer a vehicle to ownership of a public faction (the feature was intended only for private factions).

Fixes:
- CryoFall Editor: fixed an issue when the Editor was unresponsive after closing the main menu overlay.

This is a client-only patch.

=== CryoFall v0.29.12.1 (A29 Patch #5) ===

Changes:
- Now you can transfer a vehicle to faction ownership. Faction officers can assign access rights to faction-owned vehicles (currently it requires the faction permission "Land claim management", a new permission is expected with A30 Update)
- Added red outline effect for deconstruction. This way it's easier to determine which structure you will deconstruct when pressing the left mouse button. (It doesn't work with floor and farm plot currently but it should not be an inconvenience in these cases)
- Sound cues for out-of-screen sounds now have green color when produced by party members, faction members, and ally faction members (previously it was working this way only for party members)
- Boss event: Reduced Sand Tyrant boss HP on -15% so it has a difficulty similar to Pragmium Queen boss.
- Events scheduler: Only a single event can run at a time (except a boss)
- Events scheduler: Boss spawn will happen at least 3 hours since the previous boss spawn
- Salt flats area on the secret island will contain up to two scorpions
- PvE: Removed the deposit capacity display for oil and Li extractors in PvE as there are only infinite deposits in this game mode
- Improved detection of the object under mouse cursor when there are several objects (e.g. a vehicle over a teleport platform or vehicle assembly bay, several mechs one close to another, items placed on teleport platform, fridges built close to each other, etc)

Fixes:
- It was possible to loot a creature multiple times when the inventory is almost full and there is no free space around the creature's corpse to drop the loot on the ground
- PvP: Resonance bomb (aka pragmium bomb) damaged turrets (it should damage only walls and doors as explained in its description)
- PvP: Turrets received an incorrect amount of explosive damage. They will receive proper damage now. To keep the previous balance, their HP is reduced accordingly and their damage resistance to firearms was increased
- It was not possible to drop items on the road, bridge, and inside the teleport. On PvP servers, the player's loot also didn't drop there (it was placed on the closest free tile)
- Grenade launcher cannot shot through the fence but the laser sight displayed that it can
- ServerRates.config bug: When DamageFriendlyFireMultiplier is set to 0, no PvP damage allowed even to non-friendly players

Community servers: This patch should be installed on the server in order to play the game with the latest CryoFall client version. No wipe with this patch, the savegame is completely compatible with the previous A29 version.
If you don't want to update the server or stuck playing on a community server that is running an old version, you can switch to the previous client version in Steam Client (open CryoFall game properties in Steam Client -> BETAS tab -> select legacy-a29-v0.29.11.13 in the dropdown menu).

CryoFall Editor is also updated to this version.