=== CryoFall v1.31.8.7 (R31 Patch #7 / Client Hotfix) ===

Improvements:
- The discrete GPU will be detected and selected automatically when available. We've verified that it works properly with NVIDIA GPUs. Looking for feedback from AMD Radeon users.
- Improved compatibility with ZIP-compressed mods.

This is a client-only patch. No server update is necessary and no new server distributive is provided.

We would like to remind you that all the official servers will have a scheduled wipe this Friday, November 19th.

As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes every 3 weeks to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.

Likewise, all official PvE servers will also have their regular wipe on the same day. Unlike the PvP servers, however, PvE servers have their regular scheduled wipes every 6 weeks instead. Feel free to join any of the official PvE servers for a fresh round of economic and technological competition and race to reach the highest faction score on any of the regional PvE servers.

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)

No. If you are playing on a local server you are not affected (the savegames for local server are stored on your PC). Regular wipes are only performed on official servers and do not affect local servers. If you are playing on a community, modded or a private server you can ask that individual server owner about any possible wipes.

We have received a lot of positive feedback about the last Global PvP server round with a number of larger and smaller teams competing almost until the very end of the current cycle and engaging in countless battles. It seems the experiments of this round were successful, so we want to continue building on it and hopefully make this next round even more fun.
One of the most requested changes was further increasing the size of the private factions, so we would like to try this change this round. The faction size limit will be set to 100 during this round.
Additionally, some other teams expressed their interest to join in this wipe cycle, so the competition could become even hotter this time!
If you are going to try your luck joining the Global PvP server you should absolutely join one of several large clans or create your own with your friends, otherwise, you are unlikely to have a chance there! ;)

As an additional note, the featured PvP community server CryoSmall Europe is wiping this Saturday 20th November (12 PM GMT/UTC). With a strict limit of 2 players per team (no alliances permitted) and reputable administration enforcing this rule, you can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete. By the way, community server CryoSmall North America has been wiped recently (last Saturday) and it's not too late to join it.

=== CryoFall v1.31.8.3 (R31 Patch #6 / Client Hotfix) ===

Fixes:
- Fixed random client crashes related to texture loading.
- Fixed the local server getting stuck when the game client is stopped before the savegame is completely loaded.
- Fixed an issue when switching from a multiplayer server to the local server with server mods prevented it to load.

This is a client-only patch. No server update is necessary and no new server distributive is provided.

We would like to remind you that all the official PvP servers will have a scheduled wipe this Friday, October 29th. With this wipe, we're also introducing some important game changes and reopening the Global PvP server.

As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes (every 3 weeks) to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.

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)
• 3 PM by Central EU (CEST, GMT+2 summer 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)



We've just released R31 Patch #5 that improves several gameplay aspects to make PvP fights more dynamic and bring more tactical depth:

- Reworked medical cooldown system: You can now use weapons without restrictions while under medical cooldown. The cooldown itself is slightly longer for primary medicine (such as medkit). It's still not possible to spam medicine and you need to think before using some medicine preemptively as the cooldown may restrict you from using essential medicine (such as stimpack) at the best moment. We would also like to hear your feedback once you try this updated mechanic in the game. We will consider further improvements with the next major update, if necessary.

- New medical cooldown indicator will appear over all medical items you have to make it easier to determine which items you can (or can’t) use at the moment and when the cooldown will expire.

- New bindable shortcuts: "Quick use—Slot #X" (for all hotbar slots from 1 to 9 and 0; available in Options->Input settings, not bound by default so you can select the best key you wish for any slot; you can bind to any keyboard keys as well as side buttons on your mouse intended to navigate back and forward in the web browser).

- T2 rifle fire range increased to match the range of T3-T5 rifles (13 tiles, it was 12 before).

You can read more details in the patch notes for Patch #5.

Global PvP is reintroduced with this wipe! It's hosted in Germany as before, in the OVH datacenter with full protection against DDoS attacks and great ping across major regions of the world with direct routing.

Global PvP is a hardcore PvP server. It will use the following settings:
- 10 members per faction
- full loot (armor will drop)
- vanilla rates (with R31 the game was heavily rebalanced!)
- normal bomb damage (which is the default setting in R31; it was reduced to half in R30)
- faction upgrade cost is reduced by half
- original map
There is also a minor experimental change that was requested frequently: building on meadows is restricted (similarly to how it's restricted in mountains). This change is only a temporary experiment.

As an additional note, the featured PvP community server CryoSmall Europe is wiping this Saturday 30th October (12 PM GMT/UTC). With a strict limit of 2 players per team (no alliances permitted) and reputable administration enforcing this rule, you can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete. Join CryoSmall Discord to read further details!

As was announced by CryoFive community server's owner, both CryoFive NA and Europe servers will be closed due to the low online number. It will certainly drive more players to play on Global PvP.

=== CryoFall v1.31.8.1 (R31 Patch #5) ===



Improvements:
- Reworked medical cooldown system: You can use weapons without restrictions while under medical cooldown. The cooldown itself is slightly longer for primary medicine (such as medkit). It's still not possible to spam medicine and you need to think before using some medicine preemptively as the cooldown may restrict you from using essential medicine (such as stimpack) at the best moment. We will be happy to hear your feedback once you try this updated mechanic in the game. We will consider further improvements with the next major update, if necessary.
- New medical cooldown indicator will appear over all medicine items you have to make it easier to determine which items you cannot use at the moment and when the cooldown will expire.
- New bindable shortcuts: "Quick use—Slot #X" (for all hotbar slots from 1 to 9 and 0; available in Options->Input settings, not bound by default so you can select the best key you wish for any slot; you can bind to any keyboard keys as well as side buttons on your mouse intended to navigate back and forward in the web browser).

Changes:
- T2 rifle fire range increased to match the range of T3-T5 rifles (13 tiles, it was 12 before).
- Increased x2 the chance of finding teleport location data in radtowns/ruins.
- Strenth boost now provides +25% melee damage bonus.
- Events: Increase the number of circles from 2 to 3 for Thumper Migration event when online is 20+.
- Events: Reduced amount of sulfur and slime from Blue Glider fish (as they're caught x5 more often in R31).
- Local server: Removed max base size limitation (Please note: Power generation efficiency will clamp at min 84%).
- Local server PvP: Disabled time gate mechanic in all local server presets—even if you enable PvP there will be no time gates.

Fixes:
- Events: Improved event location selection (sometimes an event appeared with a much lower number of circle areas than usually).
- PvE: Attempting to place a mining charge inside the boss spawn area broke the UI.

If you're hosting a community server, you need to install this patch to allow the updated client to connect. Please follow this guide to update your server: https://wiki.atomictorch.com/CryoFall/Server/Setup#Server_update.2Fupgrade_to_new_version

If you cannot connect to a community server because it's not updated, you can switch to the previous client version in Steam Client. Click with the right mouse button on the game in your Steam library, open Properties, select the BETAS tab, and choose "legacy-r31-1.31.7.2" in the dropdown menu.

=== CryoFall v1.31.7.2 (R31 Patch #4) ===

Changes:
- Items disassembling: Now you can disassemble ammo and grenades on the Tinker table. It's recommended to disassemble a significant number of them at once (similarly to how many are crafted in the recipe).
- Greatly improved the chance of finding a teleport location data item. The algorithm has changed to guarantee that you can obtain one in a reasonable time (look for military/industrial/science crates in radtowns; the chance is one item per 80 crates on average).
- Rebalanced Nemesis mech (mech properties, building costs, and its weapons).
- Very slightly adjusted damage resistances for bosses making energy weapons more viable against them.
- Rebalanced amount of biomaterial provided from Psi grove.
- Local server: Removed network quality indicator when playing in singleplayer mode/from the same PC.

Fixes:
- Community servers/Local server: The signs were missing in the construction menu (they should be disabled only on the official servers).
- PvE servers: Fixed a bug when an item dropped inside the boss spawn area (before the boss has spawned) broke the UI.

If you're hosting a community server, you need to install this patch to allow the updated client to connect. Please follow this guide to update your server: https://wiki.atomictorch.com/CryoFall/Server/Setup#Server_update.2Fupgrade_to_new_version

If you cannot connect to a community server because it's not updated, you can switch to the previous client version in Steam Client. Click with the right mouse button on the game in your Steam library, open Properties, select BETAS tab, and choose "legacy-r31-v0.31.6.12" in the dropdown menu.

=== CryoFall v1.31.6.12 (R31 Patch #3) ===

Changes:
- Steam Achievements are available now when playing on a local server with mods and/or with unpacked Core.cpk.

Fixes:
- Opening vehicle interaction window sometimes broke the UI and required restarting the game.
- Initial local server savegames were not created when Saves folder is missing (likely a rare issue as there were only two reports of it).

This is a client-only patch. No server update is necessary and no new server distributive is provided.

=== CryoFall v1.31.6.9 (R31 Patch #2) ===

Fixes:
- Local server was not accessible (even from the same PC) when it cannot bind to the LAN interface due to firewall restrictions.
- Improved reliability of savegame file writing for the local server.

This is a client-only patch. No server update is necessary and no new server distribution is provided.


Additionally, we want to let you know that CryoFall Dedicated Server is finally available in Steam as a separate download. You can also download it with SteamCMD (under anonymous login) if you're familiar with it and prefer this way instead of downloading the server distribution directly from our website or using the official Docker image.

With Steam you can also pull small updates instead of downloading the whole server distribution when we release a server patch.

How to access CryoFall Dedicated Server with Steam Client:
1. Launch Steam Client
2. Select LIBRARY tab
3. Click on "ALL" and toggle "Tools"
4. Search for CryoFall Dedicated Server and install it

How to install or update CryoFall Dedicated Server with SteamCMD:
1. launch SteamCMD
2. enter:
3. navigate to the installation folder (usually in steamapps/Common/CryoFall Dedicated Server)

After downloading the game server, please follow the dedicated server setup guide in our wiki https://wiki.atomictorch.com/CryoFall/Server/Setup

=== CryoFall v1.31.6.8 (R31 Patch #1) ===

Patch notes:

Changes:
- Official PvE servers: Increased the difficulty of all bosses as well as the amount of loot from them (the setting is fine-tuned for each server to ensure good challenge).
- Introduced a new server setting to restrict building on meadows. Enabling it on the existing servers will break the game for players that have already built their bases there. Due to this limitation, Official PvE servers will restrict building on meadows after the next wipe. If you're hosting a community server and wish to restrict building on meadows, search for "RateStructuresCanBuildOnMeadows" in the ServerRates.config file (currently, it's not exposed in the server rates editor).

Fixes:
- Achievement "Harvest all crops" was provided when any farm plant was gathered (it should be provided when you gather all kinds of crops).
- Welcome message was not displayed after joining the server.

If you're hosting a community server and wish to update, please follow this guide.

The long-awaited R31 “Singleplayer Update” is finally here!

Everyone on the team worked hard to make this a reality. CryoFall now finally has full local game support where you can create a custom world, configure everything to your liking by selecting one of several game modes (presets), and just enjoy the game in singleplayer or with your friends over LAN or internet via virtual LAN (with software such as Hamachi). If you don’t want to create custom servers you can continue using official or community servers, same as before!

But that is obviously not the only change, so let’s take a look at what else this update has in store for you!



Another major change is the introduction of a proper end-game goal. Now your journey in the world of CryoFall will culminate in finally constructing a means to escape this hostile planet. Building this massive rocket won’t be an easy task as it will require a significant technological foundation and accomplishments, however.



Building the rocket is separated into many individual stages where you first build the launchpad and then slowly, little by little prepare everything for your journey by constructing individual schematics which ultimately enable you to complete this megaproject.

After completing the local game you can start a “New Game +” where you keep your existing character with all of the technologies and skills, but start in a fresh world for a different experience where all of the technological advancements are available to you from the start!

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We have also introduced a number of new features and content into the game. One such example you can see above—is the new biological mech called “Nemesis” which uses two new Keinite based weapons that were also introduced in this update.

There are also some new features requested by players such as item recycling at a tinker table, new Steam achievements, along with the new completionist page to track which events you have participated in.
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Another thing that usually doesn’t get much attention is the complete rebalance of the game! We think it is equally as important as introducing new content. Thanks to the detailed survey we conducted in the summer of this year and massive players' feedback received during that time we have completely reworked practically every aspect of the game progression from skills, technologies, power production, events, and creatures to practically every single building in the game with massive changes which should streamline the gameplay and remove any remaining grind, which is especially important in competitive modes.

As was mentioned in our pre-release post, all of the official servers have been wiped and consolidated to offer better player experience in each region thanks to higher online numbers, rather than splitting the playerbase across multiple servers in each region as was the case recently. Additionally, along with the usual PvP server wipes (every 3 weeks), official PvE servers will also have regular wipes every 6 weeks.
If you’d like to learn more please read the previous announcement here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/829590/view/2940276721136787323
We welcome you to join all the newly started servers with the fresh economy and all of the new stuff introduced by the update!

Featured community servers CryoSmall and CryoFive have been wiped as well. These are the recommended PvP servers for North America and Europe (there are no official PvP servers in these regions). What makes them so good? A strict limit of 2 (for CryoSmall) or 5 (for CryoFive) players per team, no alliances permitted. You can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete, and if you notice someone violating the rules just make a screenshot and report in CryoSmall Discord.

Even though the R31 update is 100% compatible with the previous R30 version, as usual, we're providing a legacy branch for the previous version client available if you intend to keep using it on a server that is not yet updated to R31. Just open game properties in the Steam Client, navigate to the BETAS tab, and select the "legacy-r30" branch.

Want to know more about the update? You can find detailed patch notes on our forums https://forums.atomictorch.com/index.php?topic=2034

Don't forget to join our Discord server to be aware of all the news and updates. We post a lot of upcoming content, features, and other interesting things there regularly and you can chat with us directly if you have any feedback: https://discordapp.com/invite/cryofall

That's it for now! See you in the game!