Evening Survivors,

We've all experienced a lot of server crashes over the last two weeks, so Peter and Mirek are providing an update on how we want to handle them. Additionally, Brian is talking about known issues, Adam is sharing some of his recent passion for Chernarus railways and I have the pleasure of introducing you to DannyBoyy, a truly, truly friendly survivor!

Contents This Week

• Dev Update/Hicks
  
• Dev Update/Peter
  
• Dev Update/Mirek
  
• Dev Update/Adam
  
• Community Spotlight

 
Greetings Survivors,

The last few weeks for us on the dev team have been busy. With the bulk of the team working on the Beta milestone, a smaller strike team working on 0.62, and of course ongoing efforts to address critical issues in 0.61 Stable and reintroduce vehicles to Stable branch. As soon as we have our 0.62 branch at a point we're comfortable with, we'll be sharing more example images and camera fly overs - so be on the look out for that. On the more immediate side we have a list of issues that we're fully aware of on 0.61 Stable that we're working hard to resolve. (Its important to make sure you guys know this is on our radar, so you don't think we're overlooking the issues critical to you all).

Stable Issues:

• Known server crash methods
• Known duplication methods
• Investigation into current security exploits (Player Gear, etc)
• Server Performance degradation (This one impacts things such as player position sync, infected speed, and more)
• Server Side Economy cleanup (And potential impact on server performance)

 

A lot of the issues listed above are directly related to issues we've noticed reported in the forums, feedback tracker, on youtube videos, and on Twitch streams and are a priority for us to address. Given that some of them are tied to legacy systems - many of which are slated to be replaced in beta - addressing the issues can be time consuming, but rest assured we are digging into them and they are not over looked.

In addition to this, there has been a good amount of discussion (and feedback tracker usage on this issue again - awesome!) in regards to the distribution in the economy, and some behaviors that don't fit with the development teams intended design. Specifically, the distribution of firearms, and their attachments across Chernarus after a decent amount of uptime on a servers local storage. The Central Economy (CE) is certainly not where we as developers want it just yet, but iteration is key with this. The designers and programmers that touch on these areas have been working on potential improvements to the economy that should help address this issue specifically - but like anything with a complex system it will require iteration over several builds to see. This isn't live on Experimental just yet - but we'll make sure to let you all know on the forums when these new changes make it that way. 


For those curious - the current ticket on the feedback tracker related to the CE loot spawning system can be found at: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T115748

I know this Status Report isn't chock full of fancy new screenshots or videos - but we're currently at the point in the build process where branches, and high risk commits occur. As we get further into 0.62 and Beta development and things stabilize we'll be able to share more. :)

- Brian Hicks / Creative Director


My message will be quite short today as I just want to announce some significant changes for current 0.61 version in upcoming updates. Over the last weeks, we witnessed how the abuse of an exploit often used for duping results in server crashes in some cases, which became very common lately and essentially ruined the user experience.

Because of that, we were forced to make some actions to prevent it. First one is locking the hands slot while character is performing some action - thus, you are unable to remove an item or swap it with another until the action is finished. Second one prevents initiation of user actions on items directly from inventory slots.

These changes can be unpleasant as the old user action system and its quirks are now deeply rooted. However, I would like to remind you that new user actions are built on usage of hands slot exclusively, so it's not a bad idea to get used to it in advance. If you would like to read more about the upcoming new user actions, you can check my previous Status Reports from October 30, 2015, March 1, 2016 and March 29, 2016.

Crashing servers is bad... see you in Chernarus folks!

- Peter Nespesny / Lead Designer



 
Hello survivors, in my first Status Report this year, I would like to briefly cover current our goals for the 0.61 version and future 0.62 and 0.63 updates:

0.61 goals

We (the gameplay programming team) are dealing with server performance and stability issues, and also with vehicle synchronization bugs. Hopefully most of the annoying issues will get fixed soon, so programmers working on them can join the rest of the team and they will contribute to the work on new things or 0.63 version goals.

0.62 goals

As this update will be mostly visual, there won't be any major changes coming the our team. We will mostly try merging in some of the critical fixes or performance/networking improvements.

0.63 goals

Currently, major part of the gameplay programming team is working on tasks related to this version. Internally, we have managed to deactivate the legacy damage system completely and now we're focused on fixing issues with our new damage system. We are also getting ready to hit the switch on all of the legacy SQF scripting, which is being replaced by Enforce Script, and we're removing some other parts of the legacy code, which is related to features we won't use anymore - such as the Arma AI, for example.

About the new player controller - we are finishing network synchronization of our new animation system. The next step will be the ability to control vehicles using the new character. This will be another big change, because now you are controlling the vehicle directly and character inside vehicle is controlled by vehicle simulation. This change will simplify vehicle synchronization and can also introduce some more options for modding.

- Miroslav Maněna / Lead Gameplay Progammer



 
As I mentioned in earlier Status Reports, we plan to change the entire western border of Chernarus. This is a major task and it is very likely that you will not see this upgrade fully within just one game update. In fact, if you venture towards western border on .61, you can already see results of this task - two military roadblocks with traffic jams.

We are really delighted to see survivors venturing in these far locations and having interactions with other survivors and/or environment threats in these brand new places.

An important part of the whole western expansion task are changes and additions to the Chernarus railway network. Railway is a very important man-made feature that always helps survivors when they get lost. The rule is simple - follow either right or left and it will eventually guide you somewhere.

Now let me invite you on a small trip around Chernarus railway! Please keep in mind that all content, visible on pictures below, is work-in-progress and does not represent final quality.



 

The biggest change within the railway network is the addition of railway through the whole western border of Chernarus. That means you can follow railway track from Kamenka through Zelenogorsk, Myshkino, Vavilovo and finally to Novaya Petrovka. But that is definitely not all.

To make sure railway network is not forming some sort of a circle (that sort of looks like a model railway), two new railway exits were added. One from Novaya Petrovka to the western border, leaving Chernarus close to where military roadblock with fuel station is located. Second railway exit starts in Svetloyarsk and goes through Turovo and Dobroe, leaving the lands of South Zagoria in northern rocky valleys.

Then we have bits and pieces that were added on top of these railway network changes. The most significant are massive changes within Zelenogorsk. This town now hosts a big railway station that is split into three parts - civilian, military and industrial. Military base in Zelenogorsk went through a major face-lift and now offers more loot than ever before.





 

Heading further north, you may find that the huge railway and bus station in the middle of nothing near Vavilovo are missing - this is our intention as we did not really find it to be useful at that spot (and we have something better planned there). Instead, we have added a completely new railway station to Novaya Petrovka. This town is currently quite thr hot spot and with newly added railway station just north of Bashnya, it offers quite the view on the entire Novaya Petrovka valley.





 

If you head east of Novaya Petrovka, you may notice that railway here is much flatter than ever before. That is no coincidence, as we have found the old roller-coaster-like railway track here too immersion breaking, and so the whole northern railway track was redone from scratch, along with necessary terrain and object changes. And now that Novaya Petrovka has a railway station, the biggest northern town - Novodmitrovsk - could not be missed.

The appropriate spot was found and a new railway station was built south of Novodmitrovsk (just near the road that heads to Cernaya Polana). This railway station offers a spectacular view on Novodmitrovsk - the industrial railway station that was located outside of the Novodimitrovsk industrial complex has been moved into a much better place inside the complex itself, and now has a direct railway connection to Svetloyarsk.





 

And just when you continue along the tracks towards Svetloyarsk, you will, sooner or later, encounter the northern railway exit that crosses Svetloyarsk - Novodmitrovsk valley on a brand new stone railway bridge. Unfortunately, I cannot just yet share the pictures of it, as our graphics artists are still at hard work on it, but I promise I will share the results once everything is ready.

There is a lot more to cover for the upcoming .62 update, so stay tuned! 2017 is going to be a great year for Chernarus, so see you there!

- Adam Franců / Map Designer



 

In the December Status Report, we were contemplating whether players can be trusted and if you can safely turn your back to a person who seems friendly. Therefore, I want to introduce you to Dannboyy, who is well known in the DayZ community and some of you might have met him already - without even knowing it. Unfortunately, you will usually not survive meeting this nice lad.  

He has a pleasant voice and is very kind, which is what you will notice first. And you will trust him easily. You will become friends. But is DannyBoyy exactly the kind of friend you would expect?  
  
DannyBoyy’s videos are nicely made, very well cut and fun to watch. My personal favourite is "The Friendly French Man". 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHAZTkVFa3Q

His latest video is named "Sick" and here you can see how wicked this young man is. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opvprzw0cG0

Danny has no heart. And that is a reason why I like him!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzDOw_tGMA

Check his channel for more amazing videos.

Don’t forget about our Official DayZ forums, too! If you want to have fresh information  
from latest updates, forums are the place for you. Check out an important update about Experimental/Unstable branch from yesterday:



As always, If you have any DayZ creations of your own that you'd like to share, tweet them to us on our official Twitter channel. We love content from our community! 

Header image by: Joanna Łuczak

- Baty / Community Manager

Evening Survivors,

We've all experienced a lot of server crashes over the last two weeks, so Peter and Mirek are providing an update on how we want to handle them. Additionally, Brian is talking about known issues, Adam is sharing some of his recent passion for Chernarus railways and I have the pleasure of introducing you to DannyBoyy, a truly, truly friendly survivor!

Contents This Week

• Dev Update/Hicks
  
• Dev Update/Peter
  
• Dev Update/Mirek
  
• Dev Update/Adam
  
• Community Spotlight

 
Greetings Survivors,

The last few weeks for us on the dev team have been busy. With the bulk of the team working on the Beta milestone, a smaller strike team working on 0.62, and of course ongoing efforts to address critical issues in 0.61 Stable and reintroduce vehicles to Stable branch. As soon as we have our 0.62 branch at a point we're comfortable with, we'll be sharing more example images and camera fly overs - so be on the look out for that. On the more immediate side we have a list of issues that we're fully aware of on 0.61 Stable that we're working hard to resolve. (Its important to make sure you guys know this is on our radar, so you don't think we're overlooking the issues critical to you all).

Stable Issues:

• Known server crash methods
• Known duplication methods
• Investigation into current security exploits (Player Gear, etc)
• Server Performance degradation (This one impacts things such as player position sync, infected speed, and more)
• Server Side Economy cleanup (And potential impact on server performance)

 

A lot of the issues listed above are directly related to issues we've noticed reported in the forums, feedback tracker, on youtube videos, and on Twitch streams and are a priority for us to address. Given that some of them are tied to legacy systems - many of which are slated to be replaced in beta - addressing the issues can be time consuming, but rest assured we are digging into them and they are not over looked.

In addition to this, there has been a good amount of discussion (and feedback tracker usage on this issue again - awesome!) in regards to the distribution in the economy, and some behaviors that don't fit with the development teams intended design. Specifically, the distribution of firearms, and their attachments across Chernarus after a decent amount of uptime on a servers local storage. The Central Economy (CE) is certainly not where we as developers want it just yet, but iteration is key with this. The designers and programmers that touch on these areas have been working on potential improvements to the economy that should help address this issue specifically - but like anything with a complex system it will require iteration over several builds to see. This isn't live on Experimental just yet - but we'll make sure to let you all know on the forums when these new changes make it that way. 


For those curious - the current ticket on the feedback tracker related to the CE loot spawning system can be found at: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T115748

I know this Status Report isn't chock full of fancy new screenshots or videos - but we're currently at the point in the build process where branches, and high risk commits occur. As we get further into 0.62 and Beta development and things stabilize we'll be able to share more. :)

- Brian Hicks / Creative Director


My message will be quite short today as I just want to announce some significant changes for current 0.61 version in upcoming updates. Over the last weeks, we witnessed how the abuse of an exploit often used for duping results in server crashes in some cases, which became very common lately and essentially ruined the user experience.

Because of that, we were forced to make some actions to prevent it. First one is locking the hands slot while character is performing some action - thus, you are unable to remove an item or swap it with another until the action is finished. Second one prevents initiation of user actions on items directly from inventory slots.

These changes can be unpleasant as the old user action system and its quirks are now deeply rooted. However, I would like to remind you that new user actions are built on usage of hands slot exclusively, so it's not a bad idea to get used to it in advance. If you would like to read more about the upcoming new user actions, you can check my previous Status Reports from October 30, 2015, March 1, 2016 and March 29, 2016.

Crashing servers is bad... see you in Chernarus folks!

- Peter Nespesny / Lead Designer



 
Hello survivors, in my first Status Report this year, I would like to briefly cover current our goals for the 0.61 version and future 0.62 and 0.63 updates:

0.61 goals

We (the gameplay programming team) are dealing with server performance and stability issues, and also with vehicle synchronization bugs. Hopefully most of the annoying issues will get fixed soon, so programmers working on them can join the rest of the team and they will contribute to the work on new things or 0.63 version goals.

0.62 goals

As this update will be mostly visual, there won't be any major changes coming the our team. We will mostly try merging in some of the critical fixes or performance/networking improvements.

0.63 goals

Currently, major part of the gameplay programming team is working on tasks related to this version. Internally, we have managed to deactivate the legacy damage system completely and now we're focused on fixing issues with our new damage system. We are also getting ready to hit the switch on all of the legacy SQF scripting, which is being replaced by Enforce Script, and we're removing some other parts of the legacy code, which is related to features we won't use anymore - such as the Arma AI, for example.

About the new player controller - we are finishing network synchronization of our new animation system. The next step will be the ability to control vehicles using the new character. This will be another big change, because now you are controlling the vehicle directly and character inside vehicle is controlled by vehicle simulation. This change will simplify vehicle synchronization and can also introduce some more options for modding.

- Miroslav Maněna / Lead Gameplay Progammer



 
As I mentioned in earlier Status Reports, we plan to change the entire western border of Chernarus. This is a major task and it is very likely that you will not see this upgrade fully within just one game update. In fact, if you venture towards western border on .61, you can already see results of this task - two military roadblocks with traffic jams.

We are really delighted to see survivors venturing in these far locations and having interactions with other survivors and/or environment threats in these brand new places.

An important part of the whole western expansion task are changes and additions to the Chernarus railway network. Railway is a very important man-made feature that always helps survivors when they get lost. The rule is simple - follow either right or left and it will eventually guide you somewhere.

Now let me invite you on a small trip around Chernarus railway! Please keep in mind that all content, visible on pictures below, is work-in-progress and does not represent final quality.



 

The biggest change within the railway network is the addition of railway through the whole western border of Chernarus. That means you can follow railway track from Kamenka through Zelenogorsk, Myshkino, Vavilovo and finally to Novaya Petrovka. But that is definitely not all.

To make sure railway network is not forming some sort of a circle (that sort of looks like a model railway), two new railway exits were added. One from Novaya Petrovka to the western border, leaving Chernarus close to where military roadblock with fuel station is located. Second railway exit starts in Svetloyarsk and goes through Turovo and Dobroe, leaving the lands of South Zagoria in northern rocky valleys.

Then we have bits and pieces that were added on top of these railway network changes. The most significant are massive changes within Zelenogorsk. This town now hosts a big railway station that is split into three parts - civilian, military and industrial. Military base in Zelenogorsk went through a major face-lift and now offers more loot than ever before.





 

Heading further north, you may find that the huge railway and bus station in the middle of nothing near Vavilovo are missing - this is our intention as we did not really find it to be useful at that spot (and we have something better planned there). Instead, we have added a completely new railway station to Novaya Petrovka. This town is currently quite thr hot spot and with newly added railway station just north of Bashnya, it offers quite the view on the entire Novaya Petrovka valley.





 

If you head east of Novaya Petrovka, you may notice that railway here is much flatter than ever before. That is no coincidence, as we have found the old roller-coaster-like railway track here too immersion breaking, and so the whole northern railway track was redone from scratch, along with necessary terrain and object changes. And now that Novaya Petrovka has a railway station, the biggest northern town - Novodmitrovsk - could not be missed.

The appropriate spot was found and a new railway station was built south of Novodmitrovsk (just near the road that heads to Cernaya Polana). This railway station offers a spectacular view on Novodmitrovsk - the industrial railway station that was located outside of the Novodimitrovsk industrial complex has been moved into a much better place inside the complex itself, and now has a direct railway connection to Svetloyarsk.





 

And just when you continue along the tracks towards Svetloyarsk, you will, sooner or later, encounter the northern railway exit that crosses Svetloyarsk - Novodmitrovsk valley on a brand new stone railway bridge. Unfortunately, I cannot just yet share the pictures of it, as our graphics artists are still at hard work on it, but I promise I will share the results once everything is ready.

There is a lot more to cover for the upcoming .62 update, so stay tuned! 2017 is going to be a great year for Chernarus, so see you there!

- Adam Franců / Map Designer



 

In the December Status Report, we were contemplating whether players can be trusted and if you can safely turn your back to a person who seems friendly. Therefore, I want to introduce you to Dannboyy, who is well known in the DayZ community and some of you might have met him already - without even knowing it. Unfortunately, you will usually not survive meeting this nice lad.  

He has a pleasant voice and is very kind, which is what you will notice first. And you will trust him easily. You will become friends. But is DannyBoyy exactly the kind of friend you would expect?  
  
DannyBoyy’s videos are nicely made, very well cut and fun to watch. My personal favourite is "The Friendly French Man". 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHAZTkVFa3Q

His latest video is named "Sick" and here you can see how wicked this young man is. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opvprzw0cG0

Danny has no heart. And that is a reason why I like him!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzDOw_tGMA

Check his channel for more amazing videos.

Don’t forget about our Official DayZ forums, too! If you want to have fresh information  
from latest updates, forums are the place for you. Check out an important update about Experimental/Unstable branch from yesterday:



As always, If you have any DayZ creations of your own that you'd like to share, tweet them to us on our official Twitter channel. We love content from our community! 

Header image by: Joanna Łuczak

- Baty / Community Manager

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilP_dT9IoMI It's time for your electrifying return to the crypt! Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED is now available on Steam!

Take control of the shapeshifting protagonist Nocturna to fight your way through new levels, boss battles, and more!

Key features:

• A whole new zone full of nefarious new enemies!
  
• A powerful new vampiric protagonist: Nocturna!
  
• New weapons, armor, and other loot
  
• Pet-like "familiars" that stay by your side and help you fight!
  
• A new story cutscene and a new boss battle
  
• Over 20 new tracks have been added to the soundtrack, including vocals from Mega Ran as "FortissiMole"!
  
• A completely new playable OST remix of the entire game, created by OverClocked ReMix
  
• Additional DLC remixes for Zone 5 from FamilyJules, A_Rival, Virt, and Girlfriend Records!

And, since this DLC is one of the few Steam Early Access DLCs ever to exist, it means that plenty of great new content is still on the way! Including:

• Additional localizations
  
• More playable characters
  
• More gameplay modes
  
• More items
  
• Final story cutscenes
  
• And Nocturna's final boss battles!

If you spot any bugs or balance issues during Early Access, please let us know. Lots more amazing content is on the way, so keep checking back for updates! We hope you enjoy Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED :necroheart:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilP_dT9IoMI It's time for your electrifying return to the crypt! Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED is now available on Steam!

Take control of the shapeshifting protagonist Nocturna to fight your way through new levels, boss battles, and more!

Key features:

• A whole new zone full of nefarious new enemies!
  
• A powerful new vampiric protagonist: Nocturna!
  
• New weapons, armor, and other loot
  
• Pet-like "familiars" that stay by your side and help you fight!
  
• A new story cutscene and a new boss battle
  
• Over 20 new tracks have been added to the soundtrack, including vocals from Mega Ran as "FortissiMole"!
  
• A completely new playable OST remix of the entire game, created by OverClocked ReMix
  
• Additional DLC remixes for Zone 5 from FamilyJules, A_Rival, Virt, and Girlfriend Records!

And, since this DLC is one of the few Steam Early Access DLCs ever to exist, it means that plenty of great new content is still on the way! Including:

• Additional localizations
  
• More playable characters
  
• More gameplay modes
  
• More items
  
• Final story cutscenes
  
• And Nocturna's final boss battles!

If you spot any bugs or balance issues during Early Access, please let us know. Lots more amazing content is on the way, so keep checking back for updates! We hope you enjoy Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED ːnecroheartː

365 Days of Awesome! Give or Take..

Around this time last year we were in this exact spot, starting down a road we had no idea where it led. We'd like to take a moment and give our most sincere and heartfelt thanks to you for being at our sides for an entire year. And what better way to do that but with an update:

The 1 Year Adventure Update!

In our 1 year adventure, we have found that you either die moving, or live long enough to see yourself die... wait. Featuring:

• 1 New Game Mode
  
• 2 New Mutators
  
• 2 New Characters
  
• Much Love

And a couple of bug fixes!

All of it already in your Steam library!

We've also made a short road-map where you could see everything that we added to Move or Die since its launch 1 year ago.

Thank you!

- Those Awesome Guys

365 Days of Awesome! Give or Take..

Around this time last year we were in this exact spot, starting down a road we had no idea where it led. We'd like to take a moment and give our most sincere and heartfelt thanks to you for being at our sides for an entire year. And what better way to do that but with an update:

The 1 Year Adventure Update!

In our 1 year adventure, we have found that you either die moving, or live long enough to see yourself die... wait. Featuring:

• 1 New Game Mode
  
• 2 New Mutators
  
• 2 New Characters
  
• Much Love

And a couple of bug fixes!

All of it already in your Steam library!

We've also made a short road-map where you could see everything that we added to Move or Die since its launch 1 year ago.

Thank you!

- Those Awesome Guys

Hey Folks! Today we are proud to present Ballistic's 10th map, the Reinstate Factory. This map was designed to explore the abilities of all classes. It is of a considerable size compared to others, which in turn rewards a more tactical pacing, but also offers various spots where closed range classes can benefit from.

We're also releasing several other features that were developed or improved:

Now Ballistic Overkill has dozens of achievements to pursue. Some of them are just easy and fun, and some were made only for pro-like players to conquer.

You can now create your own password protected matches. This is great to organize parties with your friends without having to invite everybody over Steam invite.

Staying on the "Enemy Area" now reveals you in the radar, with any class. This new feature will give a clear advantage to spawning players and help to prevent spawn camping.

Welcome russian friends, the game is available in your language now!

Our community in China is growing fast. The new servers will improve a lot the experience in many asian countries.

Some fundamental parts of code were reviewed to make a better use of multiple cores. We hope to see less frame drops, specially in maps such as Wonderdome. This optimization was only on the CPU side, if you are limited by the GPU, your performance should remain the same.

• Steam invite is working again.
  
• Fixed Capture Point not scoring points sometimes.
  
• Fixed some minor collision issues in Nox Museum.

• Vanguard
  
  • All Assault Rifles clip size reduced
    
    • Blackguard, Widower and Stalker
      
      • Clip size reduced by 10
    • All others
      
      • Clip size reduced by 5

• Shadow
  
  • All Dual Machine Pistols clip size reduced
    
    • Scorpion and Typhoon
      
      • Clip size reduced by 10
    • All others
      
      • Clip size reduced by 5
    • Typhoon
      
      • Increased accuracy slightly
    • Needler
      
      • Reload speed reduced slightly

• Grenadier
  
  • Destructor
    
    • Clip size increased to 6 (was 4)
      
    • Rate of fire decreased slightly

We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for the support!

Hey Folks! Today we are proud to present Ballistic's 10th map, the Reinstate Factory. This map was designed to explore the abilities of all classes. It is of a considerable size compared to others, which in turn rewards a more tactical pacing, but also offers various spots where closed range classes can benefit from.

We're also releasing several other features that were developed or improved:

Now Ballistic Overkill has dozens of achievements to pursue. Some of them are just easy and fun, and some were made only for pro-like players to conquer.

You can now create your own password protected matches. This is great to organize parties with your friends without having to invite everybody over Steam invite.

Staying on the "Enemy Area" now reveals you in the radar, with any class. This new feature will give a clear advantage to spawning players and help to prevent spawn camping.

Welcome russian friends, the game is available in your language now!

Our community in China is growing fast. The new servers will improve a lot the experience in many asian countries.

Some fundamental parts of code were reviewed to make a better use of multiple cores. We hope to see less frame drops, specially in maps such as Wonderdome. This optimization was only on the CPU side, if you are limited by the GPU, your performance should remain the same.

• Steam invite is working again.
  
• Fixed Capture Point not scoring points sometimes.
  
• Fixed some minor collision issues in Nox Museum.

• Vanguard
  
  • All Assault Rifles clip size reduced
    
    • Blackguard, Widower and Stalker
      
      • Clip size reduced by 10
    • All others
      
      • Clip size reduced by 5

• Shadow
  
  • All Dual Machine Pistols clip size reduced
    
    • Scorpion and Typhoon
      
      • Clip size reduced by 10
    • All others
      
      • Clip size reduced by 5
    • Typhoon
      
      • Increased accuracy slightly
    • Needler
      
      • Reload speed reduced slightly

• Grenadier
  
  • Destructor
    
    • Clip size increased to 6 (was 4)
      
    • Rate of fire decreased slightly

We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for the support!

After an exhilarating 2016, full of challenges and surprises; we are now almost ready to launch Phoning Home on Tuesday 7 February.

We’ve dramatically increased the scope and depth of the project over the last 6 months, including sound design, gameplay, and most recently, narration and voiceovers.

During our studio recording sessions, we recorded a few clips of our voice actors working on the #PhoningHome dialogue. We’ve put together a highlights video to give you a feeling for our English and German storytelling.



Can you guess who voiced ION's ship, TR2? Be sure to leave us your feedback in the comments!

ION LANDS

After quite a bit of tinkering, I've discovered a way to increase the stability and frame-rate of the Emergence Raymarcher!
I am excited to release a new version with full FOV and proper near field depth perception as well as a novel control scheme. I expect the new rendering format to hit beta users by the end of feb and do full release in march.

~Cosmic Regards