Hello Christmas Lovers,

With this update there is a significant improvement in performance! It is most noticeable in levels 7 and 8. This was achieved by adapting the navigation system, which was made possible by an engine update. In addition, the difficulty "easy" was adjusted. For this, new checkpoints were set at certain points and obstacles were adjusted!
And as always, there are a few bug fixes and other improvements.

And how far have you come yet? Saved Christmas already? ;)

• Added special checkpoint in level 3 on "easy"
  
• Replaced golden present in level 3
  
• Added gingerbread man in level 3
  
• Added special checkpoint in level 5 on "easy"
  
• Fixed special checkpoint rotation in level 5
  
• Added special checkpoint in level 7 on "easy"
  
• Updated engine to 4.21
  
• Adapted navigation system for better perfomance

Version 1.5.1 is now available.
Please update the game.

- General Improvements
- Glitch Fixes
- Intro Extended
- Changes on Elements Effectivity
- Help Signs near Shops available
- Changed Title Screen and Music
- Steam Cloud available
- Compatible with Demo

Thanks to the awesome work of our community (with W.Wing and Kelly Pooya), we are happy to include Chinese fan translations with the game ^^ w00t!

Hi everyone,

We have released a new update today to fix a crash (or black screen), that could occur when starting or alt-tabbing the game for a small percentage of our Windows 7 users.

Please keep reporting any issues you encounter.

Larian Crew

This patch fixes a crash, decreases monster damage, improves precaching of assets, and fixes a bunch of smaller issues.

0.816 change list:

• fixed a crash when sometimes shader sorting could have an accidental collision (which can cause lots of problems)
  
• decreased monster damage per level by 33% (Varkon)
  
• fixed towns not always having a path to level edge (Giri)
  
• now when holding down right click and kill target it will move to next target easier
  
• now can't recruit NPCs that are too much over your level
  
• fixed sometimes not getting skill points back when mutating with a specialty or other character (Procura)
  
• fixed first level sometimes not calling levelBuilt correctly because it got built before worldSetup finished (this can cause various issues like objects stuck in inaccessible locations) (Fulano)
  
• fixed world map not being about to scroll south enough on some maps (Fulano)
  
• player can now walk through their gate, stashes, healthstone, bulletin board, and crafting station (DrJoeFitz)
  
• added a "right click move" option - when holding down right click with a melee skill and no
• target player will move towards cursor
  
• auto targeting stuff will no longer target crystals (you still can if you highlight them directly)
  
• now normal attacks work like other skills again for combos
  
• moved spider web effect up so more noticable
  
• increased speed of escorted NPCs so they keep up a bit better
  
• now cache monster combat sounds
  
• now precache weapon sounds
  
• now precache turnedToZombie.mdl if monster is a zombie
  
• now precache ground items
  
• now cache texture of status effects on entity client
  
• now keep old music handle to prevent reloading it if played again soon
  
• sped up finding music datatbase entry
  
• now don't let music load without hard pause before playing it
  
• optimized ResourceSystem::findResource a little
  
• now if try to load a resource and already have correct handle, just returns
  
• can now precache textures
  
• turned off most of the effects on an unactivated gate so it looks more distinct from an activated one
  
• can no longer use ice bombs and other throwable items when you're dead :)
  
• increased guardian weight by 100% (less knockback)
  
• no longer get reward chest for destroying a clan when they are limited to 1 person (scenarios like Last Man Standing)
  
• fixed gate, bulletin board, and pedestals showing up after save/load sometimes in scenarios that don't need them (Fulano)
  
• fixed sometimes select a map on world map screen not selecting correctly
  
• fixed a couple of problems with "No attack move" UI option
  
• fixed alpha on one of the zombie lord portraits
  
• fixed centerprints no longer centering correctly (Dragonface)
  
• fixed Redemption description
  
• fixed text for a quest in a tower saying under X level
  
• fixed player in opening screen sometimes having items like torches show up
  
• fixed skills help screen
  
• removed max stamina boost from Kodiak Strength skill
  
• now d_printFilesWaitingOn and profile debugging tools print frame number
  
• added profileSuppressBelow so can make profile tool print less non-interesting info

On a regular basis, we present the top ten players of a level.

At the end of this first week with the Leaderboards, here are the top ten players from Beat Blocks VR on Level 1. Congratulations to them!

We’re approaching that wonderful time of year when the atmosphere is filled with festive feelings, homes are adorned with sparkling fairy lights, and the shops are swarming with people looking for gifts for their loved ones. Everyone's getting ready for the holly-jolly of Christmas and the New Year, so it’s the perfect time to get our Santa gift-sharing service up and running!
https://youtu.be/B23sDx6lZWo
Your first gifts—two festive boxes from Santa Claus—will be waiting for you right in the game! To get these, simply enter the Port and press the "Santa Claus Containers" banner.

Some of the containers can be obtained in battle, through valiantly accomplishing Combat Missions or fighting in Clan Battles. Containers may also arrive with Daily Shipments and can be granted as rewards for completing the New Year-inspired collection: "Belle Époque". These features will open up gradually throughout the entire duration of the New Year update.

As tradition has it, Santa's containers can also be purchased in the Premium Shop.

Santa's boxes can bring you doubloons, Free XP, Coal, camo patterns, signals and even Premium warships. The bigger the box, the more valuable loot it contains, and the higher the chances of getting one of the ships you've perhaps long been eager to obtain, including the rare "steel giants" Missouri, Imperator Nikolai I, Gremyashchy, Mikhail Kutuzov, Belfast, Kamikaze, and Giulio Cesare.

You can find one of the following rewards in each Santa's gift:

• A randomly-selected Premium ship from Santa's list, including such rare ships as: Missouri, Imperator Nikolai I, Gremyashchy, Mikhail Kutuzov, Belfast, Kamikaze, and Giulio Cesare.
  
• 300 doubloons
  
• 10,000 Free XP
  
• 2,500 Coal
  
• 2x "Type 59" camo patterns
  
• 4x "New Year Streamer" camo patterns
  
• 50x Zulu signals
  
• 50x Zulu Hotel signals
  
• 50x Equal Speed Charlie London signals
  
• 50x Papa Papa signals

You can find one of the following rewards in each Santa's gift:

• A randomly-selected Premium warship from Santa's list, including such rare ships as: Missouri, Imperator Nikolai I, Gremyashchy, Mikhail Kutuzov, Belfast, Kamikaze, and Giulio Cesare.
  
• 1,000 doubloons
  
• 7,500 Coal
  
• 6x "Type 59" camo patterns
  
• 10x "New Year Streamer" camo patterns
  
• 15x Dragon special signals
  
• 15x Red Dragon special signals
  
• 15x Wyvern special signals
  
• 15x Hydra special signals
  
• 15x Ouroboros special signals
  
• 15x Basilisk special signals
  
• 15x Scylla special signals
  
• 15x Leviathan special signals

You can find one of the following rewards in each Santa's gift:

• A randomly-selected Premium warship from Santa's list, including such rare ships as: Missouri, Imperator Nikolai I, Gremyashchy, Mikhail Kutuzov, Belfast, Kamikaze, and Giulio Cesare.
  
• 2,000 doubloons
  
• 12,500 Coal
  
• 20x "New Year Streamer" camo patterns
  
• 5x "Mosaic" camo patterns
  
• 5x "Asian Lantern" camo patterns
  
• 5x "Spring Sky" camo patterns
  
• 30x Dragon special signals
  
• 30x Red Dragon special signals
  
• 30x Wyvern special signals
  
• 30x Hydra special signals
  
• 30x Ouroboros special signals
  
• 30x Basilisk special signals
  
• 30x Scylla special signals
  
• 30x Leviathan special signals

Listed below are the ships that have a chance of appearing in gift boxes:
All ships come with a slot in the Port and a Commander with 10 skill points. Also note that the bigger the container, the higher the chances of receiving a Premium ship and the bigger the potential rewards!

If you get a ship that you already own, it will automatically be swapped for a different ship from the list. In this situation, a Santa container dropped onto the transport ship in the Port will be changed for a supercontainer, and you will get a ship that comes with a Port slot and Commander with 10 skill points.

If you get a ship that is already anchored in your Port and have collected all the ships that have a chance of being dropped in Santa's containers, the transport ship will be displayed with a Santa container placed on its deck. Once you open the container, you will see the ship it initially carried. That ship, however, will not steer into your Port. Instead, you will receive the ship's price in doubloons, a Port slot, and a Commander with 10 skill points.

For those of you who “want it all, and want it now”, we are offering sets of 5 and 20 Santa boxes!

Bundles are available for purchase until 6:00 (UTC) on January 21st.

British Tier VIII destroyer HMS Cossack will now be permanently available in the Premium Shop.

Join the community on our Discord!

Additional settings added to server persistence and new Camera panning.

Additions:

• Added to server persistence: Derelict Spawn rate, spawned ship part limit, client can spawn ship, cargo destroy on container break percentage, auto save frequency, velocity soft cap, ship part limit, resources set as infinite.
  
• Added map icon for current controlled ship, (indicates direction ship is pointing).

Changes:

• Lowered the stars overall gravity and increased the radius of the star's gravity well. (objects can now hold a stable orbit around the star).
  
• Improvements to weapon carry poses.

Fixes:

• Fix for null ref error on status bars when parts are destroyed.
  
• Fixed issue allowing ships to move through raised terrain.

Help find bugs! Please click the report bug button in the top left of the screen if you encounter any issues or bugs. You can also use this feature to request new additions to the game, or if you just want to send a friendly note to the devs!

BUG FIX - Friendly AI were not spawning in MP games, please start a new game if playing MP as they only spawn on game creation.
BUG FIX - Quests were not being set when loading a save game in Story Mode without tutorials.
BUG FIX - Forgot to remove the free ferry pole item in sandbox games.


Sorry for all these small updates, I just like to bang them out as they get fixed.

During these four days, The Lovebirds' Demo already had an unexpectedly high amount of downloads

The Lovebirds Demo has now been available for four days and so far there hasn't been much reports of any major bugs. I'm currently working on the full version, of course, but this month there is planned to be an update with some minor bug fixes in the demo version.

If you're interested in supporting Cafearatus Studios, I have a Game Jolt and an Itch.io page with the pay what you want pricing method, so you can donate the amount of money you wish to give. Every single penny will be spent on developing the full version of The Lovebirds!



Game Jolt

https://cafearatus-studios.itch.io/the-lovebirds