Hey everyone, we'd like to extend a huge thanks today to all of you playing Ashwalkers and providing feedback since the release!


The press and the players have now spoken!

Check out the official Accolades Trailer for Ashwalkers presented by our publisher Dear Villagers.

https://youtu.be/jKZ6JVy6HvE


Annnd that's not it! To celebrate the release of this trailer we're giving away 10 STEAM KEYS for Ashwalkers for those who might not have the chance to try the game yet!



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10 winners will be randomly drawn on June 30th.

We're wishing you good luck! ;)

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Hey Space Travelers!

Another month has gone by, and it’s time for a new devlog. There are around 300 changes. Let’s take a look at a few more significant ones.




This is so important that it had to be the first on the list! Stasis Array now contains not just human colonists, but also their pets. Cats and dogs can wake up from stasis to join your colony. They will also use your planters as a makeshift toilet. Oh, and so will humans, if they won’t have a proper toilet to go to.

And yes, your colonists will be able to pet the cats and dogs!




A more creative start, where you will be given a small platform and a few storage units packed with materials to get you started. You will build a small ship and rummage the local system for more resources to grow bigger, until you are ready for interstellar travel.




Early in development Stardeus had a ton of automated tests. However, things were changing fast, and the upkeep of tests was becoming very expensive. In addition, some poor architectural decisions made tests fragile. To my greatest disappointment, one day I decided to delete all the tests and go without them.

Several months later Stardeus architecture was reworked to be much more stable and test friendly, it does not change as often, so I have started reintroducing automated tests, and now they are again a core part of the development process. Every significant change or bugfix will have an automated test, making sure that game builds will not be broken or unplayable due to some random code change.

As new playtest builds are released almost daily, sometimes even more than once a day, it is a great relief to do this with confidence. By the time Stardeus will be publicly available, test coverage should be high enough to catch almost any potential game breaking bug before it sees daylight.




With nearly all core systems in place, development effort is shifting towards balancing the game and opening all tunable parameters up for modding. The research tree, device parameters, construction material and skill costs, worker skill levels, generated resource amounts, storyteller event parameters, and many other aspects of the game are undergoing constant adjustments to make the player experience smoother.




There has been a significant amount of changes related to resource processing and supply / demand chains. As the game is constantly playtested, the flaws and annoyances are being taken care of. It’s far from perfect, but it went a long way.




As a Ship Computer, you will manage a number of workers, but now there is a limit of how many of them can be at your disposal. You will start with 8 THz of built in processing power, that will give you access to about 6 of them (worker cost varies depending on it’s type). You will have to unlock the CPU Modules through research and build them to expand your robotic fleet. Those modules will also be hungry for electricity!




In the beginning, your power production will be quite miniscule. However, at some point you will unlock the Nuclear Reactor, and with help of Uranium that you will stumble upon in your mining expeditions, you will bring your electricity grid to the next level, increasing its efficiency and output by order of magnitude. You will then be able to supply enough power for advanced tech that will open up new means to explore the parts of the universe that were not reachable before.




Stasis Array plays an important role, it pops out new colonists. The problem was that you had absolutely no control over it. Now Stasis Array will have a stability factor, and a couple of life support levels. At the beginning of the game, the stability factor will be pretty high, but it will slowly drop until you establish an electricity grid and connect the Array to it. Lower stability will increase the rate of colonist wakeups, also making them wake up sick and often insane. A powered Stasis Array can be toggled between Basic and Advanced life support levels. Basic level keeps the stability at current level, while Advanced level slowly increases stability, at the cost of high electricity consumption. Advanced level also gives more control over the automatic wake up rate, and also allows you to wake up colonists on demand.




The bottom tree menu has received a fair share of criticism, and it was reworked to be more friendly. It is now centered, making it widescreen friendly, and pre-expanded, so you have one less mouse motion to access the tool you are looking for.

Additionally, with help of shortcuts and a Quick Search, it is possible to play the game without using the tree menu at all.

There were also a bunch of small improvements to help you perform routine operations more efficiently, such as:

• Press B (rebindable) to enter build mode with blueprint of currently selected object to quickly build a copy of anything
  
• Use square brackets or mouse forward / back buttons (rebindable) to cycle through the current tool’s option group. I.e. when building an energy device, it will cycle through all other energy devices.
  
• Click and drag a Connector to automatically switch into electricity grid connection mode. Release the dragged connection on an empty floor to order a new connector to be built in that point. The two connectors will be linked after the construction is complete.

v0.5.67 (2021.06.24)
- Fix removed objects (like Storage Capsule) would prevent construction on their past locations
- Fix edge pan not working when mouse pointer is touching the edge
- Reduce edge pan delay
- Make edge pan delay and acceleration tunable
- Fix storage capsule often missing the ship
- Add Screen Shake and Space Background Animation options to Video Settings
- Fix deconstructing a processor would not re-register materials ejected from the queue to the inventory system
- Prevent storage capsule from missing the ship
- Prevent storage capsule and stasis pod drops from destroying important devices


v0.5.66 (2021.06.24)
- Fix deconstruct object mental breakdown able to target Stasis Array and Ship Computer
- Adjust wakeup with mental breakdown chance correlation to Stasis Array stability
- Fix exception when trying to display a menu tooltip for the first time when game is paused
- Show precise skill level in a tooltip when hovering a skill list
- Do not show certain suggestions in irrelevant scenarios
- Hint the right tab if Environment tab is activated during the tutorial
- Fix cancelling the tutorial would sometimes keep the tutorial dialog open
- Do not show drag to connect hint when player drags to connect
- Fix processors ordering hauling even when processing queue is full
- Show more details about refillable storages that are not on the grid
- Fix Storage Capsule loot being overly abundant for common materials


v0.5.65 (2021.06.23)
- Make auto-haul in processors and storages configurable and off by default
- Improve starting Shuttle generation to pick better location
- Do not run research if Ship Computer is lacking Memory or Disk resources
- Fix broken components on load not being removed completely
- Make harvested plants produce raw materials rather than objects
- Add Flour material
- Add Log material
- Add Grain material
- Add Bread food item
- Show correct input bindings for non-QWERTY keyboards
- Overhaul planet loot generation


v0.5.64 (2021.06.22)
- Fix some new AI issues with auto hauling components
- Fix autosave not working since recent change
- Fix space travel broken with fusion drive engines
- Make space travel faster
- Fix dirt changing rotation after load
- Improve Timelapse capture
- Generate a Shuttle when starting a new wrecked scenario
- Increase shuttle pickup distance


v0.5.63 (2021.06.22)
- Do not include unconfigured Matter Reactors to the grid max output
- Do not show 0KW for idle matter reactors
- Increase power output of Uranium by order of magnitude
- Restrict Matter Reactors to only burn solid fuel (not liquids or nuclear items)
- Fix sounds occasionally being way too loud
- Fix immobilized beings not clearing immobilized thought bubble
- Make music volume 50% by default
- Fix AI task assignment failure at certain rare conditions
- Make Survival Meal recipe contain protein instead of plant fiber
- Change how AI assigns auto-haul tasks


v0.5.62 (2021.06.21)
- Fix playtest clock speed
- Change how build tool cancels blueprints (cancel on click up)
- Make timelapse saveable / loadable
- Reduce research time for some early game tech
- Fix reactor refills getting neglected if drones are too far away busy with lots of other tasks


v0.5.61 (2021.06.21)
- Fix Leaving Earth scenario generation getting stuck
- Change how store tool works on processable materials
- Fix "0 items do not have a processor" notification count
- Prevent pets from waking up early in game
- Rebalance space flight
- Rebalance resources in planets


v0.5.61 (2021.06.20)
- Make repair station part of Technology research
- Improve in-game console up/down arrow navigation
- Improve timelapse
- Add console command to override tunables on the fly
- Reduce bottom menu icon sizes
- Fix electricity grid not rebuilding when manipulating connections with stopped time
- Rebalance the Research Tree
- Prevent materials from being generated on the edges of the wrecked ship
- Increase clock speeds significantly for playtest builds


v0.5.60 (2021.06.19)
- Make clock speeds tunable
- Slow down construction speeds
- Slow down clock speeds
- Slow down research speed
- Show required skills in build menu tooltips
- Adjust construction costs for everything
- Fix CPU usage not showing up correctly


v0.5.59 (2021.06.18)
- Don't create auto-cleaning tasks for devices that are pending removal
- Add new story event: stasis pod friendly crew wake up
- Redo Storage and Disk module graphics
- Add Overclocking and Advanced Overcloking research nodes
- Add CPU Modules (1 & 4 Thz)
- Do not attempt to dock Cleaning Bots that are turned off
- Fix Quick Search saves search not working after creating a new save
- Add "Don't show again" option to energy connection warnings
- Fix energy connectors failing to autoconnect in certain conditions
- Fix out of bounds overflow for energy connector range display
- Fix news panel not displaying image if news fail to load the update from server on startup
- Limit the amount of workers Ship Computer can handle at the same time (CPU restriction)


v0.5.58 (2021.06.17)
- Fix drone shadows hiding structure damage around them
- Add timelapse console command
- Change starmap scales and space travel speeds
- Make plants produce oxygen
- Add auto harvest toggler to the planter configuration
- Change how ship generation retry works to prevent any possible state leakage bugs
- Improve the reliability and success rate of Stasis Array and Ship Computer generation stages
- Change how build more repair stations / charge stations suggestions are activated
- Make crafting/production/processing options available in context menu
- Fix several objects showing UI items while not constructed or not reachable by ship computer


v0.5.57 (2021.06.15)
- Make Rock resource more common in all types of planets
- Fix tree menu auto wrapping to be compatible with centered position
- Add version check
- Fix hitting ESC while holding RMB in build mode making the drag placement on hover
- Fix save games not grouped and not ordered correctly in the tree menu
- Fix expeditions finding empty ore deposits
- Fix only one processor (Furnace, Grinder, Nutrient Extractor) used when more than one was available
- Fix hauling unstored raw material pile with bigger stack size than worker capacity would fail if there's no storage, resulting in forever obstructed construction site
- Workers will now get themselves unstuck if they end up trapped inside a large object
- Fix processor creating hauling processable items tasks when such items are not available (materials only)
- Significantly reduce planet material contents and shuttle storage capacity (balancing)
- Fix the graphics glitch where materials would cut into other objects


v0.5.56 (2021.06.13)
- Fix furnace processing issues
- Fix a more reservation issues
- Begin adding support for systems that don't have compute shaders capabilities
- Don't remove unbuilt floors when trying to build an object on top
- Fix Template mod being enabled while it says it's disabled in mods list
- Fix construction failing if work site was obstructed before there was a storage unit
- Fix Stasis Array can be switched off
- Make workers move materials aside even if there is no storage


v0.5.55 (2021.06.12)
- Fix menu button tooltip failing to get displayed at certain time
- Fix Pathfinding overlay still not appearing once in a while
- Include all versions the game was saved with in feedback report
- Holding shift while changing wanted refill / output amounts in the UI will increase / decrease the value in higher quantities
- Fix releasing energy tool on open space producing an error


v0.5.54 (2021.06.11)
- Adjust starting materials for Leaving Earth scenario
- Add Stasis Pod device (WIP)
- Add Stasis Pod story event (WIP)
- Add tunable configuration for Leaving Earth and Wrecked Empty Ship scenarios (JSON)
- Add sound alert when clicking B (build shortcut) when non-researched object is selected
- Fix electricity grid rebuilding multiple times per tick if multiple electric devices are destroyed


v0.5.53 (2021.06.10)
- Make Grinder and other auto processors take processable materials from storages
- Fix humans stepping outside the door into unsafe conditions
- Fix Pathfinding overlay not appearing
- Fix airlocks not updating hull integrity after being loaded with object stuck inside
- Fix humans occasionally dropping tasks because of unsafe conditions inside a doorway
- Fix raw material reservation logic


v0.5.52 (2021.06.09)
- Add new scenario: Leaving Earth
- Make Matter Reactor construction skill requirement 6


v0.5.51 (2021.06.09)
- Fix copper definition missing a processable material type (furnace processing bug)
- Fix worker stuck in build loop forever if there are no materials and no storages
- Fix worker failing to gather processable materials from Particle Collector
- Fix incorrect material icon in Particle Collector when target material is changed
- Show currently collected material icon on top of Particle Collector
- Fix engine graphics sometimes getting cut in half after generating a ship
- Fix save names overwriting device blueprint names in quick search index
- Fix dead beings showing their job task priorities in context menu
- Fix stasis array spamming duplicate "life support lacks electricity" events
- Prevent Slow Metabolism and Always Hungry traits from being generated on same being
- Remove concept of read-only storage
- Fix problems while entering Research or showing Electricity Overlay with game paused
- Fix focusing on Ship Computer using a shortcut (C) would kill active tool
- Pressing C after focusing on Ship Computer shows the whole ship
- Fix dirt reservation not working (Cleaning Bot trains)
- Allow deconstructing the Ship Computer when you have more than one


v0.5.50 (2021.06.08)
- Make configurable processors (i.e Furnace) process materials directly from storages
- Remake the bottom tree menu to sit in the middle of the screen


v0.5.49 (2021.06.07)
- Ensure enough rocks are generated on start
- Fix construction broken in 0.5.48
- Fix tree menu tooltips going out of screen bounds
- Prevent processors (i.e. Furnace) from showing unconfigured warnings while not constructed
- Fix shuttles overshooting the planet when trying to land on it
- Fix crawlers not attaching to colonists in non enclosed areas


v0.5.48 (2021.06.06)
- Fix saves directory not getting created for new installations
- Fix resources failing to load in mac builds
- Fix Quick Search navigation not going backwards properly
- Clicking an unconstructed object in build mode will cancel the construction
- Selecting an object and pressing B (build tool shortcut) will enter build mode with selected object blueprint (if researched)
- Allow ordering construction of objects on top of material debris without waiting for it to get cleaned


v0.5.47 (2021.06.04)
- Handle edge case when ordering hauling tasks while placing a tile
- Add human trait: Cleaning OCD
- Destroy equipment when removing a being that had something on (i.e. from explosion damage)
- Fix particle collector impossible to build because of skill requirements
- Fix popup widget with input crashing on tall characters (Chinese input)
- Fix cleaning bots showing failed task bubbles without fail reason when someone else has cleaned their targeted dirt
- Fix research tree tooltips getting stuck if tree was closed while showing a tooltip
- Remove mechanic where beings would drop current task due to urgent need
- Fix incorrect "Run In Background" value showing up in settings
- Fix occasional sprite bleeding edges at a distance


v0.5.46 (2021.06.04)
- Fix save preview images not loading with file names containing certain special characters
- Finish the Pet Bowl refill logic
- Add pet dog
- Change how expedition is stumbling upon ore deposits
- Ensure certain amount of copper plates generated on start
- Make UI tree menu automatically wrap if it goes out of bounds horizontally


v0.5.45 (2021.06.03)
- Fix autosave not working properly
- Reduce passive research storage electricity cost to 10%
- Fix sprite scale not working in being looks
- Make robots bigger
- Start working on pets
- Add cat (WIP)
- Make cat spawn with 10% chance from stasis arrays
- Add option to make pets invincible
- Make cats sleep in colonist beds along with humans
- Make cats and humans use planters as makeshift toilets when necessary
- Add Pet Bowl (WIP)


v0.5.44 (2021.06.02)
- Make research storage cost passive electricity
- Fix research storage requirement being overwritten with memory value
- Prevent grounded beings from attempting to repair or deconstruct objects in space
- Fix texts overlapping in ML Booth info panel and research storage list
- Overhaul the save / load system to group games together
- Colonists will wake up with mood and health depending on stasis array stability
- Colonists will have mental breakdowns if they wake up from unstable stasis array


v0.5.43 (2021.06.01)
- Make Stasis Array configurable when plugged into electricity
- Fix cycling through build options with a shortcut switches into not yet researched items
- Fix research tree showing 0 resources if it is first opened with game clock stopped
- Improve how electricity values are displayed
- Build copies of an object when holding the place button down and dragging
- Rearrange a few items in research tree


v0.5.42 (2021.05.31)
- Do not notify about fire if it dies down too quickly
- Automatically construct and connect a connector when releasing an energy connection link on a floor
- Fix shuttle overshooting a planet from time to time
- Add Microchip
- Require Microchips to build certain things
- Add dead workers when generating new game (for extracting microchips)
- Rearrange the research tree
- Adjust certain construction and production costs


v0.5.41 (2021.05.31)
- Add UI scroll invert and speed settings (to solve issues for Linux users)
- Fix dead beings triggering event notifications about receiving damage
- Increase heat damage amounts to beings, especially biological ones
- Disable culling of beings and materials
- Fix processing raw material piles creating duplicate AI tasks in the wrong way
- Make Furnace configurable to smelt just one type of ore at a time


v0.5.40 (2021.05.30)
- Fix scrollbar not clickable with mouse inside menu panels
- Start reducing research speed when Ship Computer efficiency goes below 50%
- Show IRL time when hovering game time
- Show unavailable research options differently in research tree
- Remove dynamic deserialization that prevents using IL2CPP (Warning: saved Expeditions and Dirt will be lost!)
- Add multi-select action for processable objects
- Make Cleaning Bots processable into scrap metal
- Make Crawlers processable into protein
- Fix ghost fires that were reintroduced again with a recent change
- Fix dead or inactive objects counting towards inventory count in crafting devices
- Fix cleaning a toilet won't produce any biowaste


v0.5.39 (2021.05.28)
- Fix electricity driven workers trying to recharge on non-powered charge stations over and over again
- Fix fire sound effects not getting removed after the fire dies out
- Lower the automatic haul priority to 4
- Fix workers not going for repair station when damaged
- Fix all cleaning bots going for the same spot at once
- Fix "crawler attached to colonist" mental breakdown being dealt for non-crawler prey
- Fix fire not damaging the wall and not spreading if only a wall tile is on fire
- Put Loom in Weaving research node, and require Weaving for Clothing
- Keep tool menu permanently expanded
- Rearrange bottom left menu options


v0.5.38 (2021.05.27)
- Generate space object names
- Fix processable raw material items getting hauled after processing was requested
- Add tooltips with required skill levels and required materials to constructable objects
- Fix space looking weird after flying too far away from origin
- Allow selecting a ship size when starting a new game
- Reintroduce experimental "Wrecked With Stuff" scenario
- Restore the "Build A Copy" button!
- Add a goal to build an ML booth when worker skills are lacking


v0.5.37 (2021.05.27)
- Add multiple performance optimizations
- Fix cancelling wall replacement leaving progress bar and sparks
- Refactor how game plumbing is handling saves and loads
- Fix ambience not stopping after device gets disconnected
- Fix shower not showing if it's occupied
- Fix shower, toilet, beds, etc not updating UI correctly
- Make materials ejectable from all storages
- Fix unbuilt shuttle could be selected for an expedition
- Fix planters configurable while not connected
- Fix planters not showing unconfigured warning right after being constructed
- Fix all refillable storages false-promising AI workers electricity as a reward
- Equipment will now receive damage and could get destroyed while equipped


v0.5.36 (2021.05.25)
- Fix new bugs with Auto Processors
- Fix Oak getting selected from a distance
- Make planters walkable
- Fix plant harvesting issues
- Fix destroying a planter would leave plants intact
- Add a Nuclear Reactor


v0.5.35 (2021.05.24)
- Ship Computer's energy node will no longer be controllable through mass actions
- Begin adding ambient sounds
- Fix hauling of items that are already being hauled
- Change how Furnace and Grinder works - allow batching items
- Change how Storage Unit creates hauling tasks
- Change how item storages (Wardrobes, Fridges) create hauling tasks


v0.5.34 (2021.05.23)
- Make it impossible to select equipment by clicking a colonist multiple times
- Fix ordering hauling for reserved and hidden items
- Show circular outlines on selected beings
- Show diamond outlines on selected materials, items and loose objects
- Fix shuttle expeditions failing to launch with "worker failed to enter the shuttle" false error
- Fix shuttle launch fumes appearing when they are not supposed to
- Fix Quick Search and Build A Copy working incorrectly with bottom left menu
- Hide any being thought bubbles during death
- Fix haul to storage tool failing to work with beings and other non reservable entities
- Check for Asimov's First Law violation when trying to process human beings
- Fix plants being harvestable even at seed stage
- Fix non harvested plants being processable

• Join Stardeus Discord
  
• /r/stardeus on Reddit
  
• @StardeusGame on Twitter
  
• @dev_spajus on Twitter
  
• dev_spajus on Twitch (streaming the development on most work days EU time)

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• Additional patch from A* pathfinding project to fix navmesh related crash to desktop in dungeons
  
• Increase basic bow damage to 7 HP per shot from 6 HP
  
• Fixed Weapon_Melee_Sword_Tier2_DamageMultiplier
  
• Increased damage bonus from rings to 10% for 1, or 30% if you have the pair
  
• Increase damage bonus from amulet to 25%

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- Updated the interface
- Removed buttons and extras
- Updated the interface

Bring in the summer with all-new Splash Zone Packs, featuring Shaq, Kareem, Giannis and D-Rose. Complete the collection to earn yourself an Invincible Bol Bol.

July’s patch 107 introduces a number of adjustments to class balancing, as well as a host of improvements to the interface and boss battles. In addition, some items and settings have been added for events that will be announced at a later date.



Unleashed: Sinister and Unleashed: Dexter
Increased skill damage by 20%.
Changed the maximum number of times the Unleashed: Enhancement buff can be stacked to 7.
Each stack of Unleashed: Enhancement increases skill damage by 8–14% (previously 5–10%).

Unleashed: Rampage
Changed the maximum number of times the Unleashed: Beast Fury (Enhanced) buff can be stacked to 7.
Each stack of Unleashed: Beast Fury (Enhanced) increases skill damage by 8–14% (previously 5–10%).

Unleashed: Beast Fury
Cooldown reduced to 8 secs. (previously 10 secs.).

Unleashed
Increased skill damage by 30%.

Cyclone
Only the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd strikes stagger opposing players.

Bloodlust
Skill level 1: Increases skill damage by 12% (previously 10%) when attacking monsters.
Skill level 2: Increases skill damage by 15% (previously 10%) when attacking monsters.

Flatten
Increased skill damage by 15%.

Vampiric Blow
Increased skill damage by 15%.

Energy Outburst
Increased skill damage by 20%.

Triumphant Shout
Resistance to being knocked down, staggered, and stunned reduced to 3 secs. (previously 5 secs.).

Deadly Gamble – Bellicosity (Skill Advancement)
Fixed the incorrect increase in skill damage while Deadly Gamble was not active.
The increase in skill damage when attacking monsters no applies to all skills. Increases skill damage by 5% (previously 12%).

Tempest Aura
Skill damage increases by 15% (previously 10%) while Shadow of the Tempest I is active.

Blade Frenzy
Increases skill damage by 10%.
Skill damage is reduced by 10% when attacking opposing players.

Backstab
When Backstab is used in the Defensive Stance, the time an opposing player is stunned is halved.

Assault Stance
Increases skill damage by 20% (previously 10%) when attacking monsters.
Decreases endurance by 20% (previously 10%).

Enhanced Defensive Stance (Passive)
Increases Skill Damage by 13% (previously 8%) when attacking monsters from the front while Defensive Stance II is in effect.

Ice Lance
Increases skill damage by 20%.
Skill damage increases by 10% (previously 30%) on a successful hit with Arcane Pulse or Nova.

Elemental Attunement
Skill damage is now increased by 15% (previously 4%) when you receive an element.
The Equipoise effect changes to Elementalist.
Elementalist is activated when you use a Fusion Skill with two attributes.
The skill damage of Fusion Skills with two attributes is increased by 20% when Elementalist is active.

Final Salvo
Cooldown reduced to 2 secs. (previously 5 secs.).
The Glyph of Opportunity (common) was changed to Glyph of Power (common), increasing the skill damage by 20%.

Tenacity
The duration of resistance to being stunned is now 3 secs. (previously 5 secs.).

Propulsion
A normal strike of Eviscerate now reduces the cooldown of the Measured Slice skill by 1.5 secs.

Tenacity
The duration of resistance to being stunned is now 3 secs. (previously 5 secs.).

Skill Advancement – Mental Strength
The duration of the additional effect is now 3 secs. (previously 5 secs.)

Skill Advancement – Insight
When Insight is selected, you are no longer resistant to being stunned.

Bugfix

Fixed problem where the effects of Quick Shadow Reaping and Lein’s Dark Root Beer were combined.

Binding Scythes
After the restraint, the explosion damage is now dealt after 5 secs. (previously 10 secs.).
Reduced the maximum number of stacks of Mastery: Binding Scythes to 25 (previously 50).
Per stack of Mastery: Binding Scythes: 4% (previously 2%).
Doubled the periodic damage to restrained targets.
Reduced the cooldown to 4 mins. (previously 5 mins.).
Reduced the skill damage of the explosion by 15%.

Twilight Waltz
The endurance of hit opponents is no longer reduced.

Glaive Strike
Increased skill damage by 10%.

Ground Bash
Increased skill damage by 15%.

Dreamblaze (Passive)
Reduced the maximum number of times the Dreamblaze effect can be stacked to 2 (previously 4).
Skill damage of Runeburst increases by 20% (previously 10%) per stack of Dreamblaze.
Doubled the proportional effect of Magic Amplification.
Dream Slash now applies 1 stack of Dreamblaze
Shining Crescent no longer applies Dreamblaze


Burning Heart Amplification

Made a change so that the attacks of the character and clone no longer overlap.
The skill damage of the clone’s and the character’s Burning Heart has been unified.
Made a change so that a maximum of 11 attacks can be performed. The skill damage is equal to the skill damage of Harmonious Burning Heart when all attacks hit.
Reduced damage to opposing players by one third.
Adjusted the attack area of the skill.
Fixed an issue where the skill damage displayed was lower than it actually was.


The DPS Meter is now shown as a separate icon in the Windows taskbar and can be closed from here.
If you want to activate the DPS Meter, you can do so via the corresponding in-game menu (My Character → Combat Information).


Angleworms
To better differentiate between regular bait and angleworms, angleworms have been given a special effect.
Green Angleworm:
Reduces bite wait time by 3%.
The chance of catching high grade fish is 20%.

Blue Angleworm:
Reduces bite wait time by 4.5%.
The chance of catching high grade fish is 40%.

Purple Angleworm:
Reduces bite wait time by 6%.
The chance of catching high grade fish is 60%.

Golden Angleworm:
Reduces bite wait time by 8%.
The chance of catching high grade fish is 80%.


Made a change so that the exact number of EP XP received is shown next to the character in the chat window upon completing a Vanguard Request.
To make distinguishing between items in the inventory and storage easier, all icon background images have been revised.
The remaining number of dungeon entries is displayed by the dungeon entry teleportal and in group matching as remaining number/maximum number.
Removed the mark for the multiplication of the remaining HP bar (x30).
Extended the percentage of the boss’s remaining HP by one decimal place.
The HP condition for the activation of the next Wrath pattern is displayed.
The name of the character with the most Aggro, who is targeted by the boss monster, is displayed.
The boss’s current physical and magic resistance are constantly displayed.
The remaining HP bar is shown in green by default. When the boss monster becomes enraged, the HP bar turns red.
Changes have been made so that unexpected patterns are less likely to occur when multiple attacks are performed.
Changes have been made so that the attack range is accurately displayed even if the timing of the attack pattern is not perfect.
A menu has been added for managing effects so you can maintain a better overview of the effects of your choosing.
The menu is divided into three subsections: New/Benefit/Harmful
Here, you can choose which effects you want to keep a constant eye on or which effects should be highlighted.
Focused: The selected effects are displayed in large and are shown at the top of the Highlighted display.
Highlighted: Effects that are more important to you than others can be highlighted here.

The F4U-1 is one of the few aircraft without sidewalls and a floor. Because of this, many of the Corsair’s vital components are exposed. Using manufacture drawings and original aircraft as references, the vast majority of panels, cables, pipes, and switches have been recreated to a high degree of detail.

Each area has been checked in VR to ensure that nothing a pilot would see is missing. Updates and texture adjustments to the cockpit model are in final development.



Systems development is also largely completed. Hydraulics, electrics, and basic weapon systems are operational, and Leatherneck Simulations will continue to tune them as tests proceed. The AN/ARC-5 Radio and navigation equipment tests were completed earlier this spring.

The decision to add the AN/ARC-1 radio set is still pending. Smaller items such as the oxygen equipment and the emergency landing gear extension system are also work in progress.



The full inventory of British and U.S. weaponry will be presented closer to release. A number of stunning new features will make the DCS: F4U-1D Corsair truly unique.

Read more of their development report in the Leatherneck Simulations 2021 Summer Update.




A new mass dynamics engine brings a whole new level of realism to the F-14A/B. Unless it is landed correctly, the F-14’s arrestor hook will now skip over the deck to mimic realistic hook-bolter events. Under extreme conditions the hook can also fail and detach from the fuselage. Such realistic features truly encourage you to improve your skills and achieve by-the-book recovery procedures.

The aerodynamic effects of aircraft carrier burble on close-approach have also been implemented. The ICEMAN pilot AI has also been improved. The AI can now navigate to specific waypoints and enter a holding pattern. Other significant improvements include:

• JESTER reporting
  
• Night catapult signalisation
  
• Autopilot logic overhaul
  
• Multi-crew synchronisation

The Heatblur team is now focused on developing the next update of the exciting Tomcat and Viggen features, ultimately bringing both of these aircraft out of Early Access.




It is April 1989, and the cruiser USS Valley Forge has been involved in an incident in the Black Sea, off the coast of the Soviet Union. The USS Theodore Roosevelt is being sent to support the rescue operation with VF-84 on board. Jaws, Jester, Ghost, Pyro, Caveman, Grip, Elvis and Glory, all hot shot F-14A Tomcat fighter jocks of the ’Jolly Rogers’ squadron are itching to see some action. They might just get more than they bargained for.

Join them in fighting MiGs, intercepting Bear bombers, defending the fleet, escorting Alpha strikes, and much more in this story-driven campaign. Kick the tires, light the fires, and make them Fear the Bones!

Soon to be released on Steam.




Aerges has announced that the DCS: C-101 Aviojet has reached its final version state in the latest Open Beta update. After finishing multicrew and implementing the Combined Controls Mode, the module is now complete. Product support, especially when it comes to bug fixing, will continue.

The Aerges Team are now gearing up to accelerate work on their exciting upcoming new module: DCS: Mirage F1.

We hope that these project updates will inspire you to give them a try, and we look forward to sharing more on their development soon.

Thank you again for your passion and support,

Yours sincerely,


Eagle Dynamics Team

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Welcome to our 10th Development Status. You can see on what we were working the last two weeks.

Enemy AI design



Together with our team, we discussed the model of enemy behavior on the battlefield and created a scheme on which we will model enemy AI. We want enemy AI to behave naturally and realistically.

Our initial approach is to have script-based events on the battlefield, that describe what happens if the player's team does specific action, for example:

• Player's team seizes main objective
  
• Enemy_Group_01 starts counter attack with:
  
• air support if Player's team did not destroy Air Observer/Radio Station
  
• party support if Player's team did not destroy/kill Arty Observer etc

So the approach is right now very basic, with each objective having a selected group of squads assigned to it to defend or attack, and then each unit following some basic machine-state system.

German Infantry

Below you can see a model of German infantry uniform which we are currently working on. We plan to put two variants in the game - Wehrmacht, and SS to keep it realistic. If you have any good sources of references for such uniforms, be sure to share them with us!




T-34/76 Tank model

We have finished working on a high-poly version of Soviet T-34/76 including the interior and engine.




Questions from our community

Recently we received some interesting questions from one of our Steam forum users, which we decided to answer in a development status to reach more people interested in our game.

You talk about multiplayer a lot, but it is quite unclear what kinds of multiplayer we will have in the game. Are there going to be player vs player battles, or player vs AI coop battles?

• Our initial plan that we are still following was to add PvE (so player vs AI) battles, in coop. We are yet to figure out if we want to add some singleplayer only stuff but our focus is totally on coop. PvP is out of the question for now, it is totally not what we want to do.

During a battle, do 4 or 5 players take on the role of one tank crew, or does each player get their own tank crew to operate with?

• Both, at the beginning each player will probably has his own tank that he commands, but at any time he can switch to given crew position and control the tank with that crewman. If the player dies and there are no more tanks as reinforcements, we plan to allow such player to become a crewman in another player tank, if the server will it (this will be a master setting for the host)

Does the player have a certain amount of time to repair, and must assign different members to repair different sections of the time? If the player wants to spend more time out of the battle to repair can they? Will certain repairs require more crew members to help, making the managing of repairs more important? If you do pull out of a battle to repair, can you rejoin that battle, or will you join another battle?

• Depending on the mission in the campaign the repair section can be time limited or not (we are yet to test it, as we wanted the repair section to be the lobby of the game, where the player can rest and take a break from the battle)
  
• We are yet to implement the repair mechanics from Tank Mechanic Simulator, and see how far we can take it before the game becomes too dull and too difficult when you have to repair few tanks at once before the next battle starts.
  
• Some actions will require multiple players or player and AI help to finish them, for instance, loading tank ammo from trucks/storage, lifting the turret, etc. Some players will be assigned to work on tanks, and the host or commander will be preparing the stage for the next battle
  
• Logistics and on-field repairs are still something we need to design and discuss, as we want to have very clearly separated battles and repair sections. It might be that player might have a choice if he wants to become part of a logistic company that focuses on salvaging stuff during battle, but we still plan to allow the player to roam on the battlefield after the battle ends, so he has unlimited or limited time (this could be decided if the battle was won or lost) to manage everything in his own pace.

Will losing a battle result in losing your tank and having to get a new one?

• The campaign forces will have a pool of vehicles that players and enemies use, the more you destroy or the enemy destroys your forces the less you will have overall, you need to keep the casualties as low as possible. We will add some reinforcement system but it is too early to say how it will look like

Thank you and have a good weekend!
DeGenerals

In todays patch we have addressed some requests of players who are new to the game, improved the tutorial and fixed some bugs.

Tutorial
In the tutorial we forgot to talk people through evolving towers which dramatically changes strategies. Although it is not required, nor is it always beneficial to evolve towers, we still needed to tell players about how to do it. Remember you do not need to evolve if you don't want to, you can simply upgrade the tower as normal. It is a choice that you have to make to fit around your strategy.

We also had reports of the tutorial not allowing players to build and progress, so we have fixed that whilst we're at it. You should now be able to complete the tutorial and learn everything about the game.

Leaderboard
We had a request from a player yesterday that they would like the ability to see their friends scores in the lobby, without having to complete a game or view the leaderboards on the steam community page. So we've added two new buttons on the lobby screen; one to show top 10 and another to show your friends scores!

Air arrow towers
Ever pressed the (Switch Mode) button on an arrow tower? Well it is supposed to attack dragons (good for early game air defence) and shows you this by displaying an "up arrow" on the tower. The problem was, it wasn't actually hitting the dragons and was flying over their heads! We have now fixed this issue so no longer do you have to rush an anti-air tower, you can rely on those arrow towers with (Switch Mode) enabled to get you through things for a little bit.

Player news
We've had a lot of new players to the game this week - probably one of our top 3 weeks. It has been great to see new people in the Discord and twitch streamers playing the game (some have racked up over 30 hours in 3 days!) and we look forward to watching you all try different strategies!


Patch Notes
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* Tutorial now allows players to build and complete the tutorial

* Added evolve instructions to tutorial

* Resolved issue with air arrow towers not attacking dragons

* Added "top 10" and "friends scores" buttons to lobby