Greetings, This is MIR4.

These are the details of the update scheduled for Tuesday, January 25th, 2022.



◈In-Game Updates◈

1. Two new types of equipment (Secondary Weapon, Earrings) will be added.

2. New Conquest 'Sanctuary of HYDRA' will be added.

3. New area 'Sanctuary of HYDRA' will be added.

4. New ‘Sanctuary of HYDRA’ NPC Shops will be added.

5. New monster summoning item ‘Forsaken Badge’ will be added. 

6. New Epic Spirit 'Brutal Lionheart Koiga' will be added.

7. New ‘CAPTCHA Verification’ system will be implemented.


◈DRACO Updates◈

1. A brand new HYDRA refining system, 'Refinery' will be added.




◈In-Game Updates◈

■ New Equipment
● Two new types of equipment (Secondary Weapon, Earrings) will be added.
- Secondary Weapon (Class-specific) and Accessories (General) will be added.
- Secondary Weapon can be crafted in the Craft tab using a special crafting material known as ‘Dragon Claw’.
- Accessories can be crafted in the Craft tab using a special crafting material known as ‘Dragon Eye’.

● Secondary Weapon
● Equipment menu will be changed to accommodate two additional equipment types
- Equipment slots will be increased by 2 (from 8 to 10)
- New equipment types will be displayed through the auto-equip pop-up
- Equipment Craft menu will be adjusted to include additional equipment types
- Forsaken Badge tab will be added to the 'Other Combination' menu

● 6 new missions will be added for players to obtain ‘Dragon Claw’ & ‘Dragon Eye’ to craft new equipment.
■ Sanctuary of HYDRA
● New conquest 'Sanctuary of HYDRA' will be added.
- Septaria, key materials required to refine HYDRA, will be obtainable by unlocking and upgrading ‘Sanctuary of HYDRA’ conquest.
- The number of Septaria obtained through ‘Sanctuary of HYDRA’ will increase based on the achieved stage level of the conquest.
- Septaria can only be claimed once per day through the ‘Sanctuary of HYDRA’ and the daily Septaria reward will reset each day at 00:00 (UTC+8).
- Septaria must be claimed each day manually as unclaimed Septaria will no longer be available upon daily reset.

■ Boss Summoning
- A new item ‘Forsaken Badge’ can be crafted and used to summon a new boss monster.
- ‘Forsaken Badge’ can be crafted using ‘Forsaken Shard’ and ‘Purified Soul Stone’.
- ‘Forsaken’s Shard’ can be obtained through drops by defeating monsters.
- ‘Purified Soul Stone’ can be obtained through unsealing Spirit Treasure Box, Enhancement Stone Box, Treasure Box, or through Treasure Chests that drop from summoned bosses.
- Each ‘Forsaken Badge’ has a designated summoning location which summons different boss monsters. Players can obtain ‘Dragon Claw’ and ‘Dragon Eye’ by defeating boss monsters.

■ New Area and New NPC
● New area 'Sanctuary of HYDRA' will be added where special monsters can be summoned.
- <Hydrakin> Tala : Lv.70
- <Hydrakin> Amara : Lv.85 
- <Hydrakin> Yuta : Lv.100 
- <Hydrakin> Tremata : Lv.130 
- <Hydrakin> Tiamata : Lv.160
※ You can summon monsters by using Summon Badge.

● New ‘Sanctuary of HYDRA’ NPC Shop will be added to Arcadia Spirit Village.
■ Craft
● Spectrumite Box / Purified Soul Stone will become craftable.
[NPC and Craft Result]
1. <Craft Ancient Dragon Token> Dark Stallion Grifforse
- Rare Ancient Dragon's Spectrumite Box

2. <Craft Lucky Potion Box> Lucky Cat Luckster
- Rare Purified Soul Stone Box

3. Blue Dragon Craftsman
- Rare Glittering Powder Box
- Epic Glittering Powder Box
- Rare Life Elixir Box
- Epic Life Elixir Box
- Rare Purified Soul Stone Box
- Epic Purified Soul Stone Box

● Newly added Secondary Weapons/Earrings will become craftable.
● Forsaken Badge will become craftable.

■ New Spirits
● Epic Forest-type Spirit 'Brutal Lionheart Koiga' will be added.
   Passive bonus once summoned : 20 PHYS ATK


■ CAPTCHA Verification System
● CAPTCHA verification system will be implemented.
- Implementation Date : Jan. 25th, 2022 scheduled maintenance update
- Players must first be verified through CAPTCHA prior to logging into the game.
- If verification has failed 3 consecutive times, players must wait 30 minutes before retrying.

■ In-game bug fixes & gameplay improvements
1. Menu changes in accordance with the addition of HYDRA Refinery.
2. The NFT menu and access interface has been changed.
- Previous : Global Map → Transfer Character → NFT
- Post-change : Menu → XDRACO → NFT
3. Create/Seal NFT character menu has been changed.
4. Fixed an issue with the direction of character ‘Evade’ being inconsistent with player control during battle.
5. Description of the Bloodshade Nefariox Horn mystery has been changed.
6. Descriptions of the Wrapped Rare/Epic Darksteel Box have been changed. 
7. Number of Identification Scrolls obtained from different grades of Sealed Boxes have changed.
8. The chance of Sealed Boxes being upgraded to a higher-grade Sealed Box upon unsealing has been adjusted.

◈DRACO Updates◈

■ HYDRA Refinery
● HYDRA is a refined version of DRACO that can be produced by combining DRACOs and Septaria through the new ‘Refinery’ menu available with the scheduled maintenance update.
- HYDRA ‘Refinery’ system will become available in MIR4 under the [XDRACO] menu.
- HYDRA is refined using 20 DRACOs as the base material, along with the specified amount of DRACOs and Septaria required as the ‘Refining Fee’.
- The variable cost of the ‘Refining Fee’ calculated through the Metamorphic Stage will determine the number of Septaria and DRACOs required to refine 1 HYDRA. Metamorphic Stage will be updated each day at 00:00 UTC+8. (Learn more about Metamorphic Staging here)
- There is no limit on the number of HYDRA that can be refined.
- Refined HYDRA CANNOT be converted back into DRACOs.
- Results for successfully refined HYDRA will be sent to the in-game mailbox.
※ You can check out further details of HYDRA in [[url=https://mir4draco.com/hydra]Seoul Spooning 2022 Webpage[/url]].

Listen closely Rescue Team, we have a special mission ahead!

The big Early Access Release Day is here - we, that is the publisher Daedalic Entertainment, and our one-dev-army consisting of "Wookie" from Cogwheel Software - are extremely excited to lure you into the deep caves and give you finally an opportunity to find what is lurking down below - or to get found by it.



As you maybe can tell, having only a single developer for a game is relatively uncommon, so that after a lot of positive experience with Early Access, we decided for Hidden Deep as well to become one of our portfolio's (hopefully similarly successful) Early Access titles.

This means one important thing: We are here to stay - both ourselves from Daedalic covering as many bases for Wookie, so he can focus on the development of the game. We have big plans for Hidden Deep, some of those you can find in the roadmap on our steam store page. Below, you can find a list of the Early Access Release content that you can expect right now at launch.

• 10 levels story mode
• 4 challenge modes, with optional coop for two of them(Levels can be randomized with seeds - influencing the placement of Monsters and items, but not (yet) the layout):
  - find the data disk
  - clear the area
  - maintain the reactor
  - leave the sector
  
• Local Multiplayer via Splitscreen as stated above
  
• Online Multiplayer via Steam Remote Play Together (Check out the forum for more explanation)

After the Early Access release is done and all small issues are ironed out, a full fledged native multiplayer is one of our next big steps forward - for now the Steam Remote Play feature is an alternative to play online.
Some of the things we want to tackle in the future of Hidden Deeps lifecycle, in addition to more story levels and challenge modes, are a way to implement user generated content with a level editor, more multiplayer modes, including, maybe, one day... PvP - yes, you read that right, backstabbing your friends in dark caves with monsters lurking around - don't worry too much about it for now though, it makes even more sense once you encounter the lore a bit more.

Speaking of lore - if you fall in love with Hidden Deep, or already did, you have the opportunity to dive even deeper - pun absolutely intended: Our Supporter Pack includes this time a 18 pages long graphic novel about Hidden Deep!

We hope you enjoy the release as much as we do, keep the feedback coming, and don't let the cave-bugs bite you!

Best Regards,
Daedalic Entertainment & Cogwheel software

Yeah, you heard that one right: on our way to the release we broke…


42 hours, 57 minutes and 52 seconds of news, ads and interviews were shot. It absolutely smashed the previous record by over 35 hours.

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As hundreds of railfans before, you stand at the trackside fence waiting to see that gradual plume of smoke appear in the distance. A sense of wonderment and anticipation builds as your perseverance is rewarded.

During the Railfan Fest 2021 we made an exciting announcement for Train Sim World 2. Since then we have been working on an exciting project called Spirit of Steam to bring the thunderous power of steam engines to the simulation. Today we're happy to announce that the first steam route for Train Sim World 2 will be Spirit of Steam: Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe

https://youtu.be/mHPrAzLxvnQ?t=4344

Take to the rails of the complete North Wales Coast Line, from historic Crewe to the picturesque Isle of Anglesey, aboard iconic Transport for Wales and Avanti West Coast traction with Train Simulator’s North Wales Coastal.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1804511/Train_Simulator_North_Wales_Coast_Line_Crewe__Holyhead_Route_AddOn/

Explore the seaside today with North Wales Coastal: Crewe – Holyhead, featuring the Avanti West Coast Class 221 “Super Voyager”, and Transport for Wales BR Class 158 “Sprinter” and BR Class 175 “Coradia” DMUs.

Please note: if you own the original version of North Wales Coastal: Crewe - Holyhead, then you do not need to purchase this Avanti & TfW-branded add-on, it will already be in your library.

• Further progress on the inventory rework.
  
• Fixing bugs and issues with 2 wheel vehicles.
  
• Creating new UI for trader inventory.
  
• Creating a new driving model for a new bike.
  
• Further progress on crafting rework.
  
• Resolving parachute system related issues.
  
• Finished the functional dashboard for airplanes.
  
• Connecting animations with bailing out of airplanes.
  
• Changed the pricing system for traders.
  
• Tweaked the sentry targeting system.
  
• Working on trader depo clearing system.
  
• Created admin chat channel.
  
• Created new admin setting allowing admins to tweak flag overtake time.
  
• Created a system where you can shit and pee at the same time.

• Further work on metahumans.
  
• Creating the new car chassis model.
  
• Finished the airplane animations.
  
• Created concept art for future features.
  
• Modeling the 40mm GL model.
  
• Creating new clothing items.
  
• Texturing the airplane.
  
• Further work on the Machette model.

• Segmented the outposts in the backend for optimizations.
  
• Created distant LODs for outposts.
  
• Re-texturing houses.
  
• Optimizing shaders.
  
• Further work on collapsed buildings.
  
• Re-texturing furniture.

• Fixing the sounds for vehicles.
  
• Working on sounds for a new medical item.

• Testing the new economy system for traders.
  
• Revision of the official hardcore and PvE servers.
  
• Revision of the serversettings.ini file.
  
• Testing the aircraft mechanics.
  
• Cheater hunting.
  
• Collecting feedback.
  
• Reporting bugs.

• Tweaked the auto-destroy parameters for vehicles.
  
• Designing the modular vehicles concept.
  
• Reduced the Christmas items spawn ratio.
  
• Designing the new medical item.

Marek's Blog

https://blog.marekrosa.org/2022/01/review-of-2021-plans-for-2022.html

• Keen team - significant growth
• Space Engineers - two major updates released
• AI Game - looking promising
• Memetic Badger

Existing Models: Streamlined, to ease game loading times (still working on this, but the bulk is configured/sorted!).
Updated Code to Session Stats.
Introduced a; (Basic) Music Player (Next to Trophies Vending Machine). Will cycle songs in the genres:

- Chill Playlist
- EDM Chill Playlist
- Jazz Chill Playlist
(Or just random Mix)

'F' to Sit, Set to Invisible whilst using Music/Interaction.

Volume (adjustable) is independent of game sound(s).

(Feedback on if I should include more tracks etc. would be appreciated! Otherwise, I'll keep slowly adding -within reason).

- Sus.

Listen closely Rescue Team, we have a special mission ahead!

The big Early Access Release Day is here - we, that is the publisher Daedalic Entertainment, and our one-dev-army consisting of "Wookie" from Cogwheel Software - are extremely excited to lure you into the deep caves and give you finally an opportunity to find what is lurking down below - or to get found by it.



As you maybe can tell, having only a single developer for a game is relatively uncommon, so that after a lot of positive experience with Early Access, we decided for Hidden Deep as well to become one of our portfolio's (hopefully similarly successful) Early Access titles.

This means one important thing: We are here to stay - both ourselves from Daedalic covering as many bases for Wookie, so he can focus on the development of the game. We have big plans for Hidden Deep, some of those you can find in the roadmap on our steam store page. Below, you can find a list of the Early Access Release content that you can expect right now at launch.

• 10 levels story mode
• 4 challenge modes, with optional coop for two of them(Levels can be randomized with seeds - influencing the placement of Monsters and items, but not (yet) the layout):
  - find the data disk
  - clear the area
  - maintain the reactor
  - leave the sector
  
• Local Multiplayer via Splitscreen as stated above
  
• Online Multiplayer via Steam Remote Play Together (Check out the forum for more explanation)

After the Early Access release is done and all small issues are ironed out, a full fledged native multiplayer is one of our next big steps forward - for now the Steam Remote Play feature is an alternative to play online.
Some of the things we want to tackle in the future of Hidden Deeps lifecycle, in addition to more story levels and challenge modes, are a way to implement user generated content with a level editor, more multiplayer modes, including, maybe, one day... PvP - yes, you read that right, backstabbing your friends in dark caves with monsters lurking around - don't worry too much about it for now though, it makes even more sense once you encounter the lore a bit more.

Speaking of lore - if you fall in love with Hidden Deep, or already did, you have the opportunity to dive even deeper - pun absolutely intended: Our Supporter Pack includes this time a 18 pages long graphic novel about Hidden Deep!

We hope you enjoy the release as much as we do, keep the feedback coming, and don't let the cave-bugs bite you!

Best Regards,
Daedalic Entertainment & Cogwheel software

We want to add more content! But first, we need to know you guys are actually playing! If we can get at least 10 reviews this week we'll drop our next DLC level for everyone! Let us know what you think by letting others know what you think! If you have any suggestions for a specific theme for the next level send that our way also and we would love to try and make that happen.

Thank you to everyone who has been enjoying the game so far!

-Nick