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Storages are one of the main gameplay elements, so its important to make them act understandable are easy configurable.

Since the last iteration, the there existed input and output storages, that are related to the activity. Activities needed an input storage for consuming and output storages for producing resource boxes. Beside that there are general storages that can have in and out behaviors, special storages e.g. for the dock or the shuttle bay and many more.

The old design had several hardcoded behaviors, depending on the type of the storage and how they are used. It was build at the start of the development and being improved a lot of times, but the major design survived till these days.

Now all of that has been replaced by just one kind of storages with several options. These options replacing the old special behaviors and make them way easier to understand and as a good side effect, the player can change them to their needs. It depends a bit on the kind of storage what options are changeable by the player or not, due to for some special storages, it doesn't make sense to change them.

To make it easy, the activity storages get automatically options, depending on what interior items are placed in the blueprints. So if activities just using it as an input storage, the storage will be preconfigured as only input behavior, but it can be changed later afterwards.

Not Allowed
No Input connections are allowed.
Request Only Full Boxes
This is the default behavior for the Activity storages. They just request boxes when they are full, so not so many transport actions are triggered.
Request Partial If Empty
In some cases the other box is filling very slow, but its essential to get that as fast as possible, to get the activity to be able to work. This will be only triggered when the storage has no more boxes, so its not filling all up.
Request Partial
This is a special option that is default for construction storages to be able to grab all resources they need at the building lot.



Not Allowed
No output connections are allowed.
Auto Send Only Full Boxes
This is the default behavior for Activity storages. They just send boxes when they are full.
Auto Send Unused
In some cases it can be useful to send a box out, when its not used by the room anymore, e.g. when an activity stopped.
Force Empty
This is a special option and is used e.g. for the Dock or dismantle building lots.



There are 2 different problems that can be configured. Full storage and empty storage. After several playtests i figured out, that players use the storage in different ways, so sometimes, the "full" is good, sometimes its bad.
For each Storage, the player can now configure them depending on the usage:

• Error (Red Icon)
  
• Warning (Yellow Icon)
  
• or nothing should be shown

To round the storage changes up, i also improved the Connect Storage Overlay. I used the new approach what i developed for the Person Activity and added also existing ones and show problems e.g. for maximum connections.



to the growing community for all the ideas and feedback.
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And finally, July came into our lives! It still surprises us how fast time goes by when working on a project we love, but despite that, we’re happy to see the team has reached the goal set up in our previous roadmap. Some of the features are still being tested in the Alpha branch of the game, but rest assured they will arrive in the main game for all players very soon — we’ll make a short reminder at the end of the entry. With all that said, this is the perfect moment to let you know more of what’s coming to Immortal Life this very month.


After starting a deep technical research thanks to your feedback, we decided to modify the whole battle system in July. The new system will feature the following changes:

• Currently, if you want to attack an enemy you first have to draw the sword to enter the battle mode. We’re cancelling this design, more info on the new one will be coming soon.
  
• The limitation of movement and stagger of the Basic attack and the Basic spell will be removed.
  
• You will point with your mouse where the basic attacks should be directed.
  
• The Basic Attack will receive several adjustments.
  
• Casting spells and switching between them will be way easier now.
  
• We’ll allow players to jump and interact with other objects in the middle of a battle.
  
• The visual and sound effects you see and hear when attacking a monster or being attacked by one have been adjusted.

After Mu Xia joins your clan, you will unlock the new kitchen of the Guiyun Sect and lots of new cookware and amazing recipes to delight your brothers and sisters. Also, there will be special cooking quests in every solar term that will help you increase your friendship level with your fellow sect members — but most importantly, the cooking materials will be free!


Why did the cultivators cross the river? Easy: to unveil the secrets waiting for them in the other side! You’ll be finally able to rebuild the Ferry stop after the disaster in the mountain. This will allow you to build a new fishing spot and the Opera stage, plus lots of new locations, objects and stories that will entertain you for hours:

• New map: East side of the Ferry stop
  
• New map: Deep in the Mine.
  
• New map: Misty Valley Lake Island.
  
  
• You will be able to change the style of wallpaper, floors, stairs, and the corridor!
  
• Characters stories will be extended with special friendship level events.
  
• New furniture: Monster Ora to expose all creatures you’ve found so far.
  

We’ve kept you waiting so long for the next stage of the Cultivator level “Foundation Establishment”, but fortunately the day has come to share some insights into how we would treat this new Cultivator level.

Removing the limit that blocks the increase of your status max would be the easiest thing to do, but that would make no difference between the current level with the next one. To make it feel somehow special, players would need make some preparations for completing the main quest that unlocks the Foundation Establishment. After that, you'd enjoy some new premium features.
We'll provide you with solid reporting the next time we talk to you about this issue, as at the moment we only have these ideas of what it could look like and we are still refining them. Please stay tuned!


We know you’re all expecting to know what happens to Brother Xie after the latest events of Immortal Life’s main mission. Since we’ve been concentrating our energies in improving the combat system and designing the new Cultivator level, the new chapter of his story won’t arrive this month. We’ll start working on it once we're sure you feel happy with the new look of the first feature, because that’s a promise we made to you at the very start of this Early Access phase.


Now available on the main branch of Immortal Life:

• Stories of Li Mengqing.
  
• New map: the Yuhua Mystery Realm with new monsters, items, and types of fish.
  
• New plants and flowers all over the Misty Valley.
  
• Turtle Mill.

1. Stories of Song Yantong
Song Yantong has a long quest line that started at the beginning of the game, we hope you enjoy the time spending with her :)

2. Bee raising
You can now start raising bees and flowers for making honey! More dishes and features based on honey will be added to our game in the future.

3. Silkworm raising
Take care of silkworms to get Silk from them and make some new clothes!

4. Pet system
In this first version of the Pet System you’ll be able to adopt a little fox. If you take care of this little guy and let it evolve, the foxy will unlock new abilities to help you out! Of course, there are more Pets coming to Immortal Life in our next updates... but we’ll keep the list secret a little longer ^^

5. Bugs fixed
We also fixed some bugs you recently reported on Steam, Discord and social media, and added new icons. Also, you can now adjust the volume of music and the sound effects of Yuhua Mystery Realm.

6. Major update on English localization
Thanks to your help, we can bring a better version of the English localization to you patch after patch. We believe these changes are making our game much easier to understand, so please don’t stop helping us in this regard! We really appreciate your contributions.

So, in conclusion, only the optimization of the map UI optimization couldn’t be finished in time. For transparency, we have to say we haven’t found the right person to help with the UI design yet, but we would start working on that once we find the right one. (And we won’t only change the UI of Map)
Besides, Yuhua Mystery Realm wasn’t included in our original plan for May and June, but we figured it out and add it to our game. Even though we do have some bugs in this map currently, we do find our community love how Mystery Realm could bring to our game, thank you all! We would make more Mystery Realm maps in the future.

Thanks for supporting our project with your love and constructive comments, we owe you a lot!

See you next time,
2P Games & Yifang Studio

Bugfixes:

• Fix for infection Eye Growth calling the infection monster even if it is dead.
  
• Fix for Torso Growth being too rare.
  
• Fix for players being able to move through the infection growth blocking the airlock during an hunt.
  
• Fix for infection monster not hunting a player when aggravated by the Reprogrammer.
  
• Fix for infection monster not hunting players when aggravated by a weapon, if the players are outside of its hunting radius
  
• Fix for infection Growths sometimes causing a crash when killing the infection.

Polish & changes:

• Loading screen tips have better randomization now.
  
• Random Events & Threats differ in frequency and type per infection type now.
  
• Reactor Core turning on/off is more audible now.
  
• Ambient background sounds are spread out over the ship more now.
  
• Reduced the Reprogrammer range slightly.
  
• Recycling infection now has Reprogrammer as the weapon.
  
• Electrical infection now has Flamethrower as the weapon.
  
• Recycling infection now has unique hunting behavior: it only moves fast when far away from a target or if the target moves.
  
• Recycling infection now insta-kills players regardless of difficulty rank.
  
• Infection Growths now vanish when the infection is killed.
  
• Changed the ship health bonus threshold for medium ships to 70% and large ships to 80%.

Check our public Trello for the roadmap: https://trello.com/b/Yl5g8Qgo/disinfection-public
Head on over to our Discord to discuss the game and/or report bugs: https://discord.gg/vV7KDVMBZz

We had some issues last night where the Hero Forge Library wasn't loading. This patch should address this issue.

Thank you all for your patience.

Both light and dark forces rejoice at the onset of the weekend, and even such controversial guys as the Necromancers Guild do not stand aside, giving Guy's world their magical energy.

Right now, and until maintenance on July 4, you'll get the server buff "Necromancer's Power" — +5% to all basic stats, except for luck.

The effect will be applied to you regardless of what time you enter the game, and will cease to operate during maintenance.

Good weekend!

Howdy all,

A new update has been released to address some bugs that may cause trouble with your builder career and improve some gameplay experiences. Take a look at the changes below to see how you might enjoy Sandrock more:

Adjusted & Added:

• Added a option in the setting to allow players to switch the type (PS/XBOX) of their controllers' button
  
• Added the quality display in item descriptions
  
• Added the quality display to tracking quests
  
• Added the ability to track up to two quests simultaneously
  
• Adjusted the unlocking conditions of the achievement "First Love", and the achievement will be unlocked directly after loading
  
• Increase the speed of gathering dropped items

Fixed:

• Fixed the unlock conditions of the achievement "Got Served", now the first place in any mode can unlock the achievement
  
• Fixed unlock condition of the achievement "One of the Cool Kids", and making friends with 10 NPCs will unlock the achievement
  
• Fixed the issue where some machine stats did not take effect correctly
  
• Fixed the issue that the Fire Powered Generator did not work properly
  
• Fixed the problem where the Fire Powered Generator is incorrectly executed when the fuel supply is cancelled
  
• Fixed the issue where abnormal weather may occur after loading
  
• Fixed some incorrect item descriptions
  
• Fixed a repeating selling problem in the Ranch shop
  
• Fixed an issue that prevents players from going to the next level in the Abandoned Ruins
  
• Fixed some collision issues on the 4th, 7th, and 8th floors of the Eufaula Salvage's ruins
  
• Fixed incorrect text in the Wandering Y Store UI
  
• Fixed a French-language crash issue
  
• Fixed an issue where reminders would sometimes result in sleep errors

Please let us know if you find any other bugs or you have any suggestions on Steam, qa@pathea.net, or the Pathea Games Discord channel.

Catch up with us around the web for more Sandrock information:
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Sandrock Twitter
Sandrock Facebook
Sandrock Official Website

F1® 22 is available now for all players and to celebrate we took a ride with EA SPORTS Ambassador Charles Leclerc around the streets of Miami, to find out a bit more about the Scuderia Ferrari driver.



Pick up F1® 22 right now on Steam and check out the Champions Edition for additional content.

For all the latest updates, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram, as well as the official YouTube channel.

The dead just won't stay buried! For the entire month of July, take the Undead Challenge to unlock fantastic rewards. Earn points for open-world activities, unlock chests to get valuable loot, and claim your very own Spectral Direboar.


SPECTRAL DIREBOAR: This month's Challenge brings back the popular Spectral Direboar, a ghostly mount with a unique spell, Glimpse of the Other Side, which renders you temporarily invisible. Use it to evade your enemies... or to launch a sneak attack! 


AVATAR RING: Adventurers who rack up enough total Challenge Points will also earn the Undead Challenge Avatar Ring, featuring a spooky skull-themed design that will strike fear into the hearts of your foes. This non-tradable item permanently unlocks this avatar border for one character, or can be traded to the Vanity Merchant for one Vanity Token.


SEASONAL SPECIALS: All month long, reach weekly goals to unlock Undead Challenge chests. In addition to valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes and Silver, you'll also have a chance to unlock spooky furniture items like the Candelabra, Lantern, and Memorial of the Fallen, as well as rare and valuable Undead Vanity Skins.

As always, you can earn Challenge Points by gathering, fishing, farming, and killing monsters. Points count simultaneously toward a daily bonus, a weekly unlockable chest, and the monthly mount / avatar ring reward. So log in, head out into the open world, gather points, and claim these rewards while you can!

This article is a release note for VirtualCast Beta.
For information on how to play Beta, see here.

• Made an adjustment for the upcoming Vgift release.