Hey everyone! Quick Update on progress ! We are targeting another experimental in the next few days to address further some bugs/issues. Our goal is to do 24 hour observation periods daily till we deem Experimental stable so we can merge it into the normal branch by Friday at the latest.


To opt into experimental install "Cepheus Protocol Experimental" in your steam library.
It is no longer a beta opt in but an entirely new game granted when you purchase the base game.

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• Removed Striker 105 redundant 'explosive settings' in the WeaponConfig (that were also overriding some explosive rounds with wrong info)
  
• Fixed ground vehicles waiting to degarrisoning units until their 'corpse' has despawned
  
• Fixed a bug where if there is no 'active evac' building (i.e. civilian-owned building that's emptying out for evacuation's sake), civilians wouldn't move to the evac pad
  
• Added a safety-checker to stop 'orphaned' civilians from sitting still
  
• Added some logic: now if an evac helicopter takes off and civilians were heading to it, they can quickly re-assess and move to another evac chopper if one is available in the same zone
  
• Updated the Evac Merlin to hide its garrison count when moused over (so the 'Depart Now' widget doesn't conflict with the garrison count)
  
• Updated the Civilian Holding Area's healthbar to not be shown when the Civilian Holding Area's garrison list is shown

Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
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https://youtu.be/GV3YOssGEfs
https://youtu.be/LOdVk1yiuak
https://steamcommunity.com/games/979640/announcements/detail/3718325557390407190
We now have a new system for our community to follow along on development. This website will break down all the major systems that are coming each patch. It will not include hotfixes/bug fixes. Sections inside TBD can be included randomly if we are ahead of schedule
https://www.notion.so/cepheusprotocol/Cepheus-Protocol-31f1b25ce00148d6844825f4a0c0bc08
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Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!

Experience the outbreak of the Pangu Virus from multiple perspectives across as the brave heroes of the Center for Epidemic Research and Control battle tirelessly to stop the spread of a cataclysmic alien virus that has mutated innocent people into monstrous creatures of unimaginable power
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1707120/Cepheus_Protocol_Anthology_Season_1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWbDibGMrU
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The free version of SKELETHRONE is now available on Steam!

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The Prey is a one-hour (depending on your skills) prequel to the main game, which includes a small part of the plot and explain how our protagonist came to be so "skeletal".



The Prey includes Steam achievements (even several hidden ones).

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Our plan is to release Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona on Steam, Nintendo Switch and Xbox!
We will announce the exact date very soon!
So, please, add the full version of the game to your wishlist!

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We are very grateful for everyone who is joining us on this journey today!
Cheers,
Valkyrie Initiative, 70`Strike

Don't forget to jump into discussion on official Discord and share your feedback with the developer!

List of changes:

• Added arena completion progress-bar for all arenas
• Rebelanced the blood visuals
• New blessings have been added for each weapon (one per affinity)
• New layout for pause menu
• Enemy HP and damange have been amped ten times for better visibility
• Balance tweaks and boon improvements

Good luck and have fun. Please, enjoy the game everyone!

• Great Sphinx: All Tier II or above buildings within 2 tiles get +N Consumption, Production Multiplier. N = Number of its adjacent buildings of the same type
  
• Abu Simbel: Double the effect of Ramesses II. All Adjacent wonders get +1 Happiness
  
• Nile River: Double the effect of Hatshepsut. All wheat farms get +1 Production and Storage Multiplier. All adjacent wheat farms get +5 Production and Storage Multiplier
  
• Mount Sinai: When discovered, a great person of the current age is born. All buildings that produce faith get +5 Storage Multiplier

• Statistics Office (Censor's Office) generates 1 explorer every minute which can be used to reveal an unexplored tile and its adjacent tiles
  
• UI of Statistics Office (Censor's Office) has been redone. An "Empire" tab listing a detailed breakdown of empire value, science production has been added (Vethon)

• Johannes Kepler: +1 Production Multiplier, Storage Multiplier for Shrine, Lens Workshop (Renaissance)
  
• Georgius Agricola: +1 Production Multiplier, Storage Multiplier for Siege Workshop, Coal Mine (Renaissance)
  
• Galileo Galilei: +1 Science From Idle Workers (Renaissance)
  
• J. P. Morgan: +1 Storage Multiplier, Production Multiplier for Bond Market, Rifle Factory (Industrial)
  
• Andrew Carnegie: +1 Storage Multiplier, Production Multiplier for Bank, Steel Mill (Industrial)
  
• Louis Sullivan: +3 Builder Capacity Multiplier (Industrial)
  
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel: +1 Production Multiplier, Storage Multiplier for Frigate Builder, Concrete Plant (Industrial)
  
• William Shakespeare now boosts Actor's Guild instead of Printing House

• Pax Romana: Rebirth with at least 1 Extra Great Person in Rome (Reach 64M Empire Value when rebirth)
  
• Olympian: Rebirth with at least 1 Extra Great Person in Athens (Reach 64M Empire Value when rebirth)
  
• Bronze: Reach Bronze Age in any city (granted when you unlock any technology in that age)
  
• Iron: Reach Iron Age in any city (granted when you unlock any technology in that age)
  
• Classical: Reach Classical Age in any city (granted when you unlock any technology in that age)
  
• Medieval: Reach Middle Age in any city (granted when you unlock any technology in that age)
  
• Renaissance: Reach Renaissance in any city (granted when you unlock any technology in that age)
  
• Industrial: Reach Industrial in any city (granted when you unlock any technology in that age)
  
• Eye of Horus: Rebirth with at least 1 Extra Great Person in Memphis (Reach 64M Empire Value when rebirth)

• Petra upgrade cost should not be affected by Zenobia
  
• Fix broken UI when there are lots of caravansaries
  
• Fix sometimes building input resources are turned off even before it is fulfilled
  
• Market will not update when a new resource is unlocked
  
• Statistics Building should not count Warehouse/Caranvasary

• Rework building defaults: now building defaults will carry over when you rebirth and will be applied to your building once you unlock the relevant technology
  
• Optimize player trade map performance
  
• Allow changing the side panel width in Options -> Theme
  
• Warehouse/Caravansary will list all your currently unlocked resources, this is to stop the list from jumping around
  
• Upgrade x5 is now Upgrade to Next 5. And "Upgrade to Next 10" will always appear even if the next 5 and next 10 level are the same (and the shortcut will always work)
  
• Petra's speed up will be set to 1x once Warp runs out. This is to prevent Petra from immediately running when logging into the game thus being able to upgrade its storage

• Fixed a bug where you could enter a Quest Echo regardless of Stability or Quest completion state
  
• Fixed a bug where a Lost Cache could be opened more than once in multiplayer
  
• Fixed an issue where if multiple characters shared the same name, only the first character with that name was showing on the character selection page.
  
• Fixed a bug where killing some Timeline Quest Bosses too quickly would result in the Quest state not progressing resulting in the Timeline Quest not successfully being completed
  
• Fixed a bug where the benefit from Infernal Shade’s Purgatory could persist through multiple casts of Infernal Shade
  
• Fixed an issue where the Delete prompt on the character select screen would not block clicks, allowing players to change the selected character being deleted.
  
• Moved the online/offline switch to be behind the Delete prompt fade on the Character Selection screen to prevent changing characters while having a delete prompt up.
  
• Fixed a bug where logging into specific characters would result in “LE-52 Lost Connection to Game Server” while other characters would connect without issue

• Fixed a resulting bug which prevented players from skipping the first two Timeline Quests in Empowered Timelines

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We are extremely excited to drop our biggest developer diary yet, unveiling a lineup of groundbreaking updates set to revolutionize your Vegas Infinite experience! Tune in to see what's slated in Vegas Infinite for 2024

• Added tree billboard blending (trees will no longer pop up from distance)
  
• Fixed a bug where cars would overlap in car selection menu on first launch
  
• Fixed the trees disappearing after restarting the current stage
  
• Other minor fixes and tweaks