[Patch Note] Tutorial Improvement and New Items - Update Preview [02.15.2023]
Greetings from Orbis!
Things have finally settled down in our offices following the push to get Season 2 ready on time.
We’re still going to release consistent patches, and we’re definitely going to sprinkle in new content whenever we can.
This week we have mostly quality of life changes, but also some new items that can be recycled into very useful crafting materials.
[h2]📒 Quests wait until you’re done fighting.[/h2]
I know most of you have tried the tutorial (known in-game as the mission guide).
There were occasions when Vanessa would start talking about your next mission while you were in the middle of a fight. Nobody wants to be distracted when there’s a gun pointed at their head.
That’s why we’ve added a new condition to any base-building related quests:
A new quest will not be introduced while NPCs are targeting you.
The game now lets you finish what you’re doing before Vanessa starts telling you what’s next on your agenda. Let us know if there are any instances where it needs further adjustment.
[h2]📒 Changed some drops[/h2]
In this patch, we’ll be adding a couple new useful items:
[h3]◾ Metal Specimen[/h3]
[h3]◾ Titanium Specimen[/h3]
[h3]◾ Lithium Specimen[/h3]
While Ararat’s facilities are currently battlegrounds, they were originally for research. We’re hoping to include more world building in small ways like this for the foreseeable future. You’ll be able to find them in the Bunker, as well as when defeating a juggernaut(instead of the RF-9 shotgun it used to drop).
These items can be broken down at a recycler into very high level and useful materials.
[h2]📒 Newly Purchasable Items![/h2]
Work smart, not hard! Instead of farming for items all day, just buy what you need at a terrasite transmitter. You can find them next to most Hyena portals(marked on your map), or you can install one in your home. All you need to do is transmit some terrasite up to Orbis for some terrapoints, and then use those terrapoints to buy whatever’s on sale at the moment.
[h3]Newly added items include:[/h3]
With the need for mutant mushrooms to make anti-radiation shots, this should be a nice way to stock up when you’re in a rush. But remember that you can only purchase a limited amount of each item, and items may rotate in and out of stock, so it’s good to buy things before you need them.
[h2]📒 Bug Fixes[/h2]
[h3]Buildings[/h3]
✅ Base parts weren’t snapping together. Fixed it.
[h3]Enemies[/h3]
✅ Enemies were popping through walls. They shouldn’t anymore.
✅ Animals weren’t making sounds while walking. You should hear bears sneaking up on you now.
✅ Animals and enemies weren’t moving their feet correctly when turning, or they seemed to be walking on ice. We put our foot down and stopped the problem.
[h3]Inventory[/h3]
✅ Some people lost their protocols while trying to drag their protocol to the repair bench while their inventory was full. That won’t happen any more.
[h3]Other fixes[/h3]
✅ Some containers where floating up in the air. We bolted them down so they’ll stay in place.
[h3]UI[/h3]
✅ We fixed several small UI issues across the board.
Okay. That’s a wrap for this week.
I’ll see you on the servers!
- Director K
[OFFICIAL DYSTERRA COMMUNITY CHANNELS] 🔗 Steam Community Forum 🔗 Discord 🔗 YouTube 🔗 Twitter 🔗 Facebook 🔗 Twitch
Things have finally settled down in our offices following the push to get Season 2 ready on time.
We’re still going to release consistent patches, and we’re definitely going to sprinkle in new content whenever we can.
This week we have mostly quality of life changes, but also some new items that can be recycled into very useful crafting materials.
[h2]📒 Quests wait until you’re done fighting.[/h2]
I know most of you have tried the tutorial (known in-game as the mission guide).
There were occasions when Vanessa would start talking about your next mission while you were in the middle of a fight. Nobody wants to be distracted when there’s a gun pointed at their head.
That’s why we’ve added a new condition to any base-building related quests:
A new quest will not be introduced while NPCs are targeting you.
The game now lets you finish what you’re doing before Vanessa starts telling you what’s next on your agenda. Let us know if there are any instances where it needs further adjustment.
[h2]📒 Changed some drops[/h2]
In this patch, we’ll be adding a couple new useful items:
[h3]◾ Metal Specimen[/h3]
[h3]◾ Titanium Specimen[/h3]
[h3]◾ Lithium Specimen[/h3]
While Ararat’s facilities are currently battlegrounds, they were originally for research. We’re hoping to include more world building in small ways like this for the foreseeable future. You’ll be able to find them in the Bunker, as well as when defeating a juggernaut(instead of the RF-9 shotgun it used to drop).
These items can be broken down at a recycler into very high level and useful materials.
[h2]📒 Newly Purchasable Items![/h2]
Work smart, not hard! Instead of farming for items all day, just buy what you need at a terrasite transmitter. You can find them next to most Hyena portals(marked on your map), or you can install one in your home. All you need to do is transmit some terrasite up to Orbis for some terrapoints, and then use those terrapoints to buy whatever’s on sale at the moment.
[h3]Newly added items include:[/h3]
- Medical Shot Lv. 1
- Anti-Radiation Shot Lv. 1
- Cooling Shot
- Heating Shot
- Light Ammo
- Energy Ammo
- Shotgun Shell
- Sniper Ammo
- Frag Grenade
With the need for mutant mushrooms to make anti-radiation shots, this should be a nice way to stock up when you’re in a rush. But remember that you can only purchase a limited amount of each item, and items may rotate in and out of stock, so it’s good to buy things before you need them.
[h2]📒 Bug Fixes[/h2]
[h3]Buildings[/h3]
✅ Base parts weren’t snapping together. Fixed it.
[h3]Enemies[/h3]
✅ Enemies were popping through walls. They shouldn’t anymore.
✅ Animals weren’t making sounds while walking. You should hear bears sneaking up on you now.
✅ Animals and enemies weren’t moving their feet correctly when turning, or they seemed to be walking on ice. We put our foot down and stopped the problem.
[h3]Inventory[/h3]
✅ Some people lost their protocols while trying to drag their protocol to the repair bench while their inventory was full. That won’t happen any more.
[h3]Other fixes[/h3]
✅ Some containers where floating up in the air. We bolted them down so they’ll stay in place.
[h3]UI[/h3]
✅ We fixed several small UI issues across the board.
Okay. That’s a wrap for this week.
I’ll see you on the servers!
- Director K
[OFFICIAL DYSTERRA COMMUNITY CHANNELS] 🔗 Steam Community Forum 🔗 Discord 🔗 YouTube 🔗 Twitter 🔗 Facebook 🔗 Twitch