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Greetings testing branch scientists!
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The Seasonal Event - Frozen Wishes update is now live on our beta_flight branch for you to test RIGHT NOW! Here are some of the features you can expect…
This update introduces our first Seasonal Event - Frozen Wishes! It is a little quest and a special location we have prepared, but that’s not all. We’re also including new features, items, locations, QOL improvements and loads of bug fixes. Just look at the changelog below!
Thank you to every player that clicked the SEND FEEDBACK option in the pause menu, we wouldn’t have been able to get to this many fixes without your reports.
“Oh, the weather outside is frightful…”
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Update Change Log
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IMPORTANT NOTE - At this moment this update is only available in EN. The final release next week will be fully localised.
Here is everything included in this update…
NEW ELEMENTS:
- Seasonal Event - Frozen Wishes
- An Old Request” quest
- Weather - Snow & Blizzard
- Location - Desolated Radio Tower
- Device - Large Freezer
- Airship Decors
- Half-Railings (left and right)
- Symmetrical Half-Railings
- New designs for standard railings
- Immunity System Redefined
- Player disease symptoms added
- Sitting mechanic
QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS:
- Players can now place many interior objects on their airship’s exterior
- Tool Charger - adding battery should be easier now
- Crustpede balance - now it deals less damage
- Virus Sample Analyzer balance - single Crystal battery lasts for 5 usages
- Engines and Turbines can be placed on Ladder Room’s frame
- Engines and Turbines animations added
- Eating meals directly from the Cooking Station shows proper Database entries
- Quantity of crafted items is being shown while using Basic Fabricator
- Crystal Fuel crafting and recycling time decreased
- Airship Builder can now build Catwalks through doors and makeshift walls
- Airship Builder can now build Doors on the Observatory Corner room
- Players can recycle additional Deck Extractors (except for one, in case of emergencies)
- 1080p monitors can use windowed 1920x1080 resolution
FIXES:
- Synthetics are pickable after recycling Empty Bottle in the Recycler
- Research Station cannot be recycled anymore
- Additional Research Station doesn’t disappear from the Recycler after loading a saved game
- "Find an Overgrown Glasshouse" quest fixed and changed slightly - you have to check the computer now to progress (this should fix the problem with being stuck with progression on this quest)
- The task “Check new discovered objects in Studies Menu” now requires–as it should–opening the Studies menu
- Players shouldn’t get stuck in the Medical Station anymore
- Medical Station is not consuming Preternatural Seeds when not working
- Medical Station is no longer duplicating Preternatural Seeds after loading a saved game
- The player should not be able to access Docking Plank’s controls if they’re standing on the extended plank
- Water Condenser and its membrane are available in the Basic Fabricator from the beginning
- Improved Water Condenser to allow water generation if there is any space left and prevent from generating more than it should
- Automatic Extractor’s panel colours should be less confusing now
- Fishing Rod and Advanced Fishing Rod devices now snap properly during placement
- Inventory - fixed inability to change slots for critical devices (Basic Fabricator, Deck Extractor, Research Station)
- Cooking Station water level is shown properly after loading a saved game
- Dropped bottle will not be considered an “Empty Bottle” if it’s not really empty
- Seam in the middle of Small Cockpit has been removed
- Posters no longer block entry to some sheds
- Broken Crates visual changes after repairing should show properly
- Players can climb down the ladder in the Ladder Room if there is a glass floor installed
- Players can climb down the ladder in the Ladder Room even if there are some devices placed in front of the ladder
- Players research progress is no longer stuck at 94 - 96%; when they find everything it shows 100% completion
- Medicines now have proper printing animation added
- Medicines have proper icons in the Database
- First Aid Kit can now be unlocked by scanning or picking up Lobster Chili
- The quest marker for an Overgrown Glasshouse should now always be visible after crafting the Location Radar
- Crustpedes on locations load faster when loading a saved game
- Infected Gardens chain quests can no longer be exploited by saving and loading a saved game
- To-Do list menu - finished quests are no longer marked with an orange dot
- Thorn Bee Honey shows the proper object while using it in the Virus Sample Analyzer
- Thorn Bee hive no longer spawns in the dirty water pool on the Overgrown Glasshouse location
- Thorn Bee hive should always fall in the reach of player after shooting / cutting it down
- Underdust's Thorns Bee Hives - they generate 3 Honey resources, so player can progress with Underdust quest path without the need to leave the location to hunt for resources
- Notifications or Tutorial prompts lead to the right Database entries
- Clean Water has been added to the Database
- Breathnut is being shown in the proper Database category
- Breathnut shows how much Oxygen it restores
- Breathnut is highlighted properly while using Scanner
- Friendly Insect is highlighted properly while using Scanner
- Posters are highlighted properly while using Scanner
- Mantis Glands are no longer a part of any recipe, nor can they be analyzed for viruses (they will have some other usage in upcoming updates)
- Airship Builder should no longer lead to accidentally blurring out the screen
- Airship building - catwalks can be built properly adjacent to Observatory Corner and Cockpits
- Photophobia shouldn’t happen from other sources than a clearly visible Sun
- Photophobia visual effects shouldn’t be applied to a player while they're looking at the sun through plastic floor/ceilings
- Fixed no in-game sound issue after pressing ESC during loading screen
- Fixed error messages not lasting long enough on the screen
- Crustpede and Boiled Crustpede Database description fixed
- Oxygen Tanks descriptions fixed, as to not suggest it being as additional source of Oxygen
- “Open” prompt on doors is being shown only when doors remain closed
- “Use Item Printer” prompt is being shown on Basic Fabricator only
- Many locations level art fixes (overlapping objects, blocking paths objects etc.)
- Many visual fixes (airship construction objects, falling Blockade, Tool Charger clipping, catwalks decals, z-fights, lift floor etc.)
- Minor sound fixes
- Minor text fixes
- Additional performance improvements
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How To Access the Test Branch
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- Open the Steam application on your PC and locate Forever Skies in your games library
- Right click - PROPERTIES- BETAS
- Put in the password: BlimpWorkshop
- From the dropdown menu select the beta branch tilted: beta_flight
- Press the blue “Opt into beta_flight…” button
- In your Games Library click on Forever Skies [beta_flight]
- Install the Test Branch
[h2]How To Create and Load Existing Saves into the Test Branch[/h2]
Your existing saves for the main game are stored in a different folder compared to your saves on the test branch. If you want to continue and test the game using your existing progress, you’ll need to do the following:
- Locate your save files on your PC. By default they should be stored in the following file path:
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\ProjectZeppelin\Saved\SaveGames\
- Select the save file that you want to test your progress on, right-click, copy.
- Located your Test Branch save file folder. By default they should be stored in the following file path:
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\ProjectZeppelin\Saved_BetaFlight\SaveGames\
- Paste your copied save file into this location
- As a precaution make a 2nd copy of your save file and paste it somewhere on your desktop or in a safe folder. This way you can ensure you have a clean, backup save just in case.
After you have done the above, you can start the Forever Skies Test Branch from Steam and your save will be present when you select “CONTINUE”
[h2]Existing Saves Won’t be Affected but use an Imported Save To Play the Test Branch[/h2]
Your existing saves, progress, and any custom settings you’ve set in from the main game won’t be carried over to the Test Branch. Your pc will see this as if you are installing and playing the game for the first time ever. Likewise, by playing on the Test Branch, your main saves should not be affected at all.
This also means any progress on the test branch will not be carried over to the main game once the update is live. The test branch is designed to allow you to explore and test new features without impacting your current progress.
Players can opt to play the test branch starting a fresh save, however, if you want to test new content with your existing progress, airship, etc (and we suggest you do) you will need to make a copy of your main game save and import it into the test branch. Instructions on how to do it can be found below.
[h2]Where to Submit Bugs[/h2]
All bugs or issues that you encounter while playing should be submitted via the FEEDBACK TOOL that you can find in-game when pausing the game. Subsequently, you can find the tool under this link too:
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https://www.farfromhomegames.com/en/playtests[/h3]
Snow & Blizzards have now been added 
