FortressCraft Evolved News

I'd love to think that every single one of you will be seeing all of the Phoenix news, but sadly Valve don't work like that. So every so often, I'll be doing these annoying posts, telling you what's happening over on Phoenix. Wishlist today!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1038080/view/498319683381887139

If you still play FortressCraft:Evolved - read this!

If you don't play any more, but you have a save game that you might one day decide to go back to, and look at with the horror 'What WAS I thinking?', read this!

If you aren't ever going to play Evolved again, but are excited for Phoenix, then head over to #fortresscraft2 our Discord - and if you're SUPER-excited for Phoenix, then head over to https://www.patreon.com/ProjectorGames to help out. Thanks again to all the Patrons helping this continue to keep development going.

Speaking of which! @JaJaTec asked me in the PatronsOnly channel - "Will FortressCraft Phoenix have Cloud Save support?" and I went "Why yes, of course, Steam have vastly changed the rules around Cloud Saves, so it'll be trivial!"

"So why haven't you done it for FortressCraft Evolved?"

Because... I didn't think of it?

Oh... yeah. Good point.

So, I shall be flipping on Valve's support for Cloud Gaming for FortressCraft on or just after August 1st.

IF YOU HAVE A SAVE YOU CARE ABOUT PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP OF IT.

I don't expect this to go wrong. I suspect it will work perfectly and have no issue at all. HOWEVER, I've worked with computers my entire life, and 'hoping' it'll work is a terrible plan. So - BACK YOUR WORLDS UP.

I mean, you should back them up anyways. Back up anything you feel is important to a computer that's not in your house. Just good advice.

You're limited to 10 gigabytes and 10,000 files. If you're running with compression turned OFF, you may run into this. Keeping the default Compression on will solve this.



If you have worries or issues or concerns, speak up now!

Anyways! FortressCraft 2 is still moving along, tho I'm super-struggling with Unity, and I always have a bunch of other projects on the go. Check out the channels if you haven't!

Love and kisses always!

DjArcas

As 2019 draws to a close, I thought I would drop you a few notes.

First of all, a reminder that we have a very active Discord : https://discord.gg/advmf8S - there's always someone there to answer questions, give advice on builds, or help you solve issues. I'm literally always there if you feel the need to ping me.

Second, I've only gone and released another game! Summed up as 'Gauntlet meets Pikmin', it's essentially a cutesy version of how it felt to play a Necromancer in Diablo 2. Check it out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/290180/Gnomancer/

Thirdly, a reminder that works has been bubbling away on the next in the FortressCraft franchise, tentatively entitled FortressCraft : Phoenix. Purchases of Gnomancer, PacketStorm, ADATPR and FortressCraft's DLC directly contribute towards its development.

Fourthly, a reminder that the most direct way to contribute towards FortressCraft Phoenix is via Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/Fortresscraft

Aaand fifthly and finally - Patch 25 is now live for everyone. This combines a ton of fixes and has been collected over the last year. This means that a Maintenance P26 patch will sneak it's way onto the forum at some point, but, genuinely, the number of bugs reports to me on the Discord is really minimal now.

See you next year, next game, next time, next batchannel.

Patch notes :

• Mynocks can no longer spawn below +32m when on Sky Islands
  
• Freighters now reject items for assigned station needs that they can't serve
  
• some smaller Handbook updates and additions to entries.
  
• Fix to Falcor lockup when returning with a null item.
  
• Fixed exploit with stacked Grommets
  
• Updated WFE clearlist
  
• Fix for turret lasers getting stuck on
  
• Fixed 'Mobs killed' spam
  
• SpiderBot should no longer fly away
  
• Fixed link to correct DLC page for TAP
  
• Ensures Patreons get research access to TAP DLC scan
  
• Carts with no accessible destination that have an assigned station now properly set their error state
  
• Fixes NRE unity thread crash with ForcedInduction on modded smelters
  
• Fixes to All-Ore mode to make it a bit more playable
  
• serveroverrides.ini now has the autopause and listpublic in the example file
• MissionManager has the superbuild mission hooked up to translation support some new Chevron handbook files
  
• updated the master_language_data.xml to have more stuff ...
  
• Freight handbook update
  
• Corrects icon display of freight stations in the system monitor
  
• Several Freight bug fixes
  
• Minor freight UI polish and fix for carts not entering reserved station
  
• Turn off FreightCartStation mbWaitForFullLoad...
  
• Fix to Carts Idling on world restart
  
• CCW and CW fixed/switched on recipe descriptions for conveyor curves
  
• Canvas now says it made form paste and not Rought hew rock
  
• Fix to make "Collect Research" button appear if research finished while the machine window is open (no more having to close and re open it)
  
• Calling player.TeleportTo on host no longer causes the host to teleport regardless of the player object
  
• Fix for hosted player hotbar getting items added to it when client player picks up new items.
  
• Fix for hosted player hotbar getting items added to it when client player picks up new items.
  
• prevent the creation of orphaned Unity objects of drop items when the segment drop item queue is full (dropped cubes stuck floating in air problem).
  
• Adv Teleporter now tells clients about removed machine deleted destinations so they get taken off the list.
  
• Fix belt re-facing distortion against a different face (first belt against Y second against wall)
  
• Prevent a workshop mod with a bad mod.config id and/or name from blowing up the mod panel script.
  
• Fixed basic ore smelter handook
  
• Barkeeper now knows about its placement blocks WFEMK2 and MK3 now have the correct amount of power usage in the handbook. All changes requested by Madvandal
  
• Fixed GPS unlock
  
• LPTs can now fire through Energy Grommets
  
• Fixed NRE in FreightCartMob caused by HopperInterface OfferItem being dropped on update
  
• Fixed error flashing on FreightCartStation to correctly error only when there are less than 3 nodes in the network... again...
  
• Lidgren changes for IPV6
  
• changed decriptions for the Ore carts as the capacity is different from the Handbook. (may have missed one or two) Chevron renaming if different files
  
• Madvandal fixes to conveyors
  

Thank you to Mad Vandal, Tobmia, Zebra and Steveman0 for their continuing support and help - as well as anyone else I forgot!

Here's patch 24 for you, and also, Merry Christmas! I hope to see you all in the future!

• Slightly reworked Ore spawns on Sky Island to be wider and more reliable:
  
• 450-530 - Nickel
  
• 380-450 - Gold
  
• 280-350 Titanium
  
• 220-270 Crystal
  
• Previously Nickel was very-likely to overwrite Gold - they now exist in separate band.
  
• Altered T4 spawn density
  

• T4 ores now spawn separately to T2, meaning it's possible to progress
  
• T2 ores have improved spawns
  

• Added Adventurer's Garb skin for TAP owners
  
• Added ADAPTable skin for ADAPTR owners
  

• SpiderBot's knees should no longer go wrong.
  
• If SpiderBot's knees DO go wrong, they should fix themselves in short order
  

• You should now be able to enable multiple new mods and not worry about the security confirmation dialogue failing. (thank you MV)
  
• Mods now support Tags - just add Cats,Dogs,Mass Hysteria
• Added IPV6 Support (Thanks to TechPizza and Zebra). This does not support IPV6-only setups - the server can still only transmit and receive on IPV4. NAT should take care of this. The other situation that will not work is an dual-stack IP server where the client on a LAN attempts to connect via IPV6. Utilising Name Resolution on LANs should work, as it will default to IPV4. Internet IPV6 resolution where NAT is available should work fine. IPV6 VPNs won't work, but they wouldn't have worked before either.
  

• 'Fix' for incorrect Conveyor ReadyForConvey flag for network clients
  
• Fix for corner Conveyors for network clients.
  
• Fixed MFP preview not correctly removing hurtboxes/lights under all circumstances.
  
• Mass Storage now correctly culls inside Rooms
  
• Mobs should now correctly cull on raycast blocks
  
• Fixed Main menu text issues, added ADAPTR link
  
• Added catch for Recipes with CraftData with 0 entries needed
  
• Fixed Patreon-URL when user attempts to build Adventures Mode block
  
• Minecarts are now recoloured to match Freight carts, with the colour order being Green,Blue, Purple, Orange
  
• Icons have been recoloured to match
  Thank you Mad Vandal for the Corner conveyyor fixes.
  
• Make carry objects added through AddItem on basic/regular curved belts start at 0.5 offset and facing the input direction.
  
• Slows carry object turn speed on basic belts to 0.8 so animation turn speed meshes better with the forward speed and more real.
  
• Added curved and sloped belts to those subject to cold/toxic penalties.
  
• Working MFPs now have text to show you that they've completed their work. (SP only)
  
• Fixed issue where network clients would not use up power when teleporting via Advanced Teleporters.
  
• MK4 guns now use ExceptionalOrganicLens, not PerfectFacetedEye
  
• Organic PSB now uses Lense, not Eye.
  
• Potential fix for bad timing when teleporting into and out of and between Rooms.
  
• CPH tutorial should no longer be around for Network Clients.
  
• Fixed Airlock rendering, easily turning this game into GOTY.
  
• Developed final Bootstrap screen :-(
  
• Added Adventures Pack signs to Main menu
  
• Fixed issue with ConstructoBot permissions
  
• GPS no longer shows coords when CPH is offline.
  
• GPS works for Patreons.
  
• The Adventures Pack is no longer referred to as 'Forthcoming'
  
• MFP should no longer disallow building under odd circumstances when network clients
  
• Freight Filter Window should now correctly work as a network client
  
• ARTHER disconnect should no longer transmit a NULL Station segment under some circumstances
  
• ARTHER will now automatically disconnect from Docks when he's more than 96 metres away, for network clients. This avoids a situation where ARTHER 'dangles' as can no longer see the segment he's in!
  
• Freight Carts permission is now correct for all owners
  
• Rail Gun permission is now correct for all owners
  
• Robots permission is now correct for all owners
  

So before I finally say goodbye to FortressCraft, I do want to ensure it's in the best state I can get it to. To that end, there's planned to be one more patch, with a few important longevity and 'most-demanded' fixes.

So we have IPV6 support, a fix so SpiderBot doesn't suffer from a permanent broken knee (just occasional ones!), 2 new skins, one for TAP owners, one for ADATPR owners, mod Tag support, and imho most importantly - conveyors work properly in network games again.

If you're having ANY problems at all unlocking Adventures Pack stuff, please opt into the test branch, it should be perfectly safe.

You can get full details here : https://steamcommunity.com/app/254200/discussions/0/1742228532896639848/

And if you need that ADATPR skin in your life, grab it from here : https://store.steampowered.com/app/516570/ADAPTR/

The patch should be available just around Christmas - I want to get the 'Lasers can fire through Grommets' fix a little better first.