BitCraft Online News

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Patchnotes - Weekly Update August 14th,[/p][p][/p][p]Notable Changes,[/p][p][/p]

1. [p]We added a new UI window called "Social" that allows you to keep track of friends and players you have muted. Friend lists are a way to conveniently track which one of your friends is online and to be able to whisper them easily. If you don't want your online status to be visible by other players in this window you can choose who can see it from the window.,[/p]
2. [p]We have added several new tracks of music that trigger at certain interactions in game (know as "Memory Moments"). We have also updated the logic of when music starts and stops to improve the ebb and flow of ambient sound and music tracks,
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[p]Known Issues,[/p][p][/p]

1. [p]If you don't update your build, you will not be able to give permissions to another player in your house,[/p]
2. [p]Setting your online status to be private will only make your status invisible in this window. Other places like the claim UI will still be able to see your online status like before.,[/p]

[p][/p][p]Full list of changes,[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Added new social UI where you can add friends and see muted players,[/p]
• [p]Added settlement music alongside various music improvements,[/p]
• [p]Added new cargo packages for various resources (Clay,Fiber,Ore,Pebbles),[/p]
• [p]Added teleportation stone to the teleport animation,[/p]
• [p]Added Croaklin pet,[/p]
• [p]Added releasing (make items visible) and destroying item piles,[/p]
• [p]Added hiding the Hexite Exchange when not part of an empire,[/p]
• [p]Updated visuals for tier 4 housing,[/p]
• [p]Updated hiding personal caches  when the 'Hide unused deployables' setting is on,[/p]
• [p]Fixed being able to place buy/sell orders with a negative coin value,[/p]
• [p]Fixed Everyone being being added to housing permissions when searching for a player failed,[/p]
• [p]Fixed showing the 'Accept Help' toggle for passive crafting buildings,[/p]
• [p]Fixed playing loud audio from playing when claiming many items in the marketplace,[/p]
• [p]Fixed lore acquisition when receiving an item,[/p]
• [p]Fixed empire upkeep not being updated after moving capital,[/p]
• [p]Fixed broken crown VFX,[/p]

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A small riddle to help you find the new pet,[/p][p]I dwell where the Storms dance.[/p][p]Yet my kin live in leaf and tree.[/p][p]The sky above is my roof of glass,[/p][p]And nets of patience let seekers pass.[/p][p]Find me, and I’ll follow where you roam.[/p]

[p]Hello Everyone.[/p][p]Please note that BitCraft Online will be inaccessible during the upcoming maintenance, scheduled for the times below. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience and understanding.[/p][p]Maintenance is expected to last for 10 minutes.
[/p][p]Time & Date[/p][p]PST: (02:00 Monday 18th August)[/p][p]CST: (04:00 Monday 18th August)[/p][p]EST: (05:00 Monday 18th August)[/p][p]UTC: (09:00 Monday 18th August)[/p][p]JST: (18:00 Monday 18th August)[/p][p][/p][p]Maintenance Details:[/p][p]Updating the SpacetimeDB version to allow us to implement a feature for PVE dungeons.[/p][p]Please note that the maintenance completion time is subject to change. [/p]

[p]Hello, Everyone!
[/p][h2]Starstone’s Twitch Drops campaign begins today, August 12th, and will run for the next two weeks!,[/h2][p][/p][p]Watch BitCraft streamers and earn Beta Cubes:[/p][p]4 Beta Cubes at 60, 150, 360, and 600 minutes of watch time.[/p][p]An additional Beta Cube for subscribing to streamers playing BitCraft.[/p][p]Join the fun, grab your rewards, and play BitCraft Online today!
[/p][p]What are Beta Cubes & Starstones:,[/p][p]By linking your BitCraft Hub account to Twitch, you'll receive Beta Cubes in your BitCraft Hub inventory when you watch a participating live channel. These cubes can then be opened to obtain various Starstones. [/p][p]After unlocking the Starstones on the BitCraft Hub, they will be accessible in your personal in-game vault (V key).[/p][p]Starstones are mysterious items from the ancient world and their secrets have yet to be uncovered.[/p][p]BitCraft Hub Account to link your Twitch[/p][p]Twitch Drops Inventory
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[h2]The Official BitCraft Podcast has dropped Episode 0: Welcome to Starfell – The Lore Behind BitCraft’s World. [/h2] ︀︀

You can listen now on: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]︀︀Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5XHY529Vskq5PFML2PmxSM ︀︀[/p][p]Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcraft-bulletin-the-official-bitcraft-podcast/id1828920223 ︀︀
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[p]Hello Everyone;[/p][p]Apologies for the delay in patch notes; we ended up pushing the patch out late on Friday.

Updates!

The Clientside update is now live on all steam branches.[/p][p]The exciting new feature this brings is Direct Messages/Whispers![/p][p]You can type /w , /whisper or /dm to send a DM to a player. This can also be triggered from the context menu when targeting them or on a chat message sent by them. The UX of this should be largely improved with the addition of a friends list, which is coming very soon, as well as better commands for replying to incoming DMs.[/p][p]The other notable features included are:[/p][p]Watchtower sieges can now be started without touching the watchtower. Walk within range of a Watchtower which is marked for siege while holding a capsule and use the context menu on it to start the siege and place the cannon from afar. This should reduce the annoyance from players attempting to make watchtowers unreachable. This is not a total solution, but should make this a lot harder to do, and we plan to resolve this fully through further changes.[/p][p]We also made some backend tweaks to the marketplace. This is what was preventing buying multiple of an item in the previous client but should work correctly now. This should prevent a few issues where players could sometimes buy something for more than they expected. We have some further improvements we are going to make to this to make the UX even more airtight, but this should be a big improvement.[/p][p]Finally this update will unlock one more piece of new content which is the new T2 Furniture recipes! They will be available from Brico on the next task reset.

Patchnotes [/p][p]Bows now properly scale damage with Tier/Rarity and fixed an issue causing them to occasionally miss,[/p][p]Fixed T3 Outdoor furniture not being unlocked correctly,[/p][p]Fixed claim co-owners being able to evict other co-owners and owners,[/p][p]Nerfed Terratoad attack range by 40%,[/p][p]Fixed a bug with T8+ Stone Resources dropping wrong tier of chunks,[/p][p]Fixed some passive crafts (T7-8 Bricks, Cloth, Leather, Glass) requiring the wrong tier of building,[/p][p]Fixed embergrain experiment draining wrong amount of stamina,[/p][p]Fixed deconstruction recipes not working for T7+ Crafting stations,[/p][p]Fixed Heimlich's T3 Task requiring roasted fish instead of roasted ocean fish.,[/p][p]Fix a case where you would sometimes get 2 crowns,[/p][p]Fixed wrong icons on red and black Lusuls,[/p][p]Tree saplings now need more space around them to plant[/p][p]Added DMs / Whispers,[/p][p]Improved some backend marketplace logic (required an update to the client) to fix some rare race conditions which could cause you to overspend when processing an order,[/p][p]Added T2 Furniture set,[/p][p]Added the ability to start Empire Sieges without reaching the watchtower as long as you are within range

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