CryoFall News

=== CryoFall v0.30.6.2 (A30 Patch #1) ===

The first patch for A30 is released now! Thanks everyone for your feedback!

Official PvE servers:
- As now more PvE players can participate in the boss event thanks to the preparation delay that was introduced in A30, we've increased the Pragmium Queen boss loot and HP by 40% and Sand Tyrant boss loot and HP by 20%. However, the following few official servers are NOT affected and have reduced boss difficulty (due to lower online number): Asia PvE, South America PvE, Oceania PvE


Patch notes:

Changes:
- AI: Creatures will stop chasing you after a while even if you've aggroed them. They will also not start chasing you from far away when you come back
- Achievements allowed for featured modded servers (such as CryoSmall/CryoFive servers with custom maps)
- PvE: Ground items (such as wood/stone piles and loot crates) will be locked temporarily for the player that has first interacted with them (other players cannot gather them for some short time)
- PvE: Killed creatures are locked for the player that has killed them (other players cannot loot them for some time)
- Reduced memory consumption of the local server (this is an experimental feature offering singleplayer experience)

Fixes:
- PvP: Destroying a blueprint should not incur a raid block
- PvP: Сannot manage shield on a personal land claim when the player is a member of a faction and don't have shield management permission
- Auto light time for floor lamps was not correct
- Editor: it was possible to overlap roads over each other
- Buttons in the respawn menu are not wide enough for certain languages

If you're hosting a community server it's recommended to install this update.

It is almost time for CryoFall to leave Early Access (the release date is set for 29th of April and we will share detailed information about it separately in a few days!), so this final update before the official release is meant to offer one last round finishing touches and add all of the small features we absolutely wanted to have in the game before release

So, let's dive in and see what we have to offer this time!



The first thing you will probably notice when joining the game now is the addition of the so-called Origin System. Now you can choose your character background and receive several small advantages to various areas based on what you selected.



Next, is the new mineral Keinite after which this new update is named. While the Pragmium is our energy-related mineral this new Keinite isn't so much a mineral, but rather an alien substance of biological origin! It's essential for exotic weapons which are also added in A30 Update. You will be able to create this new type of biological weapons in Tier 5.



Another massive addition is the Pragmium Power Plant. It will serve as the main source of energy for massive bases in the late game. This should allow you to focus on other interesting activities rather than worrying about maintaining your base's power supply. And while we are at it—we have also made solar panels significantly cheaper and rebalanced practically everything related to energy. This aspect of the game should be more rewarding and enjoyable now with much less grind (as long as you do the optimal things rather than trying to stubbornly use steam generators even in Tier 5! :) ).



Creatures A.I. and balance were also changed substantially. They are more aggressive and faster now and will react to your actions rather than just idly waiting their turn to be killed. But that's not all—now you can also encounter various mutated forms of existing creatures offering more variety to your hunting excursions. And yes, these mutations are caused by the new Keinite substance.

The faction system has also been reworked with new permissions and completely reworked the Leaderboard (faction score) system. This should offer much more interesting and varied competition for both PvP and PvE servers. UI of the faction screen has also been completely reworked.

Reworked events in A30 will also offer more opportunities to participate for all players, especially in PvE for bigger events such as world bosses (Pragmium Queen and Sand Tyrant). Certain events also offer better rewards (including newly introduced Keinite).

[h3]Some other key additions and changes this time[/h3]
- Vehicle naming—set a custom name to your vehicle to easily distinguish it from other vehicles that you own!
- A lot of existing items, world objects, minerals, characters, plants, props, etc. have been updated with new visuals to make them fit better with our current visual style and to bring their quality to our current standard
- When you send drones to mine a mineral or cut a tree, they automatically reserve space in your inventory to prevent a situation where there is no more space for them to return
- Keinite can be obtained from all event creatures and if using the new Keinite extractor from some regular creatures and mutants
- Reworked implants balance and crafting costs plus added an additional new implant
- And as always - dozens of new items, structures, technologies, status effects, and more!

[h3]Official servers wipe[/h3]
This time all official PvP servers are wiped. We welcome you to join all the newly started servers with the fresh economy and all of the new stuff introduced by the update!
PvE servers are NOT affected and you can continue playing with your existing characters after the wipe.

[h3]Legacy support[/h3]
As usual, we make a legacy branch for the previous (A29) version client available if you intend to keep using it on a community or a private server. Just open game properties in the Steam Client, navigate to the BETAS tab, and select the "legacy-a29" branch.

[h3]Patch notes[/h3]
Want to know more about the update? You can find detailed patch notes on our forums.

[h3]Community[/h3]
Don't forget to join our Discord server to be aware of all the news and updates. We post a lot of upcoming content, features, and other interesting things there regularly and you can chat with us directly if you have any feedback: https://discordapp.com/invite/cryofall

That's it for now! See you in the game!

We are happy to announce that the A30 "Keinite Update" is coming tomorrow (16th of April). Normally, we try to do an announcement at least a week in advance, but this time unfortunately this was delayed due to third parties taking longer than anticipated—notably localization. But thankfully the update is now ready for release!

As usual, we will post detailed information about the update and the patch notes when the update launches.

[h3]Launch date: 16th of April, 1 PM by GMT/UTC time.[/h3]

For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 8 AM by Central US (CDT, GMT-5 summer time)
• 3 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+2 summer time)
• 16:00 by Russia/Moscow (GMT+3)
• 21:00 by China/Beijing (GMT+8)
• 10 AM by Argentina/Brazil (GMT-3)
• 10 PM by Japan and South Korea (GMT+9)

All official PvP servers will be wiped as usual (also, two popular community servers CryoSmall and CryoFive will wipe simultaneously!).
No wipe for official PvE servers, the progress is transferred to the updated version (some faction score metrics will be reset as we've changed how they're counted).

As usual, we will provide a legacy branch for the previous (A29) client version if you intend to keep playing with it on a community or a private server that is not updated to A30.

=== CryoFall v0.30.5.2 (A30 Experimental Patch #4) ===

We're getting very close to the A30 Update release! Stay tuned for the announcements.
This patch makes some final improvements and brings A30 localization (work in progress).
If you're playing on the experimental server and using a non-English version, please let us know if you find any translation issues.

Patch notes:

Changes:
- Integrated localization to all the supported languages except Russian and Turkish (work in progress)
- When dropping an item on the ground by pointing on a tile too far away or that has obstacles, the item will be dropped in the closest available tile to the character
- Faction leave cooldown: When leaving a faction, you can join another faction or create a new faction after just 6 hours now, but you cannot return to the faction that you left earlier than 24 hours
- Added weapon ready cooldown when entering a mech (1 second, same as most ranged weapons). Doesn't apply to hoverboards (as the weapon is not changed when entering it)

Server rates config improvements:
- By a popular request—added new server rate setting "ItemStackSizeMultiplier"—multiplier to adjust the item stack size (useful for high rates servers but will inevitably affect power generation balance as well as PvP balance and other aspects of the game)
- New "WorldEventDelayMultiplier" allows adjusting when certain world events (like boss spawn) should start on the server after the world creation/wipe
- Confusing "PvE" setting was replaced with "PvP" setting (to make your server PvP just set it to 1)

Fixes:
- Dropping items on the ground sometimes fired the active weapon/used the active item from the hotbar
- Deconstruction tooltip was displayed for ruin doors when crowbar is selected
- "Leave faction" button was overlapping with other UI elements
- 10mm and .300 cal ammo listed turrets in their compatible weapons list

=== CryoFall v0.30.4.1 (A30 Experimental Patch #3) ===

If you have not tried the experimental version yet, please consider joining one of the experimental servers and help us improve the game!

Patch notes:

Changes:
- PvP: Energy turrets rebalanced—decreased HP and explosion damage resistance (higher damage from grenades), increased power consumption
- PvE: Reduced durability cost of relocating floor with the toolbox
- Improved server savegame compatibility to ensure a smooth migration from the A29 version's savegame
- Reduced the amount of pragmium received from the boss loot (Pragmium Queen)
- Local server default rates changed: boss events will start after 10 hours of gameplay and happen x2 more often (adjustable by editing ServerRates.config as usual)
- Replaced outdated ambient occlusion video option with an optimized approach (the previous option barely affected the game visuals and we found a more optimized approach to achieve similar results and also make it available for everyone instead of opt-in)
- Factions list: improved sort order (e.g. when sorting by member number/level and two or more factions have the same number/level)

Fixes:
- Outer Rim Protectorate origin didn't provide the mining speed bonus when mining with drones
- PvP: ally raiding notification was sent to all players coming online even if they're not in alliance with the raided base's owner faction
- Current action timer (yellow circle, e.g. when refueling an item) overlapped with the current character's nickname/healthbar when "Show healthbar over my character" option enabled