CryoFall News

We would like to remind you that the official PvP servers will have the next round of fierce fights starting with the scheduled wipe this Friday, January 21st.

As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes every 3 weeks to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.

Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 7 AM by Central US (CST, GMT-6 winter time)
• 2 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+1 winter 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)

[h2]CryoSmall[/h2]
As an additional note, the featured PvP community server CryoSmall Europe is wiping this Saturday 22nd January (12 PM GMT/UTC). With a strict limit of 2 players per team (no alliances permitted) and reputable administration enforcing this rule, you can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete. By the way, community server CryoSmall North America has been wiped recently (last Saturday) and it's not too late to join it.

=== CryoFall v1.32.2.3 (R32 Patch #1) ===

Improvements:
- Crafting: Item preview will be displayed even for weapons and equipment which don't have any skins.
- Free skin progress: The game will notify you in the Main Menu when you can claim a free skin.
- Improved rendering for crate icons (especially when using low sprite quality setting).

Fixes:
- Fixed Laser sight pointing in a bit wrong direction.
- Fixed textures mipmap generation (some recipe icons, as well as all status effect icons, will appear much clearer without jagged edges).
- Fixed incorrect light source offset for Laser rapier.

This is a client-only patch. No server update is necessary and no new server distribution is provided.

First of all, we wish you a Happy New Year!

R32 "Customizations" Update is available now. This time we've introduced support for additional cosmetical customizations in the form of skins. When you craft almost any weapon or a piece of equipment you will be able to select one of several skins available for each. The skins don't affect anything except the appearance of the equipment.


This update offers both free skins obtained simply by playing the game, as well as some limited skins which you can unlock by participating in some events we might hold in the future or by playing the game during a particular period (we will announce when any such things will be happening), and obviously, there is a number of skins which can be purchased directly. Purchasing skins goes toward supporting the developers. Thank you!

Also, the good part is—to use skins you don't have to own them. You can exchange skinned items with other players or your friends freely. You can also loot them in PvP from defeated enemies. So, you can use all skins even if you haven't yet unlocked them or if you missed an event where a particular skin was made available.


Anyway, we are looking forward to seeing more visual variety in the game with this update! All without cluttering the tech tree with almost-identical items like was before this update. By the way, we have also updated visuals for practically all equipment and weapons to make them look even better.

Aside from the system explained above with this update we have also added a few pieces of content into the game as well as some new features. But the biggest change is our continued work on balance to make the game feel even more fun, be it solo or playing in multiplayer (you'll find a link to the detailed patch notes down below).

[h3]Savegames compatibility[/h3]
The saved games are completely compatible with the previous (R31) version of the game. You can continue playing in your local worlds without worries.

[h3]Official servers wipe[/h3]
All the official servers were wiped with this update according to their schedule: Official PvP servers are wiping every 3 weeks and official PvE servers are wiping every 6 weeks. Please read the previous announcement for more details.
We welcome you to join all the newly started servers with the fresh economy and all of the new stuff introduced by the update!

[h3]Legacy support[/h3]
Even though the R32 update is 100% compatible with the previous R31 version, as usual, we're providing a legacy branch for the previous version client available if you intend to keep using it on a server that is not yet updated to R32. Just open game properties in the Steam Client, navigate to the BETAS tab, and select the "legacy-r31" branch.

[h3]Patch notes[/h3]
Want to know more about the update? You can find detailed patch notes on our forums https://forums.atomictorch.com/index.php?topic=2051

[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

[h3]New Year event[/h3]
During the New Year event, you can craft a cloth hat with the free Santa hat skin! Just open the crafting menu on a workbench and select the cloth hat, you will find this skin available there. Hurry up as after a few days the skin will be gone until the holidays season next year!

Happy New Year!

We are finally ready to announce the release date of the next major update to CryoFall—this Friday, 31st December!

This time we are introducing support for additional customizations in the form of skins. When you craft almost any weapon or a piece of equipment you will be able to select one of several skins available for each.


This update offers both free skins obtained simply by playing the game, as well as some limited skins which you can unlock by participating in some events we might hold in the future or by playing the game during a particular period (we will announce when any such things will be happening), and obviously, there are a number of skins which can be purchased directly. Purchasing skins goes toward supporting the developers. Thank you!

Also, the good part is—to use skins you don't have to own them. You can exchange skinned items with other players or your friends freely. You can also loot them in PvP from defeated enemies. So, you can use all skins even if you haven't yet unlocked them or if you missed an event where a particular skin was made available.


Anyway, we are looking forward to seeing more visual variety in the game with this update! And yes, we have also updated visuals for practically all equipment and weapons to make them look even better.

Aside from the system explained above we have also added a few pieces of content into the game with this update as well as some new features. But the biggest change is our continued work on balance to make the game feel even more fun, be it solo or playing in multiplayer. Please check out our detailed patch notes with the full release of this update in a few days.

[h2]Savegames compatibility[/h2]
First of all, we must highlight that the saved games are completely compatible with the previous (R31) version of the game. You can continue playing on your local worlds without worries.
As for the official PvP and PvE servers, they will have their scheduled wipe as usual.

[h2]Official servers wipe[/h2]
We would like to remind you that the official PvP servers will have the next round of epic fights starting with the scheduled wipe this Friday, December 31st.

As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes every 3 weeks to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.

Likewise, all official PvE servers will also have their regular wipe on the same day. Unlike the PvP servers, however, PvE servers have their regular scheduled wipes every 6 weeks instead. Feel free to join any of the official PvE servers for a fresh round of economic and technological competition and race to reach the highest faction score on any of the regional PvE servers.

Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 7 AM by Central US (CST, GMT-6 winter time)
• 2 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+1 winter 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)

[h2]CryoSmall[/h2]
As an additional note, the featured PvP community server CryoSmall Europe is wiping this Saturday 1st January (12 PM GMT/UTC). With a strict limit of 2 players per team (no alliances permitted) and reputable administration enforcing this rule, you can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete. By the way, community server CryoSmall North America has been wiped recently (last Saturday) and it's not too late to join it.

We would like to remind you that the official PvP servers will have the next round of epic fights starting with the scheduled wipe this Friday, December 10th.

As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes every 3 weeks to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.

Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 7 AM by Central US (CST, GMT-6 winter time)
• 2 PM by Central EU (CET, GMT+1 winter 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)

[h2]Last round was a huge success![/h2]
We have received a lot of positive feedback about the last Global PvP round with incredible battles and the average online number frequently peaking over a hundred players! Just check this epic video shared by Yodes from [SNV] clan! But be sure to hold your monitor tightly—it may fall off the table with explosions shaking it when mechs are smashing each other with barrages of artillery shells!

NSFW: Warning, contains a lot of profanity in several languages :)
[previewyoutube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvhZJtjTTLA[/previewyoutube]
If you are going to try your luck playing on Global PvP you should absolutely join one of several large clans (they're actively hiring!) or create your own with your friends, otherwise, you are unlikely to have a chance there! ;)

[h2]CryoSmall[/h2]
As an additional note, the featured PvP community server CryoSmall Europe is wiping this Saturday 11th December (12 PM GMT/UTC). With a strict limit of 2 players per team (no alliances permitted) and reputable administration enforcing this rule, you can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete. By the way, community server CryoSmall North America has been wiped recently (last Saturday) and it's not too late to join it.