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Forefathers mysteries, anomalies and artifacts

Welcome, dear subscribers. Once again "CRONUS Weekly" is on your terminals. Today we’ll focus on mysteries of the Forefathers, anomalies and artifacts. In recent video chronicles, we told you how you can get the most valuable inventions for your personal use. If you missed it, we advise you to watch it immediately.

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Forefathers

Almost everyone who has heard of the Dome at least once asks a question: where did all these technological wonders come from? Unfortunately, no one, even the best minds of humanity, is ready to answer this question. We call the creators of the Dome the Forefathers and know too little about them.

Every day, the best scientists of the White Wing carefully study the technologies left by the Forefathers to turn them for the benefit of humanity. Even today, dozens of amazing inventions are ready to be transported to the outside world, and it is you, our readers, who can become their first owners.

Holographic projector

Holographic projector is one of the new advanced technologies of the Wesley industries, a real breakthrough in data transmission. In a few days it gained popularity in almost all areas under the Dome. Officers of the Black Wing especially liked it. The presentations of new models of weapons and armor have never attracted so much attention before.

Projectors are especially useful in the training of recruits, the battles with holograms are absolutely safe, but they allow to create situations as close to reality as possible.

Anomalies

Anomalies, perhaps, are the main secret of the Dome. Despite the huge budgets that CRONUS allocates to study, we still know too little about their properties. Risking their lives, every day dozens of researchers go to the wastelands to study these wonders some more.

You may have already encountered some anomalies at the Concord station. Here, every newcomer, under the strict control of scientists, must understand what he’ll soon face.

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Hotfix 0.18.828.1606: Following in the footsteps of user bug reports

From the very beginning of the game’s development, our community has been actively involved in the work on Encased, proposing marvelously insane weapon ideas, interesting encounters and exciting new characters (we even added some of them to the game).

But perhaps the biggest contribution to the development came from users who sent us bug reports. Thank you for helping make Encased even better, more stable, and more player-friendly.

Below is a list of changes that we made to the game along with the fresh hotfix:

[h3]LOCATIONS[/h3]

Fixed freezing of the necroid in the sewer under the Roadside Picnic,
Fixed the appearance of the necroid from the grave at Roadside Picnic,
Fixed radiation aura at the grave necroid at Roadside Picnic,
Fixed stairs in the basement of Bradbury station
Fixed the process of player’s detection near the boxes on the third exit of the Concord station,
Fixed the radius of detection for characters at the Concord station,
Fixed passability on the Laboratory floor of the Magellan station,

[h3]BALANCE[/h3]

Fixed merchants assortment, including the appearance of the Carmine Heights equipment,
Fixed the cost of playing bolts in dialogue with the Oranges at the Concord station,
Fixed weapons of scientists on the Magellan Science Floor,
Changed the characteristics of the arena fighters: Fox, Samuel Levy, Ken Mason,

[h3]Stealth[/h3]

Fixed the tutorial on using stealth,

[h3]BUGS[/h3]

Fixed the breaking of the quest involving poisoned water with a certain combination of using valves,
Fixed Akira not responding to Yoko's return in the Imprinting quest,

[h3]GLOBAL MAP[/h3]

Fixed display of the Roadside Picnic marker in Act I,
Added a lost "Concrete Plant" location marker in the south of the Dome,

[h3]TEXTS AND LOCALIZATION[/h3]

Fixed the cost of goods in the vending machine dialogue,
Added dialogues and companions’ AD for various events in the world,
Fixed scan record of a relic that can be dug up during the dead birds event,
Fixed a bug in John Evers’ dialogue on Magellan,
Fixed the "Authority" ability’s description,
Fixed dialogue in the "Rat Race" event,
Rewritten most of the quest related to excavations in the Forefathers' cave,
Additional localization edits,

[h3]OTHER[/h3]

Updated blueprint icons to improve weapons.

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Emergency weather report. Management visit with inspection.

Dear subscribers, once again the latest issue of the CRONUS Weekly is on your terminals. Today we will tell you how the weather affects anomalies, the results of an unscheduled administrative check and how to become the owner of a spray gun for self-defense.

Weather report

Breaking news! From this day on, every resident of the Dome is obliged to listen to the weather forecast data every day. White Wing scientists have found the relationship between the weather and the activity of many anomalies.

The results of observations confirm that the electriс anomalies have grown to unprecedented sizes. It could have been caused by increased storm activity, but it’s too early for final conclusions, hundreds of hours of observations and experiments needed to be done. One thing is for sure: you can't neutralise them with simple bolts.

Management inspection

Last week, CRONUS conducted a major upgrade of the entire infrastructure under the Dome. Such an important event did not go unnoticed by top management. This week, a commission of leading managers personally visited the main research facilities.

"Everything went according to plan. The laboratories and research facilities have been cleaned up and put in perfect order. The equipment, furniture and equipment have been replaced with the latest models. The staff has been urgently instructed and successfully recertified. The unannounced inspection showed no signs of corruption, abuse of authority, embezzlement or financial fraud. There is only a bright future ahead for us," said Silver Wing authorized specialist.

Self-defence items

Residents of the Dome, we are receiving more and more requests for self-defense weapons. We hurry to inform you that thanks to the recent renovation of infrastructure, the Dome has become one of the most comfortable and safe places to live on the whole planet. However, the safety and security of the settlers is a priority for CRONUS. A series of non-lethal weapons has been developed especially for employees with dubious backgrounds.

Starting today, you can send a request for a pepper spray gun. The weapon is not only easy to use, but also can easily disable your opponent for several hours thanks to the unique chemical composition of the pepper mixture. All this without significant harm to your target's health.

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Hotfix 0.18.821.1244: fixed perks, weapons and more!

Together with the recently released Patch 3, new weapons and items, stealth movement mechanics, cool perks and... new bugs have appeared in the Encased world. This list is what issues we’ve addressed in the Hotfix.

[h2]LOCATIONS[/h2]

Reduced the detection radius of the turrets at the "Object C12 -Nashville- Parking" location in the prologue,
Fixed passability on the residential floor of the Magellan station,
Fixed loot in some graves at the "Radioactive Graveyard" location,
Fixed passability in the sewers of the Magellan station,
Fixed passability at the “Arena" location,

[h2]PERKS[/h2]

Fixed the description of the "Wastedlander" perk,
Fixed a bug when learning the "Strong Arguments" perk,
Fixed the player's PDA freezing related to the "Ghost" perk,
Blocked non-working perks,
Fixed freezes and problems when taking a number of perks,

[h2]WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT[/h2]

Archimedes Lab Belt: bonus to energy damage has been replaced by a bonus to energy resistance,
Kraut nail gun: added effect of "cone" shot,
Jacket from the grave: fixed AP bonus,
Rebalanced buttstrokes for most weapons,
Changed the characteristics of some weapons,
Changed the sounds for some types of weapons,
Increased the chance for the appearance of Energon, Atox and other helpful drugs at the drug stores,

[h2]STEALTH[/h2]

Stealth: fixed bugs with filling the Detection scale,
Fixed the start of dialogue with some characters when the player is in stealth mode,

[h2]GLOBAL MAP[/h2]

Removed markers from locations not included in Act I,

[h2]TEXT AND LOCALIZATION[/h2]

Fixed typos and some missing texts in the Russian and English versions of the game,

[h2]OTHER[/h2]

Added a unique effect for the Powerful Rollout ability,
Fixed bugs related to the "Smart Home" system in the player's room on Magellan,
Increased the amount of ammunition that the player receives in the Concord,
Fixed the list of goods at the merchants of the New Committee,
Fixed faction of Concord employees,
Fixed renting a house in the Suburbs,
Kurt Spengler now blocks breaking cell doors,
Fixed pimp spawning in Suburb at night.

Encased community is the most important for us - we are going to follow up those closely for your feedback on the game.

Hotfix 0.18.814.2046

This time we have not only corrected some texts and descriptions, we also fixed behavior of some characters. The list also includes fixes of found bugs, unlocks for some abilities and display of some elements.

[h3]List of fixes:[/h3]

Fixed cooldown of Psi-teleport ability;
Fixed Pharmacology crafting skill;
Unlocked Precision Mods ability;
Reduced the detection radius of some turrets at Nashville station;
Another portion of fixes for tooltips and descriptions of skills, statuses and perks;
Fixed ability display in PDA;
Fixed the display of secondary characteristics in the character creation screen;
Fixed the behavior of some of the guards at Concord station;
Fixed the behavior of some of the guards at Magellan station;
Fixed several items to which there was no passage.