Overseers are getting mildly nerfed. There is now a spawn delay and reduced population cap. So there will be less of them and they will spawn more gradually. The file work is done, I need to wait for my oh-so-slow internet to finish uploading the files for Broken to retrieve. I will post patch notes shortly...
PATCH NOTES: (for the upcoming wipe of Danube Lesser only) The current planet type of Danube Lesser is classified as "Barren". Officially, this patch makes Danube Lesser's type to be "Desolate". I decided to name it Desolate because there are too many differences between Danube Lesser and, say, Skillon. I have tweaked the fauna. Peek under the spoiler hood. Spoiler Arachnids: In Barren Fog biome, decreased population cap by 50%. Removed from Barren Open Plains biome. (Not sure if they were previously there) In Barren Rocks biome, decreased population cap by 50% and imposed a significant spawn delay. Desert Worms: No changes. Their current population cap is about average, and they have no spawn delay. Overseers: Reduced population cap in their only biome, Barren Open Plains, by 50% and set a lengthy spawn delay. Otyughs: Increased population cap by 50%, set their only biome to be Barren Fog. Plant Monsters (added to the planet for the first time): Added to the Barren Open Plains biome. They spawn in great numbers with a somewhat brief delay. Added to the Barren Rocks biome. They spawn in comparable numbers to Talon Guardians with an average spawn delay. Talon Guardians (added to the planet for the first time): Added to the Barren Fog biome. They spawn in numbers comparable to desert worms with a minor spawn delay. Resources were also tweaked. Promethium should spawn now. There are much fewer blue crystals (I think) than there were before. There are "oceans" on Danube Lesser now. In low-lying biomes which were like flat grounds with stalagmites, there are now oceans with green water akin to the water found on Omicron. Tag me with your feedback or reply to this post and I will incorporate it into the next iteration as best I can. If there are any changes needed I will try to make them tomorrow night, otherwise I will begin working on the solar system redesign.
So, GMT, there is an Embassy set up on DanubeL. Tyrax has faction admin privileges and I hope I'll be able to catch Navonil tomorrow and give him faction admin privileges. In our home playfields there is a faction HQ in space called the Trading post, and one on the ground called Corporate HQ (you guys need to supply these). Use the embassy to build the parts for your starter, then shuttle to space, if possible leave the shuttle at Trading station or HQ and I'll bring them back. I do believe Tyrax has med bays now on the planetside, so you can make that home till you set up your base. NAME YOUR BASES WITH YOUR NAME IF ITS A PERSONAL BASE Any factioned base names like "[GMT] Hydroponics" will be considered faction use. I'm not sure if you know this, but your using space drones planetside DanubeL and they brake planetside for what ever weird reason.
[QUOTE="WarMachine, post: 54364]I'm not sure if you know this, but your using space drones planetside DanubeL and they brake planetside for what ever weird reason.[/QUOTE] Which biome? I didn't change the Barren planet drone config... If Broken hasn't updated the Playfield and Sector files yet, maybe it's because space drones are spawning very close to the atmosphere and arbitrarily flying into the atmosphere?
Which biome? I didn't change the Barren planet drone config... If Broken hasn't updated the Playfield and Sector files yet, maybe it's because space drones are spawning very close to the atmosphere and arbitrarily flying into the atmosphere?[/QUOTE] did you change the asteroid field above DL? it was partly in the atmosphere, that is prob why the space drones were spawning in atmo.
So I thought, and I have finished the appropriate fixes in the sector files. We shall see once Broken pushes the update out in an hour or two.
Lookin good on Danube Greater thus far, Danube Lesser seems to still be having woes. Last I saw changes were refusing to take & the Planet's the same as before minus the Player & NPC Buildings alike. >_< Also I have decided where I wanna place my House but dunno if I can claim the area before I gotta get to stuff to do then can't play till at the earliest this Monday. Also, GMTs, welcome masterbrick to our side! (Hope I remembered the name right.) He went AFK during the Shuttle Ride to our Home then the Server had to Reset so hope he doesn't get the wrong idea about getting DCed when he gets back... & that the DC happening while he was still seated in a Passenger Seat in the Shuttle doesn't bugger up anything.
Well I take that as a sign that Shakles hasn't had time to upload the new files, so as far as I know, the sever is still on the old version. I will send out a Steam announcement when it's all ready
As in, there's no water? Arachnids still OP? No promethium? What's still wrong? I swear the water at least was working on my server....... it may not be everywhere but it should be in the low ground where the crystals and stalgmites like to spawn. What does it say Danube Lesser's planet type is? Barren or Desolate?
*NOTICE* All changes should be live at this point, except the Blue corp reformation, which will happen tonite most likely.
Awesome! I'm at work currently but I'll see if I can push out a Steam announcement anyway... (Worst case scenario, I can post it in a few hours) Edit: Alrighty I sent out the announcement. Remember, to get in-Steam announcement, join our Red vs Blue Steam group! To find it, follow these steps: - Open your Steam browser - Look for your name near the top (next to "Store", "Library", etc) and hover your mouse over it - In the drop-down box, click "Groups" - Find the "Browse Groups" button, and click it - In the search box, enter the following (without quotes): "empyrion: red vs blue" - It should be the first one to pop up. Click it to open the group - Find where it says "Join group" or something like that, and click it. - Done! At this point, you can receive in-game announcements and such, making it easier to organize downtimes and such.
It seems that the changes to Danube Lesser itself have been successful, except there seem to be no blue crystals at all compared to very few blue crystals. However there is water and I've been running into Plant Monsters, relatively few Overseers and Arachnids. The lakes seem to work properly, too. The sector does not seem to have changed, as the space playfield itself seems to still be identical to "Alien Sector" instead of Aestus' asteroid ring. I'm not sure if this was a version uploading issue or if it needs to be looked into more closely.
Alright, I'll be on in about 1 hour. Hopefully slam will be on to get my butt to Pyrite lol. So I can kill everything and clear us space.
Depending on how much work I got done today (quite a bit, actually) and my negotiation skills (somewhat lacking, to be honest) I'll be able to head home sometime in the next two hours.
Yeah from what I've heard, the place has one every 50m or so... perhaps we could cut that number back a little? I know it's supposed to be tough, but that might be too tough
