Welcome, subscribers and first settlers of the Dome!
Once again the latest issue of the CRONUS weekly is on your screens. In this issue we will tell you how mankind discovered the Dome, pay special attention to the recruit combat training, as well as show you inner workings of one of the most important CRONUS laboratories.
Catastrophe that changed the world
Walking around the Crystal Sands, newcomers can’t even imagine that a few years ago, in place of all these buildings, laboratories and training grounds, stretched a lifeless desert. In a short time CRONUS managed to build an infrastructure, which had no analogues in the world.
The Dome was found by chance: Everything began with the mysterious disappearance of the military aircraft. It was reported that the pilot lost his course during the sandstorm. Two rescue helicopters went to search, but both crashed. Only one crew member survived. He reported that one of the vehicles allegedly crashed against an "invisible wall" and, while falling, hit the second helicopter.
This is how mankind first encountered the Dome, a mysterious construction of an unknown civilization.
Self-defence lessons
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Employees! We remind you that combat training is a guarantee of survival in a harsh and dangerous world under the Dome. It seems that some of you have been negligent in your training with holograms, which resulted in significant losses during the last mission. CRONUS does not tolerate repeated errors. Each recruit now has to watch a specially made video course by the best Black Wing team. Follow the instructions and become a real war machine in no time.
Emulator project control room
Dear subscribers. Today we managed to look behind the scenes of, perhaps, one of the most important rooms under the Dome. On your screens, the anomaly research project control room. Here the best minds of the corporation are developing technologies based on resources left by the ancient civilization. Each scientist or engineer is ready to part with a quiet life under the Dome, just to touch the secrets of the forgotten civilization and help the project to control the anomalous nature of the Dome.
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How to Master Combat? — Encased RPG Development Update #11
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During the development of Encased, nothing has changed as much as the combat system. Many skill trees, scaling from different attributes, as well as dozens of different weapons surprise every new CRONUS employee.
Today we want to talk about the combat system in more detail, tell you how it works and how to become a survival expert under the Dome. Get comfortable, we're starting.
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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.
Encased community is the most important for us - we are going to follow up those closely for your feedback on the game.
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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:
LOCATIONS
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,
BALANCE
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,
Stealth
Fixed the tutorial on using stealth,
BUGS
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,
GLOBAL MAP
Fixed display of the Roadside Picnic marker in Act I,
Added a lost "Concrete Plant" location marker in the south of the Dome,
TEXTS AND LOCALIZATION
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,
OTHER
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.
Encased community is the most important for us - we are going to follow up those closely for your feedback on the game.
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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.
LOCATIONS
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,
PERKS
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,
WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT
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,
STEALTH
Stealth: fixed bugs with filling the Detection scale,
Fixed the start of dialogue with some characters when the player is in stealth mode,
GLOBAL MAP
Removed markers from locations not included in Act I,
TEXT AND LOCALIZATION
Fixed typos and some missing texts in the Russian and English versions of the game,
OTHER
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.
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The game is still in the development so if you want to stay in touch on other channels than Steam you can follow us on social media and visit other cool resources with game updates information new artworks and lore pieces.
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.
List of fixes:
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.
Massive update #3. Dome — ideal place to live in.
Dear subscribers, the latest issue of the CRONUS Weekly is back on your screens. Today we will report on the completion of the third stage of infrastructure construction under the Dome, we will inform you about the great achievements of our corporation, improved living and working conditions for all employees and mind blowing inventions that have changed the usual way of life.
Third update
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The third stage of infrastructure construction under the Dome has been completed. We have joined forces of all best CRONUS specialists to make a real breakthrough in the betterment of life under the Dome. Now we can safely claim that the Dome is the best place to live on the planet. And very soon, it will reveal all its secrets to the world.
Cloaking field generators
Thanks to the third major update, all CRONUS employees will receive personal cloaking field generators. These compact devices allow you to conduct reconnaissance special operations covertly to avoid losses among the personnel. With the stealth data you can see how much enemy attention has been drawn. Guard systems of the Forefathers, wasteland mutants and any other opponents will not even have time to notice that they’re now in our scientists' laboratories.
New weapons
Dome is safer than ever. But to be sure of tomorrow, CRONUS has almost completely upgraded its arsenal! New weapons with improved performance and enhanced armour-piercing capabilities, new non-lethal weapons that are perfect for scientists and pathfinders, and brand new armor and protective suits for every employee.
In addition to that, today we launch a special offer for everyone who wants to get under the Dome. 20% discount on an unforgettable journey with our Steam partner!
Encased community is the most important for us - we are going to follow up those closely for your feedback on the game.
The game is still in the development so if you want to stay in touch on other channels than Steam you can follow us on social media and visit other cool resources with game updates information new artworks and lore pieces.
