Release v1.607 - Dedicated Server Gamemaster Fixed, Vehicle Damage Fix!
The GearStorm dev team fixed the problems stopping our dedicated server hosts from becoming Gamasters/admins on their servers. We have also fixed a problem causing players to be mysteriously damaged by parked vehicles. Numerous other fixes and performance improvements are also in this release.
The full change log can be found below, as usual, if you enjoy GearStorm, tell your friends about it, show it on your stream (We always look for streamers and we'll plug their clips on our social media), share it on your social media, don't be shy to tag us! --------------------------------------------------------------
Game should no longer require admin flag on client if is set on server, Bug fixes for QuestManager Radius location command
Bug Fixes: Test for multithread collision on terrain chunk updates, protections from unintended vehicle damage to players, measures to prevent vehicles disappearing
Release v1.606 - Bug Fixes, Dedicated Server Improvements!
The GearStorm dev team is hard at work fixing bugs and refining the Campaign story! We also heard our server owners and added logging to show the version of the dedicated server and when a player joins or leaves.
The full change log can be found below, as usual, if you enjoy GearStorm, tell your friends about it, show it on your stream (We always look for streamers and we'll plug their clips on our social media), share it on your social media, don't be shy to tag us! -------------------------------------------------------------- Full change log below:
Multiple Bug Fixes - Display of Esc Menu at 150%, Remove Zombie Infection on Respawn, Addressed Settings for Zombie Appearance, Fixed plant locations for Recipe for Reiner quest, NPC Appearance can now be modified from Client, Improved Visibility of Transit Indicator, NPCs no longer get stuck in zombie animation when cured
Bug Fixes for "Shift-Click" selling to Merchants, Foosa Ejection on exiting and Guns remembering configuration.
Adding logging levels for important server events, version for dedicated server, players joining/leaving
Another feature and fix-packed release from the GearStorm dev team! The dev team is very engaged with the community and in addition to adding new content, we are fixing things just reported two days ago!
In this release we put a lot of effort in vehicle cockpits:
Did you know GearStorm has a fully accurate, Physx-based wheeled-vehicle simulator complete with suspension and wheeled vehicles that can jump? This release fixes wheeled vehicle collisions with players and NPCs:
There is also new content on the survival map including Bordertown:
And a awesome new underground ICA base:
Fixes for destroying base cores, Solar panels, and generators were also added in response to our community feedback.
Re-balancing of the default cost for Bedrolls and CP was also done in response to community feedback.
The full change log can be found below, as usual, if you enjoy GearStorm, tell your friends about it, show it on your stream (We always look for streamers and we'll plug their clips on our social media), share it on your social media, don't be shy to tag us!
Added Trigger Function to Mob Spawners, Added Bandit Camps and BorderTown to Austrasia Map
Increased XP value of higher end mobs, Enabled core destruction by Core Owners, Reduced cloth cost for Bedroll
Potential fix for generator bugs and Player Collisions with Vehicles
Fix for Solar Panel, Fix Replicator on Vanguard, Fix Menu display on Solar Panel, Added "Power" context option to Generators to see power output
Adjusted Cockpit view for most vehicles (MFDs closer to Screen), Added retry to start MFDs, Fix for Buildgun remembering settings
Improved Combat behavior of Followers, Added Cockpits to Civet and Ocelot, Increased ammo in Civet and Ramming damage vs mobs
Fix for Jumper Behavior and Client Damage at close range
GearStorm Release v1.604 - Fixes, New Campaign Stories, New Bases in Survival!
We are still very focused on quality and this release fixes several more crashes our community reported using our new crash reporter. We are jumping on these as top priorities and once again this release eliminates all the reported crashes. There is now a frame-rate cap of 120 to avoid cooking your PC and video card during menu time or low-activity time that should help the impact GearStorm has on your system. Bugs affecting saves and loads and alerts about new a Campaign.
There are new graphic effects for harvested items now that show your resources being generated:
We also added new story content to the Campaign mode and we are still adjusting the mission markers to make more sense for new players and tie elements of the story together better.
This release also has some new things in the Survival mode. There are new bandit camps and bandit dog spawners you can encounter in your travels!
A new starter base has also been added to Survival Mode:
The full change log can be found below, as usual, if you enjoy GearStorm, tell your friends about it, show it on your stream (We always look for streamers and we'll plug their clips on our social media), share it on your social media, don't be shy to tag us! --------------------------------------------------------------
Full change log below:
Fixing bug causing unnecessary prompting for new campaign, keying off save age verses the default file, adding function for file age in seconds to game instance.
Added Bandit Spawners and Bandit Dog Spawners, Added several bandit camps to Austrasia map, Potential bug fix for Vehicle Crash
Ignore movement and rotation input during spawn sequence in campaign. Lining up spawned view with spawn video ending.
Reduced Delay time in Dialog transition for SinglePlayer/Server Player
Added "Harvest" icons to HUD whenever items are harvested using buildgun or by hand
Added "While" and "Until" conditionals to Map Markers, updated models for Masks to cover all face shapes
Update to Fix MapMarker Conditionals - Added Example in Vanguard Battery Quest
Implementing max frame rate (120)
Added MapMarkers to Variable Report
Issuing extra Empty command for AddMapMarker
Fix Candidate for MapMarker crash
Updating Campaign and Vagaurd story and markers.
v1.603 - Fixes, Campaign story additions, Survival balancing
Our new crash reporter has already enabled you, our community to report 3 crashes. We are jumping on these as top priorities and this release addresses all three!
We also added some story to the Campaign mode and adjusted some mission markers to make more sense for new players and tie elements of the story together better. Mission markers are labeled now in the HUD to further clarify where to go for what.
This release also has some changes to the balance of Survival, how spawners are marked on the maps, and what spawns in caves to make it more fun!
The full change log can be found below, as usual, if you enjoy GearStorm, tell your friends about it, show it on your stream (We always look for streamers and we'll plug their clips on our social media), share it on your social media, don't be shy to tag us! --------------------------------------------------------------
Adding Names to Quest and Squad Markers
Adding story content and adjusting quest markers in Campaign.
Added Key Info for Utilities, Fixed Issue where Spawners were displaying as Apatite on Minimap, Spider Spawners now spawn in Caves, Various Crash Fixes
Fixing keymap quest issues.
GearStorm gets the Coronavirus! Donating April Profits to Covid-19 Research.
GearStorm Gets Coronavirus Awareness Behavior Modeling, All April Profits Donated to Covid-19 Research! New Biohazard Content, Airborne Zombie Virus, Coughing, Masks, Social Distancing.
Iron City Games is promoting Coronavirus awareness and prevention with a new addition to GearStorm. GearStorm now has a airborne zombie virus, the player and NPCs can be infected, hand sanitizre, anti-viral medication, and masks. The new Vanguard quest in the hanger bay will show you how everything works. We are also donating 100% of all proceeds from the sale of GearStorm in the month of April to Covid-19 research!
Airborne Zombie Virus!
In GearStorm, the Zombies don't bite you, they cough on you! And they DO NOT respect social distancing! When they do, they can infect you with the Phage virus!
You can also still be infected by getting hit by zombies.
New Infection Status:
When you are infected, you occasionally cough, if you aren't social distancing, you can infect other NPCs in the game, they also cough and spread the virus to other NPCs and even back to you if you get the cure!
New Coronovirus Prevention and Cure Loot!
GearStorm now has masks, helmets, and sanitizer to prevent infection by the Phage virus. Also, there is a cure in the game you can learn about by doing the new infection quest in the Vanguard.
Survival Configuration Screen:
Survival mode now has the same save/load and options screen as campaign.
Also many of our 500+ buildable items were fixed so they look better when overlapping. As always, our programming team included many bug and performance enhancements in this release also detailed below:
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The full change log can be found below, as usual, if you enjoy GearStorm, tell your friends about it, show it on your stream (We always look for streamers and we'll plug their clips on our social media), share it on your social media, don't be shy to tag us!
Full change log below:
Adjust many wall and floor meshes to address texture fighting when overlapped
Added accomodation for punctuation in Variable strings
Updating splash screen.
Fix KeyMap text in Dialog, Added Level number to Level up message, Reduced cough effect radius to 6ft
Updating splash screens
Fixing crash reporter settings.
Redoing Cough SFX
Improved sfx for cough
All Tier 1 Zombies now have cough attack
Hiding spawnpad on vanguard
Vanguard Anti-Viral Quest
Resubmitting missing files, updates to zombie transform and behavior.
Updating impact effect for armblade and fists.
Improving sound fx for biting attacks.
Added Zombie Transformation to NPCs, Needs LOTS of testing, But it be CRAAAZYYY
Adding campaign dialog to survival option. in case you haven't played campaign.
Updating dialog on Drones and terminals in Vangaurd.
Adding Campaign-style option screen to survival mode. Optimizing some tooltips on both screens.
Adding Covid-19 masks to survival map.
Initial infection Model, Coughing Anims, FX & SFX, Spread through coughing, Kills player and NPC, Fix for cooking times of some food
Adding Covid-19 assets to Campaign ICA and Traders
Hot-fix v1.601 - Fixes, balancing
Lightening fast hot-fix with fixes and re-balancing based on our community feedback!
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Adding Mask Assets
Fixed terrain holes, reduced mob spawns by 25%, changed Bee behavior to ignore other wildlife.
Update v1.600 - Training Stories, Fixes, Interface Categories, Re-balancing
New and Improved UI:
In GearStorm there are hundreds of items to build and craft it can be daunting to find what you want or know what does what. We have started breaking up the items in categories to make it easier to find things and easier to know what they do:
The full change log can be found below, as usual, if you enjoy GearStorm, tell your friends about it, show it on your stream (We always look for streamers and we'll plug their clips on our social media), share it on your social media, don't be shy to tag us!
Full change log below:
Fixing sound level not changing in-game for effects and UI
Adjusted terrain western coastline for correct biome, Modified "Recipe for Reiner" quest to teach about Anti-Toxin & Planters, tuned splash damage on Rocket and Grenade Launchers
Reduced armor damage taken by most weapons, Slightly reduced damage from Rocket and Grenade Launchers, Fixed bug that prevented armor damage from explosions, Fixed bug that prevented block placement by buildgun on first try
Added Category Tabs to Fabricator/Smelter/etc , Reduced range of FlameThrower fire projectile
Added Fullscreen Damage effect for Infection and Falling, Added more items effects to cure infection, Adjusted Training Mission to align with new Vanguard mission, Added items for traders, Added new harvestable/edible items
Changing default server name and description for dedicated server.
New Release! v.1.599 - Virus survival, survival map, skills system!
Community members, v1.599 is here! This is huge release with a new infection model that brings the Phage virus into the game, enhancements for campaign mode, a whole new survival mode and map, new content and environmental challenges, the introduction of our new skills tree, and all the bug fixes and performance enhancements we could pack into the release! This release also starts our automated crash reporting phase as we look to improve reliability for publishing our final release. Please help us out by sending in those crash reports whenever they pop up!
Enemy-Spawning Nests:
Now when you roam the vast open world of Apollyon, in addition to the myriad of different encounters you could experience, you can now encounter nests spawning hordes of monsters and wild beasts! You can destroy the nest or stalk the things spawned from it for XP endlessly or harvest it for resources.
Quest Markers:
To make it easier for our players to find their next step in a quest, we have added quest markers that show up on you HUD marking your next objective, happy questing!
Survive the Virus!
We have implemented the first phase of our infection by the Phage virus! Players can now be infected if they take hits from a zombie after their shield is down. Wearing a helmet or mask reduces your chances of infection. There is also a cure you can develop for yourself and your colonists.
New Vanguard Encounters:
We've upped our early game with some combat encounters in the campaign starting phase (Vanguard).
Less Night!
In response to feedback from our players we have adjusted the day/night cycle. Day currently lasts twice as long as night, this can be changed in the game.ini file.
New Survival Game!
The new survival experience has been released with a new map, nests and trader cities, ruins and outposts to attack and loot, and tutorial features for new players!
New Skills System!
The new skills system is here and represents a complete skill tree with perks against certain types of enemies, skills for crafting and using items, much more to come as we build out the skills tree system.
--- The full change log can be found below, as usual, if you enjoy GearStorm, tell your friends about it, show it on your stream (We always look for streamers and we'll plug their clips on our social media), share it on your social media, don't be shy to tag us!
Full change log below:
Initial Infection Model, Improved BuildGun Light distance, Improved Buildgun Harvest Error Messages, Improved Reticle Text for Menu/Use commands
Fixing played campaign switch, loading austrasia on survival selection
Added "DisablePVP" flag to BaseCores, Fixed crash on Vehicle Messages
Adjusting Raptor Den Frequency and Spawn Point
Mob Spawner Code Completed
Updated HudMarkers with Distance and off-screen display, Finishing up phase 1 spawners
Fixing Sights on Weapons
Added Extra Checks to Wheeled Vehicle for Terrain Removal
Tables full of loot added to vehciletest map
Adding Depenetration Limits, Increasing some Vehicle Weapon Damage
Adding HudMarkers for Squad and DeathDrops
Quest Hud Indicators
Fix for Skywatch Contact Mission
Fixing Door Toggle mismatch on Large Gate
Add Shiny Material to Vanguard, Fix underway for Signaling/Lever problem, Fix for Bandits entering locked doors
Fix to Display Info on Item Recipes
Added Squad and Appearance Options to SpawnMap, Fixed Map Markers, Added XP for harvesting bushes, Reduced Level Requirement for Wooden Chest to 0
Adding Character Selector and Social (Squad) menus to Spawn Menu
Support for DayNightRatio (Ini only for now). Currenty set to 0.5 (2x Day). Setting to 1 is equal 1/1, Setting to 0 is No Night
Work on Day/Night Cycle
Finished Core Saving Feature, Updated Buildgun FX (reduced smoke and overall size), Added intersection indicator to BuildGun FX, Fixed bug with buildgun having wrong FX on NPCs, Added Mob "Snow Brute", Fixed material responses for some materials
Adding get in vehicle help messages (except when getting in droppod), fixing droppod camera moving while in menu. Renaming "Toggle Perspective" to "Toggle Camera". Setting default "Toggle Camera" key to "v", kept "home" as secondary.
First Release of Skills
Added initial Skills System, Fixed Mob Anims (warnings), Fixed hair Shine, Fixed drop for Gauss Ammo, Improved Merchant Menu
Cleaning up Manual Pages, Adding LoDs for Heads and Armor, Reduce Tick Rate of Machines (4x/sec), Fix for StatusEffect application, Skills work
Bug Fixes - Crash on Item Drop, Anims for Pangolin, Liger Turret & FX, Scanner drop
Adding message about 3rd person view when you enter a vehicle, may add a few more hints.
Fix for Crash when sleeping
Adding Models & Sounds for new weapon set
Adjusted 1P Weapon Height
Adding Ending Movie to Gearstorm Quest (Yay!)
Adding Effects support to Rhino, TTops, Adding Emitter Socket to Other Mobs
Status Anims for Raptor and Dog
V1.596 is here! With cool enhancement on FX and personalization!
V1.596 is here! With cool enhancement on FX and personalization! Hey friends, we're so excited to release V1.596 because there are significant updates on this version so you might want to update your game. Alright let's get into it real quick:
Highlight 1 - You get to choose new heads, hair, eyes and change eye and hair color
Have you ever pressed "HOME" on your keyboard and you look at your character and go, "Wouldn't it be nice if I get to personalize my character's face?
What if we tell you that you can now customize your look? Now you can totally show off how you look like on your social media / our Discord server.
Highlight 2 - New weapon effects! Watch zombies running in flames and getting knocked back!
Most of our weapons now have cool effects on the enemies, they no longer just die like that, if you use your flamethrower on them, they actually catch fire, let's be real here, isn't that something you want to witness?
Look at them running in flames... And then die.
Our shotguns got some upgrades too! Look at the zombie getting knocked back when you fire at them! Isn't this neat?
Highlight 3 - New BuildGun effect!
Highlight 4 - LOOT DROP! You said you wanted to steal from your teammates/enemies right? Well, here's your chance!
--- The full changelog can be found below, as usual, if you enjoy our game, tell your friends about it, show it on your stream (We always look for streamers and we'll plug their clips on our social media), share it on your social media, don't be shy to tag us!
Full change log below:
Added Status FX chance to most weapons (Mostly Knockback)
Fix typo in defaultgame.ini
Rebalancing Talk Animation frequency (Minor tweak)
Support for Scaling InGame UI (50% to 150%) Accessible from the Graphics Menu
Fix for Weapon Display in Vehicle Cockpit
Added Loot to some areas, Context specific reticle text, Added Webbing and Cocoons to Aracnax Lair
Added subtle eye movements to Players/NPCs
Adding Effect Animations to Phage, Drones and Sentinels
Tweaking weapon effects, tracers, AC speed, new railgun effect, fixing 3rd person view in wheeled vehicles.
Fix for Item display in Vehicle Lab/Fabricator
Added Support for Melee Hit reactions, Multiplayer support for Reaction Animations and FX
Adding Knockback to some example weapons, support for multiple animations per effect, Shooting Zombies with Shotgun is now Fun!
Improved Electrocution Anim and Effect, Added anim for zombies
Added Grenade support for Status Effects, Improved animation BP for NPCs with Status Effects, Added Electrocution Anim
Prototype Status Effect Reactions (On Fire Animations for Humans and Leg Shot animations for Zombies) Includes Particle Effect example
Finishing UI for New Heads, hair, etc; Updated NPC appearance on Campaign Map
Fixed Hair, Added Color Selector for Hair and Eye Color
New Faces, Hair & Skin Tones (A little more work to do)
Update to Tracer material
Fix for Grenades Exploding on Impact with Mobs
Updated Spawner UI to Match Other Fabricators, Fixed Ownership Issue with VehicleLab & Spawner Machines
Drops now retain number of items dropped and work regardless of slot, Fix for Melee not working after switching weapons
Added Core Radius Info to Core Info Menu, Fixed Voxel Cleanup config menu settings
Added "Clean Terrain" option to DefaultGame.ini, Host Game and Campaign menus. Allows players to pick whether or not to clean-up modified voxels outside of a core radius
Switching Liger to instant-hit more railgun-liek weapon.
Updated Text in Vanguard Emergency Mission, Added Buildgun Help text to Simulator Drone, Dialog Text now supports Keymap references
Submitting File that failed to submit earlier
Added Tracer to most AR Variants, Most guns have Unique Firing SFX now, New Recoil animations for some weapons, Added Zombie Grenade (GM Item) to spawn zombie hordes
Work on Tracer
adjusting proximity Voice chat
Added New Character Model Suits, Fixed some Skeletal Bones (from Animation to Skeleton rig alignment)
More nitpicking of the Buildgun Beam
Adjust Buildgun Mesh Sockets
Buildgun FX Improvements - Dynamic length of MainBeam, Darkened secondary beams, Fixed beam distortion at extreme angle differences between crosshair and muzzle, adjusted buildgun muzzle location
Changin default actionmapped keys to most commonly used ones.
Crash fix for Keymap Not Found, Added Key Info to Vanguard In-Level Instructions using new Key Lookup
