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GRAV Update 9.7 Shared World should be going live at 2016-10-05 15:00 EST
We also made it so building/upgrading will give you Experience.
We are going to let the servers run overnight once more and then we plan to push this update to the LIVE servers.
We are waiting a day so we can launch it and be able to have our two programmers sitting at their happy desks ready to address any terrible issues that might occur. :-)
So it is almost here! Get ready to WAGE war across the globe! Or just hang out on the PVE planets until you are ready to venture for and kill!
Final Update 9.7 Testing is taking place on the Experimental Server!
From this weekend's testing we identified 3 showstopper bugs. We have put fixes in for them and those fixes look to be holding.
Right now on the Experimental server is a build that has all of those fixes.
We are planning to let this build run overnight and see if we discover any other showstoppers.
Please do come and play on experimental and try to break the build. Your character and your character's inventory will be copied over to the live servers. So you will not lose your level progress nor any blueprints you find.
For how to join the Experimental Server check this thread:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/332500/discussions/5/622954302100845882/
One Universe Update Weekend Contest!
Hello Everyone!
We're excited to announce that the 9.7 update (aka One Universe) is now available on the experimental server. We will be testing all weekend and if all goes well, we will be officially launching the One Universe update for everyone on Monday.
You can learn more about the 9.7 update here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/332500/discussions/5/350543389015998754/
From now until we officially launch the One Universe update for everyone, we are asking to see your best structures! We will be giving away prizes for our favorites. Prizes include:
- Bitmonster T-Shirt
- In-Game Resources
To submit your screenshots, send me an email at: logan.williams@bitmonstergames.com with the subject line "GRAV Contest". You can send me your screenshots as attachments or links.
We hope you enjoy testing out the update and we look forward to bringing it to you early next week!
Testing Underway for GRAV One Universe Update on Experimental Build
Hi Everyone!
I’m excited to bring you some more information regarding the One Universe update. For those interested, you can start testing out parts of the new update right now on the experimental build. When I say “parts”, I mean we are rolling out features to the experimental build one at a time, to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible when we flip the switch for everyone.
We are currently testing saving to the new back-end to make sure it is rock solid. We want to ensure there will be no data loss when we roll out the update to everyone.
Because of this, we want to stress that if you want to try out the experimental build, we greatly appreciate the help. However, your core experience won’t be drastically different on the test build until we roll out more PRE updates. With that being said, I want to share a few more changes that will be coming with the One Universe update.
Planet Rotation:
The One Universe update will do away with planet rotation. Before you wield your pitchfork you should know ALL PLANETS will be up ALL THE TIME! No more waiting for that planet to rotate in, or worrying about building your base on a planet that will not be available all the time.
Some other minor things already going into this update:
Cross planet FoF chat is already live and working in the test build.
Additionally we will be adding chat channels so you can better select what chatter you want to hear. Only want to talk to people on your planet? Done! Want to talk to everyone? Done! Players will be able join and create their own chat channels whenever they please.
Lastly, We want to thank you all for your patience. These are big and somewhat scary changes we are making, and we are taking our time to make sure they’re done right.
GRAV One Universe Update Details
Hi Everyone,
The One Universe Update we’ve been teasing is on its way. In fact, we’re confident enough to say that you’ll be able to enjoy GRAV with anyone in the world next month! We hope you’re as excited about this update as we are. So much work has been put into this update and we really can’t wait to let you all enjoy it. If this is the first time you’ve heard of the upcoming update, please check out this post: GRAV One Universe Update
A quick recap:
All official servers will be linked, creating one official universe! This means you’ll be able to play with anyone in the world without having to create a new character for a different server.
Because of the technicalities with this update, we will be completely wiping servers. This means everyone will be starting fresh when the update launches. To help jumpstart the leveling up process, we will be holding double XP weekends for the first few weekends following the One Universe update.
What to Expect After Update
We have some more cool stuff we’ve been working on and will be ready to share more information about it after the upcoming update.
Until Next Time, BUILD EXPLORE DANCE SURVIVE
Big Update on The Way! Side Note: GRAV is Alive and Well
Hello Everyone!
It’s been a while since we’ve shared any news on what’s to come. For this, we apologize. However, this doesn’t mean we haven’t been working. In fact, we’ve been hard at work on some really awesome things and today, I’m finally able to share with you one of the more exciting things coming to GRAV.
In the near future, all official servers will be linked, resulting in one official universe! This means that astronauts from around the world will be able to play together.
This is something we’ve wanted to do for a while, but knew it would take time to complete. After the Reborn update, we decided that linking all servers into one universe was priority number one.
We want all of you to be able to enjoy GRAV together.
This update should make GRAV a much more enjoyable experience for everyone.
What’s Coming After This Awesome Update?
While this update is a really REALLY big deal, we understand that you all want more content to enjoy. We want you to know that we are working on it and will be sharing more news at a later date.
We are incredibly excited to enjoy the GRAV universe with all of you!
Until Next Time, BUILD EXPLORE DANCE SURVIVE
Community Update #14 - Base Building Contest Winners
Hello Everyone!
In last week's community update, we announced the first ever GRAV Base Building Contest. We received some really great submissions and have chosen the 3 winners. The winning submissions are below:
Third Place
In third place comes this awesome diamond shaped base by player, Ratbite.
Second Place
Second place goes to Bloodthirsty Banana's ocean-side base.
First Place
First place goes to this really cool walker base by player, Exitz.
See You Soon
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone that participated. We really enjoy seeing all the creative things you can all come up with. If you're one of the winners above, make sure you check your inbox for your Steam keys. I've sent them out prior to posting this community update.
Until next time, EXPLORE BUILD DANCE SURVIVE.
Reborn Update 9.3 is Going Live Now
Update 9.3 is Going Live
Update notes are below:
-IMPROVEMENT: German Localization Update
-SHOUTOUT: Maxunit
-IMPROVEMENT: Reduce the volume of turret firing sounds
-IMPROVEMENT: Add Console command: 'ForceKillAllVehicles' for Solo Play to allow you to kill off vehicles that have become lost / fallen he world.
-BALANCE: The definition of a 'newbie' for pvp has had its level increased from 25 to 40.
-BALANCE: All skills now are a hockey stick in terms of upgrading. (i.e. the last upgrade gives a bigger increase)
-BALANCE: Drill Platforms have had their drill times reduced by 50%
-BUGFIX: Fix a Metal ramp collision.
-SHOUTOUT: mack
-BUGFIX: Fix a physics crash.
-SHOUTOUT: mack
-BUGFIX: Fix for vehicles falling through the world if they were spawned on a border.
-SHOUTOUT: mack
Community Update #13 - Base Building Contest
Hello Everyone!
Welcome to the 13th community update blog post. If you haven’t read our previous posts, we’ve been running player surveys for a while now and have gotten some excellent feedback. We want to thank everyone who has participated! You’ve been incredibly helpful and have definitely impacted the future of GRAV.
In previous community update blog posts, we’ve announced titles for “creator overlord” and “shutterbug”. Since announcing those titles, we’ve received some excellent submissions and noticed some really awesome screenshots. The submissions have been nothing short of spectacular.
With that being said, we’ve decided to run a base building contest! We want to see how creative you can be with your buildings. We will be offering prizes to the top-3 bases.
GRAV Base Building Contest
The rules are simple. Your base cannot exceed 100 blocks/base items. Other than that, you’re free to create whatever your heart desires.
How to Enter
You can submit your base from now until 4/3/16 11:59 PM EST. Your submissions can be screenshots or videos.
There are 4 ways to enter:
- Send us an email at logan.williams@bitmonstergames.com with the subject line “GRAV Base Building Contest”
- Tweet your screenshot to us, mention @playgrav and use the hashtag #gravcontest
- Facebook message your screenshot to us.
- Upload your screenshot here in the community discussions with the caption “GRAV Contest Submission”
Prizes
We will be giving out extra GRAV Steam keys to the top 3 bases. You can use these keys however you want.
First Place: 3 GRAV Steam keys
Second Place: 2 GRAV Steam keys
Third Place: 1 GRAV Steam key
Rules
As stated above, each submitted base has to be 100 block / base items or less. The submissions have to be before 4/3/16 11:59 PM EST.
We will review all submissions and include the winning bases in next week’s community update blog post.
Dev Blog Updates
As you might have noticed, we haven’t been posting as many dev updates as we have community updates. This is about to change. The development team has been working on some cool improvements and we will be sharing information soon. This will be done with our dev updates and not our community updates.
We’ve noticed confusion in the past from community members that take our community updates as development updates and they are not. The community update posts are to shine a spotlight on you the community. Future development updates will focus on updates/patches or anything development related.
See You Next Week
We look forward to seeing some awesome bases and can’t wait to share them with all of you next week.
Until next time, EXPLORE BUILD DANCE SURVIVE.
Hello New Players!
As some of you may have noticed, there are many new players in GRAV (and surely more to come). This is in part due to GRAV being included in the latest Humble Monthly.
This means that a whole slew of new players now have access to GRAV. We would like to start by saying welcome! We hope you enjoy GRAV. You can check out some helpful links below to get started:
- GRAV FAQ
- GRAV Official Wiki
- Your One-Stop to GRAV (Guide)
- FPS/Tweaking Guide (Guide)
- How to Build Your First Base (Video)
- How to Gather Resources Fast (Video)
Links to official pages can be found below:
Also, we are getting close to announcing new information about the next major update coming to GRAV. We’ve been listening to the community and we believe that many of you will be very happy with the new changes.
If you want to be the first to hear about any new GRAV related news, you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Until Next Time, BUILD EXPLORE DANCE SURVIVE.