Welcome to community update #12. Last week, we announced that we will be randomly giving away a free GRAV Steam key to a player survey participant each week. This week’s winner is Kevin Németh.
If you didn’t see our announcement last week, see the information below.
We are currently running our player surveys. They are very short and done by email. We have used these player surveys in the past to improve GRAV (the Reborn update included many improvements that came from our player surveys). If you want to participate in these surveys, simply send an email to logan.williams@bitmonstergames.com with the subject line “GRAV Survey”.
Each week, we will randomly select someone that has participated in our player surveys and give them a free GRAV Steam key. We will announce all future winners in our weekly community update posts.
Now, let’s get to this week’s Creator Overlord and Shutterbug submissions.
Shutterbug of The Week
This week’s shutterbug screenshot comes to us by Steam user 150.
Don’t forget, each week’s Creator Overlord and Shutterbug submissions will be included on the GRAV Facebook in their respective albums (admittedly, we need to get better at keeping these albums updated). We will also include them on our new official Instagram.
Creator Overlord of The Week
This week’s creator overlord is Steam user Bloodgrave for their really impressive base that includes a garage, organized stargates and a sweet view.
Other Cool Screenshots
Each week, we find a lot of excellent screenshots, but only 2 can earn our weekly titles. However, we want to share some more excellent screenshots submitted by our passionate community.
GRAV Funny Moments
YouTuber The Black Hokage recently posted this hilarious video that includes some funny GRAV clips. You should definitely check it out. The Black Hokage also has a ton of other amazing videos, so if you like his GRAV video below, you should check out his YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJvQTZK3xk
See You Soon!
That wraps up this edition of our community updates. If you want to be a part of future community updates, you can do so by submitting your screenshots, videos, artwork or anything GRAV related to us by tweeting at us @playgrav. You can also e-mail us at logan.williams@bitmonstergames.com with the subject line “Community Update Submission”. Until next time, EXPLORE BUILD DANCE SURVIVE.
Community Update #11
Community Update 11
In this week's community update, we go over a new incentive for players who participate in player suveys, we promote an upcoming community created monocycle race on EUR PVE and we crown the first Shutterbug and Creator Overlord titles of 2016!
To enter for a chance to win 1 of 4 keys that are up for grabs (via this post), simply comment below and tell us why you would like a GRAV Steam key. We will be selecting winners at 4PM Est. Winners will be selected randomly.
BitMonster Website Down For Server Maintenance
[Update 12/29] The website is back up and has been up for some time. Once again, we apologize for any inconvenience.
Original announcement is below:
Hello everyone and happy holidays! If you've tried to go to our website, you have probably noticed that it is currently down. The site is currently undergoing server maintenance and should be good to go within the next couple days. We are also upgrading our server hardware, so when the site is back up, there should be some improvements in overall speed.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Update 8.1 Live!
GRAV: Reborn, Update 8.1 Notes
HAPPY HOLIDAYS: Holiday trees now spawn among the forests complete with presents underneath!
IMPROVEMENTS:
ESN Localization Update!!!!!
-SHOUTOUT: Jose Carlos De Luque Morales
Right-click to fast move objects between bins and inventory now works both ways
IMPROVEMENTS:
Fixed candies only giving movement increases and not the other stim effects.
-SHOUTOUT: PVPenny
Fixed some Drill Platform drops not being able to be picked up. (Some elemental Essences)
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused newly created base items not to get saved
Added failsafe protections against player save data getting zero'd during server crashes
Fixed vehicles sometimes appearing to be where they are not. (which is same issue with them falling through bases until you hit them)
Fixed issues allowing projectile weapons to sometimes be able to be fired through walls
Fixed switching GearSets setting your HP to the Default HP amount and not keeping your current amount.
-SHOUTOUT: naqaden
A number of fixes on the DrillPlatforms. Erupting should no longer happen on spawn, correct effects for showing when vulnerable
Stargating and disconnecting players no longer play death animation/sounds
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS: Holiday trees now spawn among the forests complete with presents underneath!
IMPROVEMENTS:
DEU Localization Update!!!!!
-SHOUTOUT: maxunit
The Santa Hat will now drop throughout the holiday season.
Added mute menu. Manage mutes right from the chat box and squelch those annoying chatterboxes.
You can now click to change which room you're interacting with, even if you're already in a room interact menu.
PlayerAbility 'Super Tank' now has its own camera mode.
Force Planet Rotation now sends an alert 10, 5, and then at 1 minute before rotation
The Armory now displays each 'set' of armor on a page ordered the same. Special boots go at the very end of the list
-SHOUTOUT: rude Dude
The Armory now displays each item from lowest rarity to highest rarity
BALANCE:
Reduce cost of bag summon stim.
Vendroid is now a bit less greedy.
Tweaks to the PVPDamage Scalar. Basically high levels fighting each other turns into a snooorreeee fest. So reduce the amount of artifical damage scaling we are doing so that people don't die instantly.
Noob Protection Rank has been raised to help stop the utter slaughter that is still occurring on the Moons.
Vehicles will now be locked (but damageable) for 30 minutes when the driver leaves.
PlayerAbility 'Wingsuit Dive Bomb' protects you from damage on missed dive bombs
On Death, from a Player killing you, you now drop a percentage of Ammo. The percentage is affected by the Astronaut passive skill: 'Resource Drop Reduction'
On Death, from a Player killing you, you now drop a percentage of consumables (stims, rations, etc.) The percentage is affected by the Astronaut passive skill: 'Resource Drop Reduction' If you have 5 or less of a consumable you will not drop any.
Due to much confusion and gnashing of teeth, Doors can no longer be made public. If you want a public door, don't have a door :)
BALANCE:
Fixed home planets not being sorted in home planet stargate menu.
Fixed Kitchenette not having ability to build multiple items at once (this missed update 7)
-SHOUTOUT: LOMS
Monsters will no longer drop empty loot bags occasionally.
Fixed the hotbar being on while in vehicles if you hit shift/ctrl.
Fixed an issue that could cause some base items to not fit in certain rooms.
Community Update #10
Community Update 10
Holiday update details and shutterbug/creator overlord titles selected.
