The inaugural Medieval Engineers Grand Melee was truly epic!
The final matches featured highly skilled warriors and exhilarating action that had many of us on the edge of our seats.
Top 3 Combatants:
1. WarNexxus
2. Ivan Cornelius
3. KevusBorus
MVP: dimiMoon for giving a shield to AnnaStarfire during their match
PRIZES
1st Place:
-A Medieval Engineers t-shirt.
-A signed Medieval Engineers poster.
-A custom banner added to the game.
2nd Place:
-A signed Medieval Engineers poster.
-A custom banner added to the game.
3rd Place:
-A custom banner added to the game.
MVP:
-A copy of Medieval Engineers Deluxe.
We ended the combat tournament with a spur-of-the-moment battle royale featuring approximately a dozen fierce engineers, which was a lot of fun, so thank you to everyone who swung their weapons at everything in sight.
Speaking of gratitude, a MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who participated and tuned in to watch this tournament on the Keen Community Network. We’d also like to thank ServerBlend, the official sponsor of The Grand Melee, for providing us with a fantastic server to host this event. For more information on the quality servers offered by ServerBlend, please go here:
https://serverblend.com/
Lastly, if you have any feedback on how future combat tournaments such as The Grand Melee could be improved, please don’t hesitate to message us via:
https://support.keenswh.com/medievalengineers
P.S.
We will be uploading edited versions of The Grand Melee streams to our YouTube channel asap!
Announcing The Grand Melee!
Hello, Engineers!
We would like to tell you the tale of the evil Medieval Engineer who became king after his good brother slipped on a banana peel and broke his neck, banished his deceased brother’s children from the realm, doubled taxes across the land (hence the angry barbarians who are in a perpetual state of rebellion against the crown’s new taxes), and banned the mead machine from the Engineers break room.
Anyway, to celebrate the beginning of the evil Medieval Engineer king’s reign, he decided to organize a tournament! The grandest tournament the kingdom had ever seen! A tournament that…
Okay, so none of that actually happened. And for the record, the aforementioned tale of the evil Medieval Engineers king is not official Medieval Engineers lore.
However, what is official is that we’re very excited to announce The Grand Melee!
What is The Grand Melee?
Let us explain...
WHEN AND WHERE
Dates: Saturday, November 10th, 2018 & Sunday, November 11th, 2018.
Times: Beginning at 2 pm UTC (3 pm GMT +1) each day and lasting approximately 3 hours.
Please note: Tournament matches may last longer or shorter than expected.
Location: Keen Community Network Twitch channel, https://www.twitch.tv/keencommunitynetwork and the Medieval Engineers YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCChcFgm67v5tBdRbeBgC8XA/featured.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
Brackets: We are planning to have multiple brackets for the tournament. However, this is a tentative number, as we need to see how many people sign up for the tournament.
Elimination Matches: The tournament will be running best-of-3 matches, and the eight finalists of these multiple brackets will compete in a double-elimination finals bracket.
HOW TO SIGN UP
Battlefy: If you would like to participate, please sign up here: https://battlefy.com/keen-software-house/the-grand-melee/5bbb68d83f085f03a1410e40/info?infoTab=details
Please note: we are using Battlefy because it’s a great platform for organizing online tournaments and we believe it will help us bring the tournament’s exciting action to everyone!
Deadline: registration for the Grand Melee will close on Tuesday, October 30th, 9:59 pm UTC.
BATTLEFY PLAYER REGISTRATION FIELDS (to be filled in on https://battlefy.com/)
Public Info (everyone can see this information) -In Game Name
-Description: If you want us to introduce you in a specific way on the stream, you can leave a short description here. We retain the right to introduce you as we wish, but you can leave a suggestion.
-Skill Level/Hours Played: Boast about your abilities, taunt your opponents and you can put some flair here.
Private Info (only we will see this information) - Email address: So we can contact you if you win the tournament.
- Steam ID: Go to https://steamidfinder.com/ and fill in your Steam ID 64 number, we need this for the tournament server whitelist.
- Banner Mod: If you already have a banner in a mod, let us know the mod steam ID(s) so we can load them onto the tournament server, but if you don't have any, leave this blank.
PRIZES
All aboard the swag train!
First place: -A Medieval Engineers t-shirt.
-A signed Medieval Engineers poster.
-Your custom banner added to the game.
Second place: -A signed Medieval Engineers poster.
-Your custom banner added to the game.
Third place: -Your custom banner added to the game.
BANNER GUIDELINES
General guidelines: Banner submissions for the winners of The Grand Melee (1st, 2nd & 3rd place) must include:
-A screenshot of how your banner looks in the game.
-A background image, 512x512 PNG file.
-A foreground image, 512x512 PNG file.
-The screenshot should have a minimum resolution of 1080p, but the higher the resolution (4K for example), the better!
-You must not use copyrighted material in your banner designs. Keen Software House will automatically be granted the right to use and modify any and all entries for any and all purposes, whether or not the entrant is declared a winner. Keen Software House can reject a banner if it is deemed to be inappropriate for the game and tournament.
Incorrect Notification About NVIDIA Drivers
Hi Engineers,
NVIDIA recently released a new major graphics driver version 411.63. This change of the major version number is causing notifications in Space Engineers and Medieval Engineers about out of date drivers. This notification is incorrect and can be safely ignored. We will patch the games soon to correct this problem.
Thanks for your understanding
Update 0.6.4 Patch 3 - Minor Update
Hello, Engineers!
Like last week, we have two things for you: a developer diary, and more bugfixes! In today's developer diary we are joined by Sergey Leonidov, one of the designers on the Medieval Engineers team. We go into an in-depth discussion about the ideas that went into, and the processes behind, the creation of the new combat system.
Additionally, we have a few small changes for you today. The most important one is the fix for the crash to desktop that you have been reporting when placing blocks on the toolbar, or scrolling through the variants. For those technical among you, it was caused by a race condition between the loading thread and the rendering thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhXOurqQ7ds
Full list of features and improvements: https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/7401972
Update 0.6.4 Patch 2 - Minor Update
Hello, Engineers!
Today we have two things for you: A developer diary, and some bugfixes! In today's developer diary we discuss a rough overview of the development process of the 0.6.4 update, the main ideas behind our combat system, as well as a collection of other features that were part of this update.
The bugfixes focus on solving crashes, balance issues, and various other issues reported by you. Thanks for sending us the reports, keep them coming in! In addition, we updated the mod and blueprint uploading process to give a more helpful message when the thumbnail exceeds Steam's regulations.
Enjoy the update!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKs5TvRju3I
Full list of features and improvements: https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/7401937
Update 0.6.4 Patch 1 - Minor Update
Hello, Engineers! We had an exciting week following the release of 0.6.4, and we see you have been enjoying the combat update as well! Many servers sprung back to life, and a lot of tournaments have been held in honor of the new combat mechanics. We have worked hard to tackle the most urgent issues as fast as we could, including an issue where all research was lost, or where structural integrity suddenly failed. And, of course, address the new crashes. Keep sending in those crash logs guys!
We also uploaded the stream to Youtube. The release stream had some internet connectivity issues in the beginning, so we had to edit it a little, but after the first half hour it stabilized and you can watch the stream again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJaVD6luaro
Full list of features and improvements: https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/7401904
Update 0.6.4 - Major Overhaul of Combat
Medieval history has countless examples of conflict and war. For this reason, combat has always been part of the plan for Medieval Engineers. So for 0.6.4 we have overhauled the combat mechanics entirely to make the combat feel more alive and exciting, and to provide more interesting fights. Additionally, we have overhauled the resource balance, updated the HUD for readability, implemented a new chat system, and many quality of life improvements. There's bound to be something for everyone in this patch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrAhKYmyz7Y
Full list of new features and fixes: http://news.medievalengineers.com/update_0_6_4/patch0
Marek's blog post: https://blog.marekrosa.org/2018/08/me-major-overhaul-of-combat.html
Update 0.6.4 Modding Changes: https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/7401856
Join us August 28 for our update live stream where we will be previewing our next update before releasing it along with a previously unannounced feature! After the release, we'll be streaming multiplayer gameplay with the community live on KCN with hosts Tim "Deepflame" Toxopeus and Joel "Xocliw" Wilcox!
Coming soon in Medieval Engineers: VRage Remote Client, Resource Rebalance, Improved HUD and Chat
Improved HUD Design
HUD improvements will include backgrounds to increase quest readability and a completely redesigned chat system. Chat will be improved and expanded to give players more control over communication with features that have long been requested by the Medieval Engineers community. New channels will be created for private chat, local chat, and chatting with members of your house. Chat will have history so you never miss another message. Chat commands will provide quick actions such as playing character animations. The new chat system will be moddable including channels, filters, and commands. If we don't get it just right for you and your friends then it can be modded your own way.
Resource Rebalance
The resources will be rebalanced to improve gameplay and pacing. Players should be able to make reasonable progress within the timespan of an average play session. Inventory stack sizes, block components, and other costs will change to balance the time spent gathering against the time spent crafting and building. This will let you spend as much time on making your perfect castle as you do mining and lumberjacking!
Vrage Remote Client
A new server manager client for Keen Software House games will allow you to monitor and manage all of your dedicated servers remotely. It will include features like monitoring server performance, session settings management, player management, faction management, chat, message of the day, the ability to start/stop/restart servers, and the ability to trigger a game save at any time.
