Fixes ----------------
-Decreased the load time for servers by a large amount.
-Fixed an issue resulting in the playable Nether Crawler not appearing first when appropriate.
-Nether Players can no longer spawn in Safe Zones.
-Player Crawler max health and hunger levels increased.
-Added collision to some models.
-Fixed a bug resulting in excess loot drops.
-Set the default resolution down and fullscreen off for players experiencing difficulty. These can still be changed with the in game options menu.
-Fixed some collision issues in the subways.
-Chosen cosmetics can no longer be found in crates.
-Fixed areas around the edge of the map that would cause players to fall through the world and die.
Content Balances ----------------
-Reapers are now faster, stronger, and more deadly. Bring friends!
-Crawler is now the default character if available and Golem is not available.
Happy 4th Everyone! Enjoy the discounted Uncle Sam hat for sale at Safezone stores and another surprise at a few of the safezones (make sure to be there at night)!
Note: the launcher will no longer reliably update the game. The game will need to be downloaded and run through Steam to update reliably. All website players should have been emailed a Steam key - check your spam folders and any other email folder. If you still cannot locate your email, please message game support here: https://nether.desk.com/customer/portal/emails/new
June Update #3 - Play as Golem, Walking Bug Fix, & More!
There is an update this afternoon!
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New Content -----------
-Added a second playable Nether! Look for new Potions in the Store and in Gold Chests.
-Website/Mber customers will receive Steam Keys to their emails associated with their account today. Steam versions will allow connection to ALL servers.
-Unsecure servers now available! Look for the [Unsecured] tag on servers.
Requires a Steam connection but does not require the user to own the game on Steam.
Note that these servers do not employ VAC support and may expose themselves to cheaters.
Guest Passes will now only be able to access Unsecured servers.
-Added a second usable attack when playing as Nether. The attack is initiated with right click.
Content Balances ----------------
-All Nether have been made tougher. They are out for YOUR BLOOD!
-Reapers give many more items.
-Regular Chest drop rates re-balanced.
-Gold Chest drop rates re-balanced.
-Cash prices for items have been re-balanced.
-The game now defaults to fullscreen 1920x1080
Bug Fixes ---------
-Fixed obtaining items from the store or global inventory not checking your weight and size capacity.
-Stacked items now display their total weight and size in the item description.
-Ranged weapons are now their proper weight and size.
-Fixed a bug resulting in being stuck sprinting or moving when interacting with popups. (Community Request)
-When available, Nether is now the default template when selecting characters.
-Reapers now drop their Reaper Blades.
-Fixed a bug resulting in Reapers and their minions not giving experience.
-Enemies can no longer hit players through walls by pressing against the wall.
Let us know your thoughts, feedback, and any concerns on this thread!
June Update #2 - More VAC Support & Exploit Fixes
June Update #2 - More VAC Support & Exploit Fixes
Patch live this afternoon - To follow up with the initial introduction of VAC and to fix exploits from the last update.
Exploit Fixes -Fixed Inventory Stacking
-Fixed Golden Chest Exploits
Please let us know any feedback from the patch.
June Update #1 - Anti-Cheat, New Wasteland Landmarks, & More!
The next update and patch notes are finally here!
Exit Early Access
- Non cosmetic inventory wipe to rebalance game and to fix historical exploits
- Reward for all players: Nether potion and Golden keys
- Replenished all guest keys, each activated key will now award giver one Gold coin
Anti-Cheat & Hacking
- Valve Anti-Cheat: If hacking is detected players will now be permanently banned from Nether
(VAC Bans typically occur within 2-3 days of the hacking incident - This is Steam policy)
- Added analytics and Stat tracking
Territory Wars
- Territory Wars territories have been completely redistributed
- Capture points now award XP for capturing them
- Low Rise Building now only allows the owners of the territory to trade with the Order of the Cull
- Landslide Residential: Garage – Spawns a vehicle when captured
- Cull Church: Exclusive Order of the Cull that offers better trade rates
- Mini Mall: Food Spawns when captured
- Apartment Complex: Capture Rate Bonus increases for the tribe that owns this point
- St Williams: Provides Healing over time for the tribe that owns the point
- Cook Tower: Grants bonus XP for all actions to the tribe that owns the point
- Shanty Stilt Town: Grants 50% bonus cash for all cash earned
- Military Grain Silo: Guns Spawn at this point when it is captured
- Cash Bonus from territory wars now properly awards bonus cash from pick ups
Wasteland
- Added several new landmarks to the landscape to help players navigate- New locations like Grain Silo, crashed airplane, and more!
- Added Reaper events to various locations
Nether
- All players who participate in the Reaper event now receive the Reaper's nether item: Reaper Blades
- Mantis' perch themselves on rooftops more often for maximum visibility
- Retargeted Mantis behaviors to seem more natural
Loot
- Re-balance to Golden chests. Cosmetics are far more rare and usable items are much more common. Added several new loot tables to vary the rewards players get when opening these chests
- Fix for loot locations that were spawning far too rapidly
General
- Fix for the Market place at High Rise Outpost so players can use it
- Level up perk 'Strong Back' now properly applies increased capacity
- Adjusted Water Damage volume in the Wasteland to improve play experience
- Improved collision on angled Wasteland buildings that were causing issues
VentureBeat.com - This is the End: Why Millions of Gamers Love to Play in the Apocalypse
Nether & Phosphor Game's developer, Chip Sineni, discusses Nether, zombies, and the apocalypse in VentureBeat.com 's look at why gamers love the apocalypse!
Check the article out here: http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/apocalypse-in-gaming/view-all/
April Update #3 - Major Bug Fixing!
PATCH ETA
Wednesday, April 23rd
Time: 8-9 A.M. (CDT)
This update was focused on fixing bugs, exploits, and features. These were the major items fixed...
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Well fed! Added a Health regen aspect to the Hunger system. Players will now slowly regenerate health when they have over 75% of the hunger meter full.
Wastelands changes
Fixed ground collision on several hills in the Wastelands where players would either clip through the ground or be floating above it
Wasteland now has 3 outposts
Loot drop events now occur in the Wastelands
Courier Missions have been added to the three Wastelands outposts
Escort Missions have been added to the Wastelands
Wasteland safe zones are now at risk of coming under attack by Nether
All Nether enemies have been rebalanced to better fit the game as it changes. Many Damage numbers were tweaked to give players a better chance at survival
Fixed Several Capture point buffs and bonuses not working as intended
Salary Center now tells you your bonus when you receive Cash
Apartment complex now properly spawns guns on the point when it is captured
St. William's now properly spawns food supplies when it is captured
Low Rise building now has it's associated Order of the Cull that offers better prices for trading
Fixed player crawlers having the option to spawn in the safe zone
Vital Meters now flash red when you are critically low on health
Fixed several World Assets that were missing collision
Fixed mismatched courier mission rewards for packages going to the same place
Fixed an issue where players were only awarded once when they had more than one of the same courier missions
Fixed items that spawned inside inaccessible places like tents
Fixed Account level reward that did not properly award Global Inventory Space when it was unlocked
Fixed The 'Play' Button occasionally being off screen forcing players to exit and re-enter their server to play
Fixed Several exploitable areas where players could jump through roof collision and see through World meshes
Mach 9 is now a Sidearm instead of a primary weapon
Several items that didn't have sales prices now do
Metal Pipe
Shotgun Frame
Mantis Jaw
Shovel
Removed Chop shops that no longer spawned Vehicles
April 9th Update - Bug Fixing!
Patch Notes 4.9.2014
With our biggest update yet came some bugs! Here are some fixes that were done with 4/9's update.
FIXES
<*>Fixed an Exploit where prone players took no damage
<*>Fixed lootable items that were not able to be looted
<*>Fixed Exploits with item duplication and deletion when stacking
<*>Changed vehicle spawns for territories to eliminate issues where too many vehicles would spawn
<*>Fixed an exploit where persistent account level up rewards provided money on a fresh spawn allowing players to gain money
<*>Fixed an Exploit where resetting your spawn or falling out of the map would award you additional skill level points with the proper account level reward unlocked.
<*>Fixed Wasteland map spawns being too high cause players to take falling damage when spawning
<*>Fixed several nutritional items and health items that had incorrect sizes
<*>Fixed Courier Mission turn-in points in Museum Outpost
<*>Fixed an issue causing Lakeside Safe Zone courier packages to spawn in Riverside Outpost
<*>Fixed an issue where grenades were no longer damaging players
<*>Fixed an issue where items purchased for Nether Gold were being overwritten by Persistent Account level up rewards
<*>Fixed Global Inventory capacity not increasing with Account Level up reward unlocks
<*>Fixed Several locations where players would get stuck and need to log out to get free
<*>Fixed several broken text strings that displayed unintelligible information
<*>Those with exploited cash were reset to $2,000.
Help Admins Fight Hackers!
Help Admins Fight Hackers!
In an effort to help fight cheating and abusive players, we will be taking a community-based approach to fighting hacks! To start off, PoXyz (Admin) and myself will be helping monitor servers along with other server admins. Along with your help, we can make a big difference.
How to Help
Your best bet is to report hacking or abusive players immediately via the the player report form located here https://forums.playnether.com/forumdisplay.php?23-Player-Hack-Report-Form
We will have this open when we are monitoring servers.
What is important to share?
The server name, name of player, and reason for reporting are the most important pieces of information that will help us catch any abusive or cheating players. Sharing video or images will also help greatly especially when we are not online to jump on the server.
IMPORTANT LINK
Player Report Form : https://forums.playnether.com/forumdisplay.php?23-Player-Hack-Report-Form
This is just the start of the community approach and we welcome feedback and suggestions
April : HOTFIXES INCOMING
HOTFIXES INCOMING
Following up with last week's update, there is a lot to fix! The developers have fixed the larger bugs this weekend and are currently testing the patch today so it can be released by tomorrow.
PATCH ETA
Tuesday, April 8th Time: TBD
STATUS
Testing Now
FIXES
Quick List - Patch Notes Coming Tomorrow (Some of these cover more than one fix)
Prone/Crouch Bugs Looting Crates Not Working
April Update #1 - Territory Wars, Map Expansion, Female Character Model, Taunts & More! in Patch Notes!
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April Update #1
Nether's Biggest Update Yet!
Major Updates:
Territory Wars
Territory Wars have arrived! Grab your tribesmen and capture strategic locations for the prosperity of your Tribe. You and every member of your tribe earn in-game bonuses and money for all the territories you hold so protect them with your life! Capture territories faster with more tribesmen
Every hour you hold a territory you earn money. More territories means higher earnings!
Make sure to maintain the territories you control.
If you leave them abandoned too long the other tribes will notice and it will no longer be under your control!
We have added several buildings for capture throughout
Burnham city and the Wastelands
The Salary Center - Increases cash awarded from cash pickups by 50%, increases cash rewards from all objectives by 25%
St William’s - Spawns a variety of food items in the control point at faster intervals than normal
Highway Tower - Grants a bonus to the amount of ammo awarded from pickups and purchases
Shopping Center - Grants 50% bonus experience for all actions
Warehouse - Increases reputation gains for all tribe members by 25%
David’s Memorial Church - Increases the capture speed of attacking a control point for each tribe member
Business Park - Spawns 2 Motorcycles and 2 buggies in the capture point
Westside Park - Grants all tribe members health regeneration while they are near the capture point
Low Rise Building - Offers better Nether Trading Rates than other traders, can only be accessed by the tribe that controls it
Apartment Complex - Spawns a variety of low to mid-tier guns in the area around the control point
Map Control:
Capturing territories gives your tribe control over a portion of the map. Take over more territories to control more of the map!
Servers now show which tribe has majority control over a map
Capturing Buildings and territories will show how much of Burnham your tribe controls on the map
Wastelands:
The Map has doubled in size! The barricades are down and a new section of Burnham is ripe for the taking! Be among the first to reap the unfound rewards of the Wasteland!
A passage has been cleared to the wastelands in the west
Explore a new area that is the size of the current Burnham
The wastelands have been almost entirely enveloped in toxic waters so watch where you’re walking
New loot system:
I wonder what’s in there! We’ve revamped our scavenging and loot system to be more intuitive and easy to understand. You’ll now find loot stashed away in many various hiding places. No more finding a bag of chips sitting on the floor of a subway!
Added numerous searchable items to the world
Looting objects now takes player stats into account to help new players find better loot more often
Freshly looted areas now have open and empty states to shows players loot was there but someone got to it first!
Golden Chests:
All loot points have the chance to be filled with valuables! People have locked these goodies away and they can only be unlocked with a skeleton key the is purchasable at any market. You do NOT drop your chest keys on death.
You must have a key to unlock the golden chest
Locked lootables will glow gold
Playable female character:
The future of humanity has been secured! Females are now playable in
Nether
Added a new, free “Survivalist” template to character select
Added a female tribes member for every tribe
Underwear Template:
Get caught with your pants down! This new outfit is the epitome of dressing down. Sport the boxers of your choice for everyone to see!
Custom Taunts
You can now purchase taunts at the marketplace. Each taunt is a unique animation your character plays on demand! Taunts can be previewed before purchase, you can purchase and use as many taunts as are available. Equipping a taunt:
To make use of the new taunts in the world of Nether, you must first select (or purchase) the taunt that you want on the character customization screen before logging in.
Once you've logged in, press "Esc" and select "Controls".
In the Top Right section of the "Controls" submenu you'll see the option to map the Taunt function to a keybinding. Click "Remap", select the key you would like to use to taunt, and you're ready to rock!
Once it's mapped, press the key you've chosen and unleash your taunt on the world.
To change taunts while in the world, simply press "Enter" to bring up the chat interface. This will raise a list of the taunts that you have unlocked on the left side of the screen. Click one of these taunts to play it.
The game will use the last played taunt as your active taunt when you press the taunt hotkey.
New taunts can be purchased with Nether Gold from the character customization screen before logging in.
Riot Shield
Everyone knows cover is for chumps! Grab the riot shield and charge them head on!
Added two riot shield melee weapons that can block bullets
Can be obtained via trades with the Order of the Cull
Waypoints
Sick of constantly having to open your map to make sure you’re on track? Try out the waypoint system now. Place one where you want to go and just follow the marker on the HUD. Use this to coordinate with your group or tribe for uninterrupted travel!
Right click anywhere on your map to place a waypoint
Right click a placed waypoint to remove it
Safe Spawning
On a fresh life, you have the ability to choose whether you spawn in a randomly chosen Safe Zone or in a random spot in the world!
Tutorials Quest System
Learn all there is to know about Nether! Every first time user will have a helpful, but optional tutorial that will teach all of the features of the game. Most important, get some free gear
Helpful Hints
To use a flashlight in Nether, find a flashlight in the world or purchase one at a Safe Zone or Outpost
Once the flashlight is in your inventory, simply press "F" (defaulty key) to toggle the light on or off.
Flashlights can be purchased with Cash or Nether Gold from vendors in the Safe Zones and Outposts.
How to use flares
Flares are useful tools that can be thrown to distract Nether or to visibly mark objectives in the world for you and your allies to work towards. To use flares, you must first find them in the world or purchase flares from the Safe Zone
Open your inventory, find the flare, right-click it and set it to a quickslot
Now, press the quickslot button to throw the flare in front of you into the world.
This process will also allow you to use Grenades, Smoke Bombs, Flash Bangs, Nether Pheromones or Sonic Repulsors
Flares can be purchased from vendors in the Safe Zones and Outposts.
