Due to some technical problems the merge announced last week did not happen and is planned today on 1000 GMT.
EU and RU servers will be joined together
It was decided to join EU and RU servers into one (will be named RU-EU) to gather more players in one place and make online interaсtions more interesting.
Databases will be joined with today's patch sometime around midnight.
If some player has more than 3 characters on both servers combined, top three leveled ones will be kept.
EU and RU servers are working now!
Dear players, servers are back to normal and we're inviting you to play The Skies. We really appreciate your patience and support! Thank you very much!
EU and RU servers will be unavailable till tomorrow
We're sorry to inform you that maintenance works with the EU and RU servers will go on till tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll inform you just once the servers are back. For now, it is still possible to play on the US server.
Kind regards,
The Skies Dev Team
August 29, Patch #18
Patch is finally arrived to servers!
Improvements:
Controls remapping is now available.
Client and server optimizations. Most of lags and friezes are gone.
Minimap:
Coordinate grid is back.
Portals to dungeons and other locations are marked on the map
Local map may be dragged around (move map with lef mouse button in free cursor mode (T key)
More technical information is displayed in debug window (toggled by O key).
Radiation and poisoning effects are now displayed on the ground rather than as screen frame.
Fixes:
Global PVP event bugfixes.
Big Paw dungeon cooldown was fixed.
Entering dungeons in parties works correctly now.
A bug found in the login window after disconnect is fixed. No need to close the client to reconnect to the game now.
Problems displaying party list when someone warps to other level are fixed.
Balance changes:
Handguns damage was increased.
Mobs are rebalanced. Mobs usually encountered by low
level players were made significantly weaker.
Armor rebalance.
Slain mob bodies stay for longer, easing looting.
EU and RU servers are temporarily unavailable
Dear players, EU and RU servers are temporarily unavailable because of maintenance. It will take few hours. We'll let you know once they become available again. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Rifle-only scopes
Optical scopes earlier present in the game were rebalanced, and new, rifle-only scope upgrade was added to make sniper rifles more specialised. New scope may be installed only on "rifle" class weapons, so if anyone has old scope in his/her inventory and want to change it for a new scope variant - plese post in comments your nickname and server.
AMD Radeon issues resolved
Some players using AMD GPUs were experiencing crashes and strange behaviour after last update. This issues are resolved now.
August 12, Patch #17
Fixes:
Pickup colliders fixed.
Fixed a problem with damaging mobs with melee weapons when standing ob different heights.
Global events problems resolved.
Problems saving sound settings are resolved.
Improvements:
Better in-game names and health bars.
Better minimap and local map:
To switch between minimap and local map, press M.
Minimap got settings window. Icon sizes, map transparency can be tuned, map can be locked to north.
One can place custom markers on map. To do so, just click any place on map in free cursor (press T) mode. Marker will be displayed to owner and his/her party members. To remove markers, use "clear" button below the minimap.
Graphics optimisation:
Better and faster lighting.
Less RAM and VRAM load.
Less load on CPU.
Most microfreezes in open spaces are removed.
Animations and character control:
Weapon is animated when sprinting in 1st person mode.
Better character control.
Dead character bodies have ragdoll on them.
PVP battles are available only as events. Non-clan PVP event will start each 30 mins.
Better motorbike physics.
Better matchmaking.
Waiting time to reenter dungeon after killing iys boss is reduced from 24 hours to 20.
Balance changes:
World flag capturing is changed slightly. To capture a claimed flag one has to stay within 30 meters for 90 seconds after activating the flag. If character that makes the claim dies or leaves 30-veter zone, timer will reset.
All containers have random loot now. Any box may have any level loot.
New raidboss in Crater.
Quest are fixed, 5 new added.
Melee weapons may stun or kick target back.
Melee weapons do not damage everything around anymore. Damage is divided between several targets in radius.
NPCs and black market sell less items.
Food items cooldown reduced to 2 seconds. Medicaments have 6 seconds cooldown
Party is disbanded when leader leaves.
Big Paw raidboss was moved to dungeon.
July 26, Patch #16
Global events are set in motion
Events system is introduced in this update. Currently 3 event types are available:
"Mob horde". Starts at a random time during day in some location. Task is to kill as many mobs as possible during a hour. Best hunter gets an additioanl reward.
"Rating PVP". Happens at 12.30 and 18.30 and is intended for top PVP players to improve their rankings.
"Territory control". Intended for clans to try capturing territories. Available from 21.00 till 23.00.
Notifications are sent prior to every event, and there's time to prepare and assemble teams. Preparing times vary from 10 to 30 mins and are based on event type.
Events system will evolve actively and we will introduce new, more interesting events soon.
Fixes:
Animations are fixed and improved:
Female "standing with weapon" pose
Healing and reloading in the same time
Character jump
Targeting using scope
Reload while sprinting
Improvements:
An option to swap two inventory cells in one action.
Inventory sorting.
3 new NPCs in Wastewater and quests associated with them..
Voice chat reliability is improved.
Balance changes:
Minimum level required to enter PVP is 5 now.
Territory control battles will happen now from 21.00 till 23.00.