Dollie 676 Posted April 11, 2019 Ahoy Pathfinders! ATLAS 1.5 has arrived! ATLAS has been revised and re-envisioned in this Mega-Update 1.5, which is the culmination of 3 months of live feedback from players since launch! We know that this update has taken quite some time and we really appreciate everyone’s patience as we get our feet wet redesigning the claiming system, expanding the map, and getting all the content ready. As a team, this has been one of the largest updates we have ever worked on and we’re incredibly excited to get it out to you. We believe with these changes, ATLAS has come a long way and we’re going to continue to remain dedicated to the game, bringing you more major updates a monthly basis, which will include more content such as new items, weapons, creatures and new areas for players to check out! And now here’s what you can expect with ATLAS 1.5! official servers & claim changes With this update, we’ll be launching 4 fresh Official Networks to represent 3 different game modes, each with a unique claim system. We want to give you the choice to choose the mode which best represents your playstyle. Colonies PvP: Freeform building, with more progress-protecting and time-enforced PvP rules creating a cooperative atmosphere, and limits to ensure the game is more oriented towards single players and small to mid-sized groups. We’ll have two official networks available for this mode, one in Europe and one in North America. Empires PvP: This is our previous PvP mode. There are no limits on claim flags, and company sizes are at a maximum. We’ll have one Official Network in North America where players can fight it out to determine which Empire holds control of the ATLAS. PvE: This will be based on our Colonies mode, with the PvP specific elements disabled. There will also be additional limits on companies in terms of how many islands they can own based on how large they are. We’ll initially be launching one network hosted in Europe, with another North American network to follow in a few weeks (the hardware is currently being prepared!). Jump aboard and explore a greatly expanded World Map with new islands and regions ready to be plundered! With this update, The ATLAS world now has 40% more islands and unique land masses to grab as your own, along with a new biome and world map layout to explore. Take an explosive foray into new missions and quest lines and uncover the depths of ATLAS with new mechanics and items! Take a deep dive into new underwater content and explore the depths of the deepest ocean trenches in the brand-new Submarine, but be on the lookout as the ruins are guarded by powerful underwater creatures and are home to the Giant Crab! Construct towering monuments that will stand the test of time! With a revamped building system, you can be more creative than ever in the world of ATLAS. Immortalise your enemies via the thoughtful process of converting their heads into mementos to adorn the perimeters of your Company's lands. Catapult yourself into new raiding strategies and let loose the savage in you (and perhaps the contents of your stomach as you become airborne). Form a fleet and traverse vast expanses of ocean beneath the guiding light of the Aurora Borealis dancing on the horizon and reap the extra bounties she grants. Try your hand swinging across mountains with the new physical grappling mechanics. A whole new world of adventure awaits you! patch notes New Features and Content - Redesign: ATLAS World - 40% more islands/landmass & new world map layout. - Redesign: Claim System - Colonies: Freeform building, with more progress-protecting and time-enforced PvP rules creating a cooperative atmosphere, and limits to ensure the game is more oriented towards single players or smaller groups. Previous mode now known as Empires and PvE will be a modified version of colonies. - New Environment: Deep Ocean Trench. A new area to explore, guarded by powerful underwater creatures and home to the new Giant Crab - New Environment: Eastern Tundra now has its own visual design, no longer using the Western Tundra style - New Weather: 'Snow' weather systems for Polar and Tundra - New World Phenomenon: Aurora Borealis light display which will result in a harvesting bonus, visible in particular regions. - New Vehicle: Submarine. Explore the depths of the ocean in this small scouting submarine. Use the claw arms to help harvest the ocean floor and explore (demolish) player shipwrecks. Also equipped with a harpoon (uses ballista bolts) as a new underwater weapon which will ramp up oceanic combat. - New Creature: Giant Crab. It can carry heavy loads, along with players, tames and wild creatures - New Item: "Guillotine". Hanging your foes in a noose taking too long? Off with their heads! - New Item: "Large Wall". Equipped with parapets and ladder snaps so you can now build a proper defensive perimeter! - New Item: "Small Gates". 2-wall high gate structures for wood and stone. - New Item: "Player Shops". Players can set up automated shops, listing loot for sale and naming their own gold coin prices. - New Item: "Settlement War Declaration". Tied to the War System. Drag over a settlement on the ATLAS map to declare war on them! - New Item: More tame tokens for more mythical creatures! Allowing players to have limited-time tames of the Fire Elemental, Rock Elemental and Cyclops. BONUS: Rock Elemental and Cyclops are rideable! - New Feature: War System - Declare war on your enemies! - New Feature: 1 'Mainline Quest' involving gathering 9 trench stones and defeating the hardmode Kraken! - New Feature: 7 more ‘Quests’ which upon successful completion will provide their own unique Skill unlock - New Feature: Curses. Tied to the execution of players - New Feature: Player-to-Player secure trading system - New Feature: Procedurally Generated Shipwrecks which players can explore for items and blueprints. They can be found by diving deep into the ocean, or looking out for their visual indicator on the surface of the water, or successfully completing the sextant mini-game which will point you in the direction of nearby shipwrecks. - New Feature: Human Catapult. Player characters can now be deployed into battle using a catapult. - New Cosmetics: Peg Legs, Hook Hands, and Multiple Armor sets to customize the look of your company and crew! Can be purchased at the cosmetics vendor. - Redesign: Squads (Ship) of the Damned will now come in multiple size variations with different stats and difficulty levels. - Redesign: Grappling Hook has been revamped, better physics & rappelling mechanics, and players will be able to realistically swing using them. - Redesign: Explosive Barrels. Can now be carried in hand, thrown overboard to sink and will explode when they collide with anything underwater (Depth Charge!). Balance Changes - The higher quality shipyard used when building a ship, the more level ups a ship will be able to obtain. - Ships can now level up their total damage output (which effects all cannons on a ship) and their total resistance, as new upgradable stats. - All tamable creatures made breedable, with no exceptions except for Mythical Creatures. - Various spawner adjustments & fixes across all islands - Reloading now changed to have the mini-game appear back to back, rather than through various points of the animation. - Vitamin debuffs have been removed and will only cause health loss when a player has a vitamin surplus or deficiency. - Increased smithy inventory slots to 150. - Increased weight of catapult from 12 to 84. - Adjusted the crafting quantities on higher tier blueprints so they don't require as many resources as before. QOL Changes - Territory map will now display allies as teal-coloured - Character creator now has a Height slider to make it easier to set your character's desired height - Any dead ships (shipwrecks) from your Company appear with a unique icon on your map now, so you can find the wrecks - Global territory message updating - Currently contested claims will be indicated on the minimap - Players can now mount a sail to directly control the sail's open/close amount and rotation settings in a more intuitive way. - Toggle ladders button for ship captain, defaults to L key. - Company Groups have been increased to 10 - Players cannot accept alliance invites unless they're an admin - Company Log can now be sorted - New group permission which acts as an effective 'company owner'. Only the true company owner can set/unset that specific group rank. Misc - Improved Server and Client performance - Visual feedback for players being unable to board unallied boats on PvE - Full body animations for harvesting - More realistic old age wrinkles - Additional face sliders for character customization - Dive suit overlay has been adjusted so it's easier to see when underwater - Commodities trader can only be found on the Merchant Ship on PvP servers - Respec potion has been moved to the Crew Recruiter on Freeports Unofficial server settings With this update, we have a treasure trove of settings for unofficial server admins! Game.ini: [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]bUseSettlementClaims=true Set this to true to use the new "Colonies" island settlement system bDontRequireClaimFlagsForBuilding=false If true, you can place all structures without claim flags. We strongly recommend setting this to true if you're using the settlement mode bForceRequireClaimFlagsForBuildingCannons=false If true, you are still required to have a claim flag to place cannons even if bDontRequireClaimFlagsForBuilding is true. We strongly recommend setting this to true if you're using the settlement mode SettlementCombatPhaseLengthSeconds=32400 The length of the settlement mode's combat phase TreasureGoldMultiplier=1.0 Scales how much gold you get from treasure maps MinPointsPerDiscoveryZone=1.0 Acts as a minimum value for how many points you'll get from any single discovery zone EnemyBuildPreventionRadiusMultiplier=1.0 Scales the enemy build prevention radius NonShipTurretInitializationTimeScale=0.0 Scales how long before newly-placed land cannons are allowed to fire. set it to zero to remove this feature. bPvEAllowNonAlignedShipBasing=false If true, 'enemies' will be allowed to stand on your ship in PvE bPvEDontReplicateLoggedOutPlayers=false If true and the server is in PvE configuration, player characters will disappear when logged out bHomeServerDontReplicateLoggedOutPlayers=false If true, player characters on homeservers will disappear when logged out DestroyUntaggedShipsInterval=0 If greater than zero, ships that have not had any of that team logged-in nearby will be destroyed after that amount of time bDisplayTopCompanies=true If true and NOT playing settlement mode, the list of top 10 companies will be displayed on the map CompanySoloIslandPointsAmount=0 CompanyMinIslandPointsPlayers=0 CompanyMaxIslandPointsPlayer=0 CompanyMinIslandPointsAmounts=0 CompanyMaxIslandPointsAmounts=0 For these, if non-zero they will scale-limit how many 'island points' a company is allowed to claim with claimflags. In non-settlement "Empires" mode that is simply the total number of claim flags. Here are the values we use for PvE as an example:CompanySoloIslandPointsAmount = 30; CompanyMinIslandPointsPlayers = 1; CompanyMaxIslandPointsPlayers = 50; CompanyMinIslandPointsAmounts = 30; CompanyMaxIslandPointsAmounts = 150; And for PvP:CompanySoloIslandPointsAmount=250; CompanyMinIslandPointsPlayers=1; CompanyMaxIslandPointsPlayers=1; CompanyMinIslandPointsAmounts = 250; CompanyMaxIslandPointsAmounts = 250; SettlementFlagResourceUpkeepMultiplier=2.0 For settlement mode, this will scale the amount of upkeep resources necessary in the claim flags. you can set it to 0 to remove the upkeep entirely. AllowedCombatPhaseStartAdjustmentInterval=604800 For settlement mode, this is how often (in seconds) players are allowed to adjust the combat schedule for a settlement (edited) SettlementWarInterval=86400 For settlement mode, this is how long a war lasts MinSettlementWarTimeOffset = 172800 For settlement mode, this is the minimum amount of time in the future that a war can be scheduled MaxSettlementWarTimeOffset = 345600 For settlement mode, this is the maximum amount of time in the future that a war can be scheduled MinimumSettlementWarCooldownInterval = 432000 For settlement mode, this is the amount of time after a war ends before a new war can be declared bDisableFogOfWar=false If you set this to true, the fog & shrowd of war will be disabled bUseNewStructureFoundationSupportChecks=false If you set this to true, foundation/supports will be more correctly required for horizontal structure building, improving server performance but consequently limiting certain kinds of architectural builds. bAutoCalculateIslandPoints = true; If true, for settlement mode, the island points will automatically be calculated by the island's size on the map, for any islands that are set to 1 point AutoIslandPointSizePower = 0.6f //a power to apply to this calculationAutoIslandPointSizeScale=0.000015f //a scale to this calculationAutoIslandPointsMin=1 //a minimum clamp on this calculationAutoIslandPointsMax=100 //a maximum clamp on this calculation SettlementOwnerAllowForceDemolishStructureInterval=8640 For settlement mode, the period of time that a settlement owner is able to instantly demolish any other settler team's structures during peacetime WaterClaimsMaximumDistanceFromShore=0 For non-settlement mode, the distance away from shore that water claims are allowed to be placed (0 means no limit) AutoDestroyWildDinosInterval = 259200 If greater than zero, wild dinos will be automatically destroyed and respawned at this interval if the server has been live this long, to help keep wild dino populations correct. Only recommend using this if bAllowSavingWildDinos=false from the ServerSettings section [ServerSettings]bAutoGenerateIslandSpawnRegions=true When true, players will be automatically given the option to select any of the islands on a homeserver as a spawn point bAllowSavingWildDinos=false By default now, wild dinos are not saved in order to increase server savegame speed. set this back to true if you want to have wild dinos save. We have also updated our ServerGridEditor and island jsons, which can be found on our github. They have been updated for this major release, including some fixes that have occurred over the past few days since the PTR went live. You can grab them here: ServerGridEditor & Fixes. steam sale ATLAS is now available on Steam Early Access for the weekend promotional price of $14.99! Alrighty, that’s it for this log! We hope you enjoy the update, and you can look forward to the DevKit later this weekend! Thank you so much for becoming a part of our crew and we can't wait to show all you scallywags, landlubbers, captains, and seadogs what lies ahead! Happy Sailing, Grapeshot Games For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlasNavigate ye olde Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/playatlasHear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlasWatch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlasPlus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame View full article 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enki Anunnaki 240 Posted April 11, 2019 My body is ready. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
photek 66 Posted April 11, 2019 YOU RUINED THE START OF A LOT OF PLAYERS BY NOT LETTING THEM KNOW TO NOT UNCHECK THE BETA OPTION, 9,7 gig, WE ALL COULD PREDOWNLOAD THIS SHIT INSTEAD OF 400 MB WE NOW HAVE TO DL 9,7 GIG ARE YOU KIDDING ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR A GOOD START Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kummba 164 Posted April 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Dollie said: Increased smithy inventory slots to 130. You sure mate? 2 minutes ago, photek said: YOU RUINED THE START OF A LOT OF PLAYERS BY NOT LETTING THEM KNOW TO NOT UNCHECK THE BETA OPTION, 9,7 gig, WE ALL COULD PREDOWNLOAD THIS SHIT INSTEAD OF 400 MB WE NOW HAVE TO DL 9,7 GIG ARE YOU KIDDING ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR A GOOD START it was clear for me at least Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dollie 676 Posted April 11, 2019 13 minutes ago, photek said: YOU RUINED THE START OF A LOT OF PLAYERS BY NOT LETTING THEM KNOW TO NOT UNCHECK THE BETA OPTION, 9,7 gig, WE ALL COULD PREDOWNLOAD THIS SHIT INSTEAD OF 400 MB WE NOW HAVE TO DL 9,7 GIG ARE YOU KIDDING ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR A GOOD START Advice on that was posted four hours ago. Sorry you missed it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 246 Posted April 11, 2019 Thanks for your hardwork Dollie and for keeping us uptodate. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PGI Xx HunterxX 1 Posted April 11, 2019 i opted out just in case some issue couldve arised Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Talono 434 Posted April 11, 2019 Well, thanks for finally releasing the patch. Please dont wipe again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dawg711 13 Posted April 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Martyn said: Thanks for your hardwork Dollie and for keeping us uptodate. Short sweet and could not have said it better myself. Guys recently saw the store page linking it to a friend. Reviews are still in the tiolet for this game. Lets bomb Atlas with POSITIVE feedback and try to clean up the mess from the rough start. My buddy will likely buy the game but not everyone has someone that already owns this game. Positive feedback in the reviews are too far and few sadly. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boester 0 Posted April 11, 2019 Huzzza!!!! Back to the briny blue ya sea dogs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sageburner 1 Posted April 11, 2019 after two day of testing you go live for the pve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MiyuNoir 3 Posted April 11, 2019 Downloading 19gb atfer opting out of PTR Beta becouse of a steam Issue,so why rant about 400mb? o.O Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
travis843 18 Posted April 11, 2019 Wow harvest rates so low it takes an hour to build a 9x9 thatch hut with a bed. So now i know NA PVE wont be with the wait. Im not spending 500 hours again to only be halfway to where i was. Im betting lots will leave that have just started. 1 hour ago, Sageburner said: after two day of testing you go live for the pve Yeah but 2 weeks for NA PVE lmao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daemon Cross 225 Posted April 12, 2019 I changed my review on Steam from positive to a negative, just like many others have. Chances are I won’t be changing it back anytime soon and that is just me being honest. The way they have went about the wipes, the PTR and now the live servers leaves nothing to be desired. NA pve players now have to wait two weeks or longer to play unless we go to EU pve and play until NA comes back online but then we lose any progress we’ve made up to that point once again. I’m just dumbfounded in the thinking that went into this decision, I just can’t understand why they would take down the NA pve server to bring out a new pvp game mode, if it’s new shouldn’t it be the one that was delayed and brought out in two weeks or more ? Honestly I just can’t figure it out, perhaps someone can explain it to me. I have co workers who are telling me that hey the game is on sale, you still playing, I mean what can I tell them, yeah sure get the game, play in EU for a couple weeks, lose all your progress and start over if and when they bring NA pve servers back. I just can’t do it, no matter how much I enjoyed the game. I’ve been fair though, I tell them to wait till it comes out of EA because as of right now with the lack of communication, the delays when something is posted for a certain date and the known issues that have been around since launch that just can’t seem to get fixed, it’s just not worth their time. Not for someone who works for a living. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmg 2 Posted April 12, 2019 Glad we're back up and running! Still a work in progress but after 400 hrs I figure I got my monies worth already compared to some "finished games". Thanks for all the hard work. 8 hours ago, Dollie said: Advice on that was posted four hours ago. Sorry you missed it. I also missed this. I think you still have a ways to go with how you communicate with your customers. Do we really need to be on steam, twitter, facebook, discord and this website to be in the know? Food consumption seems really high at the moment. Spawning in the sky and falling to your death is still a thing. Game on! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dully 19 Posted April 12, 2019 12 hours ago, Talono said: Well, thanks for finally releasing the patch. Please dont wipe again. there will be wipes again 100% it is EA they are f*** testing the game if u can't handle ist better dont play it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[GP] Guybrush Threepwood 626 Posted April 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Dully said: there will be wipes again 100% it is EA they are f*** testing the game if u can't handle ist better dont play it Chill out girl! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mightykimmy 4 Posted April 12, 2019 so wait can one of the devs can clarify something for me? Have you gone overboard on the restrictions on PVE claim Flags? Are you telling me that because I am a two-man company that I just stayed up all night trying to claim land and doing everything I needed to to claim land but I can't because I'm a two-man company and that's not enough people. You should be able to claim at least one territory that's ridiculous I have dealt with glitched-out snakes to the point that the game hasn't even been fun anymore and I can't claim land like I was promised that I would be able to do in PVE. I have friends that I was going to have buy The Game and join me but I'm about ready to tell him don't bother. I completely understand this is Early Access and there's a lot of things to be fixed on this game but the balancing issue with the monsters is ridiculous when you can't walk for the dang cobras killing you no matter what level you are a level 1 Cobra can kill you with out a fight it really makes the game no fun cuz it's just a slaughterfest for the monsters and you're constantly doing body runs I had three Alpha cobras on me earlier so I'm sure you can understand where I'm upset and then the fact that I find out because you've gone overboard with the restrictions on PVE I can't claim land a company should be able to claim at least one territory I don't want to deal with PVP because I'm a Casual Gamer I mostly play on the weekends because I'm a single mom and it played when my child is at his dad's I can't play PVP I don't have the time to invest in that that's why I was happy when you put the claiming system back in PVE this is a big letdown 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tinschn 48 Posted April 12, 2019 Some copy-pasting here: a) your new claiming system sucks, all we need was the existing claiming system with a limitation to the flags. b) there are again far too few small islands for solo players and small groups with 2-5 players. Yeah, they COULD group up, but you said the game will be more easy for solo and casual players. So I don't get that point. Big companies simply took the small islands because they can't afford big ones at the beginning. b) your new "quests" are again only for bigger companies c) if I'm crying long and loud enough and stomp my feet because I can't have my own island right now, will you wipe again? Would only be fair, ya know 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flashkey 4 Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) This is just about the dumbest thing I have ever seen. How is this a helpfull claiming system for smaller companies when the smaller companies can't even claim a island. Btw the absoloute best part about all of this is that you smart heads decided that wiping on a thursday in the middle of a weak was a great idea. Because people don't have work or school right? Edited April 12, 2019 by Flashkey 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cpt.Yarrr 197 Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) When is the next wipe on PvE? Or is this seriously the content how you devs designed it? In that case; LMAO. PTR. Test. Yeah right. Also, where's the "greatly appreciated and very limited to those who made this game so big skin"? Nvm the skin, dont care bout the game anymore, it's all a big laugh for you. 5 hours ago, Tinschn said: Some copy-pasting here: a) your new claiming system sucks, all we need was the existing claiming system with a limitation to the flags. b) there are again far too few small islands for solo players and small groups with 2-5 players. Yeah, they COULD group up, but you said the game will be more easy for solo and casual players. So I don't get that point. Big companies simply took the small islands because they can't afford big ones at the beginning. b) your new "quests" are again only for bigger companies c) if I'm crying long and loud enough and stomp my feet because I can't have my own island right now, will you wipe again? Would only be fair, ya know Once? Wishfull thinking. Edited April 12, 2019 by Cpt.Yarrr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPYBLAST3R 0 Posted April 12, 2019 really eland on member points so one solo man ore low ppl compagnies can never own anything this wil draw alot of single and other players out the game very fast. Voor de belgen en Nederlanders die willen in clan spelen The Legends zijn weer op de map op a8 kom and join 97.4 1.80 alle leuke nederlandstaligen zijn welkom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EyEamInfidel 31 Posted April 12, 2019 This game is a joke.. The devs are the real trolls Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jabababa 0 Posted April 12, 2019 peace mode is a joke. Island owner is going around wiping every base from existence and all i can do is watch as he clicks each foundation away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boy 0 Posted April 13, 2019 The feeling when you watch that the developer does not understand what he is doing with the game. The game is doomed. By the time the game is released,there will be only burning fans. P.S bb Atlas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites