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PROJECT EVO | DEV BLOG 18

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DEVBLOG 018 - Beta Note 1

I want to apologize first to all of you for so many unknown bugs. We encounter some problems including data issue from EU sessions and some Ember leaderboard bugs. We were mainly fixing bugs and gathering feedbacks of gameplay.

Bug Fixes

1️⃣ Fixed an issue with the map failing to load around Maynard Loggers. This new map was not finished after we launched Beta because some LODs are not optimized yet. We fixed it this week and hopefully, you guys can have a better experience exploring the map.

2️⃣ Fixed the placements of resources in some civilization ruins and optimized the locations of “lootable” resources in Emberland.

We are trying to generate the map procedurally. While exploring this, it causes inaccurate 3D coordinates of the resources, which cause resources floating in the sky sometimes. Thank you for giving us the specific coordinate. We have already coordinated each resource's location individually and fixed most of it. I believe there are still some resources floating in the sky, and please report them to us.

3️⃣ Fixed the visual effects of game components when they come in to contact with direct sunlight. We realized that some of the VFX of the resources are not showing correctly, such as the hair and ponytail being too bright. We tried to fix it this week, but we will optimize it again later.

4️⃣ Optimized the in-combat behavior of AI characters. Some of you guys reported that the AI wasn't moving or attacking in certain locations. We have fixed some of the behavior of AI, but it's more like the bug I mentioned about resource-floating, which means we need to fix each AI individually.

5️⃣ Fixed an issue where the team leader could click the start game button even when teammates were not ready yet. Now the team leader may only start the game after every player is ready.

6️⃣ Optimized the issue that various oil barrels were not able to be attacked by melee weapons. Some players may encounter this bug and couldn't loot. Based on your bug report, I believe we have found most of it, but there are still a few oil barrels that weren't able to be attacked. We will keep tracking and testing.

7️⃣ Fixed the issue whereby invitation messages would be received again after the player had already left the session. Now players won't receive invitation messages after leaving the session.

8️⃣ Fixed the issue that the auto-run button did not disappear under certain circumstances.

9️⃣ Fixed the issue that the data has been cleared in EU server. When two sessions were created at the exact same second, the data of both sessions would be shared. The bug has been fixed.

General Optimization

1️⃣ Added session names and the associated ping to the session history.

From the session history page, now you are able to get more info about the battles. Also, we are planning to change the UI of the session selection and history session later. So if you guys have any great suggestions, please comment below.

2️⃣ Optimized the visual effects of explosions and smoke.

3️⃣ Optimized the visual effects of zombies and character armor.

4️⃣ Optimized the visual effects of some facilities.

Anti-cheat @PAX

Even though we are determined to ban cheaters, they still try to ruin the game. In the first week, we not only caught and banned cheaters but also built a list of things that we should keep an eye on, such as abnormal behaviors or data. Besides, we are also improving our detection system. It would be done in 2 months ideally.

We've received a lot of valuable cheat reports. Some of them helped us to improve our anti-cheat system. Great job! Let's keep doing that. Any suspicious players you encounter in Project Evo, just report!

I'm really sorry about that you guys have had some bad in-game experiences and Project EVO's dev team would like to say thank you for your patience and trust. I know it's not a perfect start, but I hope we have a better future. Please leave a comment if you have any suggestions. Thank you!

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