Micha

Some players had the problem that the virus scanner falsely identified Nimbatus as a virus and then deleted it. You could try to whitelist it on your antivirus software and try again, if thats the case.

Fun fact: Our studio was founded on the 28. november and the birthday of me, philo and max is also on the 28 of november 😄

Thanks I'll try to reproduce it

Dear crew We just released the update 0.4.1 for the closed alpha on Steam. This patch contains some bugfixes for the new lava update. Fixes Fixed Sumo Tournament winning sound volume Distance sensors now work properly when detecting something while the game is starting. Frozen weapons can now no longer rotate (same as cannon towers) Fixed bug where you could keep locked upgrades by pressing ESC in the weapon workshop Removed broken transmitter effect (less than 1 drone parts) Hammerheads now have more health and damage your parts more if they hit you. Balance hammerhead shoal mission spawn Fixed layer issues with cannon towers Fixed the naming of Marium resource tank Fixed the freeze lava fountain mission. The goal is now to have 5 different volcanoes frozen at the same time! Lava fountains now take 30 seconds to unfreeze Fixed that the drone core had no name when starting a new save. Added configurable radius to heater and cooler parts Changed the color of one lava planet to make it more noticeable If you encounter any problems please report them in Bugs Thank you! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

The new update contains an altimeter. It's done the same way our other sensors work. However we might change the sensor system in the future to allow multiple dynamic outputs. But for now it only has two outputs, wether you are below or over the height threshold.

Mhh not from the game, maybe only through windows recovery or something. 😕 The saves are stored at c:\users\username\appdata\locallow\nimbatus

@DethLazrs4Lyfe The problem was that if the distance sensor is detecting something while the game is still loading it does not fire the event unless it gets triggered again. Will be fixed in a patch later today

Key @kev123thegamer12 thanks for reporting! I'll try to reproduce this and hopefully find a fast fix. Can you send me your savefile to support@strayfawnstudio.com or upload it here? It might help to find the bug. You can find the saves here: Windows: C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\LocalLow\Nimbatus\Nimbatus\Saves Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/unity.Nimbatus.Nimbatus/Saves Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Nimbatus/Nimbatus/Saves Cheers, Micha

No, tech and drone stay

Sidenote: Due to some compatibility issues with the new planets, we had to reset the progress for the missions. Also if you start a new game the map will have a different seed and will look different compared to loading a previous savefile.

What do you mean by elemental effects? Can you explain it a bit further?

Mhh strange, can you upload the drone file so we can test it out?

Cool idea, I like it

Did this happen once, or does it always look like that? 😅 First I'd suggest to update your graphic card drivers. Seems like errors in the fullscreen shaders. If that did not help, try to disable bloom and see if that works.

Hey thanks for posting our discussion to the forum, so we can discuss it together I think it's a great idea to have a score for the sumo or other arenas that reflects how good the drones are compared to others instead of just the number of wins like we have it now. The leader board is currently hidden because the scores look pretty boring, all top 10 players have 10 points. Also having different leagues for different types of drones (weight-classes or allowing just some part types) and different skill level is an interesting idea! Would be great to hear what other alpha testers think about a tournament system for sumo or drone battles! We currently work hard on the next update coming next week, so we'll discuss it as soon as we start working on improvements on the sumo tournament.. @Markus also had some ideas using leader boards for daily challenges.

A simple untacted flipflop seems easy to add and might be a good idea

Yeah I think we need to redesign / balance the current batteries and fuel tanks. At the moment you can just slap tons of solar panels on the drone and you are fine. Which should not work like this So this is a good starting point to discuss this more.

Good simple idea on how to improve the current logic gates. 👍 May test this out later on. Also combined with multiple outputs from sensors.

Very nice

Rookie numbers

the range over time and beams over time upgrade also increase the energy usage over time. But you are right it might be a good idea to balance the upgrades more and add some negative side effects.

Having a sensor that triggers when the fuel or energy is low or at a certain percentage might be useful.

Hey Thanks for the feedback. Some good suggestions there! I'll add it to our list. We have plans for many more game modes similar to the sumo arena, for example a battle arena with weapons, a drone race and some sort of obstacle course / labyrinth that you have to solve with an autonomous drone. The only point that won't be done in the near future is real multiplayer. The only type of multiplayer we have currently planned is drone sharing and playing against autonomous drones of other players in different modes / tournaments. Cheers, Micha

Hey Gregory Welcome to the forums and thanks for the feedback The more powerful upgrades already have downsides like increased energy usage over time. An upgrade like shoot force downgrade or recoil upgrade is not per se a negative effect, it can be powerful when used in the right combination. The next update will have different effects for the different ammunition types (plasma and cryo), which will also make some of the upgrades more valuable. If you have ideas on how to improve the upgrade system, feel free to post them in the suggestions We are happy about every feedback we get! Cheers, Micha

@steven_first Ok very weird. The logfile shows an error on a dx11 call. So here is a list of things I would try: Update your graphic card drivers If you have a VR Headset connected or other peripherals that could interfere, disconnect them and try again Delete the whole Nimbatus folder in Appdata/locallow, to reset all settings / savegames Edit: Also when reading your results I guess AA might be the culprit here, so try again with just bloom enabled.