Planned improvements on tracks and augers. Mass testing
Hello, survivors! Today we will discuss important changes and improvements regarding the vehicles with tracks and augers. Let’s have a closer look.
We remind you that all the new features described in the "Developer blog" are not final and may be changed before they are introduced into the game or may not make it into the game at all. You can familiarize yourself with all the planned changes in detail on the special test server!
The main goal that we pursued in preparing these changes was to improve your gaming experience from using these kinds of chassis. For example, let’s consider the most common questions about augers: about the inability of using a strafe and turning in the same direction at the same time and the inability of changing the direction of the build’s turning during a strafe. Or messages about poor crafting responsiveness when installing 4 "Meat Grinders" or more. We have almost completely redesigned the chassis’ movement mechanics, and now cars with 4 or more augers are much more responsive and respond to turns during strafing correctly. Vehicles with any number of augers installed turn around much faster while being stationary.
The changes also affected the overall comfortability of controlling the vehicle with augers: changing the movement direction, turns, transitions from forward and backward to strafe and vice versa - all of these parameters have been improved, which made the gameplay and controls of the vehicles with this chassis better.
The same applies for vehicles with tracks. Due to the completely redesigned chassis mechanics, the vehicles became more maneuverable when using 4 or more large tracks. The underwhelming feature of the car being "stuck" in place when turning at low speed (and when turning while being stationary took a very long time), disappeared. Tracked vehicles can now perform quick turns in a small area.
But this is all theory. The main thing is to experience the changes in practice! We invite you to join the testing of changes and we are waiting for your feedback in a special topic regarding the open test results!
How to get to the test server?
If you have already participated in testing on a special server, then it will be enough to start the Launcher from the folder with the test client and wait for the update to complete.
- Create a new folder for the game on your hard drive.
- Download the Launcher from this link. The file name should not contain numbers indicating that the file is a duplicate. Please note that you should launch the file that does not contain any digits (1), (2), etc. in its name. If, when starting the installed launcher, you get to the live game servers, you need to delete all downloaded launchers from the download folder and try again.
- Start the Launcher and install the game to the folder you created (for example: D:\Public test\Crossout).
- After the installation is complete, start the Launcher and enter the game with your username and password.
- The whole progress of your main account will be transferred to the main server (including parts in storage and levels of reputation in factions).
- After logging in to the server to transfer the progress from your account, you must press the "Esc" key and select "Copy account data".
- Please note the schedule of the test server:
- Friday, January 22, 2021: from 13:00 till 19:00 (GMT)
- Saturday, January 23, 2021: from 13:00 till 19:00 (GMT)
- Sunday, January, 24, 2021: from 13:00 till 19:00 (GMT)
- Any progress you make on the test server will not be transferred to the live game servers (INCLUDING ATTEMPTS TO BUY PACKS).
After testing the changes, we invite you to leave your constructive feedback on the planned rework in THIS THREAD (it will open a bit later after the launch of the test server).
You may leave your bug reports regarding all the issues you’ve encountered on the test server HERE.
The public test server is intended only for testing of the upcoming update, and may not accommodate all players without exception. However, absolutely anyone can join the server, as long as there are free spots.