Dear Space Engineers:
In order to bring you a better game experience, Astracraft will be undergoing maintenance on June 10, 2021, while keeping the server online. You can still play during this period, and the system will remind you to update after the maintenance is complete.
Update details:
[Gamer's Day]
1. Space-time Box: The Space-time Box will available twice on all servers during the evening of June 11. Players can get rewards including Module Fragments, Sourcestones, Virtual Chips based on quality. There's even a 1% chance to get the ultra-rare Howitzer Skin "Gumball Gunner"! Players can use the Module Fragments from the Space-time Box to get full Modules in the new edition of Fragment Shop.
1) The 1st Box is available 20:00-20:59. The Limited Event Avatar "Hello World" will be guaranteed to drop.
2) The 2nd Box is available from 21:00-22:00. The rewards will be minimum Blue quality with a guaranteed drop of Limited Event Frame "Old Times".
Boxes can no longer be claimed when the event ends. Players should make sure to get the rewards within the time limit!
2. Gumball Gunner: Howitzer Skin "Gumball Gunner" will be added to the "Gamer's Day" limited-time Prize Pool from June 11-June 24! The first Orange Skin is drawn from the pool will be a guaranteed unowned Skin. "Gumball Gunner" has a doubled chance to appear when an Orange Skin is drawn.
3. Iron Toy: New item in the Super Sale from June 11. Treasure Raider interface has been updated! R.C. Vehicle Skin "Croaking Fish", Scout Radar Skin "Uncle's Radio", Iron Box 4-Piece Set Basic Modules will become available. All new Skins from the good old days!
[New Season Preview]
Zooming through the night. Storming across the shadows.
1. Season 7 will commence on June 25 at 10 AM. Ranking and achievements from Season 6 will also be calculated.
2. Unclaimed rewards from Season 5-White Promise will no longer be available in the new season. Players should get online and claim the rewards quickly.
[Season Closure]
Sunset Maniac Season will end on June 25. All players can receive for free "Undead Captain's Gift" from June 12. Claiming the item provides a 100% boost to season score growth for 3 days. Players can also purchase "Shark Gang's Registration" for 120 Crystals. Season Level will increase by 10 immediately upon purchase, and a stackable 100% boost to season score will also be given until the end of the season.
[New Function: Gyroscope]
The new gyroscope function allows players to tilt or rotate the gaming device to rotate the camera. Turn on and change gyroscope sensitivity from [Settings]-[Controls].
[Fragment Shop]
Fragment Shop has been moved out from Supply Satellite one level with new functions added.
1. Module Fragment Shop is officially online. Players can redeem full Modules with Module Fragment at this shop. Module Fragment will be released as event rewards and season-level rewards beginning with the Space-time Box event. Currently, the renewal interval of redeemable modules is 1 month.
2. Module Fragments and Skin Fragments can be turned into Star Coins. However, the value of the Star Coins received will be lower than using Fragments to redeem directly. Players should take some time to consider before exchanging.
[Skill Icon Overhaul]
To help players better recognize and understand the skills, we gave different colors for the skill icons based on their functions.
[Additions to Prize Pool]
1、ET Fleet Theme has been added to the General Prize Pool and Themed Prize Pool
[Additions to Shop]
1. Glider is now available on the Module Shop at 80,000 Star Coins.
[Module Adjustment]
1、Cooldown calculation changed for Rotary Cannon. Premature termination of the skill will result in a smaller penalty:
Before: CD was 14 s and starts counting when the skill begins, with 6 s max sustained fire duration.
After: CD is 8 s and begins counting when the shooting stops.
2. Increased max charge time for Energy Cannon. The charge bar can be held for 2 extra seconds after begin filled; it will be released after 2 s.
3. Crosshair for Energy Cannon has been changed.
4. Charge speed for ultra-skill Plasma Shield has been lowered by 10%.
5. Soul Cannon Adjustments:
The distance required to reached max damage has been lowered from 125 m to 80 m. It's easier to reach max damage now.
Max explosion radius has been increased from 16 m to 20 m.
6. Flamethrower kill change increased from 4% to 5%.
[Party Adjustments]
1. Many new parties have been added to the presets. Have fun!
2. Arcade Set Basic Modules and Guardrails added to Party Editor.
3. Two new Building Blocks added to Party Editor: Large Floor Tile and Large Guardrail.
4. Players can change trigger/trap parameters when setting up triggers/traps.
Movement speed and distance can be adjusted for movement triggers/traps.
Rotation speed can be adjusted for rotation triggers/traps.
Attack rate can be adjusted for damage traps.
Shot delay and projectile speed can be adjusted for throwing projectile traps.
5. New option added to Party Editor: Allow Dismantling. The creator can assign whether or not players are allowed to dismantle.
Note: Players can still use the "Self Detonate" button.
6. Grounded Flamethrower attack duration changed from 5 to 4 seconds.
[System Adjustments]
1、Rotary Cannon has a "hold to fire" mode added to "tap to fire". Switch between firing modes in [Settings]-[Controls].
2、Players can test Armor Rat Core in Ride to ARMS-New Modules.
3、Hover Bullets control setting added in Settings-Control Panel. Players can choose between hold to fire or tap to fire.
[Optimizations]
1、Fixed issue of the muzzle being blocked when firing a Flashbang at a nearby target.
2、Optimized SE response when players complete/refresh Ride to ARMS Themed missions.
3、Optimized font color for adding friends in the chat window.
4. Burning SFX added when damaged by Flamethrowers, Grounded Flamethrowers, and Flamethrower Blocks.
5. Charging SFX for Energy Cannon Skin "Squid the Bully" has been optimized.
6. Optimized SE when shields break.
7. Optimized Short Video recommendation algorithm.
8. External "report" button added in the Hatchery comments interface. Help us protect the game's community.
9. King of the Hill Mode score calculation optimized:
Point count method adjusted.
MVP's extra points removed.
Max points increased for all categories.
[Bug Fixes]
1. Fixed bug of being unable to use the skills copied from AI ARMS in Bootcamp by Mirror Image.
2. Fixed capture progress bar's long SFX being unable to end property in King of the Hill Mode.
Other optimizations are still in the process of being implemented. We hope to hear your suggestions and recommendations in-game and on major game forums. We will continue to work hard on making the game better for our players! (Best Wishes)