Robocraft Online Client Changelog

What's new in Robocraft Online Client 1.16-2767

Mar 15, 2019

Update notes:
Additions:
Allow Player name changes in account settings (website)
Weapon upgrades
Leaderboards
AI Support for Nano, Chainguns & Rotors
6th Birthday Holoflag added to the Item Store for 0 Robits
Changes:
Daily Quest balancing - All daily quests now offer double the Robits and EXP for both Premium and standard users
Parties are no longer required to use the same Tier of robot
Loadout slots reduced from 5 to 3. Existing robots with 5 weapon loadout slots will stay in your garage but can not be used until the loadout slots are reduced to 3.
Improvements to load times
Balance changes based on community feedback
Agility changes for Wheels, Tank Tracks, insect legs and wings
Achievements for “Earn x rank in any Tier” are now based on Player Rank
Slowed down the rate at which players level up.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a visual issue with Tesla in the voting screen.
Fixed a bug that caused Sprinter leg/Rotor combinations to travel at unintended speeds
Fixed a bug that caused the tutorial bot to fall over
Fixed a bug that occasionally caused the player to be locked to the paint gun in edit mode when switching between the guns
Party members are no longer kicked out of the lobby if the leader changes their Robot tier
Weapon Balancing:
We received a ton of feedback from players for weapon balancing and have implemented balance changes for many of the weapons. below are a list of changes for each weapon part
Laser:
Decreased damage by 5%
Reduced energy consumption by 5%
Plasma:
Decreased damage by 10%
Reduced energy consumption by 10%
Increased time between shots by 0.05%
Increased explosion radius by 5%
Rail:
Increased damage by 5%
Increased Energy consumption by 10%
Increased time between shots by 0.1
Increased projectile speed by 10%
Decreased movement inaccuracy by 5%
Nano:
Reduced energy consumption by 10%
Aeroflak:
Decreased energy consumption by 15%
Seeker:
Decreased damage by 10%
Increased projectile range by 5%
Ion:
Increased damage per shot by 2.5%
Chaingun:
No changes to the chaingun
Mortar:
Increased projectile range by 5%
Movement balance feedback:
We have also actioned some movement balance improvements which have been gathered by the community after our F=MA update.
Wheels:
Increased health by 5%
Tanks:
Increased health by 10%
Mechs:
Increased health by 7.5%
Decreased top speed by 10%
Increase mass by 10%
Increased agility for heavy mechs
Sprinters:
Increase health by 5%
Increase to speed by 10%
Increased agility for heavy and light sprinters
Insect Legs:
Increase health by 5%
Skis:
Mass set to 1 per CPU instead of 0.5 per CPU
Hovers:
Increased agility for light and heavy hovers
Rotors:
Increased health by 7.5%
Decreased top speed by 10%
Decreased speed boost by 10%
Decreased agility for Heavy and light rotors
Aerofoils:
Increase health by 5%
Increase top speed by 5%
Thrusters:
Increase top speed by 10%
Increase speed boost by 5%
Decreased agility for light thrusters
Propellers:
Increased top speed by 10%
In addition to the changes above, the following Mass per CPUs will apply to these parts
Wheels - 20kg per CPU (Current)
Tank Tracks - 40kg per CPU (Only the lowest track current has this value)
Mech Legs - 30kg per CPU (Current)
Sprinter Legs - 25kg per CPU (0.5kg/CPU increase)
Insect Legs - 5kg per CPU (Increase from 0.37kg/cpu)
Ski - 1KG per CPU (Increase from 0.5kg/cpu)
Hover - 5kg per CPU ( Only the Mega Hover currently has this value)
Rotor - 5kg per CPU (Increase from 0.36kg/cpu on average per part)
Wing - 1kg per CPU (Increase from 0.43kg/cpu on average per part)
Rudder - 1kg per CPU (Increase from 0.32kg/cpu on average per part)
Thruster - 1kg per CPU (Increase from 0.465kg/cpu on average per part)
Propeller - 3kg per CPU (Current)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.15-2722 (Mar 1, 2019)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.14-2674 (Feb 7, 2019)

Weapon Balance Pass:
A couple of weeks ago we asked you all to provide us with some information which would allow us to help with weapon balancing. Thank you to everyone who provided us feedback, we’ve acted upon them and are happy with the new balance changes but would love to hear your feedback. We’ll be running another community balance survey in the future. But first, lets detail the core changes we made to weapons
Lasers:
There were no solid agreements on changes that need to be made to the Laser in regards to nerfs/buffs and due to this, no balance changes will be made to the Lasers at this time.
Plasma:
Overall consensus was that plasma should receive a damage nerf. We have decided to reduce the damage output of the Plasma by 5%.
Rails:
This weapon seemed to be in a relatively good place at this current moment in time. The least contested change was related to accuracy whilst moving. Players wanted the time to regain accuracy after coming to a stand-still to regain faster. So instead of 1.5 seconds to regain accuracy after moving, it has been reduced to 0.75 seconds.
Nanos:
One of the most debated topics from our weapon balance thread was that Nanos needed a significant buff. We have chosen to give nanos a 10% buff in healing rate and a 5% reduction in energy cost.
Flak:
After looking into the flak damage values we discovered that there was a bug which was causing the in-air damage from the flak to be registered incorrectly. This bug is now fixed and means that the Flak will now deal greater damage to in-air targets.
Seekers:
We didn't want to make any drastic changes to seekers as we’re still receiving feedback on the range changes we made since our last update. We are hoping to gather more feedback for this weapon again in combination to the other changes made during todays update.
Ion:
After discussing this weapon internally, we believed that the Ion would feel more balanced once Plasma has received a nerf. The nerf to the Plasma in this update should address this.
Chaingun:
Feedback had shown that players wanted an increase in damage and an increased fire rate. Based on this, we are increasing the shots per second from 10 to 12 and increasing damage per shot by 5%.
Mortar:
Players reported that the Mortar consumed far too much energy. We have chosen to reduce energy consumption by 10%, this will increase the shots launched in 1 energy bar from 5 to 6
Tesla:
The tesla will have three major adjustments in this balance pass. Firstly, they have increased damage by 5%, reduced energy cost by 5% and finally an increase in hits per second from 4 to 5.
We felt that the community feedback that we received a few weeks ago really was incredibly useful and we are planning to do it again very soon… In fact, we’ll be posting a new feedback balance thread in time for the weekend.
We have made a ton of changes in this update to weapons, so please do spend some time playing the latest update so you can get a good understanding of the core changes and how they affect the gameplay.
Tomorrow we’ll be creating another feedback thread post in the form of a survey to make compiling the data even easier.
Voting Screen Particle Effects
As an extra little bit of polish we’ve added some visual particle effects to the voting screen. Clicking the Best Played and Best Looking buttons will activate them.
Based on the number of votes for Best Played and Best Looking, another particle effect will appear behind the card.
Patch notes of the changes and fixes are included below:
Changes:
New Robocraft Trailer added to intro
Balance Pass based on community feedback
Added a new label under the crosshair to better indicate how/when to flip your robot"
Provided better information to show players how to use the picker tool.
Voting cards become interact-able faster
Neon cube has updated saturation
The camera now has a zoom out to better display the new spawn effects
Visual update to rail projectiles
Fixes:
After an error during the infinitisation update we noticed that speed boosts were not reduced after stating that they were. We’ve now reduced Speed Boost across the board by 20%
Flak explosion damage is now correctly calculated for air based robots
T5 Flak now contains the correct ‘damage per stack’ info in the tooltip
Purchasing Robopass Plus during the battle summary flow will update the RoboPass screen correctly
Fairy lights now highlight invalid placements of cubes if the lights were placed first.
Fairy lights now keep their hitbox after leaving test mode
All Plasma tiers now trigger robot shake
Effects now play during the voting screen once a robot reaches 3/6 votes for “best looking robot”
No longer able to move during the first spawn animation in Test/ Play vs AI, while the camera is moving
Party widget now displays correctly when queuing for battle and while in build mode
Average queue time while in lobby is now more accurate
Voting buttons on the end-of-battle screen now have the correct icons displayed
T5 Laser muzzle flash locations are now correct
Neon cubes that are disconnected will now display in the correct shade of red
T4/T5 seekers now award the correct credit for the ‘I’ve Got Tone’. The Seeker/LOML are now merged into this achievement. Also removed "Not the Bees" achievement and added "Lob it" achievement for Mortar kills
AI robots equipped with rails will no longer attempt to shoot at other robots through walls
Player list HUD in Battle Arena now correctly shows respawn times next to players rather than kill count
Sorting by CPU in the Robot Factory will now display search results across all tiers
AI kills are now appearing in the kill feed during Play vs AI matches
Pausing during the campaign countdown will no longer cause the UI to be stuck for the rest of the round
AI will no longer shoot at the last place a robot was destroyed until it respawns
Fixed an issue where labels that show the queue status of your party were not working correctly.
Mortar explosions on the boundary shields no longer create an odd square effect
Player lists in the top corners now sort by highest kills in TDM
Fixed an issue where Nano and LOML will lose lock on functionality if you have placed multiple tiers of the same type of weapon, and one of them is shot off
Fixed an issue that could sometimes leave users stuck after battle"
Fixed overflowing texts on some dialogue windows
Fixed an issue where users that created their account during Early Access but did not receive their pilot seat rewards
Fixed an issue where the PLAY button in the top bar will not highlight when looking at the custom game screen
Fixed an issue where player lists would have too much spacing in lower resolutions until the list is refreshed
Rail and Laser projectiles are no longer invisible when firing over certain distances

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.12.2646 (Dec 14, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.12.2645 Hotfix #2 (Nov 26, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.12.2641 HOTFIX #1 (Nov 21, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.11.2.2606 - Hallowfest 5 (Oct 25, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.11.2602 (Oct 11, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.9.2554 (Aug 14, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.9.2552 (Aug 13, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.7.2549 (Aug 1, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.7.2531 Hotfix #3 (Jun 30, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.5.2490 (Apr 16, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.4.2411 (Jan 11, 2018)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.4.2401 (Dec 29, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.4.2400 (Dec 19, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.3.2395 (Dec 12, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.3.1 (Dec 8, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.3.2389 (Nov 24, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.3.2387 (Nov 17, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.2.2382 (Nov 16, 2017)

NEW:
Body Builder Tool:
The Body Builder tool has been designed to give players who are maybe not yet comfortable with building in Robocraft the power to create nice looking Robot chassis quickly with just a few clicks of the mouse.
The Body Builder interface is very easy to use:
Select a Robot class (car, mech, tank or hover)
Select a front body (multiple selections available)
Select a back body (multiple selections available)
Select color scheme
Create your robot body
For more information on the Body Builder tool, check out Sergii’s recent Dev Jam.
Undo in Edit:
Pressing the player-assigned* Undo hotkey while in Edit Mode will undo the last action
Robot part being placed
Robot part being removed
Robot part colour being changed
Robot being moved (up, down, left or right)
Undoing a mirrored action will undo one action at a time. I.e placing 2 cubes in mirror mode will undo one, and then the other
Undo history starts from the moment of entry into Edit Mode
Up to 2000 Undo actions permitted per ‘save session’. Save sessions refresh when the user leaves the garage bay
New on-screen hint for Undo:
To activate the Undo functionality, existing players will need to assign a hotkey. This can be done through the controls settings which can be accessed by pressing the Esc (escape) key on the main game screen.
New cosmetic eyes:
Three new cosmetics based on Human, Cyborg and Feline eyes have been added to Robocraft. These new cosmetics can be used to add real character and charm to your Robots as they’ll animate too.
Here are the all-important details on the cosmetic eyes:
Part Name: Cat Eyeball
Part Type: Cosmetic
Rarity: Epic
Forgeable: No
Drop Quantity: Single
CPU: 3
Notes: Left and right variants
Part Name: Vigilant (Human) Eyeball
Part Type: Cosmetic
Rarity: Rare
Forgeable: No
Drop Quantity: Single
CPU: 3
Notes: Left and right variants
Part Name: Cyborg Eyeball
Part Type: Cosmetic
Rarity: Legendary
Forgeable: No
Drop Quantity: Pairs
CPU: 3
Notes: This part can be rotated to make either a left or right eye
Elimination BRAWL:
Many of you have asked for Elimination to be brought back so we’re doing just that, bringing it back as a BRAWL. If you’re new to the game mode, there are two ways to win Elimination, either kill all of the enemies or capture the enemy base and there’s no respawn either!
OTHER CHANGES:
Changes to Robot carousel to accommodate the new Body Builder tool
Players will now see a “NEW ROBOT” icon at the far right of the carousel on the main game screen. Pressing the “NEW ROBOT” icon will open a new menu.
Common building cubes are now free to forge. In order for us to accommodate the Body Builder tool, the following cubes will have a zero forge and recycle cost. These parts will no longer drop in crates and players will receive common Robit rewards instead.
Health Cube
Health Edge
Health Corner
Health Inner
Health Edge Round
Health Corner Round
Healthy Inner Round
Health Edge Slope
Health Corner Slope
Health Inner Slope
Health Cone
Health Pyramid
Changes to new player account inventory items. To enable new players to use the Body Builder tool if they wish, they will receive the following inventory items when they first login to the game
Top Laser Wasp x10
Plasma Pulser x10
Rail Piercer x10
Steering Wheel Discoverer x10
Tank Track Warthog x10
Mech Leg Centaur x10
Hover Blade Squall x10
All common building blocks x10,000 of each part
Revert changes made for Hallowfest event:
Remove splash screen
Remove Hallowfest Flak Cannon
Remove Halloween Music & SFX
Remove Pumpkin Crates
Reverted Halloween mothership
Reset legendary item drop-rates
Remove pumpkins from maps and replace with rocks
Reset drop-rate for Spider Leg, Scary Mask, Bat Wings/Rudders and Spike cosmetic parts
Default key bindings changed to accommodate the Undo functionality in Edit Mode:
Manage Loadout is now L
League Arena is now N
Robots built in bays that have previously contained a Robot downloaded from the CRF can no longer be uploaded to the CRF
Based on Steam’s guidance regarding pricing, we have made some small reductions to prices on all Steam Bundles (including Lifetime Premium purchased through Steam) in the following currencies
Indonesian Rupah (IDR)
Malaysian Ringit (MYR)
Philippine PESO (PHP)
Singapore Dollar (SGD)
Thai Baht (THB)
Korean Won (KRW)
Indian Rupee (INR)
Chilean Peso (CLP)
Peruvian Peso (PEN)
Colombian Peso (COP)
South African Rand (ZAR)
Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
Taiwanese Dollar (TWD)
Saudi-Arabian Riyal(SAR)
Emirati Dirham (AED)
Commenwealth of Independent States (CIS- USD)
Please note that these prices are now live. To view the current pricing, please check the Robocraft Steam page in your country.
BALANCE CHANGES:
All Electroplates and Struts have had their health increased by 12.5%
All Electroplates have had their mass reduced by 50%
All Hovers have had their “pure” carrying capacity increased by 25% (“pure” means “excluding the carrying capacity meant to lift their own mass”)
Thruster Force has been increased by 10%
Thruster health has been increased by 20%
Both Chain weapons have had their spin-up time reduced from 3 to 2 seconds
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which caused Insect legs and Mech Legs not to animate when viewed from a fair distance
Removed the white box from all weapon rotational degree yellow lines
Updated icons for Spike Pin, Spike Claw and Spike Dagger cosmetics
Fixed a bug which caused the HUD to vanish in battle when pressing = in chat
Fixed case sensitivity with the /partyinvite command
Fixed a bug which caused some robots with hovers on multiple vertical layers to get stuck to the ground
Fixed a bug which caused some sound effects to play when logging in or entering/returning from game modes even if you mute all audio channels
Fixed a focus bug with the Xsolla payment screen when using the Robocraft Client
Corrected the colour of the ‘fluid’ in each Nano canister to green when in test mode
Corrected the colour of invite pop-up in Custom Game invitations
Fixed a bug which caused an “unable to load bot” error when dismantling a Robot that you have copied

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.2.2370 (Oct 26, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.2.2368 (Oct 20, 2017)

NEW:
Hallowfest 4 special event:
Halloween mothership
Spooky in-game music during battles, in the mothership and during menus
Pumpkin salvage crates
Cackling skulls from Aeroflaks
Spooky Aeroflak explosions
Hallowfest 4 splash screen
Scary death screams when a player dies in battle
Spider Insect Leg Part:
Rarity: Epic (Uncommon during the Hallowfest 4 event)
Robot CPU Load: 44 pFlops
Base Health: 59,400
Base Speed: 155 mph
Speed Boost: 1.1%
Mass: 16.0 kg
Jump Height: 67.4 meters
Bats & Spiders BRAWL – It’s land vs air in this spooktacular halloween-themed BRAWL. Who will be victorious in the battle between bats and spiders? Create Robot monstrosities and fight to the death!
BRAWL Rules:
Permitted weapons/modules: all weapons and modules permitted
Permitted movement: Insect Legs and Wings/Rudders only
Permitted CPU: All
Game Mode: Battle Arena
BRAWL Reward: x3 XP and x1 crate for first victory bonus
HUD – ON/OFF – Players can now hide/unhide the in-game HUD by pressing the +/= key. This has been added to enable streamers and video content creators to capture cleaner gameplay footage. Players can also turn on the HUD by pressing the TAB key.
3 new Spike Cosmetics – Spike Claw / Spike Needle / Spike Pin:
Rarity: Uncommon
Robot CPU Load: 1 pFLOP
Base Health: 0
Mass: 0.0kg
Note: These items are classed as cosmetics and so cannot be forged
IMPROVEMENTS:
We have made a number of improvements to Wings and Rudder parts including Bat Wings and Rudders at all sizes. The rate at which they ‘bank’ and ‘turn’ and ‘elevate’ as well as their ‘thrust’ has been adjusted. We have improved the largest parts a small amount, and the smaller parts have been improved a lot to ensure less performance loss when using smaller Wing and Rudder parts. We have also greatly reduced the loss of performance the heavier your Robot gets – so rather than a 75% reduction in performance, you’ll have a 50% reduction.
General improvements to Insect Legs making them more enjoyable to use in battle
Improvements to Hover Blade parts
Battle Arena rewards increased from 3+3 to 4+4
Steam Achievements have now been localised
OTHER CHANGES:
The rarity of all Spooky Cosmetic parts has been reduced to Uncommon for the duration of the Hallowfest 4 event
The drop-rate percentage of Legendary parts in all crates has been increased to x5 for the duration of the Hallowfest 4 event
Hover Blades are now affected by carry mass
Unity game engine updated to version 5.6
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which caused a ‘Photon Error’ when a player purchased a Robot from the CRF and immediately dismantled it. This photon error would then lock a player out of their account when re-logging
Fixed a bug which prevented some players from editing Robots due to a “Cubes you don’t own are placed on this Robot” error
Fixed a bug which caused default player avatars from appearing correctly in the party invite widget
Fixed a bug that caused your ‘cube/part gun’ to incorrectly display the number of laser wasps you own when completing the tutorial

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.2.2351 (Sep 30, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.2.2344 (Sep 21, 2017)

NEW:
Gyro Mortar Weapon:
Rarity: Legendary
CPU: 290
Fire rate: 1 per second
Max fire rate count: 1
Power per shot: 2,282
Damage per shot: 236,967
Blast radius: 50 meters
Projectile speed: very slow
Angle of Fire: 10° – 80° (optimal angle for greatest distance 45°)
Health: 117,450
Mass: 1160 kg
Other notes: Usable on ground only
‘Sideways Driving’ setting:
This setting is only applied to Wheels, Wings, Rudders, Skis, Thrusters, Propellers when using camera controls
When ‘Sideways driving’ is on, your Robot (with these parts) will not turn/strafe when you push ‘left and right’, you can only steer with the camera (this is simpler for new users and easier to understand when you are learning camera controls, and some players may also prefer it this way)
When this setting is off, your Robot will always turn to go forwards when you push forwards and reverse when you push backwards (again, easier to learn and understand if you’re a new user, and some may prefer it this way)
This applies to thrusters too, although thrusters retain their ability to ‘strafe’ when left and right is pushed
‘Tanks turn to face camera’ setting:
This setting is only applied to tank track parts
When turned off, Tanks will not turn constantly to face the same direction as the camera (as they do now) and will only turn when you push one of the direction keys (i.e. forward, back, left, right)
‘Forward bias’ has also been removed, so your tank will always move forwards or backwards in the quickest way they can go based on the direction you are saying you want to go, as opposed to taking longer to turn sometimes in favour of driving forwards
These settings only apply when using camera controls
OTHER CHANGES:
We’ve made some changes and improvements to some of the parts in the game:
Wheels:
Improved handling when using Camera controls, particularly very tight turning when you are moving slow
Added some steering capabilities to non-steering wheels. They aren’t as good as steering wheels, but they can steer a little.
Skis:
These have been reworked, they now behave a bit like wheels but without any forward force generation or braking (think more like ice skates than skis if you like).
You will still need thrust to make them move though
Skis work now have a camera control option.
Windowmaker Module:
Windowmaker Module Forge cost reduced from 67,500 to 50,000 robits
Windowmaker Module Recycle rate reduced from 16,875 to 12,500 robits
Windowmaker Module health was reduced from 27,338 to 20,250
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which allowed some cosmetic parts to block rail weapon penetration
Premium awarded via promo code now applies instantly – players no longer need to re-log to see the premium on their account
Fixed a bug which prevented some rail guns shooting forward when used on small Robots
Fixed a bug that prevented the Chain Splitter crosshair from rotating/spinning up correctly
The Rail Piercer and Aeroflak Sentinel models no longer change when zooming in with the camera
Fixed a bug which allowed rails to penetrate some electroshields when they shouldn’t
Rail gun crosshair ‘X’ now appears in the correct situation to indicate that the weapon is not ready/cannot be fired
Fixed a bug with the Headlamps model that failed to render the ‘light bulb’
Players can now correctly see the light projected by the Headlamps on Robots that are not their own (Headlamp light is only visible to players with GOOD quality settings and above)
Player avatars now display correctly in Play vs AI mode
If a player changes their custom avatar or clan image while another player is viewing the clan/friends list or party/custom game widgets the image will update correctly
Multiple language corrections
Current BRAWL play screen text fully localised

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.1.2333 (Sep 14, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.0.2329 (Sep 7, 2017)

NEW:
Steam Achievements – players loading Robocraft through the Steam Client and logging in with their Steam ID will now earn achievements for completing different challenges in the game. To see the full list of achievements, click here.
BALANCE CHANGES:
In this update we fixed a bug that prevented high fire rate weapons from reaching their listed fire rates. In fixing the bug, it became apparent that all high fire rate weapons were now more powerful. As we don’t want to affect the balance with a bugfix, we are setting fire rates those weapons to what they actually were
Chain Splitter: 12 shots per second, down from the listed 18
Chain Shredder, Proto-Seeker and all Nanos: 14 shots per second, down from the listed 20
Note, we are not changing Lasers because bigger Lasers were not affected by the bug, and small Lasers were too bad because of that bug. Other weapons were not affected by this bug, so we’re not making any changes to them.
BUG FIXES:
Fixed an exploit that allowed players to duplicate non-forgeable parts
Note: We will be resetting individual part inventory levels to the correct amounts on any player accounts that have used the exploit. When we do this, we will also refund the amount of robits spent forging any removed parts
Fixed a bug which sometimes failed to load team buffs correctly when a team lost a player
Fixed a bug which caused a “Photon request raised an error” dialogue to appear for some players
Fixed a bug which prevented flipped players from rectifying correctly if they were next to a wall
Fixed a bug that prevented high fire rate weapons from reaching their listed fire rates
Fixed a number of collision issues with different cosmetic parts:
Eagle Feathers Right, Overwolf Eye Right and Overwolf Ear Right had some collision issues which permitted players to get inside the mask
It was impossible to place the Overwolf Mask from top to bottom as the player would see an “Incorrect Cube Placement” dialogue
Fixed a bug which failed to remove a robot from the CRF results page if it expired while it was being displayed on a player’s screen
Fixed a bug which permitted players to still send friend/party/clan invites to those players that had previously blocked them
Repositioned cosmetic plates in the Special Tab for better consistency
Multiple language corrections

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.0.2319 (Aug 29, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.0.2316 (Aug 28, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 1.0.2315 (Aug 25, 2017)

NEW:
Cosmetic CPU:
Every Robot will have a Cosmetic CPU Pool
Putting a single cosmetic part onto a Robot will remove 1 pFlop from the Robot’s Cosmetic CPU Pool
When the number of cosmetic parts added to a Robot exceed the available Cosmetic CPU Pool, the pFlops from the Robot’s regular CPU Pool will be used
The available Cosmetic CPU a Robot has will be displayed in the Robot Info panel in-game
Taunt Feature:
Taunt your enemy with fun audio and visual FX in battle
Taunts are triggered in battle with the press of the Q key (set by default)
Taunts can only be used on Robots with complete masks
If a mask part has been destroyed in battle players can still taunt
New visual FX for complete masks on player Robots
Early Access Player Rewards:
As way of thanking you for being part of the development journey we’re going to be handing out some very exclusive rewards to all our players who registered accounts before us releasing tomorrow’s update.
When you log in after tomorrow’s update has been released you’ll receive some goodies – what you receive will be dependent on how long you’ve been with us.
There are four types of Early Access reward, with your account age determining what you’ll get when you log in after 1.0 launches on 24th August. You won’t need to input a promotional code on launch day or anything like that, instead these items will be gifted to you directly after you log-into the game.
Please note that the cut-off point for receiving the rewards is 08:59 (UTC+1) 24th August 2017. If you register an account after this point, you will not receive any rewards.
Don’t forget that the Pilot Seat Cosmetics are exclusive to the update and so you won’t find them in crates, the shop or in the forge. You also won’t be able to download Robots from the CRF with Pilot Seat parts you don’t have. Also, if you recycle the parts, you’ll lose them and won’t be able to get them back.
IMPROVEMENTS:
Play Menu user-interface updated
Tweaked the default sorting for Robots on the CRF so that ‘most bought’ Robots are shown first
All glass cubes moved from Cosmetics to Chassis tab in Inventory/Recycle
All parts in the Cosmetic Category and visual variants of some parts can no longer be forged*
*advance warning was given to players allowing them sufficient time to forge any cosmetics prior to this functionality being removed (click here for more information)
BALANCE CHANGES:
Sprinter Leg Perseus and Sprinter Leg Hermes base speed increased from 160 to 180 mph
Chain Splitter and Chain Shredder damage per shot decreased by 10%
Chain Splitter and Chain Shredder energy per shot decreased by 19%
Before the patch, Chain Weapons often ran out of energy fighting a tanky Robot in a 1 vs 1. We want Chain Weapons to be a proper counter to such Robots, so the energy per shot was reduced. Leaving their damage the same would surely make Chain Weapons overpowered, so it was reduced as well. Overall, Chain Weapons are shifting a bit from ‘alpha strike’ to sustained damage
Nominal count for all weapons in the 100-200 CPU bracket reduced to 2
Nominal count for all weapons 200 CPU and above reduced to 1
Health for common chassis cubes increased from 1,200 to 1,350
Cosmetics now have a mass of zero and health of zero
Health Boost for common chassis cubes decreased from 0.075% to 0.06%
All parts (excluding Cosmetic parts) have had a 12.5% health increase
In addition to the 12.5% increase, we’ve re-balanced health for many parts:
Notes on these changes:
Wings are very strong now, so their their health doesn’t need to be as high as before
At the same time, Rudders weren’t strong enough, so we increased their health
For a long time, for balance reasons, Thrusters health was low (and for Thruster Lynx it was way too low). We have taken this opportunity to fix their health
Now Sprinter Legs provide no Health Boost they can be a bit tougher while still being different enough from Mech Legs
Big guns were always rather easy to destroy, but with the Damage Boost change they were just too fragile
Electroshields and Struts had lost their niche with the introduction of Health Boost. Now, having more base Health per CPU than Health Cubes do, those parts may see more use again
Rods had their Health increased as well, per CPU it’s now identical to Health Cubes. Combined with their low weight, this should make them more regularly used
Other health changes were just to create more consistency in terms of Health per CPU
BUG FIXES:
Reduced the projectile firing distance (no longer much further than the player view distance)
Flattened some bumps in the terrain on Birmingham Power Station as they were causing some wheeled Robots to spin out of control
Fixed the ceiling height for Wings – before they could fly above the max distance of an Aeroflak
To improve server stability, clan avatars have been temporarily removed from Player friends
Fixed various translations in the game across multiple languages
Fixed a bug which allowed you to copy and construct Robots with non-forgeable parts
Fixed a bug which failed to half the base speed of legs if the Robot only had 1 leg
Fixed a bug that caused the tutorial to not complete if you selected another Robot during the bay loading screen
Increased the Rail Impaler recoil force
Fixed a bug which allowed muted/silenced players to continue to send whispers
Fixed a bug that caused a weapon crosshair to not behave correctly when fast-switching between some weapons
Fixed a bug which caused the lobby cursor to shrink when placed over the Xbox advert in-game
Fixed the Base Capture Speed setting for Elimination in Custom Games
Fixed AI for hover Robots – they will no longer rise when you look at them, fall when you look away in Play vs AI mode
Fixed a bug which caused the tutorial Robot to briefly load in when entering the tutorial via the main menu
Fixed a bug which caused an incorrect error message to appear if you sent a friend invite on the battle stats to someone who has the maximum amount of friends
Removed an extra layer of connection points from the Mech Leg Titan
Removed invalid connection points from underneath Tank Track parts
Removed invalid connection points from the Hover Hurricane part
Fixed a bug which permitted the placement of blocks on Electroshield B parts
Fixed a bug which made it possible to select a part in your inventory while not being in Edit Mode
Fixed a bug that caused custom game invites to be sent to the last invited player if the text field is empty
Fixed a texture color on Carbon 6 Thrusters
Corrected the placement of the ‘shop expiry’ widget for any Robots uploaded to the CRF
KNOWN ISSUES:
Taking a 2,000 CPU Robot with cosmetics attached into battle may result in it incorrectly showing as a Megabot (over 2,000 CPU) in the garage bay after battle. To correct this, simply select another Robot and re-select the original Robot to correct the displayed CPU. Please note that taking the Robot into another battle will again, show the incorrect CPU after battle and so you will need to repeat the process again

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2292 Hotfix (Aug 11, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2290 (Aug 10, 2017)

NEW:
All players regardless of Robot CPU now have the same amount of weapon energy in battle (based on player feedback this has been increased from our original announcement). The amount of weapon energy available to players will be 12,550 (the same amount for a 1,600 CPU Robot)
Damage Boost System – Similar to how both Health Boost and Speed Boost systems work, we have now introduced a new Damage Boost system. This will provide an additive Damage Boost applied as a % to all your weapons (much like the buff you get when a player leaves on your team). The Damage Boost % will be highest at low CPU ranges and lowest at high CPU ranges (see image below)
Damage Boost % displayed in Robot stat panel
Copy Robot – One of the most requested features for Robocraft is here: the ability to copy your Robots. With a single-click players can make a copy of their Robots without requiring additional parts.
Copied Robots are displayed in green garage bays
A copied Robot can be freely played in any applicable game mode
A copied Robot will not require additional parts however it cannot be edited initially
To edit a copied Robot, players must construct it – this will use existing parts or Robits to forge any missing parts
Copied and then constructed Robots can be uploaded to the CRF (this does not apply to Robots downloaded from the CRF and copied/constructed)
CRF 2.0 – You can now ‘get’ a copy of another player’s Robot from the Community Robot Factory (CRF) for free as long as you have the parts in your account (whether in your inventory or on another Robot).
If you want to get a Robot from the CRF and you don’t have all the parts, any missing parts will need to be forged
Any Robots obtained from the CRF whether for free or for a cost can be played in any applicable game mode but cannot be edited without being constructed
Constructed Robots will use existing inventory parts and/or Robits to forge any missing parts
Robots downloaded from the CRF will appear in green garage bays until they are constructed as editable robots
Copies of downloaded Robots from the CRF cannot be uploaded to the CRF
CRF search results will now show Robots you have existing parts for before Robots that require some additional parts that need to be forged
CRF Mastery System – Those of you who have spent any amount of time in edit mode will know that building Robots takes time, sometimes a lot of time, and downloading Robots from the CRF doesn’t. So, we want to ensure that builders receive a reward – and that’s where the new Mastery System comes into play. Please note that the Mastery System rewards do not apply to Custom Games battles – will be be offering Custom Games Rewards in a future update.
Each Robot has a Mastery stat which starts at Level 1 and increases to Level 10
The Mastery of a Robot increases by one Level each time you complete a full battle
Each Mastery level gives you 30% extra XP when you play with that Robot
Robots built from scratch start with the maximum Mastery Level 10
Robots downloaded from the CRF start with Mastery Level 1
Robots that are copied in your Garage copy their Mastery Level from the copied Robot
A Robot’s mastery level is displayed in the Robot stat panel
To compensate for the massive Mastery XP bonus, we have reduced the League XP bonus from x2 to x1.25
Experience required to level up has been scaled up to accommodate the Mastery System
To keep robit rewards at the end of season around the same, the Clan Season XP/Robits rewards conversion reduced from 0.0033 to 0.0015
CRF Rewards – With the changes to how players use the CRF, we are also changing the way in which we reward builders who upload their Robots to the CRF. Currently, many players use parts from their inventory to obtain Robots from the CRF and as builders are rewarded with 25% of any Robits spent purchasing a robot, many builders aren’t rewarded for their efforts. Instead we want to change it so that every time someone adds a Mastery Level to a Robot downloaded from the CRF, the original creator will get rewarded.
Each Mastery Level gained will reward the original creator 1500 Robits (increased from our originally planned 500 Robits)
A Robot creator remains the creator even when a Robot is copied, constructed and edited
NEW Weapon – Rail Impaler:
Rarity – Legendary
Cost – 130,000 Robits
CPU Load – 260 pFlops
Base Health – 67080
Mass – 1040.0kg
Damage – 154537 per hit
Energy Consumption – 6000 per shot
Single Gun Fire Rate – 0.5 per second
Max Fire Rate – 1.0 per second
Max Fire Rate Count – 2 guns
NEW Custom Games Options:
Elimination Mode base capture speed multiplier (from 10% to 500%)
Set game length (from 1 min to 50 mins)
Available Custom Game options will now show/hide depending on game mode selected
IMPROVEMENTS:
Maps scaled up by 20% – more room for flying and more room for fighting
Removal of the Weapon Energy to CPU relationship to allow for the new Damage Boost System
Hover Robots added to Play vs AI Mode
Removed the “potential change” messaging from all in-game user-interface bars
Weapon Energy Module fully replenishes energy upon activation
BALANCE CHANGES:
All Thrusters and Propellers have had their speed boost increased 1.5 times
All Plasma Cannons, Rails and Aeroflaks had their damage reduced by 10%
Laser Leviathan damage increased from 26,330 to 29,429
Nano mechanics have changed: if 2 or more Robots heal a teammate at the same time, the heal will be applied only from the Robot who started healing first
Aeroflak mechanic has been changed and can no longer be used while the Robot is in air
Rotors have had their agility/acceleration massively increased
Reduced the speed at which Wings and Rudders bank from side to side to remove the feeling of weightlessness
Nominal count is now 4 for all non-Legendary Laser, Plasma, Rail and Nano Weapons
Nominal count is now 2 for all Tesla Weapons
BUG FIXES:
Fixed an exploit that allows you to get unrealistic levels of speed by driving aircraft in circles
Fixed an issue with pixelated game mode images when using lower quality settings
Fixed a visual layering issue between the chat window, Robot Info panel and the ‘rate this robot’ pop-up when using a low resolution
Extended the background box on the Battle Summary screen
Fixed alignment issues with weapon descriptions in German language
Fixed an audio bug which resulted in the aerofoil sound continuing to play after a player’s Robot had been destroyed
Fixed a bug which prevented some flying Robots from diving down if they flew too high
Fixed a bug which displayed the wrong messaging when the BRAWL mode is locked. It should read “Game Mode is currently locked”
Fixed a visual bug which displayed a clan invitation as being ‘greyed out’ and unavailable (even though it could still be clicked on and accepted/rejected)
Fixed a collision bug which detected connection points where there were none on the following:
Blink Module
Tesla Weapons
Hover Tempest
Insect Leg Soldier
Mega Plasma
Wing Falcon

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2273 (Aug 7, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2272 (Aug 3, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2270 (Jul 31, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2267 (Jul 27, 2017)

NEW:
Wings and Rudders re-worked – We’ve gone back to the drawing board and given planes some much-needed love; making them viable in the game once more. We’ve updated how they work and added new functionality including camera controls and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) For a complete break-down of the improvements, read our recent Dev Jam.
New wings and rudders art, vfx, animations, and audio
Speed Boosting – You wanted more speed, we’ve given you more speed. We’ve removed the global speed cap and changed the way speed works in Robocraft. For more information on the new Speed Boost system, read the Dev Jam.
IMPROVEMENTS:
Robot Mass, Base Speed, and Speed Boost % now displayed in the robot information panel
Updated PLAY screen messaging for Megabots – making it clearer and consistent on which game modes are locked/unlocked for Megabots.
Mech Legs and Tank Tracks now have health boost bonus
Visual improvements to the Megabot thumbnail icon in both the garage bay and CRF
BALANCE CHANGES:
Light Cube Health Boost reverted back to 0.05%
Sprinter Leg Perseus mass changed from 1900 to 1225
Wings and Rudders carry mass decreased
BUG FIXES:
Fixed some of the visual bugs which caused new garage bay thumbnail images to display incorrectly
Fixed a bug which prevented Monster Wheels from reaching their advertised maximum speed
Fixed a bug which prevented the CRF search filters from working as expected
Fixed a bug which caused the robot info widget to not reposition correctly when a player joined or left a custom game while in Edit Mode
Fixed a visual bug which failed to display the CPU bar correctly in the robot info widget when a player’s robot reached the max 10k CPU
Fixed a bug which prevented the Bat Wings/Rudders from reaching the same speed as their regular counterpart
Fixed a bug which made player names appear detached from their robots in battle when playing at 4K resolution
Replaced a missing visual asset on the Thunderbolt Propeller
Fixed supernova camera on Hellion Crater and Gliese Lake in Custom Games
Fixed a bug that incorrectly displayed health boost values in empty garage bays
Jump/hover heights are now more accurate
Fixed a bug which prevented the music from playing in Custom Game Pit modes on all maps
Fixed a bug which causes the potential CPU used segment to remain in the Robot info panel if a block/part is selected but not placed on the robot
Light Cubes ‘circuitry’ now glow blue as originally intended

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2253 (Jul 20, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2252 (Jul 13, 2017)

NEW:
Chassis Shape equalization- all Chassis Shapes will have the same Mass, Health and CPU. As all shapes now have the same stats, you’re no longer forced to make square, blocky robots in order to have as much health as possible – you’re free to experiment with all the different shapes. The stats are
Mass: 10Kg
CPU: 1 pFLOP
Health: 1,500
Light Chassis Shapes – The shapes lovingly known as TX-Cubes are coming back to Robocraft. Now known as Light Chassis Shapes, these new building blocks have less mass than standard Health Blocks and are perfect for creating lighter, more agile robots. The stats are
Mass: 2Kg
CPU: 3 pFLOPS
Health: 4,500
Health Boost System – Each Chassis Shape (Health or Light version) placed on your robot will grant a 0.05% health boost to the robot’s total health. This means that all parts on your robot will have their health increased by this %. Players will see a running total health boost in both the edit mode screen and garage screen.
The benefits to using Health Shapes on your robot is that as they use less CPU than Light Shapes, you can get a bigger health boost for the same CPU cost. So, placing 100 Light Shapes which costs a total of 300 CPU will give you a 5% health boost to your robot, using 300 Health Shapes will give you a 15% health boost.
Garage carousel and bay improvements – We’ve given the garage bay a much-needed tweak; adding new buttons to make it easier to edit, test, upload, and configure your Robots.
Robot stats in the Garage Bay – We’ve removed the CPU strip from the robot carousel and added it to a new robots stats overlay which details CPU, Weapon Energy, Health and Health Boost.
New play menu – To reflect the improvements to the garage bay carousel, we’ve given the ‘PLAY’ menu an overhaul, making it easier to find the game modes you want quicker.
Disable Chat added to settings – It is now possible to completely disable the in-game chat box via the settings menu.
IMPROVEMENTS:
All standard cubes renamed to Health cubes
‘Add Bay’ button in robot carousel renamed to ‘Build From Scratch’
Browse Robots button in the garage carousel renamed to ‘Get More Robots’
General improvements to CRF sorting and robots shown by default
Edit and Test mode removed from the play menu (as these can now be found above the garage bay slots)
Edit and test mode removed from the custom games screen (as these can now be found above the garage bay slots)
Players dismantling all their robots in the garage bay will no longer result in 3 empty slots – players will now see one empty slot, but can still create more
Tutorial renamed to ‘Robot Building Tutorial’
Curse Voice logo removed from the login screen
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which allowed players to buff themselves in Play vs AI mode
Fixed a bug which failed to display the padlocks on game modes if a player had a megabot selected and went direct to the play menu via the CRF
Fixed a bug which permitted players to build a megabot over 10k – although it was not possible to play this robot in battle
Fixed a visual bug which failed to ‘grey out’ the + symbol on both the custom games and party player widgets for invitees
Fixed a visual bug which failed to display the correct mouse-over effect when hovering the mouse pointer over a garage bay slot
Fixed a bug which caused the mouse scroll-wheel to zoom in/out the garage bay regardless of where your mouse pointer was situated
Fixed inconsistent labeling on the premium mothership floor
Fixed display issues with the game mode details for multiple languages
Fixed a bug which made it possible to blink through part of a solid feature under certain conditions
Fixed a visual bug which cropped part of the top of a party leader’s crown in the party widget when queuing for battle
Fixed a bug which caused the pause menu to appear when a player pressed the ‘ESC’ key when on the ‘per garage bay’ setting or ‘dismantle robot’ pop-up instead of closing the pop-up
Fixed a bug which would, under certain conditions, nullify both a DSM and an enemy shield when adjacent to each other
Fixed inconsistencies with UI margins and widget positioning
Fixed a bug which caused the CRF to show robots with no weapons or movement parts when the “any movement” and “any weapon” filters were selected
Fixed translation issues for both “Health Multiplier” and “Weapon Energy Multiplier” in Custom Games
Fixed text alignment issues for some weapon information when German language is selected
Fixed a sizing issue with the background for the leaderboard when playing Pit Mode
Fixed a bug which caused the language list to remain open if a player closed the settings menu while the language list was still open and then returned to the settings menu

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2238 (Jun 30, 2017)

NEW:
Megabots added to both Custom Games and Play vs AI modes:
FREE to all players
Highest CPU is now 10,000
Any Robot over 2,000 CPU is flagged as a Megabot on the edit bay floor
Megabots can only be played in Custom Games or Play vs AI modes
Weapon Energy doesn't change building beyond 2,000 CPU
Megabots in garage bay slots are highlighted with a red flag
Megabots can be uploaded and downloaded to/from the CRF
New CPU filter added to the CRF to accommodate Robots 2k - 10k CPU
New Custom Games sliders:
Health Multiplier - set down to 10% or up to 500% Health multiplier for all Robots in battle
Weapon Energy Multiplier - set down to 10% or up to 500% Weapon Energy multiplier for all Robots in battle
If any player in a Custom Game clicks on their player avatar on any screen, they can chose to leave the Custom Game
IMPROVEMENTS:
Improvements to the CRF with added search/sorting filters:
Sort CRF results for specific parts or Robots with no movement or weapon parts
Sorting by cost
“Any weapon” now rejects robots with no cubes from “weapon” inventory category
“Any movement” now rejects robots with no cubes from “movement” inventory category
Helium removed from CRF movement filter
Thrusters added to the CRF movement filter
Removed the hover over info pane from the CRF
Play Screen updated to lock-out game modes if player has a Megabot selected
Improved Nano VFX and SFX as a direct result of player feedback
Improvements to team buff UI
Visual improvements to the drag-and-drop of players in Custom Games
Added missing SFX to some Custom Games actions/events
BALANCE CHANGES:
To make the Nano projectiles look more like a beam, we increased their fire rate to 20 shots per second and proportionally reduced their energy consumption and heal per hit. The overall heal per second should remain the same
BUG FIXES:
Fixed Pit Mode to work with Tharsis Rift Map
Fixed a visual bug that caused some module icons in the loadout to repeatedly flick between small and expanded circles when being used
Fixed a typo on the Hellion Crater name in the Custom Games map list
Reverted zero mass change for Helium Cube because it was causing unexpected issues
Fixed a bug which caused the party widget to appear on the crate screen when returning from a match
Fixed a bug which allowed a custom game leader to interact with the party widget while in the queue for battle
Fixed a bug that caused the Custom Games damage slider to be in the incorrect position to some players when they returned from a Custom Game
Fixed a bug which caused the wrong score to be displayed under player names in The Pit
Fixed a bug that caused the + button in Custom Games to sometimes fail when switching between Pit and another mode
Fixed a bug which caused the in-game camera to be off-centre when using the Blink module in certain situations
Fixed a bug which caused the active garage bay to zoom in/out when using the scroll wheel anywhere on the screen (including chat)
Changes to Custom Games invalid invites to ensure consistency with party invites
Fixed a bug which caused the mouse icon to appear as a hand when in the CRF
Fixed a bug which caused early leaver penalties to carry over into Custom Games
Fixed a bug which permitted Custom Games party members to interact with the party widget
Fixed a bug which allowed party invitees to interact with the party widget
Fixed a bug which prevented players from using the scroll wheel in Custom Games chat unless they were hovering over the scrollbar
Fixed a bug in the Pit which caused players to spawn in and around the same area as everyone else
Fixed an audio bug which caused the wheels engine sound to continue playing when a player loaded back to the mothership
Custom Games sliders and checkboxes are now greyed out for players joining a custom game
Fixed a bug which prevented the pending clan invite "!" from disappearing if an invite has been accepted/rejected

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2226 (Jun 16, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2223 (Jun 15, 2017)

NEW:
Helion Crater and Gliese Lake maps added to Custom Games
Pit Mode added to Custom Games
The following options are now selectable in Custom Games:
Health Regenerate ON/OFF
Capture Segment Memory ON/OFF*
Damage multiplier slider – set down to 10% or up to 500% damage multiplier for all Robots in battle.
*This switch turns on/off the capture point segment memory feature. When set to off, players must capture all segment points in one push; moving off the capture point before all segments have been captured the capture point will begin to fall back to zero segments captured.
Micro Mashings BRAWL:
Movement type: Wheels only
Weapon type: No restrictions
CPU Limits: 500 CPU or less
Game Mode: The Pit
Number of players: 10
Map: Helion Crater
Fixed Weapon Energy amount: 10,000
IMPROVEMENTS:
Nanos:
All Nanos now have Proto-Seeker-like aim-assist
Nano crosshair will now display a ‘lock’ message when locked on a target
Improved VFX for all Nanos
All Nanos except Constructor have had their heal values increased
Nano Constructor has had it’s energy consumption reduced from 1213 per shot to 1032
All Nanos have had their range increased by almost 3 times; matching Proto-Seeker range
VFX for all kinds of heal (base heal, auto heal) were changed to match the nano heal VFX
Shields:
We have removed the recharging shield mechanic from the game. All parts that previously had a shield stat have had their health values increased
We have taken the opportunity to re-balance Electroshields. All Electroshields with one connection point now have 2100 HP per CPU, and all multi-connection Electroshields now have 1470 HP per CPU
Removed the numbers displayed on the arrows on all wheels
BALANCE CHANGES:
Mech Legs have had their health values multiplied by 4 times
In order to make all modules useful in battle, they will no longer use Weapon Energy upon activation; the Ghost Module will still use Weapon Energy while active.
Forge costs, recycle rates and health reduced for all modules except Blink Module
CPU load reduction for the following Modules:
Blink Module cooldown increased to 60 seconds to compensate for the removal of activation cost
In order to make all weapons more useful in battle, the following balance changes have been implemented:
All Rails have their damage buffed by 20%
All Plasmas except Goliathon had their explosion radius increased to 25 meters to match the Goliathon’s blast radius
All Lasers except Leviathan and Disintegrator have had their accuracy increased. Bigger Lasers are still more accurate, but the difference in accuracy between
Leviathan and Wasp is now only 25% and not 100%
Tesla Slicer and Tesla Ripper have had their damage per hit increased:
BUG FIXES:
Refined server requests in order to reduce CPU spikes
Fixed a visual bug which caused the wheels on other player’s Robots to glitch
Fixed a bug which made it possible for all players in a custom game to be on the same team
Fixed a bug that caused the profanity filter to enable when you relog or enter a game mode
Fixed a bug which caused helium to affect the centre of mass on Robots
Fixed a bug which caused a gap to appear above the team lists on the battle loading screen at some resolutions
Corrected some hovers so their actual speed matches their thumbnail value
Fixed a bug which disabled the Esc key if a player joined a Custom Game and queued up
Fixed a visual bug which failed to display a ‘0’ alongside the friends icon if a player had no friends

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2208 (Jun 2, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2186 (May 18, 2017)

NEW:
Custom Games Mk1 – Custom Games has taken a LOT of development effort to support. We’ve had to rework our entire server infrastructure and lobby code to enable it. We’re releasing Custom Games in four stages; the first, the MK1 release, we will official release tomorrow. The reason we’re splitting it up like this is to get the feature to you as quickly as possible, by doing it in steps we can get it to you quicker and get it stable faster and learn from the way you are using the feature and feedback on the feature when it’s live.
In Custom Games Mk1 you can invite 1-9 players to play private games, choose game mode, choose map, and host a private custom games chat channel
Robits in crates – All players will now have the opportunity to receive Robits in all salvage reward crates. Robits will be dropped into crates randomly – the same as all other items. The drop rates and Robit reward amounts are:
Ninja Mask Cosmetic – Channel your inner-ninja with the awesome ninja mask cosmetic that’s now available in the game. You can forge the parts or find them in crates
OTHER CHANGES:
Based on your feedback from the Custom Games Mk1. Alpha test last week, we’ve made a number of changes and improvements to some of the Custom Games user-interface.
Friend/Clan drop-down added to Custom Games and Party widgets. To invite more players to a Custom Game or Party the leader simply clicks on the ‘plus’ icon in the appropriate team and then invites players, either by typing in the username or by clicking on a friend/clanmate who is currently online from a scrollable drop down list that appears.
User-interface improvements to the Custom Games Widget in both Edit and Garage Modes
When a Custom Game leader queues up, all other players will now see a dialogue stating ‘Your party is waiting for you’
All uncommon, common and rare items in crates now appear’ quicker
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which caused an ‘Error loading clan info’ message to appear when a player appeared in the same clan multiple times
Fixed a bug which caused a grey border to appear around both the Robocraft & New Zealand Holoflag images in the inventory and forge screens
The Speedometer and Altimeter no longer colour bleed on higher quality settings
Fixed a bug which caused the overlay for ‘Pending Invite’ and ‘In-game’ to turn player avatars black
Fixed a bug which allowed invited Custom Game players to interact with the Custom Games Widget
Fixed a bug which allowed a player to create a Custom Game whilst invited to another
Updated the ‘drag and drop players’ label so that it no longer appears for Custom Game invitees
Fixed a visual bug that gave the impression that Custom Games invitees could change settings
Fixed a bug which caused the Custom game widget to cover the ‘advanced info’ stats on all resolutions
Fixed a bug which caused the Robocraft cursor to still be present in Edit mode
Having the block party invites box checked now prevents players from receiving Custom Game invitations
Fixed a bug which caused an unintentional monochrome effect to a player when being hit by an EMP in battle
Fixed a bug which caused the BRAWL description to appear incorrect
Fixed a visual bug that caused the bay to rotate in garage view while dragging players from team to team in a custom game
Fixed the ceiling boundary on Tihonium Canyon and Tharsis Rift maps.
KNOWN ISSUES:
When opening crates that contain Robits, the animation for Robits dropping into crates may sometimes appear out of alignment with the drop slot

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2179 (May 15, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2171 (May 12, 2017)

NEW:
Custom Games Mk.1 Alpha added:
Custom Games has taken a LOT of development effort to support. We’ve had to rework our entire server infrastructure and lobby code to enable it. We have tested it internally as much as we can but it is hard to predict how popular the feature will be, how users will use it, and therefore how the infrastructure will cope when it’s launched. For these reasons we have decided to do an Alpha launch that we rolled out with this update.
Here’s how it works:
In today’s update the feature was added, but the Custom Games button in the Play Menu was initially disabled
We will then enable it for a random % of users and check everything is stable
If any issues arise we will switch it off again, fix the issues, and then enable it again as quickly as possible
We will increase the % of users who have access to the feature step-by-step and as fast as possible until 100% of users have access to the feature
When all seems stable, we will promote the feature to the users who aren’t paying attention to the website and may want to come check it out
We’re releasing Custom Games in four stages. The first is the MK1 Alpha release which started today. The reason we’re splitting it up like this is to get the feature to you as quickly as possible, by doing it in steps we can get it to you faster and get it stable faster and learn from the way you are using the feature and feedback on the feature when it’s live.
In Custom Games Mk1 you can invite 2-10 players to play private games, choose game mode, choose map, and host a private custom games chat channel
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which prevented players from seeing their own or others pings when hidden behind terrain/objects on the lowest quality setting
Fixed a bug that displayed the wrong error message when a user logged into the Robocraftgame.com website with an email address
Fixed a bug which prevented Battle Arena players from receiving rewards when they only gained a score through capturing points, destroying crystals or the Protonite Core (ie. no kills in battle)
Fixed a bug that allowed players to start a party using the /partyinvite command while they had a pending invite

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2158 (May 5, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2155 (May 4, 2017)

NEW:
Teamsight – All enemy robots that are visible on player’s screen are in “spotted” state and are shown on the HUD and in-game minimap. A player will remain “spotted” until they are obscured by map geometry; after which point they will remain “spotted” for one second. Any target visible to a team member is also in the “spotted” state for all teammates. All Teamsight information is sent to all team players every one second.
Windowmaker Module – This exciting new module will display the location of all ‘live’ players on the opposing team for a set period of time (see data below). The location of the opposing team players will appear on both the HUD and in-game minimap to all players on your team. Any enemies that are ‘off-screen’ will be displayed in the in-game HUD as an arrow pointing to their location. Any opposing players who are cloaked are immune to the module’s power.
Windowmaker Module data:
Classification: Legendary
CPU: 150
Health: 37,800
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Effect duration: 7.5 seconds
Activation cost: 2,000 energy
Chain Splitter Weapon – This new weapon is lighter than its bigger brother The Chain Shredder; it requires less CPU and is significantly smaller so it should be both more versatile and more viable for smaller builds.
Chain Splitter Weapon data:
Classification: Epic
CPU: 165
Health: 74,498
Damage per hit: 13,906 (same as Chain Shredder)
Energy per second: 2,333 (same as Chain Shredder)
Max fire rate count: 4 guns (to get max fire rate with CPU investment similar to 2 Chain Shredders)
Max fire rate: 19.05 per second (5% lower than for 2 Chain Shredders)
Single gun fire rate: 13.33 per second (14% lower than with 1 Chain Shredder, due to lower CPU cost)
Note: 2 Chain Splitters provide 5% lower fire rate than 1 Chain Shredder – similarly to the max fire rate described above
OTHER CHANGES:
Removal of all current Radar parts from the game (including Radar, Receiver and Jammers)**
Removal of manual spotting functionality via ‘Q’ keybind
Updated Italian language translations in-game
Moved all Electroshields from Weapons to Special category in the forge/recycle/inventory screens
Change end of Clan season screen top bar to just display “End of Season X” [where X is the last season number]
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which prevented the Carbon 6 Thruster from glowing
Fixed a visual bug which caused the ice around a Tower on the Spitzer Dam map to Flicker
Fixed a visual bug which caused the base of League Badges to flash black every few seconds
Fixed the sharpness on the Altimeter text at low quality settings
Fixed a visual bug which prevented the Weapon Energy Module from glowing
Fixed missing blue textures on Nanos
Fixed a graphical glitch near the South base on the Birmingham Power station map
Fixed a bug which caused Hover blades not to show the team colour correctly
Fixed the boundary collision on the Tithonium Canyon map

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2133 (Apr 21, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2113 (Apr 20, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2125 (Apr 13, 2017)

NEW:
Sprinter Hermes Carbon 6 movement part*
Excluding the forge cost, the C6 Sprinter Hermes share the same stats as the non-C6 version.
To examine these new legs more closely, feel free to zoom around the model via the Sketchfab display below.
Special thanks to Sketchfab for their incredibly nifty 3D model plug-in tech.
BALANCE CHANGES:
Ion Destabilizer and Ion Distorter accuracy decreased – this equates to about 30% less damage at mid-range distance, but no change at close-range
Hover Blade Hurricane health decreased from 147,000 to 117,600 – now they are less efficient as a lightweight damage soak.
OTHER CHANGES:
Changes to disconnection penalty – Players who suffer from occasional disconnections in Robocraft will now have their penalty time reduced
1st disconnection – 0 seconds
2nd disconnection – 30 seconds
3rd disconnection – 60 seconds
4th disconnection – 120 seconds
5th disconnection – 300 seconds
6th disconnection and above – 600 seconds
Please note: If a player has received a disconnection penalty and they play 3 full games without disconnecting, then their disconnection ‘penalty level’ will reset back to zero.
MMR settings were tweaked to help more players getting into Protonium League.
Updated Xsolla store in-game:
Items are now in a list, rather than a grid
The ‘Learn More’ buttons now display the extra info right under the button, rather than a popup
Improved the video quality of the intro trailer
Updated in-game advert for Premium to highlight 3x recycle rate
Updated the BRAWL image to display ‘First Win Bonus’ as a rosette
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which made it possible for a clan to have no leader
Fixed a bug which caused the Robocraft client to close when recycling more than 5,000 cubes
Fixed an issue that caused Robots with multiple ‘layers’ of hovers not to adjust their hover height when lower hovers were shot off
Fixed a spacing issue on ‘new cubes awarded’ section of the Promo Code screen
Fixed a bug in Play vs AI mode where you always respawned in the same location
Fixed translation issues with the 4 Year Holoflag
Improved the readability of the ‘more info’ text on the Xsolla store in Chinese and Japanese languages
Fixed a bug which caused Tesla explosions to sometimes appear on the wrong Tesla Robot in matches

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2113 (Apr 6, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2097 (Mar 31, 2017)

NEW:
Unranked Battle Arena added to the game*
New play screen
Basic Mode has been renamed to Team Deathmatch
Normal Mode has been renamed to League Arena
Custom Games placeholder added (yes it really is coming soon)
In League Arena, all players on the winning team will each receive a Protonium Crate and all players on the losing team will each receive a Gold Crate
All League Arena players will now earn double XP
All new players will now receive more starter blocks when they create their account so they can start building Robots straight away. In addition to the blocks on their starter Robots, new players to the game will also receive 2,000 solid square chassis cubes and 1,000 of each other common type chassis cube in their inventory
The addition of unranked Battle Arena will mean the average player may see an increase in queue times to around 90 seconds. Those players with a high MMR should see improved queue times over their current averages. The queue times between ranked and unranked modes should be similar.
OTHER CHANGES:
New keyboard shortcuts (this affects new players only). Any player wishing to change their keyboard shortcuts can do so via the controls screen (accessed by pressing the escape key in the garage view)
Team Deathmatch – H
Battle Arena – B
League Arena – L
BRAWL – J
The name of the game mode being played is now displayed on the pause menu
Removed the game lobby for players levels 1-5 to decrease queue times for all players
Disabled the dust particle on low quality graphic settings on the following maps:
Ophiuchus Valley
Spitzer Dam
Tihonium Canyon
Tharsis Rift
New loading screen for Tihonium Canyon
New loading screen for Spitzer Dam
Minimap for Spitzer Dam has been updated
Minimap for Ophiuchus Valley has been updated
Removed the functionality to change the color of a player’s Robot name
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which prevented players with older accounts progressing through the tutorial
Fixed a bug which caused players to enter edit mode and not the main garage screen when skipping or completing the tutorial
Updated the inventory icons for Vampire wings and rudders
Fixed the Clan Seasons Reward screen Robits image
Fixed a bug which displayed the Party Invite dialogue in Italian incorrectly
Fixed a bug which caused the pulsing animation for base progress to stop if a team destroyed a large number of crystals on the opposing team’s base
Fixed a bug which caused high-scoring players to receive less objective score than expected
Fixed an audio bug which caused the wrong voiceover to play for both teams in the event of a win/loss
Fixed a sync issue with the voiceover and game end explosion in Battle Arena modes
Tweaked the AI bot pathfinding algorithm to improve their ability to maneuver around the new maps
Updated the crate purchasing screen to correctly display the ‘guaranteed legendary’ messaging in English

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2082 (Mar 24, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2077 (Mar 22, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2073 (Mar 21, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2065 (Mar 16, 2017)

NEW:
Replaced old Birmingham Power Station Map in Basic and Play vs AI Modes with new updated maps:
Earth – Birmingham Power Station (2017 version)
Earth – Vanguard’s End
GJ 1214b – Spitzer Dam
GJ 1214b – Ophiuchus Valley
Mars – Tihonium Canyon
Mars – Tharsis Rift
New ‘Dominant’ game mechanic added. When one team controls three capture points for 60 seconds in Normal Mode, they will become ‘Dominant’ whereby the protonium charge rate is greatly increased while they maintain the three capture points.
Matchmaking level banding introduced:
Player levels 1 – 5 matchmade together
Player levels 6 and above matchmade together
In Normal Mode, when the battle is at 95% a siren sound will now trigger
In Normal Mode, a siren sound will trigger when there is one minute remaining
In Basic Mode, when any team requires one kill to win, a siren sound will now play
OTHER CHANGES:
Improved Anti-Hacking Measures: Easy Anti Cheat has been updated to address a recently diagnosed exploit with the Linux client. This vulnerability has now been fixed and we’ll continue to monitor and ban players permanently for hacking.
Added more scenery to Spitzer Dam to provide more cover and improved symmetry on terrain [late addition]
Removed all-player kickback when a player fails to load into battle
Balanced hover physics to improve user experience:
Increased general acceleration to improve responsiveness and reducing drift
Reduced general velocity to maintain current speeds
Increased dampening so bot comes to stop sooner after releasing key
Increased velocity cap to maintain current speed with thrusters added
‘Draw’ voiceover added to Normal Mode
BUG FIXES:
All Basic/Normal Mode based BRAWLs will now punish early-leavers with a five-minute penalty
Fixed a bug which prevented a player’s MMR from displaying correctly in the friends tab if a clan had a long name. Now clan names longer than nine characters will display as [clan name]…
Replaced missing language translations for the current BRAWL
Fixed a bug which made it possible to Blink through the Protonite Core
Fixed a bug which caused the user-interface animation for base progress to get stuck if a player destroyed a large number of crystals on an enemy base
Fixed a visual bug that caused the trail effect of weapons to be stopped by the low power shield on a base
Fixed a bug which caused the 4th Birthday Holoflag name to display incorrectly in non-English languages
Fixed a visual bug which caused a player’s league rank to show no increase if they jumped to the next rank when having less than five stars on their current rank badge
Fixed an issue where the lobby connection symbol could be seen behind the ‘connecting to server’ symbol
Fixed a bug which caused the wrong voiceovers to play when a team won/lost in Normal Mode
Updated the Play vs AI Mode battle loading screen to display the correct game mode

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2057 (Mar 9, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2051 (Mar 7, 2017)

NEW:
Normal Mode now 5v5
Towers removed from Normal Mode and replaced with Mining Points
The team objective in Normal Mode’ changed to ‘The Annihilator’
Changes to the Protonium Reactors in Normal Mode – crystals now form on the tower as they are mined from Mining Points (essentially capture points).
Introduction of Protonite Core game mechanic to Normal Mode
Game maps re-worked:
Earth – Birmingham Power station – totally new map for Normal Mode
Earth – Vanguard’s End – minor changes
GJ 1214b – Spitzer Dam – minor changes
GJ 1214b – Ophiuchus Valley – totally reworked map
Mars – Tihonium Canyon – major changes
Mars – Tharsis Rift – totally reworked map
New Adaptive Music System. Now the music which plays during matches will evolve based on events taking place, for instance when the Protonite Core appears the pace of the music is increased.
New sound effects and voice overs
All maps, including Test Mode have new skyboxes
The Battle Loading screen now shows hints on how to play the chosen game mode effectively
OTHER CHANGES:
No more Overclocker. All weapons, movement types, etc. have been balanced to Overclocker level 5 (in line with Basic Mode)
‘Respawn Escalator’ removed – respawn times are always 15 seconds long in Normal Mode
Players will auto-respawn in Normal Mode
‘Protonivity Escalator’ removed
At the start of a battle both team’s Fusion Shields are active
A team’s Fusion Shield will deactivate when the opposing team owns all three Mining Points
Fusion Shield healing is still active for allies when their base shield is down
Players can’t move through an enemy shield to enter the base when it is active
Players can’t shoot through an enemy shield when it is active
If a player is in an enemy base and the enemy’s shield becomes active, the player will take damage and lose the ability to fire their weapons but they can still use modules and move out of the base (through the shield)
Matchmaking improvements to reduce the MMR difference between two teams Unfortunately this fix didn’t make it into the live client. – It will be added to the client early next week.
Updated end of battle scoreboard now includes an ‘objective score’ which is gained by capturing points, destroying the Protonite Core and reactor crystals
In Normal Mode, members of the same clan can now play on opposing teams in the same battle
Increased the speed at which players level up
Epic Carbon 6 Plasma forge costs increased
Removed Ophiuchus Valley, Spitzer Dam and Tihonium Canyon maps from current BRAWL
Reduced AFK (away from keyboard) detection time to 3 minutes.
Added the word ‘cancer’ to the profanity filter
Improved translations based on community feedback from German and French audiences. We have more improvements planned for these languages and others in future updates.
BALANCE CHANGES:
All Sprinter Legs have had their Carry Mass and Health reduced
All Mech Legs have had their speed increased by 10 MPH
All Hovers have had their weight and carrying capacity balanced
All Tesla damage and energy per shot reduced
Nano RMB functionality removed – Nano now requires manual aiming. Clicking the right-mouse button when using a Nano will now zoom in, the same as other
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug that caused the weapon loadout icons to flash red for a few seconds upon entering a game
Fixed a bug that caused a cube to be placed in the wrong position when attempting to place a large cube on the bottom of a robot in mirror mode
Fixed a bug that caused the yellow leader visual effect to play for everyone who spawned in even if they are not the leader in Pit mode BRAWL (does not apply to the current BRAWL)
Fixed a bug that produced an error message when placing cubes too fast in mirror mode
Fixed a bug that caused a server error when accepting an invite to a clan which makes you the 50th member
Fixed an issue that made it possible for players to receive the exact same crate twice through a bad internet connection
The ‘load more’ button in the clan search tab is now easier to click
Fixed the splash loading screen text appearing incorrectly when playing at a high resolution
Cleaned up a very messy looking hill on the Vanguard’s End map
Sharpened the adverts in the lobby screen when playing at low quality
Re-aligned the text on the XSOLLA in-game shop page when choosing your payment type
Translated the ‘Disconnected Cubes’ dialog box into multiple languages
Fixed a bug that allowed a player to remove the GUI (Game User Interface) from the crate opening screen which then prevented the player from collecting their final crate
Translated the “User Does Not Exist” text for friend invites and whispers into multiple languages
Translated “Clan Details” into multiple languages
Translated “You have to Upload an Avatar to Create a Clan” into multiple languages
Translated “Invite Already Sent” when adding a friend into multiple languages
Translated the dialog box that appears when a player attempts to use a promo code that was previously used on their account into multiple languages
Fixed a visual bug that occurred around the edges of test mode on higher quality settings

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2030 (Feb 24, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2024 (Feb 17, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2018 (Feb 16, 2017)

Introduction of ELO:
With this update this we launched a new matchmaking system using the standard ELO system. In Robocraft, your ELO rating will be referred to as your MMR (MatchMaking Rating). Your MMR rating will change based on your performance in battle and is used to matchmake players more fairly. So, new players learning the game will be playing against others of similar skill, and experienced players who are pros at Robocraft will be playing with similarly high skilled players. Hopefully this will ensure that everyone will be enjoying the game more overall.
All players will have two account-level MMR values:
All Mode MMR
Normal MMR
The ‘Normal MMR’ will update when you play the main Robocraft game mode; ‘Normal Mode’ (formally Battle Arena) and will be visible to you, your friends and your fellow clan mates. While the ‘All-Mode MMR’ will update when you play any multiplayer mode and is not visible to players. Both MMRs have been designed to ensure that players are matchmade fairly to make an enjoyable game for everyone.
Player Base ELO / MMR score:
When players first launch Robocraft after the ELO update, their Normal MMR value will be based on their League rank (prior to the update) divided by 3. We chose to divide the League rank number as we felt that keeping max ranked League players at the top, would mean their MMR would only go down (or remain the same). Having an initial lower number allows high-ranked players to work towards achieving the highest ‘Normal MMR’ possible. This was also done to ensure reasonably good matchmaking from the start of ELO.
Players who had previously been the top of League will still have the best ‘Normal MMR’ at the start of the new update. It’s also worth mentioning that any forged League badges will remain on your account, you won’t lose them.
Those players who have not participated in League previously will have a ‘Normal MMR’ of zero.
In this update, the ‘All-Mode MMR’ for all players starts at zero.
Please note: that in the early days post-release the ELO system is still gathering data based on player performance and so matchmaking may not be perfect; especially for those players with an MMR of zero. However as you play more games, more data will be obtained and matchmaking will improve.
Player Ranking:
With the new update, we are retaining the old League Badges and players will be ranked according to their ‘Normal MMR’ scores. The table below shows the MMR required to achieve each rank.
K-Factor:
The amount of MMR a player receives and loses is different in different Leagues. In Bronze the amount is maximal to ensure those who are too strong for Bronze to leave it fast. In Diamond and Protonium it’s minimal to ensure that one unlucky game won’t affect MMR too much. Speaking in ELO terms, we have different K-factor in different Leagues.
For more information on K-factors, click here.[en.wikipedia.org]
OTHER CHANGES:
New Game Mode Select Screen:
With this update we’re making a few subtle changes to the Game Mode Select Screen (see image below). Alongside the introduction of ELO, we will be renaming the following game modes.
Deathmatch will become Basic Mode - this is classic 5v5 Team Deathmatch
Battle Arena will become Normal Mode - this is the competitive conquest mode combining the League and Battle Arena modes
AI Bots will become Play Vs AI - Test your mettle alongside AI-controlled robots in a game of Team Deathmatch
BRAWL (no name change) - A regularly updated game mode with fun changes to rules and permitted block types
Changes to keyboard shortcuts:
With the changes to the game mode select screen and the mode names, we’ll be updating the associated keyboard shortcuts too. These keyboard shortcuts are usable on the Garage and Game Mode select screens.
For new players, playing Robocraft for the first time, the default menu keyboard shortcuts will be
Edit – E
Test – T
Basic – B
Normal - N
Brawl – L
For existing players, the keyboard shortcuts will remain:
Edit – E
Test – T
Basic - J
Normal - L
Brawl - H
If a player goes to the controls settings from the pause menu and clicks “Reset Defaults” they will have the new hot keys.
Visual optimization changes to Test Mode
Removal of Player Kickback:
We launched the new Battle Loading functionality recently in order to ensure that matches begin with a full compliment of players on each side. After gathering feedback from the community we have elected to switch off this feature for the time being. This allows us to pursue other methods of ensuring players load in together, and we’ll share news of that soon including the addition of a reconnect button.
BUG FIXES:
Players leaving a battle early will no longer receive XP
KNOWN ISSUES:
We are currently investigating an issue with the Robocraft Launcher which prevents players from updating the game. If you install a fresh version of the launcher (available to download here: http://robocraftgame.com/download.php) into a new folder, you will be able to play Robocraft as normal. Please note that this does not affect those who are launching Robocraft through the Steam Client. If you don’t want to re-install the launcher for whatever reason, please be patient and we’ll deploy a fix later today.
The tooltip (rollover) for Normal Mode incorrectly states it is a 5v5 game mode; this is incorrect and will be corrected with a hotfix.

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2004 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.2001 (Feb 8, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1999 (Feb 6, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1997 (Feb 2, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1987 (Jan 27, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1976 (Jan 19, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1964 (Jan 12, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1954 (Jan 5, 2017)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1947 (Dec 20, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1943 (Dec 16, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1942 (Dec 15, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1939 (Dec 14, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1926 (Dec 13, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1920 (Dec 9, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1918 (Dec 8, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1903 (Dec 2, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1887 (Nov 29, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1885 Minor Fix (Nov 25, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1885 (Nov 24, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1877 (Nov 17, 2016)

NEW:
All players receive 1x Protonium crate when levelling up
Two new starter bots in garage bays two and three (for new players only)
New Weapon Energy meter in Edit mode
CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS:
Changes to player matchmaking – players will now be matchmade regardless of CPU
Available Robot CPU increased to 2,000
Players have all 2,000 CPU available to them regardless of player level
Player maximum level increased from 150 to 10,000
Re-branded the Power Booster to Weapon Energy Module (click here for additional info)
Weapon Energy Module cooldown set to 2 minutes
EMP trigger countdown reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds
EMP stun duration increased from 5 seconds to 7.5 seconds
Reduced the connection timeout duration in the waiting for battle lobby
10% reduction to all Nano heal rates
Changed the rules which restrict players from recycling the starter robots. Previously cubes used on the three starter robots were “protected from recycling”. Now only one, the smallest starter robot will be protected from recycling
Increase to CPU cost and health for all Tank Tracks and Invader and Assault Rotors Blades
Decrease Carry Mass per CPU on all Rotor Blades
Rotors, Wings and Rudders now have their max speed affected by carrying capacity
Tank Tracks, Mech Legs and Sprinter Legs now have limited carrying capacity (it was unlimited before)
Wheels have had their carrying capacity increased. The numbers displayed on their thumbnails was incorrect; as a result they were decreased slightly while the actual carrying capacity was increased considerably for all the wheels
The surface friction of all cubes has been increased a small amount, this slows ‘Rocket Sleds’ slightly whilst allowing Airplanes to take off etc. Ski’s are the lowest friction items in the game now
The friction/grip of wheels has been increased by 20%
Thrusters have had their max speed increased by around 30%
Thruster maximum speed is affected by the total mass of the robot they are put on. The maximum robot mass before speed loss data shown on thruster thumbnail. If a robot’s mass is higher than the thumbnail data shown, the maximum speed will be lower. Essentially, the heavier the robot, the slower it will be
BUGS:
Fixed a bug that caused a player to turn invisible to everyone when another player used the Blink Module when they died
Fixed a bug that allowed you to use the Blink Module after you died; this led to the player who killed you becoming invisible and invincible to you
Fixed an issue with the Vanguard’s End mini-map being blurry on low resolution/quality settings
Fixed a bug which stopped the energy bar from dynamically updating when placing a lot of blocks in quick succession
Fixed a bug that made one of the new starter robots bounce when entering test mode for the first time

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1865 (Nov 10, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1853 (Nov 3, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1846 (Nov 2, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1837 (Oct 31, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1814 (Oct 11, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1809 (Oct 7, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1806 (Oct 6, 2016)

NEW PARTY SYSTEM:
Fancy new party widget gives you all the info you need about your party!
The party widget shows you when an invited player is yet to accept your invitation, has accepted it and joined, and when they’re queued up for a battle!
Party events such as being invited or members joining will now appear in your chat panel!
You can now invite players to a party by right clicking their name in your friends list or clan list
The fourth and fifth party slots are no longer locked behind premium! Everyone and anyone can get into 5-person parties whenever they want!!!
PREMIUM CHANGES:
Recycle rates are increased by 3x while you have Premium
The 6-month option for premium has been replaced with the Life Time option and is priced at $49.99 (USD) / £34.99 (GBP) / €44.99 (EUR). That’s right! *TV Sales Voice* For the low low price of $49.99 you can have premium forever onward!
STEAM TRADING CARDS:
Don’t know what Steam Trading Cards are? First click here to learn more about them!
Robocraft’s Steam Trading Cards system will include:
8 Trading Cards
6 Backgrounds
10 Emoticons
6 Badges
As Robocraft is a F2P game, you will earn Trading Cards by spending money in-game (one badge per ~$9 according to Steam’s official FAQ)
Important note: This will only include money spent through the steam wallet. Any purchases made without the Steam wallet will not help you progress towards a Trading Card.
IMPROVEMENTS:
You can now right click on your own avatar to change it
Several general party optimizations
Polished and optimized the salvage crate drop screen
Improved Mech Leg LoDs
Many players were unaware that you can edit a clan’s description if you’re a high enough rank, so a visual element has been added to make it more apparent
Improvements have been made to make chat more easily readable
Tutorial arrows are now animated!
BUG FIXES :
You can now right click on your own avatar to change it
Fixed a bug which obscured some salvage crates when using 800×600 resolution
Fixed a bug which caused the chat panel at the end of a battle to become faded, forcing you to re-click it to send messages
Fixed a bug which stopped players in the Pit from being removed from the scoreboard when they left the battle early
Fixed a bug which would on rare occasions cause mech legs to… detach from themselves and fall apart
Fixed a bug which caused the CRF button to remain white after purchasing a robot
Fixed a bug which caused the error message “You have no bot” if you attempted to join a battle while viewing a robot in the CRF
Fixed a bug which caused players to move through terrain as though it had no collision if they died while blinking
Fixed the Chain Shredder’s connection points, as one of them wasn’t a ‘real’ connection point
Fixed the Dwarf Spike Plate’s glow color
Fixed a bug which caused the blinking chat cursor to appear within the channel name when joining or leaving a channel
Fixed a bug which left the Clan chat channel available after leaving a clan
Fixed a bug which failed to display the red ! when invited to a clan, if you were offline at the time of the invite
Fixed a bug which caused Sprinter Legs to sink into the ground when used with Insect Legs… for whatever reason you might be doing that. You do you
Fixed a bug which caused robots with both versions of the Sprinter Leg to lose their ability to forward-leap

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1793 (Sep 30, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1786 (Sep 27, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1783 Hotfix #2 (Sep 26, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1783 (Sep 23, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1781 (Sep 22, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1763 Hotfix #4 (Sep 20, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1763 Hotfix #3 (Sep 16, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1757 Hotfix #2 (Sep 14, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1752 Hotfix (Sep 12, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client Roboclans Update (Sep 7, 2016)

CHAT MK.1:
Completely new chat and social system with all new functionality!
Custom chat channels focused on specific topics which others can join. Host your own chat channels filled with friends from different clans, other people with similar interests such as artbots or competitive play and anything else!
New ‘forward slash’ commands such as /create and /party (click for full list) let you organize all your social needs without needing a mouse!
Chat now has a scroll bar so you can see previously sent chat messages
Colour coded chats now make it much easier to differentiate between different conversations, social groups and private messages!
Select which chat channel to focus on, or have all chat channels in view at the same time!
FRIENDS MK.1:
Completely new friends system with all new functionality!
New friends panel shows online/offline players, their names, their avatars, their clan’s name and their clan’s avatar!
Point-and-click interface allows you to right click a friend and either invite them to your party or remove them from your friend list!
Friends icon lets you see how many friends are online at a glance!
CLANS MK.1:
Completely new clans system!
Create your very own clan with it’s own custom avatar, then invite others to fight for your cause!
All clans have a clan chat so there’s constant communication with your comrades!
A linear hierarchy, with Leaders being at the top, Officers beneath them and Members at the bottom allows you to organize the structure of your clan!
Clan avatars are shown in loading screens and scoreboards, so players can identify a player as being from a particular clan
Clans icon lets you see how many clan members are online at a glance!
Remember that all the above social functionality is still in its Mk.1 phase, and will be worked on more as we reach future updates.
For an in-depth look at all the above functionality, check out the dev diary here:
BALANCE:
Tesla Slicer, Ripper and Nova armor has been reduced by 33% (This is a total reduction of 50% compared to the armor value before the last Tesla armor reduction)
Plasma Goliathon damage has been reduced by 10%
Aeroflak Sentinel and Aeroflak Guardian damage has been increased by 10%
The Aeroflak Sentinel was under performing drastically so some additional changes were made to make it viable:
Aeroflak Sentinel fire rate for having only one has been increased from 50% to 70% of the maximum fire rate
Aeroflak Sentinel maximum fire rate has been increased to 1.59 shots per second, up from 1.33 shots per second. For comparison, the Aeroflak Guardian maximum fire rate is 1.67 shots per second
CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
A tickbox-option for “Vertical Strafing Enabled” has been added to the “Camera controls steering” movement setting
“Strafe Left” and “Strafe Right” keybinds have been added to the controls screen
Added a cut-scene to the start of the tutorial
Improved the error message provided by EAC related issues
The “TIGA Finalist” badge on the launcher has been updated to “TIGA Winner”
Audio has been added to the back button
The mothership has arrived at a new location… take a look through the window of edit mode… we’re home :’ )
Players will now be shown a duration when they’re silenced by a mod
We have implemented additional data points so that we can gather more information on rubber-banding (a symptom of lag) so that we can continue to resolve such issues in the future
Player level and league rank indicators in chat are temporarily removed, but will be making their way back in at a later date
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which caused weapons to shoot far slower than intended while turning
Fixed a bug which caused Nanos to use a far smaller amount of power than they were supposed to
Fixed a visual bug which would occasionally cause unusual behavior in plasma cannon trails
Fixed a bug which would return “Your bay is empty” when attempting to enter a battle from the CRF screen
Fixed a bug which caused the new starter robots to not be centered by default in edit mode
Fixed a bug which forced some players to use the FANTASTIC quality setting
Fixed various issues with the mothership scrollbar below the garage bays
Fixed a bug which could cause the in-battle ping widget to get stuck if used in a way that overlaps with the chat box
Fixed a bug which stopped players from creating their 100th garage bay
Fixed a bug which caused some audio effects to loop infinitely while the game is paused
Fixed a bug which could occasionally cause the game to crash when entering a battle
Fixed a bug which caused a robot’s weapons to vibrate while turning
Removed an animated selection square which was found living in the corner of the edit robot bay, rent free
Fixed a bug which caused the targeting laser of a rail cannon to not be visible, meaning the rail’s target was unaware they were being targeted
Fixed a bug which caused multiples of the same robot to spawn in AI TDM mode

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1720 Hotfix (Aug 26, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1691 Hotfix (Aug 12, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1679 (Aug 5, 2016)

NEW STRUTS:
Special armor types which are shaped similarly to Aerorods but are bigger, heavier and more highly armored. They open up a whole new set of build options for creating reinforced locations on your robot, gun mounts and protective shielding. Alternatively, their unique shapes also offer whole new artistic options for the visual builders in our community!
In total they come in eight shapes and sizes which should see to all and any uses you might have for them!
They cost between 9 and 15 CPU each, are Epic quality, and have the same Armor-Per-CPU of full armor cubes!
NEW (Player Voted) CENTER OF MASS INDICATOR:
As voted for by over 14,000 members of the Robocraft community, Strut Your Stuff brings with it a Center of Mass indicator!
Center of Mass shows the center point of your robot’s mass based on all your armor and components, and their location on your robot.
This is great new functionality to help you balance your robots and figure out why they might be moving in wierd and wonderful ways!
Press “O” to show Center of Mass or click the tick-box in the settings menu
NEW BUILDING STATS:
To aid both budding Robocrafters and veterans alike, we’ve introduced a number of important robot stats in Edit Mode!
New stats show are -
Total health
Total shield
Average health + shield per CPU
Total mass
Average mass per CPU
We expect this to help players better classify their robots and gain a better understanding of how their robots stand up to those of their friends!
Press “I” to show these stats or click the tick-box in the settings menu
BALANCE:
Mech Legs have had their mass reduced across the board. Click here for exact numbers.
Tank Tracks have had their mass reduced across the board. Click here for exact numbers.
To go along with the Tank Tracks’ reduction in mass, various values that affect their handling have been tweaked to make them more stable.
Rod Diagonal 2D mass has been increased to 4.0kg (up from 3.0kg).
Rod Diagonal 3D mass has been increased to 5.0kg (up from 3.0kg).
The mass of the two Rod Diagonal parts mentioned above were incorrect and were always intended to be their new mass.
Plasma damage has been increased by 20%
Rail damage has been increased by 10%
LOML damage has been increased by 10%
Flak damage has been increased by 10%
NOTE: The four weapons mentioned above benefited the most from the Anti-Gunbrella effect (mentioned below). So they’ve been buffed to negate the loss of damage they received from the loss of Anti-Gunbrella as that mechanic caused the above weapons to deal more damage than their flat damage values originally would.
CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
The “Anti-Gunbrella” effect has been removed, as have the Barrier Protection and Resistivity statistics for armor and components. More details on this can be found here.
New visual and audio effect to clearly show a player has the benefit of faster health regeneration after spawning.
All new Bloom and Lens-Flare effects have been introduced into Robocraft. They appear on various locations such as components, weapon fire effects and more. They’re very nice.
Robocraft is upgrading its networking code from using Unity 4 to Unity 5.3.5. For more info, click here.
The EMP visual effect has been increased in size to match the stun radius.
The EMP visual effect has also been reworked to look more electric than ever.
Renamed “Single Player” to “AI TDM” in the Controls menu.
Explosive weapons (Plasma, Flak, LOML) have had their damage mechanic changed so that they deal area damage surrounding the explosion point of their projectiles.
Added a new soundtrack for the ice map “Ophicious Valley”.
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which caused a robot’s name and the “BAY” text to overlap in the CRF.
Fixed a bug which caused projectiles to spawn too far ahead of the muzzle flash.
Fixed a number of locations in the tutorial where it wasn’t possible to exit.
Fixed a bug which caused Teslas to deal damage from a greater range than intended.
Fixed a bug which caused Insect Legs to appear upside down in the Crate Opening screen.
Fixed a bug which caused attacks made through two Disc Shields to ignore both the shields.
Fixed a bug which caused players to not receive the early-leaver penalty in TDM.
Fixed a bug which occasionally caused new items in your inventory to not be flagged as ‘NEW’.
Fixed the early leaver warning text as previously the full message wasn’t being shown.
Fixed a bug which caused the Robocraft intro video to not scale properly on different resolutions.
Fixed a bug which caused the locking of your camera instead of just your robot when stunned by an EMP module.

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1662 (Jul 20, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1646 (Jul 14, 2016)

NEW LEGENDARY WEAPON – CHAIN SHREDDER:
Spin up the rotating barrel as you hold the trigger for insane fire-rates
Power is depleted the second you hold down the trigger
The barrel takes 4.5 seconds to get up to full spin speed, and 0.5 seconds to decelerate back to a halt when the trigger is released
Shots are fired from the barrel with a 4 degree spread (IND is 6 degrees)
Shots deal 11,000 damage each
Max fire-rate is 20 projectiles per second with 2 weapons, 16 projectiles per second with 1 weapon. Power cost is the same (per second) regardless of the number you have on board
DMG per Power spent is very inefficient when the barrel is rotating slowly, but becomes extremely efficient when rotating at full spin speed
This weapon becomes more powerful in higher CPU matches as Robots can keep the spin speed at maximum for longer with the extra Power provided by the Floppy Capacitor (released in the Aeroflak Sentinel & Power update on 23rd June)
Robot CPU Load is 325, Mass is 2950 (i.e. same mass per CPU as IND)
NEW LEGENDARY MODULE – EMP (ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE):
A huge column of Electromagnetic Pulse energy called in from your Mothership in geostationary orbit above your battlefield covering a cylindrical area from ground to max ceiling
Target this like the DSM, i.e. target ground within range for the pulse location, range is limited to if cast in air it will appear at nearest location (as with DSM)
When initiated, a three second countdown begins, and all enemies within it get a period of time to escape / avoid the blast; the radius has been balanced so that those paying attention have time to escape
Enemies caught in the blast will effectively be stunned, with all powered equipment being disabled for three seconds
Wheels, legs and caterpillar tracks lose power, hovers and rotors stop spinning and generating lift, aerofoils and rudder input gets corrupted so they twist in different directions causing uncontrolled spin, Power is drained to zero and regen is halted so weapons and modules cannot fire
Since avoiding the EMP is easily achievable if you’re paying attention, the EMP is more of an ‘area denial’ weapon than a ‘stun’ weapon. Forcing your enemies to move or get stunned at a critical moment can help defend a tower or split a Platoon
The EMP Module has a 30 second cooldown
Power cost is 1800
EMP blast radius is 100 cubes
Robot CPU Load is 315, Mass is 135 (equal to Blink)
The Fusion Shield does not block the EMP
NEW RARE DIAGONAL AERORODS:
Two awesome new Aerorods providing many new build options
The ‘2D Diagonal Rod’ is 3×3 on the XY coordinates
The ‘3D Diagonal Rod’ is 3x3x3 on the XYZ coordinates
NEW TUTORIAL:
New players are asked if they want to start with a Tutorial right after login
The PLAY screen also has a new ‘Tutorial’ button added to it allowing all players to access it at any time
NB: You don’t need to register a new account to check out the Tutorial, just hit the ‘Tutorial’ button in the PLAY menu
This tutorial aims simply to help new players to learn the absolute basics, i.e. moving the character, placing blocks, using the inventory, testing their Robot, and destroying an enemy. We have avoided advanced concepts for now aiming to get new players into the action ASAP
At the end of the tutorial the player is awarded a Salvage Crate with 4 items in, and this Crate is earned only on the first time the player completes the Tutorial
NEW SINGLE PLAYER GAME MODE – TDM WITH AI BOTS:
We’ve added a new single player game mode in the form of Team Deathmatch with AI bots
This is the full 5 vs. 5 Team Deathmatch in the Battle for Birmingham Power Station map where you control one Robot on the blue team and all the other Robots are AI controlled
You cannot enter this game mode in a Platoon at the moment, but it is something we will consider adding in future if this new game mode is popular
Robots in this game mode are still taken from the CRF with filters that exclude certain builds as the AI is not yet good enough to handle fliers, modules and advanced weapons, but we plan to improve and iterate this mode in future if it’s successful
AI bots will fire Laser, Rail and Plasma weapons
The main aim of this new mode is to provide a gentle route for new players to get into the full Robocraft experience by first playing the Tutorial, then playing TDM with AI bots, then playing TDM and then venturing into the more advanced game modes
Completing a game of AI Bots TDM will earn you a Salvage Crate with 1+1 item
Experience is also gained in this mode so players can level up, but is much lower than in all other game modes
OTHER THINGS:
We’ve added a new intro movie to the game, which is skippable with any key press
Both Resistivity and Barrier Protection of Plasma Goliathon and Laser Leviathan set to 1.0 to match all other high CPU weapons
Vampire Wings and Rudders, Carbon 6 Thrusters and Carbon 6 Laser Disintegrator were all downgraded from Legendary to Epic, this was announced 7 days ago to ensure all users had plenty of time to recycle any unwanted prior to this downgrade
We now have an official ESRB rating for Robocraft which is E10+ with an advisory for User Generated Content, this rating has been added to the login splash screen and will be updated in all other relevant locations soon after this expansion is live
New players can still earn three days of free Premium by providing a valid email address after login, but this dialogue will only appear after the second login (since the first login now shows the Tutorial option dialogue)
Improved the presentation of the PLAY menu which now scales with different resolutions
Massively sped up loot animations in Salvage Crates, with Common and Uncommon items dropping insanely fast, and collect animations sped up significantly also
Rotors and Thrusters no longer tilt forwards and backwards when using the ‘Camera Controls Steering’ option, allowing for easier Tower attacks and more predictable control of these movement types
Smallest Tesla Power consumption set to 0.001 so it cannot be used when EMP is active (due to EMP depleting Power)
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug causing the crosshair for Rail showing when you cannot fire not showing correctly
Fixed a bug causing headlights to still render when Ghosted
Fixed a placement glitch when hitting the arrow key and placing cubes at the same time
Fixed a graphical issue in the special effects of the IND
Fixed a graphical issue on the clasps of Fusion Towers in Battle Arena
Fixed a bug allowing users to clip the camera outside the Mothership
Fixed a bug giving poor user feedback when players tried to enter a Robot name with invalid characters
Fixed a prop that was intersecting the terrain on Earth
Fixed some LOD’s not working correctly on some of the functional components
Fixed a bug preventing some players from collecting their CRF earnings
Fixed a bug where the damage radius of the Plasma was out of sync with the size of the special effects, the special effects now match the radius
Fixed an issue with rail and Laser weapon fire rate which would occur when users played Robocraft for multiple hours in one sitting.

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1621 (Jul 1, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1607 Aeroflak Sentinel and Power Update (Jun 30, 2016)

NEW:
Aeroflak Sentinel:
A smaller, more versatile version of the larger Aeroflak Guardian which allows for more freedom of building without being restrained to a single large turret
Has a mass of 1380, which is below half the weight of the Guardian
Costs 150 CPU which is exactly half of the Guardian
CPU-To-Power:
Players now have access to more power with higher CPU robots, and less power with lower CPU robots
Robots at 1125 CPU will not see a difference, but higher CPU robots will see an increase and lower CPU robots will see a decrease
At the extreme ends of the spectrum, 1750 CPU robots will see an increase of 25% power and power regeneration and 500 CPU robots will see a decrease of 25% power and power regeneration
One of the main benefits of this new mechanic is that low CPU games will be less dominated by larger burst weapons, leading to fewer instant deaths and an overall more enjoyable experience
Rotors are now supported by ‘Camera Steering’ controls
You can turn your robot using your mouse and tilt it up and down
This also means Rotors now strafe properly
Camera relative controls can be activated on the garage bays in the robot select screen
BALANCE:
Aeroflak explosion radius has been reduced by 15%
Increased the height a robot needs to be away from the ground before Aeroflak triggers against it. Most hovers should find they don’t trigger flak anymore, though Megahovers may still do so at max height
Laser projectile speed has been increased by 100%
Laser camera shake has been reduced
Laser projectile spread has been reduced
[NEW] Lasers no longer suffer from inaccuracy while moving
Laser attack rate and DPS has been increased, but damage per shot has been decreased (a net buff) which should make the lasers more powerful while also making them feel more satisfying to use
For exact values, see below:
LaserChanges:
Note that the “Out of Power In” numbers are relative to a 1125 CPU robot. A 1750 robot has 25% more power and power regeneration. For example, a 1750 robot with max Leviathan’s will run out of power in 5.68 seconds (6.68 with a power module).
IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES:
Components no longer need to be destroyed to deal damage to a robot. So a 98 CPU mech leg that has lost half its armor will only be considered as having 49 CPU of ‘health’ remaining for your health bar. This means that defense stacking with high-cost components instead of armor will be less effective
Reduced the spread of the laser crosshair HUD element to better represent the weapon’s spread
All game modes are now unlocked at player level 5
Front-facing lasers now have a turning arc of 180 degrees
The Power Module now increases power regeneration by 25% relative to existing power regeneration as per the CPU To Power changes. So regeneration will always be increased from 10 seconds to 8 seconds, but will represent more overall power at higher robot CPUs
Improved camera relative controls for hovers while they’re upside down to stop them from jittering wildly
Nominal counts are now referred to as “max” in in-game tooltips to better communicate the purpose of that value
Max weapon counts (previously nominal) no longer have a slight benefit for going beyond them. Once you have as many weapons of a particular type as it’s max states, any more is purely for redundancy (having some left over in case they get shot off) and won’t benefit their damage output
Added LOD meshes for several of the newer weapons and movement components to improve overall framerate
The Proto-Seeker is being politely moved to a more appropriate position in the inventory. Right next to the LOML :)
Modified text in various locations of the game to change “CPU” to “Robot CPU”
FIXES:
Fixed a bug which caused movement components to be mirrored unevenly when placed directly onto the ground in edit mode
That strange line in the corner of the edit mode garage is no longer there. Rest well old friend
Fixed a bug with the rectifier which was causing tall robots to be thrown into the air when the rectifying ended
Fixed a few locations in some maps where robots could get stuck and were forced to respawn or die to escape
Identified and fixed a source of frame rate drops caused by the Ion Distorter
Removed the yellow lines from the Bat Rudder in the loot crate screen
Fixed a bug which didn’t get rid of the “Extra slot for premium” note in the platoon screen if the platoon screen was open when premium was purchased
Fixed a bug which caused the hotkey for loadouts (Z) to open the loadouts screen even when queuing for a battle
Fixed an issue with the shadow rendering on the Neptune 2 map
Corrected the texture of the Football Electroshield so that it has the correct hex design instead of the striped design
Fixed a bug which sometimes meant the lense flare on the Earth map wasn’t visible
[NEW] Fixed a bug which caused Thruster Cheetah Carbon 6 to go slightly slower than regular Thruster Cheetahs

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1607 Hotfix (Jun 21, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1584 Minor Patch (Jun 20, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1584 Hotfix (Jun 13, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1580 (Jun 2, 2016)

New Gamemode – Team Deathmatch:
(Existing Team Deathmatch game mode is being kept but is being renamed to Elimination)
Team Death match is a 5v5 game mode, with the first team to reach the kill goal winning
The kill goal is relative to the CPU bracket of the players. Up to 1000 CPU require 30 kills, 1001 – 1500 CPU requires 25 kills and 1501 – 1750 CPU requires 20 kills [CHANGED]
If the kill goal isn’t met by either team within 10 minutes, the team with the most kills wins
If both teams have the same number of kills at the end of the time limit, the next team to score a kill will win
Salvage crates from Team Deathmatch award three normal slots and three premium slots
New Map – Birmingham Power Station:
A new map built specifically for the new Team Deathmatch game mode
It has been balanced for 5v5 battles, and designed to keep each match high pace
The new map takes place on Earth in the lush grassy fields surrounding Birmingham power station..!
New Avatars System:
Select an avatar which appears next to your name in the mothership, in the load-in screen, in the score screen and over your head in battles
17 default avatars to choose from
Premium players can upload their own custom images
As a thank you to all existing players, we will be providing a 1-day premium code to upload your own avatars! (tomorrow)
Please be aware that we have a 0-tolerance policy with inappropriate avatars being uploaded. Player accounts will be immediately suspended when they’re seen with inappropriate avatars. Please see our Terms of Service for an exact definition of what an ‘inappropriate avatar’ is
IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES:
Elimination (the old TDM game mode) salvage crates now gives two normal loot slots and two premium loot slots (up from one of each)
Platoons now support five people instead of four. The fourth and fifth platoon slots require one member of the party to have premium to be unlocked (but only one person in the platoon needs premium)
Anti-seal clubbing mechanics have been added. New players will be restricted to Single Player, (the new) Team Deathmatch and Test mode. Battle Arena, The Pit and Elimination will be unlocked at Player Level 10. Furthermore, players of levels 1 – 10 entering Team Deathmatch will be matchmade against other players of levels 1 – 10 to protect against high level players using smaller robots to prey on them
All game modes now have 10 seconds of super-fast autoheal (essentially invulnerability) upon spawning and respawning
Tesla power consumption has been reduced (buff). Tesla Ripper now takes 6 seconds to run out of power (up from 4 seconds), Tesla Nova now takes 3 seconds to run out of power (up from 1 second)
The Ghost Module can no longer be activated or deactivated while your robot is rectifying. This is to match other weapons and modules which are not active while rectifying
Sexy new Battle for Earth splash screen added to the login page
Ukraine and Russian prices have been increased as they were dramatically lower than western prices
The Power Module’s resistivity and barrier protection has been set to the same as the other modules
Increased the VISUAL explosion of some of the smaller plasmas to match the increase to explosion radius made in a recent previous patch
Audio for Thruster Cheetah has been improved
Server side improvements have been made to improve stability when a high number of players are online at once
FIXES:
Switched the Mech Leg Giant and Mech Leg Talos thumbnail images as they were the wrong way around
Fixed a bug which caused plasma projectiles (just the projectile, not the trail behind it) to appear sideways when the Plasma Launcher rotated – No impact on actual gameplay but it looked a little silly
Rails have once more regained their penetrative property meaning they will deal their damage in three separate, instantaneous bursts allowing it to penetrate into a robot
Fixed a bug which caused the first crate in a purchased bundle to show the premium slots as being locked when they’re not
Fixed a bug which caused some messages to randomly not be seen by some members in a chat lobby

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1566 (May 26, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1551 (May 18, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1546 Balance Update (May 13, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1546 (May 10, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1543 (May 6, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.13.1541 (Apr 29, 2016)

Salvage Crate Changes:
Common Items now appear less in Gold, Diamond and Protonium Salvage Crates, and more in Rusted, Bronze and Silver Salvage Crates to create a better difference (statistically) in the quality of Crate
Uncommon and Rare Items now appear more in Gold, Diamond and Protonium Salvage Crates, and less in Rusted, Bronze and Silver Salvage Crates
Cosmetic Masks now appear less across all Salvage Crates
Players in Team Deathmatch who are destroyed now receive a Bronze Crate if they die and are in the top half of the scoreboard, and a Rusted Crate if they die and are in the bottom half of the scoreboard
Players will now have to do more damage/healing in Team Deathmatch to make sure they receive a Salvage Crate (previously it was 1 CPU of damage/healing)
Legendary Wheel Monster and Legendary Steering Wheel Monster now appear in pairs
PSK Changes (went live yesterday):
Power consumption per shot was changed from 0.995 to 1.485, which doubles the ‘Power Consumption Per Second’ in the case of constant fire. So before with 5 PSKs you were able to run from 100 to 0 Power in 10 seconds, now it’s 5 seconds
This is an overall nerf, but it’s mostly designed to reduce the effectiveness of small fast single PSK bots in low CPU matches
Rail Changes:
Damage changes:
Rail Decimator – 5% reduction
Rail Erazer – 15% reduction
Nominal fire-rate requirements changed:
Rail Piercer – 9 guns (down from 12)
Rail Penetrator – 8 guns (down from 10)
Rail Decimator – 7 guns (down from 8)
Rail Erazer – no change
The reload time for having only one rail has been buffed to 4.5 seconds (excludes the largest rail which already had this starting reload time)
Matchmaking Improvements:
This was not in the patch notes yesterday, but the match-making takes into account Player Skill, Player Level and CPU of Robot
A few bug fixes in the match-making have been fixed in today’s hotfix so that the Player Level, Player Skill and CPU factors are correctly applied
Other Changes:
All Galaxy Cash balances have now been fully migrated to XSOLLA and converted into a real-money balance equalling twice the value of the GC the player had. This will appear at the top of the Shop interface (Premium and Salvage Crates shop)
Heal-rate inside the Fusion Shield in Battle Arena has been doubled
Fixed a bug where some users saw “server error” when they attempted to login
Fixed a bug where kill counts were not shown correctly next to player names in Team Deathmatch
Fixed a crash bug caused by users using the Blink Module while damaged
Fixed a few inaccuracies in the Control Screen
Fixed a graphical issue on the Rudders
Fixed a graphical glitch on the Forge UI screen
Fixed a bug where sales were not being shown in the CRF
Fixed a graphic bug on the particles of the Power Module
Fixed a bug in calculating the prices of CRF Robots
Fixed a bug causing some CRF purchases to fail
Fixed a bug causing some Salvage Crate and Premium purchases to fail on very rare occasions
Fixed a bug where some users were getting an authentication error relating to obsolete cubes
Fixed some bugs in the Robot reporting system in the CRF
Fixed a bug where a blank grid appeared occasionally when opening Salvage Crates
A change was made in a previous update which failed to be communicated so it’s being added here. The Blink Module cannot blink you within a certain distance of a player. This stops you from blinking right into a player

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.11.1519 (Apr 21, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.11.1517 (Apr 20, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.11.1514 (Apr 18, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.11.1510 (Apr 14, 2016)

NEW! GHOST MODULE:
Activate to Cloak and become almost invisible
Only a ‘shimmer’ effect is seen by your enemy
The ‘shimmer’ effect is more visible to you and your allies, making it easier to orientate your Robot when in battle
Consumes Power over time, enough to stay cloaked for 10 seconds (this is the case even with Power Module)
Firing your weapon or activating another module will decloak you automatically
Taking damage will also decloak you
Cloaking will disable lock on LOML
Alignment rectifier and Health Regen effects are visible when you are cloaked, so doing so had a good chance of giving away your position to enemies
305 pFLOPS CPU
NEW! ION DISTORTER WEAPON:
Behaves like a futuristic, massive shotgun
Tons of damage at point blank range but damage falls off rapidly as range increases
Even mid-range targets take hardly any damage
Fires an array of 20 projectiles together in a wide spread, and you deal a fixed amount of damage for each projectile that hits
One shot (full array of 20 projectiles) takes 25% of your Power
245 pFLOPS CPU
Aeroflak Cannon:
Has perfect accuracy when fired from the ground, but has a base level of inaccuracy when fired from the air
Proto-Seeker:
Does a lot more DPS now, pretty much equal to SMG, but PSK now has a limited range
The ‘cone of lock’ is much wider so it’s easier to get lock on
You can still ray-cast with the crosshair to change your target whilst locked
We see this weapon as best used for weak, agile mid-range targets
Alignment Rectifier:
Now only takes 3 seconds (down from 10 seconds)
Cooldown is now only 1 second (down from 3 seconds)
Tesla Blades:
No longer consumes Power, and we have increased the DPS
We have added a ‘diminishing returns’ fall off as you add more of them like many of the other weapons (such as Laser and it’s fire-rate for example)
We see Tesla as a useful backup when you have run out of Power, like a dagger in an FPS, although these changes should allow it to be a potent solo melee weapon as well
Wheels:
Increased carrying capacity by 50%
Decreased effect of drag when above top speed by 80%, so thrusters make them move faster more easily
Increased grip by 50%
Reduced turning angle, to reduce chance of overturning with extra grip
In summary, it’s much easier to get wheels going fast now, and they are much less ‘slidey’
Hover Blades:
Do not move when on slopes, so you can hold your position without having to ‘fight against’ the hill side forces
25% more max speed
25% more carrying mass
Also set the self-balancing mechanism the same at all Tiers so higher Tier Hovers now self-upright as well as low Tier ones
Less ‘drag’ when above max speed, so thrusters have more of an effect on max speed
More lateral damping, so your Hover will become stationary more quickly, i.e. less momentum when you release direction control, so you have more precise control
Insect Legs:
Increased the carrying mass by 50% so that Walkers can carry more mass before losing top speed
Mech Legs:
Increased speed by 30%
Tank Tracks:
10% Speed increase
Improved ability to make transitions to steep slopes
Increased torque and friction so that they can get up steeper slopes more easily
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a bug with the collision of the Cockpit mask
Fixed a bug with the level up screen where the animation would not finish and you would be left look at the mothership with no visible UI
Fixed an issue with the lowest tier Tesla where they were not consistently dealing damage
Fixed an issue where certain robot builds can sink through the floor (relates to very thinly built robots)
Fixed an issue where hit effect from seekers was not tracking properly
Fixed a bug with Halloween mask collision

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.11.1495 (Apr 11, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.11.1477 Hotfix (Mar 23, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.11.1474 (Mar 21, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.11.1470 (Mar 18, 2016)

NEW:
The Proto-Seeker:
The Proto-Seeker is a long range, low damage, auto-targeting harass weapon with a fast projectile speed
The Proto-Seeker locks onto targets in the same way as a LOML, but does so instantly without the need to spend seconds locking on
The Proto-Seeker also deals extra damage to Electroplates and Electroshields
The trade-off however is that it has the lowest alpha-strike and ongoing DPS across all weapons
This makes the Proto-Seeker an effective long ranged poke support weapon
Center Robot Button:
Through the use of extensive algorithmic data relays, we have found a method to localize zero-space positionings in Euclidean space. That is to say, Edit mode now has a button which places your robot in the middle of the bay
BALANCE:
The glass round inner cube now has the same connections as its non glass variant
Lamp health has been reduced to match a single armor cube
Disc Shield Module health raised to 11,160 (up from 6,155)
Disc Shield Module power usage cost lowered to 40 (down from 50)
Blink Module health raised to 9,131 (up from 5,036)
Blink Module power usage cost lowered to 65 (down from 70)
Blink Module cooldown time reduced to 25 seconds (down from 30 seconds)
Blink now cancels LOML lock-ons when activated
IMPROVEMENTS:
Overclocking in Test Mode now goes up to OCL 15
Aeroflak explosions used to occur when near a target (but missing) to allow the target to know they’re being attacked. This caused players to think they were hitting but the flak wasn’t doing damage. So we’ve changed Flak to only explode when actually hitting the target
Aerofoils have been improved so that they’re more stable when some have been shot off
Aerofoils were made a bit too ‘twitchy’ when turning after the last Aerofoil buff update. We’ve scaled down how quickly they turn now to make them more controllable
Moved the Respawn Timer circle in BA so it no longer covers the battle timer on any resolution
Improvements have been made to the performance based matchmaking to try and match players more effectively
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which caused the Aeroflak ground-target-hit animation to not play when hitting a grounded target
Fixed a bug which allowed cubes to be placed tilted, causing the ‘Cannot save robot’ error
Fixed a typo on the Hero Bonus window
Fixed a bug which caused some robots to be shifted outside of the garage bay on the CRF
Fixed a couple of bugs surrounding platoon interfaces not rendering after buying a Megabot
Fixed a bug which allowed players to whisper other players even after being blocked
Fixed a bug which caused some players to fail to connect to our servers and receive the 32765 error code
Fixed a positioning issue with Glass cubes in the cosmetics tab
Fixed the use of the word “Rental” in the CRF Rating window
Fixed a bug in the Overwolf API Hooks – Self destruct hooks are now returned correctly
Fixed a bug in the Overwolf API Hooks – Healing amounts are now in CPU
Fixed a bug which caused the Blink glow to persist around a player if they’re destroyed while blinking
Fixed the ‘Loading’ graphic in the mothership so it no longer blocks the exit menu : )
Fixed a bug which caused a player’s weapons to not move around while spectating them after a death
Fixed an issue in the CRF which caused robots without wheels to appear when searching specifically for robots with wheels
Fixed an EAC validation issue which caused some players to suffer from freezes when logging in
Fixed a bug which allows players to blink way above rotor max hover height. Theoretically this should have fixed the exploit for getting above the map
HOTFIX Update:
Reverted collision changes for rudders. They now behave as they did prior to the Proto-Seeker update
Server errors fixed

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.11.1445 Balance Patch (Mar 9, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.11.1445 (Mar 7, 2016)

BALANCE:
The fire rate of a single Mega Plasma has been reduced by ~62%. Fire rate of two or more Mega Plasmas unchanged. This doesn’t change the 0-power consistent DPS of the MPlasma, but it does reduce the initial burst which was too high. (This change went live on Wednesday night)
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which caused the LOML to remain locked-on after being destroyed
Fixed a bug which could cause nanos to be stuck firing
Fixed a bug which allowed some weapons to shoot at angles beyond its typical arc of fire
Fixed a bug which caused Flak explosions to be inconsistent when targeted at flying enemies
Fixed a bug which caused teslas to heavily bounce away from its target on impact, making consistent damage extremely difficult. Investigation teams found rubber mixed in with the usual protodestructium that makes up the tesla’s ‘blade’. We’re not sure how it got there
Fixed a bug which caused the loadouts UI to appear when using the ‘z’ button in chat
Fixed the unintended, ridiculously long range of nanos. This isn’t under balance changes as it wasn’t intended in the first place
Fixed a collision issue with the Blink Module allowing some parts to clip into it
Fixed a bug which caused the insufficient funds prompt when buying a robot to be permanent and unremovable if the player didn’t have enough RP
Fixed a bug which caused a robot with no guns uploaded to the CRF to not appear under any category
Fixed a bug which occasionally caused a blinking player to lose control of his robot’s movement
Fixed a bug which made locking onto large targets with the LOML in Single Player difficult
Fixed a bug which caused components to still display as destroyed after they were healed
Fixed a bug which caused all Nanos to use the same graphical effect
Fixed a bug which caused the base particle of Flak and Nano to continue even after they exploded
Fixed a bug which caused the camera to launch underground when right-clicking in spectate mode
Fixed a bug which could cause players kicked from a platoon to lose the ability to invite platoon mates of their own
Fixed a crash which occasionally occurred when players were leaving Single Player mode
Fixed a bug which allowed the placement of cubes onto the joint of a walker leg

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.10.1440 (Mar 3, 2016)

NEW BLINK MODULE:
New high tech gadget for your Robot
Add to your Robot and assign to a Loadout key to use it
Aim your crosshair and push the assigned key to activate
Your Robot will instantly Teleport to a location at the end of your crosshair
If your crosshair is on a ground location and within range, you will teleport to that location
Otherwise you will teleport to a point at the end of the crosshair at the maximum teleport range
You will need to practice with this module to get a feel for the maximum range
The Blink consumes a lot of ‘Power’ (see below) and has a long ‘Recharge Time’
NEW DISC SHIELD MODULE:
Activate by pointing your crosshair and pushing the assigned key in your ‘Loadout’ (see below)
A small Fusion Shield will be created at the location of your crosshair in the shape of a Disc
The Fusion Disc has the same properties as your base Fusion Shield, i.e. you and enemies can drive through it, you and your allies can shoot through it, but your enemies cannot
Activating the Disc Shield consumes less Power than the Blink but has a longer Recharge Time
If your crosshair is on a ground location and within range the shield will be created perpendicular to the ground plane
If your crosshair is in the air, or beyond the maximum range, the shield will be created in the air at the maximum shield range
Again, you will need to practice with this module to get a feel for the maximum range
NEW LOADOUT SYSTEM:
For the first time ever in Robocraft you can now put many different types of weapon on a single Robot
The Loadout System has five assignment slots
Each Weapon Class or Module you add takes up a slot
As you add a new Weapon Class or Modules to your Robot the Loadout System dialogue pops up and asks you to assign it to a slot
Using this dialogue you can easily rearrange your assignments as you like
You can also bring up the Loadout System dialogue by pushing the ‘Z’ shortcut when building so you can tweak your Loadout at any time
Your Loadout is saved separately for each Robot in your Garage
Top Mount Laser Wasp and Front Mount Laser Wasp are in the same class, so share a slot, whereas Laser Wasp and Laser Blaster are in different classes, so will take up different slots
In combat, pushing the Loadout assignment keys 1-5 on your number pad will select the weapon in that slot in realtime with no delay
Switching is instant and free
NEW POWER BAR:
All Weapons and Modules now consume ‘Power’ which you can think of as a resource (much like Mana in a fantasy game)
The Power recharges over time, 100% recharges in 10 seconds
If you use all your Power and then switch Loadout, the weapon you switch to may not be able to fire, so you need to manage your Power consumption carefully
Weapons and Modules also all have separate Recharge Times, these are shown as progress bars around the outside of each weapon in the Loadout at the bottom of the HUD
The Recharge Time determines the fire-rate of a weapon, adding more weapons of the same type often decreases the Recharge Time (and thus increases the fire-rate)
The Power Bar resets to 100% full on respawn, but Recharge Times do not reset on respawn
Recharge Times continue to count down even when a weapon is deselected (in Loadout) or if it has been shot off, so healing back a Module or respawning does not insta-reset its cooldown time
WEAPON IMPROVEMENTS:
All weapons have been significantly reworked to integrate them with the Power Bar and Loadout Systems
Lasers are now real high velocity projectiles (as opposed to hitscan) and therefore you now need to ‘lead’ your target depending on its distance to you
The damage of the Lasers has been increased to solidify the Laser as a close quarters weapon as it’s now much harder to hit distant and moving targets
The Plasma Launcher now fires its projectiles separately in a ‘round-robin’ fashion. You can pulse the trigger to fire one projectile at a time, or hold the trigger to unleash all your Power Bar in projectiles in a single clustered volley
Managing the Power Bar carefully is important with Plasma as the 10 second recharge limits full volley drops to once per 10 secs
To compensate for the reduced frequency of the Plasma’s Alpha Strike the Plasma explosions now do an increased amount of damage in the centre, and a significantly increased amount of splash damage from their blast
Mega Plasma now fire one large projectile with a huge blast radius and with increased damage to match
Rail Cannons now also fire round-robin, and you can fire as many as your Power will allow
Rail Cannon shots are now real projectiles (i.e. no longer hitscan) and therefore users need to ‘lead’ their targets. The velocity of the Rail projectile is greater than the Laser.
Rail Cannon damage is now applied in a more penetrative way, so ‘drilling’ into your target is more possible with Rail.
The 6 gun limit has been removed, Recharge Times now decreased further when you add more than 6 weapons of some types (Rail, Laser, Plasma, Nano)
Nano Disruptor fire their beams as short pulses in a ‘round robin’ fashion (as opposed to multiple beams at once)
Additionally Nano’s will deliver significantly faster burst healrate if you add more to your Robot, but at the cost of depleting your Power quickly
To compensate the Nano’s new burst heal potential the Nano’s no longer deal damage to enemies, they are exclusively heal only
Tesla Blades are now only ‘open’ when they are selected, if you switch weapon they ‘close’
Tesla’s do not have cooldowns at all and no longer get destroyed when you make contact with an enemy and no longer need you to heal them to regain their ‘ammo’
Tesla Blades now act like futuristic chainsaws, so the longer you have them in contact with your enemy the more damage you will deal
Each Tesla Blade that is in contact with an enemy will deal damage per second and consume Power at the same rate. The more Tesla’s you have the more damage per second you deal and the more Power per second you consume
Aeroflak and Rocket Launcher are pretty much as they were but are now linked to the Power Bar and Recharge systems
All weapons now rotate their turret at the same speed, i.e. at the faster speed similar to that of the Laser
Firing weapons no longer resets the Health Regen cooldown timer, so now only taking damage prevents you from Regen
FREE PREMIUM FOR EVERYONE:
We have added a new email reward system
When you login you will see a dialogue with instructions
If you provide a valid email address you will get 1 day of Premium for free
We will then send you a test email and if you click the link inside you will validate your email address and the next time you login you will receive an additional 3 days Premium for free
We are doing this as we’d like to be able to send you emails when we release major updates. We will never spam you or share your data (as per our T&C’s) and you can unsubscribe at any time with a single click
OTHER CHANGES:
Added more connection points to larger Aerofoils and Rudders
Increased health of larger Aerofoils and Rudders
Increased top speed of Aerofoils and Rudders
Increased flap force so Aerofoils and Rudders are more agile
All above Aerofoil and Rudder changes also apply to the Bat and Vampire versions
Reduced ground damage of Aeroflak
Health per volume factor on cubes increased, so Slopes now have less health for example
League system recently changed to award to a full star every time you ‘rank up’ and you lose a whole star every time you ‘rank down’
‘Enemy Spotted’ audio changed to be less ‘intrusive’ whilst playing Battle Arena
Added more servers and reduced the number of concurrent games on each server freeing up memory, CPU capacity and reducing the load ensuring a more consistent and lag free game experience
Robot Ranking of Aeroflak increased to reduce usage in lower class matches versus new players
Gun aiming no longer makes your guns point at your ally if they fly in front of the camera
You can now Overclock to Level 15 in Battle Arena
Battle Arena Fusion Shield now automatically goes down at 20 minutes and Protonivity Escalates faster with the aim of ending more battles at between the 15 and 20 minute marks
BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS:
Fixed a bug where players who are not the leader of a Platoon can still invite people to Platoon via the drop menu
Fixed a bug allowing you to sometimes shoot whilst Alignment Rectifying
Fixed a bug where cubes that extend outside the Mothership bounds did not have correct collision in battle
Fixed some bugs caused when large objects were placed outside of the Mothership bounds
Fixed the Centre of Mass of Aerorods
The profanity filter is now enabled on Robot names
Fixed a bug where sometimes switching to the CRF and back caused graphical glitches in your Garage
Fixed an issue where Vampire Wing and Vampire Rudder were incorrectly setup, so they now behave as same class Aerofoils and Rudders
Some improvements to reduce frame-stalls and increase average frame-rates
Fixed some intermittent crash bugs
Fixed a bug allowed Plasma shots to sometimes pass through the base shield
Fixed a bug allowing players to shoot outwards through the enemy Fusion Shield
Fixed a bug where inviting new players to a Platoon sometimes did not work
Fixed a bug where on rare occasions it was possible to go above 100% health
Ensured that all types of Tesla Blade can be placed one cube apart when placed parallel with each other
Fixed an issue which let the CRF show un-capped robot rankings
Fixed a pricing error where the Electroplate H and Electroshield H cost the same RP but not the same GC
Fixed a bug which caused the garage bays of new players to start from 1000
Fixed a bug which occasionally caused players to not rank up when winning in the top 50% of a Leagues game
Fixed a bug which caused tesla damage to not be recorded when hitting megabots
Fixed a bug which allowed players to be shot even when out of render distance
Fixed the LOML texture, replacing the text “LML” with “LOML”
Spiked electroplates can no longer be put on Megabots

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.10.1387 (Feb 10, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.10.1386 (Feb 9, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.10.1379 (05.02.2016 Patch) (Feb 8, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.10.1379 (Feb 5, 2016)

NEW:
The Lock-On Missile Launcher has been added to Robocraft
The Launcher can now be purchased from the Cube Depot for RP or GC
The Launcher has a lock-on system which takes two seconds, and once locked it can shoot its full barrage of missiles which will move towards their target in the most direct line possible with a slight turning arch.
Missiles can be fired without a lock but are very inaccurate and unguided
Targets of the missiles will be informed that they’re being locked onto and will be shown the direction of the enemy
The Launcher deals 37,000 damage per missile and can launch up to six missiles at once with a full load
A full reload isn’t necessary before firing again, so missiles can be shot consistently without having to wait for six to be ready
The Launcher weighs 34.7kg and uses 275pFlop
BALANCE:
Rail damage has been increased across the board
Aerofoil and Rudder health have been normalized relative to their mesh size.
IMPROVEMENTS:
Aeroflak shots now target the centre of the cross hair rather than shooting straight ahead, so they’re more accurate
The mothership’s new super advanced AI will now remember if you had mirror mode active before entering a battle, so it’s still active upon exiting the battle
A coloured strip has been added to the attachment points of protonium towers
Major optimizations have been made to improve FPS whilst robots are taking damage or receiving healing
Improved the profanity filter`s detection
Robots in Single Player now display the robot’s name rather than its creator’s name
Robots in Single Player will no longer have their weapons locked in awkward directions
Certain parts of the Mars maps have had their shadowing improved to remove the twitching effect
FIXES:
Fixed a bug on the login screen that could cause infinite loading when hammering Enter after inputting an incorrect password
Fixed an issue causing profanity to be filtered for the person typing it when it should only be filtered for other players
Fixed a bug which could cause robots with disconnected parts to continue functioning as though everything were still connected
Fixed a bug which caused other player’s wheels to appear to lock in the opposite direction when that player is turning
Fixed a bug which caused the RP and GC earned from selling your robot on the Upload Robot menu to appear to be 30
Fixed a number of connection issues with the corner slope which were blocking legal connections
Fixed a mirroring issue with the Electroplate F Left
Fixed the texture on the inside of the ElectroShield I component
Fixed a bug which caused text to be undeletable if chat is opened before entering the CRF
Fixed a bug which could cause a player to be stuck in a platoon when their invite is declined with “Decline all”
Fixed a bug which could cause the player’s camera to be far higher than it should when using Mech Legs
Fixed the misaligned scroll bars in the Cube Depot and Inventory
Fixed a bug which caused Walker Legs to not align correctly with the floor under certain circumstances
Fixed some further memory leaks
Fixed some misalignments on the Link-With-Steam prompt on the login screen
Fixed an issue with the BA timer which caused the numbers to shrink and expand depending on the numbers shown
Fixed the collision on the left side of the Rhino mask so it’s more accurate
Fixed the collision on certain rotors as they were able to clip through armor cubes
Fixed some mirrored collision inconsistencies with high level hovers
Fixed an issue stopping the “Not enough GC” dialogue from appearing when purchasing a cosmetic
Fixed an issue which occasionally caused players not to see the tesla impact effect when being hit
Fixed a bug letting players lower than level 50 use coloured text
Fixed various graphical issues relating to the 2-min leaver menu
Fixed a bug which caused platoon members to get stuck in the platoon if a member leaves the platoon while queuing
Fixed the text for the Left-Mouse-Button and Right-Mouse-Button descriptions in the keybinds menu
Fixed the order of wheels in the Cube Depot and Inventory
Fixed a bug which caused an incorrect error to be shown when attempting to add someone set as “Not accepting friend requests”
Fixed the texture of the Mk3 and Mk4 SMGs so they now have name markings on both sides of the gun

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.10.1353 (Jan 29, 2016)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.10.1311 Aeroflak Update (Jan 15, 2016)

AEROFLAK CANNON:
The Aeroflak Cannon is a large, high-CPU, high-armor anti-air cannon focused on dominating a portion of the sky for prolonged periods
It shoots physical projectiles in a straight line with a travel speed similar to plasma, so you need to lead your targets
It’s shots explode when within range of a player who isn’t on the ground. The explosion radius is roughly the size of a Megabay
It deals DPS comparable to that of six Disintegrator Laser against airborne targets (including raised hovers and jumping mechs/walkers), or half that against targets on the ground
It has twice the health of a Mega Laser, has five connection points but weighs considerably more
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
Pushed back the Fog and increased the view distance for terrain, so you can see your enemies when the are in the distance – if you can see them, you can shoot them
Pushing shift+backspace will display your FPS and various system specs
Increased the size of the health bars and usernames in battle so that you can better identify the wounded and who they are
Improved the frequency of robot saves so changes are not lost between menus
Improved Single-Player’s robot selection so weaponless robots are never selected
Robots are no longer tagged with ‘classes’ – With the ever increasing component options and various builds possible in Robocraft, we felt we’d leave the decisions of naming robot classes down to the community instead of trying to identify each one uniquely
Spotting an enemy robot has been changed to say “Enemy Spotted”
As per the previous posts on the forums and our social channels, RP is now capped at 999,999,999
The Avalanche robot is now centered when purchased
The info stream (bottom right of screen) now appears in the Select Robot menus
Megabots will now be shown the correct “Cannot enter” message when attempting to enter League Battles
Wheel tooltips updated
Improved the grip of tracks while climbing steep hills
Aerorod thumbnails updated
BUG FIXES:
Fixed a bug which caused the rectifier audio to keep playing after the rectifying robot has been killed
Fixed a bug which caused robots to fly around randomly if their walker leg is healed while rectifying
Fixed a bug which allowed components to be placed right next to each other, ignoring building collisions
Fixed an issue which occasionally stopped players from obtaining new garage slots
Fixed various memory leaks
Reduced the occurrence of frame stalls during battle
Fixed an issue causing the Platoon Chat icon not to highlight correctly in Single Player
Fixed some holes in the terrain of Neptune 3
Fixed a bug which caused the mothership to disappear when a friend leaves a private chat
Fixed a bug causing tank tracks to infinitely increase movement speed the more you had
Fixed a bug causing tank tracks not touching the ground to increase max speed
Fixed a bug which allowed Nanos to destroy electroplates/shields extremely easily
Fixed a bug which caused a black screen on occasion when leaving a battle whilst in friend chat
Fixed a bug which stopped wheels from spinning when not touching the ground!
Fixed the mirroring of Spiked Electroplates as they previously mirrored incorrectly
Fixed a bug which caused a constant buzzing sound after capturing a TDM base
Fixed an issue allowing for Megabots to enter platoons (though they still couldn’t enter battles while platooned)
Fixed an error bug which showed the Test Robot shortcut incorrectly in edit mode

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.10.1311 (Dec 23, 2015)

Changes:
NEW SETTING: Added a setting to the Settings menu which allows users to cap the top frame-rate reducing intense usage of your PC’s CPU
Fixed a bug which caused game servers to go into a zombified state and not rejoin the lobby causing extended queue times sometimes
Fixed a bug in the non-Steam launcher which prevents users from acquiring the latest hotfix
Fixed a bug preventing some users from being able to play on their accounts due to a NullReferenceException when loading the garages
Fixed a bug causing a ghosted copy of your Robot to appear in all Garage Bays causing some Robot to get corrupted
Fixed a bug resulting in Headlamps having more than 1 connection point. Headlamps now only connect on the back
Fixed a bug which meant that releasing the accelerator on wheels left them rolling forever (i.e. no brakes where applied)
Fixed a bug with ground friction in the Test Mode zone so speeds on ground vehicles will now match when playing in other modes
Fixed a bug with Wheels which helps them to maintain and reach their top speeds more smoothly, this makes them more responsive and faster in general
Fixed a bug in the match-maker preventing Megabots getting into battle
Fixed a number of bugs related to Robots getting deleted on rare occasions when loading your Garage bays
Optimized the memory usage on the servers to provide more stability in general (a memory leak was causing them to go down periodically)
Fixed a bug when Megawheels and Walker Legs were combined
Fixed a number of ‘Connecting to Server’ locks
Tank Tracks now consistently reverse like Cars (as per intended design)
Hovers now reverse as they did in the past (i.e. Hovers always turn the same way regardless of if they are going forwards or backwards)
Fixed a bug in the CRF which allowed users to buy single cube Robots and level up to level 100 with very little GC paid, all Robots have a ‘minimum GC price’ per Robot Ranking band now to prevent this exploit
Fixed a bug where the Robot Ranking of Megawheels was wrong
Fixed a bug where the Robot Ranking of the Megamodule was wrong

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.10.1302 (Dec 18, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.10.1298 (Dec 17, 2015)

A SPECIAL EARLY XMAS PRESENT FROM FREEJAM:
ALL EXISTING USERS GET FREE PREMIUM UNTIL NEW YEAR’S DAY!
Each day you login between today and New Years Day your account will be credited with an additional day of Premium
If you already own Premium, you will still get these extra days added to your account
PAINT YOUR ROBOTS:
New ‘Paint Applicator’ gun allows you to paint the cubes in your Robot
Use shortcut keys ‘1’ and ‘2’ to switch between the ‘Cube Manipulator’ (also new) and ‘Paint Applicator’ guns
Left click to paint a cube
Hold left click to fire paint like a machine gun
Hold right click to fill the Robot, hold until the progress bar is at 100% to complete the fill, let go mid fill to ‘cancel’ fill
Use the mouse wheel to cycle between cube colors
Use the middle mouse wheel, or ‘F’ key to ‘Pick’ the color of cubes under the crosshair from your existing Robot
Push ‘Q’ for the Color Palette swatch when the Paint Applicator is selected
If ‘Mirror Mode’ is active, color painting is also mirrored
4 Colors available for free
16 Colors available to all Premium users (remember, all existing users have Premium til New Year)
Premium Colors on your Robot remain when Premium runs out, so you only need 1 day premium to color your bots
All Chassis Cubes can be painted
All Movement, Hardware and Special Cubes can be painted
All Cosmetics Cubes can be painted, including the Robot Masks
ALL GAME MODES UNLOCKED:
Team Deathmatch, Battle Arena and The Pit unlocked and available to all users and all Robot Ranks
Additional Leagues game mode for those wishing to enter the League’s separately, so high Rank Robots can now play Battle Arena without being ranked if they wish
ALL GARAGE SLOTS FREE:
You can add extra Garage Slots for free, just click ‘Add New’ to get an extra slot
You can have a maximum of 25 (this is a technical limit which will be removed when we’ve finished our upgrade to the backend technology in 2016)
Users who have more than 25 will keep their extra slots, but will not be able to add more
Any users who owned more than 3 Garage Slots will have GC reimbursed for each extra slot
UNITY 5 GAME ENGINE UPGRADE:
Game engine upgraded from Unity 4 to Unity 5
This introduces multiple core support which improves the performance for PC’s at both low and high ends
60 fps cap removed so fps as high as 240 now achievable
Our own tests on a low end craptop showed previous fps rates of 30 increasing to 80 fps in Unity 5, with overall game fps comparable to Minecraft or better in many cases
Improved lighting and special effects
Physics re-written to support Unity 5 (U5 upgraded required us to rework some of the physics)
Unity 5 physics and rendering heavily optimised
NEW AUTO-HEALTH REGEN FEATURE:
If you take damage and retreat to cover your Robot will automatically regen after a cool down period of 10 seconds
The HUD in the bottom left corner shows how many seconds have passed, and begins to beep when you are about to regen
Taking damage, or firing your weapon will cancel the regen
So, if you want to regen, you must retreat to a safe place and hold fire
MAJOR CRF UPGRADES:
The CRF has been upgraded
Now, whenever you spend RP on a Robot you will own it as your own, it’s cubes, it’s Garage Slot, etc.
The RP prices of bots are equal to the sum of the RP costs of all the cubes used in the Robot
All Robots without Premium Colors or Cosmetics and within your CPU limit (as per your Player Level) will be available for RP
Only Robots that have been built from scratch from an empty bay can be uploaded to the Community Robot Factory
Robots with Premium Colors will be GC only to non-Premium users, and RP buyable for Premium users
Robots with Cosmetics or higher CPU than you have will be GC only
All Robots can now be purchased for GC, prices are based on Robot Rank and which Cosmetic Cubes are attached
There is a new ‘Featured Robot’ section
Freejam can select your Robots to be Featured
If your Robot is Featured a duplicate is created and it is given priority of position in searches on the Factory
Creator will receive all RP and GC revenue share of Featured Robots that they have created
A new ‘Featured’ robots filter has been added to the filter drop down list
Hitting ESC now cancels searches (speeds things up when you change your mind)
GARAGE SCREEN UPGRADED:
Thumbnails saved for your existing Robots to make it easier to find your favourite ahead of your next battle
To save your thumbnails out, simply click on each Robot once to load it
These thumbnail images are saved locally on your PC, so if you play on 2 PC’s you need to click on the Robots on each PC
Robot scroll bar upgraded to display more information including the name of your Robot to make it easier to select
Button arrows added to the ends of the carousel to make it easier to scroll through your collection
Dismantle button now deletes the Robot, returns all the cubes to your inventory, and deletes the Garage Slot (you can re-add as Garage Slots are free now)
ARMOR UPGRADED AND NEW SHAPES ADDED:
All Armor upgraded to Carbon 6 for everyone
Just one kind of Armor now based on the style of the Carbon 6 with the same health and mass stats as the Carbon 6
All users who previously owned Carbon 6 cubes or Hallow Cubes will have their RP reimbursed so they can re-purpose the RP on other items
Game has been completely rebalanced for one type of Armor, Weapons, Electroplate, Robot Rankings, all rebalanced to match the armor
Carry masses of functional Movement cubes upgraded to account for the new higher masses of the upgraded Chassis cubes
Many new 1x1x1 shapes added to the Chassis category – more larger sizes shapes to follow in early 2016
All S-Type variants removed, with non-S-Type stats upgraded to S-Type stats (non-S-Types looked better when colored, so they were best to keep)
All removed cubes replaced with equivalent cube to maintain your Robot integrity
Tech Tree layout reworked to reflect the changes above into a spiral formation
NEW CUBE MANIPULATOR:
New ‘Cube Manipulator’ gun for when you’re building
Shows the number of cubes of the selected type you have remaining in your inventory on it’s HUD
Shows the currently selected cube as a hologram on the hilt and the rotation of the current cube also
‘Picking’ a cube with the middle mouse button or ‘F’ key will also select its Color for the Color Applicator tool
PILOT SEAT REMOVED:
You no longer need a Pilot Seat to drive your Robot, the Pilot Seat object has been removed altogether to prevent confusion
All Pilot Seats have been replaced with cubes in order to maintain the connective integrity of your existing Robots
Robots are still damaged in the same way as previously via damage propagation
Robots are dead when they have less than 25% of their CPU remaining
In our tests this has provided more consistency in damage and destruction of Robots and less random one-shot-kills
Megaseat removed and replaced with the Mega Module which has been designed to occupy roughly the same space with the same connection points to maintain the integrity of your existing Megabots, the Mega Module just gives you extra CPU, disconnecting the module from the functional parts in battle does not result in the Megabot death (Megabots are still 25% CPU remaining as per other Robots)
CRAFTER AND PLAYER SKILL MATCH-MAKING:
All game modes [except Leagues] use Robot Ranking and skill based matchmaking to match Robots fairly
The game assess your ability to build efficient Robots and your ability to fight and uses this assessment to match-make you fairly with other players – designed to create more even matches for all players
Leagues uses only League and Star rating to match-make players (with a modification for Platoons) as previously
MANY MAPS REWORKED:
We have reworked many of the maps to improve overall gameplay and flow
Making it easier to get where you want to go, without having to backtrack
Improving overall engagement and action within the maps
OTHER CHANGES:
New ‘Full Spectrum Combat’ splash screen
All in game dialogues tweaked to make them consistent
Inertia Tensor now correctly calculated when destruction and healing occurs on Robots
Rail Cannon reload time reduced from 12 to 8 seconds
Plasma Cannon reload time reduced by 20% across the board (5 sec to 4 sec at 6 plasmas)
Electroplate recovery time reduced from 15 to 10 seconds
Icelandic Holoflag added to the game
Reworked default shortcuts for better efficiency and to incorporate new shortcut options
TIGA ‘finalist’ badge updated on the Splash Screen to ‘winner’ – Yay! we won :)
Numerical feedback next to the enemy HUD removed to clean up the UI now we have a new death rule (i.e. 25% CPU remaining you are dead)
Instant Heal on kill removed from The Pit (since we now have Health Regen System), which should even up The Pit matches making it less of a snowball
Robot Ranking bar has been moved up to the top next to the CPU bar, freeing up space at the bottom of the HUD for more visibility
Leagues entry requirement reduced to 25k (the new Robot Ranking for old T10)
Improved audio of Rotor Blades
Improved audio of Walker Legs, which now have a ‘Jump’ sound effect
Improved audio for Wheels, also with new skid sounds
New Starter Robot added for new user accounts, also colored
Windshield have the same armor and mass as Chassis cubes, but are now GC only cosmetics
Cubes have been renamed with ‘Colorful names’ as Mk’s or Tier’s didn’t make sense anymore (as there aren’t really Mk’s or Tier’s anymore)
Medic score buffed by 25% to compensate for lost healing due to health-regen
All players receive 4 additional points of CPU which make up for the added cubes replacing the pilot seat.
All armor RP prices have been reduced but functional part RP prices have been increased to compensate. Average medium size robot cost should remain roughly
Hovers now reverse like a car, rather than turning in the opposite direction
Cosmetics now have the same armor per CPU as armor cubes
BUG FIXED:
Fixed a bug causing players to go under the ground after respawning
Fixed a bug which caused the game not to end after the destruction of a protonium core
Fixed a bug which caused the Towers not to respawn after being destroyed
Fixed a bug which occasionally showed the defeat screen when returning to the mothership after a victory
Fixed a bug which failed to save graphical settings when restarting the game
Fixed an issue which caused armor cubes to cut through other objects when held too close in edit mode
Fixed an issue which caused the default cube to cut through the walls/floors of the mothership when held too close in edit mode
Fixed a bug which caused helium cubes to become invisible when built around in edit mode
Fixed a collision issue with the Shoulderpad Electroplates allowing them to clip through other parts
Fixed issues relating to incorrect masses for electroplates 10.7 and 10.6
Fixed an issue which caused Mega Wheels to rotate incorrectly when driving
Fixed a bug which caused some CPU to remain in the CPU bar after removing all parts of a robot
Fixed a bug which caused the Single Vapor Trail to be invisible while held in edit mode
Fixed a collision bug with mirrored Mk7 walker legs
Fixed an inconsistent collision bug when placing parts near Mk7/8 rotors
Fixed an issue which allowed players to upload robots with no functional parts to the CRF
Unity 5’s collision engine has been modified significantly, with this change a lot of collision detection of parts have become more accurate. To prevent Robot breakages your Robots collision will not be validated on load, but if you delete a cube and replace it, you may find that in some situations you cannot replace the cube. In short, if it looks like it intersects something else, then you won’t be able to place it as the detection in most cases is more accurate now

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1245 (Dec 2, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1244 (Dec 1, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1236 (Nov 11, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1233 (Nov 5, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1180 (10/29/2015 Hallowfest Update) (Oct 30, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1180 (10/27/2015 Minor Patch) (Oct 27, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1180 (Oct 16, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1161 (14.10.2015 Minor Patch) (Oct 15, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1161 (Oct 9, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1142 (Oct 8, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1140 (Sep 30, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1127 (Sep 24, 2015)

The Community Robot Factory (CRF) is now available to all players:
It can be accessed via the green button at the top-right of the mothership interface
The CRF allows players to upload their robots to share them with the community
You can rent another player’s robot for 7 days at the cost of RP
You can’t rent a robot that uses parts you haven’t unlocked
You can buy another player’s robot permanently, along with all the parts it used, for GC
You can’t buy a robot that uses parts you haven’t unlocked
When a robot you uploaded is rented or bought, you get a share of the RP or GC
After using a rented/bought robot in battle, you can rate it for combat effectiveness and style
Players can report an offensive robot
Sorting system lets you find the exact robot you want
Single Player Mode is now available to all players:
It can be accessed via the Fight menu
Enemy robots pulled directly from the CRF
Enemy robots are selected based on your RR Vs theirs
RP is earned for each robot you kill
BALANCE:
CRF rental costs have been changed since the public testing period, new costs can be found here
SMG damage no longer drops off over range, base damage remains unchanged
Note: The total damage dealt at long range was previously 80% of base damage
The damage between mid-range and long range was a linear gradient (90% on average)
The buff from this damage is only applied to shots fired at enemies over very long distances. This change will not improve SMG damage output in typical low-mid range brawls, and the damage increase is overall very low as DPS over long distances is low due to tap-firing and inaccuracy.
BUGS:
Fixed a bug causing the incorrect robot name to appear when viewing a robot in the CRF
Fixed an issue which allowed players to rent (and rate) their own robot in the CRF
Fixed a bug causing the first win 2x bonus not to apply to rented robots
Fixed an issue causing overclocking adjustment to be disabled in test mode
Fixed a number of UI/text scaling issues
OTHER:
To improve queue times at lower RRs, The Pit and Team Deathmatch will be limited to max RR only. A lot more info on the reasoning behind this change can be found here.

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1123 Hotfix (Sep 16, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1108 (Sep 4, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1098 (Aug 28, 2015)

NEW GAME MODE - “THE PIT:
All Robots of any Rank enter The Pit, even Megabots vs. Megabots
16 players per battle (8 for Megabots)
All vs. All
If you die, you respawn in five seconds
If you kill someone, you instantly heal to 100%
First to 20 points wins
1x Kill equals 1 point
If you get 2 kills or more in a row you are on a kill streak
Kill streaks have names, RAMPANT, DOMINANT, UNSTOPPABLE and LEGENDARY
Kill streaks are for 2, 3, 4 and 5 kills in a row respectively
Killing someone on a kill streak will earn you more points, killing someone on Legendary will earn you 5 points
The amount of points you will get for killing a Robot is shown in the HUD above the Robot
You earn approximately the same amount of RP per minute as in other game modes
Winner earns 5x RP
The Pit is a simple fun game of kill stealing and a race for points
Robots will be matchmade based on Robot Ranking and Player Level as per other game modes
Voice over calls out when you get a Kill Streak, when you gain and lose the lead, and when the leader changes
The Pit can be played in all maps, maps are selected at random by the server
The HUD shows who the current top three players are
The HUD will only appear after the first player has obtained a kill
Hold TAB to see the full current leader board during battle
Top-right HUD shows your position and points
You are coloured Blue, Enemies are coloured red, and the leader is ‘on fire’ and coloured orange
You can leave the game at any time without any penalty, and you will earn RP equal to the amount earned at the point you quit the battle
NB: We expect the meta to shift in The Pit over time, even in the Freejam studio initially SMG gunbeds were rife, then the Rails and Plasma bombers started winning so everyone shifted, and then the SMG’s started winning again.
NEW FAST ACCESS TEST MODE:
A new super fast way to test your Robots and iterate them
A completely new virtual test level with no AI bots and minimal data to load (so super fast to load)
This allows for fast iteration when you’re tweaking your builds to perfection
A Test Robot button has also been added to the Build Mode HUD, hold CTRL to get your mouse and click it to enter Test Mode straight from Build Mode
The centre hexagon of the Fight selection screen is now ‘Test Robot’ which will take you to new mode also
AI BOTS:
We have added AI Bots that fight back to the Practice Mode and renamed it ‘AI Bots’
We plan to add RP earning and improve this to become a full PVE mode in the future
The Robots were provided by the community and escalated in strength from T1 to T10
New tougher Robots spawn in as you kill them
XSOLLA:
A new payment interface has been added to the game using payment service provider ‘XSOLLA’
This allows users to make payments on a secure browser within the game with no need to leave the game and go to a browser to make their payment
You can now pay in literally any currency in the game using almost 2000 different payment methods tailored to the methods that your country tends to prefer
NB: This is currently only available for 50% of the users and will be rolled out to 100% over the next week or so as we make sure it’s all working well and the servers are OK etc.
BALANCE CHANGES:
After a LOT of discussion with the community, we have made the following changes to the game balance
Medic RP income for Healing and MaxHeals increased by 15%
Increased Time To Kill by reducing the amount that all weapons Overclock equally
Rail Damage Changes:
Mk10.1 to Mk10.9 electroplates got their shields reduced to pre-buff levels (as per main request from community) and to better match their lower CPU cost. We also found few bugs in electroplate shield numbers and fixed them. The most severe bug is TX electroplate change. As we mentioned in “EP CHANGES, HELIUUUUUUUM” release notes, our intention was to buff TX electroplate shield 1.96 times. But it was buffed 1.96*1.4 times, because overclocked values were put instead of base ones, so we have fixed this issue.
[NEW] We have decided to reduce the nerf on MkX-1 EPs slightly so they’re capable of taking two full rail shots, and being destroyed on the third.
OTHER THING:
Many optimisations added to improve the framerate for both low end and high end PC’s during battle
Lightened up the Build Mode area with a new white floor
Sped up the transition into battle for all game modes
+/- buttons increase Overclock Level in both Test Mode and AI Bots modes
Improved the Build Mode collision of Inner Cubes so that they match the shape of the Inner more accurately and you can make use of the extra space they give when building now
Wheels are much faster when you add thrusters now, you can get them going REALLY fast if you put enough thrust and can build a stable Robot
Added some more sideways grip to the wheels to make them drift a little less, allowing them to be a bit more controllable at speed
Increased friction on ice
Mega Plasma’s are now mountable on the sides, i.e. all Plasma Cannons are now mountable on the sides

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1078 (Aug 20, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1051 (14.08.2015 Hotfix) (Aug 15, 2015)

FRAME-RATE BUILD MODE OPTIMISATIONS:
This update includes a number of extreme optimisations to the Mothership which was running at just 8 frames-per-second on our ‘IBM Thinkpad Celeron 2gb ram Core 2 duo’ and now runs at 50 fps in the Mothership.
The whole ‘space and Mars outside the window’ was killing the fps for low end PC’s and was probably confusing new users too, so we decided to clean it up, simplify it, and make it render at light speed so building can be super slick for even the lowest end PC’s.
OTHER OPTIMISATIONS:
Upgraded to the latest version of NGUI (UI engine in Unity) which reduced the impact of UI drawing on the CPU
Optimised particle system CPU usage during battle
We’ve added a bunch of analytics to track how new user 1 day retention is affected by the power of the users PC
HOVER DRIFT AND COM ASSIST CHANGES:
By popular request on the forums, we have added back in ‘drift’ to Hover Blades, the amount of ‘Drift’ increases as you go up the Mk’s (i.e. at Mk1 almost no drift, and at Mk10, lots of drift)
Also by popular request on the forums, we have reduced how much the COM Assist (the thing that stops you flipping upside down on Hovers) helps you as you progress up the Mk’s (i.e. at Mk1 Hovers are extremely hard to flip upside down, and at Mk10 you should pay more attention to your Robots COM to make good Hovers)
Fixed a bug that allowed Rotor and Hover combo’s to simply fly up to the map roof and get stuck their
LOBBY FIXES:
Platoon lobby fixes, so queue times for Platoons should be more reliable now (and faster to get into battle)
Megabots no longer matched into lower Robot Ranking matches
The que position has been removed.
KILL COUNTER:
We’ve added a ‘Kill Counter’ to Practice Mode. We tried to add in Robots that fight back and get tougher over time, but had some last minute problems with this, so the Kill Counter made it in, but the Robots that fight back didn’t. We’re going to add them in a patch next week, in the last patch before the launch of The Pit. When we do that update we’ll reset the Kill Counter probably. The Kill Counter is all client side anyway so it’s pretty easy to hack (as not authenticated server side), we just added it as a bit of fun and a simple way that new users could measure if their Robots we’re getting better.
BUG FIXES:
Audio paused when the Battle Stats screen appears (so you don’t have to head SMG fire constantly until you return to the Mothership)
Fixed some data bugs in Player Level Progression, you shouldn’t notice any changes, possibly some users will find they jump to 99% of whichever Level they were on
There was no ‘grid’ in Build Mode when on ‘Fastest’ GFX setting, this is fixed
Fixed some issues when pushing ‘ESC’ to back out of menu’s etc
Fixed some issues making it tricky to name your Robots
COMING SOON, BUT NOT IN THIS PATCH:
We’re releasing a new payment portal provided by XSOLLA which will offer many other ways to buy Galaxy Cash in all the worlds currencies
We’re planning to make some final balance changes to Rail, EP, and the amount that weapons Overclock with damage. We’ve been discussing this at length with the community and once we have finalised the numbers we will discuss them more with the community before making the changes in game (we didn’t want to rush it in and get it wrong).

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1051 (Aug 1, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1042 (Jul 15, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1039 (Jul 10, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1030 (Jun 12, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1029 (Jun 7, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1025 Hotfix 5 (May 29, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1021 Hotfix 4 (May 22, 2015)

ELECTROPLATE CHANGES:
Electroplates now Overclock SHIELD to 180% at OCL 13
Recharge and Cooldown also remain Overclocked
Electroplates now start off ‘uncharged’ when you respawn and when they are healed
Can you survive the early game to become a powerful offensive force for the late game push?
Will you be the first one to find the perfect EP build combination for ultimate late game toughness?
CLOCK CYCLE BOOSTER & CLOCK CYCLE GENERATOR
New improvements to the Tower gameplay to help you shine if you’re playing well.
Makes good robot design, getting kills and dying less all matter more.
Capture the 2nd Fusion Tower to engage the Clock Cycle Booster
Clock Cycle Booster multiplies the Clock Cycles you earn from Kills, Assist, Damage, etc.
Capture the 3rd Tower to engage the Clock Cycle Generator
Clock Cycle Generator gives passive Clock Cycles to your team when you own three or more towers
Capturing Towers will award Clock Cycles to your entire team, but it will award proportionally more to those with higher Overclock Level
PROTONIVITY ESCALATOR & RESPAWN ESCALATOR:
New improvements to the new game mode to ensure that games end in a reasonable time frame (i.e. 10-20 mins) and aim to make cheese tactics harder to pull off against skilled teams.
Protonivity escalates as you own more Towers, so the more towers you own the more damage you do to Crystals
BUT, the Protonivity bonus gained from owning Towers escalates as the game goes on
SO, if you and your team Overclocks well in ‘early game’ and works to deny the enemy team Clock Cycles and then pushes at the right time in ‘late game’ your team should win
In late game when you own 4 towers and your weapons are fully Overclocked you can deal as much as 800% damage to Protonium Crystal
Respawn Escalator works like the Protonivity, i.e. the more towers you own the faster your team respawns
In ‘early game’ the reduction is just 1 second per tower, but in late game it’s as much as 10 seconds per tower for your whole team
FUSION TOWER IMPROVEMENTS:
Some changes to the look and shape of the Fusion Towers.
Umbrella shield is now transparent so you can see enemies beneath them from above, and fliers above them from below
Increased the aperture to make it easier for fliers to attack them from the sky
Lowered the Crystal cluster so that you can keep an eye on the horizon whilst you are shooting the Crystals to see incoming enemies
Reduced the width of the trunk for more visibility beyond the tower whilst you are shooting the Crystals
CLASSIC MODE GETS SOME LOVE:
Listening to your feedback about Classic mode we’ve spent some time improving it.
Classic Mode now starts of at Overclock Level 4
So, your speed and damage vs. armor should be around as close as we can get it to how it was prior to the new game mode launch
CARBON-6 ARMOR & CARBON SERIES T10 SMG:
New content for the Carbon 6 series.
Carbon 6 matte black and orange armor cubes, available for both RP and GC
New Carbon 6 letter cubes in both orange and black, also available for RP and GC
New Carbon 6 ‘6’ cubes in both orange and black, also available for RP and GC
All Carbon 6 armor cubes have T10 armor stats, so now you can look cool whilst you’re acting tough
T10 Carbon 6 series SMG, this is GC only
All of these automatically unlock and are available in the Depot when you unlock the equivalent cube on the Tech Tree
STEAM LOGIN & AUTO-REGISTRATION:
We’ve added more support for Steam users so they can authenticate with Robocraft or create new accounts using via Steam ID.
New users to Robocraft will be able to login without needing to register at our website if they launch through Steam.
Existing users playing through Steam will be able to ‘link’ an existing account with their Steam ID allowing you to login with the click of a button and without username and password.
NB: This uses Steam’s authentication API so we never receive any details about your Steam password etc.
Linking your Steam account is totally optional so if you want to register with us, or login with your current username and password you still can.
OTHER AWESOME IMPROVEMENTS:
A bunch of other awesome improvements trying to address some of the feedback we’ve received from players via the forums and other Robocraft social spaces.
Plasma Damage now Overclocks to 160%
Plasma Reload time reduces less to 80% (whereas previously it was 60%)
Hoverblades now turn more consistently (fixed a bug making this very variable depending on how fast you were going forwards)
Tank Track top speed reduced by 10%, max Overclock of speed also reduced by 10%
Improved the reliability of tank tracks’ contact with the ground so they don’t snag as much.
Rail Cannon starts ‘armed’ on respawn (correction from yesterday, it does not start armed after a heal – we could add that later, but didn’t this time)
Volume Slider added for the Voice in the Settings screen
Leave Game button added
When a player goes AFK, the remaining team will spawn 10 seconds faster for each AFK’d player
NB: We are adding new features to improve AFK. We’ll be adding a ‘surrender’ system, a ‘karma’ system to reward users who consistently finish battles, a new loading system to ensure nobody goes AFK during the load, and a ‘wait & reconnect’ system meaning users cannot start a new battle whilst an existing battle is still in progress (and can reconnect if their game crashs or they’re disconnected), that will all come in the next few weeks part by part
Ally HUD and health bars are visible on screen at all times
Health bars have been made wider and visually more clear so it’s easier to see who’s on low health
Tier 1 now starts off with the Overclocker feature
Tier 2 now starts off with the Fusion Shield active, and automatically de-activated at 3 mins into battle
Tier 3 now has the full Fusion Tower gameplay
TX-1 SMG damage reduced by 10%
800×600 resolution supported again
BUG FIXES:
Base added back into Challenge Mode and Megaboss Mode
Fixed a major bug causing players to Overclock too much when killing players with a higher OCL
Fixed a bug in Megaboss match-making so that Megabosses can fight more Robots at lower Tiers (vs. 10 x T7’s for example)
Fixed a bug preventing players being able to shoot enemies inside their own shield with some weapons
Fixed a bug causing Heal Assist, Spot and Scout bonuses not to be awarded after the first respawn
Fixed a bug causing players not to connect to battles and see a ‘Connection Failed’ error message
Fixed a bug resulting in users being sent to the wrong level when the battle starts
Fixed a bug resulting in users failing to connect to the lobby and having to relog to get into battle

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1012 Hotfix 3 (May 14, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1012 Hotfix 2 (May 9, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1010 (May 6, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.9.1008 Hotfix #1 (May 2, 2015)

BUG FIXES:
Fixed a major bug preventing games in T10 from ending
Fixed a major bug preventing Fusion Towers from being captured sometimes
Fixed a major bug that meant all players clients in a game would crash in some situations
Fixed a whole set of issues related to overload on our servers (not getting RP, TP, not being able to connect to lobby, etc.)
Improved distribution of servers, so that there are more servers in most busy Tiers and game modes
Fixed a bug which was causing Plasma splash damage to become inconsistent
BALANCE CHANGES:
Increased Clock Cycles required to Overclock at all levels by 25% (i.e. slower Overclocking)
Reduced Clock Cycles earned from damaging Robots in your base (“in Defence”) from 500 per CC per CPU to 250 CC per CPU
Increased Passive Overlocking from Fusion Towers from 250 CC per second per Tower to 500 CC per second per Tower
Protonium Crystal Health of Reactor crystals increased by 25%
Protonium Crystal Health of Fusion Towers 50% of Reactor Crystals when ‘owned’
Protonium Crystal Health of Fusion Towers 25% of Reactor Crystals when ‘neutral’
Reduced Protonivity of Nano’s from 200% to 175%
Removed Overclocking of Range on Nano’s (choosing to retain the awesome OC DMG buff for end game)
Overclocked Top Speed of Wheels reduced from 250% to 220%
Hover Blade Top Speed when light buffed by 40% (NB: Speed when heavy remains the same)
Hover Blade Top Speed Overclocking Decreased from 160% to 150%
Top Speed of Caterpillar Tracks reduced by ~10%
Rail Cannon Protonivity increased from 140% to 280%
Added 20% buff to TX-1 Armor (this got applied to all other armor, but these got missed)
Added same reduction of Armor based on shape (i.e. Inner, Prism, Tetra) for TX-1 Armor
Fixed some Armor Cubes that had incorrect Resistivity and Barrier Protection, all should have 0% but a few had 100%
Fixed T8 Rudder Resistivity and Barrier Protection to match equivalent Rudder of same Tier
Fixed T10 Hoverblades requiring T9 TP to unlock
Fixed T7 Wolf Leg Resistivity and Barrier Protection to match equivalent Leg of same Tier
Added a bunch of missing stats on a number of cubes
Hovers and Thrusters can now only be unlocked with same Tier TP (this was an error, missed in the update as only Armor should be unlockable with T-1 TP)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.8.965 (Apr 16, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.8.956 HOTFIX #5 (Mar 27, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.8.948 HOTFIX #4 (Mar 23, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.8.948 HOTFIX #2 (18.02.2015 Update) (Mar 5, 2015)

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.7.894 (18.02.2015 Update) (Feb 18, 2015)

Dawn of the Megabots:
Scheduled to go live 2pm on Wednesday 18th February
The game will be put into Maintenance Mode at 10am on Wednesday
The update will take us several hours to propagate as we are upgrading servers etc at the same time
NEW – TX-1 MEGABOTS!!!:
FPS/Performance/LAG
We have massively improved the performance of the game in frame-rate and lag
We have also improved spawn times significantly, allowing huge Megabots to spawn quickly
New TX-1 Tier:
TX-1 is the Tier of Megabots
If you are in TX-1 you are defined as a Megabot
You cannot get into TX-1 with 1,511 CPU, you need more to achieve a high enough Robot Ranking
So, you need the Megaseat to get into TX-1
MEGASEAT:
Unlocked via the Tech Tree with T10 TP
Costs 1,000,000 RP (i.e. approx 10x T10 SMG)
You can NOT buy the Megaseat with Galaxy Cash, only RP
The Megaseat multiplies your CPU by x5
So, max CPU is 7,555 pFLOPS (i.e. 5 x 1,511)
All TX-1 Cubes, Chassis Cubes and Cosmetic Cubes are compatible with the Megaseat, but normal Tier hardware and Movement cubes are not
NB: To prevent users lagging the servers with 500 T1 SMG’s on a single Robot
MEGABOT GAME MODES:
Megabots can enter Battle Mode and Megaboss Mode
Megabots do not have their own Tier, but join T9 and T10 matches (depending on Robot Ranking)
T9 and T10 matches are limited to 1 x Megabot per team (and always 1 on each team)
Megabots are powerful, but not invincible, a group of T10’s can take down a Megabot
But the Megabot can hold the balance of power in a battle
Megaboss Mode is now the only mode where you can play 1 vs. many and be the boss (more on the changes to the current Boss Mode below)
Megaboss Mode has a ‘cool down’ so you can only play once every now and again (we will reduce this time when we know how many Megabots we have in the queue so it’s fair)
TX-1 Robots must be greater than 3000 pFLOPS CPU to enter Battle Mode or Megaboss Mode
T9 and T10 Players fighting in a battle with Megabots will receive additional RP via the ‘Handicap Bonus’
MEGASHIP:
Unlocked via the Tech Tree with TX TP
Upgrade your Mothership Garage Bay to the Megabay
49x49x49 units (as opposed to 31x31x31)
Can hold greater than 117,000 cubes in volume
Once unlocked, your Robot bay is permanently larger
TX-1 ARMOR:
This is not designed to force you to throw away your T10 Armor Cubes, T10 is really the tankiest armor in the game in Armor per CPU
It’s designed to give you more interesting ways to engineer and more variety in T10
3 pFLOPS per Armor Cubes (as opposed to 1 at T10) but about 40% tougher
Use to strengthen weak points, weapon mounts, etc. or for small, light and tough builds
These are also the lightest cubes in the game
TX-1 MEGAPLATE + MEGASMG + MEGAWHEEL:
For those of you who have not been playing over the last few weeks, during the build up to Megabots we have release the Megawheel, MegaSMG and Megaplate
These cubes are designed for Megabots, but can be used in interesting ways in T10 also
YOu can place 8 Megawheels + 8 MegaSMG + 8 Megaplate on a Megabot and still have room for thousands of Armor cubes at full CPU
REWORKED MAPS:
All maps reworked to provide viable routes for the largest Megabots
Quality of maps topography and texturing improved
NEW – ROTOR BLADES:
Available at Tiers 5-10
New helicopter style Copter Class Robots
Create Apache’s, Chinooks, and weird futuristic copters
Hover at any height with stable flight
Uber control in all directions for stealthy flight control
Combine with Thrusters, Wings, Legs for awesome hybrids
Use Copter Blades vertically (like propellers) for interesting builds
Lower max ceiling than Aerofoils (90%)
Greater carrying mass per CPU
5 connection points with unique base, so tougher to destroy
Copters are surprisingly stable and are much tankier than Aerofoils
Copters add drag though so slow you down
Copters will allow huge flying tanky builds that remain stable when taking punishment
Copters also have turbulence (like Helium) so using Rail with Copters is difficult to get full accuracy
ALIGNMENT RECTIFIER V2:
All Robots can now ‘flip’, push ‘F’ to flip
The feature is built into the Pilot Seat, so no need for an Alignment Rectifier anymore
Alignment Rectifier cubes are now obsolete and the cubes will be automatically removed from your Inventory and Robot with the full price RP and TP being added back to your accounts
You can flip anytime, as long as you are near to the ground
The flip always takes 10 seconds to raise you, rotate you, then lower you back to ground – this is intentional, so you are vulnerable when you flip, so building a good Robot and driving it well is always better than relying on the AR
The flip progress is shown in the HUD
The flip special effects are visible, so if you see an enemy flipping, take him out whilst he can’t shoot back
BUILD MIRROR TOOL:
Push ‘X’ to toggle on/off
Cubes placed are mirrored across the middle of the arrow on the ground of the Mothership Garage Bay
Build symmetrically very quickly
Semi-intelligent, so places left EP when you place right version, and places non-symmetrical Tank Tracks correctly when mirrored
It does not allow you to move the mirror line, and does not allow you to build mirror with craft that are an even number of cubes in width – we know these features are very important, we just haven’t had the time to put them in yet – we will ensure these features get in with an update fairly soon after this major launch
MANY OTHER CHANGES:
BALANCE & GUN CHANGES:
Rail Cannon now has a 0.95 sec cool-down between shots when fired
SMG damage increased by 15% at close range
SMG damage falloff with distance increased (so less damage at long range) so it’s now 80% of close range damage as opposed to 95%
The above change effectively keeps the damage the SMG does the same at mid-long range but increases the DPS at close range
TX-1 SMG DMG increased
Nano range reduced by 18%
Descriptions update for the weapons, including more information on the SMG damage at close and long range
CHALLENGE MODE:
Challenge Mode is the new name for the old Boss Mode
But the mode is now available to Tiers 6-10
It’s the same as Boss Mode was but ensures that there are always 4 players on the boss team
You can Platoon as 4, or if you have a smaller Platoon others will be added to make the team up to 4
You can enter Challenge Mode on your own, but will be playing with others on your team (always 4)
This mode still has a cool-down timer, but it is separate from the Megaboss cooldown timer
PLATOONS / FRIENDS:
New option to ‘Block Friend Invites’ if you just don’t want any friends, or if you are streaming and want to prevent spam
New option to ‘Only accept Platoon Invites from Friends’ again if you want to limit Platoon spam when streaming
‘Decline All’ button added to Platoon Invite dialogue
Platoon bugs fixed so more reliable now
Reporting when Friends are online/offline made reliable
All Platoon team members must now be in the same Tier, you will not be entered for battle until your Tiers match
NEW LOBBY SCREEN:
Much more information on this screen now
You can see all players, challengers and megabots waiting for battle at all Tiers
Challengers and Megabots will be shown in the Tier of Robots they will be fighting against
You can also see a queue position so you can get a better idea of when your battle will start as a Challenger or Megaboss
You can see all the servers at all the Tiers (each Tier actually has it’s own lobby and manages it’s own server allocation)
There is also a beautiful advert for things you can buy in game so you can see all our amazing gadgets and hopefully you’ll love them so much you’ll buy some :)
NEW ENTER BATTLE SCREEN:
Revamped look of this screen
Shows you cool-downs, min CPU requirements, ranked phase information
SOME LOWER TIER CUBES RE-INTRODUCED:
Electroplates re-introduced at T2
Aerofoils and Rudders re-introduced at T4
NEW COBRA TIER 5 COPTER CLASS ROBOT in ROBOSHOP:
T7 and T5 Copter Blades
4 x Plasma Cannons (T5 and 6)
Tier 4 and 5 Armor
NEW HOLOFLAG REPLACES OLD NATION BADGE:
We thought the old nation badges sucked and could hardly be noticed on the side of other peoples Robots
So we changed it to a holographically projected flag call the ‘Holoflag’
If you own a nation badge, your badge will be automatically updated
You may need to shift its position on your Robot to get the best flag effect
The Holoflag is like a short length vapour trail that shows the flag and it’s colors
If you had the ‘Breached’ badge, it has been upgraded to a Holoflag with the Robocraft logo on it
OTHER CHANGES:
Force fields at the edges of maps improved visually, so you can see them before you smash into them and so they look nicer too
New ‘spotting’ voice over added for Copter Class and Megabots
New ‘star shaped’ icon added to Enemy HUD and Battle Countdown for Megabots
Min CPU requirement of TX-1 Megabots shown on CPU bar as a red segment
Incompatible Cubes (with TX-1 Megaseat) are highlighted in red
If you remove Megaseat from Megabot, cubes not within CPU limit highlighted red
Minimaps updated to show new routes and map topography
The “Breached” easter egg has been removed and is no longer active
Handling of Ski’s improved
Handling of Megawheels improved, mass increased, more grip and torque
Main Robot camera improved to help you see large Robots like Megabots
Spawning times reduced and Battle Countdown increased to 30 seconds to ensure all Robots are ready at the beginning of battle so you can all roll-out together
Mega-SMG kill-counter has been removed. We will total up the stats over the next week and award the cool custom cosmetic Mega-SMG to all user who achieved 100+ kills as soon as we’ve finished the graphics for that
All Cosmetic cubes now have only 1 CPU and 88 Armor (same as a Tier 1 armor cube)
LATE ADDITIONS TO THE RELEASE NOTES:
Users will always play 2 normal battles before facing either a Challenge or Megaboss battle (i.e. a ratio of 2:1 of normal to ‘special’ battles), which reduces the number of bb’s players are involved in
Fixed some bugs preventing the Steam Wallet appearing for some users
Some new updates in EAC to protect the client against the most recent new hacks
Camera in the Garage can be zoomed out further so you can view more of your Megabot
Some new practice Robots added to Practice Mode, Trax, Scorpion and Thunder Sled all now feature (but with T1 Armor)
New ‘Dawn of the Megabots’ login screen

New in Robocraft Online Client 0.7.894 (Dec 10, 2014)

CATERPILLAR TRACKS :
Available from T3-T10
Steering like a tank
Extremely tough, more armor than the Walker Legs (which are next toughest)
Multiple attachment points, 3 at T3 up to 9 at T10
You can mount weapons, Electroplate and other components to them
Slow speed
Extremely heavy
TESLA BLADE:
Available from T8-T10
Melee ramming secondary weapon
Combine this secondary weapon with other primary weapons on a single robot
Massive damage, i.e. like 2x Rail Cannon
One shot and the blade is destroyed
1 blade at T8, 3 blades at T10 (so you get 3 rams at T10)
Nano heals blades so they can be re-used
Damage from enemies removes blades
HERO BONUS:
If you die, and your team wins, you get this Bonus
The bonus makes up the difference for the RP and TP you would have earned if you made it to the end
So you can be a hero and help your team and not lose on the rewards
Hero Bonus is awarded via a new screen that appears after your next battle or login, once the battle had ended
The RP rewards at each Tier have been reduced by 25% to compensate for the increased RP in the economy from the Hero Bonus with the aim of keeping the overall rewards neutral
CONTROL CONFIG SCREEN:
Configure your own keys
Configure the Mouse
Configure a Joystick / pad
Your config is saved per user, so if someone else has an account on your PC, they can bind their own keys
Our apologies to everyone in France (AZERTY keyboard layout) especially, for taking so long to put this in
2 X NEW ROBOTS:
T3 TRAX - A new T3 Plasma Caterpillar Class Robot
T7 TESLA BLADE - A Tesla Nano Class Hover Robot
BIG BALANCE CHANGES:
The Delta between Robot Rankings at each Tier has been increased
The Max Robot Ranking for each Tier has been adjusted proportional to the delta increases
The Delta between Armor at each Tier has been decreased
The Delta between Weapon Damage at each Tier has been decreased
The Armor and Damage have been reduced proportionally to maintain the same ‘ave time to destroy a robot’ at all Tiers
The purpose of these changes is to slightly reduce how OP +Tiering components on a Robot is
And to make +3 Tiering Robots a little more difficult
Whilst still allowing +Tiering to retain a good level of variety
All Armor, RR, DMG, stats have been updated in the cube descriptions in the Inventory, Depot etc.
BIG PHYSICS CHANGES:
To ensure that Tank Tracks felt heavy, and could not easily be lifted by Hovers, Thrusters, Helium and Aerofoils etc. we had to make a lot of changes to the physics
All cubes now have a built in concept of ‘Diminishing Returns’ so if you have 1 Thruster and add a second, you get 2 x more thrust, but if you have 25 and add a 26th you get virtually zero extra thrust. This is true for all component movement cubes
Wheels are now more affected by mass, and adding more wheels helps to speed them up, but with diminishing returns
Friction of the basic cubes surface (and the components like weapons etc.) has been increased slightly
There are a lot of changes here, our aim was to allow as many current Robot builds to function unaffected, but it is impossible to make any physics changes now without impacting the performance of some builds
ROBOSHOP AND UBER TP PRICE CHANGES:
Robots are now MUCH cheaper to buy
The T2 Apache is now less than the price of a Latte
But they DO NOT come with Premium any longer
UberTP has increased in cost from 9 to 11 GC
Honeydwarf Robot is no longer available, we will be announcing the money raised very soon
SPOTTING VO CHANGES:
Wheels are now referred to as ‘Cruiser’ class Robots
Caterpillar Robots are now referred to as ‘Tank’ class
Scout Robots are now separated into movement class, e.g. ‘Scout Cruiser’
Tesla Class Robots have also been added
MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES:
The Enter Battle button is now ‘E’ as opposed to ‘B’. So to enter Battle Mode it’s E then B.
Premium now levels you up 2x faster (so your CPU can keep pace with your increased RP and TP earnings)
Lag reconciliation of other Robots positions has been improved, so the enemies position is closer to where the are on their client, even when your ping is low
Physics pushing has been improved slightly, we’ve still got a lot to do here, but it has improved
Roboshield is now recognized by more virus protection services so triggers less threat warnings etc.
Roboshield is now protecting the game from hacking more than ever before, and the guys at EAC are still continuing this work every day
All RP and TP awards issued by the clients are now validated server side
Thrusters re-introduced at T1 on the Tech Tree