Version 1.5 will be released tonight (Thursday, Jan. 19) at approximately 9:00pm CST. Enjoy! :)


We've re-implemented the "Good/Bad Fortune" mechanics. By default, players have a 10% chance when upgrading an item to skip a quality level. For example, you attempt to upgrade a Primitive rifle to Ramshackle and you are given an Apprentice rifle instead. Additionally, players have a 10% chance when upgrading an item for the upgrade to consume 25% less resources. However, players also have a 5% chance when upgrading an item for the upgrade to fail and consume 10% of the resources required to upgrade the item.

Additionally, players have a 10% chance when salvaging an item to receive 2x resources. There is currently no "Bad Fortune" mechanic for salvaging - but one may be introduced in the future.

A handful of configurable INI settings have been added to fine-tune the chances and multipliers for each fortune.


Players are now able to salvage ammunition, weapon attachments, and additional tools using the Upgrade Station. While you can't upgrade any of these additions hopefully this will give you a place to break down extra items you find so you can use the resources for other upgrades.


Upgrading an item will give players (BaseCraftingCost*0.5) XP. Salvaging an item will give players (BaseCraftingCost*0.1) XP. This XP is shared with other tribe members in the area (similar to regular crafting). These values will be configurable via INI in the next update.


Several players pointed out that the Upgrade Station required metal ingots to craft but were hard to come by at low levels, making cloth and hide upgrades less useful. We've changed the crafting requirements to use 10x metal instead of 5x metal ingots so you can craft the Upgrade Station earlier in the game.


Several players also pointed out that the maximum resource requirement of 9,999 wasn't high enough for some servers. The maximum has been increased to 99,999 and a configurable INI setting has been added.


The Upgrade Station now preserves organic polymer 100x longer than normal (2 days per item instead of 30 minutes; equal to the fridge).


Don't ask. Just watch sl1pg8r's video and you'll understand. :)


We are aware that the following issues still exist and we're working on ways to fix them:

• Applied dye lost when upgrading items.
  
• Non-dedicated players need two players to click an item to upgrade it.