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Forever Skies
Forever Skies
ActionAdventureIndie
Far From Home · Far From Home·-60%$11.99
Oct 20, 2023 · 33mo ago

Viral Evolution Update Patch Now Live!

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The Viral Evolution Update focuses on improving the Immunity system's balance across difficulties, reducing the severity of certain diseases, and fixing various technical bugs.

Buffs6

  • Immunity
    • Reduced the chance of contracting infections on Easy difficulty to less than 5%.<5% %
    • Reduced the chance of contracting infections on Normal difficulty to approximately 5%.5% %
    • Reduced the chance of contracting infections on Hard difficulty to approximately 8%.8% %
  • HemorrhageHemorrhage:Damage dealt by Hemorrhage decreased by 30% across all difficulty levels.-30% %
  • GastroenteritisGastroenteritis:Hunger and thirst penalties for players with Gastroenteritis decreased by 30% on all difficulties.-30% %
  • GeneralGeneral thirst and hunger stat bar consumption decreased by roughly 15% on Easy and Normal.-15% %

Bug fixes6

  • General
    • Virus Sample Analyzer:Fixed an issue where valid virus names would not display in the Virus Sample Analyzer.
    • Fixed a bug causing looped breathing sounds during sleep.
    • Blood Coagulator Booster:Fixed the icon for the Blood Coagulator Booster in the Research Station.
    • Crustpedes:Fixed an issue where Crustpedes were floating in the air.
    • Fixed a quest bug where the radar marker was missing despite the prompt to navigate to it.
    • Bees:Fixed an issue where killed bees would reappear after the player used the lift.

Other changes5

  • Immunity
    • Players can now have 2 active boosters at any time, regardless of their current immunity level.2
    • Added a tutorial popup to explain the immunity effect to new players.Added
    • Added voice messages to warn players when immunity deteriorates to 75% and 50%.Added
  • General
    • Thorn Bee Hive:Added the Scanning Material effect for Thorn Bee Hives.Added
    • Locked supply crate:Added the Scanning Material effect for Locked supply crates.Added

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Forever Skies · Oct 20, 2023

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