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Steam News27 February 20215y ago

Update 1.6 - Balance,fixes,faster gambling,sound

Hello again dealers and lootbox openers, I've been pushing out daily updates, hope it's not getting annoying. I would rather make one bigger update, but the issues that needed fixing were severe.

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Hello again dealers and lootbox openers,

What changed

2 fixes5 additions3 changes0 removals
  • Fixes
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
fixedFixed the backup saving. Again. Now it should be working. The regular saving might still have some issues, but the backup saving should work now. If your save is corrupted. Delete it and rename the backupsave.sav to 333.sav and everything should be back to normal. I've tested it multiple times and it works. I am looking into alternatives to saving to resolve this issue once and for all. The best option would be online saving, but this comes with it's own issues.
addedBalanced the enemy gang in the gang fight High reward zones that were hard remain the same. Low reward zones now have a chance to spawn up to 5 enemies at random. Everything was too easy once you got the max thug upgrades, now it is more balanced. The chance of 5 enemies to spawn is still low, so the regions are still "easy".
changedChanged the reward system for winning gang battles Now there is a higher chance that you will get money instead of crates. There is also a higher chance that you will get double crates. Now you can even get 2 epics as a reward instead of 1 max. All in all it would be harder to get any crates. I think it is more balanced now. Crates were supposed to be a rare reward, not something you hoard.
addedAlso, I wanted to do this, so I can later add new game features to earn crates. (buy them)
addedBalanced the crate exchange Now it takes 5 crates instead of 10 to exchange to the next tier. Common and rare crates are also way cheaper. This is so new players that don't have millions yet can still enjoy the system.
changedEpic to legendary cost only 5, but the price cost is still very high. This is for late game players. Legendary crates are for people with a lot of money.

Drugs and Crime Idle changes

fixedFixed the backup saving. Again. Now it should be working. The regular saving might still have some issues, but the backup saving should work now. If your save is corrupted. Delete it and rename the backupsave.sav to 333.sav and everything should be back to normal. I've tested it multiple times and it works. I am looking into alternatives to saving to resolve this issue once and for all. The best option would be online saving, but this comes with it's own issues.
addedBalanced the enemy gang in the gang fight High reward zones that were hard remain the same. Low reward zones now have a chance to spawn up to 5 enemies at random. Everything was too easy once you got the max thug upgrades, now it is more balanced. The chance of 5 enemies to spawn is still low, so the regions are still "easy".
changedChanged the reward system for winning gang battles Now there is a higher chance that you will get money instead of crates. There is also a higher chance that you will get double crates. Now you can even get 2 epics as a reward instead of 1 max. All in all it would be harder to get any crates. I think it is more balanced now. Crates were supposed to be a rare reward, not something you hoard.
addedAlso, I wanted to do this, so I can later add new game features to earn crates. (buy them)
addedBalanced the crate exchange Now it takes 5 crates instead of 10 to exchange to the next tier. Common and rare crates are also way cheaper. This is so new players that don't have millions yet can still enjoy the system.

I've been pushing out daily updates, hope it's not getting annoying. I would rather make one bigger update, but the issues that needed fixing were severe.

  • Fixed the backup saving. Again. Now it should be working. The regular saving might still have some issues, but the backup saving should work now. If your save is corrupted. Delete it and rename the backupsave.sav to 333.sav and everything should be back to normal. I've tested it multiple times and it works. I am looking into alternatives to saving to resolve this issue once and for all. The best option would be online saving, but this comes with it's own issues.

  • Balanced the enemy gang in the gang fight High reward zones that were hard remain the same. Low reward zones now have a chance to spawn up to 5 enemies at random. Everything was too easy once you got the max thug upgrades, now it is more balanced. The chance of 5 enemies to spawn is still low, so the regions are still "easy".

  • Changed the reward system for winning gang battles Now there is a higher chance that you will get money instead of crates. There is also a higher chance that you will get double crates. Now you can even get 2 epics as a reward instead of 1 max. All in all it would be harder to get any crates. I think it is more balanced now. Crates were supposed to be a rare reward, not something you hoard.

Also, I wanted to do this, so I can later add new game features to earn crates. (buy them)

  • Balanced the crate exchange Now it takes 5 crates instead of 10 to exchange to the next tier. Common and rare crates are also way cheaper. This is so new players that don't have millions yet can still enjoy the system.

Epic to legendary cost only 5, but the price cost is still very high. This is for late game players. Legendary crates are for people with a lot of money.

  • Added sound effects to lootcrates Simple as. There are different sounds for different wins. Hoping to make opening boxes now more exciting and fun with the sound feedback.

  • Changed the lootcrate opening speed. Was 13 seconds. Now is 6 seconds. It feels way faster and smoother.

Many have requested this feature. While I agree that it needs to be faster, I don't agree that it needs to be instant. The faster going reel, the drum roll, the anticipation and hope that you get the rare item. It's the buildup to the point of receiving the item that is the fun part of opening crates. There can be no dramatic effect when it's faster than this or instant.

Just go in game and try it out. I guarantee you that 6 seconds is fine and everything feels smooth.

Now that most, hopefully all bugs are fixed, all typos as well and the game has been balanced I can focus on working on new game content. The next update will take more time, but will bring new additions to the game. Stay tuned. :)

Thanks for playing. Hope you like the new changes and additions.

  • Lord

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Steam News / 27 February 2021

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