Planet Explorers news & patch notes

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone! Here we celebrate Christmas and New Year with an all new special episode of My Time at Pathea. 2020 has been a big year for us. We have announced My Time at Sandrock, we launched the game Ever Forward, we had SBT in open alpha and open Beta. Next year is expected to be even bigger as we are expecting to Launch both My Time at Sandrock and Super Buckyball Tournament and we have been working hard to get the games ready for you. At Pathea we thank everyone for all the massive love and support for our games. We’re looking forward to bring you more amazing content in the coming year, can’t wait to see you next time! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33359871/12fd569e5531c9efcc43a24b70282f8cb2e0577e.png

GET SBT PRE-SEASON HERE! Welcome back to the future where speed, strategy and intensity are sweeping across the world with fast-growing Sport; Super Buckyball Tournament. Everyone can join, no matter if you are human, android, robot or have had your DNA spliced with an animal. But beware that only the toughest have what it takes to make it to the top. Features In addition to our six characters, two stadiums and mission system featured during the game’s open alpha earlier this year, the preseason will include: • New challenger Samba: This guy is the first Chimera on the field and being half tiger, he is someone to watch out for. He is now one of the strongest characters in the game and his ultimate which gives him a massive speed boost, makes him hard to catch up with. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33359871/064254f7431459c0648cb3060e85b5c43aa235c5.gif • 2 Arcade modes: Dodgeball & Mayhem These to modes will be unlocked when you reach lvl 6 and will rotate every 24 hours, meaning one mode will be available to enjoy every day. • Dodgeball challenges you to avoid getting hit by two balls while making sure those balls don’t rest on your side of the field for more than 12 seconds. • Mayhem is a super-powered version of Standard mode, as abilities charge three times faster and players take control of random characters each time a goal is scored. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33359871/2215cc640fe0254bd1d5de3e2a623d09cba32b47.jpg • New lobby with cool new UI and animated backgrounds. • In-game background music has finally been added and with new sound effects for all characters, the game should definitely be experienced with the volume turned up. • a comprehensive collection of skins (which includes accessories and player icons), • Season pass with 60 levels. You will now be able to level up this all new season pass by completing daily and weekly challenges and earn special rewards. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33359871/558a8c93dae66a7c81e49172826f2b114fe2f35e.gif • High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP). We have given the whole game a makeover and optimized it to HDRP which has improved graphics and performance and gives you a much smoother gaming experience. Our player-friendly community where you can find new friends to play with, join special activities or challenge other players is on the official SBT Discord To keep up to date with all the latest information on Super Buckyball Tournament, pleas follow us on: Twitter Facebook Instagram If you like us want to see the game grow and succeed, a nice review would be a great help. We would also be super stoked if you were to wishlist the full game Here. Thanks for your support!!! - Pathea Games

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My Time at Sandrock – Just like My Time at Portia, the game takes place in perhaps the only wholesome post-apocalyptic world in the gaming industry right now; a world where humans have successfully restarted civilization after, long ago, nearly destroying themselves through greed, unbridled technology, and warfare in a period they refer to as the “The Age of Darkness.” Current citizens of this world now band together and reject the Old World ideologies as they work to rebuild, but remaking an entire civilization isn’t easy… First day on the job… Taking a job offer in the frontier town of Sandrock, you’ll assume the role of a fledgling builder being sent to a wild and rugged townscape on the brink of collapse. It’s up to you and your trusty toolset to gather resources, build machines, fix up your workshop into a well-oiled production machine, and save the town from the jaws of economic ruin, as well as a few other unexpected complications... No job too big, no task too small! Customize and build your workshop with an intricate set of machines that all work together to produce parts of huge structures for the town that you assemble piece by piece; or head to your worktable to craft hundreds of unique items that can help out individual townspeople or be placed throughout your own workshop: watch Sandrock transform before your eyes as every contribution you make to town appears permanently in the world! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38997750/407e2594aab1688c8ed88127260acc1d2d3b521d.jpg There and back again Explore the vast deserts surrounding Sandrock: dive into ruins to find ancient relics from the Old World, face the dangers of dungeons and their denizens, then return to your homestead with encumbering bags of treasure in tow. Take your profits and convert the empty prairie lands around you into farmable land for a more leisurely lifestyle, then sell your crops, or transform them into delicious dishes to share with all your new friends in town! It takes a wild bunch… The people of Sandrock are hardy and tenacious, and one can hardly survive in such an arduous climate without developing a sense of humor. Befriend the local sheriff to hear about his tall tales, help out the chatty ranch family and they’ll help you in turn, spend some time with a local artist and hear about her hopes and aspirations. Meeting and helping these characters leads to not only making new friends, but also people to support you in building your workshop! And who knows, even romance might be in the air… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38997750/a77e183ee5fd00442fa08a7f4a2b6f562299ea5d.jpg My Time at Sandrock brings a plethora of new features to the table:

• New Combat - a revamped combat system that allows the player to quickly shift between melee combat and 3rd person shooting mechanics.
• Great Music - an original soundtrack with dynamic in-game music that reflects where the player is and what they're doing
• More Elaborate Story and Deeper Characters- a vastly enriched storyline, hundreds of side-quests boasting over 30 completely new characters, each getting more attention than before with their own story to discover, as well as the return of a few familiar faces for fans of the series.
• Build with Friends! Co-op multiplayer - Perhaps the most exciting addition to the game is a new multiplayer function that will finally allow players to visit a unique multiplayer map where they can build a workshop together and experience an additional storyline that unfolds there…

Fans of the series will find everything they enjoyed about Portia and more, and new players will feel right at home in the delightful life-sim RPG that is My Time at Sandrock. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084600/My_Time_at_Sandrock/

See you there and Rock on Sandrockers!

Dear PE Players, As you know by now, if you're still playing PE, our lobby server had an issue where all the code base got deleted from its server. After trying to fix it for the last month, we've arrived at the unfortunate conclusion that it's a lost cause unless we completely rewrite the code from scratch. We used a software called U-link for PE, and that software is now defunct. Even if we had the original U-link code, we still don't have the configurations and additional code we wrote back in 2013. Under the circumstances, we just don't have the resources to rewrite the multiplayer code for PE. We're truly sorry for this. Without the multiplayer, Planet Explorers will not be the complete package that we originally envisioned. Thus, starting next week, we'll make the game free. We'll also try to make the game code available online (we're still looking into the how part). Going forward, we will be making a PE2. It will be much better than the original, as we've matured as a studio. We'll probably start on that project next year. We'll put that game's alpha on a branch of Planet Explorers for free for you to play when the time comes. Thank you all for supporting us all this time. Planet Explorers Team

Hi everyone, We've been working hard on getting the network code for multiplayer back online. Due to the server outage, some of the server code base was lost. As we went looking through it, it turns out there was more loss than we anticipated. So it's taking a bit more time to fix it than we expected. But we do have someone working on it and will hopefully have multiplayer back soon. Please stay tuned for further information. Thank you.

Hi guys, We have found out that the server of Planet Explorers is down. We're trying our best to fix this issue and hopefully get it done very soon. We will post out the update once the server is back to life. Please stay stuned. Thank you.

It's been a long time since the last update. And here's what we've been doing. Changelist： Changed the inertance of the default camera to 0(ps: old players need to tweak it yourselves in setting) Fixed the bug that clicking tower defense button may lead to game crash in single player mode. Fixed the bug that some materials show wrong number when repairing ISOs. Fixed the bug that player can accomplish the Counterattack mission in adventure mode by destroying any one of PUJA camps. Fixed the bug that clicking UI leads to game crash when player defends towers& mobs siege the city. Delete the camera shake when player is in idle state.

It's been a long time since the last update. And here's what we've been doing. Changelist： Changed the inertance of the default camera to 0(ps: old players need to tweak it yourselves in setting) Fixed the bug that clicking tower defense button may lead to game crash in single player mode. Fixed the bug that some materials show wrong number when repairing ISOs. Fixed the bug that player can accomplish the Counterattack mission in adventure mode by destroying any one of PUJA camps. Fixed the bug that clicking UI leads to game crash when player defends towers& mobs siege the city. Delete the camera shake when player is in idle state.

Hey guys, a really quick update to fix a couple of major issues. Changelist: Fixed the bug where the pistol cannot shoot. Fixed the crash caused by UI operation during tower defense in single player.

Hey guys, a really quick update to fix a couple of major issues. Changelist: Fixed the bug where the pistol cannot shoot. Fixed the crash caused by UI operation during tower defense in single player.

Hey all, another patch in coming. We took a look at a lot of the co-op story issues and tried to fix as many as we can. Fixed the display error of the Mctalk in multiplayer coop Fixed issue where the Mctalk stays on the ground even after the take-off in multiplayer coop Adjusted the collision of firebear nest in story mode, so that the firebear will not get stuck Adjusted the following AI of NPCs, so that they will not teleport to your front Fixed the issue in multiplayer story mode where the number of monsters and attacks in tower defense missions are different for each player Fixed the bug that Pajan not showing up in last battle in multiplayer coop Changed the mission structure of helping colonists to safety for multiplayer coop Fixed the issue where vertical plane cannot be dragged to the lowest plane in creation system Added the setting of aim sensitivity in options Added the setting that players will know which mission they're doing after interacting with NPCs Added the total bullet number in your bag aside of the existing bullet number in your weapon Added store icons aside of merchants' name in multiplayer story mode Added free perspective while running, press alt to do so Changed the sorting rules of the ISO downloading from the workshop Added the terrain numbers in the mini map in story mode Adjusted the campfire model, so that it will not look like a giant one Optimized the displaying of the building, so that the building will show up more smoothly Optimized the frame rate in multiplayer coop

Hey all, another patch in coming. We took a look at a lot of the co-op story issues and tried to fix as many as we can. Fixed the display error of the Mctalk in multiplayer coop Fixed issue where the Mctalk stays on the ground even after the take-off in multiplayer coop Adjusted the collision of firebear nest in story mode, so that the firebear will not get stuck Adjusted the following AI of NPCs, so that they will not teleport to your front Fixed the issue in multiplayer story mode where the number of monsters and attacks in tower defense missions are different for each player Fixed the bug that Pajan not showing up in last battle in multiplayer coop Changed the mission structure of helping colonists to safety for multiplayer coop Fixed the issue where vertical plane cannot be dragged to the lowest plane in creation system Added the setting of aim sensitivity in options Added the setting that players will know which mission they're doing after interacting with NPCs Added the total bullet number in your bag aside of the existing bullet number in your weapon Added store icons aside of merchants' name in multiplayer story mode Added free perspective while running, press alt to do so Changed the sorting rules of the ISO downloading from the workshop Added the terrain numbers in the mini map in story mode Adjusted the campfire model, so that it will not look like a giant one Optimized the displaying of the building, so that the building will show up more smoothly Optimized the frame rate in multiplayer coop

Ok, this is a very tiny patch since build 1.1.1, so we'll not change the version number. In this patch, we fixed the bug that sometimes players cannot export ISOs or update ISOs to workshop in multiplayer. Have fun in game!

Ok, this is a very tiny patch since build 1.1.1, so we'll not change the version number. In this patch, we fixed the bug that sometimes players cannot export ISOs or update ISOs to workshop in multiplayer. Have fun in game!

So we've had a couple of staff changes causing a delay of this release, mainly trying to find a mulitplayer programmer. Now that we've finally found one, we're starting our updates again, sorry for the rather long delay. PE is content complete, but there's a lot of room for better user experience and less bugs, so we'll still be working on that. The next item on the list is to see if we can cut down on the stuttering. Changelist Fixed monorail consistency issues in multiplayer Fixed NPC store issue when buying from a second page and resetting to first page Fixed Chen Zhen’s music playing too loud when approaching him a second time Fixed sound settings not being applied correctly in the menu Fixed not being able to shoot an arrow after crafting an arrow on the go Fixed Gerdy still floating in her stasis tube sometimes in story mode Fixed tower defense issue in multiplayer when the player fails when getting a little too far from the mission area Fixed issue with item disappearing when moved to inventory from fast bar, only reappearing after refresh Fixed bug with ISO numbers exporting wrong, causing the player not being able to get into the vehicle Fixed issue with the currency resetting to the old meat currency after an event in the story mode Fixed NPC cash not being saved in multiplayer Fixed stuttering when firing a weapon for the first time Tweaked time for getting on a monorail Tweaked mission UI display to more easily display main missions and sidequests Changed the display of friendly players to arrows on maps in multiplayer instead of a dot Added ability to teleport to a friendly player by clicking on the player on the map in multiplayer Added sleeping bag for coop story Added a "track" option in the replicator to see what you're still missing for replicating an item

So we've had a couple of staff changes causing a delay of this release, mainly trying to find a mulitplayer programmer. Now that we've finally found one, we're starting our updates again, sorry for the rather long delay. PE is content complete, but there's a lot of room for better user experience and less bugs, so we'll still be working on that. The next item on the list is to see if we can cut down on the stuttering. Changelist Fixed monorail consistency issues in multiplayer Fixed NPC store issue when buying from a second page and resetting to first page Fixed Chen Zhen’s music playing too loud when approaching him a second time Fixed sound settings not being applied correctly in the menu Fixed not being able to shoot an arrow after crafting an arrow on the go Fixed Gerdy still floating in her stasis tube sometimes in story mode Fixed tower defense issue in multiplayer when the player fails when getting a little too far from the mission area Fixed issue with item disappearing when moved to inventory from fast bar, only reappearing after refresh Fixed bug with ISO numbers exporting wrong, causing the player not being able to get into the vehicle Fixed issue with the currency resetting to the old meat currency after an event in the story mode Fixed NPC cash not being saved in multiplayer Fixed stuttering when firing a weapon for the first time Tweaked time for getting on a monorail Tweaked mission UI display to more easily display main missions and sidequests Changed the display of friendly players to arrows on maps in multiplayer instead of a dot Added ability to teleport to a friendly player by clicking on the player on the map in multiplayer Added sleeping bag for coop story Added a "track" option in the replicator to see what you're still missing for replicating an item

Hey everyone, here's latest build, it's mostly bug fixes. We've gathered a lot of data from players during this time to pin point some of the rarer crash bugs. Here's the changelist Fixed replicator filter not working sometimes Fixed Xbox 360 controller dodge function not working Fixed monorail stop time not synchronized in multiplayer Fixed some items not being able to repair, upgrade, and recycle in multiplayer Fixed around 40 crashes Also, going forward, the price for the game will permanently drop to $14.99.

Hey everyone, here's latest build, it's mostly bug fixes. We've gathered a lot of data from players during this time to pin point some of the rarer crash bugs. Here's the changelist Fixed replicator filter not working sometimes Fixed Xbox 360 controller dodge function not working Fixed monorail stop time not synchronized in multiplayer Fixed some items not being able to repair, upgrade, and recycle in multiplayer Fixed around 40 crashes Also, going forward, the price for the game will permanently drop to $14.99.

Another update is here. In this build, we mostly corrected some story issues. Changelist: Fixed issue with southern island mission Fixed issue with adventure mode storyline Fixed issue with monster wiki Fixed issue with the last adventure mode story mission not being able to be completed Fixed issue with NPC getting stuck in the colony Fixed issue with repeating prompt when finishing tasks Fixed issue with crashing while getting off a monster while in an attack animation Fixed towns with cordial status not being able to be attacked again in adventure mode Added two new achievements Optimized connecting to the lobby and servers

Another update is here. In this build, we mostly corrected some story issues. Changelist: Fixed issue with southern island mission Fixed issue with adventure mode storyline Fixed issue with monster wiki Fixed issue with the last adventure mode story mission not being able to be completed Fixed issue with NPC getting stuck in the colony Fixed issue with repeating prompt when finishing tasks Fixed issue with crashing while getting off a monster while in an attack animation Fixed towns with cordial status not being able to be attacked again in adventure mode Added two new achievements Optimized connecting to the lobby and servers

Hey guys, as you already know we have changed our official server in order to have a more smooth gameplay experience. Thus for now the customized server has been temporary shut down. We Will need the host to restart the server, or else other players cannot see it in the server list. If you are using a standalone server, to restart the server you will need to copy the folder named ConfigFiles in the game server file and overwrite the same folder in your standalone server file.

Hey guys, as you already know we have changed our official server in order to have a more smooth gameplay experience. Thus for now the customized server has been temporary shut down. We Will need the host to restart the server, or else other players cannot see it in the server list. If you are using a standalone server, to restart the server you will need to copy the folder named ConfigFiles in the game server file and overwrite the same folder in your standalone server file.

Happy International Labour Day！ In this release, we moved the official server to a 8G RAM server, which is much larger than the former one (4 G). It's faster and more stable now. So enjoy!

Happy International Labour Day！ In this release, we moved the official server to a 8G RAM server, which is much larger than the former one (4 G). It's faster and more stable now. So enjoy!

Fixed some immediate issues. Changelist Fixed repair machine not working in multiplayer Fixed upgrade machine not working in multiplayer Fixed recycle machine not working in multiplayer Fixed not being able to enter Build mode servers Fixed not being about to recruit Feroz to colony Fixed random NPC teleporting issue

Fixed some immediate issues. Changelist Fixed repair machine not working in multiplayer Fixed upgrade machine not working in multiplayer Fixed recycle machine not working in multiplayer Fixed not being able to enter Build mode servers Fixed not being about to recruit Feroz to colony Fixed random NPC teleporting issue

Hey everyone, a new build is here: Fixed crash in store in adventure mode Fixed not being able to complete a mission in multiplayer Fixed bug in enhance machine Fixed bug in building system Fixed the dropping rate of the poisonous blood Optimized the bug reporting system Added Achievements on Steam Added monster Kazma Added monster Blue Dragon Completed in game monster wiki We'll continue to fix any issue that comes up as well as add more missions for the next build. We know there are still some small issues with the story mode, we'll be looking to fix these as well. We'll also release the stand alone version early next week.

Hey everyone, a new build is here: Fixed crash in store in adventure mode Fixed not being able to complete a mission in multiplayer Fixed bug in enhance machine Fixed bug in building system Fixed the dropping rate of the poisonous blood Optimized the bug reporting system Added Achievements on Steam Added monster Kazma Added monster Blue Dragon Completed in game monster wiki We'll continue to fix any issue that comes up as well as add more missions for the next build. We know there are still some small issues with the story mode, we'll be looking to fix these as well. We'll also release the stand alone version early next week.

We have been resetting and restarting our official servers without much notice before, and we're very sorry for that. From now on, we plan to regularly restart and reset the official servers from March 31st to make sure they run smoothly, and new players can play from the very beginning of the story. Reset time: every Thursday morning around 5:00 eastern time Restart time: the first Thursday of each month around 5:00 eastern time Please save your buildings and creations in advance so it won't affect your fun in the game. :D