Update 02.019 – In-game voice chat

Summary
In this update, we are introducing an in-game voice chat to Medieval Engineers. The voice chat is set to the “U” key – hold the key and speak. It supports a 3D sound environment which means that when the player who is talking is at your right, then you will listen his voice from your right speaker. The volume is also adjusted according to how far the talking person is. You can turn this feature OFF in the audio options.

Additionally, we have enabled a realistic sun cycle, which means that you will be able to see how the sun is moving in the sky from sunrise to sunset. Lastly, we have implemented the option to delete the terrain when using the terrain auto level voxel hand tool.

We also want to inform you that the “What should come next” poll has ended. Thank you all for participating! You can view the results here: http://www.kwiksurveys.com/p/0q33A3vf?qid=539349.
It is clearly demonstrated that “Survival mode features” are what most players are expecting the most. Our team has already been working on various survival-based additions that should be coming to the game within the next weeks!

Features
– in-game voice chat (by holding “U” key)
– sun moving across the sky
– added the erasing functionality to terrain auto level voxel hand

Fixes
– re-enabled throwing of objects with manipulation tool – lighter objects can be thrown farther again
– small projectiles are now able to be connected by ropes
– improved manipulation tool stability in multiplayer
– improved pasting of blueprints in any world, now you can place them closer to the ground
– fixed porters behavior
– fixed small grid built on wooden floor changing to dynamic if you erase one part
– fixed small grids with catch blocks (carts, cranes) starting to fly when damaged
– fixed manipulated objects being dropped when you lift them up too high
– improved manipulation tool stability in multiplayer
– improved pasting of blueprints in any world, now you can place them closer to the ground

EDIT 06/03/2015:
– restored dedicated server services
– fixed DX11 render crash