[2023] Week Sixty Update - Weather Issue Response

Last week we released our Weather Forecasting update - a new system that allows players more advanced notice of incoming storms giving them more time to prepare and make more informed decisions about what to do in-game. This meant changing several parts of the weather system, which combined to result in much more severe and frequent weather events than we originally intended.

One of the most enjoyable parts of the week for our team is seeing reactions from both fans in Discord and content creators on YouTube. This week we definitely got the message that the storms were too much.

Typically we would address this much sooner in a hotfix, but as you may be aware immediately following the update's release Auckland, where our studio is based, experienced an entire season worth of rainfall in a few hours and severe flooding (the irony is not lost on us) and much of the team is now working from home (as weather warnings are still in place) or taking time off to clean up.

So expect this Friday's update to address the issues with storms this week - taking into account all your feedback.

Originally posted by StellarSkys: i mean i'm sorry what conditions happened to you happened but you also contradict yourself in this post.

here you imply you messed up with your programming and made storms more frequent than you meant to.
"This meant changing several parts of the weather system, which combined to result in much more severe and frequent weather events than we originally intended."

then you go on to say. "
This week we definitely got the message that the storms were too much."

this implies you did intend it and have learned the community does not like and will change it.

like why aren't you just honest instead of trying to sell both stories?

I worded it poorly, we never intended to have the weather anywhere near as intense as it is, and that the second line is acknowledging what everyone was saying.

Not trying to lie, the forecast system has an issue, the weather is worse than intended and we are going to fix it.