This post includes the patch notes for the Ore Tycoon 2 End of Decade / Holidays 2019 Event Update, and will also include all non-major update patch notes afterwards.
THE END OF DECADE / HOLIDAYS 2019 EVENT UPDATE IS FINALLY HERE
Thank you so so much for everyone’s continued support and patience for this update! I’ve worked around-the-clock for the past days just to push one final major update out before the year ends. Super sorry for the lack of huge updates! I hope this update would make up all the waiting for you
Additions
THE HOLIDAYS 2019 EVENT HAS STARTED! From now until January 31st, 2020, search and complete secret quests to obtain gifts! Get ALL 7 MAIN GIFTS to claim the Grand Prize, the Handmade Gift of the Masters!
Added 10 new gifts for you to collect! The following are the 7 main gifts needed to claim the Grand Prize:
Mobile Gift of Vroom-vroom
Throwback Gift of the Seasons
Resilient Gift of Surprise
Jolly Gift of the Gift-giving Winters
8-bit Gift of Retro
Gold-laced Gift of Skybreak
Frozen Gift of Five Year Memories
The following are the 3 extra gifts for you to claim! These do not add to the 7 gift requirement needed.
Handmade Gift of the Masters (Grand Prize)
PlantStudios Community Christmas Gift 2019
plaYful gift of staff
This Holidays, there will be RANKS! Be one of the first ten players to complete the event and get the Champion Chat Tag! Be one of the 11th-50th completers and get the Elite Chat Tag!
Ranks will also be broadcasted globally!
THE END OF DECADE SALE IS ON!!! Shop in the Tycoon Bux Catalog now before the amazing deals and returning items are gone!
ORE TYCOON 2 IS NOW LOCALIZED IN 6 LANGUAGES! Yup, that’s right! Ore Tycoon 2 is now localized in Filipino, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese!
The game is not completely localized yet! We hope that the game will be fully localized to these languages by the end of the Q1 of 2020.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us [the Developers] if there are any mistranslations!
More languages are coming soon!
The Mysterious Gift of Free has opened to reveal… the plaYful gift of staff Launcher!
A mysterious rift has appeared in the sky… Check it out and you might find a gift!
Four shards have scattered across the Ore Tycoon Universe! Collect them all and put them together in a special place to get the Frozen Gift of Five Year Memories! Thank you so, so much for supporting us on the Fifth Year of the Ore Tycoon Series!
THE RESEARCH LEVEL CAP HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 25!!! Go now and level up!
A NEW SCIENCE ITEM HAS BEEN ADDED—THE MECHANICAL GENERATOR! This item will add seconds worth of charge to your Mechanical Upgrader once every few minutes… Research now and for a chance to get this new item!
A new huge winter map!!! Check out the cool snow and snowmen that has spread throughout all of Tycoon Island!
The Emergency Meeting achievement is BACK! Find the Hidden Staffroom to get this badge!
A NEW xMYTHICAL HAS APPEARED IN THE BAGS! Open bags now and get a chance to unbox the all-new, terrifyingly cold Icedagger, which is sure to scare your foes!
TONS of new codes have been added and will be released soon in our Social Media Pages! Be sure to follow us at Twitter @PlantStudiosRBX, and join our Roblox Group PlantStudios to be updated of all codes!
Redeem the code “GOODBYE2010S” and get FREE 10k Tycoon Bux, first 2010 Redeemers only!!!
Changes & Improvements
Safes have been BUFFED!
Golden Safes can no longer contain Tycoon Bux that is within the range of regular safes, and Diamond Safes can no longer contain Tycoon Bux that is within the range of Golden Safes
Increased minimum and maximum obtainable tycoon bux in Regular (35-55 → 55-85) and Golden safes (45-135 → 85-155), and the minimum in Diamond safes (125 → 155)
Max diamond safe tycoon bux has been reduced. (625->500)
Buffed Portable Healing Station (Will now increase your Health by 25, will also instantly heal you once upon equipping)
Fixes
Fixed issue where Island Expansion looks weird on Solo Mode
Fixed issue where mods summon rains twice when no rains are happening
Fixed issue where water and other settings do not immediately apply upon joining
Fixed issue where the client fails to receive and use ore data sent by server
Fixed ironsight of Pumpkin Launcher not appearing on scope mode
Fixed Heal Pad not working for players using Levitation Animation Pack
Fixed issue where the Credits button is cut off from the Settings tab sometimes
Fixed issue where the notes of an invisible paper copy of the Bag Song are visible near your hands while using the Piano Mine
Fixed issue where Unstable Machine won’t boost players using Levitation Animation Pack
Fixed Blizzard Blade having an incorrect “Blade Sword” tooltip
You can no longer die for equipping the Speedy Shoes and Bunny Ears boosts
Update 191230b
Fixed Underground Expansion
Walkable Ocean floor is now wider
Update 191230c
Reduced fog
Fixed issue where the automatic text capture captures Tycoon Bux codes
Update 191230d
Vroom Vroom gift is now a lot faster (10-30 speed → 25-50 speed)
Reverted a change in Level Of Detail, which accidentally broke the feature itself
Update 191231a
The plaYful gift launcher is now equippable in the Shrine of the Bagverse
Moderators are now blacklisted from getting a valid rank
Changed Retro Gift requirements
Added a new hint for Retro Gift somewhere!
Reduced Broadcasting price from 3.5k to 2.5k Tycoon Bux
Tweaked Staffroom
Added new easter eggs
Ore Limit will no longer be shown in comma form
Ore Number is now shown in the Ore Limit
Optimized Ore Limit indicator (will lag less now)
Ore Limit indicator will no longer update if the Settings tab is not opened
Ore Limit indicator will now also include the number of ores (removed before due to potential performance issues, which are now lessened by the change)
Fixed issue where players can get stuck in the blocked cave
Fixed error with Iron Excavator Upgrade
Fixed issue with Ore Worth Filter not working correctly
Fixed issue with global event broadcasts where it incorrectly says that the player completed the Bag Hunt
[Internal] Fixed issue where the specified price in the ore worth filter is picked up by the auto text capture
[Internal] Updated GameAnalytics Module from v1.3.6 to v2.1.0
[Internal] separated the events leaderboard from unboxing leaderboard
Complete the Holidays 2019 Event in Ore Tycoon 2 now!
Get the 2019 PlantStudios virtual merch now before it’s gone forever!
The End of Decade sale has ended! Thank you so much to everyone for supporting Ore Tycoon this 2010’s!
First update of 2020!!! Happy New Year to everyone! Redeem the code “2020NEWYEAR” for 2020 Tycoon Bux!
Made the Staffroom less laggy
Added PestiXyde to the Staffroom. Sorry Pesti!!! #blameshadow2081
Ore Worth Filter now accepts decimal values!
Added another hint to Retro Gift in OT2. Please stop DMing me about the Retro gift.
Silenced an error with the iron excavator upgrade
Fixed chat tags and chat icons not working properly
Fixed trails not working on joining / spawning
Fixed issue where the number of ores part of the ore limit text disappear when updating the ore limit
Fixed issue with the ore worth filter interface not working properly upon joining
Fixed issue with the ore worth filter not working properly
Fixed issue where the suffix stored internally is not updated after disabling automatic ore worth filter
Fixed issue with safes despawning much sooner than intended
Reverted change where safes despawn 20 minutes (safes despawn after 10 minutes again)
Reduced area where safes can spawn. Most, if not all, of the removed parts are coastal or oceanic areas.
Fixed issue where the button for finishing walls of the island is floating far from the island
Fixed issue where spam-clicking the button for changing suffixes , or changing the values quickly of the Ore Worth Filter would cause the client to send multiple requests
Fixed the Bag Hero tag of the Rank 1 completer of the Bag Hunt not being ruby-colored
Fixed Official Submitters and VIPs not having their broadcast prefix and font
Fixed non-VIP players being able to see how much their ores are worth
Fixed Ore Worth Filter not updating back to 0 if the filter thinks that’s the best filter for you, and you’ve already set a worth filter previously
Fixed issue where client can send wrong data to server if the auto filter/worth filter is toggled too fast
[INTERNAL] made owf easier to fix and update
[INTERNAL] Mods and devs can now broadcast for free and has a higher text limit
[INTERNAL] Fixed issue where using the admin/unadmin command will cause the server to permanently give the Unexpected Encounter badge
[INTERNAL] Added bcperks for rank 251+
*Shrine of the Bagverse also has the fixes for chat tags, icons, and broadcasts applied
Update 200101b
Fixed error with color picker of broadcast
Fixed staffroom
Fixed snowball not working
Fixed fireworks not working
Update 200101c
Fixed critical bug where staffroom would keep on being duplicated to you by the server, causing an issue that may lag servers and cause them to crash
Update 200101d
Fixed critical bug where 100k Tycoon Bux purchased with robux is not awarded
Update 200101e
Fixed critical bug where Tycoon Bux, Tycoon bux catalog, and inventory fails to load
Update 200102a
Purchasing the Level 2 Wall will now also include a roof!
Added a new Main District upgrader, the Third Ore Cleaner! The Third Ore Cleaner does x2.8 to all ores. Unlocked at Expansion 4
Level-locked Ore Purifier to Level 2 (Needs Second Floor now instead of Expansion 4)
Nerfed Ore Purifier Base stats (x3.5 → x2.5)
Andromeda Mine from the 2017 PlantStudios Christmas Gift is now back with new stats!
2017 Stats: Ore value of $1, 1x1x1 size, ores that come in contact with the Andromeda Ore are imitated by the Andromeda Ore and their value is added to the value of the Andromeda Ore, and the sum is multiplied by x1.1225. Works once per ore, but Andromeda can imitate infinite amounts of ores, 6 seconds drop time, free
2020 Stats: Ore Value of $2017, 5x5x5 size, .6 drop time, costs $2,017,000
Now xMythical tier
Buffed Ore Purifier Science Upgrade stats (+1 multiplier to +1.5 multiplier. Still weaker than old x4.5 (now does x4))
[VIP] Your last-used Broadcast Color will now be saved and loaded!
Fixed issue where ore limit and ore worth filter cannot be changed after researching
Fixed issue where ore limit locks to 200 and ore worth filter locks to auto after researching
Fixed memory leak caused by Researching
Fixed Z-Fighting issue with Level 2 & 3 walls
Fixed first peridot mine being cheaper than the mine before it
Fixed issue with ore counter not reflecting changes when the ore number decreases. Related to ore number not updating after research.
Fixed issue where trails cannot be unequipped if you joined the game with a trail equipped
Fixed issue where your trail would be removed if you equip a particle if you joined with a trail equipped
Fixed issue where ore counter does not update if no ores are produced and you open the settings frame
Added a failsafe which prevents a memory leak from happening if there is no drop part
[INTERNAL] Fixed issue where i cant test Ore Tycoon 2 on studio
Update 200102b
Fixed third Ore Cleaner breaking your refinery, causing you to be unable to gain income and progress further
Update 200102c
Fixed third Ore Cleaner breaking your refinery, causing you to be unable to gain income and progress further (For real now)
Update 200102d
Fixed third ore cleaner not upgrading ores
This update is live in all servers
Update 200102e
Reduced the size of icons in Inventory and Tycoon Bux Catalog. Now, you can have much more items in your screen all at once!
Tycoon bag and Tycoon Orb will now reset your velocity
Tycoon Bag, Tycoon Orb, Atomic Bag, Shadow Cloak, Forcefield orb, and Cursed Shadow Cloak can no longer be unequipped if in use or is under a cooldown. This patches exploitable bugs with Atomic Bag (permanent small size, infinitely small size) and the Equip-Use-Unequip-Equip trick to bypass cooldowns.
Fixed issue where you can have two playful gift launchers at a time
Fixed playful gift launcher having no thumbnail
Update 200102f
Fixed issue where the second floor is blocked off by the Wall Upgrade roof. For old servers, the current workaround is to purchase walls or get a jetpack and go outside. No shutdowns for this one.
Moved some buttons near the Premium District
Plant Train will no longer collide with map props that obstruct the spawner. The driver and everyone on board will still collide with these props however.
Update 200102g
Fixed Bagpocalypsebot spawning underground
Update 200102h
Bagpocalypse is now buffed (50k Health * # of Players → 75k Health * # of Players)
Bagpocalypse’s Health will now adjust to the number of players.
This patches the exploit where the event can be started while there is only one player, and everyone joins afterwards.
Icedagger now reduces the walkspeed of the victim by 1/4
Icedagger freeze effect will now do 20 damage instead of kill
Update 200102i
Balanced Icedagger:
Icedagger will no longer permanently reduce the walkspeed of the victim by 1/4
Icedagger will now freeze the victim for a few seconds
Duration is capped at 10 seconds, depending on the victim’s MaxHealth. At 100 MaxHealth the victim is frozen for 4 seconds
Icedagger freeze effect will no longer do 20 damage
Icedagger cannot freeze a recently unfrozen enemy for 10 seconds after the ice shatters
Reduced Icedagger damage: slashing will now do 25 from 30 damage, lunge will now do 30 from 40 damage
Icedagger has a higher headshot bonus than other swords (Normal: x1.35, Icedagger bonus: x1.5)
If the enemy has a fire effect on their character or tool, the fire will be extinguished with the icedagger and they won’t get frozen for the hit that extinguished the fire
Items such as Anansi’s Fang will still keep the opponent immune from freezing despite their fires extinguished
The fire effect will only occur once; once a fire is extinguished the opponent will be vulnerable to freezing even if they have more than one enabled fire effects
Update 200103a
Added a new upgrade for the underground! The Industrial Refiner Upgrade apply an extra x1.5-x3 to your ores after being upgraded by the Industrial Refiner which does x1.7-4.8. Your ores will now be able to get x2.55 to a whopping x14.4 upgrade with the new Industrial Refiner Upgrade!
Fixed PlaYful Launcher not being awarded upon purchase
Fixed playful launcher not being equippable
Fixed industrial refiner model being off by a few studs
Reduced price of the Industrial Refiner from 500000000000 to 100000000000
Greatsword, Hammer & Winter Greatsword will now make opponents sit upon hit
Nerfed Icedagger (Slash: 25 → 18, Lunge: 30 → 23)
Pastel Green, Pastel Yellow, and Pastel Pink sparkles are now regular items from the Shop!
Banhammer will now only explode once every three seconds
Walking up the island stairs should now be smoother
Radioactive Processor explosion effects are temporarily disabled. For the meantime, the Radioactive Processor upgrade part will change color instead to indicate a negative effect was applied,
Updated RNG of Radioactive Processor
Fixed Winter Greatsword tool having the same thumbnail as the Snowman Sword
Fixed stack of baseplates not having a thumbnail
Fixed Jolly Gift being unanchored
The Balloon Series have been added to the Tycoon Bux Catalog!!! Get the different Balloons for only 12,500 Tycoon Bux.
Retired the Green Balloon (2018). It can no longer be purchased and can no longer be obtained from Weapon Chests.