Development Update #24

beta decay v.0.0.24a

Major Changelog

• Pre-Alpha schedule planning and Build testing through Steam Play Test.

• Added Intro Screen Disclaimer for Pre-Alpha program.

• More work within the Start Menu / Character Creation / Settings / Exit UI Screens. Players have the ability to select different:

  • Gender

  • Face

  • Hair

  • Outfit

  • First Name

  • Last Name

• Aiming Crosshair will now be completely transparent on too close of a distance aim to character.

• Inventory system work and tweaks.

• Weapons Ammo Systems functioning. Prior was unlimited ammo. Now physical magazines and ammo counts are tracked within player inventory.

• Changing/Dropping empty mag now reduces weight that player is carrying.

• The NLNK now tracks overall time played

• The NLNK now displays overall weight

• PERFORMANCE BOOSTS:

  • Rendering overhead cost reduced for AI Characters. + 30 FPS

  • Applied View Distance restrictions to all Game Objects (AI, Meshes, Entities) to improve performance. + 5 PFS

  • Applied Raytracing performance tweaks +40 FPS

  • Overall hitting peaks of 140 FPS Editor and 60 Locked Gameplay.

Minor Changelog

• Fixed bugfix where character blinking would not work when starting play.

• Shotgun pellets now have tracers!

• Revamped camera shake for shotgun.

• Lengthened the gap in the bridge within the underground metro.

• Fixed several Atmospheric Sound issues in the start area of the Pre-Alpha.

• Fixed bug where equipping a helmet/headwear would cause the hair to clip through the model.

• Fixed bug where switching outfits would always apply the Male body (even when Female).

• Fixed bug where a Male's face would show when switching to Female character type during customization.

• Increase brightness of Metro tracks texture.

• Readjusted max carrying weight to 150 kg.

• Fixed bug where you could not leave cover while aiming.

• Corrected all Head textures and UI textures to be pixel perfect.

• Fixed bug where you could spam Escape UI menu on Death/while dying.

• Fixed huge performance drops when throwing grenades that applied too many physics calculations at once.

• Removed chance of radioactive 'super flare' from Metro and Training levels.

• Fixed bug where too many noises caused music to stop playing.

• Fixed bug where camera would not switch shoulders in cover mode.

• Fixed bug with SMG that would play fire sounds even when out of ammo.

• Corrected Lens Flares and Lens Dirt effects to properly be affected by light sources.

• Added Minor Chromatic Aberration adjustments to Post Process visuals.

• Default Bloom and Exposure settings have been tweaked.

• Added new UI Menu button select sounds and background Music.

• Adjustments to leaning while FPS view non ADS Mode to look more fluid.

• Fixed bug where picking up an RPG shell added ammo for the SMG.

• Added typewriter/scrolling text to main menu screen tooltips.

• Added Zoom In and Zoom out buttons within the Character Creation screen.

• Three new Pre-Alpha soundtracks released.

• Several Bugfixes with Character creation screen.

• Several Bugfixes with Cover system.

• Darkened skin color of Jumpsuit T-Shirt outfit

• Fixed bug where sprinting in Aerial camera view switch the camera back to Third-Person.

• Decreased 'Take' item animation speed.

• Fixed Arm IK bug when taking items when character does not have a weapon equipped.

• Fixed Arm IK bug when taking items with Binoculars equipped.

• Removed the event of a Solar Super Flare on the Character Creation screen.

• Disabled Dev Console and Debug logging for Pre-Alpha.

Next Steps / Work in Progress

• Bugfixes...

• NLNK UI Enhancements

• AI Improvements and Performance Tweaks.

• Additional detail within the Phase 1 Playtest worlds.