We have another GearStorm release with new content, features, and fixing some vehicle replication rubber-banding and snap-back issues. Many thanks to our test-pilot, Glenn Stewart for finding that one by playing on our dedicated system!
We also added some new features to the cockpit for Mechs, Foosas, and VTOLs:
Bringing the vehicle simulation portion of the game ever closer to realizing our vision of a full military-simulator overlaying an open-world.
We also changed the model for our bandit characters, getting us closer to a modular-character model that will show damage and wounds on the location they happened and eventually getting our player character personalize-able with armor in different areas and showing damage to arms, legs, torso separately.
Change Log:
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Fixed some bugs of vehicle weapons, added names for mech weapons
Updating Bandits to use new Model
Added Foosa cockpit UI and fixed some bugs
Tuning Physics Replication for Network Performance
Fixing Map Assets for Testing
Undo range //depot/main/Source/ShooterGame/Private/Vehicles/XiVTOLMovementComponent.h from revision 4 to revision #head
Undo range //depot/main/Config/DefaultEngine.ini from revision 26 to revision #head
Adding Drongo Bandit Character (Caused a change to All anims on player char), Submitting 4 varieties of Ocelots to test on VehicleTest
Switched Wheeled Vehicles to Server-computed control system
Resetting Physics Replication Settings to match C++ Default Project
Tuned Flying vehicles to compensate for FPS variability, Added lerp of 0.1 to Physics Replication, Forced reset on VTOL asset to attempt to address Landing Gear Crash
Improved ammo screen, added skeletal mesh support for screen mesh
Player Saves now are Map specific, Fixes for Transmission through Long range Base Cores, Reduced Culling Distance on small blocks and machines
Adding Scan-Line overlay to Widget
Submitting Mech MFD
Example MFD for Mech
Grabbing blocks in God mode no longer adds items to inventory, Cant Grab blocks if inventory is full, Added Destroy option to Context Menu of Base Core for Admins
Working on VTOL sounds
Upped network limits, adjusted default loadouts and mob spawn for the abandoned city on campaign and numerica maps, adjusted package settings to include all of the mob data files.
Code to Notify AI Manager when player spawns
Fixing missing image file referenced in old coherent stuff.
Bug fix for Crash when missing a MobAsset, Fix for NPC Reload loop, AI timers now Reset on Player Teleport, Quests Flushed
Added support for Custom Mob configurations around Base Cores, Migrated more Menus to new font
Resetting quests
GearStorm 1.514 Release!
Another big release for GearStorm this weekend! We have tuned the larger weapons to blow holes in the ground!
Expect more destructive weapon, digging fun as we make tuning passes on all our weapons and also remember you can change weapon damage setting yourself as admins right from inside the game.
We added a bunch of new quests including the “wrecked shuttle” quest and the “bandit” quest.
Some of the focus and menu issues with the help menu, other menu items, and the game not working until you click on it once have been fixed.
We added keybinding to the in-game menu so you can re-bind your keys in-game instantly. Also, for those wondering what keys do what by default, there is now a “default keybinding” option right on the in-game menu for your convenience!
We have implemented the weight system, energy system, made beds recharge your energy, we added “Honor” to the scoreboard so you can see someone’s alignment by hitting “tab”.
Also, a new engine version to 4.21.2 was incorporated with numerous bug fixes, crash fixes and performance enhancements.
Change Log:
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Replacing HUD and Menu Fonts
Implementing Weight System, If Weight exceeds Max weight, player can no longer run or jump
"Power" renamed to "Energy", Beds now recharge Energy, Stamina now recharges but at a 1/4th the rate without power, Non-Powered Jumps now consume 5 Stamina points (No Jumping without stamina)
Zoomed out minimap, lightened up cockpit displays,.
Fix for Client Air Double-Jumps when no thrusters
BunnyHoppers Rejoice - Restored function for Non-powered Jump to support player outside of PowerArmor
Added "Power/Energy" to Player system, Power recharges Shields, Stamina and Thrust, Added Craftable Batteries (from Copper & Sulfur). Mining Dirt now has a small chance of producing Sulfur, Mining Mud has a small chance of producing Phosphorus
Fixing missing Liger camera mouselook limits.
Fixed focus problem on the main menu and when the game starts, no more click to get focus!
Support for Rogue Faction, Some fixes for Furniture and AI Reloading, Added Crater to Map and decreased width of roads
Getting rid of focus error.
Fixed double-cursor and focus for the help screens. Changed scoreboard to say "honor" instead of "morality", fixed unhandled exception with weapon slots in ShooterCharacter.cpp,
Added "Parts Delivery" quest to explore NorthPoint, Projectiles now damage trees, Fixed Sensor Startup time, Fixed vehicle collision with trees, Fixed several QuestScript bugs,
Removing Dependencies on custom HISM, Maybe fixes HotReload, Needs to test Multiplayer Vehicle Collision and Projectile Damage
Terrain Heals on Load, HighExplosive weapons damage terrain
Fixed Reticle Display inside Vehicle
Fix OnPrevWeapon Bug for VTOL and Flying Vehicles
Added MiniMap material For Vehicles (removed warped compass overlay)
Added minimap autoscaling, fixed cockpit compass and cleaned VTOL01 BP
Added Quests "Wrecked Shuttle" & "Bandits Take a Toll" ,Sensors working now and can be made invisible (by admins), Honor & Faction points saved on character, Fix for Vtol error message, Sensors now can apply QuestTags to players, Added Wrecked Shuttle spawnable container
Revamp of in-game menu, added sections for help, settings, and leaving, fixed keybinding jumbling on saving, added keybinding option to the ingame menu
Adding Honor system, tracks points of "Honor" based on enemies "Honor" or NPC factions
Adding default controls to in-game menu.
GearStorm 1.513 Release!
Adding some verbiag and map marker for the first stage of the welcome quest.
Cockpit displays for vehicles, press “home” to switch to cockpit view
Added Old Jeb side quest. Implement Global QuestTags for Players (allows players to be tagged by items like tablets to track progress). Added Script commands (AddTag,HasTag,RemoveTag).
Added Voxel Identification feature to build gun, Adding Locking mechanism to vehicles, Fix for "HasItem" function in Quest System
Work on Quality Settings menu, Channel system integration into Displays, Admin hiding support for Spawn Panels and Sensors
Added Quest to find Wake Station after Tutorial, several questscript improvements and fixes to accomodate, Put Trees to east and west of Wake Station
Added Placable Data Tablet, Renovated some quest areas, updated quests, some lights & blocks mount to the surface of blocks, Dialog clean-up
QuestEditor improvements: context menu for stages and responses (right click) and reordering entries (drag with LBM)
Updated Campaign Quests and POIs, Fix for duplicate QuestID, Rearranged load sequence so NPCs can spawn underground, NPCs stop Idle animation when talking, Attempt to fix Error posted on Bug Forum thread
Fixing crash when in Civet and using 3rd person mouselook.
GearStorm 1.512 Release!
Bug fix for clients not getting sunlight.
Flamethrower Mech of Doom!
NPC Traders restock from kiosks
Fix for VTOL falling through map
Bug fix for Civet 3rd person camera crash
GearStorm 1.511 Release!
Now we are in continuous release mode with GearStorm and we will have much more frequent, smaller releases. In this release we are fixing some vehicle “bounciness”, adding traders that trade for coin, and added the ability for the build gun to “add” back dirt and replace dug dirt! Your new version should automatically update through Steam the next time you launch.
GearStorm 1.510 Release!
We have mostly bug fixes in this release, we had no AI monsters spawning since the last release and we wanted that fixed right away. New content include different ambient sounds when you are in a cave or indoors, a laser sight, and adding the ability for a quest to add a map marker to the map. Also, especially if you are new, please try our “tutorial” option on the main menu and check out the tutorial we are starting to build, it is a work in progress!
Fixing missing AI, AI now spawn and can navigate again. If you roam the world, you will now be attacked!
Setting vehicle wheels to use Simple collision only. MAY reduce some jumpiness. But is still seen when vehicle is flipped.
Adding Lasersight to flashlight (use underbarrel key), adjusting sockets on some underbarrels
Potential fix for disappearing Underbarrel, added Handbrake support to some wheel types
Adding Underbarrel Flashlight
Some logging to help debug Underbarrel attachment problem
AddMapMarker now uses Location Syntax, Location as two new modes (Map and Voxel). Negative Z values will Bury spawned items
Fixing Flashlight Replication
Tuning lods, Adjusting Ambient SFX system.
Ambient Sounds for Indoors,Caves & Underwater, detection system for "indoors", Tuning Cave generation algorithm
Work to make NPC stop walking when talked to
Fixed Implicit use of "HasItem" command, Fixed Turret Aim, Turrets now do not require Base Core, (Turrets are OP at the moment)
Fixing miss-ordered weapons on default loadouts for maps
GearStorm 1.509 Release!
Thank you all for your support. Welcome to this month’s new version the 1.509 release!
This release brings us by popular demand: map markers and waypoints, a new tutorial map with a startup quest for training new players (just click “Tutorial” on the main menu), a new quest journal (still a work in progress). There was also a lot of improvements to the admin quest editor. The tech-tree/crafting system was refined to fit the game better. As always, numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements all detailed in the change log below having to do with animation and physics. Also fixed was the spawning on a new hosted map without proper loadouts.
Please feel free to contribute to our gamepedia page (https://gearstorm.gamepedia.com/GearStorm_Wiki), particularly with default keymap and what they do. Also, check out our website at (www.gearstorm.com).
Quest journal added: Press "J"
Mapmarkers on Minimap, Waypoints (Right-Click on Map)
Icon updates for Minimap
Labling Fabricators
Added MapMarker and Quest Log entries to Welcome Quest
Added LogEntry and Rumor Strings to Quest Stage
AddMapMarker command, Map Markers now have ToolTips, NPCs now open doors and walk through
Animation improvements: anim notifiers for step/armor sounds, speed match, correct assets
Improvements to AI Faction settings, and group attacker data sharing, Deer Anim jitter fix
Added Copper and Titanium Versions of Arm Blade, Loading Screen Tips, Fixed/Balanced some Recipes, Attempt to fix TickAssetPlayerInstance Crash
Adding Config Settings to Host Game menu, Moved some configs to GameInstance due to need for persistence
Added Finish and Delete Dialog widgets for quest editor
Adding "Admin FlushQuests" console command
Put Descriptions in Host Game menu, Fixed Unique Flag being Stored in Quest Editor
Fixes for 4.21.1 and Visual Studio 2017, getting rid of unneeded voiceenginesteam.cpp engine mod.
Fix some UI bugs, Removed Cooking from Fabricators (now in Smelters), Added Apatite crystal to recipes
Added Repair/Refuel delay timer with Radial Bar interface
Configurable Ambient Light, Settings in ini and ingame admin menu
Extended Tutorial, Fixed some Bugs in Quest code, Added NPC Hybernation
Added Spawned Crystal in Caves, Updated Default Campaign Map
Adding ToolTips to dialog options, adding the manual button to the main menu that pops up the main gamepedia site.
Mowing grass and adding display to campaign map.
Added Campaign option to main menu that takes you straight to campaign, added tooltips for all the options.
Fixed several bugs in quest system. Added IsActive attribute to default quests in Editor, so you could see if quest is already active. Fixed VTOL BP drag event calling.
Refactored quest system. Privacy based on UniqueId (private quests won't work if ID changes every start, Steam should be good tho). Different startup sequence. Many improvements in quest editor widget.
Submitting Start of Tutorial Campaign, Bug Fixes in Condition Processing logic
Adding Campaign Map
Upping the Survival Game - Fixed a lot of holes in the crafting tech tree
Added Campfire Primitive smelter and Cooked Meat
Fixing VTOL center of gravity for grabbing vehicles.
Adding Tractor FX for VTOL
Potential fix for VTOL MFD , Vehicle Engine start sounds now on client
Signs now display description text on display
Menus in Vehicles fix, Vehicles falling through map improvements (still not fixed)
Fixed VOIPTalker registration (always check data replication when it comes to net functionality!!!)
Repair vehicles now fixes engine, steering, weapon damage
Fixing Loading Active Quests bug
Fixed Crash in Attack LClick with Melee code
GearStorm 1.508 Release!
Thank you all for your support. Welcome to this month’s new version the 1.508 release!
This is another big release with game-changing features, fixes and additions. We upgraded our Unreal engine version to 4.21, fixing many network and physics bugs particularly with vehicles. Work has continued on the mission design system for our server admins (which you all are on our corporate server) to create their own missions (accessible from the admin menu “Backspace key” and documented on the Gamepedia page). We added in-game help and hints.
There were improvements to the world graphics that make the terrain and plants look better, we added a punch attack, added damage locations and consequences to vehicles (if you shoot at a tire, the vehicle will start turning worse, shoot at the body, the vehicle loses engine power). Repair kits also now repair vehicles. Fuel was also added for vehicles. Automated turrets were added.
Attack LClick with melee if no weapon.
Crafting Bench and Torch no longer require base core, Improved Water & Wood textures
Fix to determine activation based on aggression status
Added Press "E" indicator for Usable Items, Added "Getting Started" help content to In-Game Menu (Links to Gamepedia guide)
Integrated WebBrowser Widget into Help Function of many menus in GearStorm (See the "?" in the Upper Left) - Links to GamePedia, need to add pages
Fix for Client Tree Replication timing bug, Improved Anims for Rhino Pawn
Tree Huggin - Improved replication timing code, added improved Lods and Lod Dither, Improved lost NPC recovery code, NPC Home Location now settable as Admin
Added Dedup for Voxels and Voxel Compression to reduce save bloat
FistFighting - Player now punches if no weapon equipped, cleaned up some mob physics assets, better AI gun combat, improved some terrain textures, grass orientation improvements
Added PC Helmet Slot, improvements in Save Runnable, Fixed Startup Vid, added color variety to grass, some bug fixes
Nav Tuning, Added Camera Tripod feature to Turret
ICA switched to OD Green , Character AI enhancements, NavMesh fixes
Fixes, Improved Turret health, Removed Rogue's Health Packs
Fixed Step up on flag for many Mobs
Tuned Mob Behavior and fixed Attack range on some mobs
Droppod Enhancements - Minimap With Velocity, Impact sound, Explodes if collides too fast; Cleanup of minimap Cam to reduce flicker
Refactored Save system. Autosave now use threadsafe processing and split SaveGame to several files to destroy the lag. Autoloading regenerate data from all files and unpack in usual way. Manual save process left unchanged.
Local Difficulty now configurable on Base Cores
Fixes for new 4.21 .cs formatting, adding more config params to the Admin Menu, More Foosa Physics tuning
Foosa Fix for 4.21
Upgrade to 4.21!
Adding unsubmitted Dino SFX
Adding Game Difficulty
Mech Weapon Fix V2 - Confirmed
A Laser Beam
ICA Male & Female models, Spawnable ICA & Rogue Squads
Marginal improvements on Network Flight, Ladders and Ramps now move faster, Increased armor on some vehicles, Addressed some Mob Navigation issues, Added FX for Overcast
Moving many of the most Verbose Log entries to the "Verbose" category
Fixed Lod issue on MiniMap, Added Lods for some blocks, Added 45 Degree Key Rotation on BuildGun, New Railing Block
Admin Configurable Weather, Modified some replication parameters (lowered block frequency, raised terrain frequency) Fixed Pickups
PickUp now can have multiple statuses
Added custom repair behavior
Adding Heads for UE4 Based NPC Skeleton, Added Game Settings Admin Dialog (Currently only sets Time of Day)
GodEye fixed with improved flight and camera support, Fix VTOL Springarm Camera, Fixed Mech Damage FX Location, Fixes for Weapon clipping/flicker
Refining vehicle settings.
Fixing Ocelot damage and updating wheeled vehicle mouselook
Fixed throttle damage for wheeled vehicles
Added Default Quest template for Quest Editing, work on ICA Soldier
Added OnScreen "Fuel" alert when no fuel, Added Fuel System to 'XiVehicle" and "MechVehicle" class, Upped Fuel storage for vehicles, VTOL now has pilot weapons
Fixing Ocelot damage modules
Fixing MedTank weapon damage location.
Optimized vehicle module damage. Check Medtank for example.
Cores now have individually programmable Radii- Via Admin Menu
Fixed every damage status applying to engine
Adding Missing Rocks, Work toward BaseCore reload
Cleanup/ Fixup Redirectors
fixed refueling vehicle and status effects
Repair and refuel actions for Wheeled Vehicles
Updated Buildgun Tag menu to support more tags, Improved Base Texture Variants, Added TTops variants, Added FuelCan Pickup with Stamina Boost, Put in some Rocks in Grassland, Improved Torch model,
More Snapping Fixes, Improved Ladder Function
Fixed Snapping on some blocks, snapping for blocks with snap points now can snap to arbitrarily rotated blocks, Began work on Restorable bases
Removed Shadow from Torches for Performance Reasons, Added ICA -NonPwr Armor soldier model, Grass tweaks
Updates to Grass Materials for better blending and lighting, changed Grass distance calculations to render further, grass should render around all nearby players
Added code for Network Broadcast Sound in Gamestate and put an example of usage in XiVehicle:SetDeploy() - Note this really only works if called from server
Added Triceratops, Fixed some item tags, Added Starter base to Numerica, Extended Engine noise attenuation, fixed some block alignments
Fixing underbarrel attatchment points
Adjustments/Optimizations to Minimap Cam, Made orthagonal and ignores lighting, Fixed Loading Texture so blades spin correctly
NPCs now stop to talk, Removed floating bushes in map generation, Material Improvements for base components
"Use" on vehicle weapon now activates parent vehicle, Added collision for some weapons
Improvements for Terrain Normals, LOD Texture Blending
Terrain improvements to reduce texture tiling and add detail
Added Continuous Beam Vehicle Weapon code and Laser Turret, Updated Beam Code for ShooterWeapon to be more responsive to movement
Adding Rocket and Flame Turrets
Turrets can be picked up, Fixed some HUD menu bugs, Added "Black" to Health colors
Fixed DamageFactor issue
Added damage consequences for vehicles.
GearStorm Release 1.507
This is a huge release with game-changing features, fixes and additions. We have a brand new mission-design system for our server admins (which you all are on our corporate server) to create their own missions (accessible from the admin menu and documented on the Gamepedia page. Oh, and speaking of Gemepedia, we now have a Gamepedia page you can check out here: (https://gearstorm.gamepedia.com/GearStorm_Wiki). Also, we now have our official GearStorm website up here: (GearStorm.com). Please check these out, contribute to the wiki and give us feedback on the website.
Back to the game changing stuff. We have also finished the squad system (accessed by hitting escape and clicking the "social" button) added in-game voice and text chat, including proximity chat and squad chat. We added weather, snow, rain, fog. We have a drop-pod that works in you spawn in and is now really fun to fly! We have a brand new weapon configuration system that lets you attach shotguns to your shotguns or rocket launchers to your shotguns, however you like it. There are now automated turrets you can build in the game that will defend your base. Grenades and proximity mines you can throw have been added. We fixed vehicles so you can crush zombies! The flamethrower effects have also been improved. Finally we introduced a load of bug fixes and network tuning that vastly improved performance. Also, the lighting for the game was fundamentally changed, you should see much better, brighter days and darker, scarier nights.
Fix Turret Aim, Flame Enhancements
Sentry Gun Automated Turrets, More work on FlameThrower FX
Fixing Droppod camera angle
Deleted TalkerID and corresponding handling. There is aldesy a built-in way of getting UniqueID from APawn.
Droppod down-thrust effects, Droppod tuning, Droppod camera fixes.
AI now attacks/flees with Vehicles, Vehicles Push and Crush mobs and vice versa
Ramming/Crushing Code work
Work toward Vehicle Collision
Voice chat with squad as a filter. Press T to talk.
Proximity Voice chat with spatialization. Press P to talk.
Squad Authorization on Core Locking, Auth applies to Voxels/Digging, Fixed bug with NPCs not doing Jobs
Fixing Depenetration Setting on Foosa
Fixing Camera Rotation for DropPod
Fixes for Vehicle Jump Code, Mech Animations
Fixing Bug with Passenger Weapons
Droppod - Ultimate Control
Code to Push DropPod through Center of Mass, Thrust Indicators when braking and steering at the same time
Adding Passenger Seat code for Wheeled Vehicles - Foosa
Droppod tuning and camera changes.
Fixes for Inventory Stack Management, VTOL Turret, Working on Vehicle Passengers
Added Reference/Pointer System To Quest Script
Vehicle Ownership Code, Script Reference Code (untested), Droppod displays all thrusters when slowing, tweaks on weapons & creatures
Added Jumper Mob (White Walker) Spawns with 8 Regular Zombies, Fixed some anims
Darkness! Turned off auto-exposure, adjust ambient light by Time of Day in Level BP, Different Spawn rates for Mobs for Day and Night
adjusting 3p camera paremeters for droppod
Harvest Items from New plants, Cacti now crumble when destroyed again. Added Thunder to Storm SFX
Adjustments to fade Fog effects between Weather States
editing network settings for server.
Various Bug Fixes: SpawnPad Menu, Vehicle Pad armor, NPC fight responses, Crafting Grenades/Mines
Support for Non Clip based Ammo like Rockets and Vehicle Shells, Fixed bug in Ammo usage of Vehicles
Added Clutter Collision Channel to avoid junk pushing player around, Enable Map and Inventory access within Vehicles
Debounce Anims on Flying Vehicles, Predictive netcode to smooth flying vehicles on client
Moved Droppod delay timer to server, Code to Sync Day-Night cycle for New Sky
Fixing NPC Skeleton issues
Put in AI pruning code, Turned of Tick on XiBlocks (watch this, could break stuff), Improved MSF Soldier model, NPC behavior improvements
Added rate limit for Mob Enemy Search (config), Improved anims for NPCs
Droppod now yaws with mouse - Fixes for Characters, Map issues and Liger Textures
Updates to Fix Realtime Weapon Editing
Fixes for NPC and TRex Anims, NPC can't move when crouched (no anims), tweaks for droppod
Updated Weather FX
Fix-up redirectors - Submitted separately in case we need to roll back
Completed workflow for Weapon Editor, Available from Admin Menu, Saves in Game Save, Updates weapons on change and weapon creation
Migrated Melee Data, UI layout of Weapon Configurator
Migrated all modable weapon parameters to FWeaponConfig
Edits to tune grenades, added icons, Gun Editor work
Multiple Anim Clean-up and improvements, creature SFX,
Updated throwing for listen server and SP setup, Fixed TPP montage to upperbody only
Triceratops mob, improved anims for 1pp arm blade, Started on Gun Management interface, more menu sfx
Throwables added. Num1/Num3 to throw grenades, mines or molotovs.
Various Fixes: Character weapon mesh attachments, crash in mobcontroller, added improved 3pp blade attacks
Fixed IsAdmin() function to use Replicated list from server
Added Menu Clicks and SFX, Fixed weapon attachment bug on start (I think), improved NPC Anims so not so wonky
Added Admin Configurable Loadout Screens, ContextEdit Spawn CPU to edit, Saves changes in SaveGame
Added UI to manage NPC Inventory, Mud Sound FX, Save Base Cores separately, NPC Context Menu Update, Various Fixes
Added a couple of Swamp Plants
Added Admin Interface for Base cores, allows setting area to indestructible (surrounding blocks won't take damage), weather tweaking
Editing quests now updates active quests, Fixed bug with GC of UMG widgets, Added Grenade Mesh
Fixed Mob Weapons, added Grenade Throw Anims
NPC Rifle Animation Work
Fixes for Test Package, Navigation updates, Mob Spawning
Multiple Fixes - Mobs Spawn & seed correctly , removed ramming spam, fixed 1P Melee animations to get gun out of face, some material fixes
Merging in SideArm Code
GearStorm Release 1.506
It's GearStorm release day and a new version just dropped! In this release we have scoreboard, squad system preparations, sounds, added more depth of gameplay with detailed area-specific armor damage improvements for vehicles and player power armor as well as numerous bug fixes and performance improvements. Zombies and TRex now sound a lot more realistic.
New Liger sounds, start liger ground effect
Added Terrain Specific Footsteps for TRex
Fixes for Decal Textures,Improved vehicle collision physics, work on bug for Client Vehicle Exit Gun Attachment
Adding Zombie Agro Sounds
Added Zombie Agro sound
Damage can now harm stamina, damage configurable to damage whole or part of armor
More SFX Tuning
PowerArmor SFX Tuning, What do you think of this?
Dialog Fixes, Fixing attachment bug on Weapon
first pass power armor sounds
NPC Map Fall-Through Patch
Update for Error Handling of Terrain Replication, Also Armor & Shields for Vehicles Operational
Added ability to select players all the way to 128 count, drop down menu on each player with "DEBUG" text at bottom displaying what is actually being executed
