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Genre: Simulator, Adventure, Indie

GroundFall

GroundFall - Patch 0.9.5f1
Fixed:
- Fuel and toolbox inventory stacking

Added:
- Sensitivity Mouse and Joystick settings for Pitch & Roll

Changed:
- More tweaks to the trim system (playing with min/max trim limits)
- Reduced the airplane's fuel burn rate
- Removed some post processing effects (graininess and a couple others)
- Starting first day at 7:00 AM instead of noon.
- Increased duration of day and night cycle

GroundFall - Patch 0.9.5f
Added:
-New pause menu that opens when levels start to display UI with overview and game play instructions, etc.

Changed:
- Tool boxes and fuel cans are now "pickups", so they can be added to your player inventory or to the airplane cargo area.
- Decrease trim speed and min and max trim limits to prevent abrupt and/or extreme pitching.

GroundFall - Patch 0.9.5e1
A small patch to address the extreme nose-up pitching at full throttle. It is much less pronounced now, but you will still probably want to adjust trim a bit for "hands off" level flight.

GroundFall - Patch 0.9.5e
Fixes:
-Duplicates and typos in the Settings menu
-Player cross-hair was missing with empty hands
-AI Player Detection: AI wasn't properly detecting or attacking the player
-AI sinking into the ground when walking on the home runway.
-Physics colliders messing with ability to chop trees

Additions:
-Temperature decrease with increased elevation
-Player damage from cold, so build a fire for warmth
-Time, date, air temperature HUD UI

Changes:
-Mission UI -- different layout, more room for details
-Search & Rescue Mission -- added more mission details

GroundFall - Patch 0.9.5d
New Additions:
- Added Functionality: Quality Settings menu to change basic quality settings
- Added Functionality: Gamepad cursor for mission radio UI
- Added Functionality: Controls UI -- Mouse Look sensitivity
- Added Mission: to explore the lookout tower and stay the night
- Added Mission: Search & Rescue to find and mark downed airplane
- Added Gatherables: snow covered trees can now be chopped down
- Added Pickup Item: Radio Locator Beacon to mark locations for easy return and used in search and rescue missions, etc.
- Added Pickup Item: firewood logs that burn longer than sticks
- Added Pickup Item: caffeinated soda can to increase player's energy
- Added Feature: Sound modifier zones to reduce ambient sound inside buildings

Changes to:
- Menu UI: small improvements to game menus
- HUD UI: changed scaling for different monitor resolutions
- Increased: Radius of player's interaction pointer for easier interaction
- Decreased: Player camera field of view to reduce 'fish eye' effect some.
- Decreased: Airplane trim rate to prevent abrupt changes to pitch
- Increased: Player Walk and Run speeds
- Decreased: Player stamina depletion rate when running, etc.

Feature Update - Input binding & Bug Fixes
This update includes basic input/key re-binding for the flight controls and some bug fixes.


  • Added - Input Rebinding: You can now access the 'Controls' UI from the main menu, or the pause menu and re-bind inputs to your liking.
  • Fixed - UI Cursor/Pointer: total re-design of the moue/gamepad UI pointer for in-game menus. It should now transition between mouse and gamepads smoothly and work properly with the inventory menu.
  • Fixed - Mission UI Lock: screen wasn't locking when accessing the mission radio wieldable and would sometimes prevent user from accessing other wieldables.


Sorry for the delay on this patch! I ran into several annoying issues while re-tooling the menus and trying to get everything working properly. Hopefully the next few patches will go more quickly as I'm going to focus on missions, points of interest, and some level content.

Update Notes - 9/29/22
This is the first pass at fixing and improving some of the input issues. More to come soon...


  • Fixed - Main Menu: Controllers Blocking Keyboard Access: main menu should now switch between input devices and keyboard to allow keyboard access
  • Added - New Flight Input System: completely replaced existing flight input system to allow for better device support and improved keyboard & mouse flying.
  • Added - Player flashlight/headlamp (toggle with L key, or left joystick button)
  • Added - Airplane landing and cockpit lights (toggle with L key or left joystick button)
  • Improved - New Airplane Braking: braking now uses a single button to apply both brakes (right and left wheels) and relies on rudder input for differential braking - e.g. if brakes are applied and right rudder is applied the right brake will engage.
  • Improved - airplane pitch trim system (including mouse wheel trim). Be sure to adjust trim during takeoff roll.


Next Up:

  • Input - More improvements to input and controller support including rebinding
  • Game Settings Menu
  • More Missions
  • Time and Weather Based Events
  • Trim position indicator

Fixing Controller Input Issues
Currently, the game plays well with a gamepad (e.g. xbox style controller) and keyboard is fine for the player control, but not for flying. If you don't want to play with a gamepad, you might want to wait for the next update before buying the game.

I'm in the process of totally re-working the input system to fix bugs, support more controllers, and potentially allow for re-binding. I will release a patch ASAP.
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