- Tried a bunch of stuff with our CSG library, SabreCSG
- Began full code-eval of SabreCSG
- Rewrote all of the map-generation code.
- Added Circular rooms
- Cut down the number of CSG Operations by 10!
- Cut down the number of Verticies in levels by 4!
- Cut out tons of stuff which SabreCSG already does better.
- Adding Curved rooms, and fixing map errors.
Jack's Game
Map-generation Overhaul (11/8)
Spectator and Low-FPS Tune-up (9/13)
- Fixed a bug which caused shields to never stop recharging.
- Healthbar will now update to the server info on damage as a failsafe
- against bugs like that.
- Fixed a bug with teammate status sticking after teams had reset.
- Healthbar will now update to show spectator's health info.
- Added Damage direction indicators to spectator mode
- Added Damage-text pop-ups to spectator mode.
- Added Teammate outlines to spectator mode
- Added Hitmarker graphics and sound to spectator mode
- The game is now 100% consistent for low frame-rate setups:
- Fixed Player Movement Audio
- Fixed Ball Rotation Speed
- Fixed Player deceleration
- Fixed Healthbar Effect movement speed.
- Fixed Fast-text movement speed.
- Fixed Lighting effect rates.
- Fixed Loot-grab movement speed.
- Fixed Camera movement and easing.
- Added Frame-rate limiter to help with testing.
- Rewrote a lot of local player-control code.
- Rewrote all of the respawn code and moved most of it to the server.
- Players will never spawn outside of the map ever again.
- Added a lot of debug tools to test spawn Locations
- Checked for 100% accuracy and distribution in all spawn points.
- Rooms which are too small to support requested padding are no longer
- selected for spawn-points
- Game-over will now cancel respawn in progress.
Stability Update (8/30)
- Added a new Gui management system and moved the current to the new system
- Simplified the Team-picker and Escape menu code.
- Added a "controls" section which is a primer for new players
- Redid the Entry Screen again.
- Moved the team selector to the center of the screen.
- Fixed all bugs with the mouse/team-picker getting locked up between gui states.
- Fixed an issue with scoreboard showing disconnected players.
- Added a new method for finding spectator targets.
- Spectator mode is engaged while picking a team.
- Player Stats reset correctly at the end of the game.
- Fixed a ton of stability issues and crashes.
The next update will be a while. I'm moving houses and it'll be a while until I get my internet back.Once I'm back at it I'll have a lot more development time get this all cleaned up. I'll also be addingthe master server, server browser, game-modes, and other features we'll need for the mid-September launch!
Teams and Game-mode Cleanup (8/21)
- Removed Elimination Temporarily
- Added Team-death match as default game-mode
- Added Teams
- Added Team-picker
- Added Change-teams button to the menu
- Added Friendly fire with green feed-back and half-damage
- Added Green outline effect to teammate
- When a teammate shoots an enemy, their outline will show up
- Added New Scoreboard with support for highly adjustable teams
- Teams names, score, and total stats are shown on leaderboard
- Scoreboard can show different stats based on game-mode, but not yet
- Scoreboard is fully dynamic and should be able to support hundreds of players
- Added Some icons to the score-board
- Fixed Reticles
- Adjusted all player lighting, this time it's looking great!
- Picking up a lot of stuff shouldn't make you too bright anymore
- Adjusted player and loot outlines
- Removed a lot of unnecessary vertices
- Optimized the outline effect to use less player pieces when at long distance
- Reduced Enemy Outline Duration on hit.
- Added toggle for Bullet holes in the escape menu
- Moved game-modes to moddable json format
- Removed a bunch of cVars
- Moved Ammo Control To Gamemode
- Moved round time to gamemode
- Added adjustable win-conditions.
- Game-modes will automatically customize based on the number of teams
- FFA Virus has a custom team-set, seen on the leaderboard.
- Added support for reaching kill/point limit before game is over.
- Exceptions are now handled correctly, and you will be kicked from the server.
- Game-modes were redesigned to be fully moddable.
- Cleaned up a ridiculous amount of stuff.
Spectator Polish and Bug Fixes (8/16)
- Loot no longer glows in the distance when picked up by an enemy.
- Added Header GUI to make it clear when you aren't respawning
- Smoothed out spectator-mode, but it won't be 1:1 for a while for performance reasons.
- The crosshair is now correctly implemented in spectator mode.
- Clicking the mouse buttons changes target in spectator mode.
- Fixed a bug where killing yourself prevented spectating.
- Fixed a bug where trading with another player could prevent spectating.
- Polished Camera Transitions
- You no longer spectate other players momentarily before respawning in skirmish.
- The escape menu will show up above all other elements now.
- Fixed some bugs with state transitions and missing GUI.
- In-Game Timers are way more accurate and account for lag-spikes
- Fixed a bug which caused enemies to have glocks instead of their actual weapons.
Game-mode Polish and Spectating (8/15)
- Added a basic spectator mode
- Added an end-game Victory/Defeat Screen.
- Last Man Standing is now Last Bot Standing
- Added Player Counter during Last Bot Standing
- At the end of the game, players who lost will blow up, and those who won will stay alive.
- After the game is over, the camera will slowly fade-out while spectating the winner.
- Added Camera Snapping back
- Player's Names will not show up during spectate.
- Added text to help with game-state transition.
- Added Spectator GUI and text.
- Joining into a game in progress will treat you as if you have died.
- Fixed a bug where loot could longer spawn before map is ready.
- Enemies are correctly removed and added between games.
- Enemies will not spawn on your screen until they have spawned locally. (hover bug)
- Added my own UI Animation system and moved incoming-damage indicators to that system
- Added some sleak new fonts
- Adjusted the pistol-ammo box model
- Added 2 new models for shotgun ammo pickups
- Optimized Loot outlines
- Removed a lot of old junk, like the original map (Rest in Peace).
Damage Direction Indicators (8/13)
- Added damage direction indicators when you're shot
- Started Ease-per-Time for Low FPS machines
- Fixed a bug with weapon accuracy.
- Bullet-hole things only show up on walls
Double Barrel + Accuracy Tune-up (8/12)
- Added double-barrel shotgun (I took some artistic liberty on it.)
- Added bare-minimum shotgun ammo drops.
- Adjusted hitcone parameters to make sure spread is as clean as possible
- Improved M32 Range, Aiming, and Damge.
- Some other little things.
Accuracy and Last Man Standing (8/9)
- The crosshair now expands to show the average aim-cone of your weapons
- Weapons now have individual accuracy statistics
- Each shot decreases a weapon's accuracy.
- Implemented a basic last-man-standing Game mode
- Added Respawn prevention and perma-death text.
- Rewrote Respawn system
- Respawn timer counts down.
- There should be way less bugs with players getting stuck in between their multiple states.
- When everyone leaves, LMS will default back to skirmish.
- When 4 players join, the server will default to LMS.
- Improved crosshair graphics
- Added weapon aim cones which allow for more weapon variation.
- Bullets will hit further from center based on weapon accuracy-value.
- Weapons have customized stats which determine how the other weapon will be affected by each shot.
- Projectile weapons will remain 100% accurate.
- Loot drops spawn over time during the skirmish game-mode
- Loot drops will not spawn if there are too many pickups on the map.
- Added a cVar for loot-drop rate during the game.
- Added a cVar for loot-drop rate when the game starts.
- Starting a new game creates a new set of random loot, even if using the same map twice in a row.
- Chat will now fill the screen when enter is pressed.
- Bullet-hole markers have been reduced.
Weapons Tune-up and Reticle Begin (8/8)
- Added a basic crosshair, which I'm trying a few things with.
- Added Bullet-hole things so you can see your accuracy.
- Added Bad-shot indicators to show where your bullets will land if not on the crosshair.
- Rewrote all of the shooting interactions between server and client.
- Combined a lot of excess weapons code into smaller modules.
- Fixed a bug where enemies gun shots weren't coming through.
- Laser pointers are back and upgraded. They should be accuracte and way less annoying.
- Laser sights, gun_shots and particle effect locations on weapons are pixel-perfect.
- Added Editor tools for making future weapons easier to develop.
- Shooting, reloads, weapon-switching, and laser-sights should all be in sync.
- Adjusted projectile-weapon aim mechanics.
- Fixed a bug which caused players to stay shooting/aiming after death.
- Enemies are no long floating just above the ground.
- Destroyed the old laser-controller and implemented it into the new system.
- Laser pointers will only be visible while the gun is ready to shoot.
- Guns which load 1 bullet at a time will still show laser-sight while reloading (m32)
- Player weapons and ammo now reset correctly when the game resets.
- Spawning into a new game should be smoother and have less bugs.
- Player Respawn timer is now correctly balanced on low FPS machines.
- Cleaned up Game-mode/respawn texts.
- The M32 shoots as soon as it's loaded it's first bullet if the mouse was never released.
- Admin Panel is back online
- The HUD Ammo indicators now display 0 in red.
- Room density is now configurable.
- Round times, game-mode timers, and basic map settings can be configured through the admin panel
- Began adding Game-modes which are triggred through CVars and the admin panel
- Added Dev-mode and skirmish Game-modes.
- Fixed some of the colors on the maps.
- Made a ton of optimizations.