Reaper's jamming now prevents missiles from turning and proximity detonating
Menus:
Menu player selection moved thruster and weapons to first column and added defects
Heavy Gunner added missiles to description
GUI:
Wraith fixed EMP message showing on ranged ability
Enemy unit GUI box fixed not setting font shade
Gameplay:
Reaper fixed crashing game
Reaper fixed not being able to attack to the left
The paid version will allow you to control multiple units at the same time. It's now functional, and just needs a few improvements. That's not really enough to justify a whole expansion pack/DLC, so I'll think about adding two story chapters there.
LK v3.09: Missiles, New Sounds, Fixes, GUI/Art Improved
Gameplay:
Enemy Images ability fixed crashing the game
Wraith EMP bombs now can't be picked up after activating
Explosions now have their own sound
Hackable objects fixed showing invisible units
Enemy heavy gunner now launches missiles when reloading
Menus:
New Story hangar now moves slower and has sounds
Story mission previews now show a few unique locations
Library player defects fixed having offset images
GUI:
Window animation fade changed to black to avoid excessive brightness
Wraith's EMP bombs now show ammo count, show when depleted, fixed showing range when off, fixed not updating tooltip, moved damage to tooltip resource, tooltip sprite now shows over terrain
Other:
Game icon's 16x16 size now more visible
LK v3.08 Fixes and Cleanup. Preparing game for expansion content.
The gameplay engine was reworked to prepare for expansion pack content. This broke a lot of things; I fixed everything I could find, but there may be more issues.
Gameplay:
Burner and Argent's kunai fixed crashing the game
GUI:
"Selected unit sprite" is now animated
Selected Unit UI sprites now only show when turn state is ready
EMP bombs fixed showing wrong ammo amount
Enemy ability UI images now have a background
Belt bomb timer fixed showing when turn was not ready
Several abilities fixed showing wrong triggers or on at wrong times
Burner's targeting defect fixed showing as on after using blaster
Sounds:
Explosions now use blast enemy's weapon sound instead of gunfire
Menu:
Player menu fixed crashing if mouse was not over a player button (earlier in this patch)
Story:
Mission two fixed saying "only two maniples responding"
Gleaming Darkness mission fixed not having servers on sides, removed No Access Area
Stages:
Moon railway improved
Other:
Work on expansion pack started
Lone King v3.07: Almost Finished
Lone King v3.07 All major known issues addressed, just a few things left for the next patch- which won't be tomorrow.
Menus:
New Story menu added a large mech preview
Battle menu player selection now shows systems, improved model, added a box, changes model and systems when mousing over player
Defects added to Library
Load Mission menu now shows a mission preview
Gameplay:
White One now has its own sound and animation for overheating
Testing mode fixed getting stuck when closing the window while a unit was ready to be placed
GUI:
Reaper bomb fixed drawing sprite for tooltip when turn wasn't in the ready state
Story missions and Battles now ping their objectives when you press the Objectives Help button
Enemy weapon lockon angles now show degrees
Story:
Wraith "Total Darkness" mission fixed not having its own dialogue
Art:
Fix drawn objects going over game-depth UI, like the Earth in missions 1 and 2
Mission logs button moved into menu, fixed showing text early
Story missions' objective help button now displays the mission's description, and make the victory conditions clear
Enemy GUI Box:
Boss weapons are now shown
Weapon tooltips improved, show damage, range, and lockon speed as stats
Enemy target now shows a clearer name, moved to a better position
Portrait now changes when the enemy is offline, and shows an image with the offline timer as tooltip
Gameplay:
Arma fixed shields taking damage twice
Reaper's Wire Pivot fixed retracting when placing units in testing mode
Menus:
New story button now opens a new menu to select operation
Load story mission buttons have better descriptions
Story mode now has the animated battle mode button to start mission
Lone King v3.05 is looking pretty good
Highlights for v3.04 and v3.05:
GUI:
Story missions added message log
Weapon and thruster GUI now use tooltip stats
In-game top buttons are now hidden until you press the menu button, added “Exit” button below it
RGB sliders improved
Enemy unit GUI box improved
Ability tooltips improved
Hax window improved
Windows fixed always drawing hax sprite, spawning at top left
GUI defects fixed showing colour and text as disabled
Menus:
Space stage now removed from random rotation by default
Story:
White One missions' dialogue improved
White One and Wraith missions moved enemies inside bounds
Fixed not setting view to player instance
Gleaming Darkness mission increased room size
Into The Void mission fixed not showing damaged White One
Other:
Cheat codes no longer need the control button to activate
Two patches today, but I think Lone King version 3 is in a great state. If you've been waiting for improvements, I recommend you try it out now.
Lots of GUI Improvements- LK v3.03
GUI
Tooltips now show stats separately to text
Testing mode GUI Player, Enemies, Abilities buttons now have sprites
GUI defects fixed showing when disabled
GUI enemy unit, enemy abilities boxes is now a window
Invisiblity status image now uses the "on" shade
Gameplay
Enemy Images ability- number of images reduced from 10 to 8, replaces destroyed images
Gameplay room size increased from 2000 to 2200
Argent kunai activation range increased to avoid accidental use, fixed it sometimes missing
Story:
White One campaign's first four missions now have 4 enemies in the first 4 missions
Menus:
Difficulty mode menu reorganised
Sliders now look a lot better
Help menu- hacking and damage images made shorter
Art:
Enemy death added a third explosion animation
Lone King v3.02
GUI
Second Defect button added
Fixed overlapping
Added darker backgrounds and lighter foregrounds
Added messages, tooltip updates, and cooldowns for defects and other abilities
Ability, Status, Damage boxes improved
Testing mode player, enemy, and ability buttons moved to windows to save space
Gameplay
Jammer defect 2 fixed always being available, fixed not being reset by attacking
Burner defect 2 now disables when getting hit
Lone King Version 3.00
Lone King version 3 has released with
Improved GUI
Better default art and graphics settings
New defects for all characters, adding tactical depth
Larger playable area
The GUI will continue to improve, and gameplay will focus on increasing the need for careful use of abilities to avoid being able to win missions without a plan. Menus will also be improved to be clearer to first time users.
There are no current plans to add more story missions, but the story will be improved, and possibly added to with a new way to delivery story outside of missions and cutscenes.
Lone King 2: Story Improved,
Lone King 2 v1.16
Gameplay
Enemy lock-on fixed targeting invisible player units
Argent fixed lander having fixed range
Fixed crashes
UI
Help menu added Abilities and Hacking images
Shield Expel fixed showing activation text every turn
Options Art menu reorganised
Default Text colour changed to lime green
White One fixed Strike Mode button fixed using Side Dash image
