Updates:

• Implemented editor preview test module for faster iteration
  
• Implemented several audio feedbacks upon interaction (context hover, component (de) selection, etc)
  
• Improved animation, behavior, layout
  
• Updated attachment status icon
  

• Improved physics asset creation workflow. This will result in tighter collision information. ->Better mouse click recognition, more accurate physics simulation (in the future), easier to calculate
  
  
• Fixed incorrect root skeleton orientation
  
• Implemented editor test module for component-attachment debugging (Development only; not available in-game)
  
  

• Updated Game Engine to Unreal Engine 4.22
  
• Updated save version to v.29
  
• Various other refactorings and minor improvements/ bug fixes
  

Next Update: 12th April 2019

Updates:

• Text stylization is now easier (color, size, type, etc) and supports inline icon in text body a.k.a emoticon. Practical implementation example such as :
  
  
  
  • Control hint in assembly screen
    
    
  • Text content
    
    

• Fixed erratic rotation using quaternion
  
• Fixed incorrect rotation pivot in some of the meshes
  
• Initial rotation will now reset upon inspecting a new research item
  
• Added platform element thumbnails
  

• General UI improvements (minor visual adjustments, code preparation for UI improvements, several editor preview implementations)
  
• Codebase improvements (refactorings, nativization, outdated files deprecations, monolithic header dismantling, etc)
  
• Implemented a better internal icon database, can now support more custom icons
  
• Created several dozen custom icons
  

Next Update: 5th April 2019

Updates:

• Improved runtime thumbnail generation -> every competitor mecha now has a preview thumbnail
  
• Implemented 2nd type of control (first iteration; WIP; atm only contained inside main hall): semi top-down in UI mode as opposed to 3rd person in avatar mode.
  
  
• Interactive weekly sales overview; now it is easier to analyze a mecha performance in the market
  
  
• Internally, started with automation development (WIP) ->faster bug detection and better performance logging which will lead to a faster development
  
• Various other improvements and bug fixes which lead to general stability
  
• Iterated save version to v28
  

Next Update: 29th March 2019

Updates:

• Working [Initial Unlocked Platform] and [Material] token-> A competitor can now starts the game with 1-6 active mecha(s)
  
• A WorkInProgress widget containing competitor trait will now be displayed upon hovering a competitor factory name
  
• Extended internal competitor trait data structure to also support EnginePriority, LocomotionPriority, WeightClassPriority, CountryPriority, and material info
  
• Enlarged competitor mecha thumbnail preview
  

• Implemented a better graph color data
  
• Fixed invalid white icon sometimes appearing over graph lines
  

• Updated several critical data logic with const correctness to reduce crashes due to invalid pointer
  
• Implemented cached data in several applicable classes
  
• Implemented better condition check to detect whether a widget needs updating or not
  
• Implemented several debug game data generator for faster internal test
  
• Implemented a more efficient way of updating mecha material
  
• Moved initial setup functions to a better location in several widget files; saving redundant calls
  
• Numerous refactorings and c++ nativization
  

• Fixed incorrect NaN error reporting on the first 7 in-game days
  
• Updated several outdated mecha mesh material data
  
• Several other minor UI improvements
  
• Iterated SaveVersion to v0.27
  

Next Update: 22nd March 2019

Quick notes

• Starting Resource Modifier (Money, Engineering, Research, Bussiness)
  
• Spending Resource Threshold (Used in behaviour tree; will define how "aggressive" a competitor "grows")
  
• Max active mecha prototype
  
• Mecha yearly update frequency
  
• Price profit percentage
  
• Research priority
  
• Sale category priority
  
• Material / Color
  
• etc
  

Additional notes:

• Work In Progress, there's still no difference in behavior with this update. Code preparation is implemented; actual value assigning is next week's topic.
  
• A competitor name element can have more than 1 traits
  
• Consciously asymmetric (not balanced). 1 name element can have only beneficial traits (better starting resources etc) while others have only cosmetic traits (e.g: material gold, etc)
  
• Name-traits correlation is predefined (not randomized). Name element combination is randomized.
  
• This system can work with difficulty system (not yet implemented).
  
• Theoretically, this system support player defining their own competitor name and benefit. However, It is not in the current early access scope.
  
• In the current version, there are each 10 entries in FactoryNamePrefix_DataTable and FactoryNameSuffix_DataTable. This will produce a total pool of 100 different unique competitors (behavior)
  
• As with other modules, values are not final, subject to changes and will be adjusted as development goes on
  
  

Updates:

• Preliminary works to prepare new Factory Competitor AI system (Frameworks, Data Structures, Data Table, Trait Parsing, etc)
  
• Improved default data creation (resolved around ~60 warnings)
  
• Nativitized several blueprint classes to c++
  
• Several Fixes
  
  
  
  • Fixed random crash when a competitor introduces new mecha while opening market UI
    
  • Fixed random crash when updating active market mecha list
    
  • Fixed (temporarily) some demand defaulting to 0/NaN when an active market event has concluded by temporarily disabling modified value reverting to its original state; which render event duration obsolete. A better solution is in development for next update
    
  
  
• Iterated save version to v.26
  

Next Update: 15th March 2019

Updates:

• Updated 3 Mecha silhouettes; to serve as a better placeholder (11 components) - WIP
  
• Fixed incorrect toggleable button behavior
  
• Improved world event description parsing
  
• Various minor Market UI improvement and fixes
  
• Improved internal test system for world event generation
  
• Added event check function to limit repetitive world event introduction
  
• Updated save version to v.25
  

Next Update: 8th March 2019

Updates:

• World Event Generation
  
  
  • Extended random functionality to subcontext (previously only available in value context)
    
    
  • Added new flag to differentiate between event effect processing in running game/ development mode. important to decide whether to evaluate RAND token (in running game) or to preserve it (development mode) ->Fixed world event sometimes having 0 modifier value
    
  • Clean up label text for [Weight Rating Panel]
    
  
  
• Further monolithic files refactorings
  
  
  
  • Streamlined [MarketWorldEvent] and [MarketDemandManager]
    
  • Creation of 2 new classes : [SpecializationDemandSummaryGraphW] and [MarketActiveMechaListW]; to maintain encapsulation principle
    
  
  
• Icon
  
  
  • Improvement to internal icon algorithm
    
  • Fixed special case for [Sale Category Icon], now correctly showing as rectangular (2:1); not square (1:1)
    
    
  
  
• Logs
  
  
  • Improved log condition, to not falsely report [MechMarketEnter] and [MechMarketExit] as having 0 effect
    
  • Added new optional flag to various functions; resulted in a more efficient logging
    
  • Fixed [Mecha Initialization] to not giving out incorrect error
  
  
  
• Others
  
  
  • Internal [MechsTime] initialization sequence improvement
    
    
  • [MechSummaryW] is now updating correctly upon entering a platform
    
  • Fixed crash on [ProtoConfigContextButton] due to invalid enum
    
  • Various other minor fixes and improvements
  
  

Next Update: 1st March 2019

Updates:

• Fixed [Sale Categories Demands] sometimes going into negative/0 after a year
  
• Fixed prototype list not updating correctly in [Market Overview] and [Factory Overview]
  
• Numerous [Market Logic] improvements and refactorings
  
• Separated singular monolithic header to several smaller header files to improve compile times
  
• Added several competitor AI test functions in preparation to improve [Competitor AI Logic] in upcoming updates
  
• Iterated save version to v0.24
  

Next Update: 22nd February 2019

Updates:

• User Interface
  
  
  
  • Updated several icons
    
    
  • + Interactivity: A [Rating weight element] will now display the precise percentage upon mouse hover, the bar will also be highlighted for easier consumption
    
  • Changed the indicator from text to icon. The name will be displayed on hover to reduce UI clutter
    
  • [Weight rating panel] also received the same visual treatment; changed text to icon and extra on hover behavior.
    
    
  • A [world event element] will now contextually display its effect in a more digestible format (automatic comparison with colored delta info)
    
  
  
• Market Event Database (WIP)
  
  
  
  • Introduced random value token
    
  • Numerous fixes, refactorings, improvements to market logic
    
  • Updated save version to v.23
    
  
  

Next Update: 15th February 2019

Updates:

• Enabled event logic affecting : [LocomotionType], [Engine Type] and [Formula]
  
  
• Implemented delegates on MarketRatingOverview
  -> demand changes now visualized on time
  
  
• Changed demand modifier from relative to absolute.
  -> a demand with the lowest value can now be affected to has the highest value. Theoretically, this should contribute to a more challenging gameplay
  
  
• Changed demand delta distribution from uniform to dynamic.
  ->When a demand in a category goes up, other demands in the same category goes down (and vice versa). it will now preserve the relative demands of those "unaffected"
  
  
• Various fixes and refactorings (incorrect initial value, wrong references, etc)
  

Next Update: 8th February 2019