Updates

Assembly Screen

• Improve UI Flow
  
  
• Introduce several widget transition animations
  
• Introduce camera transition when entering
  
  
• Can now pan camera
  
• Enable back all 4 color channels

General

• Major internal refactorings
  
• Various other minor improvements

Fixes

• Fix able to access the prototype and production panel while mecha is already on the market
  
• Fix platform sales bar is always reaching full height
  
• Fix crash when selecting a mech component in Assembly screen
  
• Fix crash when randomizing a mech after changing a material
  
• Fix false color preview, false saturation color
  
• Fix hue slider not showing handle
  
• Fix sometimes unable to rotate a mecha in assembly
  
• Fix default camera position in assembly not centered
  
• Better mech component deselection detection
  
• Fix HSV value not updating correctly

Next Update: 31st August 2018

this week"s update:

• General
  
  
  
  • Major refactoring to internal code
    
  • Fix random crash when customizing mecha's color configuration
    
  • Fix mech component deselection logic to be more intuitive ( left click on empty space in assembly mode to deselect a previously selected component)
    
  • Iterates save version to 0.10
    
  
  
  
• Material (Work In Progress)
  
  
  
  • Material is now selectable by TYPE (iron, gold, aluminum, etc)
    
  • Implements Physically Based Rendering (PBR) values
    
    
    
    • Basic metal is not tintable (e.g steel is always silver/greyish and not pink)
      
    • Non-metal is colorable at the moment and is represented by a single material "Dielectric"
      
    
    
  • Decouple roughness, normal and metallic information from mesh to material-> will result in faster iteration
    
  • In order to deliver this update on schedule, other material channels is temporarily disabled, which will be re-enabled in next update.
    
  • At the moment, one material/color configuration applies to all components in a mecha. (as opposed to tintable per component)
    
  • Technical
    
    
    
    • Reduces the number of texture sampler needed per material from 2 to 1
      
    • Support up to 6 different material per component, 2 are reserved for lighting and custom material
      
    • Still support multi-subobject material if needed for other "special" material e.g glass, rubber, etc
      
    
    
  • Work in progress: material quality will be improved, performance will be monitored, material effects will be made more informative in the upcoming updates
    
  
  

Next Update : 24th August 2018

Updates

• Platform / Assembly screen
  
  
  
  • Fix camera not focusing on a platform's mech when entering a platform
    
  • Fix inconsistent mech parameter on assembly screen
    
  • Fix mech body part selection button sometimes out of sync
    
  • Fix selected mech component still highlighted upon leaving assembly mode
    
  • Fix part selection button still showing as selected after removing old part
    
  • Fix specialization buttons able to choose more than one
    
  • Fix game menu bar showing in assembly screen
    
  • Fix assembly widget sometimes not respecting part selection click
    
  • Introduce visual interaction box when nearing a platform -> fix interaction position so player's avatar does not obstruct view when modifying a mech (see gif)
    
  • Minor cosmetic improvement to Assembly widget
    
  
  
  
• Load Game
  
  
  
  • Fix doubled default worker on load game
    
  • Fix sometimes unable to select/modify a mech"s arm after load game
    
  
  
  
• Mech's Parameters
  
  
  
  • Add passenger capacity and engine type information when browsing a mech body in research screen
    
  • Parameter value visual will now be displayed as scaled, reduces risk of overflowing content
    
  • Preparation to complete other mecha statistics (Work In Progress- not yet contributing anything in-game; subject to changes)
    
    
    
    • Class
      
    • Module Slots
      
    • Heat
      
    • Maintenance Time
      
    • Health
      
    • Durability
      
    • Noise
      
    • Fuel Capacity
      
    • Manufacturer
      
    
    
  • Introduce 2 other transport categories: passenger and cargo
    
  • Change statistics to show value with precision up to 2
    
  
  
  
• Balance
  
  
  
  • Scales down a worker salary by 50%
    
  • Scales down a platform part maintenance cost by 40%
    
  
  
  
• General
  
  
  
  • Numerous code base refactorings
    
  • Iterate save version to 0.9
    
  • Various other minor fixes
    
  
  
  

Screenshots references

Next Update: 17th August 2018

• Numerous code base refactorings
  
• Stability improvements; main logic migrations from blueprint to c++
  
• Preparation works for attachment system implementation
  
• Fix explosion also affecting the neighboring platform's mecha
  
• Fix ragdolled mecha not resetting when an explosion happened in a platform without any destructible elements
  
• Fix crash when a competitor unlock a research behind the scene
  
• Fix random crash when accessing market overview
  
• Fix mech sales calculating bad data, resulting in random money loss
  
• Iterate save version to 0.8
  
• Various other minor fixes
  

Next Update: 10th August 2018

Patch Notes:

• General
  
  
  
  • Update to Unreal Engine 4.20
    
  • Update save version to 0.6
    
  • Numerous refactoring and main logic migrations from blueprint to c++, stability improvements
    
  
  
  
• Platform Upgrade
  
  
  
  
  • Removal of Work In Progress status in Platform Upgrade Screen
    
  • Enable "No Platform Element Upgrade" on side wall and entry
    
  • Enable "Entry" platform element type with 2 placeholder mesh
    
  • Platform element mesh is now viewable inside research screen (WIP)
    
  
  
  
• "Accident" Event (Work In Progress)
  
  
  
  • Below are preliminary work for accident event implementation in 0.5.16
    
  • Accident counter now counting correctly
    
  • New info panel in production screen to easily convey how likely an accident might happen. Accident probability is calculated from the complexity of a mecha prototype and the platform safety level.
    
    
  • Mech complexity is calculated from the level of each part used. Each part has different complexity weight. At the moment : Body(30%),Leg(35%),Arm(%15),Head(5%)
    
  
  
  
• Miscellaneous
  
  
  
  • Introduce new button state in assembly. Easier to see which part is selected (selected button is highlighted in green) (WIP)
    
  • Major internal improvement to research tree creation and component viewer
    
  • Change main menu render space from world to screen, as a temporary solution for 3d widget instability in UE 4.20
    

Next Update : 27th of July 2018

Patch notes:

• General
  
  
  
  • Several texture size improvements
    
  • Deprecated assets cleanup
    
  • Various logic migration from blueprint to c++
    
  • Update save version to 0.5
    
  • Fix competitor mech thumbnail facing the wrong direction
    
  • Refactor current button logic to be more stable and flexible for further complex modification
    
  
  
  
• Platform Element Upgrade (Work In Progress)
  
  
  
  • Each platform element now has a maintenance fee. At the moment calculated from the bonus it provides. This will be tweaked further in 0.7
    
  • New UI element to display the maintenance fee in platform upgrade screen and platform overview
    
  • Maintenance fee is now paid monthly in-game, so there is a risk/reward balance by having multiple active platforms. Less prone to "cheese tactic" by opening as many platforms as possible in a new game
    
  • A platform element now support having a bonus more than 1 type
    
  • Support negative bonus type such as productivity -1
    
  • Display the active worker name in each platform
    
  • Platform element as research item is now displayed in research screen
    
  • New tab in platform summary to show platform details (active worker, statistic, maintenance)
    
  
  

Screenshot references

Next Update : 20th of July 2018

Patch Notes :

• Platform Upgrade (Work In Progress)
  
  
  
  • Platform is now upgradeable per platform element
    
    
    
    • Ceiling
      
    • Side wall (left and right)
      
    • Back wall
      
    • Floor
      
    • Entry
      
    
    
    
  • For each platform element, added a new (placeholder) upgrade selection
    
  • Save and loadable
    
  • New UI to manage platform upgrades, the button to the new UI could be accessed from the platform UI (just go to any platform and press F when prompted)
    
  • New parameter/statistic/bonus from platform element. At the moment:
    
    
    
    • Safety
      
    • Productivity
      
    • Prestige
      
    
    
  • Add a different camera location and post-process setting when modifying platform upgrades.
    
  
  
  
• Update save version to 0.4
  
• Various refactorings and other minor improvements
  
• Add tooltips in platform phases
  

References:

Next Update : 13th of July 2018

Patch Notes :

• Messages
  
  
  
  
  • Message popup is now animated + sound effect
    
  • Add an informational warning message if a player is almost bankrupt
    
  • Message framework is refactored
    
  
  
  
• Market UI
  
  
  
  • Improve competitor thumbnail generation logic from blocking sync load to non-blocking async load -> no more "lag" upon opening market UI
    
  • Competitor overview now updates dynamically every 1 week (in game time)
    
  
  
  
• Research UI
  
  
  
  • Improve research prerequisite calculation, now also considering variant, not just level
    
  • Prepare research tree for more addition in the future. Every Research Tree has a level, class, and variant. a single level research tree support up to 9 variants per class and per level. -> Ready for more extensive research item
    
  
  
  
• Competitor
  
  
  
  • Competitor now correctly only produce mech prototype with unlocked parts
    
  • Change initial unlocked mech component to be more inclusive of other brands
    
  • Fix incomplete outdated competitor deletion on load game
    
  
  
  
• General
  
  
  
  • Control toggle [TAB] is now accompanied by sound effect
    
  • Fix unintended pass through platform wall, giving access to outside area (thanks @Mariyan)
    
  
  
  

Next Update : 6th of July 2018

Patch Notes:

• Market Competitor UI
  
  
  
  • Improve visual to be more compact and less confusing
    
  • Better view support for multiple active prototypes per competitor factory
    
  • A more detailed information will be displayed on mouse hover
    
  
  
  
• Competitor Factory AI (Work In Progress)
  
  
  
  • Logic upgrade from basic c++ to using Unreal Engine's Behaviour Tree
    
  • Various code base preparations to support more complex and human-like Factory AI in the future
    
  • Competitor factory now has it's own research progress behind the scene, it also simulates workers salary and contribution efficiently, just like human player
    
  • This week's update is slightly more time-consuming than previous one. The full implementation exceeds mechsprofit's weekly update cycle. Expect complete functionality in upcoming updates
    
  
  
  
• Implement progressive unlock cost for mech platform (before was a flat 100K, the new one is ((alreadyUnlockedPlatformNumber)*100K))
  
  
• Save version has been updated to 0.3
  

Next Update : 29th of June 2018