0.43 Hotfix

Video+Audio sync issue

Lobby

• Due to a recent bug report Quickplay has been removed. This feature was causing issues allowing players access to password protected rooms. We dont believe this feature was commonly used as most people used the server browser.
  
• A few font changes
  

Suburban Home

• Doors no longer auto open and close
  
• Doors can now be open and closed by pressing E
  
• Light switches, cabinets, drawers and other items can now be interacted with
  
• The sofa in the living room is now sittable (More chairs soon)
  
• The lighting has been slightly corrected
  

Graphics

• Graphics have been improved making use of features like bloom, Anti-Aliasing, Screen reflection, Ambient Occlusion, Tonemapping and more.
  

Update 0.4 is here - New map, bug fixes and more

New Map - Suburban Home:

• Please note this is very much a work in progress and the final map will include a full neighbourhood and scenery.
  

3D Audio:

• Audio is now played in its 3D environment and will change based of distance.
  
• Players who now join the game will not hear the video instantly at full volume and instead will only hear the video once entering the videos environment.
  
• Sound effects now added to some objects such as a crackling fireplace and a creeky door etc.
  

Optimisation:

• Occlusion culling has now been added this will hide and not render objects which the camera cant see and will be updated in realtime as the player moves through the scene. This will save system resources instead of keeping a full scene in memory.
  

Bugs/Fixes:

• The intro video on game start can now be skipped instantly by pressing ESC.
  
• The intro video now has its volume reduced to acceptable levels.
  
• Players who leave a game will no longer leave behind their player model in the scene this has now been cleaned.
  
• Players usernames will now float above their head at the correct height
  

Main Menu:

• Added a new trello button to track the games progress
  
• Added an update window to notify of the latest update
  

Lobby:

• Added new map Suburban Home to selectable map list
  
• Added map image previews
  

Known issues:

• Doors do not sync correctly over network and the 2nd player wont see the first players door open.
  
• Doors will sometimes open too early pushing the player into the world.
  
• Seats are not yet functional in the new map
  

What to expect in the future?

• Movie Night now has a completely new light mapper engine (in fact its the same engine they used in Call of Duty: Mobile) this will provide more physically correct baked lighting while supporting modern technologies such as RTX.
  
  

• A new seating system has now been added
  
• Chairs will remember the players last known position
  
• Players can hot swap between chairs without needing to get up and walk to that chair
  
  

• Players can now click a provider in the room panel and browse youtube in game using the steam web browser without needing to alt tab for a link
  

• The screen now supports Full HD resolution for all videos (4K is possible in the future but more testing is required)
  
• A screen in the lobby has been added replicating what is being shown in the cinema
  
  

• NPC added to lobby desk
  
• Unused props removed from scene
  
• Started work on the new map: Suburban Home
  

• Steamworks.NET has now been added allowing for communication between Movie Night and steam servers this will allow for future additions like player avatars, names, achievements and more.
  
• Steam DRM has been added to ensure the game is only played on steam and not copied and distributed elsewhere.
  

• Lighting has been changed to a hard shadow requiring less processing
  
• Render quality has been tweaked to reduce processing while still keeping the overall quality the same
  
• Made use of Draw call batching requiring less draw calls when rendering meshes
  
• The game will default to the lowest possible render quality to allow for lower end machines to tweak it on first launch.
  

• Redesigned the environment of the main menu and added an animation sequence. (WIP)
  

• The mouse will no longer randomly lock to the centre of the screen when clicked.
  
• The mouse will now correctly interact with the player and not lock
  
• Improved the overall UI scripting and how the mouse interacts with the environment
  

• Your mouse will no longer lock to the centre of the screen when trying to request a video.
  

• Player movement is now correctly networked and wont result in inaccurate movements
  
• Movement up and down stairs has been greatly improved
  
• Movement between chairs has been improved
  
• Lighting has been fixed in all scenes
  
• A lot of collision issues have been fixed
  
• You can now access behind the counter inside the cinema
  

• A typo has been fixed in the main menu (oops)
  
• Single Player option removed instead the new lobby system will automatically put you in offline mode if the max players allowed in your game is set to 1.
  

• New Matchmaking system has been added you can now create public/private rooms with or without a password
  
• Data Centre selection is now possible! If your friend is in another server region simply connect to that region with a button
  
• Character selection added you can now pick from a range of models
  
• Server Browser added you can now search for all available lobbies within that region
  
• A player can now create a username once connected to the lobby. Usernames are shown in game and in lobby
  
• Chat system added allowing for communication in game (WIP)
  
• New player controller with humanoid player models and animations
  
• New ESC Menu allowing for client side volume control, resolution settings, preset graphic settings, fullscreen mode and a respawn option if your stuck