Alpha 221208: First mission, network topology, fiber optic cable and more!
Added:
Mission system with the first mission with 13 tasks (prepare the company to receive new customers)
Notification Queue System
SFP Transceiver
Fiber Cable LC/LC
Change the company logo in ControlHost with custom logos in Documents/Chibum/Web Host Simulator/CompanyLogos/
DCControl.whs with network topology viewer with private and public ip and FlockCMD (no new commands for now)
Slot type in object menu install option
Carrier1.whs with three uplink plans (Using a new system built from scratch similar to css grid to make responsive websites)
Website button on ControlHost.whs for publish website
Localization System (not fully implemented yet)
Updated:
Zell Switch 24 ports: new front design and 4 SFP ports
Ethernet cable bending
New logo on main menu
Fixed:
Computer's auxiliary buttons kept showing even when the pause menu is open
Removed:
Remove installed objects button (temporarily)
Alpha access via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/WebHostSimulator Discord: https://discord.com/invite/JuyyPbZ
Alpha 220918: New way to install more easily, inventory system and more
Added:
Money system
Inventory system
New way with menu to install rack, equipment and cables easily
Ethernet cable that automatically changes length according to the distance from the connectors (experimental)
Updated:
NOC Room size
Improvement of lighting and reflections in the NOC room
Improved focused object effect
ShopIT.whs revised to work with available items and new money system
Gameplay UI
Fixed:
Perfomance issue with large amounts of cables in use
Perfomance issue with LED animations of equipment
Discord integration setting that could require you to be logged into the app in order to play the game
Removed:
Spawner buttons on Server Room
Computer crash cart temporarily removed
High rotation sound of the fans when starting the equipment
Alpha access via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/WebHostSimulator Discord: https://discord.com/invite/JuyyPbZ
Alpha update: New systems and more!
Alpha 220724 - Exclusive to supporters
Added: - Reset player position button on pause menu - Website "register.whs" for register and manage domains and ip address lease - Website "controlhost.whs" for company management - ContextBrain for fill fields with available informations - Contract generator for generate automatic orders every 15~60 seconds as long you have an active package in ControlHost - Slot for Networking Switch configuration on the last table in the NOC room (SwitchCP for configure switch available on next update) - Command "rac setup usbX" for install OS image and other modules
Updated: - Texture for Networking Switch 1U - Texture for tables on NOC room - Floor texture on server room - Flashlight intensity reduced - Two HDD installed by default on Server 1U
Removed: - Spawn buttons for mobile ladder, computer crash cart and HDD
Fixed: - Hard drives installed on equipment could break the complete loading of a save - Possibility of connecting a cable directly to the connector even when the casual mechanics mode was active
Alpha update: New server room lighting and more!
Version: ALPHA 220510
Added: - Rack 42U (new model)
- Easier attachment of equipment on rack
- Floor for hallway and NOC
- Ethernet LED model and animation on equipment
- Outline hover effect on objects interactable
- Dark lighting in the server room
- Computer, keyboard and mouse models
Updated: - Save version (old saves not compatible)
- Post-processing effects
- Improved easier attachment of cables on equipment
Removed: - Equipment Rail
- Rack Rail
Fixed: - Wall collider on NOC Room
- Player's camera would rotate out of control when using a computer while crouching
- Connector would detach from the cable when removed from a port less than two seconds after being plugged into a port
- Not possible to resume the game after pausing while using the crash cart
- Websites would not load after the previous one was an error page
- Display of hover effect on non-interactive elements
- Player position when starting an existing save
- Other minor fixes
Alpha access via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/WebHostSimulator Discord: https://discord.com/invite/JuyyPbZ
New alpha update: A new easier way to connect cables and more!
Fixed: - FlockOS menu animation appeared to come from off-screen when the aspect ratio was greater than 16:9 - 42U Rack collision glitch - Hover effect was still active even when the object was not in focus - Cables would break alignment with the connector when disconnected from some equipment - Missing shadow when an object is focused - A save is created even with empty text fields - Ghost sound when starting a new game after loading a save with powered up equipment - Settings were not applied correctly when loading a save - Transparent wall on some edges - Save would not load completely when an object was attached to a newer spawned object - State of hard disk bay doors when loading a save - You had to unfocus and refocus on a screen in order to use the computer
Added: - Monitor 42 inch - FlyBird Browser with DNS Resolver in FlockOS - Minimize and maximize window in FlockOS - Time playing in Discord rich presence - Delete button in save list - Button to choose between 2D (no reflections and no influence from the environment you are in) and 3D when using a computer with FlockOS - Easier way to connect cables (HDs will have this new way in a future update)
Removed: - Gravitational drag from computer crash cart for better mobility
Updated: - Shadow and lighting improvements in the NOC room - Improved player position when using computer - Increased USB cable stiffness
Update 220214
Added: - FOV Slider in Settings
- Speed Slider in Settings
- Tables and chairs on NOC Room
- FlockOS (graphical operating system)
Updated: - Removed rotation of held object
- Held object movement has been smootheds
Fixed: - NOC Room door would have its physics paused when the player walked away
- HD bay rotation
- Sounds would only play after pausing and unpausing the game
- Collision of the held object with the player
- Other minor fixes
Known bugs: - ShopIT app is not displaying correctly
Update exclusive for supporters https://ko-fi.com/WebHostSimulator
New alpha update: Reworked object grabbing system, cables and much more!
Version: ALPHA 211217
Added: - Grid with game buttons in pause menu
- Version for saves with incompatibility check
Updated: - Removed unnecessary shadow of USB ports
- Distance from object detail level
- Reduced number of lamps for less unnecessary shadow overlaps
- Reworked player movement
- Reworked physics-based object grabbing system
- Reworked cables
Fixed: - 1U Server power button texture
- Level of detail distance of equipments
- Equipment could move even when installed in the rack
- Computer Crash Cart where the typed command did not appear
- The "rac list" command crashed the operating system when there was no device connected via USB
- The "help" command does not finish to enter a new command
- Physics of the Computer Crash Cart so that it cannot be dropped with the player's body
- 0.5m and 1.5m cable lengths
- Improved controller support
- Menus for 21:9 screens
- When the two USB connectors of the same cable were connected to the computer crash cart, the operating system crashes on the "rac list" command
- Other minor fixes
Known bugs:
- Cables can break the connection to the connector when disconnected from equipment Temporary solution: Destroy and spawn a new cable
Alpha access via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/WebHostSimulator Discord: https://discord.com/invite/JuyyPbZ
Update Alpha 20211130 released!
Added: - Pause Menu
- Cable RJ45 1.5m
- Private Hall
- NOC Room
- Optimization system with levels of detail and object view culling
- Remote Access Control (Initial version) for SystemCMD
- Doors with physics
Updated: - Game engine to Unity 2021.2
- SystemCMD with new response command line-by-line, progress bar and detection connected equipment
- SystemCMD commands to use new response system
- Increased walking and running speed
- Optimized quality levels
Fixed: - Reflection box projection
- On Linux the game close after the menu
- Position of the equipment rail in relation to the rack rail
- Objects could be held and moved even when in the pause menu
- Cursor leaving the game window
- Other minor fixes
Known bugs: - Doors may shake a little when moving
- Objects may blink as soon as they enter the player's view.
Alpha access via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/WebHostSimulator Discord: https://discord.com/invite/JuyyPbZ
Update Alpha 20211022 released!
Added:
- Main Menu
- Loading Screen
- Save/Load System
- Steam Cloud
- USB-A 3.0 Cable Spawner
- Computer Crash Cart with USB-A Jack Spawner
- Server 1U sound
Updated:
- Server 1U with USB jack and the two hard drive bays working
- Cables when fully connected will have the real-time physics updater paused for better performance
- Straightened cables or cables with a loose connector will be destroyed
- Color balance adjustments and improved reflection quality
- Equipment rail will be extended when empty and will be retracted when equipment is installed```
Fixed:
- Computer Crash Cart move above racks
- 42U Rack without side colliders
- Rotation sensitivity change according to FPS
- Object menu interface that appeared behind the glass screen
- Cable connectors shifted when moved too fast
- Connector stuck in the air
- Equipment LEDs have been revised
- Sound keeps playing even if the game is paused
- Other minor fixes
Known bugs:
- Small objects can go through the wall
Alpha available via https://ko-fi.com/webhostsimulator
