Without A Roof (W.A.R.)
July 1, 2019 - v0.112 - Massive Graphics Improvements, Engine Upgrades, Many Fixes
For real-time information and questions or to be part of the beta testing servers and get a key...
JOIN US IN DISCORD!!! ---->>> http://discord.gg/69naDNh
This is the first of our Monthly Updates to W.A.R. This update changes almost every graphical aspect of the game for a higher quality state of graphics.
We are expecting a long list of bugs reported. We know there will be reports of graphics issues with rocks and textures as-well as many other things. Please continue to give us feedback as we track each and every bug reported.
The Fact is that if we do not continue to supply updates then we will continue to postpone releases. Again, WAR is a work in progress. An Evolving game. We appreciate your patience and input.
We want your input! -
We are aware of the following issues and will continue to work on them:
- Inconsistent fall damage,
- Unity 2019 broke their Grass/Detail for Terrain and we are currently working on an alternative, this will help fill in some of the ground
- Some textures and object scales are off, however we still ask that every one report them so we can track them and continue to bring out updates.
- Frame Rate is always being worked on, especially with the overhaul. This is an area we will be continuing to work on, it comes down to a balance between City/Environment Foliage vs. FPS
- Some object sets are missing, including Sky rise interior object sets. Things may look a little bare. We are forced to rebuilding them.
- 3D character in your inventory menu is missing - Layered Cameras in unity are changed and we are looking at alternatives.
- VoiceChat disabled / doesn't Work - We will be implementing a modernized alternative to this system.
Thanks to every one for your continued support!
- ADDED - Almost every Mesh and Texture has been converted to HDRP and improved graphics across the board,
- ADDED - New Post Processing Engine
- ADDED - Added over 20 new Plants and Foliage
- FIXED - Rickland Propane Spawners re-aligned
- FIXED - RAM Usage has been drastically reduced with a lot of texture cleaning
- FIXED - Texture Normal Maps & Detail Maps have been re-accessed and organized
- FIXED - All Plant Models have been resized
- FIXED - Splitwarehouse, shitpiles, and itemshelf positions updated
- FIXED - Removed some debug logs
- FIXED - BennysPostoffice item positions have been re-aligned
- FIXED - Watercooler will now spawn water
- FIXED - UrbanHomeA and B Stove/Fridge Models Re-sized
- FIXED - UrbanHomeA and B Set items overlapping
- FIXED - CornerShops Ceiling fan re-sized (was massive)
- FIXED - TurnherHouse Sets Revised
- FIXED - CornerShops Sets and Bookshelves revised
- FIXED - Serverlayers Spawning at incorrect rotations
- FIXED - Office Sets, Table Sets have been resized
- FIXED - MobileHome1 had floating spawners
- FIXED - Police Station jail cell had floating spawners
- FIXED - Resized all city tree spawners and tree strips
- FIXED - Money is missing from storage hud after HDRP Update
- FIXED - Shitpile Material and shaders updated
- FIXED - Inventory Sprite Shadow error when moving item
- FIXED - Cigarettes spawn chance increased
- FIXED - All Particle System Graphics
- FIXED - Semtex Audio and Explosion Audio
- FIXED - Volumetric Depth of Field Added and working
- FIXED - Lamp Materials converted to HDRP
- FIXED - Books, and BookShelves to HDRP
- FIXED - Intro Menu HDRP Errors with materials
- FIXED - Ground Ruins 1, 2, 3 Texture errors with HDRP
- FIXED - SlamsSuperMarket Textures with HDRP
- REMOVED - 3D Character View from Inventory has been removed due to new engine restrictions - we are searching to alternatives
- REMOVED - VoiceChat system has been removed as we are working on a modernized version
To those of you who are here and asked for keys, we will give out free keys to those who ask to join beta testing! Tell your friends!
Moving Forward, Planned Updates & Get In Discord To Join Testing!
JOIN US IN DISCORD!!! ---->>> http://discord.gg/69naDNh
TL:DR
- Release was delayed due too unanimous decision between developers and Discord Community! GET IN DISCORD ---->>> http://discord.gg/69naDNh
- Updates from here on out will be on the 1st of every month, Monthly.
- Graphics have been improved 10 Fold, Ram Problems fixed, Project has been Updated to Unity 2019,
- Those who ask for a key in discord to help beta test, will get a key. Easy Huh?
Whats Been Going On?
First off, I would like to apologize for the small hiatus as it has been a very long few weeks, with very little public interaction.
In the last few weeks each one of us has had the opportunity to take some much needed time off from the project and back to life for at least a little bit. We are a very small team of 3, and through the course of the project we have not taken much time off over the last 3 years so this was a very big treat for us.
I’m sure you all understand; however, I do not like to leave things stale for too long.
We have been in full tilt since last week making more adjustments and getting the newest builds issues resolved.
- We have fully updated the Project to Unity 2019, and resolved all the errors in doing so.
- The project is now fully under High Definition and as such graphics have been improved 10 fold.
- RAM Usage has been HALFED if not more… Currently on the newest build while in game, im using approx. 8 – 10 GB of RAM depending on Spawned items, and city buildings. We also believe this will be lower on Client only instances, as all our tests are hosted servers so far. This has come WAY down from 11-15 GIGS
- This will vary depending on what has spawned In the server and we have seen it peak to 10 GB
- The Total Project has been cleaned and is now a nice and Tidy 4-5GB Total in size, Requiring less Hard drive Space.
- The new unity networking has made things a little more performance driven.
We have literally had to comb through the entire game, every object, texture, mesh, bundle, spawners, and rebuild the terrain in the last few weeks as some of these systems or items had problems with the new unity system, or there were better options now due to the upgrade.
What will happen moving forward?
We are looking at moving away from weekly updates, and having Monthly Updates on the 1st of every month.
We are going to do this for a couple of reasons but mainly because
- We feel we will be able to better manage and resolve bugs or issues on a per build basis
- Doing a Monthly Update takes away some of the consistent pressure we are under.
- Doing Monthly Updates will allow use to more robustly test newly added features and content
- Planning and Scheduling can better be maintained and due dates adhered too in this fashion rather than weekly.
- Allowing us to have some sort of personal time.
We are very proud to post some screenshots and a couple youtube video links of the improvements for you all to check out. Links and images will be at the bottom of this post.
We are looking to have the new version live to you all the 1st of this month.
To those of you who are here and asked for keys, we will give out free keys to those who ask for beta testing on the 1st, so tell your friends!
May 31st 2019
These changes effect almost everything to do in the game are we have been working non stop to try to have a working update for today.
Sadly that just isn't the case and we will be postponing this weeks update to give us time to properly prepare.
For more detailed information. Please join us on discord @ : http://discord.gg/69naDNh
May 24, 2019 - v0.111 - Bug Fixes, and Optimization & More Terrain!
- ADDED - Second Terrain Island to explore
- ADDED - Double Clicking Clothing items will equip/de-equip them
- ADDED - Internal Elevator shaft button to open doors in case players get stuck
- ADDED - Additional Hints and information for new users
- FIXED - Tree Colliders updated
- FIXED - GodCam Sky Graphics Glitch Fixed
- FIXED - Old Take money button was incorrectly labeled, and is now disabled as it is old. - Reported by Bilbo Laggin
- FIXED - Some Clothing items like PigMask, HockeyMask, Aviators would not swap properly resulting in ghost clothing or duplication - Reported by ne0n
- FIXED - W,S,A,D Keys and other movement keys working while in console and chat
- FIXED - Elevator floor collider to prevent players from falling through
- FIXED - Resource and Plant Spawning adjusted to make things a little easier
- FIXED - Only getting 5 wood when hitting tree with proper tool, is now 25 as it should be.
- FIXED - Torch models, Particle systems adjusted to not take up so much space
- FIXED - Adjusted forge wood crafting requirements
- FIXED - Adjusted Roll chance and quantity of steel when punching rocks
- FIXED - Terrain Details Set Static to improve performance
- FIXED - Added new Static Terrain Details to Visibility scripts to improve performance
- FIXED - Format Exception Strings fixed
- FIXED - Terrain Detail Rock Colliders
- FIXED - Drinks Spawning like Water and Beer are more abundant
- FIXED - Recycler on Client/Dedi Instance Balance not displaying properly. This is now hidden and may be implemented later.
- FIXED - Thirst Rate has been decreased as it was too fast.
- FIXED - Drinking Peroxide will now cause damage
- FIXED - Spawn points in wrong location, and re-enabled some more
- FIXED - Additional Debug comments removed.
- FIXED - Added Cotton to spawnable Items list.
- FIXED - Clothing Crafting Requirements Reduced
- FIXED - Defenses for clothing have been added.
- FIXED - Adjusted Default Aim Sensitivity
- FIXED - "Boots" item spawning instead of "WorkBoots"
- FIXED - Old Terrain Models and odd floating objects removed
- FIXED - Triangle Foundation Texture fixed
- FIXED - Torch Falling through ground when dropped
May 17, 2019 - v0.110 - Detail, Animations and Bug Fixes
Please come join us in discord if you have questions or feedback!
Discord : http://discord.gg/69naDNh
- ADDED - More Terrain Detail
- ADDED - M4A1 Animations
- ADDED - Build Menu Cancel button
- FIXED - Voice Chat Buttons would activate when in console
- FIXED - Removed Un-necessary Blank Game objects from old lights within Elevator
- FIXED - Sound Effect Randomizer would cause minor CPU Lag
- FIXED - Elevator Floor Re-Alignment with new terrain and programmed elevator for dynamic changes in elevation
- FIXED - Ocean Waves happening too fast
- FIXED - Incorrect Item Names Spawning (Blank Icon Issue) - Reported by ne0n
a) WhiteShirt
b) BrownShirt
c) BlueShirt
- FIXED - PigMask Description Typo Fixed - Reported by ne0n
- FIXED - Unable to go up or down Outpost/WatchTower Ladder and ManHole to small
May 12, 2019 - v0.109c - Hotfix - Bug Fixes
- FIXED - Hat and Pants and Shorts Spawning instead of new clothing naming convention
- FIXED - Newspaper Spawning with incorrect naming convention
- FIXED - Crafting Flow would be interrupted if you didn’t re-select the wanted item
- FIXED – Shit piles spawning on top of each other should be fixed
- FIXED - "Take all" button has been hidden
May 12, 2019 - v0.109b - Hotfix - IPV6 Server listing Issue Resolved
This should all be cleared up now!
May 10, 2019 - v0.109 - World Detail, Customizable Keybindings, a new M4A1 and bug fixes!
We want to invite any and all to our discords to provide feedback or Realtime chat with the devs @ http://discord.gg/69naDNh
- ADDED - Huge amount of world detail including new rocks boulders, foliage and more!
- ADDED - M4A1 Rifle
- ADDED - Customizable Key binding for the following keys.
Action
Forward
Left
Backward
Right
Run/Sprint
Jump
Inventory
Crouch
PushToTalkKey
ToggleTalkKey
BuildSnapKey
MiddleFingerButton
WaveButton
PointEmoteButton
ChatButton
FlashLightButton
- FIXED - Dropping explosive items would only drop 1 instead of the stack
May 3, 2019 - v0.108 - HUGE WORLD UPDATE, Fixes and Voice chat!
This has been a long time coming!. The original terrain is almost 2 years old. and we definitely needed to bring some more UpToDate features to W.A.R!
Not only has the terrain been replaced we have taken steps to expand on it to include other terrain or islands!
The Terrain will also be a continued venture from this point forward as we add detail branching outward from the city and also expand.
Voice Chat has been added to the game. Quality will be improved with time and more testers.
Use O - To Toggle or P - PushToTalk
VoiceActivated will be accessible very soon.
Key Re-assignment / Keyconfig will be a priority moving forward.
- ADDED - A Whole new world!
- ADDED – Voice Chat!
- ADDED - Error Checking to direct connect option on multiplayer screen. This will prevent false or incorrect attempts of connecting
- ADDED - Explosives Chain reaction - Explosions will setoff other explosives.
- ADDED - Players spawning with clothing is now a server option in serverconfig.ini
- ADDED - Hospital Spawnable Sets have been added
- ADDED - Cotton has been added to the Game, It shares a world model with Wild Peppermint currently, This will change.
- FIXED - Unable to build properly on Orange County Apartment Buildings
- FIXED - Wearable Brown shirt model was incorrect, it has been corrected
- FIXED - Laser mine World model was incorrect and massive
- FIXED - Grenade World model was incorrect and massive
- FIXED - Hospital had some floating decals, and some way off in the sky
- FIXED - Hardcoded more buttons and functions - back end fixes
- FIXED - Plywood sheet was difficult to place on objects, changed settings and overlap restrictions
- FIXED - Ladder has been greatly improved
- FIXED - Throwable Explosives that stick like Laser mine will not stick to the initiating player.
- FIXED - Our Anti-Duplication for item pickup checking has been tested to our ability.