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GrowthRPG V0.3.5
🕑 Added 2022-01-29 04:05:54 +0000 UTCSorry update is a bit late, I forgot to compile everything a day beforehand like I normally do
This month was a focus on updating old system and I started working on some new content but its pretty substantial so its going to take a bit longer till I can show it off. Sorry that this month is a bit boring
First major update is combat is now instanced. What this means is instead of loading a new level and unloading the over-world it will just load in the combat area, so there should be significally less loading time in between combat and the overworld. Espeically so in the dungeon as the game now doesn't need to regenerate the dungeon anymore
The other big change is that arms, body, and legs can now have independent level of fat and muscle.
A free cam mode has been added, you can access it by hitting N, can't do much with it other than explore a bit but I have ideas for when I get the time to work on it.
other than that I just did some maintenance on old systems so they're less likely to have data loss and did some optimization for the NPCs so they should hopefully run better.
What I did work on but did not get included in this update is a new world map and new meshes for the character. For the new world I have finished blocking, I still need to move everything into the new world and add some detail, but its a lot bigger and hopefully will be laid out a lot better than the old one. I plan on implementing this next month
For the character meshes I have decided to redo them. The current versions are too low poly, and they differ too much topologically. So I have started making the new models, I have the base normal, fat, and muscular, but I still want to have some extra time to polish since its what people will be staring at most of the time. The new ones will be more customizable and look better, but its going to take some time to do I'm hoping too have it done in 2 months
Again sorry this month isn't too exciting, but I needed to redo some system for bigger future changes.
Comments
Wolfie Randolf
Yep, Also at the end of the fights, the game gives you one set of LVL pts and you grow in whatever you put them in, but then resets and gives you another set of much less once out... however once out you have to press the bottom left facing arrow again that is now displaying over the normal world and it resets the camera and character as if you weren't there to begin with. If you don't alocate the points won at the time you win them, they are mostly gone when the points reset on getting back to the main world...
There's a bug when entering a fight, the battle UI comes up but you can't see the battle. Very annoying in the dungeon where you have to restart the game to solve this issue.
Every time I send my patrion key and log in. I confirm this in the menu settings as the problem was there in the menu song too. It does not save it on the lower audio levels even though if I relog in the sliders are still on the low end. Most of the time I just keep clicking apply settings to fix it but yea a tad annoying to do after each logg in.
Small bug I had to look at the old build again to confirm but it seems like Abbs are missing. even when Fat is turn off
DigitalFurBelow
when does the setting change back to default?
DigitalFurBelow
all the bugs have been noted, although the detail about the back arrow is interesting, I think I know whats causing it
my character's hair keeps disappearing between each fight. also, experience points don't seem to be registering for some reason. * i think i know why it happens, i click the little back arrow that lingers from the fight to the overworld and it takes away my hair * also, i don't think the experience points stick unless you spend them in the post battle screen * wait, nvm, they don't stick no matter what
after beating the litch again I thought of a suggestion that I think would be funny. It would be cool if each of our followers could react to becoming a glitch when we talk to them :) like some of them say its cool while others are not impressed lol. adds more personality to our followers :)
Oh also a bug that I don't think was mentioned but has happened to me a lot is every time I start up the game the sounds are auto-set to LOUD even though the sliders are on low. I have to hit apply the setting to fix it. Minor problem but annoying to do it every time. ( I switch between characters a lot)
You are doing a wonderful job, will be looking forward to the future :)
Honestly Appreciate the freecam. It will also help us give better feedback on bugs in the end :)
DigitalFurBelow
both have been noted
Hmm... because of N being the free cam key. You can't have a name with the letter N in it. Also, there is a new bug regarding the combat. Sometimes when I get into a battle, the battle UI displays, and the battle music plays but it freezes on a frame in the overworld. So, I can't see what I'm doing and die. Reloading a save seems to fix it but only temporarily.
Christopher Melkus
Really excited about the work you're doing!
Dragonwolf4life
Looking forward to the bigger changes. Working up. You got this Digi!
