DW II - v0.55

Structure of this post is very unorganized & vague due to not keeping great track of what was done since the last update, but more just working to get things to where I know they need to be. Still far from that point but this should be a good step in that direction : )

WHAT IS NEW?

• OVERALL

  • Major changes to all game-mode road generation systems

  • Major changes to all vehicle & AI controller systems

  • Tutorial added ( can be replayed at any moment )

    • Going over all basic controls in the game and some other special controls.

  • Leader-boards & new leaderboard UI.

  • Milestone system for each game-mode

  • Daily challenge system

  • Notification system

  • New Flood Race game-mode

  • New Cop Chase game-mode

  • Cruise control added ( double tap acceleration to toggle )

  • Multiplayer fixes and new room for testing.

    • Syncing / send rate optimization

    • Physics sync optimizations for high speed

    • New room with lots of mountains, etc for testing

    • Lots more to come.

  • New Garage system & Garage models

    • New Tuning manager & UI

    • New Upgrade manager & U

    • New Car Purchase system & UI

    • Scroll wheel will now zoom in and out while in garage

    • Middle mouse will now lock the camera in place while in menu.

    • New cash display

  • Sound Design overhaul & new base system for sound design.

    • Engine

    • Tire

    • Wind

    • Crashing

    • Honking

    • Much more

  • Building collision fixes

  • Many many more changes

• LEGACY HIGHWAY & HIGHWAY

  • Slight changes to AI

  • Updated interval for spawning new segments

  • Other small changes & bug fixes

• WARP-SPEED & ENDLESS

  • Added cube walls with negative and positive rewards based on the type you hit, now requiring the player to dodge, etc.

• FLOOD-RACE ( NEW MODE )

  • Re-worked / added more mountains to the base / starting map.

  • New "free-form" AI that is a major improvement over my last iteration.

  • Flood race feedback / reward system changes

  • Lots more changes and bug fixes

• COP-CHASE ( NEW / IMPROVED )

  • New cop chase map ( heavy WIP )

  • New cop AI

  • New ranking / star system

  • New rewards for completing stars and the mode

  • Explosives : )

CAR MECHANICS

• Base car mechanics / scripts tuned to feel and act smoother.

• Increased weight for all vehicles

• Major internal value overhaul.

• Sound design base added for vehicles

• Jump / land VFX added

• New boosting & trail VFX added.

• Tons of other bug fixes and changes.

OTHER CHANGES / WIP

• In-Game performance counter updates

• UI animation changes

• New key-binds added to key-binds page

• Too many other changes to keep track or count.

• Track editor in progress

• Island jumper game-mode in progress

• Achievements in progress

• UI overhaul in progress

• Milestone reward overhaul in progress

• Much much more to come : )