V0.99 Patch Notes

New Features:

• In-game video tutorials.

• New Arena map with new hazard (reflection blob).

• New power-up that enhances the gaussgun (primary weapon). Out of three enhancements, one is randomly chosen each time a player picks up this power-up.

Changes:

• AI: AI’s take movement of hazards into account when flying to prevent collisions.

• AdjustedPhysics/Performance/GameplayResolution of the destructible terrain (not visually) slightly decreased to avoid situations where very small hard to see pieces of terrain remains. Also improves the performance in situations where a lot of explosions cause destruction at the same time.
• AdjustedPhysicsShip bounciness increased slightly.

• Gameplay: Tracking projectiles have now max range – if exceeded, tracking is stopped and the projectile continue forward.

• UX: Input handling switched from XInput to SDL2 to allow more than 4 controllers to be used simultaneously.

• UX: Controller disconnected message is shown and game is paused in any menu if there was only one controller connected.

• UX: Controller disconnected message is shown and game is paused in player settings screen and while in the matches if a controller of any joined player disconnects.

• UX: Player settings screen: when pressing back button, confirmation is asked to prevent accidentally going to previous menu.

• UX: Game is paused if Steam overlay is opened.

• UX: Complete rehaul for menus for easiness of use.

• AddedUXAdded separate buttons for switching to previous or next map to make browsing faster.
• AddedUXAdded UI messages in the player settings screen to tell that at least one human player and at least two players in total are required to start a match, and that four human players is the maximum when playing in split-screen (non-Chaos mode).

• Settings: More options for the frag and time limits.

• Settings: Modifiable kickback multiplier (the amount of force applied to ship when it shoots).

• Settings: Modifiable respawn time.

• Settings: There’s now direct access from game mode specific menus to gameplay settings to quickly tweak them before the matches.

• Settings/Visuals: Option to disable parallax backgrounds completely.

• Settings: Option to disable hazards.

• Settings: Option to disable power-ups.

• Settings: Controls  “Automatic when aiming” is now the default option for how the shooting with the gaussgun is done when using twin-stick controls.

• AdjustedVisualsColor of spitfire weapon was changed from cyan to orange to make it easier to distinguish it from the seek’n’destroy weapon.

• Visuals: The killer hazard is now bigger to make it easier to distinguish it from the power-ups.

• Visuals: The power-up objects are now bigger.

Bug fixes:

• AI players in the same team do not fight each other anymore.

• No longer possible to fly through map objects in Blockland map while using melter power-up was enabled.

• Kill messages in the bottom of the screen are now correctly wiped off from the split-screen part of the fourth player (bottom-right) when only 3 players were playing.

• Nukes now blow up explosive barrels.

• Music player shouldn’t switch tracks too early anymore.