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- StaudSoft's Synthetic World Beta
Update: Faster 3D Engine, Better World Generator, Game Play
Hey guys, I increased the speed of the 3D engine. Now a much more detailed landscape is possible: I also updated the world generator: Just for fun I added an ocean: And I connected all caves with each other! The world g…
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Trees, Buildings, Editor and Engine
Hello and welcome back, before we start with the development update, I want to wish you all a good health. These are hard times during the Coronavirus crisis. I hope we all get better soon. Assets In the last weeks I ha…
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Tweet: First village generated by the AI
Yes! The first village generated by the AI! This is only a debug view. When it is finished these buildings will actually be placed in the landscape! We will improve the performance in the next weeks so that we can creat…
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Uploaded a new version to the unstable branch
Hey, I just uploaded a new version to the unstable build with the new trees. You need to create a new map with the generator to see them (so do not use the predefined map with the seed 0). Be aware: This is only a testi…
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Tweet: AI and Forests
Now most of the visual bugs in the trees are resolved: I will upload an unstable release as soon as possible. And I implemented several AI algorithms that will drive the city generation: - A* Planning - Alpha-Beta Adver…
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Tweet: Trees in the game
First screenshot of the new trees in the game! There is still much to do. The trees currently create holes in the ground and some trees do not have leafs.
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Tweet: New trees are now generated by the world generator
The new trees are now connected to the world generator. So exited to see them in the world! When they are cut down they will collapse to the ground and fall into pieces.
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Tweet: Castle Generator and Happy New Year
The basic castle generator is now working. Every castle has it's own dungeon. Happy new year! The AI language compiler (C to PDDL) is finished and the shadow rendering for the low end render system makes progress.
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Winter Sale and New Version
For the first time we take part in the winter sale. So if you are interested in our game you can buy it now. And I uploaded a new version. Here is the change log: • Faster low end renderer for older computers (faster mo…
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A philosophical question
We had here a lot of discussions if it is ok to replace stolen keys. What are you thinking? Is it unfair towards the gamers which bought the game on Steam? My main argument was that the gamers who bought stolen keys did…
Announcement - StaudSoft's Synthetic World Beta
Tweet: A lot of new stuff
We did a lot of bug fixing and added new features to the engine. Here is an overview of our achievements of the last two months: Train physic The train physic is now working. We had some problems with trains which did n…
Store4 changesFixMaps - StaudSoft's Synthetic World Beta
Tweet: New libraries, new config file, new gameplay elements and AI
I uploaded a new version to the unstable branch. Most of the c++ libraries which are used by the game are updated: As physic engine we now use bullet 2.86.7 (I wanted to update to bullet 2.88 but it crashed) We now use…
Security12 changesGameplayWorkshop - StaudSoft's Synthetic World Beta
Merry Christmas and New Release!
Merry Christmas! I upload a new release to the unstable branch. It contains bug fixes regarding the multiplayer, weather, snow, water rendering, ... And I am finished with my development plan. As this is a unstable rele…
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Tweet: Lua Just-In-Time Compiler and AI
Added to the lua system a just-in-time compiler. So the scripts will be executed much faster. Currently working on speeding up path finding and general AI stuff with mathematics. If it works the zombies will attack you…
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Tweet: New grenade and better modding support.
Implemented runtime code exchange via Lua. So I can now change the code of the game while playing the game. Made a new grenade as an example (will be in the next version).
Announcement1 changeWorkshop - StaudSoft's Synthetic World Beta
Tweet: More tests
Added more tests to the stress test: All entities are tested, fighting and weapons too (including respawning) I have a question for you guys who had problems saving and loading the world: Did you add electronics (LED, W…
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