Warman 2.2 - Cross-platform Multiplayer

Read the full news here: https://play-warman.com/news/update-2-2-cross-platform/

New Features

• Cross-platform multiplayer — Windows, Linux, and macOS players can now play together. The simulation runs on fixed-point math so every machine stays perfectly in sync, no matter the OS or CPU

• Replays: matches can now be recorded and played back, with a dedicated replay UI

• Max players increased from 8 to 16

World & Exploration

• Unit names now appear above units

• Reduced interaction radius on all respawn points

• Starting or joining a game now zooms in and fades to black

Combat & Balance

• Shadow heroes no longer have reduced cast speed

• Removed the Astral Hammer skill from the Bonelord boss

Items & Loot

• Items now auto-equip when their slot is empty

UI & HUD

• HUD scale replaced with a single global UI scale slider in settings

• General HUD UI improvements

• New settings to toggle player names and enemy names (both on by default)

• Currencies in the backpack now show their name on hover

• Hover UI now appears above an object instead of to its right

• Added a debug tab in settings with dev-focused game info

• Improved spacing in scroll views so scroll-to jumps land precisely

Audio

• Removed the error sound when disconnecting from a server

Editor & Modding

• Replaced the doodad UI

• Added a duplicate doodad button

• Added a full set of steampunk decoration doodads

• Reed doodads now render through the main rendering pipeline

• Mod sound data loads faster

Performance & Under the Hood

• Improved UI repaint performance

• Improved physics performance

• Game loading is now chunked by file type with more granular loading steps

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a big lag spike the first time music loaded in

• Fixed projectile pierce only working for fast projectiles

• Fixed Spellsteal not working

• Fixed Fire Mage's Spark and Wide Flame modifiers not working with homing projectiles

• Fixed the level cap (100) not working

• Fixed player movement and camera jitter

• Fixed enemies getting stuck and refusing to follow when you roll on a slope mid-chase

• Fixed enemies resetting their run animation when their target moves

• Fixed enemy health bars appearing at the wrong position for one frame

• Fixed not being able to see already-running room timers when entering a room

• Fixed selling items in the shop sometimes breaking

• Fixed tooltip value rounding for the basic attack skill and modifier cooldowns

• Fixed static, non-moving clouds in the Castle biome

• Fixed the world map only auto-centering correctly at a 16:9 aspect ratio

• Fixed music getting drowned out when lots of SFX play at once

• Fixed hearing every enemy spawn at once when entering a room

• Fixed an audio source occasionally getting stuck instead of returning to the pool

• Fixed a native crash on Mac

• Fixed Windows still showing the old cursor icon

• Fixed your spawn flashing at its default position for one frame when a multiplayer game starts

• Fixed an error message appearing when a client clicks disconnect

• Fixed the host being unable to hover other players to see their health bar and name

• Fixed the host not seeing other players on the minimap

• FixedEditorfixed PlayTest loading nothing
• FixedEditorfixed UI navigation hijacking camera WASD
• FixedEditorfixed various issues with saving, closing, and restoring room state while editing and testing