Beta 79

We’re really down to the wire for the 1.0 and console release! How down to the wire? Well, let me put it this way: This is likely the second-to-last major beta update that the game will have. Expect a release date announcement very soon!... For real this time!

For more info on the current state of development, check out my "What’s Being Worked On" post on the forums.

This update’s “Double Fortnight Discussion”: Final Thoughts Free-For-All.

Graphics

Fix for cases where gib animations would not appear when other players are gibbed in online multiplayer
Fix for shadow positioning on a number of items
Fixed medium lighting on certain buildings
Fix for issue where black spots could appear on the camera in split-screen mode on medium lighting if the player starts the game near a door
Fix for NPCs appearing to have frozen effect or flashing effect colors when out of the player’s vision range in Rogue Vision mode
Fix for Slavemaster's eye color not being change-able

UI / Controls

Player can access the main menu by pressing Esc after completing levels
More consistent timing during varying frame rates when scrolling through main menu by holding down gamepad buttons
Fix for holding down gamepad buttons to scroll through the main menu not working with vsync turned off
Fix for player not being able to teleport on grass outside of Upper-Cruster homes
When targeting with the red/green target cursor, fix for objects not being highlighted if the player moves
Fix for red/green target potentially remaining on-screen after the level has finished
Fix for dragged item potentially remaining on-screen after the level has finished
Fix for end-game dialogue box not appearing with correct proportions if the player completes the game after skipping the tutorial in certain sections
Fix for NPC info appearing if the player presses space bar while chatting
Player can open the Stats screen while dizzy or otherwise incapacitated
Fix for player being able to drop an item and use it at the same time by using shift + right mouse + left mouse
Fix for cases where item could remain in toolbar after being used if player right-clicked the slot at the same time the item was added to the slot
Fix for certain main menu interface elements being visible at incorrect times on ultrawide monitors

Playfield Objects

Fix for hitbox issues with bullets when standing too close to a large boulder and tree

Items

Fix for head-based armor not being unequipped when dying on multiplayer client
If the player's armor is destroyed, and they have another piece of armor of the same type, that armor will be equipped
Hard Hat starts with 75 durability instead of 100 and its base price is $60 instead of $70
Combat Helmet base price is $80 instead of $100
Quick-Escape Teleporter will not trigger when the player crosses a broken window
Ghosts spawned by destroying gravestones will sometimes have money (other ghosts have it all the time)
Fix for thief not dropping certain un-droppable items after they steal them from you and then die
If the player has multiple copies of an item that they normally can't drop, they'll be able to drop the item
Fix for Water Pistol description incorrectly stating that it has two status effects if two water pistols with different status effects are picked up (it may only have 1)
Fix for items with "charges" (like Fud Processor) not being given to NPCs properly (only 1 charge was lost)

Status Effects / Traits / Special Abilities

Lock and Load trait costs more when creating a custom character
Perfumorous affects NPCs who are Annoyed at the player
Player cannot receive Dizzy while Crazy-Dizzy, and vice versa
Fix for Werewolf party members not turning into Werewolf if they follow the player to a new level
Fix for Shapeshifter retaining Super Special Abilities if the player possesses and depossesses someone whose big quest they had completed, and had not completed Shapeshifter’s Big Quest
Fix for cases where player would get to choose from more traits than they were supposed to at the end of levels in online multiplayer

Combat

Fix for cases where player could lose collision detection after being knocked back while standing on ice
Cop Bots and Slaves take a bit longer to explode after death

Sound

Added “Success” sound effect to a bunch of spots when pressing objects’ context buttons
Fix for Electro Touch sound effect not always playing on multiplayer client
Fix for certain sound effects not playing in local coop mode after player 1 had exited the level
Fix for "Close Menu" sound effect playing over other sound effects when buying from Augmentation Booth

Stats / Unlocks

Secret Shapeshifter NPCs are marked as Guilty
Player receives skill points for killing NPCs by poisoning water
Fix for rare cases where Zombies could be considered Innocent

Missions

Fix for some cases where player would receive a mission involving people he was initially aligned with

Big Quests

Hacker can teleport after installing malware if all Cop Bots in the level are dead

Disasters

Player can teleport during Zombies disaster if all Zombies are dead
Player can teleport during Lockdown disaster if all enforcers are dead

Level Generation

Levels are generated using a new method that ties into the internal level editor I’ve been developing, and should result in very slightly faster loading
Changed spawn rate of initially-peaceful ghosts in graveyards

Artificial Intelligence

Fix for Cops during Police Lockdown not becoming hostile when seeing you move underneath a cardboard box
When you threaten someone to leave town, they will become Neutral towards you if they were previously Friendly, Loyal or Aligned
Fix for cases where party members would run off to attack someone far away instead of the hostile NPC in front of them
NPCs will not become hostile toward the player as a result of their hostility toward someone aligned to the player due to Random Reverence
Former slaves will be hostile toward the player if they have Resurrection and their Slave Helmet blows up
Fix for some AI confusion that could occur during combat after an NPC’s default behavior goes from hanging around a location to wandering
Fix for NPCs not always saying dialogue when threatened

Text

Added a small bit of clarification to Level 1-2 sign in regards to Cops protecting property owners
Fix for weird characters appearing when typing in input fields in Linux version
Fix for credits list cutting off the last lines when being viewed from the main menu

Multiplayer

Fix for players sometimes appearing to float in water when they are on land in online multiplayer
Fix for NPCs sometimes appearing to get up after having been killed on multiplayer client on slow connections
Fix for more cases where NPCs could walk into walls during combat on slow connections
Fix for cases where traits and inventory items on the host player were not known to client players
More safeguards against players spawning into levels as ghosts on host when they are not actually ghosts

Saved Games

Custom characters are now stored in the /CloudData/Characters/ folder instead of just /Characters
Cloud saving for custom characters works properly cross-platform (PC/Mac/Linux)

Other

AlienFX lighting should always shut off properly when the game is exited

Internal

Work on console-specific stuff
Work on changes for free edition of the game
Work on upcoming “Making Of” content

Streets of Rogue update for 20 June 2019

Beta 79

Beta 79

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