Sail Forth News

Demo Patch 2

I've seen several comments that steering the boats was not consistently working for many players, so this patch is an attempt to resolve these issues. I haven't been able to reproduce the described problems myself, so this is a bit of a shot in the dark, but it might help!

The main change here is an adjustment to the way angular force is derived from the boat's rudder. Previously I had a quite complex method that examined the relative velocity of the rudder to the water, and applied force based upon how much drag would be generated from the water flowing past the rudder.

Now I'm doing a much simpler calculation which turns the boat based on your speed and steering wheel angle, it actually feels pretty much the same but should be more consistent in the amount it turns your boat.

Give it a try and let me know what you think in the discussion board, or right here!

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Demo Patch 1

Thanks to everyone who has been playing and leaving feedback for the game demo! I've just pushed a patch which should address various issues with control remapping.

- Mapping a button to the negative contribution of an axis (like steer left), should work properly now
- It is no longer possible to soft-lock yourself by removing the menu mappings (control remapping screen now uses its own set of un-mappable controls to navigate)
- Once initiated, a control remap can be cancelled by waiting for the time limit, currently set at 5 seconds
- Existing maps can be deleted with the relevant key, shown in the screen. For keyboard it is Backspace or Delete

I'll continue to push patches as other issues crop up, cheers and smooth sailing!