Developer News - March 2024

Hey!

Its been another month and time for an update from the developer - aka me :)

In case you missed it, Public Multiplayer Beta is open!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1079260/view/6242613536165636826

Overall the main focus is still multiplayer obviously, however, there are a lot of things that indirectly needed for multiplayer to be a success.
Shells and Mortars is one of them as the current mod from Panini is not going to work in multiplayer at this point due to some technical challenges.

[h2]Shells & Mortars[/h2]

If you are subbed to my YouTube channel or follow me on Twitch you have seen lately that I have done a few livestream. Not the biggest success livestream-wise, as it's pretty complex to figure out how to solve all the challenges Shells and Mortars are giving and make it somewhat entertaining at the same time - however some of you are there every time, even if it's boring - thank you for that! :)



Closed beta modders like Amnestey and Guanaco have recent gotten access to these new bits and bytes to try it out and give feedback.
The feedback so far is pretty clear, its too complicated from a modders point of view, so I will try and see how I can hopefully make it simpler.

Lets hope it won't be too long until I can push this to multiplayer public beta so you guys can all try it out. (Fingers crossed).


[h2]Community Shout-out[/h2]

[h3]Fireworks Mania Photographer by Guanaco0403[/h3]
The always sus Guanaco0403 did something amazing once again (even more amazing when you think how limited the multiplayer Mod Tools still are).

This is only available on the multiplayer-beta branch on Steam for now.

He made a mod where you can take photos in the game and have them auto posted to a channel on the Discord.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Check it out on Discord

[h3]Mod reorganize and optimization by Amnestey[/h3]
If you have just looked 2 seconds in the Workshop inside the game, you have for sure come across some of Amnesteys work.
Amnestey have made 50+ mods and is by far the mod creator with the most mods in the Workshop.
Not only have he made a lot of mods, his mods are also super popular due to the quality and realism.

Due to the popularity of his mods, his latest big updates have been very welcomed by the community. Amnestey have been through almost all, if not all, of his mods and reduced the file size a lot, meaning its a lot faster to download and load for players, which is a huge win for all.

This might sound like a little thing, but just know that it's a huge task and he have spend a lot of hours/days/weeks on this.

[h3]Managing the community by Keltusar[/h3]
If you spend just a little while on my Discord, asked a question in the Community section or in the chat on my livestream, you for sure have seen the name Keltusar.
Keltusar have been part of the community since the game came out and have been a moderator on my Discord and YouTube channel for years by now.
He also made a few mods, even though he is not really a programmer, he have managed to create an awesome Firecracker mod.

However, in this shout-out I basically wanted to thank him for being part of (and running) the community and helping keep the community a nice place to be.


[h2]Change log[/h2]
Here is the change log for the multiplayer-beta version since last Developer News.

No updates have been pushed since last Developer News sadly, as Shells and Mortars is dragging out a bit. However, as mentioned, stuff have been pushed to closed beta testers, so things are moving forward.

This is all for now - need to get back to work on the next update :)

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