Dec 2024 Update - Happy Holidayz!!

Happy holidays friends! I hope you all are having a family-filled, wholesome time at the end of 2024!

We're getting closer to an alpha 1 release but still not quite there yet.

[h3]Here are the highlights: [/h3]

• The floor plan generation system is officially in beta. (IE: No active major bugs)
  
• The map generation system is also in beta and we now see loading statuses and related percentages (IE : Placing Roads( 72% ), Populating Foliage ( 20% ), Generating house floor plans ( 100% )
  
• Animations have been added for reloading
  

[h3]
Dev Updates For Nerds ( Curated descriptions lifted from p4 repo )[/h3]

• Floor Plan Generation Fixes: Room mismatches & Improper layout generation
  
• Custom Animations and Montages can now be driven by Efz Action Manager.
  
• Reload Animation implemented
  
• updated house 3d models and assets to be more run-down/dirty
  
• efz actions can now hook into UE GAS for replication purposes
  
• reload anim montage is now being triggered via GAS
  
• implemented plugin "cog" for debugging/troubleshooting GAS framework
  
• Floorplans: fixed rooms spawning without doors
  
• adjusted floor plan instanced static mesh generation to use collision profile name on HISM component generation
  

To ensure we can get a build out for internal testers for alpha release 1, the scope is tentatively being locked down with the following criteria:

• One extraction zone map
  
• One "Home Zone" Map (Static)
  
• 4 weapons : Bat, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun
  
• 3 Stats : Food, Water, Health
  
• Only zeds in extraction zone map. (Random Armed NPC's will be Release 2)