October 2024 Update - Animations & Optimizations
[h3]Hello there protozed fans & friends![/h3]
Recently, I noticed some performance hiccups so the past couple of months have been lots of optimizations. I know I know, it's not terribly exciting but the good news is - were back up to 90+ fps. Anyways, here are the updates:
[h3]Physics-based animations for zeds are now in place. It's small but it gives a little more life to the animations. You can see what I mean in his arms as the zed is knocked back.[/h3]
[h3]Interaction/looting mechanics SFX and animation[/h3]
I've added a dedicated “constructed” collision channel. This allows for unreal's PCG framework to properly place foliage types inside/outside of houses.
Also, this further enhances the masking tech I've implemented for reducing draw calls. This was mentioned in the last post but for anyone interested, here is a diagram of how that works. The blue spaces are defined per inside instance custom data. All three wall sections are the same mesh and material :
Other:
What's next?
[h3]As always, thank you for your continued support![/h3]
Recently, I noticed some performance hiccups so the past couple of months have been lots of optimizations. I know I know, it's not terribly exciting but the good news is - were back up to 90+ fps. Anyways, here are the updates:
[h3]Physics-based animations for zeds are now in place. It's small but it gives a little more life to the animations. You can see what I mean in his arms as the zed is knocked back.[/h3]
[h3]Interaction/looting mechanics SFX and animation[/h3]
I've added a dedicated “constructed” collision channel. This allows for unreal's PCG framework to properly place foliage types inside/outside of houses.
Also, this further enhances the masking tech I've implemented for reducing draw calls. This was mentioned in the last post but for anyone interested, here is a diagram of how that works. The blue spaces are defined per inside instance custom data. All three wall sections are the same mesh and material :
Other:
- Up until recently, the damage value from melee and projectiles has been static. Now, this can be dynamically driven by weapon attributes
- WIP - automated dirt/gunk mask placement on constructed surfaces
- refactored for loot generation to be completely driven by lua
What's next?
- Many of the loot tables and items are already in place. Tags/Name assignments to world objects are required to properly generate the loot. This will be a primary focus over the next couple of months.
- Loot generation for zed corpses
- I like how the zeds react to being hit. It feels right but player animations are a bit lacking.
[h3]As always, thank you for your continued support![/h3]