Zeta Leporis RTS News

-Added missing stored resource display for cargo transport barges.

Changelog:

-Added 10 new random map variants.

-Can now access the options menu from the ingame pause menu.

-Reworked starting location code to be more easily editable. This might have negative effects on saved games from before this update.

-Fixed a chunk of mechbot AI code that could potentially run more times than necessary.

-Fixed a bug that could indicate a mechbot was building on a resource deposit when it wasn't.

-Mechbots no longer move over what they just finished building (making it easier to locate them).

-Cleaned up the project; removed some outdated unused code.

-Fixed new bug with the tutorial enemy fighter sometimes attacking the player's base.

-Fixed an issue where building things out of order could stop the tutorial from progressing.

-The tutorial now counts ore collectors only after they have been built.

-Fixed some bugs in the load script's backwards compatability checks that somehow weren't crashing the game.

multiplayer

• Added more update events to mechbots and cargo barges.
  
• Removed some potentially duplicated update events from mechbots.
  
• Added movement code for client scouts, battlestations, capital ships, and assimilation vessels.
  
• Added client mechbot, ore collector, and engineering research facility animations.
  
• Clients no longer draw asteroids that were removed by host on map creation due to overlap.
  
• Added map type to lobby update.
  

A multiplayer update. Multiplayer is still very much unfinished, however.

Changelog:

-Multiplayer lobby now displays a "joining" screen instead of incorrectly displaying elements of the client's saved multiplayer match presets, before getting the lobby state from the host.

-Multiplayer lobby now displays message telling newly joined players to pick a slot.

-Resources and units are now present for multiplayer clients, though in most cases not synchronized.

-Cargo barges and mechbots are partially operational for clients.

-Clients no longer run code which causes their match to end immediately; this also keeps them from improperly unlocking 3 related achievements.

-Destroyed units are now removed properly for clients; this was caused by a severe PEBCAK error.

-Fixed bug that sometimes booted clients from the match on launch.

Entering v0.4 to commemorate the (very) humble beginnings of functional multiplayer matches.

Changelog:

-Added class D anti-fighter turret.

-Clicking the button to return to the main menu after a match can no longer accidentally click buttons in the main menu.

-AI opponent difficulty is now properly saved when saving a game.

-Fixed improper coloration of scout ships.

-Applied some audio effects to scout VO.

-Fixed remaining issues with the multiplayer lobby:

• The "force players of the same color onto the same team" logic now works right in multiplayer.
  
• Clients can no longer change settings for other clients.
  
• Team and color selection can no longer be open at the same time.
  
• Only the host can start a match.
  
• Host now can't start the match until all clients are ready.
  
• Host now resets client slots to empty when closing the lobby.
  
• Unexpected client disconnects are now handled properly.
  
• When the host starts the match, the match starts for participating clients, while any non-participants are returned to the lobby list.
  
• Text is no longer displayed for buttons that are not visible.
  

-Multiplayer match progress:

• Clients now draw most static map elements, though apparently not in the correct locations.
  
• Multiplayer match settings are now properly reset when exiting a match.
  
• Removed game logic from clients that will be handled by the host instead. This currently manifests as the match ending soon after starting for clients.
  

Changelog:

v.0.3.33.2024
-Fixed a newly introduced crash at match start.

-Redid improvements to tutorial VO for much greater clarity.

v.0.3.32.2024
-Added the ability to create and join multiplayer lobbies...but actual multiplayer matches aren't working yet.

• The "force players of the same color onto the same team" logic isn't working quite right in multiplayer.
  
• Currently clients can change the settings of other clients. This is not intended.
  
• If the host starts a multiplayer match it will start a singleplayer match instead.
  
• If a client starts a multiplayer match it just goes to an empty map currently.
  

-Added subtle coloration to capital ships.

-Lengthened music track "Grandiose Devastation" to 4 minutes.

-Fixed misspelling of "joueur" in French localization.

-The "Massive Conservation" achievement can no longer be triggered by other players.

-Fixed alignment of certain UI elements in save game menu.

-Improved tutorial VO.

-Added unit counters to tutorial objectives that needed them.