Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now News

* Fixed the script bug that made the Military Base side mission unplayable
* another jab at readable crash logging.

This patch doesn't contain any fixes. The only thing I repaired is the crash log. Let's see if I can catch that crash on startup some of you are experiencing.

So this is it, the final Splatter patch. I already claimed this before, so better take it with a grain of salt.

- Visible game area is limited to a useful range when playing on UHD resolution
- Shadow flickering on UHD resolutions fixed by doubling rendertarget sizes again
- Fixed rare rendering glitches due to incorrect state caching
- Fixed rare colored rectangles after loading a savegame
- Fixed rare colored rectangles after loading a savegame, #2
- Fixed deco objects sometimes being invisible after loading a savegame

This patch caused a lot more trouble than I expected, but it also brought me to play the game in its entirety once again. And yeah, the story doesn't hold up well, it's pretty obvious even to me with a few years of distance. But there's so much cool stuff to do in this game... I'm still proud of it.

Maybe some day I'll do a sequel.

Changes in Version... I lost track, sorry. Originally I intended to "just put out a quick patch with the updated version of my framework" but it turns out 7 years of compiler progress and knowledge gain expose some issues that should have been fixed from the start.

- limited visible area on HD+ resolutions
- Fixed rare random render glitches due to 3D API state caching
- Fixed rare fullscreen colored rectangles after loading a savegame
- Fixed rare fullscreen colored rectangles due to a different reason
- Fixed rare issue where deco objects being invisible after loading a savegame

This is the last update. Really now. Echt jetzt.

Back in the days when computers had Megahertz and Megabytes, I made a game called Crossfire II. It's a topdown shooter with a story and local horde / deatchmatch modes, just like Splatter. But it's ancient. Graphics of 320x240, 16Bit colours, 8bit / 22kHz sounds.

I reworked Crossfire II for Steam, upgraded it to 60fps, fixed some bugs, added remappable controls, achievements, cloudsync, easy mode. And now it's available on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377680/CROSSFIRE_II_Retro_Arcade_Shooter/

Story mode is 2, maybe 3 hours, plus freestyle weirdness. No replayability whatsoever, and in my books that's a good thing. So if you enjoyed Splatter, have a look at Crossfire II. If that game were a person, it would be allowed to drive and vote.