Underrail 2: Infusion - Dev Log #16: Targeting and Projectiles
Hi guys, In this dev log I want to go over the changes that I’ve made to the ranged weapon targeting system, which could also be called the projectile attack system. This is the system that is used primarily when attacking with any sort of projectile-based weapon, such as firearm
Hi guys,
[p align="justify"]In this dev log I want to go over the changes that I’ve made to the ranged weapon targeting system, which could also be called the projectile attack system.[p align="justify"]This is the system that is used primarily when attacking with any sort of projectile-based weapon, such as firearms and crossbows, but also energy and chemical "projectiles."[p align="justify"]The reason I made the changes that I’ll describe below is partly to better integrate it into the new engine, with its 3-dimensionality and destructibility. But, also, I wanted to change the way that the difficulty of using these weapons changes with range and skill. Namely, I wanted for these weapons to still retain good effectiveness at close or point-blank ranges even at low skill levels, so they could easily be used without too much investment both in the early game and as off-spec weapons further into a play-through.[p align="justify"]
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[p align="justify"][p align="justify"]So far I’ve only discussed how the projectile system is used with standard weapon attacks, but it can and will also be used for other things, such as grenade shrapnel, psionic particles, and such. It can be used anywhere where there’s a physical projectile that needs to be traced through the game space while not being affected by gravity or air drag.[p align="justify"]* * * * * * *
[p align="justify"][p align="justify"]There are cases where gravity and air drag are significant factors—with thrown weapons, for example, such as throwing knives, grenades, and even simple rocks. For these, I have developed a different system, which I will showcase in a future dev log.[p align="justify"]* * * * * * *
[p align="justify"][p align="justify"]Likewise, there’s more to be said about actual damage models of different creatures and how they affect hit chances and damage amounts. This topic deserves a dev log of its own.[p align="justify"]* * * * * * *
[p align="justify"][p align="justify"]Obstacles, destructible or otherwise, are also a fitting dev log subject. We actually have quite precise collision mechanisms when it comes to the environment, owing to the fact that we generate low-poly meshes for our pre-rendered assets to be used for shadow maps.[p align="justify"]* * * * * * *
[p align="justify"][p align="justify"]Anyway, that’s all for now.[p align="justify"]Keep in mind, all these mechanics are subject to further adjustments pending testing, but so far I find this system quite intuitive and fun.[p align="justify"]It’s back to the trenches for me now. I hope you found this dev log interesting. Be sure to follow me on X, where I post smaller tidbits of development regularly.[p align="justify"]Cheers!
[p align="justify"][p align="justify"]Secondly, we added a new weapon to the Heavy Guns roster - the rocket launcher. As you might expect, it's a high-powered high-AP area of effect weapon that requires a lot of strength to wield. It can fire 4 different rocket types and there are even some unique ones that have their own payloads.[p align="justify"]Lastly, we've started work on localization support. This is going to be something that will remain in slow but active development over the next year, as I slowly migrate all the game's text into external files. As it stands right now, though, most of the UI elements and the dialog can be freely translated.[p align="justify"]To learn more about how to do this, visit our 
Hi guys,
In preparation of the coming release of Heavy Duty DLC (which you can 
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But, while it might not be the best hand-held experience, the game should still be completely functional on Steam Deck. I've fixed the outstanding issues with Proton in regards to the slowdown (which should now make the game fully playable on Linux) and have implemented an on-screen keyboard to be used in few places where textual input is required.
Another big change that will be coming with the next update is support for Steam Cloud, which should be able to function with the game now as it's quite a bit more generous in regards of storage space than back when we originally considered it. That said, if you're like me and make a lot of separate save files, you might want to trim your Save folder if you intend to use this feature.
That's it for now, guys.
Cheers.
I've done a lot of work on the rendering engine and the way the assets are organized and rendered which allows Mac to more easily produce and organize a bunch of different variations of the same object, and also to easily animate them or give them other visual properties and behaviors without having to go into the gameplay code. Inversely, gameplay stuff can now be easily implemented before the assets themselves are made as they are only loosely coupled. This is going to greatly improve our efficiency when churning out new content. Technically, we're sticking with the same tile size (96x48) but we're going to make the tile relatively smaller in regards to objects, that is, everything is going to get bigger, which will increase the graphical fidelity. This is going to affect various combat mechanics as well, but we're discuss this at a later date.
That's it for now. We have more exciting stuff that we've been working on in the meantime as well, but it's not quite ready to be shown still. Let us know how you guys like the new visuals.
Also, in a few months you can expect the new content update for Underrail. This one is probably going to be released on experimental branch first and will stay there for a while, just due to the nature of the gameplay changes I've made. I'm sure you'll all be very happy with the changes, but just in case you might want to experience psionic characters in their current form before that happens.
Cheers.
After more than three years of development, it is finally complete.
Whereas the base game began as a one man undertaking and slowly grew from there as people joined the team and steadily settled into their multidisciplinary positions to form the current core team of four, which gives it a recognizable progress of content quality and design; the Expedition is, from start to finish, the work of this, now more experience and skilled team, laid upon a more solid design foundations.
For those who haven't been following the development: Expedition DLC features a huge underground lake on which a secondary campaign takes place. This campaign becomes accessible during the normal course of the play sometime during the mid-game. Here is a more detailed list of features: