Hello everyone – Open Hexagon 2.0.4 is now available!
This is the third official update since the Steam release, and it focuses on engine and performance improvements, and empowering level creators with a new in-game Lua console, pack dependencies, and many new Lua functions.
Enjoy!
(For any question or feedback, please get in touch with me on our official Discord.)
Major Changes
- Changed ticks per second from 120TPS to 240TPS, improving the game's precision during collision detection and movement
- Level packs can now depend on other packs in order to promote code reuse and avoid repetition
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Change Lua runtime to LuaJIT, having 20x better performance on average
- Caveat: supports features only up to Lua 5.1
Added in-game debugging and experimentation tools in Debug Mode:- (F1): toggle Lua console, allowing to run code on demand and track variables in real-time
- (F2): pause and un-pause the game -- Lua console is usable when the game is paused
New Levels
- Added a new work-in-progress official level pack, Orthoplex, containing:
- Arcadia: an unusual level with wavy patterns made out of custom walls
- Bipolarity: fast-paced barrages and forced 180° player swaps
Level Improvements
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Perfectly synchronized pulse and beatpulse with the music for all built-in levels
- Exceptions: Golden Ratio and Acceleradiant, as they will be reworked in the future
Moved Baby Steps to a new pack, Tutorial, making its role more clear to new players
Added a graphical transition effect to the player's triangle when focusing/unfocusing
Minor Improvements
- Added a few milliseconds of ignoring input after death to avoid accidental restarts
- Added new Show Level Info option that displays information about the current level in the bottom-left corner of the screen, useful for streaming/recording
- Added options to hide the timer and status text, useful for cinematic recordings
- Added -printLuaDocs command line argument to print out Lua documentation
Bug Fixes
- Fixed crash when attempting to change keyboard bindings
- Fixed broken antialiasing menu setting, now supports up to 16x
- Fixed t_eval crashing the game on Lua error
New Lua Functions
(Please refer to the Lua reference on the official wiki for a more detailed explanation.)
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u_execDependencyScript: to load a script from one of the pack's dependencies
- As opposed to u_execScript, which loads a script from the current pack
l_[set/get]ManualPulseControl: when set to true allows Lua scripts to manually control pulse values- l_[set/get]Pulse
- l_[set/get]PulseDirection
- l_[set/get]PulseDelay
l_[set/get]ManualBeatPulseControl: when set to true allows Lua scripts to manually control beatpulse values- l_[set/get]BeatPulse
- l_[set/get]BeatPulseDelay
l_[get/set]pulseInitialDelay: control initial delay before any pulse effect starts, useful to sync up a level with the song's beat or to wait until the music reaches a certain point
Custom wall optimized functions- cw_createDeadly: more optimized way of creating a deadly custom wall and getting back an handle
- cw_createNoCollision: more optimized way of creating a no-collision custom wall and getting back an handle
- cw_moveVertexPos: more optimized way of moving a custom wall's vertex by a specified offset
- cw_moveVertexPos4Same: very optimized way of moving all vertices of a custom wall with the same offset
- cw_[set/get]VertexPos4: more optimized way of controlling all vertex positions of a custom wall
- cw_[set/get]VertexColor4: more optimized way of controlling all vertex colors of a custom wall
- cw_setVertexColor4Same: very optimized way of setting all vertex colors of a custom wall to the same color
u_inMenu(): returns true if a Lua script is being executed from the menu screen, false otherwise
s_getMainColor, s_getPlayerColor, s_getTextColor, s_get3DOverrideColor, s_getCapColorResult, s_getColor: return a RGBA tuple of the current style's corresponding color
Lua Function Cleanup
- Removed unused pulseDelayHalf and related Lua functions
Miscellaneous
- Added a pulseHelper.html JavaScript tool in the GitHub repository to help level makers calculate pulse values that are in sync with the music's BPM
- Beatpulse delay should be set to 3000/BPM (or one of its multiples)
- Pulse values can be calculated through the tool -- the displayed equation should be as close to 3000/BPM (or one of its multiples) as possible
Community Spotlight
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Check out the Open Hexagon - Custom Level Aesthetics video, showcasing levels from two excellent packs
- Polygonal Cubics, by Babadrake
- The Travel Pack, by Syyrion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Jfj3lzWD4