There were even more fixes in this patch. The deadline for the Demo is approaching, so I'm trying to get the game as close to bug free as possible. This update also has a bundle of changes to the Storms (more still to come), as well as some major QOL updates for controlling allies. You can now assign groups and command groups easily! The Axe Bot also got a new model that is massive... I might need to change that in the future.
Major Features:
- Ally Groups: You can now assign allies a group by holding Ctrl and pressing 1-9 while looking at them. When an ally is in a group, you can select only them by pressing 1-9 to command only the allies in that group. You can deselect a group by pressing the same number key again.
- Storm Changes: The Storm got a major visual rework, as well as the three Storms now have updated bounds. Each Storm also has their own speed and aggression timers, so they should act differently depending on what area the player is exploring. There are more changes planned, but this is a good first step.
New Features:
- Revamped the Upgrade randomization. Tiers of upgrades should now be more consistently better the higher the tier. No more garbage Legendries and amazing Commons
- Drill bots now drill faster when their damage is upgraded
- When an ally has a Core equipped, when you look at them, they will have a Core icon next to their stats
- Updated trade pods to only reduce the value of sold goods to 50% instead of 20% when almost destroyed
- Updated the enemy spawn generator settings to make the starting area less corrupted
- Lowered the amount of special encounters, but buffed them greatly and increased upgrade drop rates for mini-bosses
- Added the ability to give healer bots refined and crystal energy to charge their healing buffer
- Changed copper rock requirements to not allow stone axes
- Added some tools to get cool moving shots with the camera mode using the num pad
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue that was allowing enemies to spawn directly behind players
- Fixed an issue that broke passive enemy fleeing AI
- Made it so that the equipment detail panel updates whenever you equip new items
- Fixed Storm aggro because they had decided to never move towards the player
- Fixed an issue causing Axe bots to not be able to harvest when on passive
- Fixed a bug that forced Axe bots to return home immediately after cutting every tree
- Further increased the AI cap to 150 to avoid AI randomly breaking
- Fixed an issue with Steel tools having an insane drop rate