A new beginning! A perfect title for this update.
As you may know, big changes are coming to One Last Day, starting to add them gradually today.
Offline mode
You don't need internet connection anymore in order to play.
This means also that your characters right now are unaccesible, you can create new ones while I create a platform to download your old ones.
Also, your maps may be lost. If you had a great map that you don't wanna lose you can still do this.
1- Start the game and create a new map, so the new folder structure will be automatically created. Close the game.
2- Go to Documents > My Games > OLD (Windows) or Users > "Your name" > OLD (Mac)
3- Copy the folder that match your desired map name.
4- Paste this folder into Documents > My Games > One Last Day > Maps (Windows) or Users > "Your name" > One Last Day > Maps (Mac)
I can't recommend doing this because it may cause loading problems and folder inconsistencies, but if you are sure of yourself, keep going!
You can delete the old OLD folder, but I recommend keeping it until the next update at least.
New main menu
Since things are going to change we need a more elegant and simple menu.
Multiplayer and editor mode were almost unused for the moment, so they are deactivated temporarily. As you may know, multiplayer will be integrated with Steam so you won't need to create a server or do port forwarding anymore in a future.
I have also changed some distribution, fixed some little bugs and added a credits section.
Oh, and added music. This music may be just a placeholder if people don't like it. I think it's good anyway, I hope you like it too.
Upcoming story mode
Story mode is being made for two main reasons. There is a story behind the game, all the time it was there, unexplained, and I think it's worth to explain.
The second reason is that the new infinite map will add also NPC interactions, so this will help to make the new dialog system already implemented and some better animations that can be reused (talking, sleeping, emotions, etc...)
Right now you only can speak with one of the three main characters (Ricardo) and he will tell you a little bit about him. After this introduction the story mode won't start yet, until the first chapter is finished.
What's next?
First you can expect some hot fixes of this update as always, I've tested it but I'm sure that I left something unchecked ːsteamfacepalmː
After this update you can expect a cleaning update for 0.26a. This means no new features, just a clean of unused assets, unused code, bug fix and so.
This can improve the performance on some computers and since the game is going to get big changes, I think it's time.
Patch notes
0.25a
- Offline mode added, you don't need to login or store data online
- Character data is now saved under folders and not online anymore
- Login menu is no longer needed and has been removed
- Editor mode is disabled temporarily
- You can now rotate your character in selection screen again
- You can now rotate your character in editor screen again
- New main menu
- Added a new dialog system to the game (for future additions)
- First character introduction added
- New Steam security added, you need to run Steam in order to play
- New folder organization when saving and loading from hard disk
- Main menu music added (maybe a placeholder)
- Removed multiplayer menu in order to preparation for Steam multiplayer implementation
- Started the development of Character system 2.0, added to the main menu
- News menu removed, still trying to figure how to add it without making the menu look ugly
This update should be uploaded and ready right now, I hope you like the first taste of these upcoming changes.