2025-07-07 Alpha 0.17
I don't know where to start. It was a lot work over the last few weeks, as a lot of things changed.
Added a new aircraft (loosely based on the Messerschmitt BF 109)
Added a secondary weapon (bombs, ready to be dropped)
Tweaked the AI autopilots
Messed up the flight physics for the BF 109. It still does not feel right at the moment.
Did **a lot** of balancing, still work in progress
Added the game mode "fixed targets". Still a lot to do
Added the first floor to House1
Added the basement to House1
Removed the L-shaped kidsroom
Added stairs / the staircase to House1. Handrails still missing
Added volumetric lighting / volumetric shadows to make light rays more beautiful
Added a system to add "secondary weapons" at arbitgrary points on each aircraft
Added some debug information (to be removed later)
Did a lot of GUI-stuff
Cleaned up the level structure and level loading sequence
Added some more assets to the storage room in House1
Added a lot of assets to the KidsRoom and Bathroom of House1
Messed up the Niagara collision settings of the BF 109. Have to repair this ASAP!
Reduced the audio volume of the 20mm cannon (in reality it was inaudible by the pilot due to engine noise)
Did a lot of clean-up
Disabled some **currently** unused UI-functions
Prepared the landing gear to be retractable. It is... nearly... working
Increased the ammount of ammo loaded to be a bit more like the original BF 109
Made the cockpit glow. Just for the looks.
Messed up the landing gear physics. Currently it is better to only "drop start". Going to fix that!
Played around with audio occlusion. You guessed it. A lot work to be done here.
Built a set of Steam capsules and all the assets required for the "coming soon" announcement
Oh, and published the "coming soon" announcement on Steam. Toybox Aces is visible now on Steam!
I know that many stuff is broken or not working as expected right now. But... hey, that's what the "Alpha" is meant to say, right?