Build 0.21a wraps up all the recent 0.2 patches into a one big 0.21a patch :D
Thanks to this, the game is at a very stable phase. It also adds save file support for new features as well and AO support for outside-the-room furnitures. If anyone is experiencing crashes, please report them via the bug report section.
I will be focusing on bringing back the disabled features (mentioned at the bottom) and adding level 6 in this cycle.
Check out the following release notes for all post 0.2 builds.
New Features
- Level 5 "Dungeon is not an exception"
- New zone "Express Shop"
- New zone "Gambling Den"
- New revamped waiting algorythm
- Level director system to prevent critical game crash
- Improved navigation and CPU thread allocation
- Zone and furniture availability is now level specific
- New lobby background and patch timer
- Camera rotation
- Staff responsibility and section assignment
- Staff level up and specialization
- Extended staff control UI
- NPC selection outlining
- Animated cursor
- Extended room information
- Improved zone drag response and detection
- Plant watering and reward system
- Revamped staff control logic
- Improved helper message logic
- Spa water FX (refraction based and no more reflections that eat CPU time)
- Spa bath takes up to three guests
- Spa bath water and fx reworked
- Spa changing booth curtain retextured
- Revised bench allocation
- New furniture - Advertising board
- New furniture - Chess table
- New furniture - Book shelf
- New furniture - Sword stone
- New NPC - mage
- New NPC - rogue
- Spam & scam system
- Exiting UI windows changed to right mouse click
- New UI font
- New Particle renderer and FX queue
- Optimized game performance
- Mail list scroll bar not working
- Wrong help tips (bathroom, receptiondesk)
- Added npc warp and fx
- Improved throw up sequence
- Improved handyman navigation
- Pathfinding improvements (very minor, still WIP)
- Added maiden work allocation
- Bartenders can research (Improves quality of mead which influences sobering up speed)
- Dirt particles are pooled (slightly larger memory foot print, but helps performance)
- Monthly report mails merge (Prevents mail clutter)
- Improved NPC path correction if disturbed mid transition
- Added staff level up features
- Ambient Occulusion FX for furnitures
Fixed Issues
- Launch screen shows nothing after entering lobby
- Fireplace furniture relocation causing some navigation issues
- Chess players getting stuck at chair upon finishing a game
- Crash when room is destroyed while the NPC is leaving the room
- maiden dual threading causing cleaning and delivering food at the same time
- Rooms not getting saved after a loaded game is saved
- Fireplace crashing the game
- Missing bench was addded back to level 3
- Furnitures hindering zone dragging
- Spa door and Express shop door getting NPCs stuck
- Small font size for some panels
- Research thread error
- Right clicking mid tutorial closes open panel
- Rats not dying upon click
- Staff area setting crashing beyond 64+ areas
- Staff list scroll
- Research thread error
- Picked up staff gets stuck between room walls
- Texture anistropic filter not working
- Texture resolution halved in lobby
- In game menu option saving not working
- Shadow settings not reflected via in game option menu
- Restroom queue system malfunctioning after a relocation
- Height offset causing floating guests.
- Guests warping to destination even when path is not stale.
- Mail menu not opening after firing a staff
- Rewritten door entry/exit algorythm
- Lobby menu showing before its sequence
- Furniture relocation not working
- Build version visibility
- Random crashes happening on some machines
- Clerk staffroom visiting error
- Wrong icon image and price shown for chess table
- Lobby ui position wrong after resolution change
- Adjusted some item prices down
- loading screen typo
- All staff members sitting on one couch.
- Clicking on kids sometimes crashing the game.
- Spa fee capped at 20 Gold.
- Restroom and gambling den fees not getting charged.
- Maidens research even when they are tired when manually dropped in the room.
- Bartender getting stuck at bar.
- Knights not paying fees after using exercise mats.
- Door relocation post-building not working.
- Adjusted Scam & Spam cycle (less spamming)
- Added target texture to hammer cursor
- Wait/Leave settings not getting saved
- Mead quality improvement not getting saved
Temporarily Disabled features
- Bard contracts system (Experimental)
- Furniture damage and repair system (Experimental)
- Bar Fighting and brawl (Experimental)