Hey everyone, those of you who opted in the current branch of the game will soon update to Beta v7.8.
At the same time the default branch is updated to Beta v7.7, so everybody gets mouse support.
So what's new in v7.8?
- added Semi-All option in See Through settings
- added description for SPEED stat
- updated Advance skills to match movement speed option
- added command to rename teams
- Elo rating implemented for online matches
- players avatars displayed in map editor
The biggest one is definitely the Elo rating system and I am particularly pleased for this as it is one of the objectives of the early access.
Elo is a popular rating system used in many types of competitions, most famously probably chess.
Every player starts with an entry rating (1000 in this case), which gets updated after every online match depending on the oucome and on the strength of the participants.
It supports not just 1vs1 matches, thanks to a little trick, for example a 3vs3 match is regarded as a combination of 1vs1 submatches.
Notice that a team is considered winning if the alliance wins, even if all the characters from that particular team are dead.
The other changes are mostly in response to the feedback I received. Keep the comments coming as they are really useful.
Next step I want to work on configurable key bindings for those who use the keyboard and on different winning conditions, rather than total elimination of the opponents, which can get tedious at times.
I hope you enjoy the update.
Ciao,
Charlie