Hi everyone! This is update is mostly a set of fixes to common issues that were preventing people from playing and causing some existing features to not work properly.
Here are the main ones:
- Pilot creation keyboard
- Rudder input binding
- Black screen when returning from mission
- Anti-ship missile guidance failure with only one waypoint
Also, there was a problem with the update process that cause some players' pilot save file to be overwritten. Sorry about that! That should no longer be an issue.
As I mentioned in the recent dev log, a lot of work is going into the mission editor and flyable fighter vehicle, so it will still be a little while before tangible new features make their way into updates. Please continue to let me know if you have any issues with the current version. Thank you all so much!
Here is a full list of changes:
Alpha v0.0.5
Improvements
- Added built-in keyboard for Pilot creation. Removed dependency on SteamVR keyboard
Changes
- Changed nav map to create map texture dynamically to support future procedural terrains (WIP)
- Adjusted fog falloff rate to improve visibility
- Reduced AoA induced drag on AI planes
- Adjusted colors of morning sky
- Changed island terrain textures
- Lowered anti-ship sea-skimming altitude
Fixes
- Fixed inability to read axis input from particular device if several are present
- Fixed AI Fighters had no extra drag with airbrakes deployed
- Fixed throttle trigger not affecting wheel brakes sometimes
- Fixed HMCS display elements visible from certain spectator camera position
- Fixed screen potentially staying blacked out when returning to menu from a mission
- Fixed aircraft seeming to teleport for a frame on origin shifts
- Fixed floating origin taking several frames to reset when camera moves a long distance
- Fixed weapons shifting back after being jettisoned
- Fixed anti-ship guidance with only one waypoint
- Fixed anti-ship missile crashing before hitting target in direct mode
- Fixed seams between terrain chunks on the island
- Corrected runway markings on the island airbase
- Fixed some jerkiness issues with chase spectator cam