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Holomento Alpha 0.4.30

Melee Overhaul

  • Added melee attack auto-locking and snapping. When attacking with a melee weapon, the traveler will snap to the nearest enemy (within range). When using a melee attack with a ranged weapon, the traveler will auto-aim at the nearest enemy (within a larger range).
  • New sword and shield attacks and combos
  • New handgun/revolver melee-style attacks and combos
  • New rifle/launcher melee-style attacks and combos
  • New mage/bow melee-style attacks and combos
  • Added the ability to roll mid-combo (uses the same timing as a follow-up attack)
  • Updated melee and ranged VFX and finisher time-slowing effects
  • Added VFX for player hits
  • Updated player knockback timing
  • Added knockback and stuns for all (non-giant) enemies

Enemy AI Reworks

  • Enemies now often strafe around the player before attacking
  • Enemies with shields now have a chance to deflect ranged and melee attacks
  • Human-like enemies have a chance to dodge-roll a ranged attack
  • Added wolf enemy type
  • New continuous spawning system. If a zone has a skull icon it designates that enemies will indefinitely spawn here. The color of the skull denotes the difficulty of the area.

What's New

  • (Re)Added the Eastern Temple and Docks as starting locations
  • Added the focus beam attack type. The beam builds more damage the longer it is held on an enemy.
  • The Cleric class now starts with a focus beam item.
  • Added the coliseum mini-boss arena.
  • Added a Max FPS option with the following options: 30 FPS, 60 FPS (VSync), 120 FPS, 240 FPS and UNCAPPED
  • Added cliffs and improved collision in the lake area.
  • Added locked doors and keys. Dying with a key will reset it to its spawn location. Unlocking a door with a key will permanently store it in your inventory.
  • Added Blacksmith Ghaddo and his shop to the central valley region
  • Added an option to disable grass and snow trails
  • Added new gunslinger and cleric models
  • Replaced the shotgun with the "Lawman's Justice"

Bug Fixes and Optimization

  • Fixed a bug where the entrance to the sewers and the grotto were too dark.
  • Fixed broken collision on the bridge between the East Valley and Lush Valley
  • Fixed broken collision near rocks in several locations
  • Fixed a location where the traveler would get stuck near a log in the East Valley
  • Fixed several locations where the traveler would get stuck in the Lush Valley

Known Issues

  • There is a bug that causes players to get stuck at the "Press Any Button to Continue" screen. Please close and restart the game to resolve this issue for now.
  • Having multiple abilities and swapping abilities is currently bugged. Sometimes abilities will disappear and sometimes they will appear on the wrong slot.
  • Item descriptions and stats are bugged in the popup window that appears when standing near an item that can be picked up.
  • Temporarily forced weather to always sunny to prevent several weather related bugs

Enjoy 0.4.30!
Sean