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Another month; another massive update! We have completely reworked and replaced the in-game GUI/HUD, which now scales and works well on any TV/display. There's a ton of improvements around that, like li'l pioneer heads next to each player row, so it's easy to tell who's who when co-op action is on. Blueprints now also show much more clearly, with their stats and data written out in the GUI, instead of crowded onto the thumbnails. That's only the beginning of the many areas of improvement and fixes in here this time around - loading should be MUCH faster yet again (advanced tip: especially if you clean up old bloated textures etc with the special "Delete Temporary and Backup Folders and Files.bat" in the install folder), and the game runs way better on weaker computers due to texture size optimizations. FINALLY, we think we have squashed the last remaining save data bugs... this whole system is quite complex with all the stuff going on in the huge Planetoids, so we were chasing these for way too long. Now your progress data really should be safe. As usual, here's the complete list of the multitude of things we've improved, now sorted by category for your perusal pleasure:

MOST NOTABLE UPDATES THIS TIME AROUND:

Reworked Blueprint Menu UI
Reworked look of resource bars
Improved memory usage, performance and loading times
Fixed save data loss bugs
Prepared remaining english parts of the game for translation
Added external lua scripts for scenes
A lot of other requested bug fixes and polish

FULL CHANGELOG:

ADDITONS

Added % to carnageoid script to test bug
Added detailed time logs when loading scene when engine loads.
Added feature: particle orientation by gravity
Added and bound Assembly::GetHighestPointAboveCenter(SINGLE rWithDistance)
Added and bound assy:GetHighestPointAboveCenter()
Added and bound scene:IsIncludedBP(rBlueprintName)
Added some missing drag and drop strings to en/de
Added localization strings for drag and drop to en/ge
Added new featured scene
Added missing strings to pl,ro,ru
Added 'cancel' to translation
Added missing lines to c2d/locale files for spark station hint - needs re-translation in all locales unfortunately
Added size and color option to particle System UI Text
Added missing death effect to all golems
Added face pictures to res panel
Added missing actions to en and de
Test code removal in recent added function
Added text feature to particle System in UI
Added latest RU
Added controller button tips to map clickables
Added new translation strings to RU.json
Added action names to en and de
Added CATEGORY word to en and de translation strings
Added latest RO.json
Added latest RO translation
Added translation strings for blueprint popup
Added Scanning and Completed! labels above particle System added BP
Added Scanning and completed labels above added blueprint eff
Added locale menu works with controller
Added blueprint menu strings to en.json
Added loading times to log
Added Durango as additional platform
Added blueprint menu translation strings
Un-commented resources strings transl in Ru, added Polish localization
Added store page translations to en.json

UPDATES

Update: Activity script exports to file and edited via ZeroBrane Studio now
Pioneer plays jump anim when jumping out of vehicle
Adjusted controls tip position and size in carnageoid
Removed old label 'Loading scene-name", now only in edit mode
Updates and reviews of loading engine procedures
Merged in Todd's updates on Joint and particle System editor tool tips
More detailed time logs in steam init and items retrieve
Ignore steam_appid.txt
Updated LuaManDocs
Renamed GetAssembliesByOriginID to GetAllBrokenOffAssemblies
Removed old ps:SetTexture from some places
Steam shop uses new blueprint bg
Set ship hud marker to be rotated by gravity
Correctly displaying vehicle arrow at highestPoint above joint
Optimized all blueprints textures size
Updated Tip * Arrow particle Systems by gravity, fixed positioning to/from pos
Hid cbobs secret face
Updated GetHighestPointAboveCenter by gravity
Using highestPointAboveCenter for vehicle names
Texture clear test disabled
Test: clearing text layer texture and stencil before rendering into it
Send error log and quit app if Coherent UI init failed
Update: choosing user config from local or cloud based on date-time
Coherent 2.5.0.1
Updated copy hints for drag and drop
Made drop icon bigger
Increased max table length in debug outputs
Localised "Cancel" button in blueprint menu when using joypad
Printc prints readable tables
Ai doesnt attack pioneer capsules
Fully translated the previously bugged terminal hint in de
When standing next to body take over is instant
Updated robot death effect
Updated blank planetoid strings
Fix not showing res bars when player dead or respawning - and ui is not being updated
Updated Blank Planetoid text PS
Crazy bob with eye balls in UI panel
Intrinsic zero
Pioneer picks weapons from back of dead pioneer more reliabely
Also moved resume text to where pause text is
Blueprint popup texts dissapears a bit faster so
Moved down pause text so it doesnt overlap with area name
Fixed c2d_update.on_start_fading_to_menu() call was missing
Slower zooming on mouse wheel in menu scene
Updated Blank Planetoid and removed test stuff
Reworked all HUD particle Systems to use text feature
Finished particle System - Render in UI feature and set that to all HUD PSs
Mergin in updates on particle System in UI
Removed old label "loading scene...
Removed now unused image processing library source code from external directory tree
Gorilla.lib for xbone
Ga_xaudio2.cpp as c++
Gorilla audio ga_xaudio2 must be compiled in c++ mode with xaudio2 2.9
Xbone lua51 library and build configuration
Upgrade to lua 5.1.5
Not asking player to confirm abandon body when he is seeing the take over tip
Players can not fall asleep when looking at map
Windows build solution update
Upgrade external sources lua-5.1.4 to lua-5.1.5
Spellchecker pass de.json
Completed german translation
Introducing luajit-2.0.5
Remove temporary build files from luajit-2.0.3
Translating gladitator names and weapons in coliseum
Removed some prints
Fixed crash when trying to play music file out of list bounds
More info in saving error
Updated pl.json
Updated de.json
Removed old BPs
New feature, wip, particle System in UI
Simplified english vehicle and tool names
Hiding texts when blueprint menu open, the simple way for now
Polished blueprint popup blinking
Not deleting all blueprint progress in savegame when cheating BPs
Visual tweaks to blueprint popup
Bpmenu: showing name also in status color, using same color for new stuff as in lua, removed blinking since it was too annoying then
Blueprint popup: showing if blueprint is new, all popups blink synchronous, using default lua green color
Code revision and old stuff removal in Renderer.cpp
Synced en.json
More de translations
Commented out example of not working innerhtml for labels
Re-saved all blueprints with new preview picture sizing
Made saving blueprints with bigger preview picture
Path to UIViewListener.h file corrected
Link with w2_32.lib on xbone
Xbone entry point (main)
Exclude OpenGLBackend from xbone build.
Do not spawn things for dragging in xbone. it does not exist anyway.
Macro guarding dropfile code out of xbone compilation in G2DGame.cpp
Temporary compile guards for xbone (will not be using GL in reality)
Use modern locale API available on xbone.
Start abstracting UI and graphics for xbone
No droptargets on xbone
Compile guards for xbone
No getenv on xbone
Project settings for xbone compilation.
No drag and drop on xbone
Removed two more bps
Updated de.json
Removed some old bps
Update: blueprint menu scaling now by resolution
Made blueprint label blinking when other that 'Blueprint Ready'
Not showing blueprint ready if not enough resources
Blueprint menu displays kg instead of %
Displaying "new blueprint!" colored
Made c2d blue the same as lua blue
Other than selected blueprints darker now in blueprint menu
First pass compiling core library.
Changed blueprint background and resaved all BPs, also without HUD
Finished blueprint menu layout
Updates on blueprint menu, wip
Ifdef out WIN32 specific code determining locale
Ifdef out WIN32 specific performance code
SPlatformGetEnv implementation for *nix/osx
Introduced sPlatformGetEnv simplifying multiplatform FileSys code a little
Flag not using precompiled headers in all build types (debug, release, devrelease, quickbuild)
Use ApplySubstitution instead of ApplySubstitutionInplace as was attempting to operate on temporary object
Remove steam_appid.txt from build script on osx
Made lua and c2d error write with text layer
Blueprint menu types reworked using text layer
Reworking resources panel to use true font and accept scaling due to display resolution
Latest langauge files for german and romanian
Added "WIP" to unfinished translations
Got back the FLAG word to Settings and Planetoid
Fixed C2d logo loading scrreen
Syncing what's in PPLoc 's ru translation
Renamed FLAG Settings and FLAG Planetoid to a word without FLAG, so it gets localized right
Updated quitting screen using coherent text layer
Moved ru up in language list
BUILD NUMBER INCREMENTIN'
Fixed one ru translation issue with the settings/planetoid asteroid belt GUI buttons
Added german, synced best russian locale version from pptest
Removed german, not ready yet

FIXES

Fixed lua error when pressing X in carnageoid
Re-saved blueprints with fixed and fine scalled preview images
Fixed blueprint preview images rendering and tweaked scale
Fixed: some UI particle Systems were rendered in lightmap
Fixed climber rover shivering and reworked its jump
Fixed set_allow_atomize/assemble not working on build frame
Function return fix
Fixed new blueprint popup wrong color for 0.1 seconds
Fixed save not loading right pioneer if hes inlcuded in scene
Fixed pioneer respawned into is set to fly out with everything
Fixed hud creating hundreds of PSs
Fixed lua error in pp_ai
Fixed spot light on on pioneer in capsule
Fixed pioneer imperatus legs falling off all the time
Fix: now updating mixed camera on every frame, some labels and bubbles were shaking in coop mode
Fixed reverb - none on surface, good value in caves
Fix: checking all GL functions that Coherent needs are present and throwing error with incompatible system and missing function name
Fixed a bug where restarting in edit mode and then pressing no buttons could fail scenes
Fix: blueprint menu closing hint
Localized Drag and Drop texts, fixed 'add to activity' label
Fix: alpha now working for labels of WriteToScreen
Fixed part of IO save could get lost
Fixed table2string not counting depth correcly
Fixed pioneers dying in capsule not set dead correctly with all effects etc
Fixed lua error in pp_respawn
Fixed blank planetoid texts again
Fix: When game is paused and moving cam around in editor HUS particle System texts get spammed evrywehre
AB: fixed scene info overlapping with arrow and plaentoid
Fix: now not showing UI particle Systems and texts when any blueprint menu is visible
Fix: HUD particle System texts have to disappear when particles disappear
Fixed lms lua error
Fixed player join hint overlapping with res bars if there is too many players
Fixed some boulders not obtainanble
Fixed restart hint appearing before starting game
Fixed 'scene completed' appearing over dead pios
Fix: disabled text selecting in text layer
De spelling fixes
Fixed overlapping text hints for map clickables
Fixed mouse can hover multiple clicables and not playing controllers can select stuff too
Fixed camera not working in some cases with clickables and a lua error
Fixed spelling of february
Fixed wrong button hint in shop manager
Fixed lua error in workshop box
Fixed lua error in gun helper
Fixed lua error in loot orb
Fixed drone shooting itself
Prolly fixed cover falling off from door
Fixed clickables not working sometimes
Fixed typo in speech bubble
Fixed CATEGORY prefix cut when no translation found
Added CATEGORY prefix to blueprint Types in blueprint menu for translation fix
Fixed drag and drop in whole editor
Fixed New Scene button action in editor
Fixed lua error i just added
Fix: now not rendering res panel nor blueprint menu when fading in or from game
Fixed resetting game scene from menu scene left game scene selected
Fixed blueprint menu items sorting alphabetically and also by chosen language
Fixed res bar blinking white when empty, set bars opacity back to 100
Fixed pioneer not using new translations for pickup text hint
Fixed font border
Polished font scaling code, fixed C2D logo image
Fixed blueprint menu scaling and positioning
Fixed text positions in blueprint menu
Fixed warning and spelling
Fixed res bar not showing when no bar visible
Removed pch_ headers from CoherentUIView, ResourceFileHandler and UIViewListener until fixed in Coherent
Fix OSX compile errors
Fixed writing lua error only when opened editor at least once as it was before
Fixed texts cumulating bug when game paused or paused by editor
Fixed pioneer not respawning in right body when clicking respawn station

DEPRECATIONS

Deprecated get_highest_point and using GetHighestPointAboveCenter everywehere

We're super excited about some really really neat things coming down the pipe for PP later this year, so stay tuned!!

[ 2018-07-29 18:28:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Planetoid Pioneers

Data Realms Developer

Data Realms, LLC Publisher

2018-02-08 Release

Indie Singleplayer Coop Tags

Game News Posts: 33

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Mixed (349 reviews)

http://www.planetoidpioneers.com

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The Game includes VR Support

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DISCLAIMER: Do NOT buy this special edition UNLESS you want to get your hands dirty in the ongoing development of Planetoid Pioneers, which is inspired by classics such as Blaster Master (‘88), Metroid (‘86), and Exile (‘88). At this point, we are looking for those with a genuine interest in creating and remixing content within the unique Crush2D engine and the modular game structure we have already established.

If you simply want to experience a polished physics-driven game (nothing wrong with that!), feel free to add Planetoid Pioneers to your wishlist and wait until it exits its Early Access period. By that point, it will contain a complete yet expanding action-exploration adventure, hand-built by not only us on the official development team, but also in collaboration with the Contributor Community.

However, if you do choose to purchase the Contributor Edition today, you will:

Become part of the emerging Contributor Community, where you can collaborate and directly share content with the development team and your fellow contributors.
Be able to submit your creations for consideration to be integrated into the official shipping game, with your name then appearing in the credits.
With a single button press, have the ability to publish whatever you make to the free Steam Workshop, for anyone to rate, comment, and subscribe to.
Be among the first to have your very best Blueprints and Scenes considered for the Curated Item Workshop on Steam - where you would earn money on them!

About the first ‘Primoid’ Planetoid that will initially ship with Planetoid Pioneers:

After your space yacht undergoes an irksome Rapid Unplanned Disassembly, you find yourself marooned on a large Planetoid outside the orbit of Mars. To overcome this interplanetary Robinson Crusoe scenario, you need to use your Atomizer and Assembler tools to gather local resources and turn them into various vehicles, contraptions, and even organic life forms.

Explore, survive, and ultimately build a resource-intensive spacecraft to escape the dangers and mysterious caves of this circular world. Onto the next uncharted Planetoid for a completely different adventure - built by us or anyone in the Contributor Community!

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