FTD has been updated to the latest version of the Unity3D game engine (Unity 5.6, we were on Unity 4.7) and we've also incorporated a HUGE balance patch and a lot of new features. I know you've been waiting a long time for an update but hopefully this one will be worth the wait! The migration to the new engine took a long time but opens up a lot of new doors for development and I believe FTD is running better than ever.

Change Log

Game Engine updated from Unity 4.6 to Unity 5.7 Added - 1m wood block variants that were previously only available by toggling F10 now available from build menu under wood block Added - Mock wheel items Added - Laser 3m laser pump Added - APS 6m and 8m recoil absorbers Added - APS EMP,HE,Frag APS shell heads Added - Circular weather vane variant Added - Circular propeller variant Added - Jet and ion Circular variants added Added - Aero rudder and Aero elevator components added to use with (or replace) the tail plane component Added - 3mx3m and 5mx5m turret prototype sub-constructs added Removed - Old engine items removed Mechanic - Armor layering bonus changed from 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2,0.1,0.1 to 1.0,0.85,0.7,0.55, 0.4,0.25,0.1,0.1 Mechanic - Maximum volume option (For battles) in campaign increased from 50k to 200k Mechanic - Oil refineries now slightly more tolerant of altitude Mechanic - Fragmentation (All variants) now results in the expected angle of fragmentation, not a distorted cone Mechanic - Armour calculation for projectiles and hitscan weaponry changed from ((AP / AC) 0.45) + 0.05 = Effective damage multiplier To ((AP / AC) 0.50) = Effective damage multiplier Mechanic - Armour for Partial blocks (Slopes, Triangles) Apply partial reinforcement bonus (Equal to block type, triangles are 1/4, slopes are 1/2) General - Many blocks visually re-modelled General - Textures mid/part way reworked for better visuals General - Fastest video quality setting will now display half texture resolutions and highest will turn on soft shadows General - Some optimisation on simple projectile models General - APS shells bugging out with no gunpowder and one of the player skills (railgun only shells) bug fixed General - Wireless receiver ACB options fixed General - Spinblock controller and fortress controller model updated General - Simple weapons trails General - Huge ion thruster realigned General - Grenade launcher normal map General - Pistol duplicate material removed and redirected to the original General - Nuclear engine textures removed from resources and reference pointed to mod directory General - Steam engine mesh normals fixed (improved quality) General - Last of the texture import settings set (improved quality) General - Light block now using distortion shader (same as aps fire distortion or warp effect distortion) General - Wedge volume factor fixed General - Various particle effect improvements General - Shield visuals updated General - CRAM models re-exported with smoothing groups for proper lighting with the shader General - Minor mesh export fixes General - Re-exported missile blocks to fix smoothing map issues (also large reduction in verts) General - Missile parts excess vertices removed (some were 10x the required verts) General - Ricochet chance curve evened out so armour vs penetration is taken more into account General - Local weapon controller made more lenient for range of speed to engage General - sailing blocks updated General - spin block model/texture updated General - 'Lasers' build menu tab renamed to 'Energy Weapons' General - Min view distance from block decreased so you no longer look through walls walking around Stats - Wood HP buffed to 180 (From 120) Stats - Stone buffed to AC 7 (From 5). HP buffed to 300 (From 220) Stats - Metal buffed to AC 15 (From 10). Health buffed to 350 (From 280) Stats - Alloy buffed to AC 13 (From 7). Health buffed to 260. (From 140) Cost increased to 5 (From 4) Stats - Heavy armour cost reduced to 25 (From 40) Stats - Light block cost reduced to 20. (From 100) Health reduced to 50 (From 75) Stats - Surge Protector cost reduced to 20. (From 25) Health increased to 250 (From 150) AC buffed to 5 (From 1) Stats - Rubber cost reduced to 3. (From 5) Health buffed to 100 (From 75) Stats - Glass cost reduced to 1. (From 2) Stats - Lead cost reduced to 3 (From 5) Health buffed to 300 (From 200) Stats - ERA Armour is now a structural component. (Full block only, not the slope) Stats - Ram cost increased to 25. (From 15) AC buffed to 20 (from 10) Health increased to 1000. (From 400) Stats - Standard Door AC buffed to 15. Health increased to 250. Now a structural block Stats - Fuel Engine Hull Pipe AC buffed to 15. (Was 3) Health increased to 300 (From 160) Weight increased to 40. (Was 30) Cost increased to 10. (Was 1) Now a structural block Stats - Steam Engine Hull Pipe AC buffed to 15. (Was 10) Health Increased to 300. (From 280) Cost increased to 10 (Was 6.5) Now a structural block Stats - Deck Port Now has identical stats to 1x1x1 metal block. It is also now a structural block. Cost is (5), Same as metal Stats - Smoke Generator Now has identical stats to 1x1x1 metal block. It is also now a structural block. Cost is (5), Same as metal Stats - APS Firing Piece AC buffed to 20. (Was 15) Health buffed to 350 (Was 300) Weight reduced to 40. (Was 70) Stats - APS Ammo Ejector Cost Reduced to 20 (Was 50) Stats - APS Belt Fed Autoloader Cost reduced to 35 (Was 40) Stats - Firing Piece – CRAM AC buffed to 20. (Was 5) Health buffed to 350 (Was 150) Stats - EMP Pellet (CRAM) Cost reduced to 30 Stats - CRAM Gauge Increaser (All Variants) AC Increased to 15 (Was 10) Health Increased to 350 (Was 200) Cost reduced to 25 (From 35) Stats - CRAM Autoloader (Both Versions) Cost reduced to 25 (From 35) Stats - CRAM Hardener Pellets Cost reduced to 20 (From 25) Stats - Fragmentation Pellet (CRAM) Cost reduced to 30 Stats - Range Finder 5m AC Buffed to 10 (Was 7) Health Increased to 750 (Was 375) Stats - Range Finder 7m AC buffed to 10 (Was 7) Health Increased to 1125 (Was 562.5) Stats - Range Finder 9m AC buffed to 10 (Was 7) Health Increased to 1500 (Was 750) Stats - Armoured Range Finder 5m AC Buffed to 20. (Was 12) Health Increased to 1500 (Was 600) Cost increased to 70 (was 50) Stats - Armoured Range Finder 7m AC Buffed to 20. (Was 12) Health Increased to 2100 (Was 840) Cost increased to 100 (Was 70) Stats - Armoured Range Finder 9m AC Buffed to 20. (Was 12) Health Increased to 2700 (Was 1080) Cost increased to 125 (Was 90) Stats - All standard Detection Equipment (Everything in the Detection tab except ; Wireless Snooper, Missile Radar Buoy Holder, Missile Sonar Buoy Holder) AC buffed to 15 (Was 10) Health increased to 300 (Was 200) Stats - Spinblock, One Axis Turret, Two Axis turret; AC Increased to 15. (Was 10) Health Increased to 800 (Was 150) Stats - Sky Fortress Turbine AC Increased to 15 (Was 10) Health Increased to 1000 (Was 500) Stats - Missile Controller AC buffed to 12 (Was 10) Health increased to 300 (Was 100) Stats - Missile Gantry AC buffed to 8 (Was 3) Health increased to 150 (Was 100) Stats - Strategic Antenna + Dish Piece AC buffed to 15 (Was 10) Health increased to 250 (Was 150) Stats - Docking Station AC buffed to 12 (Was 1) Health increased to 600 (Was 100) Stats - Sub-vehicle spawner AC buffed to 12 (Was 1) Health increased to 250 (Was 100) Stats - Vehicle blueprint spawner AC buffed to 12 (Was 10) Health increased to 250 (Was 150) Stats - Small Propeller AC buffed to 15 (Was 10) Health increased to 300 (Was 150) Stats - Huge Propeller AC buffed to 15 (Was 10) Health increased to 2700 (Was 600) Stats - Small Jet AC buffed to 10 (Was 5) Health increased to 200 (Was 100) Stats - Huge Jet AC buffed to 10 (Was 5) Health increased to 1800 (Was 600) Stats - Small Ion Thruster AC buffed to 10 (Was 3) Health increased to 200 (Was 75) Stats - Huge Ion Thruster AC buffed to 10 (Was 3) Health increased to 1800 (Was 450) Stats - Wing + Aileron + Tailplane Health increased to 100 (Was 50) Stats - Jet Stabilizer AC buffed to 12 (Was 5) Health increased to 250 (Was 150) Stats - Heat Decoy AC buffed to 10 (Was 3) Health increased to 200 (Was 85) Stats - AI mainframe Cost reduced to 50 (From 100) Stats - Radiator AC buffed to 10 (Was 3) Health buffed to 200 (Was 100) Stats - Large Radiator AC buffed to 10 (Was 3) Health buffed to 1800 (Was 900) Stats - Ammo Storage + Ammo Parts box Weight reduced to 40 (From 45), volume factor reduced for same overall buoyancy Stats - Laser Munition Defence – AC buffed to 10 (Was 4) Health increased to 300 (Was 100) Cost reduced to 30 (Was 100) Stats - Laser Optics & Steering Optics – AC buffed to 8 (Was 4) Health increased to 250 (Was 100) Cost reduced to 20 (Was 50) Stats - Tactical Nuke – Cost reduced to 50 (Was 100) Weight increased to 40 (Was 4) Stats - RTG (All types) Cost reduced by 50% Stats - Small turbine AC reduced to 6 (From 46) Stats - APS Barrels (All types); AC buffed to 15 (From 12) HP increased to 350 (From 200/225/250) Weight reduced to 40 (Was 50) Stats - CRAM Barrels (All Except bomb chute.); AC buffed to 15 (From 10) Hp increased to 350 (From 150) Stats - Bomb chute; AC buffed to 15 (From 5) HP buffed to 350 (From 150) Weight unchanged (5) Stats - CRAM - Recoil Suppression Barrel; Muzzle velocity factor increased to 0.95 (From 0.9) Stats - Railgun Magnet Attaching Fixture Health increased to 300 (Was 200) Stats - Railgun Barrel magnet AC Health increased to 350 (Was 200) Stats - APS 3x3 Omni mantlet AC buffed to 28 (Was 20) Health Increased to 5000 (Was 3150) Stats - APS 1x1 Omni mantlet AC buffed to 20 (Was 15) Health increased to 500 (Was 350) Stats - APS 1x1 Elevation Mantlet AC buffed to 20 (Was 12) Health Increased to 500 (Was 300) Stats - APS 1x3 Elevation Mantlet AC buffed to to 20 (Was 15) Health increased to 1500 (Was 900) Stats - APS 1x2 AA Mantlet AC buffed to 20 (Was 12) Health increased to 750 (Was 450) Stats - Drill (Controller) AC buffed to 15 (Was 5) Health increased to 500 (Was 300) Stats - Extension AC buffed to 15 (Was 8) Health increased to 300 (Was 150) Stats - Verical/Horizontal Splitter AC buffed to 15 (Was 8) Health increased to 300 (Was 150) Stats - Small Drill Bit AC buffed to 25 (Was 15) Health Increased to 700 (Was 200) Stats - Large Drill Bit AC buffed to 25 (Was 15) Health increased to 6300 (was 1800) Cost increased to 100 (Was 60) Stats - Power Input AC buffed to 10 (Was 4) Health increased to 300 (Was 150) Stats - Torque Amplifier AC buffed to 10 (Was 4) Health increased to 300 (Was 150) Stats - Wing force per speed increased from 0.05 to 0.1. Cost increased to 5 Stats - Aileron force per speed increased from 0.1 to 0.2. Cost increased to 5 Stats - Aero Rudder, Aero Plane, Tailplane force per speed increased from 0.2 to 0.4. Cost increased to 5 Stats - Simple Laser cost from 40 to 100, Ammo usage from 10 to 40 Stats - Spinblock, One Axis Turret, Two Axis turret; AC Increased to 15. (Was 10) Health Increased to 800 (Was 150) (For 1x1x1) Stats - 3x3 One Axis Turret; 7200 Health Stats - 5x5 One Axis Turret; 20,000 health Missile - Interceptor kill strike range increased and damage increased Missile - HE warheads no longer detonate other missiles and instead push them away Missile - Thumper head Effective AP 6 > 10 Missile - duration reduced to 30 seconds (From 1 minute) Missile - Torpedo HE bonus damage reduced from 4x to 3x PAC - Impact effective AP 10 > 15 PAC - Pierce effective AP reduced 20 > 15 PAC – Explosive Shock damage percentage changed from 10% to 100% PAC - EMP, Damage reduced by 50% Ram - (Simple Weapon) Frontal drag reduced to 0.3 CRAM – Duration before projectile deletion increased from 20 seconds to 30 seconds APS & CRAM – “Heavy” Basic barrels added: AC 25, HP 900, Weight 200, Cost; 70 APS & CRAM – beamed(4m) barrels added, Heavy and normal variants APS – Flak Radius increased to 6x HE Radius (Was 2x), Damage reduced to 30% of HE (Was 50%) (APS) APS – Accuracy penalty removed from Disruptor shell caps APS - HEAT and HESH now explode on impact, and cannot ricochet APS - HEAT Air gap pen metric drain increased to 60. AP 6 from 10 (molten metal isnt known for its AP) APS - HESH cone angle 60 from 30 APS - HESH will also create spalling at 5 other airgaps randomly selected from the forwards hemisphere APS - Squash head thump effective AP is now 10 APS - Hollow Point Effective AP 6 > 10 APS - Hesh frag number divided by the square rooted AC of the armour it passes through instead of the raw AC. (HA=6.3, Metal = 3.6) APS – All fuse module kinetic stats increased to; (Excluding Inertial Fuse) APS – Shell health factor – 1.0 (Was 1.0), Kinetic damage factor – 2.5 (Was 0.5) , Armour Piercing factor – 1.5 (Was 0.2), Speed factor – 1.1 (Was 1.0) APS – Stabilizer Fin Kinetic stats increased to; Shell health factor – 1.1 (Was 0.95), Kinetic damage factor – 3.0 (Was 0.7), Armour piercing factor – 1.5 (Was 0.5), Speed factor – 1.0 (Was 0.95) APS – Super Cavitator Base Kinetic stats increased to; Kinetic damage factor – 1.5 (Was 0.6), Armour piercing factor – 1.5 (Was 0.4), Speed modifier – 1.0 (Was 0.9) Now has a maximum length of 100mm APS – Grav. Compensator stats increased to; Shell health factor – 1.1 (Was 1.0), Kinetic damage factor – 1.5 (Was 0.6), Armour piercing factor - 1.5 (Was 0.4), Speed modifier – 1.0 (Was 0.9) Now has a maximum length of 100mm APS – Reduce propellant burn barrel length requirement from 12*(Shell length)^0.75 to 6*(Shell length)^0.75 APS - Autoloaders start loaded; inputs start at max count down so they immediately load APS - Clips HEAT Vulnerability, 3m is now 33% (Was 0%), 6m is now 16% (Was 0%), 8m is now 13% (Was 0%) APS - 8m Autoloader, removed health loss from HEAT penetration (To match the rest of them) APS - New APS recoil absorber system; now has total recoil capacity which refreshes over time. Smaller absorbers refresh faster but have lower capacity RTGS - Produce energy 5 times a second rather than once a second (same total per second) Batteries - start full rather then empty Lasers - less engine power usage while game is slowed down bug fix Lasers - Wavefront no longer pierces multiple layers of smoke with its full potential, its now iterative per smoke as per the laser shields Lasers - frequency doublers AP bonus now scalar with pumps: 0.5AP per pump at 10 pumps scaling to 0.005AP per pump at 100 Lasers - Storage Laser Cavity health loss from HEAT penetration reduced to 40% (Was 100%) Lasers - Q Switch EMP Susceptibility Reduced to 40% (Was 60%), This now matches other laser components Laser - Steering optics & regular optics, removed health loss from HEAT penetration AI - General Purpose Processing Card, added EMP Susceptibility of 60% With protective drainage of 10 AI - Laser Warner EMP Susceptibility reduced to 40% (Was 60%) Health increased to 200 (Was 100) AI - Smoke Dispenser – Removed health loss from HEAT penetration Propulsion - Jet Engine (Small) & Jet Engine (Large) Removed health loss from HEAT penetration Propulsion - Ion Engine (Small) & Ion Engine (Large) Health loss from HEAT Penetration reduced to 50% Propulsion - Propellers speed cap increased to 100 (Was 50)

[ 2017-07-18 14:38:15 CET ] [ Original post ]