Welcome to Version 1.0.4, Build 6.2 - Update #46! We’ve got a few heavily requested features in the ACK this update, as well as added functionality for split-screen in the Home menu! This will be our last update until February... Seon is taking his family away on a much deserved holiday (much deserved for them after putting up with his long work hours).

Main Menu Split-Screen (Experimental)

By popular request, you can now drop in and out of split-screen games in the Home Menu. This means that once a game starts in split-screen, the second player is kept in the game until they deliberately drop out, rather than being ejected from the game at the end of the adventure. Menus like the Loot Shrine, Customise and Achievements are still accessible, however whoever opened the menu will have control over the UI. While a full-screen UI is open, the player not controlling the UI will have no input. Only the master player will be able to use the World Map. As the second player, to drop out of the game you’ll need to walk into the house. This has been a pretty fundamental change to our Menu system, and while we’ve tested it extensively we can’t guarantee there won’t be any issues. This is an experimental feature so we are sure you'll find bugs, and if you do, please report any issues you see on the forums!

Logic Switches

Logic Switches are a new tool designed to let objects using the “old” logic system (switches, pressure plates) talk to objects in the “new” logic system (Triggers, Events and Actions). It can be found under Entities -> Logic Switch. To set them up, just connect up to three switches to the logic switch the same way you would connect a switch to a gate, then open the Logic Switch inspector. There are two events that the Logic Switch will fire - “On Passed Conditions” and “On Failed Conditions”. Any time the state of any of the switches changes - one of those events will fire. You can also change the expected state of the switch from the UI at the bottom of the inspector, so you create combination locks of switches.

Blockers

Blockers are a trigger-esque object that covers an area of the level in our Fog of War. They are set up and sized like a Trigger and will cover an area in fog until a character walks into it or it’s disabled via an event. Blockers can be found under Entities -> Blockers.

Notifications

Notifications are a new dialogue system that allows you to display an on-screen message to the entire party via an event. You can customise the text, colour and duration of the message via the inspector, and they can be found under Entities -> Notification. Logic Switches, Blockers and Notifications are explained in the following video: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=374343115

1.0.4 (Build 6.2) Change List

New

• Added support for split-screen play in the Main Menu
• Added two new tags: “Arena” and “Gauntlet”
• Added an option to turn off on-screen keybinding icons
• Added an option to disable our custom cursor (will revert to your OS cursor)
• ACK: Added Logic Switches
• ACK: Added Notifications
• ACK: Added Blockers
• ACK: Added a new female ghost NPC
• ACK: Added 4x Fern Props and 4x Flower Props (both under Static props/Tree tab)
• ACK: Can now enable, disable and reset Logic Blocks via events

Changes/Improvements

• Reverted NPC talk radius to the old size
• Headings in Loot SHrine now flash to show which section you’re in
• ACK: Increased build point limit to 7500

Fixes

• ACK: Fixed trapdoor taking up incorrect number of tiles
• ACK: Fixed not being able to click on the fourth action when setting up an event
• ACK: Fixed effects not working with the Toggle action

1.0.4 build 6.3 hotfix - 14th January 2015

• Added UI blocking on full screen UI in the menu when another player is in menu
• Fixed issue where character can lose control of the UI in character select screen
• Fixed "Alert Box" UI not setting correct player UI navigation control after close
• Fixed being able to press BACK on character select screen on controller for payer 1
• Added checks to prevent campaign adventures from being placed on the world map as adventures
• ACK: Added some info to the Logic Switch about what it's intended use is
• ACK: Fixed notifications and logic switches not sticking to tiles correctly
• ACK: Fixed notifications and logic switches not clearing when a tile is removed
• ACK: Fixed some typos in the ACK

1.0.4 build 6.4 hotfix - 27th January 2015

• Added drag select for PAINT mode (yay)
• Campaigns on world map now have neighbours unlocked
• Fixed issue with creating new characters with controller
• Fixed 4th attack for FireLord and Ice Wizard not working on client machines on network games with high ping times

[ 2015-01-13 02:56:16 CET ] [ Original post ]