Major update1 Aug 2020Update 0.10 - More Boss Fights!I know it's been a long time but all I can say is it's 2020! As a solo developer sometimes you have to just bite the bullet and get a "real" job (aka one that pays a living wage) which is what I did. Development continues but I'm not able to work full-time on the game anymore. Bosses! There has been a "Prototype" boss fight in the Campaign mode for a while now and the feedback has been good! So…
This is just a small patch to address a crash that occurred when using the Flamethrower weapon. Bugfixes: · Fixed crash when an enemy dies from a Status Effect. · Re-enabled Datavaults in Dive mode.
Starting at 1am GMT on October 1st the Arcade leaderboards will tick over to the Fall 2019 Season. The Fall Season will last for 2 months until December 1st when we will transition into the Winter Season. Rankings for the Summer 2019 season will be archived and available to view in-game as will all of your past scores. Rankings for the Fall 2019 Season will be reset and start from scratch as th…
FALL 2019 SEASON STARTS OCTOBER 1ST! As the title says: There is exactly one month left in the Summer 2019 Arcade Season so get those Highscores in! There will be a big patch to accompany the Season change which will include new enemies, AI changes and new Arenas to play in. If you want to get a preview of what's to come then keep an eye on the SquidInABox Patreon where I will share everything…
I've re-enabled the Campaign but added a pop-up explaining that it isn't ready for prime-time and is not being actively developed right now. You can still play it if you wish but most of the fun stuff is going to be prototyped in Dive mode first. I've also made some small fixes for Dive mode which were actually being caused by changes to the Campaign. -Dive · Dive mode uses Wanted Levels. · Div…
After much consideration I have decided to remove the Campaign mode in it's current format from Waves 2. It will be replaced in time with a much more streamlined and easier to understand version however right now it is currently not available. This decision was made based on the fact that after several years of development only a handful of players have ever actually played it and enjoyed it. I…
Now that the freeze has turned into a crash (crashes are better they at least leave a crash dump file) I was able to hunt down the exact problem that was occurring and fix it. The crash was happening when there was nowhere left to spawn Triggers or Structures because there were too many Cell type enemies around. This happened mostly in smaller levels and more on the hardest difficulty. Now when…
This is a small patch to address a rare freeze that sometimes occurred when File Lockers were being spawned in Arcade. It's very hard to reproduce so this isn't guaranteed to have fixed it so if you are getting the game freezing (not crashing!) during arcade then please report it on the forums. Thankyou!
That's right! If you want to play Waves 2 on Linux then now you can! This is not emulation but a custom build. I've tested it on Ubuntu 18.04 and so long as you have the most recent proprietary graphics drivers for your hardware it should work fine. There are however some known issues on Linux: Known Issues (Linux) · Circular Progress Bars are too thin. · Supported resolutions aren't always acc…
If you have an AMD Graphics card AND you are experiencing a crash on startup then you should try the new OpenGL option in the launch menu. This crash is caused by buggy AMD drivers for older cards and as AMD doesn't support these cards anymore getting a fix for them is unfortunately impossible. Using the OpenGL launch option may fix the issue however it will likely result in the game looking a…
Just a small one this time. Difficulty modes in Arcade are now a thing! That's right if you want to just chill and do some PewPew or if you want a nightmare challenge you have the option. Leaderboards don't care what difficulty you used to get your score but the more bad guys that spawn the more points you can score so the higher difficulty modes have theoretically higher score caps. I also adj…
As is normal immediately after a big update there are smaller patches to address issue that the community has found. I'm very grateful to everybody who submitted bug reports and gave feedback on the forums and in the Discord. There were some bugs that were causing the game to be much harder than intended plus a few minor balance changes. EDIT: I've also switched from Unreals default Deferred Re…
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