Steel And Sinew Playtest · published
Systems
Added Team deathmatch game mode
Added auto-team balance for TDM
Added team markers, chat name colors and killfeed colors for teams
Added 30 min countdown before winning team announcement and map reset Maps
Added team deathmatch forest map
Updated duel map visuals Combat system
Made changes to damage calculations to account for the new layer system
Added fluid blocking - you can now hold rmb and just move your mouse to change directions
Added fluid attacks - both fluid options are enabled by default, you can disable them if you prefer classic inputs
Made massive improvements to animation readability and overall combat responsiveness
Added bow weapon type
Added draw power for bows - draw power influences the arrow's drop,velocity and damage output
Added new ammo slot - currently used for different arrow quivers, it will also come in handy when I will be adding throwing weapons
Added one handed melee combat for archers and different loadouts
Added unarmed mode
Added weapon swap on mouse scroll up/down - will be adding 1-2-3-4 key swapping aswell in a future patch
Added weapon swap cooldown
Improved combat netcode
Doubled stamina - to accomodate for bigger maps
Doubled stamina regen
Decreased sprinting turncap
Increased melee upperbody offset sensitivity
Visual, sound and effects Animations
Animations
Changed the way attack animations are blended and improved readability
Added weapon swap animations for all weapon types
Added bow movement/draw/release/sprinting animations
Added one handed movement/attacking/blocking/sprinting animations
Added unarmed movement/sprinting
Sound effects
Changed shield blocking sounds - previously it was hard to tell wether you blocked correctly or it was a shield collision block ( stagger)
Added weapon swap sounds based on weapon material
Added drawing/releasing arrow sound
Added arrow flight sound
Decreased footsteps sound volume
Visual effects
Added block particles based on weapon material
Added arrow trail
UI
Changed character customization UI art and made changes to the layout to better fit the new layer system
Added buttons for character rotation in character customization menu
Replaced main menu background with a 3d render of the team deathmatch forest map
Added a ''join discord'' button to main menu
Changed background music to better fit the 14th century style and atmosphere
Changed all main menu buttons
Updated road map
Changed server browser and settings UI art
Added a ''controls'' button inside settings - this is where you can enable/disable fluid blocks and attacks, change camera sensitivity, directional deadzone and edit keybinds.
Updated in-game escape menu UI art and settings to match the main menu art
Decreased scoreboard size
Fixes
Fixed a crash that consistently happened when changing graphics presets while in-game
Fixed an interpolation issue causing upperbody offset to look choppy
Fixed a bug that made the weapons widget show your opponent's main weapon instead of yours
Fixed an issue that caused the bow's crosshair to get stuck when canceling a draw or releasing early
Fixed a spawn bug that gave you a bow crosshair when you spawned unarmed
Fixed a bug that allowed you to equip a two handed weapon and a bow simultaneously
Fixed a bug that allowed you to shoot while jumping
Fixed a respawn bug that gave you a simple dot crosshair when spawning with a bow in hand
Fixed the cart's collision on duel map
Done first optimization pass on the TDM map after last test
Fixed a bug that made it so your mouse cursor hid after sending a message in spectator mode and made it difficult to pick a team
Fixed TDM endscreen not showing up for everybody consistently
Fixed a bug that caused chat focus interruption, if you were typing a message and recieving a message in chat history at the same time your text would lose focus before u had a chance to finish typing/send
Fixed chat history being deleted on death
Fixed chat history auto scroll not fitting multiple rows
Fixed a bug that allowed you to trigger an instant attack if you inputed two left clicks at the end of a previous swing's commitment
Fixed a bug that caused getting stuck in blocking animation by pressing lmb+rmb simultaneously, the ghost attacks that were possible through this bug are also gone.
Fixed T-posing and attack animations on death
Fixed a respawn zombie bug