AreaZ Demo · published
Hi
it has been an very difficult time for me both professionally and personally.
Anyway things are getting slowly better, so I would like to restart the development.
Its quite metaphoric - with reptiles update - as development was on turtle speed... On the other side, it hard shell helped to survive this difficult time.
I am blocked by current stage UE 5 - where each new engine version 5.1 -> 5.2 -> 5.3 causes lower performance. Still trying to identify he cause for it. Unfortunately until this is solved, the production of new maps is totally blocked and had to be postponed towards 2024.
The debugging is painful and slow process as I have to do manual updates between versions 5.0 up to 5.3
Anyway to bring something positive - thanks to that I have managed to slightly improve performance of existing build. F.e. so called "showroom camera" - in inventory clothing tab is rendered now only when player is actually in inventory, so improved performance by 5 FPS. And there is more.
Also I have improved the movement of reptiles. Turtles, tortoises, crocodiles and komodo dragon now copy the terrain inclination. Remaining animals - bear, goat, boat will be addressed by their 3rd party artists. So i do not want to make double work.
Thank you for your support! and understanding.
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I will be also pleased to answer any questions.
Juraj Bachar
Game Creator