nasKo Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 And so begins a bold new era of… Thursday. Build 38 We realise the 38 release has been built-up a fair amount, it’s been on the brink for so long while we mop up this bug and that – but on the approach to release on Monday we realised that some aspects of the build’s optimizations hadn’t been properly integrated in recent 38 builds, and as such as a whole the ‘release candidate’ hadn’t received sufficient public testing. There’s a lot of changes under the hood in Build 38, and the last thing we want is for an unironed version to go out and disrupt people’s ongoing games. It’s all in place now, however. As such, if you’re an IWBUMS tester or fancy being one for the day, please jump into the latest beta – let us know how it runs for you, and we’ll press ‘go’ when we see enough green lights. Build 39 (aka Vehicle Test Build 21) As mentioned in a previous Mondoid, we now have various people working on Build 39 (the vehicles build) so have a ‘gameplay’ coder and Bitbaboon Steve doing general optimizations – all alongside Yuri’s existing ‘nuts and bolts’ engine and physics work. As such, Vehicles Build 21 has been released with a bunch of stuff intended to gel our vehicles ever tighter to PZ gameplay. This includes: Simulated gear shifts are now based on your engine rpm, the number of gears your car has and the max speed. Previously it would just work on the speeds you hit. You’re now slowed and have less traction if you’re driving off-road. [In future builds constant off-road driving will also reduce a vehicle’s condition.] Car keys are now a more important aspect of the game. They are mandatory when it comes to starting an engine or turning on headlights, and have a (small) chance of spawning already in the ignition or in the glove box. A ‘car locked’ sound is also heard, rather than the characters say ‘locked’ out loud like a weirdo would. If you have Level 2 Electrical Skill then you can Hotwire a vehicle if you can get inside. Better and more modern cars are trickier to hotwire, and a failed attempt will result in damaging the ignition. In larger vehicles like vans and emergency vehicles you can fit more characters inside in MP – and rear seats can also be used as containers now. Vehicles are no longer empty of ‘life detritus’. They now have loot tables that reflect their past owners. Every day vehicles might have bags of rotting groceries inside, uneaten candies and old magazines. Meanwhile there’s a small chance that a pick-up might have a fisherman’s equipment, while a pick-up could have been a carpenter’s work vehicle – and as such have a trunk full of items that reflect his work. General changes: gas consumption now dependent on what gear you’re in, and more forgiving. Reduced chances of stalling. Balanced vehicle storage capacities. Vehicles audible from a greater range. Can no longer drive through double doors. (Sorry ) Moar vehicles A few threads have popped up on the forum saying that we could do with a bit more variety in vehicle models to make things look a little bit more realistic – and as such Martin has been modelling up some different variants on existing car models, as well as creating a few new ones, for Mash to paint up some textures for. These won’t appear in Build 39, most likely, but will pop up in the relevant areas in the versions that follow A general list of stuff added to PZ, and vids of features being worked on, is kept here – so you don’t have to plough through endless dev blogs for info. The Centralized Block of Italicised Text would like to direct your attention to the PZ Wiki should you feel like editing or amending something, and the PZ Mailing List that can send blogs like this and patch notes direct to your mailbox. We also live on Twitter right here! Our Discord is open for chat and hijinks too. Legoland99, trombonaught, myhappines and 2 others 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DresdenBBQ Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) Nice Thursdoid, a rocket one to start off with! I have a personal request as a community member, you y'all perhaps, add a uh 1987 Honda Civic Hatchback. I feel it would really fit the the time period And this is America after all so I don't know if y'all have added it yet but this is in America and it wouldn't be America without some Muscle cars to boot. Anyway thanks for the consideration and I appreciate the work as always Take care, Q.G (PS, Jeeps are also really awesome and if they're not in the build yet I recommend those too!) Edited September 21, 2017 by Queen Glory Legoland99 and Tails 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myhappines Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) Good job guys. Hope we will see new vehicles soon. Edited September 22, 2017 by myhappines Legoland99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikelord Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Looking forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legoland99 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Please think about doing a SUV I saw that cool looking sedan already! Kuren, Tails and myhappines 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myhappines Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 5 hours ago, Legoland99 said: Please think about doing a SUV I saw that cool looking sedan already! Yeah, hope to see something like jeep cheeroke too. Also some kinds of big road vehicles, like buses, tow trucks, lorries. Kuren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legoland99 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Yassssss ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DramaSetter Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Thursdoid.. I Still can't get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DresdenBBQ Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Thursday is a boooresdoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommysticks Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) Please consider adding this vehicle, as it would not only add to realism, but also overall awesomeness. Thank you for your time. Edited September 22, 2017 by tommysticks Svarog, Phil81, myhappines and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromatic_Corgi Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 If we don't get this I'm going to quit this game 4 lyf. myhappines, Patrick H, DresdenBBQ and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DresdenBBQ Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I did an honest to goodness situation and this is what it turns into? Legoland99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromatic_Corgi Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, Queen Glory said: I did an honest to goodness situation and this is what it turns into? Well they say that they want dragons so this is pretty close. DresdenBBQ and Legoland99 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legoland99 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) Do I smell a Thursdoid today ? XD (please oh whoever is out there listen to my puny prayers) Edited September 28, 2017 by Legoland99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromatic_Corgi Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 11 minutes ago, Legoland99 said: Do I smell a Thursdoid today ? XD (please oh whoever is out there listen to my puny prayers) Well they said every thursday so I would assume so. Legoland99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legoland99 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Just now, M'aiq The Liar said: Well they said every thursday so I would assume so. "Awaits the update like a mad dog since he's down with the common cold and trapped in his house* DramaSetter and Necromatic_Corgi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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