I apologize for the delay, this is now the latest changelog and build in history! Woo...
My upload speeds today were atrocious and I've no idea why. It took 5 hours to upload the newest test build to Google Drive for testers and another 3 to upload the actual build to itch.io.
Maybe it was going slow because of the horrendous heatwave that we've been experiencing recently.
Yes, that's probably it.
As this week is a build week the new build can be found here and from the header up top, as always.
A fair number of changes this week, nothing drastic that I can remember, but still a fair few.
I've got a couple of larger changes that I've been considering for the past bit, trying to take care of a couple problems that I've felt Wind Carrier has had; the fail state of death, for example. We'll see if I can get something up and going for the next update.
Which reminds me, there may very well not be an update next week as my wife and I are moving across town this coming Wednesday. I may work Monday and Tuesday, but I doubt I'll get much done during the latter half of the week. Along with that, there is also a chance that I will not have access to the internet by next Friday. It depends heavily on the whims of the Finnish postal system. :p
One thing that I fell needs explanation is the grass fix.
Note: This was written at a different time than the larger portion of this update. Please ignore the tonal shift, if there is one.
I fixed the grass and for anyone who may have something similar I am going to try to explain what I think was happening. I have used Simplygon to make LOD's for my landscapes and generally, since this computer is 8 ish years old, I play and work on Wind Carrier on the lowest setting. I had noticed that doing this does not have the LOD's for the landscapes properly switched, nor does it allow the LOD's for other things to switch, but when testing that really doesn't matter.
So, I noticed that grass maps built entirely fine on maps that I had not created LODs for yet, so when I switched the engine to 'epic' settings, it cleared up the entire problem. It was because the proper LOD landscapes were not loading in, so it couldn't build maps on something that wasn't loaded.
Kinda weird, but hey, it's fixed now! Woot!
Anywho, to the changelog!
Changelog
-Grass is back!
-Updated the way that weather is handled and added the option for more types in the future
-Updated most wind-based spell effects (Hurriscale, Scale Dance, etc.)
-Optimized the aforementioned spells' particle effects as well
-Added Pinecone Bomb and Crystalline Barrage to random NPC stock
-Pinecone Bomb and Crystalline Barrage have also been added to the random stock of the Hummingbird and Mirrä'där merchants respectively
-Shrines now spawn wind priests
-Priests have a lower chance to gift, but they only gift population normally
-Have a low chance to gift Wind Priest Garb
-Once the player's home has been upgraded, random civilians have a chance to spawn as home-upgrade specific NPCs which gift different equipment and items
Player Updates:
-The Priest path now begins with a Wind Priest Garb instead of a Loincloth
Item Updates:
-Added Wind Priest Garb
-Randomly gifted by wind priests
-Offers little in terms of combat use, but increases the population gain rate by 10%
Card Updates:
-Added the Ashen Charge card
-Unique reward from A Single Drop
-Spawns a fan of Ashen Miirä'där which charge forward, dealing damage and leaving a damaging pool behind them
-Added Pinecone Bomb card
-Tier 1
-Can be harvested from pinecones high up in pine trees
-Sizzles for 2.5 seconds, then explodes, dealing damage and sending shards outward
-Added Pine Tree Guard card
-Tier 2, upgrades from Pinecone Bomb
-Heals
-Deals damage to enemies as they pass over the ring of pine needles
Bug Fixes:
-Fixed a bug where, if a creature only had rare drops and no normal drops, they would occasionally drop null items
-Fixed a bug where, on load, the quest indicator would not properly change if the player was too close to the quest location
Wind Priest Garb
I originally had this on a Saurian, but the default green didn't feel like it really showed the garb too well. :p
Pinecone Bomb
Just a size comparison, since it's just a pine cone which explodes.
Pine Tree Guard
This card heals those that stand nearest to the tree along with dealing damage to those that cross the ring of pine needles. I will also probably change the name of this card as it was a first draft name and I was unable to find anything better just yet. >.>
Scale Tornado
Just a quick shot to show the new wind effects.
The priest inside the tornado is just for scale.
So, until next time,
-Lucas Cady
Project Director
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