Written by: Sundiata Wildfire Games, the international group of volunteers developing 0 A.D. : Empires Ascendant, is happy to present its latest development report. If you want to find out more about the development of this open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy game or if you are interested in game development in general, it might provide an … Continue reading
Policing a list of banned exploits sucks for any competitive game as it is a task rife with ambiguity. Two exploits were revealed quite recently, and while the community has been good enough to avoid breaking the game, it is best to fix them as soon as possible. Hence this update.
Zero-K would not be Zero-K without creative use of physics weapons so only the most broken aspects of the mechanics were patched. The real feature of this release is that players are again free to experiment without constraint. At this point, every trick or tactic that is possible within the game mechanics is allowed. Have fun!
(Note that using mechanics to troll is neither a ‘trick’ or ‘tactic’.)
Lobstervators and Placestations can no longer be built arbitrarily high in the sky. This is achieved essentially by making Lobster and Placeholder gradually lose impulse power at an altitude of around 600 to 1000 elmos, preventing unbounded expeditions into the sky.
Krow can no longer be made to oscillate to arbitrarily fast speeds.
Claws have been fixed, resulting in a DPS buff for Badger of at least 25%.
Chicken have received fixes for sea maps.
Hi! We have released a new version of Yorg! Let’s talk about the new features.
0.11 was the first release which provided the joypad support, using the new Panda3D’s input subsystem. In the first implementation, we missed some aspects. Now, the support should be meaningfully improved. First of all, it is far more customizable. Moreover, several issues have been fixed (e.g. braking, respawn, vibrations, …).
The joypad support has received the biggest amount of efforts, but a lot of other improvements have been added. The GUI has been tuned a bit (it should be easier to detect the current selection now). The camera has been improved (now it has more inertia and it should be smoother).
As for the bugfixes, some rare bugs in the AI have been fixed. Several fixes have been implemented (CPU usage, errors in local and online multiplayer, server’s code, audio, GUI, builds).
As for the refactorings, I did several modifications (some updates for the new Panda3D version; improved the networking code).
Finally, some internal code has been improved (now Setuptools is the only tool that builds Yorg; and some dependencies have been removed).
We have received several contributions from very kind people. Specifically, we have updated these translations: French, Galician, German, Scottish Gaelic and Spanish! A lot of thanks go to GunChleoc, Leandro, xin and Wuzzy!
Huge thanks go to Leandro for testing and for his competence. He gave me many suggestions for improving the joypad support. Yorg’s joypad support would not be as complete as it is now without his great contribution.
Other huge thanks go to the supporters: I couldn’t even face the basic costs of this project (hosting, VPS) without you. If you can still see any news from this project, it is because they are so generous.
You can find 0.11.1’s download links in Yorg’s page. There, you will find links to our pages on GameJolt, itch.io, IndieDB!
Finally, we would love if you may consider to support us. As usual, you may consider our campaign on Patreon (minimum pledge: only $1!). Thank you very much!
Here is the quick changelog:
