Ok, another intermediate update before turning towards 0.8 (Gamma). This one focuses almost entirely on performance. I addressed some major problems I just now became aware of, the game should overall run much better now with less frame rate drops.
HDog Ace Access Build 0.7412 (X-Ray)
- Added additional easy checks preventing the game from executing many unnecessary but expensive checks in the background
- All enemy types now check whether they exist before executing all their behavior checks at every frame
- In many cases, easy conditions now take priority over collision checks
- Fixed ground enemies continuously checking if they are really still on the ground
- Enemies in "dying" state generally no longer check for things they need to to consider while alive
- The game no longer inquires at every frame for every player shot and ever possible proc chance about whether the shot got a successful proc roll now
- Removed many other unnecessary background processes
- This changelog is getting kinda embarrassing... 0_o :D
- Additional minor performance fixes
- Zones beyond 3 should no longer end the game with empty waves (Boss 3 appears again now, placeholder)
- Activating mouse aim with Shot Displacer equiped no longer overwrites the shot displacer cursor and should display reticle position correctly now
- Fixed changing screen glitch amount in options displacing the option reticle
- Turret Mount rotation speed is now based on your normal turn speed, turret rotation speed is always lager than turn speed and scales up with additional turret mounts
- Night vision no longer affects fixed ui
- Adjusted zone specific tunneling turn speed modifiers to be more in line with the tunneling speed modifiers
- Fixed some missing mount points on zone 3 ground props
- Fixed bad quote on Bomb Bay in pause scree
- Fixed dodge state on missile turrets not taking effect
- Cloud cover now has a slightly nicer upper edge
- Ruin ground props now have a night vision outline
- Fixed night missions having a sun ^_^
- Not firing for a while now spawns a attack marker pointing towards the closest enemy
- Boss 2 now gets repositioned if your distance yourself too far from it
- Slightly improved transition between night vision and intermission scene
- Nerfed speed boost passives a bit
- Blade Hull now has a jet weight penalty
- The game now remembers whether you have mouse aiming enabled (tutorial currently overwrites the setting)
- Fixed hostile AWACS sometimes spawning on collision course with floating islands
- Fixed a problem preventing hostile VLS from from firing
- Fixed smoke trails sometimes not correctly attaching to boss 2 wreckage (?)