Development blog

2014 December 24th

Fixed the Contact Us form on the webpage, apparently it was broken for awhile. Sorry for not replying to any comments you may have sent.

Added paste option to all edit boxes by pressing ctrl+v. Added ability for certain avatars to be restricted to pre-order only accounts.

Fixed bug in instanced object shader not taking into account world shadow. Optimised client side collision function slightly.

2014 December 23rd

More work on the registration system.

2014 December 22nd

Finished up the account menu. You can now see your total play time across all online servers. Accounts can now be registered to a key and the status of accounts (paid/free) is passed to the server

E-mail addresses can also be registered to an account for password recovery when that feature is added. Note that registering an e-mail account is optional and will only be used for password recovery.

2014 December 21st

More work on account info menu. Started work on an admin system for the announce server.

2014 December 20th

Fixed a bug caused by optimizations in the last version, bug sometimes would cause random severe slow downs while the world is loading. Fixed bug in edit box not allowing '-' after the 1st character.

Optimized world loading slightly.

2014 December 19th

Started work on a new account info menu.

2014 December 18th

Added Mouse wheel filter option to config file.

Made Smithsonite and Cerussite ores much rarer.

2014 December 17th

Wrote a new shader for the NPC's. Now they are lit much better.

Fixed some more bugs in the FBX model export code.

2014 December 16th

Published news of the new releases on Steam Greenlight, IndieDB and Desura.

2014 December 15th

Packed up a new version of Brutal Nature and released it! Also took new screenshots for the media page.

Released: 0.50

December 15th, 0.50 is now released:

• Fixed all known bugs
• Added two avatars.
• Added avatar Selection menu.
• Added run, idle and jumping animations for players.
• Added a new scripting function (gMaterials.RecipeMakes) to check if a recipe makes a certain item.
• Added new shader for displaying models in the GUI.
• Optimized the vertex upload of terrain data, game play should be much smoother as the map loads now.     
• Changed flashlight effect to not illuminate so much around the player when in use.
• Changed script function that add weapons to support weapons with different conditions.
• Changed Weapons spawned in crates to have lower condition to promote making your own weapons.
• Changed Cassiterite to be darker so it would stand out more.
• Changed model loader slightly to make reusing of animations easier.
• Improved world download speeds.
• Removed shortcut in basic tools quest that checked if you had a hammer since you can now get hammers from chests instead of crafting them.
• Reduced health damage from eating uncooked boar meat and mushrooms.
• Fixed NPC's, wiring, etc from being visible past terrain viewing range as the world downloads.
• Fixed explosive weapons to use correct bounding box for animated NPC's and avatars.
• Fixed bug in recipes using bronze shapes.
• Fixed bug in recipes using 'Wood Ash'
• Fixed bug where treasure chests with nothing in them could spawn.
• Fixed bug relating to mouse not updating its center position if the user moved the window.
• Fixed bug where NPC's could appear backwards at times.
• Fixed bugs in the FBX animation export code.

2014 December 14th

Added jumping animation. Did some more play testing and started packing up another version for release.

2014 December 13th

Setup running animations to play depending on what direction a player is running in.

2014 December 12th

Changed flashlight effect to not illuminate so much around the player when in use. Selected the 10 animations for my Mixamo Indie subscription.

2014 December 11th

Did more play testing. Fixed explosive weapons to use correct bounding box for animated NPC's and avatars.

2014 December 10th

Majorly optimized the vertex upload of terrain data, game play should be much smoother as the map loads now. Extended script function that add weapons to support weapons with different conditions. Weapons spawned in crates now have lower condition to promote making your own weapons.

2014 December 9th

Finished up preventing NPC's, wiring, etc from being visible past terrain viewing range as the world downloads.

2014 December 8th

More work on preventing NPC's, wiring, etc from being visible past terrain viewing range as the world downloads. Improved world download speeds.

2014 December 7th

Tweaked tutorial slightly and play tested it. Started work on preventing NPC's, wiring, etc from being visible past terrain viewing range as the world downloads.

2014 December 6th

More work on the network code due to the changes of adding an avatar menu. Removed shortcut in basic tools quest that checked if you had a hammer since you can now get hammers from chests instead of crafting them. Added a new scripting function (gMaterials.RecipeMakes) to check if a recipe makes a certain item.