Devlog KAG BUILD 2536 - Pickup Changes and Optimisations, TDM Mapcycle, 60FPS By Default, Modder Additions

BUILD 2536 - Pickup Changes and Optimisations, TDM Mapcycle, 60FPS By Default, Modder Additions

This build rounds up a bunch of community changes and internal fixes, plus improved translation support and some modder-requested features.

The main new feature this build is highlighting class-relevant items by holding C. This only works for items that are not hidden in darkness, but does reveal items behind bushes and bodies. This change was developed mainly by Diprog in cooperation with Asu, who optimised the code and added some requested features. You can see a discussion of the changes here and here - while somewhat controversial, these changes are purely opt-in (you have to hold the button to see the effect), and may help new players understand what items are important, while helping vets quickly identify hidden items. Pickup priorities have also been reworked by Asu to improve quickly picking up what you want in the field. I've added a death tip mentioning the feature.



This build also turns on "60fps" by default. Some minor issues have been fixed, but keep reports of anything strange coming! We'll continue polishing up any rough edges this month, and you can help by providing a good way to reproduce the issue you're having. You can re-enable capping the framerate with the new "capped framerate" option in the video settings if you do have issues.

We're looking at ways of capping the framerate to some variable target, for people with high frequency screens who's rigs cant quite manage 120hz, but who don't want to be stuck with 30hz.

The TDM map cycle has been reworked a little, with 3 unpopular maps being removed from the rotation, and 1 new map being added.

There's a little more translation support; particularly in the esc menu and the server browser. The RU translation has been partly updated, though there is still a little bit of google-translate in there. We're waiting on the translation teams to update each translation currently - if you'd like to contribute translations in your native tongue, you can do so through github. If you're having trouble figuring it out, get in touch with us on discord in the #development channel!

The "fused mutator-accessors" are provided for modder convenience - they mutate a property field and return the modified value, which can save you some typing and a couple of function calls for things like timers and hit counters. This was added at the request of some modders in discord.

Thanks to Asu, Diprog, Ni, and all the folks on discord, the forums, and github who prompted various changes!

Have Fun!
Max

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Maps

[fixed] maps folder name
[modified] TDM -3 maps, +1 map

Localisation

[added] support for votekick menu translation
[added] translation capability and a few minor fixes/improvements to spectator help
[added] placeholder translations to russian translation file for testing gamemode list translation + login window translation
[added] support for esc menu translation
[added] support for translating login window and gamemodes list in server browser

Misc

[modified] death zoom faster/less obnoxious with new interpolation
[added] highlighting for useful class items on [C]
[modified] Rename uncapped framerate option to capped framerate
[modified] Improve pickup priorities
[modified] AFK vote-kick renamed to non-participation (we already have automatic afk kick)
[fixed] climbing pass-through structures (such as enemy trapblocks)
[fixed] endless tth games due to teams not capping halls
[modified] properly handle ties in TTH (when neither teams cap a hall)
[fixed] climbing pass-through structures (such as enemy trapblocks)
[modified] slightly optimized pickup logic
[added] more precise pickups when hovering items
[modified] pickup doesn't depend on left/right player facing
[removed] "recently picked up" lists, which led to accidents/items "ignoring" pickups
[modified] reworked pickup priorities
[fixed] removing items from inventories didn't always call hooks properly, leading to incorrectly full inventories
[modified] clarified "All" -> "All Gamemodes" in server browser
[added] config version for updating any defaults in future

Modding

[added] net property fused mutator-accessors for micro-optimisation/convenience
    full list: add_s8, sub_s8, add_s16, sub_s16, add_s32, sub_s32, add_u8, sub_u8, add_u16, sub_u16, add_u32, sub_u32, add_f32, sub_f32

 

Try it and see ;)

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No, though they can see caches of kegs, as long as they're in the light. As they're most likely to be inside a workshop at base, it doesn't matter much imo.

 

Hotfix BUILD 2537 coming out soon.

This build fixes a low frequency crash issue that slipped through testing - sorry to anyone affected!

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[fixed] faulty assumption of blob handles going null if the blob was removed somehow; store network ids instead

I did! It's old code that hasn't been extensively tested, but if anyone has thoughts on how it could be improved i'd be interested in doing so. I wouldn't mind a load map list as well in sandbox maybe?..

 

Haven't played COD recently enough to remember this but I've heard similar sentiment multiple times. I'd definitely like something like that. Would need to take control of the mapcycle to scripts though, which may confuse things when it comes to mods.

We'll see if we can work something out. It'd definitely help cut down on map griping and give us a very good indicator of which maps were preferred.