0.7.0 - Dec 20 2020

New controller polling code, new netplay code, tons of netplay improvements, a lot of code cleanup, more visual improvements, new knockback curves.

Features

• Controller polling is handled more reliably now
• A big portion of the netcode stack has been rewritten or overhauled, and should be much more stable
• Netcode now consumes even less bandwith
• First phase of new SFX work, plus new SFX encoding pipeline
• Lots of visual improvements

Balance

• New knockback curves, with a lot of move adjustments that aren’t directly comparable anymore
• Big balance pass, accounting for knockback/stun changes
• Xenon and Helium have been resized to be larger
• Can no longer tilt shield while in shield stun
• Parry window reduced to two frames
• Disabled stale DI system for now, to test without it and because it got broken and this is easier than fixing
• Bounce knockback curves reworked - now bounce higher
• Iron has a new up-tap
• Shield can now trigger during iasa frames
• Can no longer buffer actions out of dropping shield
• Lag-cancel window tweaked: active for 10 frames, but can input again after 7

Fixes

• Fixed some ledge options with control stick not working as intended
• Fixed parry audio being too loud
• Fixed shield knockback
• Tons of code cleanup and automatic linting, which caught a few obscure bugs
• Fixed damage displays rising further and further away from characters based on damage
• Bandaided Xenon bot’s recovery
• Fixed sound effects being pretty quiet
• Fixed being able to change spawn facing at the start of a game by holding a direction
• Frame-perfect reverse forward-tap now correctly uses the pivot version of the animation
• Fixed hot reloading of characters not working right if there is more than one of that character in game

Misc

• Tuned thresholds for tilts
• Improved ftilt vs utilt input
• Tuned out of shield control options
• Menu fits the screen better
• Remapping menu is spaced better
• Updated TypeScript, Node, FreeType, and other dependencies
• New logo
• itch.io client support (released as a hotfix on itch a few months ago)
• Improved controller debug display
• Cleaned up installation a bit (removed unused files + fixed some of the build process)