Posted November 28, 2024 by YeahMaybe
On the eve of this game's five-month anniversary (which is wild to think about), version 0.4.14 is finally out, after quite a wait. While I'm nowhere near satisfied with the state of this game yet, progress is progress, and I thank you for sticking around.
Additions
• A separate .exe is included which uses Godot's "Compatibility" mode.
• This excludes Vulkan, which may be responsible for some OBS-related crashes.
• Sacrifices some 3D lighting in order to hopefully be more stable.
• Support for custom studio models.
• Include a .glb or .gltf file named "model" in your studio pack, and it will be used.
• However, be aware that the larger a model file's size is, the longer it takes to load.
• You can also change the visuals for the player's score screen.
• Include an .ogv file named "screen" in your studio pack, and it will be used.
• The audio will be muted, and the video will play on loop as the score background.
• Video backgrounds are now supported for menu packs.
• Include an .ogv file named "video" in your menu pack, and it will be used.
• The pack will use the video's audio for the music and ignore any music files.
• If the game lags or stutters, the audio and video is prone to desyncing.
• You can now assign a success panel or audio reaction to individual judges in your judge packs.
• Unique audio for a judge will overwrite the score blip sound effect.
• Added Twitch voting.
• Option for either pass/fail binary voting, or 0-5 score voting.
• The keywords for these votes can also be changed. Emote names, full sentences, ect.
• Voting lasts 35 seconds by default. You can specify vote-ending at a vote number, or after inactivity.
• Pack-Weighted clip selection is now available as an alternative to "Uniform." Has some limitations:
• If your Clip Bias is greater than 0%, it assumes a clip bias of 100%.
• "Ordered" sorting is ignored, if it is on.
• I've had one instance so far where it chose a seen clip when it could've gotten an unseen one.
• In the "Extras" menu, there is a new interface to add and edit subtitles for voice packs.
• Fullscreen and window size options added to Settings.
Changes
• Added a startup screen that blatantly tells players that this is, in fact, and in-progress alpha.
• Moved the layer for the menu Overlay so that it appears on top of every menu element except for the letterbox.
• Increased visibility of icons for opening and collapsing nested pack folders.
• Default new clip bias is now 100% instead of 50%.
• Default max clip length is now 60.0 seconds instead of 5.5 seconds.
• The selection for number of rounds now wraps.
• An attempt was made to clean up the settings screen somewhat.
• Removed the pause between the score screen updating and the overlay buttons appearing, during the end of each round.
• Overhauled modpack file guide.
• Shuffled some menus around.
• Cleaned up the credits page.
• Replaced the relatively-pointless "tutorial" with a "Shae's Help" intro page, which is also accessible in Extras.
• Host dialog editing now includes the score commentary lines (whoops).
Bug Fixes
• Fixed a startup crash caused by a bad get for MP3 and OGG menu music.
• Plugged a LOT of memory leaks.
• Moved judge score blips to the SFX audio bus, where they were supposed to be.
• Fixed a pre-release 0.4.14 bug where the session type defaulted to Standard if you got a notification popup.
• Fixed new menu pack templates having a bunch of extra files included.
• Fixed some number boxes in Settings not saving their new value if they were highlighted.