To celebrate, we're releasing a preview of what we've been working on is now live on the beta branch in Steam called "experimental_ue5".
There's a lot to it, see the detailed patch notes in the attachment for all the details!
Experimental_UE5 0.1.13474
New Feature 'Faction Library':
- Blueprints and behaviors are now managed in what is called the Faction Library
- The Faction Library is saved in the save game data, so items won't automatically transfer over to different saves or into multiplayer sessions
- To do so there is a separate "My Library" which is stored along the player profile
- Items can be imported back and forth between the Faction Library and My Library
- Behaviors and blueprints can reference other behaviors and blueprints in the same library
- Behavior Controllers will also reference the library, so changing a behavior in the library will affect all Controllers that use it
- Subroutines that can be called in a behavior are now just regular behaviors in the library
- Library items can still be copied and shared online and will contain all the dependent behaviors/blueprints
- Shared items from an old version can still be imported
- Shared items from this version can be loaded into an old version but only if there are no dependent items (i.e. a blueprint with no behaviors or a behavior with no subroutines or blueprints)
When running this version for the first time a backup of your profile (containing the existing library) will be made to "Profile-
Reminder: Because this is an experimental update and problems can be expected, make sure to backup any save data you aren't afraid to potentially lose.
Behavior Editor:
- While editing a behavior in the Faction Library, an "Inspect Running Behavior" button allows selection of any unit that has the behavior loaded into it
- When inspecting a running behavior, a small 3D view of the inspected unit is shown
- Pressing "View Current Values" will switch the editor view to show the values currently stored in parameters and variables
- A parameter in the middle of the list can now be removed by right clicking the name
Additions:
- Faction Library
- Can now select a bot blueprint in a bot production component in the blueprint editor
- Notification settings added for Auto-save notifications
- New 3D model for the medium Turret and the Laser Turret components
- New components Hybrid Beam Cannon, Pulse Lasers and Twin Autocannons
- Remember the last used tab in the Build Menu
- Add button to toggle docked unit user interface
- Show logistics button on docked item window
- Gameplay time added to minimap
- Allow drones to be built in Robotics Factory as well as Drone Hubs
- Warning added for logistic setting "Item Transporter Only" when an Item Transporter hasn't been equipped on a building
- Scatter drones when undocking
Fixes:
- Rotate turret components towards non-manual targets, and also rotate it towards a manual target ahead of arriving in attack range
- Avoid a behavior consisting only of a single Scan instruction resulting in the game freezing for a few seconds
- Behavior program editor issues with multiple nodes selected
- Make clicking the "Show Orders" context menu option not close an already opened and pinned Control Center window
- Uplink fix, don't reserve a chunk of research if no inventory space is available for ingredients
- Prevent the game freezing when trying to dock a unit into itself (directly or recursively)
- Fix foundations under walls and beacons having an extended (flattened) base
- Balance fixes, reduce Phase Flower random drops
- Fix miner equipped on a building to sometimes not mining a resource (if the resource is outside the logistics network and the building is inside)
- When loading a save made in the middle of the tutorial, fix for the tutorial being paused on startup
- Human Evolution Mission Fix: When accessing the Human Research Lab using the Explorer, show that DataKeys have been extracted, instead of showing nothing at all.
Mods:
- Due to the large change of the Library functionality, many mods related to that are expected to break with this update
- Added IsFlyingUnit utility function
- Preliminary support for skeletal animation for mods
- Fix a crash when disconnecting the Lua debugger while paused
- Automatically bring the game window back to the front when continuing or initiating hot-reload from inside an attached Lua debugger (Visual Studio Code)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1450900/Desynced_Autonomous_Colony_Simulator/
