Weekly report [#30]

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  1. Karl

    Karl Администратор Staff Member

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    The 30th weekly-monthly report is on!

    Dear Friends!

    We've been silent for a long time. And it has even confused some of you. This is why it’s so nice to reach out to you again and tell you what’s happening in great details since we’ve gathered a lot of materials.

    Rebase origin or the war with the windmills

    At first, we want to explain why we were silent. The 30th report might have marked the victory over the most complicated problem: it is the coordinates uncertainty when one moves more than 3 km away from the origin (0,0,0). It so happened that the first two counties were shifted by 10 km in the X- and the Y-axes which resulted in the catastrophe regarding the uncertainties. We’ve already discussed in details at our forum what sort of problems such uncertainties brought and told you about the methods for solving them. Also, due to this reason, we had to transition to UE4.22 and went against the road-map.

    This is why we just mention here briefly:
    1. The transition to the new engine has been completed successfully;
    2. The unified methodology for shifting the coordinates has already been implemented for all parts of the combat system, except Raycast which is the foundation for the magic of the electric beam, for instance;
    3. As of now while writing this report, we are compiling the build. Tomorrow we will update the status of the pre-Alpha in details. We will walk you through the errors on the way to the stable build and what’s already been fixed.
    Now about the content.

    I Jumps

    If anyone among those who are reading this post thought that we did not realize negative consequences of the current arcade jumps (from the standpoint of animation and flying speed) and the bunny hopping they entail, then we would like to assure you it is not so.

    It is just that everything has its time.

    It would have been rather fascinating to cut this section of the report right here with the latter statement … No, we are going to discuss what is work-in-progress and what are the plans regarding the jumps:
    1. From the game design standpoint:
      1. There will be two types of jumps: the first one is fast and short, and the second one is with the preparation stage and with the height sufficient to climb obstacles;
      2. One can use the high jump only while ducking, i.e. from the “squatting forward” position;
      3. The squatting will be bound to LCTRL by default. Holding SPACE while pressing LCTRL+W will result in the appearance of the jump bar titled “jump height”. The further the scale is filled, the higher is the jump. If this scale is full by less than 25%, the jump is canceled. This is the protection from misclicking;
      4. Obviously, the filling up of the scale expands the stamina;
      5. The energy consumption for the short jumps will stack, i.e. each consequent jump within N seconds consumes more energy than the previous one. Thus, it will be very easy to immobilize the character if one is not careful enough.
      Now here is a GIF of the new fast jump which is currently work-in-progress (draft). Just to illustrate the point:

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    2. changes with physics and animation:
      1. the height of the fast jump is reduced twice compared to the current one;
      2. the vertical acceleration is decreased by 30%;
      3. the in-flight speed, which is equal to the speed of the character at the take-off, is gradually decreasing;
    We want to force the players to use fixed jumps and to eliminate the mechanics of the bunny jumping during combat completely by using this complex approach.

    II Dodges and 8th semi-passive slot for buffs

    They have got some changes as well and they have become more realistic.

    1. From the standpoint of physics and animation:
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      Dodge

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      Dodge left

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      Dodge right

      Key points:
      1. dodges from all stances has been transferred to mocap data for the bottom part of the body;
      2. the delay after the completion of the dodge has been deleted;
      3. the initial speed of the dodge has been increased;
      4. the distance for dodges to the sides has been decreased to improve realism.
        More details are provided in table:
        table_eng.jpg
    2. From the game design standpoint:
      1. dodge get a short-term buff which grants them certain advantages depending on the direction of the leap;
      2. the current buff will occupy and the semi-passive 8th slot which will be introduced to unify several mechanics: leaps, char of the 2nd level, and combined magic.
    The 8th slot will be semi-passive since the buffs will appear there only after certain actions which are not related to actual magic casting. For instance:
    1. the 2nd level of the weapon char will allow one to target self with a positive effect (attack increase, a decrease of CD, etc);
    2. the dodges will grant a short-term (< 3 s) increase of the Physical or Magical Defense, and the dispel defense depending on the direction;
    3. the combined magic affects the player even if all his 7 slots for buffs are in use;
    4. certain buffs will grant a chance to receive a certain advantage in the 8th slot similarly to point 1).
    III Lightning

    We've had enough text already, time for some images.

    We are still working with the TrueSky, since, even with some lack of polishing, the technology has a wider functionality from the game design standpoint.

    The most important thing is that we’ve made the lighting richer and nights brighter.

    We’ve moved the setting to the golden latitude to increase the average duration of the daytime.

    wrld_024.jpg
    10th of March, 13:00

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    10th of March, 18:00

    wrld_021.jpg wrld_025.jpg
    11th of March, 02:00

    IV Mobes

    Today only animations and no description:
    1. The skeleton (oh yeah, the belt will be skinned for low/mid settings and it will be processed with apex cloth for max / epic settings)
      So far we’ve remade the movement animations (earlier they've been shown in report #26) and added gnashing of teeth:
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      Idle

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      Run forward
      The animations of the attack will be redone from scratch later.
    2. Forest
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    Sprint

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    Death

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    Slow cast

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    Middle cast with the left hand

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    Middle cast with the right hand

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    Fast cast

    V The Necromancer

    We talked long enough about the necromancer in the 27th and the 28th reports, we showed work stages. Now we will show his completed set, except the gloves.

    We will show how we’re aging the armor with the help of the material using the robe as an example:

    Step 1: the geometry with the base material

    Armor_test_01.jpg

    Step 2: the geometry and the material with the use of a texture with a “worn” alpha-channel (Diffuse map)

    necr_body_03.jpg

    Step 3: dirt and dried blood

    necr_body_02.jpg

    The rest of the items of his set will be shown for Step 1.

    We concluded to have 3 headgears for the Necromancer (I, IV, and VI tiers) after your feedback.

    On the 1st tier is only a hood:

    necr_head_01.jpg

    In the 4th tier, a death mask split into two pieces and reattached with metallic clamps is added to the headgear:

    necr_head_02.jpg

    The 6th tier will feature a crown from metal and bones. However, the 6th and partly the 5th visual tiers of armor will be made later after we finish the 1-3 tiers of other items completely.

    Other parts of the set:

    necr_pants_01.jpg necr_shoes_01.jpg necr_shoes_02.jpg necr_shoulders_01.jpg

    Which part of the set do you like the most?

    P.S. It should be noted that now we make all the screenshots at brightest lighting of the TrueSky right within the game world. This is why the scene is so full of light, unlike the separate scene we used before.

    VI The Crusader

    We are remaking the Crusader’s armor for the 5th level, because the armor is not universal for both the old characters and the new ones:

    Krest_body_01.jpg Krest_body_02.jpg

    Unlike the Master of Steel, the Crusader on the 5th level has only chainmail, which is the 4th tier out of 6 based on general rules for the visual heaviness of armor.

    However, the Crusader’s chainmail will have an increased resistance against magic. In this case, we proceeded with making several colors for future customization.

    Regular chainmail with a tabard won’t have symbols of the Crusaders’ school, because it has nothing to do with it. However, it will get rather sympathetic colors:

    Krest_body_03.jpg Krest_body_04.jpg

    VII UI

    New effects which additionally notify about damage received:

    UI_damage_01.jpg UI_damage_02.jpg

    Interface for the guild window:

    UI_Guild_01.jpg

    VIII Conclusion

    The best news is for last: during the publication of the current report, we've received a build, where most of the raised issues described in the first part have been tackled.

    A dozen of brave men of the ROG Club, who got access to the most classified :) dev-PTR, will receive an invitation to update the game tomorrow. The ROG Club as a whole will join a bit later.

    We've removed some content from the report because there is just too much information. However, at last, YO-YO version by ROG:

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    We will try to make the next report in the video format.

    It's Tuesday evening. ROGgoms up, friends, cause now there is a reason indeed!

    Yours sincerely,
    The team of Reign of Guilds
     
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