2022.02

The release in which we implement some gameplay! LancerEdit etc. are only included in SDK builds.

Platform

• Upgraded to .NET 6
• ARM builds are supported on both armhf and aarch64 platforms, requires a GLES 3 capable GPU
• Build runner updated to be faster, automatically pull submodules

Engine

• Ini: Fixed culture-sensitivity bug in float parsing
• Text Renderer optimised
• Projectile renderer improvements
• Particle Engine optimisations
• Direct IP multiplayer connections
• GL spew more verbose, include KHR_debug output
• Decoded sound effects use correct trim points for MP3 in RIFF containers
• Vorbis decode fixed
• Optional opus decode when libopus is present
• LiteNetLib update, drastically reduces CPU usage for background threads
• .3db and .vms skips unrecognised data for compatibility
• Overdraw reduced for low end GPUs (e.g. VC6 in Pi 4)
• Startup time optimisations
• Config files moved to .ini format

Gameplay

• Load and Save single player games
• News Articles displayed on base
• Basic Equipment, Ship and Commodity trading
• Options menu, MSAA and Anisotropic Filtering exposed
• Cruise Engines Charge
• Players and NPCs can be fired at
• Projectile hit effects
• More mission scripting implemented. Vanilla now requires nostory .fl for regular play, which can be acquired from adoxa.
• Fuses spawn particle effects on the client

LancerEdit

• Basic support for importing glTF 2.0 (.glb) and .obj models
• Support for running scripts from the UI. See editor help for more information
• VMeshWire display colours based on .cmp part
• High dpi support enabled for all editor programs. Use SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland on linux to enable scaling (no fractional scaling).

SystemViewer

• Add controls for managing movement speed