Game Update: 24.1.1 [alpha branch]

Author: indiefoldcreator

Date: Fri, 03 May 2024

Game: Project Arrhythmia

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
Developer: Vitamin Games
Release Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019

OMG is that a dragging system 👀

24.1.1

Patch notes:

Changes and bug fixes:

Fixed several issues with prefabs and prefab instances not rendering correctly/not appearing/getting removed from the timeline in the editor.
Parallax objects now properly update when created.
Better error handling on objects being created on level load/refresh.
Fixed issues with enums and vectors in json generation/parsing.
Better time handling on internal delay functions.
Added ability to add to selection while dragging to add objects. This is done with the Shift key.
Better caching of some common data in the editor to improve performance.
- Error check to ensure parent object data is valid before attempting to load child. (This should fix most of the issues with objects not loading correctly.)
- BPM value is now defaulted to 140 in the event of a malformed value to ensure all editor calculations always work. (This fixes issues with object dragging on some older levels.)
- Fixed issue with player physics not being paused correctly.
- Adjusted the timeline prefab to be more readable by changing the icon rendering, I'll continue to tweak this as needed.
- This has mostly been fixed(?), but there are still some edge cases where objects are not deleted correctly. This will be fixed in the next build.

Known issues:

General:

Sometimes, the game's resolution may need to be corrected on start-up. Workaround: Change the resolution in the options menu.
Sometimes, on death/restart, objects will fail to respawn correctly after the rewind. This is a high priority issue and will be fixed ASAP.
Sometimes music stays around longer then it should. This will be fixed soon.

Editor:

Expanding/collapsing prefabs can cause rendering instability/crashes in some cases
Some previously working keyboard shortcuts are no longer working. They will return but were cut from this build due to time constraints.
Multi-object editing was cut from this build due to time constraints but should appear in the next build. Hopefully, before or around the New Year!
Lots of tooltips are broken (a meme at this point), but as we finally get close to a fully working editor, they will slowly be fixed.
Some level issues can happen when swapping between levels in the editor or re-loading levels in the editor. If you encounter this, please re-load the level from the main menu as a workaround for now. This will be hopefully fixed in the next build.

23.12.3

Patch notes:

New features:

General:

Camera easing now exists in the game and is being tested. Expect further refinement and toggles to come shortly.
Discord integration is finally back! More to come on this soon!

Editor:

Overhaul of the zoom functionality on the main timeline.
Performance improvements in parts of the editor.
Prefab folders are now searchable & show up in the UI.
Double the recent level buttons.
I improved the selection outline when in preview mode.
Beginnings of a drag system to move objects around via the preview. The next build will improve this with a better UI and more features.
Camera "jiggle" can now be disabled in the options menu.

Changes and bug fixes:

Debug mode is now correctly hidden.
Far better error handling of files and load states.
Fix for saving/loading of some standard Unity types in JSON.
Zoom sliders have been removed. Please use your mouse wheel or CTRL with +/- to zoom.
Corrupted save files now correctly default to base save settings.
Better handling of the spacebar (Play/Pause) shortcut in the editor.
Curve menus have been fixed to be easier to navigate.
Some UI tweaks and improvements in the editor to make editing easier/more intuitive.
Timeline performance has been massively improved.
Timeline objects appearing in the wrong place on layer swap have been fixed.
Timeline objects now appear slightly different, with the type currently being shown in the icon slot and the lock/ellipsis being shown on the right side stacked.
Autosaves have been cleaned up and now are more consistent.
Markers have been renamed to notes.
Notes are more helpful than before by showing more text and having a quick nav menu to jump around the level.
If you still need to accept the Steam EULA for the workshop, the editor opens it if you try to submit a level.
Object timeline scrubber now syncs with the primary timeline scrubber.
New rendering settings have been added to allow more computers to get the most out of their system.
Object timeline is now the proper length when special auto-kill times are assigned.
Game Audio has been decreased slightly. This will be tweaked to increase/decrease more accurately with the audio sliders in settings soon.
I improved the look of the loading screens to integrate them more seamlessly into the UI.
The pause menu is now far better looking.
Camera movements should now be loads smoother due to some tweaking behind the scenes.
Checkpoint UI has been fixed, and I'm testing a new UI. The sliders might be swapped for traditional value inputs due to feedback.
Even more font updates have been added, namely for Inconsolata. Please continue to report broken tags in older levels so I can continue to add more.
Scene fading/animations have been adjusted.
Changed it so empties now only render their plus shape in the editor preview when directly selected.
Fix issue with default autokill time being set to 1 second instead of 0 seconds. This can't be fixed on levels saved in 23.12.1 please manually load a backup or set the autokill time to 0 seconds again.
Fixed issue with the mouse cursor disappearing when in editor.
Fixed issue with debug mode being turned on.
Fix for some of the weirdness on exiting editor to main menu.
Fix for parallax objects not loading in arcade / editor. Don't worry the data was untouched and won't need to be re-saved.
Fix for some level's metadata causing issues in arcade level select. Specifically custom difficulty levels input via text editor.
There's definitely more I forgot to write down I'll add to this as I notice more.

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